Getting up from his seated position on the ground, his stamina already regenerated from having leveled up, Alan released a sigh though for the first time in the last two days, he had a genuine excited smile on his face as he bent down and picked up the rusted bread knife and headed towards a Straw Dummy and stood before it.
Taking one foot and placing it behind him and planting his feet securely onto the ground, Alan took a deep breath as he concentrated onto the target before him.
"Haaah!!"
Releasing a shout, he jumped as he used his entire body as well as he could, trying to transfer the entire motion and kinetic energy onto the blade of the knife as he slashed downwards.
[ Ding! ]
[ Critical Hit! ]
[ Straw Dummy ] [ Level 0 ]
[ Health Points: 92/100 ]
Looking at the holographic screen infront of him, Alan have a nod to himself, his theory had been correct.
If he used his entire body and struck towards a weak spot in the target, a critical hit would indeed happed, just like in videogames.
'Double damage, I jumped and used my entire body and then struck at the weak point which for the Straw Dummies was the rope tied around the two sticks that are covered in Straw.' Alan thought before opening the System Dungeon interface once more.
[ System Dungeons ]
[ Dummy Dungeon ] [ Level 1 ] [ Leave? ]
Lifting his hand and swiftly pressing the leave button with his index finger, Alan felt his senses start dulling once more, just like he had experienced when he had been transferred to the Dungeon the first time.
After a brief moment where he was left with no senses or feelings in his body at all, He once more regained them as the darkness receded and his senses returned swiftly one after the other. First sight, and then hearing, smell and touch and finally his body stopped feeling as if it was floating in space.
Looking around, he found out that he was in the exact same position that he had been in before entering the dungeon.
Looking down at his own body, he realised that he was fully clothed once more, the rusted blade still in his grip from when he had been in the dungeon. Sliding his hand into his right pants pocket, he quickly took out his flip phone and flipped it open and checked the time.
[ 6:52 AM ]
'Around half an hour spent inside there, I thought I did it pretty quickly… did time pass just slightly faster in that dimension or maybe I was just too focused on defeating the Dummies that I didn't even notice the passage of time? Either way, It's not too late so It's allright.' Alan thought to himself as he turned and headed towards his apartment's bathroom, quickly removing the current set of clothes and entering the shower.
A few minutes later, after having showered, brushed his teeth and completed his daily routine, Alan headed back into his room and took another pair of faded blue jeans, a dark brown turtleneck sweater and a black leather jacket that had most certainly seen better days and a pair of regular used shoes that he had bought from a second hand store, he didn't even know the brand they were from however he wasn't one to be picky about it considering his own living situation.
'I wonder though, Maybe later on I'll be able to actually buy clothes that are comfortable from the System Shop? Or honestly I'd have appreciated if there was a way to turn the Bronze Coins into actual real life money, that would be for the best, but I didn't see any options for conversion in the shop, maybe It could be an option after I level it up?' Alan thought as he wondered about a future where he could finally dress himself in new clothes that actually fit him perfectly instead of having to wear used clothes that he had barely maintained for years at this point. It had been even harder when he was younger, his body growing and thus he had to replace his clothes much more often than he had to now.
"Alright, I can do this. I have a way to grow stronger, I have a way to actually use the system, I know what I'm going to do. Now I just need to keep going and I'll be fine." Alan said outloud to himself as he slapped his own cheeks and shook his head slightly to get his mind back into the game as he leaned down and grabbed the strap of his backpack and lifted it up and slung it over one shoulder.
With strength reaching a base stat of three, he actually felt much better, his strength stat was still a weakness compared to his other stats however It was still much better. If before at two strength stat he had been similar to someone with a sickness, at three, he was like a regular person with bad genetics who had never gone to the gym. He was able to do daily tasks well enough though he wouldn't be able to lift anything that was remotely heavy for even a short duration of time.
'The baseball bat… That might actually not be a good deal, considering my strength, It could be too heavy for me to swing, but at the same time, its a wooden bat so maybe its lighter than a metallic one?' Alan thought to himself as he swung his backpack slightly forward and unzipped one of the pockets before placing the rusted bread knife inside and zipping the pocket back up before sliding his other arm into the backpack strap and turning his body towards the front door and starting to walk, finally heading towards Forks Highschool, his second day of highschool whilst being a system holder. Though in Comparison to yesterday, he felt much more in control of his own life than he had.
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