A/N: I'm going to try and condense the Gamer Notifications even further. You could say...to go even further beyond, haha!
It will be under the assumption Field Skills trigger without them being displayed. I will only show the result from here on. Skill Proficiency, Spell Proficiency, Record Count, Tasks, etc will also be omitted from here on. I will keep things like Stats, EXP, and Wallet visible.
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[Ding! Your Party has defeated the fourth wave.]
[Ding! Your Party has obtained 12,800 EXP.]
[Ding! You have obtained 8,533 EXP!]
[Ding! You have leveled up! 9 -> 11 (2,157/10,240).]
[Ding! You have received 8 INT and 8 WIS!]
[Ding! You have received 24 Points!]
[Ding! Current Points: 36.]
[Ding! You have received $15,360 USD!]
[Ding! Wallet: $21,548 USD.]
[Ding! Your HP and MP have been fully replenished!]
[Ding! Pepper has received 4,533 EXP!]
[Ding! Pepper has leveled up! 8 -> 10 (1,296/5,210).]
[Ding! Pepper has received 8 DEX!]
[Ding! Pepper has received 6 Points!]
[Ding! Pepper's Points: 48.]
[Ding! Pepper's HP and MP have been fully replenished!]
[Ding! Tony has received 4,534 EXP!]
[Ding! Tony has leveled up! 10 -> 11 (1,284/10,240).]
[Ding! Tony has received 4 INT and 4 WIS!]
[Ding! Tony has received 6 Points!]
[Ding! Tony's Points: 6.]
[Ding! Tony's HP and MP have been fully replenished!]
[Ding! Your Party's Status has been updated and is ready to view.]
A/N: If it is just one battle, it would look something like this. Once Myles is solo, it will appear even less.
[Ding! Your Party has defeated the fifth wave!]
[Ding! Your Party has obtained 18,750 EXP!]
[Ding! You have received 12,500 EXP!]
[Ding! You have leveled up! 11 -> 12 (3,544/20,480).]
[Ding! You have received 4 INT and 4 WIS!]
[Ding! You have received 12 Points!]
[Ding! Current Points: 48.]
[Ding! Your HP and MP have been fully replenished!]
[Ding! You have received $22,250 USD!]
[Ding! Wallet: $43,798 USD.]
[Ding! Pepper has received 6,250 EXP!]
[Ding! Pepper has leveled up! 10 -> 11 (2,336/10,240).]
[Ding! Pepper has received 4 DEX!]
[Ding! Pepper has received 6 Points!]
[Ding! Pepper's Points: 6.]
[Ding! Pepper's HP and MP have been fully replenished!]
[Ding! Tony has received 6,250 EXP!]
[Ding! Tony's Level: 11 (7,534/10,240).]
[Ding! Your Party's Status has been updated and is ready to view.]
[Ding! Your Party has completed Task 1: Kill Zombies (1,000/1,000).]
[Ding! Your Quest, Amass Funds, has been updated.]
[Ding! Amass Funds: $43,508/$60,000 USD.]
[Ding! Warning. Your Party has three minutes until the Undead King arrives.]
"Hah...Hah...Hah...", I said, visibly panting now. Even Tony appeared a little haggard. That ego of his was long gone. He was slouched over his Lightweight Tungsten Hammer.
As for me, the amount of blood my two Zanpakuto were greeted with was an insane amount. If there is a bright side to this. We managed to defeat a total of 990 Zombies. It looks like there is one final seventh wave left to go. It will have the Undead King, and ten Zombies, likely Level 10, accompanying it. Even Pepper had a tired look in her eyes.
"This...Is a little much, even for me...", Tony said, and heaved a deep sigh.
"I can't believe we just did all of that and succeeded. How much time has passed since we came into this place anyway?", Pepper decided to ask the key question.
"About that...", I said, unsure whether I should answer it or not. And yet, before I could, I was greeted with another Gamer Notification. This one confused even me.
[Ding! As the Undead King draws near, your trial period of ID Creation has ended.]
[Ding! Time will now flow with a 1:1 ratio to the outside world.]
Oi!
Are you saying yesterday's Instance Dungeon was just some form of trial!?
[Ding! One minute has passed.]
[Ding! Current Time: 10:31 AM.]
[Ding! Your Party has two minutes until the Undead King arrives.]
...
F*ck it. We ball.
"Guess I don't need to hide it anymore. Time being stopped in these Instance Dungeons was just temporary, from the looks of it. It gave us a timer before the Undead King arrives, so that makes sense, in a way. Then again, it doesn't. I don't really want to go down the rabbit hole concerning how time works, so let's just leave it at that, alright?", I requested.
"So time is flowing now. Very well, I will not question it further.", Tony said with a nod.
"???", Pepper tried to say. She was just confused about the whole matter. I don't blame her. She wasn't with Tony and I inside the Slime Tunnel.
"Don't sweat the small details, Ms. Potts.", I said, urging Pepper to forget about it. "Instead, how do you feel now that you've got a couple Water Spells now?"
Changing the topic, I asked how Pepper was.
"Honestly speaking, this street is dreadful, but I'm feeling great. My mind has been refreshed several times over. It's like I've woken up from a perfect sleep an entire week straight. Do you really have to disband the Party once we leave this...Instance Dungeon, you called it?", Pepper asked with a hint of disappointment in her eyes.
"Well well well. Where's that pushback you gave me earlier, huh? Sounds like someone's starting to like what I have to offer~", I said in a teasing tone. "Joking aside, unfortunately, I will be disbanding the Party after this. While I won't lie to say I can create the next Instance Dungeon whenever I want to, I want to dive deeper into how this ability of mine works. You alright with it too, Tony?"
"Yeah. I don't mind if you fly solo for a while, Myles. I don't want Happy breathing down my neck again, even if those board meetings bore me half to death. I'd rather risk my life here in one of those Instance Dungeons, and that's saying something.", Tony answered, and sighed.
"Haha! Can't evade that work life for too long, you know. I used to work nine-to-five before this. My place was super strict too. Even if I was late one day, they'd write me up for it.", I said, telling a little white lie, but half of it was the truth.
Even if I managed my own business, I was still a consultant at the end of the day. That job had very long, and demanding work hours. Every minute counted in that sort of environment. I'm glad I have a new change of pace, honestly speaking. Now, I get to set my own terms, so suck it!
"Was that the case?", Tony asked. "Anyway, you said you earned around five grand after we were about 20% of the way into this dungeon. How much are you now? Did you reach my target?"
"Not quite there, but almost. I'm now over forty grand~", I said, revealing a grin. I'm no longer poor, haha! I made more in this place alone than what an average person makes while working minimum wage for a year. "But unlike before where I didn't spend a whole lot, this is forty grand we're talking about here. I'll definitely need to use that LLC you plan to make in order to use any of this money."
"Very well. You can rest for the rest of the day. Tomorrow, I will have Happy use my connections to set one up. It just has a bunch of paperwork that you will need to sign.", Tony explained.
"Sounds good.", I nodded, taking a moment to take in a deep breath. While we may have experienced level ups during the fourth and fifth wave, because I did not possess Gamer's Mind, it was taking a mental toll on me. Also on Tony and Pepper too. I could see the tiredness in their eyes, even though Tony didn't want to admit it.
Instead, I saw Tony's eyes wander above me where my name tag was. It read Myles Alexander - Level 12. Tony and Pepper were Level 11. Pepper already caught up to Tony's Level, just like that! EXP sharing at its finest. At the very least, Tony managed to level up once, and he's closing in on Level 12. One thing to note, it looks like the required experience per level is legit doubling every single time.
It's going to become much, much tougher to reach mid-game, and endgame levels...
But that is well worth it. The grind never stops~
"You overtook my level. Seriously, what is up with that? Or would you rather not talk about it like last time?", Tony asked, pressing the matter again.
"I'd rather not. Perhaps one day. Next time you meet me, it'll be like I'm a new person.", I responded, and grinned. Since we have a moment, let's have a look at my Stat Preview. I'm now considering the privacy of Tony and Pepper so I didn't have another look at theirs, just mine.
It also looks like Stat Preview changed a little bit, it is only showing the Skills and Spells that I used.
[Myles's Stat Preview]
Name: Myles Alexander
Age: 18
Level: 12 (3,544/20,480)
Total EXP: 24,014
Title: Money Grubber
Wallet: $43,798 USD
HP: 25,284/25,284
MP: 1,168/1,168
STR: 70 VIT: 37 DEX: 64
INT: 119 WIS: 119 LUK: 70
Points: 48
Attack Damage: 1870
Magic Damage: 119
Fast Travel: Unlocked
-Azure Point (Long Beach, CA)
Weapon Slot: Zanpakuto - R
Kills: 1,160/100,000 (+1,000)
Shield Slot: Zanpakuto - L
Kills: 1,160/100,000 (+1,000)
Left Armguard: N/A
Right Armguard: N/A
Left Ring: N/A
Right Ring: Ring of the Wind Spirit
Left Pauldron: N/A
Right Pauldron: N/A
Left Earring: N/A
Right Earring: Dragon Vein
Helmet: N/A
[Active Quests]
Amass Funds (0/1)
Kill Zombies (0/1)
Used Field Skills:
Basic Sword Mastery Lv1 -> Lv15
Observe Lv5 -> Lv10
Wind Magic
Uses: 1,000/10,000 (+1,000)
Used Active Skills:
Leg Sweep Lv2 -> Lv10
Pummel Lv1 -> Lv5
Tenpuzan (Heaven-Slicing Wind) Lv1 -> Lv2
Used Spell Book:
Wind Sphere - Lv8 -> Lv15
Wind Shackles
Uses: 50/10,000 (+50)
A/N: Thank you readers for recommending this.
I felt satisfied looking at this Stat Preview function. This summarized version of my Status Window is quite nice!
I also had no reason to hold my Points either. Just like that, I had 48 to use again. I plan to use every single Point whenever I receive them. I think for my path forward, I will place them into Stats I currently lack, or where they are needed the most. I'm quite pleased with STR, DEX, INT, and WIS currently, so that means VIT, and LUK!
'Put 27 Points into VIT, and 21 LUK.', I decided.
[Ding! Your VIT has increased by 27!]
[Ding! Current VIT: 80 (50).]
[Ding! Your LUK has increased by 21!]
[Ding! Current LUK: 102 (56).]
Even though I haven't invested too much into VIT before this, my HP is already leagues different compared to what I originally started with. Its formula is working rather well. I have over 25,000 HP thanks to the two Zanpakuto. I can take several hits now without needing to worry about my safety. Plus, my MP reached over 1000 too. This means I can use Tenpuzan twice!
But I don't plan to do that.
[Ding! Three minutes have passed. The Undead King has arrived.]
"GRRRRRRRRRR!", A powerful voice resounded from deep within the opposite end of the Zombie street. It wasn't like any of the Zombies we have fought before. A huge shadow emerged. With that was a sense of dread. It even made the hairs on my back stick out. And yet, I stood my ground.
Hell, I even grinned. Tony saw this, and his demeanor changed.
"I don't like that look in your eyes, Myles. The Undead King is on its way to us. Do you have a plan?", Tony asked, frowning.
"I sure do have a plan!", I said, and suddenly reached into my Inventory, only to pull out the one Death Blade I have. I was considering holding onto it for later, but that was before I received my two Zanpakuto. I can hold my own ground now without having to worry. "I'd like to show you two to my little friend here. And I mean LITTLE friend. Haha!"
"Is that...a blade of grass?", Pepper replied, also frowning. "And what is it doing with that weird-looking aura around it!? I'm pretty sure leaves should not be red like that!"
Even though Death Blade was Rainbow-grade, it had a domineering, red aura swirling around it.
"It isn't just any blade of grass, Ms. Potts.", I said, still grinning. "Just sit back and watch the show. The two of you won't even need to lift a finger."
The Undead King that made its way before us soon came into view. I had a quick look at its details. I almost feel sorry for the guy.
[Undead King]
A person who once ruled a faraway kingdom now lies here, continuing its life as a Lich. It holds resentment to those who drove away his rule. It is unable to pass on, as it still has lingering attachments. Now, it rules an army of the Undead.
HP: 100,000/100,000
MP: 10,000/10,000
STR: 1500 VIT: 1000 DEX: 1250
INT: 1000 WIS: 1000 LUK: 0
EXP: 10,000
Money: $10,000 USD
Active Skills: Summon Undead, Holy Barrier, Darkness Blast, Black Hole
Item Drops:
1 Water Spell Book (C)
1 Wind Spell Book (B)
3 Equipment Boxes (Purple)(Random)
1 Weapon Box (Staff)(Orange)(Random)
I said that I was satisfied with how my Stats were earlier, but holy. This is definitely a Boss, alright. Just look at those Stats. And 100,000 HP too!
And yet, I have this little blade of grass that can bypass that all. HERE I COME, FREE EXPERIENCE!
Flick!
Using every bit of my strength that I had, I took aim with Death Blade, and shot it right at the Undead King, who was now in our line of sight. The poor thing couldn't even use an Active Skill before the blade of grass reached its bones, tearing it to shreds. It died right on the spot!
[-100,000!]
"Grr---!?", The Undead King tried to say, only to let out its death woes. Just like the rest of the Zombies, it vanished without a trace.
"...", Tony tried to say.
"...", Pepper tried to say.
"How about that?", I said, and grinned at the two again. Victory is ours!