Chapter 72: Spree Pt.2

Chapter 72: Spree Pt.2

Lake activated Burst before he got anywhere near his target. One of the side effects of one of your stats doubling all of a sudden was sometimes it made you jerk if you weren't ready for it, or at least that was what Lake had experienced. Lake didn't want to draw attention to himself right before he stole something so he thought it would be best to do it now.

At the rate burst drained Stamina he could have it on all the time so he wasn't worried about the few minutes of walking he had to catch up to the person he was about to rob. As he was walking, Lake looked at the other side of the street. It would be much easier to steal over there because he would be walking against traffic, and people would be forced to bump into him. The source of this content is N0veII_bIn

The only problem with that was they were much more likely to check their things after he bumped into them because it was the more known way pickpockets stole from people. The way he was doing it, they wouldn't notice until they reached back to get something out of the pouch to find it was missing.

Lake switched his job off Pickpocket before he stole the next pouch. He had gotten lucky the last one didn't have anything in it, or he would have accidentally leveled up again. Lake knew the fact he was trying not to level up was stupid and he was just being greedy.

Lake knew it was dangerous to stunt his growth because he could run into someone much stronger than him but if he didn't at least get a few more Unique jobs first to see what his options were, he would end up underpowered compared to how he would be with a bunch of jobs at level one.

The more skills he could get the better, and he was willing to be weak for a while if it could help him in the long run. The next job Lake planned to unlock was Mugger, its name made it pretty obvious what he needed to do.

The only reason he hadn't done it yet was it wasn't a common job so there was a chance he wouldn't unlock it on the first try, and Lake felt going around mugging people wasn't really a good idea just yet.

After Lake thought this he looked up at the sun he still had almost half of the day left before he could go all out. Lake bet in a city this size even at night there would be plenty of people out and about. Under the cover of night Lake could mug a few people no problem. He also planned to use tonight to find some of the seedier parts of town.

He could just go to the more run down parts of town but he bet seeing where the people went at night would lead him straight to the best place to do business. It shouldn't be too hard to find someone willing to buy stolen goods as long as they couldn't tell they were stolen, but in this world where Appraisers existed Lake needed to find someone who didn't care.

Lake snapped back to reality because he had finally caught up to the person he was about to rob. Activating Fast Hands on top of Burst Lake could tell this was pushing it. It was like when your cursor speed was set too high on your computer and you were unable to use it correctly, but just like that Lake found himself getting used to the feeling.

Lake wondered if his increased ability to adapt to new things was the result of his Intelligence going over 100, because controlling his arms right now was the feat of a god. They were so fast he didn't even have the time to describe how fast they were. He had already hidden the pouch under his arm and walked onto the porch of a nearby building.

Once the guy he had stolen from had left his field of view Lake opened the pouch like he owned it legally. Finding a smaller pouch with five gold in it Lake added it to his, and dumped the rest of the junk into a nearby pile of trash.

Health 70

Stamina 70

Mana 190

Strength 15

Endurance 15

Agility 49

Dexterity 49

Perception 83

Intelligence 114

Charisma 11

Free stat points: 23

Lake almost didn't see it right away because he normally just skipped right over the name part of his stats because it never changed but now he guessed he had a reason to care about it. Lake took off his helmet and used the shiny surface to see if his face had changed. Lake frowned not because it hadn't worked but because it had.

He now looked Like the first person he had ever killed. The Assassin Jon Melon. Lake put his helmet back on and started to read the message that had come up a second ago. [New Quest: Use stolen identity to infiltrate an organization] Lake was happy he had been right but right now he just wanted to figure out how to turn his face back.

After a few seconds he did the only thing that made sense and taped the name part of his stat sheet, Lake bet it worked the same as the job page he had. Seeing a new golden screen open, Lake knew he was right. Tapping his name to switch back, Lake stood up and went back onto the street.