Blue and white light expanded before my eyes, turning into a transparent window representing my attributes.
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Name: Oscar Emberheart
Bloodline: Unawakened.
Rank: Knight Squire.
Attributes:
-Strength: D+ (Progress: 92/100)
-Agility: C (Progress: 87/500)
-Perception: C (Progress: 11/500)
-Spirit: B- (Progress: 112/2000)
Ability:
-Purgatory (Unawakened)
Title:
Destiny points: 10000
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All the information I needed to know about these sorts of things poured into my head, and I could fundamentally comprehend it. But thinking about how my involvement affects me and the world, I could not help but agree with the system.
Even though this system only applies to me, the others get similar privileges but without the stat window. They get Destiny points according to their work, but they are allocated unconsciously to the attribute they want to cultivate. A knight would improve physically, and a spirit Magus would improve mentally.
The advantage I got was that I could allocate exactly where I wanted the numbers. This might not sound very efficient, but it really is. This privilege was something of quite significance. Moreover, I could stack the points and wait until my body became saturated from all the training and ingredients that could raise my stats.
Other than the destiny points, physical and mental training could raise one's stats, though it needs an accumulation of many days of rigorous training. There was also the shortcut way of consuming some rare ingredients or potions that could raise the stat to some degree.
The creator gave me 10,000 destiny points as a beginner bonus, which was quite a lot, considering that the tale had just begun. Destiny points are extremely important in this book, or world I should say. They can be used for the four attributes, abilities, or your bloodline. Other than the skills that you had to work for, destiny points could help cultivate other attributes.
The progress showed how many destiny points I needed to advance in each of the four attributes. Strength only needed 8 points to reach C grade, while the others needed a little more. The higher the grade, the more points will be needed to advance. And so on. From, E+ to D- only took 10 points, D+ to C- 100 points, C+ to B- 1000 points, and so on.
It went down to ten multiples for one grade to the next grade, while for the progress in the same grade, it was quite less.
The status window showed I was better than most average Knight. Well, that was considering I could fight like Scar, but I very much doubt that. And if there were some other factor works, I am dead meat. All the attributes are hollow if one cannot use it well.
With 10,000 points, I could get better attributes than most knights and be in the league of elite knights—those who are just a few steps away from Grand Knight. None of that mattered, since my skill level was close to zero. Scar might be a prodigy in swordsmanship, but I am not. I had never actually wielded a sword before today. I need to use these points carefully. What I lack is control, skills, precision, but the destiny points could not buy that.
I frowned and winced for a couple of minutes before finally being able to assuage the urge to invest all the points on the four attributes. In the current situation, it might make me an overpowered student, but in the long run, it was a terrible decision. Seriously, I would have done it if this body was someone other than Scar’s with less potential.
There are better options for Scar.
More importantly, the attributes were more than what I could bring out even now, and there was still a lot of room for growth through physical training. Considering how Scar wasted his body on alcohol, I could actually raise strength and the other physical attribute at least one level higher in a few days of training.
There were only two options for me to choose from: The Emberheart Bloodline, or the Ability Purgatory; both are equally overpowered abilities with extreme demands. I am not sure if 10,000 destiny points will be able to awaken one of them. Let's give it a try.
[Purgatory: (Awakening: 1751/10000)]
[Emberheart Bloodline: (Awakening: 5548/10000)]
Quite some progress there. That means I will need 8249 or 4452 destiny points respectively to awaken Purgatory or the bloodline. Both were tempting options, and are related in certain ways. I thought for a couple of minutes more and decided to awaken Purgatory. Without a doubt, this will be my biggest hope in this brutal world. Moreover, Purgatory can catalyse the awakening of the bloodline.
Another thing was that the book did not mention where these powers came from, but did mention that no two people could not hold the same power at the same time. Though the chance of anyone else getting hold of this ability was slim, I did not want to take chances.
[Please confirm your decision to invest 8249 destiny points in the awakening of Purgatory]
As I confirmed, a few notifications came by.
[You have invested 8249 destiny points in the awakening of the Ability: Purgatory.]
[It will take time to awaken the ability, as the host's state of mind and physical body are not in sync. Please wait . . .]
Well, I guess I can wait. I gazed at the room I was in. The room was quite large and had two more rooms adjacent to it, each with a personal washroom. All were made of fine stones and plastered in white. The ground used to be crystal clear, but layers of dust and dirt now covered it. Stray clothes, papers, and notebooks rested all over the place.
To call it not in a fair state would be a serious understatement. Scar never had his stuff well-placed. The usual kinds of stuff were tossed all around the room. There was a fireplace that was devoid of fire and only housed burnt charcoal in it. He probably used the heater more often than fireplace.
Then my eyes fixed on the sword decorated just above the fireplace. Is it that sword? I wondered and found myself drawn to it. I pulled down the sheathed sword and found the fire symbol in it—the insignia of the House Emberheart.
Goosebumps crept up my arms as I unsheathed the sword slowly. Another similar flame sign greeted my sight just below the hilt. There was no mistake now. This really is that sword.
Abruptly, my stomach growled, and I remembered that this body, or the old body of mine, had eaten nothing last night. Considering Scar would never cook anything himself. I left the sword where it was before and scoured the room for money. Even though I was in the best academy of the realm, I could not get anything without money. Even the daily food and other expenses were carried by the students.
I searched all over the place where Scar might have left some money. From hiding places to the general location, I mostly found glass bottles that once held wine or other alcoholic drinks. As for money, I did find some. 43 dynes and 70 tills in total.
I thought it should be enough to buy me food for a couple of weeks, or a month, if I used it sparingly. The names of the currency in this world were dyne and tills. 100 tills made 1 dyne, and a couple of dynes were enough to feed a lower-class house for an entire month.
After some consideration, I did not go to check out the bedroom adjacent to it. I made a mental note to clean it up after I figured out a few things. Taking a couple of dynes and tills with me, I left the dorm room and made my way towards the cafeteria, searching for the location through my brain.
First, I need to savour some food to think about my next steps.
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