Astral Online: Cursed by the Demon Lord to Become the Strongest Beautiful Girl, I Rapidly Grow and Dominate with Cheat Skills Despite Being the Weakest Profession - Chapter 8
Chapter 8: Skill Points
When Sora returned to her room, she picked up the VR headset from the bed and put it on.
Since it was basically always connected to the charging adapter, there was no need to worry about the battery level.
As the headset’s power turned on automatically, Sora spoke the words to enter the virtual space.
“Game Start!”
She was a bit concerned whether the VR headset would properly recognize the brainwave authentication with her gender-swapped state, but it was recognized without issue, connecting to her brain and spreading the virtual space before her.
In reality, Sora Kamijo’s body remained lying on the bed, but her consciousness once again descended into the land of the royal capital Yggdrasil as the adventurer Sora.
At least she managed to return.
The breeze caressed her cheeks.
The hard sensation of the cobblestone path beneath her shoes.
Since it was lunchtime, a savory smell of grilled meat carried by the wind tickled her nostrils.
Sora remembered hearing rumors about this game letting players “cook.”
She thought it would be hard to simulate taste in a virtual world, but judging from this scent, maybe there’s a possibility it succeeded.
As she stood there, despite having eaten lunch in the real world earlier, she started to feel hungry again.
Sora shook her head to dispel the rising appetite and decided to first check her own body.
Well, it wasn’t going to change.
Naturally, her virtual body remained gender-swapped due to the curse.
The upper and lower equipment were in their initial state, and the sword hanging at her waist was a ?Normal Sword? that was just a bit too large for a girl’s body.
Sora took a strand of her long silver hair and made a bitter expression.
Was defeating the Demon Lord the only path forward?
Was there any other method to break the curse somewhere in this world?
In any case, the only thing to do now was to level up, improve her equipment, and become stronger.
No matter how difficult the game was, Sora, who had cleared them all, wore a fearless smile and checked her surroundings.
Of course, this was precisely the front of the temple where she last logged out.
She glanced inside the temple through the open door and saw other new adventurers setting up their professions.
Nothing particularly noteworthy besides that, and no matter how much she looked, she couldn’t find Shin or Rou.
It seemed neither of them had logged in yet.
While it was one thing for Shin, it was very unusual for the serious and dependable Rou not to appear even when the time came.
However, standing around wouldn’t help, so before logging in, she opened the email she had sent to her account on her smartphone and copied her sister’s friend code from there.
Opening the status screen and tapping the friend slots, she found where to enter the code in the search.
She pasted the copied code and started the search.
A single player appeared.
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?Adventurer? Shio
?Level? 13
?Clan Name? Hunters of the Twilight
?Currently Logged Out?
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Hmm, it looked like the name was a variation of her usual name.
The level was quite high, as expected for a top player.
‘It seems that from here, I can’t see the type of weapon they’re using or their specific profession. Also, the clan name is pretty cool’, Sora thought.
“Um, let’s send the friend request… is this right?”
The request was completed almost instantly, with no time lag, and the screen displayed that it was done in just one second.
Sora then sat down on a nearby bench, kept the status screen open, and tapped on the unique skill ?Lucifer?.
“Now, what kind of skill is this?”
Sora made sure to check it properly this time.
On the transparent screen in front of her, the details of the unique skill were displayed.
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Unique Skill: ?Lucifer?
– Consumes 1 Life Point to activate ?Fallen Angel?.
– Doubles the acquisition of skill points.
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“T-two times…!?”
No, this is insane.
The ?Fallen Angel? effect that consumes ?Life Points? is a bit unclear, so she set that aside, but the next effect was astonishing to anyone who heard it.
To be honest, leveling up quickly by fighting the Demon Lord seemed trivial compared to this.
The double of skill points gained by ?Lucifer? was outright cheating.
Because with this…
Unable to recover from the shock, Sora closed the skill menu and touched the profession ?Enchanter? on the status screen.
| Profession: ?Enchanter?
Skill Level: 1 Support Skills: Skill Points: 230 remaining |
According to the support system, this remaining 230 points are typically increased by 10 with each level gained.
Players can allocate these points to their profession to level up their skills.
By the way, skill levels increase by 1 for every 20 points allocated.
Even if you choose a less optimal profession, as long as you conserve your skill points, you can quickly develop another profession.
It’s truly a player-friendly system.
Looking at her remaining skill points, Sora felt a complex mix of emotions.
Thanks to her skill-up boost, she had gained 80 extra points just from leveling up twice, bringing my total to 230.
Without her cheating skill, she’d only have 170 points. If she keeps leveling up at this rate, her Enchanter profession will be four times stronger than other players in no time.
Wow, if this gets out, things might get really bad…
Looking up at the clear blue sky, Sora let out a dry laugh.
However, if she’s going to defeat the Demon Lord, this is a tremendous advantage.
Since it was given by the Demon Lord herself, it should be used to its fullest potential.
With that thought, Sora refocused and decided to invest all her points into ?Enchanter? without hesitation.
The skill level increased from 1 to 11.
As a result of levels 2 through 10, she acquired the following five skills:
– Support Skill: ?Lightning Attribute Enchantment?
– Support Skill: ?Light Attribute Enchantment?
– Support Skill: ?Dark Attribute Enchantment?
– Support Skill: ?Attack Power Increase Enchantment?
– Support Skill: ?Defense Power Increase Enchantment?
Hmm, she’s now able to handle a lot more enchantment skills.
In addition to attribute enchantments, acquiring skills that boost attack and defense power was a significant gain.
this greatly expands her range of abilities. It’s a welcome development both for herself and for assisting Shin and Rou.
Sora smiled, made a fist with her right hand, and struck a victory pose.
“……But still, they’re really late.”
It had already been more than 30 minutes past the agreed-upon time.
Looking around, Sora tilted her head.
She still couldn’t find Shin or Rou.
Could it be that Shin and Rou were already here waiting before she logged in, and something happened?
If she had known this would happen, she should have added them as a friend before they parted ways so she could check if they were online.
It was too late to regret now, so he decided to log out once and check in the real-world chat app.
As Sora thought about this,
A loud noise followed by what sounded like cheers was heard.
Wondering what was going on, she stood up from the bench and, unable to suppress her curiosity, walked in the direction of the sound.
Was it an event starting, or some player conflict typical of online games?
Considering Shin and Rou were missing, she felt a slight sense of unease.
With these thoughts in mind, she walked for a while and came to a large square with a fountain.
It seemed that not only beginner players but also intermediate to advanced players with good equipment had gathered there, all their gazes fixed on the center.
What was going on?
Sora followed their gaze and looked toward the center.
There, in front of the fountain, were her two best friends lying on the ground.