The Place Where Everything Begins

[Would you like to buy skill no.174, [Focus] for 5,140 SP?]

[Would you like to buy skill no.181, [Fast Hands] for 5,512 SP?]

[Would you like to buy skill no.184, [Balancing Feats] for 5,751 SP?]

[Yes │ No]

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After having chosen the three skills that might be useful to him the most, which were [Focus], [Fast Hands], and [Balancing Feats], Jeremy chose to buy the skills without any hesitation as he had already thought things thoroughly.

Simultaneously, a transparent window changed into another one...

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[A total of 16,403 SP have been deducted from your SP account]

[You have received the [Focus] skill]

[You have received the [Fast Hands] skill]

[You have received the [Balancing Feats] skill]

[You currently have 810 SP remaining]

[There will be no explanation about how to upgrade the skills further; you have to explore and upgrade those skills by your own self. Good luck.]

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Focus (Basic - Passive Skill): Boost the focus and concentration of your mind by 9%.

Fast Hands (Basic - Passive Skill): Boost the dexterity and deftness of your hands by 6%.

Balancing Feats (Basic - Passive Skill): Boost the control over your bodily movement's balance and counterbalance by 11%.

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After buying the three passive skills, Jeremy suddenly felt his mind becoming a bit clearer with a cool sensation as it appeared that he could focus on something more easily if he intended to do so.

At the same time, Jeremy also felt like he could move his hands faster than before as he might be able to cast spells quicker, too.

Regarding Jeremy's body balance, he didn't feel anything out of the ordinary from it for now, whereas it might become more apparent when he moved at high speed or in acrobatics.

'Alright, so the number of skills I have bought so far are exactly eleven then... eleven excellent skills bought from the System... Moreover, they won't be easily acquired like in this tutorial anymore after arriving at Ortus.'

In the first place, there were not that many ways for a person to acquire a skill or technique, as getting one of them was akin to suddenly discovering an oasis amidst a hot desert.

That's why a tutorial was such a perfect and ideal place for various races and species to get stronger and be prepared for the forthcoming habitation on Ortus.

Of course, that notion would be applied to only the majority of people, whereas the minority ones could find one way or another to acquire the skills they desired.

'Wait... I almost forget that...'

Upon finishing inspecting the three skills, Jeremy suddenly thought of something before retracting his hand from the Crystal.

After realizing he had one more thing to buy, Jeremy promptly accessed the [Weapons] option.

Then a very long list of weapons projected before him, so Jeremy used his mind to command inwardly to filter out everything except for the spear.

As a result, the filtered list of weapons showed up before Jeremy...

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[Wooden spear], 17-19 SP

[Bronze spear], 40-46 SP

[Iron spear], 91-98 SP

[Steel spear], 150-182 SP

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Upon seeing the four choices, Jeremy chose the last one, which happened to be the best and most expensive one out of the four...

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[Steel spear]

- Steel spear no.1, 150 SP

- Steel spear no.2, 170 SP

- Steel spear no.3, 182 SP

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When Jeremy saw the three choices of steel spear to be chosen from, he fell into a sudden dilemma,

'Hmm... The first one has a shaft painted in red color... too flashy. The second one's spear blade is too small... I want a big one. It's been decided then, let's go with the most expensive one; it is elegant but not flashy, with appropriate senses of aesthetics along its shaft, and also has a big and long enough spear blade to penetrate a large enemy.'

After Jeremy had finally decided on the last steel spear, he willed his mind to buy it without delay.

Simultaneously, a notification asking Jeremy whether to buy it or not popped up; then Jeremy chose the 'Yes' option and paid 182 SP for it...

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[A total of 182 SP have been deducted from your SP account]

[You have received the steel spear no.3]

[You currently have 628 SP remaining]

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Soon, a plain-looking steel spear suddenly appeared in front of Jeremy as his right hand was holding onto the Forsaken Branch; he had to retract his left hand to hold onto the spear in a hurry, not letting it fall onto the ground.

'Alright, my business with this big-booty Crystal is considered to be done. Hehehe, I've beaten your half-assed tutorial, lazy cupid.' Jeremy thought chucklingly and playfully within his mind.

It appeared that Jeremy was in an excellent mood because he had gotten most of the things he wanted and also finished every mission on the Crystal's missions list.

Thus, it was such a good moment and mood right now...

Afterward, Jeremy thought to himself,

'The next thing to do should be checking my status window and tutorial missions...'

'Status Window'

Then a somewhat 'big and long' window appeared in front of Jeremy...

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Name: Jeremy Caesar Lakota

Race: Human (Le'Liac - Low-Rank Organism)

Class: Journeyman Mage (Peak - Substage 4 of Class 1 Mage)

Title: Mage of Origin (Rank 10 - Inactive), Prodigy Mage (Rank 8 - Inactive), First Mage (Rank 5 - Inactive), NEET (Rank 0 - Inactive)

Affinity:

- Fire (Common): 45.2%

- Darkness (Uncommon): 34.8%

- Space (Rare): 89.9%

- Divinity (Unique): 0.1%

Talent: Prodigy of Magic

Trait: Objective

Skill:

- Footwork (High Basic - Passive Skill)

- Ambidextrous (Mid Intermediate - Passive Skill)

- Disguise (Low Basic - Active Skill)

- Heightened Senses (Mid Basic - Passive Skill)

- Stealth (Low Basic - Active Skill)

- Breathing Control (High Basic - Passive Skill)

- Eagles Eyes (Low Basic - Active Skill)

- Analyze (Mid Basic - Active)

- Focus (Low Intermediate - Passive Skill)

- Fast Hands (Low Basic - Passive Skill)

- Balancing Feats (Low Basic - Passive Skill)

Achievement: (Omitted...)

Mission:

- Tutorial Mission: Survive I

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*Fwuu...*

Upon seeing the interface ahead of him, Jeremy suddenly let out a long breath in helplessness because his status window was just too long, leading him to scroll down for some seconds before he could finally see the last sections.

Then...

'Hmm....?'