4:48 p.m.
Temple of Priests Private Compound, Luxen City.
Vivian was carrying the Physical Force and Magic Force wrapped with a brown paper that she bought from the Blacksmith Shop as she stepped inside the Female Dormitory and headed for the stairs.
Why are there no elevators in this world…?
I'm no expert about medieval history but I believe they had elevators…
Because as far as I know, the Medieval era already had the pulley system…
Is it perhaps because of the Physical Force…?
I mean…
I can see an industry or job market for people to carry heavy things…
Naturally, if it threatens a group of people's livelihood, they will block it if they have the power…
Unless something valuable could be traded in exchange…
When she finally reached the stairs, she encountered someone climbing down the stairs.
"Sister Vivian, great timing."
Vivian quickly let out a smile.
"Sister Lorei, hi."
"I forgot to mention to you that we have a mailbox and it's located outside my office at the right corner."
"I see. Thank you."
Lorei took out an envelope under her Gold Cloak.
"A letter from the Temple of Priests Public Office arrived today addressed to you. I went to your room but you weren't there," she said and handed over the envelope.
"Oh, sorry about that. I was out doing Holy Missions and also had other business matters to attend to. Thank you," she said as she received the envelope and then checked it.
The envelope was sealed with a seal stamp and there were no other names except hers and the office building's name.
Temple of Priests Public Office Building, Luxen City…?
So the one where Joshua works at…?
She pulled her gaze away from the letter and returned her attention to Lorei.
"Is there anything else, sister?"
Lorei shook her head.
"There's nothing else. I'm going back to my office to have some tea. Care to join me?"
Vivian made a dramatic sad face.
"I swear to the God of Light that I'd love to, sister. However, I still have to train my Magic Arts because I want to reach Gold Cloak as quickly as possible like you. Thank you though."
A warm smile spread on Lorei's lips and she nodded.
"I understand, sister. May the God of Light bless you with a fast and quick training."
"May the God of Light bless you as well."
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Ka-cha!
Ka-chud.
Click.
Tap, tap, tap…
As Vivian opened, closed and locked the door behind her, she quickly adjusted the brightness of the lightbulb inside her room from the Magic Panel.
The Magic Panel had a Passive feature and it had two adjustable features that Vivian was aware of -- adjustment of the temperature of the room and adjustment of the brightness of the light on the ceiling.
Meanwhile, the lamp on her desk mirror was a separate thing. And just like the Magic Panel, it had a Passive feature where the brightness of its light can be adjusted.
She went over to her desk mirror and then checked her reflection.
"Beautiful."
She went over to her bed and threw the Physical Force and the Magic Force Crystals wrapped in a brown paper bag and the envelope on top of it before stripping down to her underwear.
Pop, pop, pop...!
She stretched her body, causing her body to make popping sounds.
That felt good...
She grabbed the letter envelope and then sat down in front of her desk.
Riiip.
She ripped the envelope and took out the letter.
Flip.
After reading the front page, she flipped the letter.
So just one page…
She placed the letter down.
Hmm…
It was from Joshua…
I have to present the letter to the Mission Room to claim my 20 platinum coins reward for assisting in the discovery of the lair of demon-worshipper bandits…
That's 200 gold coins…
However…
Why does Sister Annabelle want to meet me tomorrow in the Library Room at 2:00 p.m.…?
She shook her head and let out a sigh.
"Whatever."
She turned her gaze at the windows and then shifted to the clock on the wall.
4:54 p.m…
Criselle is still at the Cafeteria working…
Well…
She did say that she works at the Cafeteria during the day…
And then at night, she works as one of the Instructors at the Training Grounds' Gym…
There were other questions I wanted to ask her yesterday…
But I was out of time…
I wanted to give the poleaxe to Torr…
Vooom!
She turned into a blur as she got up, grabbed the package, took out the Physical Force and the Magic Force Crystals from the package and left the manual on top of the bed, and then sat down on the floor.
The Physical Force and the Magic Force Crystals looked like the Class Crystal, at least when it came to the shiny metal-like texture of her Temple of Thieves Class Crystal. The only difference was that it was shaped into a rod about 10 inches long instead of a rectangular piece of metal that was about 4 inches long.
She placed the Magic Force Crystal down.
"Now let's try this again."
[Power Fist].
The crystal emitted a light.
Hmm…
Let's see…
She closed her eyes as she tried to recall the information given to her through the Memory Crystal from the Blacksmith Shop.
She didn't dare to use the Physical Force and the Magic Force Crystals there because she couldn't think of any possible or believable explanation to give to Sike and Grace on how her Physical and Magic Force were growing rapidly.
There was also an instruction manual but it was just words and some basic non-colored drawings.
Based on this color…
Or shine…
This is…
She opened her eyes.
Orichalcum-Adamantite…?
I think…?
She was about to rub her chin with her hand but stopped a few millimeters after remembering that she was wearing makeup.
Iron, Silver, Mithril, Orichalcum, Adamantite, Rainbow Steel and Spirit Steel…
Tch!
She clicked her tongue and turned to her sword that was leaning against a wall beside the armor stand.
Damn…
Now my Mithril-Grade Sword -- I believe it's Mithril -- is now useless…
Wait…!
I almost forgot…
Last time I had my Physical Force checked…
It was Mithril…
And my STR was -- I mean, it's Physical Force, so I'm guessing offense so I'm going to focus on STR…
My STR was 11 (+90)…
I think…
And now it's 11 (+127)…
And I'm assuming that it's Orichalcum-Adamantite…
11 (+90) is 101…
While 11 (+127) is 138…
138 minus 101 is 37…
Assuming that Mithril is 90, Orichalcum is 120 and Adamantite is 150…
If I'm Orichalcum-Adamantite…
Shouldn't I be 135…?
But the difference is 37…
Wait…!
Maybe I shouldn't count the number '11' of the 11 (+90) and 11 (+127)…?
I mean…
If I don't count that…
Then the 30 difference between each Grade makes sense…
She shook her head.
First of all…
I'm not even sure if Physical Force is only based on STR…
Whatever…
She placed the Physical Force Crystal down and it stopped shining. She then picked up the Magic Force Crystal.
[Lightning Arrow].
The crystal emitted a light.
Okay…
This one…
I think it's…
Orichalcum…?
Or perhaps somewhere between Orichalcum and Orichalcum-Adamantite…?
I mean…
My INT right now is 8 (+121)…
If I were just to count the 121, then it fits the 120 Orichalcum…
But if I were to count the 8 (+121), then it's 129…
And this light…
It looks like Orichalcum…
It's a little bit brighter…
But not as bright as the Orichalcum-Adamantite…
However…
If I were to make a guess what the Magic Force covers…
I'm assuming that's it's only INT…
Well…
Criselle did mention that the offensive and defense power of spells is based on a person's Magic Force…
And based on my own experiences, it more or less makes sense…
Yeah…
There's no doubt that Magic Force is based on my INT…
"I hope so."
She placed the Magic Force Crystal down and it stopped shining.
Her gaze landed on the Physical Force Crystal.
But I'm still at a loss when it comes to Physical Force…
She shook her head.
Regardless…
Just to make sure…
I won't let my VIT be more than 30 points of my INT…
At the moment, Vivian's VIT was 9 (+108) while INT was 8 (+121), making it a difference of 12.
Vooom!
She turned into a blur as she placed the Physical Force and the Magic Force Crystals on top of her desk, closed the windows and pulled its curtains, covered the door with a blanket, and then returned to her original position.
I still have time…
She grabbed one of her fingers on her left hand.
[Greater Origin Enchant].
Dark red lightning appeared on her right hand.
Crack!
"Ummph…!"
She broke one of her fingers.
[Heal].
She repeated the process.
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