That was then followed by a prompt similar to the one I last witnessed at Lv. 25.
The effectiveness of your [Skill] [HP Regen] has been increased! (4.2% per minute) → (4.4% per minute) It may seem like a marginal increase due to the 4% bonus I'm receiving off [Seimei Kikan] but the implications of this improvement shouldn't be ignored. It's technically double the jump of the one I had last time when it upgraded from (0.1) → (0.2).
More importantly, just like at Lv. 25 I felt my body shift. The extra toning in my muscles was nice and I'm certainly not going to say no to a subtly more broad chest but the real prize...no no..not 'prize'...the real achievement was the tiny ¾ inch increase on my height.
Why so much emphasis on such a small thing you ask? It's a matter of male pride. Every man on the planet who's under six feet wishes deep down that they were taller and anyone who claims otherwise is lying. Perhaps even to themselves. Height is directly related to respect and being above six feet is an unofficial club. It's a childish, vacuous thing to be proud of but that doesn't change the immutable fact that I feel pride all the same.
All of these changes though, were expected. I didn't know exactly how much things would increase but I had foreseen that the increases themselves would happen.
The final item that Lv. 50 brought..the thing I didn'tforesee or expect...was the [Perk].
Congratulations! You have reached Lv. 50! Please select one of the following [Perk]'s.
I don't think I need to explain why this caught me flatfooted. Every [Perk] hence far has been related to stats themselves reaching a certain threshold, not my personal level. In hindsight I suppose it makes sense that generic-type [Perk]'s which aren't related to any particular trait could be awarded this way...but... I can honestly say it just hadn't occurred to me that those might be a thing. The first of the two was an Exp booster called [Combat Junkie]. It's function was relatively simple. Whenever an enemy was killed, KO'd, or sufficiently removed the fight, bonus Exp would be rewarded based on the strength of that enemy. Fodder and basic mooks between levels 5-9 would award an extra +15. Grunts of a slightly higher quality at levels 10-14 would net me +30, 15-19 's gave +60, you get the idea. At first glance a few handfuls of '+30' seem a bit inconsequential when each level up takes over 5,000 Exp now...but then I did some rough math about gains over a few years.. and well...it wasn't a small number.
Honestly. It seemed like a really solid [Perk]. It would get a lot of work done over the course of a lifetime considering the career path I've set myself on.
I definitely would've picked it if option 'B' wasn't the mostbusted, absolutely ridiculous, ability the [Game] has offered me to date. [Natural Growth]
In this world some men are strong. Some men are smart. Some men are fast and some are wise. And in this world some men... did not have to work hard to be this way. They simply woke up every morning and naturally reached talents that others fail to achieve despite decades of hard work. Is this fair? Is this right? Does it matter? Wouldn't you be one of these men if you could? If you select this [Perk] you will then choose between STR, VIT, DEX, INT, or WIS. At the beginning of every week your chosen stat will increase in value by 10 points. For doing nothing more than getting up in the morning.
...yeah.
I was speechless for a moment too.
10 a week. That's 520 a year. Assuming there's no theoretical 'cap' on my stats, that's over 5,000 free points a decade. I..I have no reference for what a number like that could even look like. Would a VIT rating that massive put me in the same weight class as the Yonko? How does that number in STR compare to Nightmare Luffy who could toss Oars around like he wasn't a 100 Ton super giant? DEX? Don't even get me started on DEX.
In the end... I couldn't decide.
So I let fate take the wheel instead.
Flipism couldn't help me here since a coin doesn't have three sides...but a dice does have six. I gave STR the low, DEX the high, and VIT took the 3 and 4 in the middle.
And wouldn't you know it?
Nat 1.
Fate spoke and STR was selected as the winner. I think you've heard enough by now though. No more monologuing.
'[Status]' Jack Parker, The Gamer, Lv. 52 Health: 3,500/3,500 Exp: 400/5,200 Money: 48,403,970 Beri STR: 210 VIT: 175 DEX: 267 INT: 123 WIS: 124 LUK: 43 Points to spend: 0 Click here to see list of [Skills] -Current number of [Skills]: 44 Click here to see list of [Perks] -Current number of [Perks]: 6 As you can see there's been progress made in every category except for that oh so elusive LUK. I was disappointed to learn that 250 in DEX wasn't the magic number to unlocking another [Perk] that I had hoped it was. No biggie though. I'm still riding the high from Lv. 50. If we need to go higher then we'll just go higher. Maybe 500 will yield results.
[Natural Growth] is a mere three days away from triggering a second time and I'm wondering how long-
Alert! Your [Den-Den-Mushi] is ringing! Ah. Excuse me for a moment.
"Puru-puru-puru-puru. Puru-puru-pur-KA-CHK! Mori! Bay-bee! How we doing today?" "Hah!" The familiar bark comes. "Better than you I Imagine!"
"Oh I don't know.." I teased with a sigh as I relaxed my head against the grassy knoll, breeze in my hair and Kiwi snacking at my side. "I've got more money than I'll ever need, the freedom to go where I want and not to mention.." I pick up the newspaper at my side. "..I'm on page six. It may be just two paragraphs and they only have my first name but I'm feeling pretty much like the world is my oyster. How can you beat that?"
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