Multiversal Ascension

[Your knowledge of unarmed martial arts has reached the required level.]

[You have acquired the skill: Unarmed Martial Arts Mastery.]

Mikael stopped hitting the punching bag and took time to read the description of his new skill.

[Unarmed Martial Arts Mastery Tier 0 Level 1 Skill

Description: This skill is the grouping of the knowledge, experience, and mastery of the user's unarmed martial arts.

Benefits: Allow the users to learn and apply all knowledge related to unarmed martial arts faster.

20% more damage is inflicted when using your body to fight

10% more attack speed when using your body to fight.]

“Why did you stop training?” asked a curious Kiara.

“I just learned a skill related to martial arts, I am checking the description of it, let me 2 minutes”

“Ok, don’t worry.”

“System how do you level up the unarmed martial arts mastery skill ?” Mikael spoke to the System by talking in his head.

[Unarmed Martial Arts Mastery Tier 0 Level 1 Skill: This skill can level up if the following conditions are met.

Your knowledge and experience of unarmed martial arts need to reach the threshold. Your actual progress is 0%

Pay 20 LP

Currently, leveling up is impossible because the user doesn’t have the Skill Leveling System.]

‘For real this skill is pretty good. With this skill and my martial artist class, I will learn martial arts a lot faster and will do 30% more damage and attack 10% faster when I am using no weapon’ thought Mikael.

‘The only issue is that I don’t have the skill leveling system which probably means that even if my progress reaches 100% I won’t be capable of upgrading my skill to the next level.’

“We can continue our training” Mikael spoke.

Kiara looked at Mikael while rubbing the tip of her 2 index together and looking shy and spoke. “I have a suggestion that I think would be beneficial to you. Do you want to hear it?”

“Sure say it.”

Kiara took a deep breath and thought ‘I need to impress him. Come on, Kiara you can do it.’

“I think we should also do some footwork training to go with the martial arts training. The only problem is that you would need to pay 30 LP to give me total Footwork knowledge and would need to pay 20 LP to add an obstacle course to help with the training.” Spoke an anxious Kiara.

“With all this, I will be at 0 LP but sure I accept.”

[-50 LP transaction completed.]

The instant the transaction was completed there was a light that illuminated the dojo.

When the light had disappeared there was a door that had appeared.

Mikael and Kiara exchanged a simple glance and started walking to the door. When Mikael opened the door they saw a magnificent forest with a dirt zone where there were a couple of wooden poles on it. There were also some marks on the ground that looked like footprints.

“Now we will practice like we are fighting but we will focus only on how our feet move and won’t attack” stated Kiara.

“Ok let’s go.”

1 hour later

Your knowledge of footwork has reached the required level.]

[You have acquired the skill: Footwork Mastery.]

[Footwork Mastery Tier 0 Level 1 Skill

Description: This skill is the grouping of the knowledge, experience, and mastery of the user footwork. Currently, leveling up is impossible because the user doesn’t have the Skill Leveling System.

Benefits: Allow the users to learn and apply all knowledge related to footwork faster.

30% faster movement speed when the user isn’t in a combat state.

15% faster movement speed when the user is in combat state.]

[Footwork Mastery Tier 0 Level 1 Skill: This skill can level up if the following conditions are met.

Your knowledge and experience of footwork need to reach the threshold. Your actual progress is 0%

Pay 20 LP

Currently, leveling up is impossible because the user doesn’t have the Skill Leveling System.]

“You gained a footwork-related skill?” asked a happy Kiara.

“Yea I just gained one” answered Mikael.

“Cool, if you want to continue your training we should go into the dojo and do some sparring, it’s good for you?”

“You’re the teacher it’s your call but let me 2 seconds so that I can disable the effect of my skill.”

“Records, temporarily disable all the benefits that my skills give me.”

[Request impossible, the skills are linked with your soul and if the records try to forcefully disable it, it can gravely hurt your soul.]

‘So the skills are linked to my soul, hmm that’s good to know’ he thought.

“Kiara, I can’t disable my skills do you have a solution?” asked Mikael.

“A solution that I have is that you give me the same skills as you, but it will cost you 30 LP.”

“I don’t have any more LP so it won’t be possible.”

“It isn’t that grave for now my proficiency in martial arts and footwork is a lot superior to you so we can spar with each other even if you are physically stronger than me.”

“Oh yes nearly forgot but how does it work for healing after the sparring? Is there an infirmary or do we have access to some magical healing? Asked Mikael.

“With the payment of 25 LP per hour for the training room, you have access to complete healing after leaving this room” she answered.

“Ok thanks for the answer but let’s go spar and let’s not waste any more time” spoke a relieved Mikael.

The two of them moved to the dojo and then they took a fighting stance while facing each other.

“The rule is that the first to fall to the ground lose, are you ready?” spoke Kiara.

“Ready” answered Mikael.

The moment Mikael finished his reply he started to move towards Kiara while doing multiple small hops on his feet to stay mobile.

When Mike was at arm's range, he threw multiple jabs to keep her occupied. Kiara easily diverted the jab but that was in the plan of Mikael and at the same time that his jab reached Kiara he launched a lowkick aimed at the knee of Kiara.

Kiara used her superior footwork to evade the kick and just after came back near Mikael and launched a hook in his rib.

The hook hit Mikael

“Argh” groaned Mikael while counterattacking with a direct in the face of Kiara which made her take a step back.

“Good progress” complimented a smiling Kiara.

Mikael answered her word by the action of attacking her but she counterattacked and Mikael was hard-pressed to defend.

After blocking a couple of hits, Mikael missed one that hit him directly in the face and had the consequence of dizzying him. Kiara took this opportunity to make him fall.

Kiara with her calm face looked at the fallen Mikael and said “I won this one ready for another round?”

Mikael got up and answered “always.”

2 hours later

[Your progress in the Unarmed Martial Arts Mastery skill has reached 36%]

[Your progress in the Footwork Mastery skill has reached 24%]

A beautifully smiling Kiara spoke, “You have made great progress today and I am really happy to know that I could help you.”

“Yea, you are an excellent teacher thanks for this training.”

Kiara with a beautiful blush on her face and a dreamy look “ I am a good teacher” she muttered to herself.

She took her courage and asked Mikael “ If I was a good teacher could I have a hug as a reward?”

“But it isn’t necessary to be a big hug it can be a small one even a microscopic one, I would be really happy in any case.”

Mikael saw the blush that was on her face and thought about what she just said. ’100% she has at least a crush on me but it is because I could be said to have ‘created’ her or was she programmed by the Records to be like this, to act as a spy or something like that?’

‘I will need to watch her and be cautious of her actions, but for now, I can accept her hug because honestly who will say no to a proposal like that from a girl like Kiara’ Mikael thought.

“Sure no problem.”

After Kiara saw Mikael fall in, thought, she panicked a little after hearing what she said. But when she heard his reply, a big smile appeared on her face.

Kiara took several indecisive steps before reaching forward and wrapping her arms around Mikael. A this moment Mikael felt the warmth of her body and the 2 softness that was touching his chest. When Kiara was hugging Mikael she brought her face near his chest and took a deep breath.

Then another… and then another and another.

Kiara looked like she was melting and was looking extremely peaceful.

Mikael for a moment didn’t know how to react to her actions and thought’

this… she really looked in love or maybe obsessed but it makes absolutely no sense since we’ve only known each other for like 4 hours.’

After a nearly 1 minute long hug, Mikael gently pushed her back and saw Kiara with a euphoric smile and she was seemingly lost in her thoughts.

“Kiara I will be leaving the time is nearly finished but it was nice getting to know you and training with you.”

“Yeah this time was simply blissful, but you will come back Right?” Spoke Kiara with an intense look in her eyes.

“I will come back don’t worry” spoke a reassuring Mikael.

“Records, I want to leave the training room and go into a place where I can choose the next world I will go in.”

[Request accepted you will be transported into the Hall in 5 seconds.]

5 seconds later Mikael disappeared in a flash of blue light.

The instant Mikael was teleported, Kiara began to touch her face with a crazed look while repeating like a broken recorder “ he hugged me… he hugged me” while having a crazed smile on her face.

This scene would surely give Mikael the chills but sadly or maybe fortunately he wasn’t there.

When the teleportation ended Mikael saw that he was back in the ‘cosmic library’ as he called it.

“System what is this place exactly ?”

[You are currently in the Hub. The central hub where you can access other worlds and the place where you can trade and discuss with other beings from your world.]

“I’ve had this query since I arrived where are the other people from Earth?”

[You are currently in the impossibility of interacting with other players from your world. Only after 1 week has passed since the start of your time in the Records will the player gain access to the true Hub, because currently, you are in the false Hub where a player is during his first week.]

“Does there is some rule when you are in the Hub with other players?”

[Yes the rules are that all types of attack, fighting, killing, and theft are prohibited in the Records, if you want to do one of the four forbidden things you need to be in an alternative world or be in some special location like the Arena.]

[If you break the rules you will need to pay a fine that will vary in function of the gravity of the crimes and of your power, but if the crimes are considered too serious or you have multiple offenses you can be directly eliminated.]

“Ok, thanks for the info.”

[It’s my duty] answered the emotionless female voice of the Records.

‘That answer makes me more confident in the fact that the Records are a sentient entity and if it’s effectively the case it’s better to be polite with her, don’t want to provoke an omnipotent entity’ Mikael thought.

“Records can you recommend me a world where I can farm level and LP at the same time.”

[World that matches the criteria found.]

[Goblin Den’s]

World Type: Unique world

World Power Levels: Tier 0

Description: A small world with only weak goblins that are living in small tribes.]

Optional Quest:

[Kill Goblin 1

Description: Kill 1 goblin. Rewards 100 LP]

[Kill Goblin 2

Description: Kill 10 goblins. Rewards 300 LP]

[Kill Goblin 3

Description: Kill 100 goblins. Rewards 700 LP]

[Kill Goblin 4

Description: Kill 500 goblins. Rewards 1,4K LP]

[Kill Goblin 5

Description: Kill 2K goblins. Rewards 2,6K LP]

[Bye Bye Tribe

Description: Destroy an entire goblin tribe. Rewards 500 LP]

[No leader

Description: Kill the chief of a goblin tribe. Rewards 400 LP]

[I am the leader

Description: Become the leader of a goblin tribe. Rewards 400 LP]

‘Of all the quests the only ones that aren’t worth doing now are the kill golbin 4 and 5 because they are just too time-consuming for the rewards.’

‘If do all the other's quests right I could gain 2,4K LP and a couple of levels but the world difficulty is a little high’ Mikael thought.

He touched the Glock in his jacket pocket while thinking ‘Even if the power level of this world is the same than mine it shouldn’t be dangerous. Goblin are known as weak so they shouldn’t be a problem as long as I am cautious. The only danger is the goblin chief but he will be in same tier as mine so even if he is stronger than me he won’t be capable to survive a bullet in the head.’

“System I want to go into the goblin den’s world”

[Teleportation Initiation in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1…]

The next moment Mikael was wrapped by the now familiar blue light and disappeared.