Pick Me Up!

Chapter 47: I’ll Let You Know Failure (2) (1)

[Ignite!]

The flames extended from Eolkas hand and exploded all at once.

Skeletons are almost impervious to damage from flames, but its a different story if its an explosion. The skeletons that we caught in the blaze were shattered, and bone fragments were scattered around.

These skeletons are a pain!

Jennas roundhouse kick struck one of the skeletons skulls.

Aaron, not missing a beat, swung his spear and smashed one of them to pieces.

Though not physically strong or agile, skeletons possessed some strong points.

They were nearly impervious to piercing attacks. Ordinary arrows or daggers were useless against them. Moreover, they displayed almost immune resistance to elemental forces like simple heat or cold.

Of course, their strengths were accompanied by distinct weaknesses.

They were exceedingly vulnerable to blunt attacks.

I went on breaking through the ones that tried to get close, primarily relying on my shield.

Thunk!

A skeleton collapsed.

When I stomped on its neck with my heel, its entire body of bones crumbled.

Initially, they might be a nuisance if they came out mixed with other monsters, but alone, they werent particularly dangerous. Before long, 14 skeletons lay side by side on the ground.

[Stage Cleared!]

[Han(), Level Up!]

[Reward 30,000G, Iron Ore (C) x3, Fine Bone Dust]

[MVP Han()]

Its been a while since I leveled up.

Status Window.

[Han Israt() Lv. 11 (Exp 24/110)]

[Class: Novice]

[Strength: 27/27]

[Intelligence: 10/10]

[Health: 25/25]

[Agility: 25/25]

[Skills: Low-tier Swordsmanship (Lv.6), Projectile Defense (Lv.1), Flame Resistance (Lv.2), Pain Resistance (Lv.3), Composure (Lv.3), Frenzy (Lv.1), Equestrianism (Lv.1)]

Strength increased by 2, health by 2, and agility by 2. Intelligence remains unchanged.

Overall growth is 6, reaching the level of a top-grade 3-star. Although the growth wont maintain a steady rate of 6, its still a remarkable achievement.

However, I wasnt particularly happy about it.

I returned to the waiting room and headed back to the plaza.

Jenna stretched and walked towards the direction of the lodging.

I chuckled and asked, Where are you going?

Im going to rest for a bit.

Jenna stopped not too far away and awkwardly smiled at me.

Ahaha, Ill be back soon. The schedule isnt finished yet.

Thats true.

The training schedule wasnt over yet. We still had sparring and cleanup left.

I looked up at the sky with the flames and turned my head towards Jenna.

Todays training is over. Go rest in the lodge.

Really?

If you dont want to, you can stay.

No, no! Ill go ahead then!

Jenna hurriedly ran to the lodging.

Is she worried that I will change my mind?

Eolka also cautiously glanced at me and went inside the lodging.

My silence was the approval.

Usually, I would have held her by the scruff of her neck and dragged her along, but this time, I let it slide.

However, Aaron was still heading towards the training ground.

Arent you going?

Im fine. I have a sparring appointment with Asher.

I see.

I was left alone in the plaza.

I sat on a bench in the corner and watched Anytng to see what he would do next.

He took out the potential 1-star members and put them into the weekday dungeon. He then gave instructions to process the clearing rewards and materials obtained from the weekday dungeon. Branches were turned into boards, torn leather was tanned, and iron ore was transformed into iron ingots. After placing a few 1-star members in a sub-party on the lower floor, he was done.

The action I wanted to see didnt come.

After Anytng logged out,

I entered my room in the lodge and leaned against the headboard of the bed.

Iselle.

[Here!]

Youre quick to come when called.

[Well, of course.]

Iselle cleared her throat and pushed her chest out.

[So, what do you want?]

I have something I want to know.

[Something you want to know? What I can answer is]

You mean you have limits, right? Ive already heard almost everything from that girl. Cant you even provide additional explanations?

[Well, thats, its not supposed to be but]

Iselle was sweating.

I knew that the information I obtained wouldnt be something useful on the 10th floor. But still, what should I do now that I know it? After contemplating for a while, Iselle nodded resolutely.

[Alright, Ill make an exception and tell you!]

Great.

I confirmed that Anytng has the Overachiever Syndrome.

(T/N: I changed the name of the syndrome from The Illusory Master Syndrome to Overachiever Syndrome.)

However, there might be several unexpected variables.

Its necessary to try and stop them in advance.

First question. What is her name?

Her name?

I mean your original.

My master has more than one name, over a hundred million. Each world calls her by a different name. But if I were to address her in Taoist style it would be Tel.'

Tel.

Different names in each world.

There are names in Niflheimr style and other kinds.

When you clear the 10th floor, the title assigned to the waiting room is different for each Master.

Mine was referred to as Niflheim, the 4th place was Ragnar Seed, and the 3rd place was Izeka.

If the explanation that woman, Tel, gave me is true, it means that each Master carries the fate of a different world.

The total number of worlds currently exceeds one hundred million.

And its still increasing.

Strange.

I proceeded to the next question.

What is Mobius?

Mobius? Are you referring to our company? Our company is

Besides the company.

Iselle hesitated for a moment, then seemed to grasp the intent of my question and provided an answer.

Its a spiral universe where numerous worlds are connected in parallel.

.

It was an unimaginable tale.

But by combining the explanations of Tel and Iselle, I could infer some information.

Pick Me Up is not random.

Each account has its own missions.

Millions of users have drawn billions of times, yet there are no duplicate heroes.

Introducing the explanation above, I arrived at solutions for the two puzzles.

Its because each Master is assigned to a different world.

Of course, there are some common points.

Civilizations were similar to the medieval, where swords and magic are used.

Human-like beings, as well as races akin to monsters, coexist.

In all accounts, there is a common object known as the Goddess Statue.

And they all belong to an unknown dimension called Mobius.

I think I know a little about that womans true identity now.

I returned to the main topic.

I asked the question I should have asked at the beginning.

In fact, this was the main issue.

Is Anytng an ordinary human?