Twenty 10-Pull Draws

After a period of study, Mel Carlo had only learned some basic greetings, like "Good morning" and "Hello."

The problem wasn't with Mel Carlo, but rather Anke's knowledge level was truly lacking.

One half-baked teacher was instructing another illiterate student.

Mel was like an illiterate person now; he could understand the language of this world but couldn't recognize the written words, so he had to start learning from scratch.

At least in an environment like this, learning to read and write was truly not an easy task.

As he prepared to leave, Mel Carlo called out three names: "Akai, Lily, Chocolate. Just these three. I'll consider the last spot."

He left the room, walked through the long corridor, and descended the stairs back into the courtyard. The beggars had already gone to rest, with only Lily still sitting under the eaves, waiting for Mel.

"Why aren't you asleep yet?" Mel looked at the young girl and sighed.

"You hadn't come back, and I was worried about you."

"Alright, go to sleep. We won't have to beg anymore."

"What do you mean?"

Mel explained how Anke was taking them in as subordinates. From now on, they wouldn't need to beg or steal.

People always felt some unease about the unknown, but the current situation was already bad enough. How much worse could it get?

Lily didn't say much more. At her age, after a busy day, she was already very tired.

Back in the room, the two lay down on the dry grass. They hadn't practiced their stealing skill for the day yet, and they were already quite tired. Practicing four times should be enough.

After practicing [Stealing] four times with Lily, Mel's magic power was also mostly depleted. His limit was originally six times. Normally, practicing five times at once would require him to wait for his magic power to recover slowly.

He didn't want to be so tired today.

Effort +4, Current Effort: 28, [Stealing Proficiency] 10/10000.

After a night of deep sleep, he woke up feeling groggy, as if he hadn't slept enough. This was the after-effect of overusing his magic power. He had retained some magic power, which prevented him from feeling too uncomfortable.

It was more comfortable than the night he practiced five times. The after-effects of magic power depletion could be clearly felt and directly impacted one's spirit.

Mel Carlo told the three of them again that they no longer needed to beg. He couldn't help everyone, but he could at least help those in front of him.

The extra spot was secured by Chubby for his friend, which slightly surprised Mel Carlo, as he hadn't expected the chubby boy to have other friends.

Normally, they would all go out to beg, but today they didn't know what to do. If they were to train like a gang, some combat skills and techniques were not something children their age could learn. They could only start training from the basics.

No one bothered Mel Carlo because he had his own training to do. First was [Back Hop]. Although it was less strenuous than frog jumps, doing fifty consecutive jumps made his legs feel like they couldn't move anymore.

Effort +1

Effort +1

[Back Hop Proficiency] 51/10000, Current Effort: 78.

After finishing the Back Hop practice, Mel Carlo began to try [Flying Blade]. This type of throwing skill could only be used with throwing axes, throwing knives, or daggers. If he threw stones, they wouldn't have as much killing power.

This skill could not only accurately hit vital points but also had a certain penetration effect. However, in his opinion, it was more like a skill that pursued a one-hit kill. Since he couldn't buy a large number of throwing knives and daggers in a short period, if he had to make a move, he would only have one chance.

Effort +1

Effort +1

Proficiency +1

The points were constantly increasing. With this kind of throwing, even practicing a thousand times a day wouldn't feel too difficult. It mainly relied on the strength of the hand, not as strenuous as Back Hop.

The fatigue from Back Hop only required a short rest before he could do another set. The greater fear was muscle soreness the next day.

Mel Carlo didn't do anything else that day; instead, he focused on practicing [Flying Blade]. When his proficiency reached 1020, he stopped. The passive chain effect of Dagger Attack granted double effort points.

He glanced at the system panel:

[Dagger Attack] Proficiency: 1021/10000, The extra point in the passive skill was obtained when he was practicing the [Cut] skill earlier.

Current Effort: 2078.

For the [Flying Blade] skill, as long as he practiced with daggers, he could trigger the passive skill [Dagger Attack]. The return was indeed the highest at the moment.

Just one day of practice was enough for him to do 200 lottery draws, equivalent to 20 ten-pulls. Compared to this, Mel Carlo was more eager to see if anything different would happen after he maxed out his skill proficiency.

During his rest and adjustment period, he could also practice [Assassin's Breathing Technique]. Both proficiency and effort points could be increased. Each breath increased by one point, but the breathing rhythm was relatively slow, so the increase speed wasn't fast. Completing one breath every 6 seconds meant completing 10 breaths in a minute, increasing effort and proficiency by 10 points.

Right after finishing other training, practicing [Assassin's Breathing] was simply torture. This was because after strenuous exercise, people habitually took deep breaths to promote circulation. This method of controlling breathing rhythm made him feel a little dizzy.

In less than a minute, he had to stop temporarily, at least to let his body recover a bit before continuing to practice.

[Assassin's Breathing Technique] Proficiency: 10/10000, Current Effort: 2088.

After completing these practices, more than half the time had passed. The next step was definitely the lottery. He hoped it wouldn't be a big bag of rabbit milk candies.

Obtained: [Chips] ×10

Draw again!

Obtained: [Cola] ×10

"What the heck, the ten-pulls all gave the same items. This is worse than single pulls." Mel Carlo hadn't looked at the lottery wheel; it didn't display what prizes were inside, so it was all blind draws.

However, these items aren't entirely useless.

Continue!

Obtained: [Instant Noodles] ×10

Obtained: [Mineral Water] ×10

After using all 20 of his 10-pulls, Mel Carlo found he received the same rewards as before. The final results were:

50 bags of chips, 50 cans of cola, 50 bags of instant noodles, and 50 bottles of mineral water.

Current Effort: 88.

"This is broken, did the system make a mistake? This is a fantasy otherworld, and all I'm getting are daily necessities." Mel Carlo frowned. This was a bit different from the system he had imagined. There was no mischievous system girl to bicker with, and even the system interface looked half-finished. These rewards also made no sense.

But on second thought, perhaps these items could be sold in this world. He could be a small merchant in this otherworld. However, these things suddenly appearing in this otherworld felt a bit abrupt. He couldn't sell them immediately; at least, not until he had some ability to protect himself.

Glancing at Chubby, who was currently training, Mel Carlo dismissed the thought of immediately sharing this food. If he kept pulling out many unfamiliar food items, he wouldn't be able to explain himself clearly, and it would also easily attract attention from others.

After finishing a day of training, Mel Carlo went to eat with Akai and the others. They no longer had to eat the stinky dark bread; instead, they could enjoy normal bread and porridge made from grains.