Free Web NovelChapter 3: The Beginner’s Chest
The moment Elena closed her eyes, a familiar sound echoed in Adam’s mind.
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System Notification
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Satisfaction Confirmed
Target: Elena of Valoria
Satisfaction Level: 51%
Service Evaluation:
Meal: Good Protection: Good
Reward Obtained:
+56 Satisfaction Points
Current Satisfaction Points: 142
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Adam blinked several times.
"Even that gives points?"
A new window immediately appeared.
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Satisfaction Points
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Total: 142
Available Functions:
Status Inventory System Shop Lottery Draw
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The young man glanced at Elena.
The knight was sleeping deeply.
Taking advantage of his watch shift, he decided to explore the new features.
"Inventory."
A translucent window appeared.
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System Inventory
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Items:
Beginner’s Gift Chest ×1
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"A welcome gift?"
Without hesitation, Adam opened the chest.
A shower of notifications appeared before him.
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Rewards Obtained
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Dagger Mastery Common Dagger (White Rank) Random Spell Book 1,000 Gold Coins Skill: Vigorous Body
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Adam immediately felt a strange sensation flow through his body.
Memories appeared in his mind.
Combat stances.
Movements.
Throwing techniques.
Parries.
Dodges.
As if he had spent years training with a dagger.
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Skill Acquired
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Dagger Mastery
Allows the user to effectively master daggers.
Bonuses:
Improved handling Passive experience related to daggers
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Adam summoned the dagger.
The weapon was simple but perfectly balanced.
He examined it for a few seconds before picking up the Random Spell Book.
The book suddenly transformed into particles of light.
They then entered his forehead.
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Spell Obtained
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Heal Level 1
Type: Life
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A new series of knowledge appeared in his mind.
How to manipulate mana.
How to channel life energy.
How to close superficial wounds.
Adam’s eyes widened.
"So this is magic..."
Thinking back to Elena’s explanations, he remembered that healing spells could belong to several categories.
The most common were Life, Light, and Water.
More rarely, some users possessed healing flames, such as the legendary Phoenix Fire.
After discreetly testing his new skill, Adam checked the final reward.
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Skill Acquired
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Vigorous Body
Effect:
Increases the body’s overall vitality.
Improved endurance Increased physical resistance Slightly accelerated recovery
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A pleasant warmth spread through every one of his muscles.
The fatigue accumulated since his reincarnation diminished slightly.
"Not bad..."
Adam then opened his status.
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STATUS
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Name: Adam
Level: 2
Blessing:
Accelerated Learning
Talents:
Satisfaction Return System
Skills:
Analysis Lv.1 Delimiter Lv.1 Dagger Mastery Lv.1 Vigorous Body Lv.1 Heal Lv.1
Statistics:
Strength: 8
Agility: 9
Spirit: 11
Endurance: 17
Intelligence: 15
Luck: 12
Satisfaction Points: 142
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A small explanation then appeared.
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Information
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Statistics can evolve through:
Levels Skills Blessings Special Items
Certain rare statistics can be unlocked.
Examples:
Nobility Dignity Charisma Authority Elemental Affinity
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"Interesting..."
Adam then moved on to the System Shop.
After several minutes of exploration, he quickly understood how it worked.
It mainly contained:
Basic medicines Common resources Medicinal plants Recipes Simple tools Tents Survival equipment Food
For now, he did not have enough points to buy anything truly exceptional.
Finally, he checked the Lottery Draw.
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System Lottery
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1 Draw: 100 Points
11 Draws: 1,000 Points
Free Draw: 1 Available
Description:
Almost any item, skill, spell, or resource can be obtained.
The rarer the reward, the lower its appearance rate.
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"I’ll save that for later."
He closed the system windows.
Several hours had passed.
It was time to wake Elena.
The young woman slowly opened her eyes.
"My turn?"
"Yes."
Adam hesitated for a moment before adding:
"I learned a healing spell."
Elena frowned.
"Learned? In a few hours?"
"Uh... yes."
She looked at him as if he had just claimed he could fly.
"You’re joking?"
"No."
Before she could reply, Adam placed his hand near her wound.
A gentle green light appeared.
"Heal."
Life energy entered her body.
The wound immediately began to close.
The remaining pain almost completely disappeared.
Elena froze.
"That’s impossible..."
A few seconds later, she could already stand without difficulty.
"A novice shouldn’t be capable of using a spell so quickly."
Adam preferred to change the subject.
"Consider it a miracle."
The knight stared at him for a long moment.
Then she finally gave up.
At that moment—
CRAAAACK!
A branch snapped in the darkness.
Both of them froze.
Elena’s gaze immediately became sharp.
"We have company."
Adam grabbed his dagger.
Silhouettes gradually emerged from the tall grass.
One.
Two.
Five.
Ten.
Then even more.
"Female goblins?"
Adam frowned.
Something was strange.
Very strange.
All the monsters surrounding them were female goblins.
Not a single male.
Their yellow eyes glowed in the night as they slowly encircled the campsite.
But this was not the time to think.
The first female goblin leaped forward.
Adam reacted almost instinctively.
His newly acquired dagger mastery immediately went into action.
CLANG!
His blade deflected the creature’s claws.
"I can follow its movements?!"
He had never fought in his life.
Yet his body knew exactly what to do.
Beside him, Elena drew her sword.
A green glow enveloped the blade.
"Wind Enchantment!"
WHOOSH!
A blade of air cut through three female goblins in a single strike.
The battle intensified.
Thanks to his newly acquired mastery, Adam managed to defend himself effectively.
His natural agility and his Vigorous Body skill also helped tremendously.
After several minutes of fighting, the last female goblin fell to the ground.
Silence returned.
Adam caught his breath.
Then a series of notifications appeared.
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Level Increased!
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Level: 2 → 3
Strength +1
Agility +1
Endurance +2
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Adam immediately checked his skills.
None of them had progressed.
"Only the statistics?"
Then more notifications appeared.
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Satisfaction Rewards
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Threats Eliminated
Services Rendered:
Protection of an ally Elimination of hostile monsters
Points Obtained:
+8 Satisfaction Points
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Adam immediately understood.
Killing hostile monsters that threatened innocent people was also considered a service by his system.
"Interesting..."
After collecting the few items left behind by the female goblins and cleaning up the traces of the battle, Adam and Elena returned to the fire.
This time, the night passed without incident.
