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  Tempest's eyes widened at the taste of the tea. "Good right?" Edric looked at him smiling as he continued drinking the tea. "Its Good" Tempest nodded in affirmation. Both of them then continued drinking quietly as they looked outside the window, unbothered by the destruction they have caused.

  [Beginner Status Lifted]

  The exp needed to level up will be increased by 10,000%. Core mechanics have been unlocked. These are:

  [Gravity Release]

  A world mechanic is now in effect. The world's true gravitational force now applies to your body. Movement becomes heavier and stamina consumption will be doubled.

  [Armor Impediment]

  Armor now affects movement, stamina, and noise levels. Certain stats must be fulfilled before all these factors will be reduced.

  A panel appeared before Tempest, as he was reading the contents it brought. His eyes widened by this sudden notice and Edric saw this reaction while sipping on his tea. "Kid, feeling heavy?" Edric said after taking a sip, an amusing expression evident on his face. Tempest placed the tea down slightly feeling the weight of the leather armor on his arms but more so on his shoulders. He then stood up and almost fell down, good thing he held on Edric's table, the table actually rattled a bit due to Tempest abrubtly holding on to it. He sat back down and said "Yes.." Edric chuckled at his reply and continued sipping his tea.

  'So this is how the game really feels like..' Tempest absentmindly thought as he continued sipping his tea. 'How does this npc even know what's happening?' He added. Hours have gone by and both parties have finished their tea. "Kid, it will be taking effect now" Edric said with a slight anticipation. "What do you mean?" Tempest replied in a confused tone. Encountering a intelligent npc is as rare as a phoenix's feather. Usually players will only encounter such npc's at high levelled area or other world planes but encountering a deity is a different matter. An example is Tempest's interaction with Edric.

  [Impurity Expellation] (Cooldown: zero)

  Clears out the impurities in your body, make sure to prepare a bath.

  Tempest then panicked after reading the contents of the panel. Drops of dark oil like goo started to flow out from Tempest's pores and it only began to speed up as time passes. "It seems like it has started kid" Edric chuckled at this scene, crossing his leg to the other. It was actually a harmless process, the sensation was just like sweating but the drops are denser and smells so bad, even Tempest couldn't handle the smell and all of this is happening in Edric's Tea table.

  "Kid, didn't you see that there's a pond outside my house? Wash yourself there because that won't be stopping anytime soon" Edric added, unbothered by the smell. "How did you know this will happen?" Tempest said as he stood up, his legs trembling which is a testament that he still hasn't adapted. "I counted the time of course, what else?" Edric looked at him weirdly "Okay... Then sorry for the trouble" Tempest replied. 'Who would countdown Five hours?!' He screamed internally. Yes, Tempest remembered it will start in five hours. He then walked away, still sluggish as if sandbags were tied to his body and went out. Tempest then approached the pond and waved his hand:

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  [Tempest River]

  Reputation: 5

  Class: None

  Background: Martial Artist

  Tier 0

  Level: 20 (300/30,300)

  Attributes:

  Strength: 38

  Endurance: 37

  Agility: 40

  Skills:

  [Hundred Strikes] (Inspect)

  [Rapid Slash] (Inspect)

  [Martial Flow] (Inspect)

  [Parry] (Inspect)

  Equipment Slots:

  Leather-plated Armor Set [Fine-Copper Rank - Equipped] (Inspect)

  Twin-Swords [Fine-Copper Rank - Equipped] (Inspect)

  Ring of Resistance [Crystal-Gold Rank - Equipped] (Inspect)

  Unequip All?

  [Y/N]

  Bag Space: 2/200

  [Open]

  The panel was more detailed this time, instead of statistics, it has become attributes. Which is one of the features unlocked after the [Beginner Status] was lifted. Tempest noticed that the panel was more detailed but he brushed off because there's a more important matter, Bath! He then found the button he looked for and pressed [Y] on Unequip All.

  [Notice]

  Your items have been placed in your bag.

  Tempest's set-armor, weapon and ring glowed with a light and vanished. The only thing he was wearing was a simple tunic and pants that one can find in the olden times. It was stained with a dark color and the pungent smell covered by the armor was released, Tempest gagged at this smell and made his nose scrunch in disgust. He then hurriedly taked off his clothes and cannonballed onto the pond, the water splashed everywhere as soon as Tempest reached the water.

  [Entered the Pond of Starfire]

  [Starfire Pond]

  Increases all attributes by +1 the longer the user stays submerged or in contact with the water. Given attributes will be taken back if the user exits the pond immediately, attributes will stack.

  A panel appeared above the pond and slowly faded, Tempest surfaced, gasping slightly. The cool water was a relief compared to the stench that clinged to his body. Due to a magical composition, the black oily goo that came into contact with the water dissolved immediately but Tempest didn't notice this, he was only focused on scrubbing his body with the water. He hadn't realized how valuable this pond is and how wasteful his actions are to the eyes that knows the value of the pond.

  [Time Elapsed - One minute]

  +60 to all attributes

  [Time Elapsed - Two minutes]

  +120 to all attributes

  If other players were to discover this pond and find out about the benefits it gives, their eyes would go red from greed and guild wars will arise. The bloodbath would be unimaginable, rivers of blood will form and mountains of corpses would pile. Millions of players will die from this war just to claim the pond for themselves, especially the supreme-guilds. Each one of them amounts to hundred millions of players, occupying several kingdoms and a couple of empires won't be a sweat to them, why? Because exps given by monsters vary to each player. Level 5 monsters given exp range from 1 - 50 while level 10 monsters range from 1 - 100 exp and so on. Exp are evolution essence in the eyes of npcs and recieving too much at once would be detrimental and wasteful, the body needs time to absorb these essence.

  There are even cases of failed evolution. In the eyes of players it would be failing to level up despite filling the exp bar to the maximum. And levelling up doesn't give attribute points, so this pond is a treasure strove. It cannot be sought after but by encounter. Meanwhile, Tempest is just minding his own buisness and not batting an eye on how wasteful his actions are and even Edric, he didn't care on how wasteful Tempest can get, the starfire pond to him is just like your everyday water. Tempest was still furiously and vigorously scrubbing his body because the black oily goo just won't stop flowing out, his eyes have already turned bloodshot. If anyone were to see this scene, they would think he's fighting for his life and not his hygiene.

  [Time Elapsed - Three Hours]

  +10,800 to all attributes.

  [Notice]

  You have exceeded 10,000 on each attributes. Undergoing special evolution.