《The Joker, The Trickster, and the Magician》I Surrender
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Class: 1 Star Trickster
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Cards Control : 3
Cards Sharpness : 3.35
Cards Speed : 3
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Strength : 3.09
Vitality : 3
Speed : 2.7
Perception : 3.5
Magic : 2.41
Magic Control : 1.33
Magic Resistance : 1.19
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Card Points : 2.15
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Skills: Sneak Lv2. Dagger Mastery Lv2. Sensor Hearing Lv1. Lightsteps Lv2. Search Lv2. Gun Mastery lv1, Run Lv2. {Training Lv1}:[Push-up Lv1. Sit-up Lv1. Squat Lv1]
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Buffs : Cards will now deal 5% more damage to Darkness Monsters.
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The Trickster wondered on what to spend his accumulated CP. Those soldiers he killed have him some CP and letting them rot for much longer would be a total waste of resource. One can never know when he’ll face a dangerous situation so he has to be prepared for any kind of situation. After much thought, he added 0.5 to Perception, 0.3 to Speed and all the rest to Cards Sharpness.
All his physical stats are officially 3 or above, which reassured him. Enhanced Perception is extremely useful in this such an environment, where one has to rely on senses. Better hearing and a good eye-sight could prove to be life-saving, especially against monsters like the one he killed in that dark hallway.
As for Cards Sharpness, he truly believed they’ll become sharper than even swords. If every one of his cards can easily cut monsters and humans alike, he wouldn’t need to guns.
Before leaving the peaceful floor, Wolfram decided to spend a bit more time here and try to level-up the Training Skills. This [Training] skill is actually a skill tree, literally. When he wanted to see the description of the skill, a green card appeared before him, showing a skill tree with [Push-ups]-[Squat]-[Sit-up] at the very top.
It didn’t specify the rewards but leveling any of them would benefit him, that’s for sure. This is why he wanted to level up those three before leaving this place, which is perhaps the only floor devoid of monsters. He wanted to know what was that uneasy feeling coming from but since it vanished, he didn’t pay it any more heed, though he still searched the whole floor and ended up finding nothing suspicious.
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He spent the remainder of the day doing Push-ups, Sit-ups, and Squats. Wolfram needed two thousand push-ups to level up the skill, a thousand squats, and two thousand sit-ups. Basically, it’s double what the objective of [Trickster Auxiliary].
*[Push-up] Lv1=>2! +0.1 Card Points.*
*[Sit-up] Lv1=>2! +0.08 Card Points.*
*[Squat] Lv1=>2! +0.08 Card Points.*
After spending 6-7 hours leveling the three skills, the Trickster headed toward a relatively unscathed bathroom to clean himself. The water was still working properly so he removed his clothes and took a quick shower to get rid of the foul odor and sweat.
Twenty minutes later, he exited the bathroom totally refreshed and energetic. He didn’t feel any fatigue despite training for several hours. He was in perfect condition to leave this safe floor.
So, with a loaded handgun on his waist, a rifle on his back and a hidden military knife, he made his way upwards. From what he saw before, he can’t go all the way up as an explosion blocked the exit, so there’s a limit to how much he can go. Nevertheless, he was going to check every floor and try to eliminate all the monsters to get those precious loot cards.
He was also very close to leveling up, probably two or three more monsters and he’ll finally become Lv2.
When Wolfram started climbing the stairs again, he heard loud gunshots. He halted his steps and steadied his breathing then slowly resumed climbing the half-destroyed stairs.
‘Several gunshots… they are not fighting monsters.’
An evil grin plastered itself on his pale face, he held the knife in one hand and three cards on the other hand. With their sharpness greatly increased, they’ll be able to cause some damage to humans as long as they directly hit their skin.
Obstructions such as military uniforms or helmets will render the cards useless but if he hits exposed spots, the results will be pleasing.
*[Sensor Hearing] Lv1=>2! +0.2 Card Points.*
His hearing became a tad better, along with his Perception, he was able to clearly hear the gunshots when he entered the floor. They were approximatively forty to fifty meters away and there were at least 5 people.
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The trickster couldn’t hear what they were saying but it’s definite that they’re fighting each other.
‘Criminals and soldiers? Or something else?’
In this isolated military facility, especially with the appearance of monsters, it’s better to ally with others than to kill fellow humans. For them to fight openly like this… it must be due to conflicting goals or different moral grounds.
Just the floor he was initially in, this one had blood all over the place, whether it’s the walls, the ground or roof. This floor didn’t seem affected by the earthquake as all the rooms were unscathed. Most doors were closed and the lights were working perfectly.
Although he was curious about what’s inside the room, the Trickster didn’t open any doors to not cause any attention. He made his way toward the source of the gunshots, wanting to assess the situation before he starts exploring this place.
Luckily, there were several corpses along the way so he managed to loot four Stat Card. He gained 0.2 Strength, 0.1 Speed, 0.1 Magic Resistance, 0.1 Magic.
Strangely enough, there were only human corpses and most of them belonged to either soldiers or scientists. It’s either this floor isn’t a prison or all the prisoners managed to fully capture this place while killing all the soldiers.
Around five minutes later, when the gunshots quietened down a bit. Wolfram finally arrived in a wide room which had dozens of bodies piled up on top of each other.
The Trickster licked his lips in excitement, the stat cards he can loot from such a huge pile would greatly enhance his stats. Just the mere thought of it made him impatient and in hurry to act.
Nevertheless, he held himself back and inspected the whole room. He spotted no one but his [Sensor Hearing] warned him of a few individuals. He could hear low breathings a distance away,
they probably were expecting him or discovered his presence, as for how, he didn’t know.
‘So you want to play? Hahahahaha’
Since he wore a military uniform, they probably mistook him for a soldier. Nonetheless, the Trickster stopped hiding and warily made his way toward the pile of corpses. Until now, the hiding enemies didn’t act and only watched him.
The Card System was truly helpful to its owner, Wolfram didn’t have to thoroughly search every corpse. All the Stat Cards were clustered together under the first corpse.
There were exactly eight Stat Cards.
He unhesitatingly crushed all of them at once and felt the exhilarating caused by the increase in stats. In total, he gained 0.32 Strength, 0.22 Perception, 0.07 Magic Control, 0.15 Speed, 0.09 Vitality.
Perhaps purposefully or not, one of the enemies caused some noise which was heard by the busy trickster.
Upon hearing this noise, he fearfully looking around, without needing to check the presence of the enemies, he hastily threw his knife, gun, and rifle and raised his hands in the air.
“Please don’t shoot!”
The enemies were startled by his actions but pleased with the outcome. Three scary-looking men appeared from the dark corners of the room and pointed their rifles at Wolfram, who knelt and didn’t dare attempt anything.
“I surrender! Please don’t shoot!”
From the look of their faces, they didn’t seem they were about to spare him.
“Wait wait! I’m a criminal too! Please don’t shoot!”
While it is true that Wolfram didn’t have the look of a soldier with that weird tattoo on his face, they still didn’t drop their guard.
“I came from the lower floors, I had to wear these clothes to trick those bastards!”
Hearing his honest plea, the three hesitated and didn’t know what to do.
“You… what’s your name?!”
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UPDATED STATUS
Class: 1 Star Trickster
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Cards Control : 3
Cards Sharpness : 4.7
Cards Speed : 3
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Strength : 3.61
Vitality : 3.09
Speed : 3.25
Perception : 4.22
Magic : 2.51
Magic Control : 1.4
Magic Resistance : 1.29
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Card Points : 0.46
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Skills: Sneak Lv2. Dagger Mastery Lv2. Sensor Hearing Lv2. Lightsteps Lv2. Search Lv2. Gun Mastery lv1, Run Lv2. {Training Lv1}:[Push-up Lv2. Sit-up Lv2. Squat Lv2]
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Buffs : Cards will now deal 5% more damage to Darkness Monsters.
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