I Level Up With In-app Purchases

EP.98 The Winner and Enhancement (6)

‘Yes, this is it!’

Although I’ve been handling this ability since childhood, it feels like this is the first time I’ve truly felt it move exactly as I want.

It seemed ridiculous to be so moved by limbs that moved according to my thoughts, but what could I do when it was the truth?

While I was briefly lost in thought, I heard the machine’s sound signaling the start of the measurement.

Beep- Beep- Beep—!

Having done this measurement so many times, my body naturally reacted to the sound.

Tak!

I leapt with all my might, pushing off the ground.

My body soared into the air.

At a glance, it might look like I was flying, but it was just a jump in place.

The mana flowing from the awakened one had made her jump to an abnormal height.

‘It’s a bit higher than I thought.’

In the past, I would have needed to exert much more force to jump this high.

‘Next time, I can use even less strength.’

I already know from experience how to quickly adapt to a rapidly changing body.

The long-term rehabilitation training I’ve done has greatly helped in adapting to this new body.

‘I adapted to the imbalance from losing one eye, so this is nothing.’

Kwang!!!

“Wow!”

Shasha exclaims in admiration from afar.

I got excited too.

Hidden traps from all directions threaten me.

I easily dodge them with slight movements, then accurately swing my weapon at the targets that briefly appear.

Whack! Whack!

Ding-! Ding-! Ding-! Ding-! Ding-!

The whip hits the center of the targets with a crisp sound.

All direct hits!

The targets gradually became smaller, and the traps interfering with hitting them increased.

But the whip always hit accurately.

Whack! Whack! Whack!

It keeps hitting the targets precisely.

A thrilling sensation sent shivers through my entire body.

‘It feels like I’ve grown wings.’

After the agility and accuracy evaluation ended, a scarecrow made of golem, said to be unmatched in hardness, appeared next.

The evaluation method was to attack the scarecrow with the maximum power I could muster here.

“You’re doing great!! Keep it up!”

Encouraged by Shasha’s cheer, I use my skill.

Red mana further envelops the whip, imbuing it with powerful energy, and I move my wrist towards the scarecrow.

I instinctively feel it was a perfect movement.

“Hup!”

【 Whiplash 】

Whoosh~ Whaaack —!

Kwagagagak—!!!!!

Thud!

“!!!”

The movement that created an exhilarating sensation produced an extraordinary result.

The scarecrow was cut in half with a single whip strike.

It was the first time I’d cut a scarecrow in half with one strike, so I unconsciously threw both hands up in the air.

“Kyaaah!! This is insane! I’m too strong!”

“Rebecca!! Quickly, next! We’re in the middle of measurement.”

Ah, right!

Heeding Shasha’s advice, I moved on to the next stage.

My heart was pounding pleasantly.

At this rate, I might really be able to achieve my goal.

‘Should I have kissed him more deeply?’

Suddenly, the memory of Suhan’s soft lips came to mind, making my cheeks flush hot.

⁂ ⁂ ⁂

After Rebecca became 5-star with the bead, she spent all her time training at Shasha’s private training facility, almost as if she had pitched a tent there.

Seeing that, I couldn’t just sit still.

Moreover, being able to open the stat window made me reflect on my abilities.

‘C and D are too harsh. I wonder what all that exercise I’ve been doing was for.’

What would my stats have been like if I hadn’t trained because I was working as a mercenary?

It could have easily been F or E.

Compared to that, C and D were decent stats.

But what can you do when you yourself don’t like those stats?

For someone like me who had trained diligently until this age, C and D were too much.

‘I should at least have B in two main stats.’

That way, I could go around calling myself an awakened one anywhere, right?

To grow my stats, what I needed to do was clear.

“Telekinesis and weight control?”

I’m going to Shasha.

I consulted her about how to improve my abilities, and Shasha gladly listened to my request and gave me a clear answer.

“The compatibility between the two seems really good. For weapons, it would be good to use something large while adjusting its weight.”

Although she couldn’t enlist due to her lack of skills, Shasha had accumulated more knowledge about ability development than anyone else while running her private training facility.

As soon as she heard about my abilities, she recommended using a weapon that boasts a heavy weight rather than a sword.

“I think it would be better to carry around a weapon with some weight to it.”

How much power could you put into weight control while just carrying around a sword?

It seemed like it would be good to carry something large and attack with a wide area to crush bones.

“Then are strength and stamina going to be my main stats?”

“Yes, you need to focus on training strength to withstand the weight. And if you can add weight to your telekinesis itself, your attacks could become much more diverse.”

Even though I had simply told her what my abilities were, Shasha listed various application methods one after another.

She just knows so much information.

I couldn’t help but exclaim in admiration at Shasha’s expertise.

This is why Shasha’s private training facility is so popular, I thought.

“Can you also reduce the weight of your own body?”

“I haven’t tried that.”

“If you can do that, wouldn’t you be able to fly? What do you think about jumping while making your weight lighter?”

“!!!!”

I hadn’t thought about the possibility of being able to float at a level similar to flying by reducing and increasing my body weight.

It might not be easy to move in mid-air, but I have another power: telekinesis.

By using telekinesis to adjust direction, I could stay in the air for a long time, as if flying.

“Hmm, and instead of just using telekinesis, if you use your second ability too, you could create an even better finishing move. Have you thought about any finishing moves?”

“I have something in mind, but as you said, mixing the two might be better.”

“Weight control is a rare ability compared to telekinesis. It has many uses, like telekinesis…!”

Bang!! Crash! Boom!

“……”

“……”

The conversation I was having with Shasha was abruptly cut off.

It was because of the tremendous noise that was loud enough to hurt our ears.

“Is your training facility going to be okay like this?”

“There’s nothing left, but she compensates for it.”

After becoming a 5-star, Rebecca went around breaking all sorts of things under the pretext of training her power.

She enjoyed it, and since she diligently compensated for the items she damaged, it wasn’t a problem.

Moreover, the Awakened-exclusive training grounds were prone to having things easily broken and frequently replaced.

“If it were me, I’d probably be just as excited about breaking things.”

Shasha gave a wry smile.

But she quickly recovered and genuinely appreciated and praised Rebecca’s growth.

“Rebecca is amazing. If it were me, I would have quickly compromised with reality and settled down. Just like how I’m running this private training facility, you see.”

“But you’re living well enough as it is. You’ve revived your family, you’re rich, and everyone envies you. It seems like all you need to do now is find a boyfriend and start a respectable family, right?”

According to Rebecca, Shasha went to the class reunion and properly showed up her friends who had just been discharged from the military.

Since they had been rolling around on the battlefield, they must have all looked like country bumpkins.

In reality, no matter how much they tried to dress up, their tanned skin from being out in the sun didn’t look good.

And then came the life reversal story of the outcast.

Rebecca clapped her hands saying you should have seen it, and Shasha smiled shyly at Rebecca’s praise.

‘The fact is, that necklace is worth as much as a high-class carriage.’

The price of noble luxuries always exceeds imagination.

The necklace adorning Shasha’s neck was not something a beautiful young noble lady would easily wear around.

Besides that, she must have gone to the reunion all dolled up with various luxury items, so it would have been stranger if they hadn’t been upset.

While some had been rolling in the mud, others had been living in luxury and making money. How could they not be jealous and envious?

“A man? I just like living like this now.”

Shasha shook her head.

It seems she has personal reasons for not having a boyfriend despite her beauty, as she’s just entering her 30s.

“Whew! That feels good. What are you guys doing?”

“Did you go and break everything again?”

“There’s too much power in my body, I need to let some out. Oh! And Shasha. I…!”

“Yeah, I know. The things you broke. I’ll bill you next month.”

“I’m sorry~”

Rebecca clings to Shasha, acting cute.

“Sweat smell!! Get away~”

Even though Shasha pretends to be disgusted by the sweat smell, I know she secretly likes it when Rebecca acts cute.

“What were you two talking about~ Tell me too.”

“We were consulting about his abilities.”

“Oh~! Me too!! I’ll give advice too. Consultation!”

She seemed ready to jump at anything that could be helpful to me.

“You’re already helping enough with my training, aren’t you? You’ll help later.”

“That’s true.”

But I thought it would be better to consult with the calm Shasha, so I gently pushed away Rebecca’s sudden enthusiasm.

“Whew, so what are we doing now?”

“What do you mean? We need to continue our conversation.”

“Why don’t you take a break? Do you even know how many hours you’ve been pounding away?”

“How many? Gasp! It’s been this long already?”

“Yeah, eat something.”

“Come to think of it, I am hungry! I should eat!”

As if she wants to become a beast, Rebecca keeps repeating the cycle of training and eating after returning from work.

While Rebecca was eating the packed lunch she brought, I continued my consultation with Shasha.

As I talked with Shasha, I was gradually organizing in my mind how to best utilize these abilities.

“But why are you training so hard? Is it just out of habit?”

“No, you know how noisy the frontlines have been lately, right?”

“I know. How could I not?”

“That’s why. The fights happening at the frontlines now seem like just a taste of what’s to come.”

“So you think it’s going to get more serious in the future.”

“Yeah. And we can’t just keep taking hits. We need to counterattack.”

We can’t keep just taking hits.

If we keep getting eaten away bit by bit, before we know it, everywhere except where I am will be taken over by the contamination.

What surprised me when I came to the Academy was that the nobles’ lifestyle, which I had somewhat anticipated, was much more peaceful than I thought.

Rebecca nodded vigorously, as if strongly agreeing with my words.

“That’s right!! You’re definitely woke about this. How long do we have to keep taking hits from those monsters? We need to attack too!!”

“I’m thinking of earning money aggressively to sponsor the military. And I’m going to ask them to create a special unit with the money I sponsor.”

This was the first time I was telling someone else about my plan.

In the game, it was systematically possible to create units, but right now, I was just a merchant running a fly-by-night general store in the Academy city.

Organizing a unit as I wished was realistically impossible.

That’s why I needed money.

I will raise the kids through in-app purchases, create units through in-app purchases, and have them save humanity through in-app purchases.