My Idle System

He felt his heart bleeding at how much he was wasting!

In the end, knowing he couldn't change any of those things in the short term, he decided not to dwell on the topic and make himself feel even more uncomfortable.

[You have received 113.600 Experience]

[Your Level has increased]

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[Your Level has increased]

[You have received 4 unassigned points]

[The skill Breath of the Shadow Blade has become Lv.2 (20%)]

Christian, finally opening his eyes and seeing the system notifications in front of him, was left stunned.

More than one hundred thousand experience, more than one level gained, and the unassigned points had increased too.

First came the joy of getting stronger, then the excitement of what the Idle System was giving him… Christian wanted to shout at the top of his lungs, expressing his happiness!

If happiness had a color, it would be the blue in front of him, the numbers he was looking at in this moment... he strongly believed!

It took Christian more than just a moment to calm himself after the shock of the sudden joy from the unexpected amount of experience, and even more from the sudden surge in strength that had been stagnating. Once essence enter the picture, everything really do change.

Still, knowing he wasn't finished yet, he tried not to be distracted any further and finally willed his system to receive the other Idle slots.

[You have received 5.680 Experience]

[You have received 6.630 Experience]

[You have received 8.045 Experience]

[You have received 5.205 Experience]

[The skill Intermediate AI Creation has become Lv.9 (10%)]

[The skill Intermediate Programming has become Lv.4 (83%)]

[The skill Intermediate Hand-to-Hand Combat has become Lv.5 (14%)]

[The skill Intermediate Human Biology has become Lv.9 (30%)]

Upon receiving the Idle accumulation this time, Christian couldn't focus on the amount of knowledge he had gained, which had clearly increased across other subjects, with the maximum being just a little more than double what it was before the Idle System upgrade.

Instead, Christian focused on something else… the minuscule amount of energy that circulated through his body this time, or more accurately, just through his muscles, despite the absence of an essence technique.

Coupled with the vast knowledge he received, Christian immediately understood that the energy was related to his hand-to-hand combat skill.

Previously, he felt the need to eat more after a rapid change in his muscles, that would end up in him assimilating these changes. But now, things were different. With this energy, which seemed to be able to solve everything, he didn't feel the urge to eat more. It was just a calming sensation, nothing more.

He realized that this kind of change was likely more significant when his skill level became much higher, as it wouldn't matter much at his current stage, if he just needed to eat more.

As the quick changes in his body subsided, Christian began to digest the other things. He concluded that the environment seemed to influence the training of essence techniques, or anything related to essence, far more than it did for pure knowledge.

Then, more importantly, there was the amount of experience!

The difference of twenty times, no matter how he looked at it, was enormous, and Christian began to wonder if he had been too wasteful with his choices.

However, as he thought about it, his mind shifted to the prefixes of the normal skills; currently Intermediate, with Advanced following, and some other tiers beyond that which he assumed. At that point, which of the two would give more experience?

In the first place, should he really measure things just by the amount of experience he was getting?

Most importantly, what about the plan he had already made for himself, to continue down the path of science and pursue all the plans he had laid out?

What about the convenience of it all? Would an essence technique really make things more comfortable for him?

If it were something that could make him the strongest in one day, that would be one thing, but if it couldn't, then it was clearly not enough.

Christian had a long internal debate about his current situation and whether he should continue on this path, before ultimately reaffirming his previous decisions.

In the end, he knew that by the time the normal skills started granting more experience than the essence technique, he would have acquired another, likely even stronger, technique, one that would probably give even more experience.

It was, once again, a cycle… a never-ending one. But if he were to trace it back to its origins, wasn't it all due to his hacking skill? A normal skill.

So, while he might lose some experience and his development would likely take a little longer, he ultimately decided to stick with his ongoing plans.

With his thoughts finally settled, Christian decided to open his status window and take a look.

[Idle System]

Host: Christian White

Rank: Unranked

Level: 23 (EXP: 27.240/115.000)

Age: 18

Constitution: 12

Comprehension: 46

Essence: 2

Unassigned Points: 30

[Skills]

Advanced Trading Lv.2(56%)

Passion Reader Lv.-

Advanced Program Hacking Lv.4(90%)

Intermediate Kinetix Body Building Lv.1(7%)

High School Knowledge Lv.10(Max)

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Lv.10(Max)

Intermediate AI Creation Lv.9(9%)

Intermediate Human Biology Lv.9(30%

Intermediate Hand to hand combat Lv.5(14%)

Danger Awareness Lv.-

Breath of the Shadow Blade Lv.2(20%)

Intermediate Programming Lv.4(83%)

[Idle practicing slots:(0/5)]

Instead of the long list of skills, the first thing that caught Christian's attention was his rank, which had changed from an empty space to "Unranked." He felt this likely meant he was now considered someone who had stepped into the essence field, even if he was still an unranked fledgling. And that naturally made him happy.

The second thing that stood out was his constitution, which had increased by two points… his constitution that seemed like it was never going to raise again after it hit the number ten.

But, even more noteworthy was that he finally acquired essence, now even at two.

Feeling a surge of excitement, Christian couldn't help but focus on sensing the energy, the essence, that he now possessed.

And that's when he was in for a surprise!

After understanding that essence had properties, Christian had expected something dark, something akin to shadow, as the technique he was training with was a shadow-based one. But what he found was simply normal essence, no different from what he had previously struggled to sense in the air.

Had he misunderstood the information about properties? For the first time, Christian found the existence of someone to ask, perhaps a teacher, important.

However, after reflecting on everything he had learned through his training with the technique, and how he had already gathered essence inside his body, it seemed unlikely that he had made such a simple mistake.

So, he decided to try gathering essence around his hand.

It was a wrong way of using his measly two points in essence, especially since the technique required a weapon. But Christian, knowing that his essence would recover eventually and that he wasn't in a dangerous situation, decided to proceed with his experiment anyway.

As his hand became somewhat obscured by a dark aura surrounding it, Christian, fascinated by the sensation, marveled at his first attempt to use the essence technique in real life, rather than just as a form of information feedback. His heart also raced… after all, this kind of thing was the epitome of fantasy for him.

However, he couldn't maintain it for long, let along play with it; the essence ran out too quickly, which was a bit regrettable. Despite that, the experience itself was satisfying.

He also understood that while the form of essence inside his body didn't seem to be affected by its shadow property, it still held the said property nonetheless.

With that, he returned to his status window and began contemplating his progress in his other skills… when his gaze lingered on his hand-to-hand combat skill.

For Christian, while efficiency was important, there was still no need to obsess over it in everything. For instance, aside from the AI Creation and General Programming skills, which were currently essential, Human Biology and Hand-to-Hand Combat weren't the same for the time being.

Human Biology was something for later stages, so that was fine. But Hand-to-Hand Combat was different. Now that he was learning as essence technique paired some fighting sets, and considering how those essence techniques tended to always be like this, he felt its importance diminish.

And while he did feel that, if he continued down this path, he would eventually reach a point where, even without using essence, he could unleash unimaginable power. But that was still far off, even with the recent upgrade to the system.

So, he couldn't help but stare at its name in the status window, wondering if he should replace it in the third slot with something else.

He naturally had a ton of things he wanted to add too, but most of them were for later. When he thought about his immediate needs, only three things came to mind. Swordsmanship, or rather, all-weapon mastery, since the fighting technique of the essence technique still wasn't polished enough. A concealment technique, to hide the fact that he possessed essence and live safely as a normal human. And finally, researching the talent testing method.

Christian hesitated between these three options, and even considered not making any changes at all.

He asked himself which one he needed the most right now… and surprisingly, the answer came quickly.

Now, when he needed to tackle problems involving normal people, since, as of now, there was no one around Damian who had touched essence, the thing he needed the most was unmistakably the concealment technique.

Not only would it hide the presence of essence within him, but it could also prove invaluable for his upcoming venture, as he really wanted to finish things with Damian now!

Most importantly, since he was already training in an essence technique related to shadow, gaining it might not prove to be that difficult.

With the decision made, he didn't wait any longer and was about to go ahead with his plan… when he paused. Should he include the word perfect this time too? Or not?

In the end, thinking that he could change things later and that he didn't need something too grand for now, Christian decided to settle for the normal version and finally willed his system.

[The Idle Practice in the Third Slot, Concealment Technique, has started.]

[The skill Mortal Concealment Technique has been created.]

[Currently, the skill Mortal Concealment Technique is Lv.0 (80%).]

Christian, who read the system notifications, was taken aback this time. Had he graduated from the Basic prefix and entered the Mortal one instead? What did mortal mean here anyway? Something unrelated to essence?

But with the system understanding his ideas, that couldn't possibly be the case!

At first, Christian fretted slightly, but after a moment, he realized there was no need to dwell on this seemingly trivial matter. In time, he would come to understand what it truly meant anyway. So, he decided not to overthink it and simply moved on.

After finishing his review of the status window, his thoughts went to other matters... his future plans!

With the current state of things, Christian was finally able to solidify his plans for the future. As although he had been slightly hesitant before, wondering if he was moving too quickly with the changes brought by his system, he now realized it wasn't too fast at all. On the contrary, he felt he needed to do his best to keep up.

Christian had a lengthy discussion with Iris about what he might need and how the workshop on the vacant land beside the house they planned to buy should take shape, before he finally called Eva to inform her.

"Are you planning to open some kind of weapon factory? Or do you have a war in mind? Should I start preparing myself?"

…And then received this kind of response.