HP: A Sociopath Gamer In Magic World [ Chapter 6: Skills! ] (Patreon)

My father had ruffled my hair and smiled down at me and told me it was only natural since every boy dreamed of being the strongest at least once in their life.

"The strongest?" I whispered to myself as I checked my status window.

[Charles Bell

Class: The Gamer

Level: LV 3 Next Level: 75.00%

HP: 100/100

MP: 110/110

STR: 5

DEX: 5

VIT: 5

INT: 6

WIS: 5

LUK: 5

Points: 5

Money: 0]

I noticed that I now had 5 points to spend on my attributes. It also looked like I only needed a bit more to reach the next level.

From the few games I played, I understood that points were very important to the type of player you wanted to be. If the extra point in INT was anything to go by however, it seemed that I could also raise them without spending the points.

To test this, I got off my bed and onto the floor and began doing push-ups. When I reached the 30's my arms felt stiff and weak, showing me exactly how bad my current body was.

[Pushing your body to its limits causes your STR to go up by 1.]

Seeing that I could raise my stats by doing activities related to them, I went back to bed.

However, the more that I thought about it, I noticed a problem. I had no idea how to increase my wisdom or my luck. I also recalled that I need to raise my WIS to 50 to take away the negative side affect cause by [Numbed Emotions].

I reasoned that a higher WIS would allow me to make better decisions, so I used 3 of my points to raise it to 8, while I put the rest into luck.

[Charles Bell

Class: The Gamer

Level: LV 3 Next Level: 75.00%

HP: 100/100

MP: 110/110

STR: 6

DEX: 5

VIT: 5

INT: 6

WIS: 8

LUK: 7

Points: 0

Money: 0]

I didn't feel anything different but supposed that only time would tell.

With nothing else, I got under the covers and turned off the table lamp next to me, plunging the room into darkness.

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I woke up at exactly 6 AM, feeling completed rested without any of the usual sleeping fatigue that I was used to feeling.

My roommates were still fast asleep, so I tiptoed my way around the room, making my bed and retrieving some of my books.

I read for an hour, my INT rising twice as a result.

[Diligent studying causes your INT to go up by 1.]

[Diligent studying causes your INT to go up by 1.]

I didn't know what classes I had scheduled for today so I read a bit of everything.

Putting the books away I got dressed and headed to the common room, to see if anyone else was up.

Entering the common room, I noticed that a few people were already there studying. A few managed to pull their heads from their books to greet me.

I waved back but headed toward one of the many bookshelves. Running a finger on their spine I checked to see if any of them were skill books.

[You obtained the skill book (The standard book of spells: Grade 3) ]

[Will you learn this skill] [Yes] [No]

[You cannot learn this skill. Required INT: 15]

"Tch."

[You obtained the skill book (Intermediate Transfiguration) ]

[Will you learn this skill] [Yes] [No]

[You cannot learn this skill. Required INT: 60]

"Again?"

[You obtained the skill book (Magical Drafts and Potions) ]

[Will you learn this skill] [Yes] [No]

This time I tried something familiar and choose the first year's potion's book. It looks like I was finally being reward as the book disintegrated into golden flakes that flew into my body.

I cautiously looked around the room to see if anyone had seen me, but no one had even looked up from their books.

I was starting to like Ravenclaw more by the minute. Everyone tended to mind their own business.

Looking back I noticed that a new window had popped up.

[You've obtained the skill 'Potions Making'.

[Potions Making] (Passive) LV1 EXP: 0.0%

Description: The noble art of potion making is now open to you. Potions you make are 3% more powerful. ]

Suddenly I knew the proper way to stir a cauldron, the best method to dice ingredients, even the best way to maintain the temperature. The entire contents of the book seemed to have been implanted into my head almost as if I had read it a hundred times.

"This could be very useful. Although it looks like it does not work on books with only theory."

Looking around the room, I stealthily took a copy of my books from the shelves and placed them inside of my inventory when I was sure no one was seeing me.

I quickly retreated back to my room, where my roommates were still fast asleep.

[You've obtained the skill 'Magic Casting'.

[Magic Casting] (Passive) LV1 EXP: 0.0%

Description: You're a wizard! Magic is in your blood. Just don't poke your eye out with your wand.

Passive: Charms, Jinxes, Curses and other magical spells are 15% more powerful.]

I whipped out my wand and tried to cast a basic spell.

The tip of my wand sparked to life, before it sputtered out like a failing lightbulb. "Right, the penalty for numbed emotions."

The rest turned out to be filled with two much theory and only had one or two spells, so they couldn't be counted as skill books, which was a shame since I was curious about how transfiguration worked.

Heading back down, I walked toward one of the older students, "Hey, do you mind answering something for me?"

The girl that looked to be a sixth year turned to face me, "Huh? Sure, what do you need?"

"Is there a rule about leaving the common room?"