After a period of study, Mel Carlo had only learned some basic words, like ‘good morning’ and ‘hello’.
The problem wasn’t with Mel Carlo, but rather that Ank’s level of knowledge was truly lacking.
A half-baked person teaching another illiterate.
Now, Mel was like an illiterate—he could understand the language of this world but couldn’t recognize the words, so he had to learn from scratch.
At least in such an environment, learning the written language was truly a difficult thing.
When preparing to leave, Mel Carlo reported three names: “Aki, Lily, Chocolate.
Just these three.
I’ll consider the last spot.”
Leaving the room, he walked through the corridor, down the stairs, and back into the yard.
The beggars had all gone to rest; only Lily was still sitting under the eaves, waiting for Mel.
“Why aren’t you asleep yet?” Mel looked at the little girl and let out a sigh.
“You never came back. I was a bit worried about you.”
“Alright, go to sleep. We don’t have to beg anymore.”
“What happened?”
Mel explained how Ank had recruited them as little brothers, so they wouldn’t need to beg or steal anymore.
For the unknown, there was always some unease in people’s hearts, but given the current situation, things were already bad enough—how much worse could it get?
Lily didn’t say much.
At this age, after a day of activity, she was already very sleepy.
Back in the room, the two of them lay down on the straw.
They hadn’t practiced the day’s stealing skill yet, and both were a bit tired.
Practicing four times should be enough.
After practicing [Stealing] with Lily four times, most of Mel’s Magic Power was spent.
His limit was originally six times, so usually practicing five times in one go meant having to wait for Magic Power to recover.
Today, he didn’t want to be so tired.
Effort Value +4, Current Effort Value: 28, [Stealing Proficiency] 10/10000.
After a night of deep sleep, when he woke again, his head still felt fuzzy, as if he hadn’t fully woken up.
This was the aftereffect of Magic Power overdraft.
Fortunately, he had reserved some Magic Power, so it wasn’t too uncomfortable.
Compared to the night he practiced five times, it was more comfortable.
This kind of aftereffect from Magic Power depletion could be clearly felt and would directly impact one’s spirit.
Mel Carlo once again told the three that they didn’t need to beg anymore.
He couldn’t help everyone, but at least he could help those in front of him.
The extra spot was fought for by the little chubby guy for his friend, which surprised Mel Carlo a bit.
He originally thought the little chubby had no other friends.
Normally, they would go out to beg, but today, they didn’t know what to do.
If they were to train like gangsters, some combat techniques and skills weren’t things kids like them could learn, so they could only start with the basics.
No one came to manage Mel Carlo, because he had his own things to train.
First was [Back Jump].
Although it was less tiring than frog jumps, after fifty in a row, his legs didn’t want to move anymore.
Effort +1
Effort +1
…
[Back Jump] Proficiency 51/10000, Current Effort Value: 78.
After finishing the back jump practice, Mel Carlo began trying [Flying Blade].
This type of throwing skill could only be used with flying axes, flying knives, or daggers.
Throwing a stone wouldn’t be as lethal.
This skill not only allowed for precise hits to vital points, but also had a certain piercing effect.
In his view, it was more of a one-hit-kill pursuit skill, since he couldn’t buy a large amount of flying knives or daggers in a short time.
If he had to act, there was only one chance.
Effort +1
Effort +1
Proficiency +1
The points continued to grow.
With this kind of throwing, even if he practiced a thousand times a day, it wouldn’t feel too difficult.
It mainly relied on arm strength, not as strenuous as back jumping.
The fatigue from back jumping could be relieved with a short rest, and then he could do another set.
The greater concern was muscle soreness the next day.
Mel Carlo did nothing else that day, focusing solely on practicing [Flying Blade].
When the proficiency reached 1020, he stopped.
The passive link for dagger attacks granted double effort value.
He glanced at the system panel:
[Dagger Attack] Proficiency: 1021/10000,
The extra point in the passive skill was gained from previous [Cut] skill practice.
Current Effort Value: 2078.
As long as you practiced [Flying Blade] with a dagger, it would trigger the passive skill [Dagger Attack], making the gains currently the highest.
Just one day’s practice was enough for 200 draws—equivalent to twenty ten-draws.
Rather than these, Mel Carlo looked forward more to what might change after maxing out skill proficiency.
While resting and adjusting, he could also practice [Assassin Breathing].
Proficiency and effort value both increased—each breath added one point.
But the rhythm of breathing was slow, so the rate of increase wasn’t fast.
Each breath took six seconds.
In one minute, he could do it ten times, adding ten points to both effort value and proficiency.
Right after finishing other training, practicing [Assassin Breathing] was simply torture.
After intense exercise, people tend to take deep breaths to circulate air through their bodies.
Controlling the breathing rhythm like this made him feel a bit dizzy.
After less than a minute, he could only pause temporarily.
At least let his body recover a bit before continuing practice.
[Assassin Breathing] Proficiency 10/10000, Current Effort Value: 2088.
After all this training, most of the day had passed.
Next would definitely be the lottery.
Hopefully, it wouldn’t be Big X Rabbit Milk Candy.
Obtained: [Potato Chips] ×10
Draw again!
Obtained: [Cola] ×10
“What the heck, the rewards for a ten-draw are all the same. This is worse than single draws.”
Mel Carlo didn’t even look at the lottery wheel.
There was no display showing the prizes, so it was all blind draws.
But these items weren’t useless.
Continue!
Obtained: [Instant Noodles] ×10
Draw!
Obtained: [Bottled Water] ×10
After finishing all twenty ten-draws, Mel Carlo found that the rewards were still the same as before.
In the end, he got:
Fifty bags of potato chips, fifty cans of cola, fifty packs of instant noodles, fifty bottles of bottled water.
Current Effort Value: 88.
“Is something broken? Did the system mess up? This is a fantasy world, and all I get are daily necessities.”
Mel Carlo frowned.
This system was a bit different from what he imagined.
There was no mischievous system girl to bicker with, not even a full-fledged system interface.
These rewards also made no sense.
But on second thought, maybe these goods could be sold in this world.
He could become a little merchant in another world.
Yet, having such items suddenly appear in this fantasy world was a bit abrupt.
He couldn’t sell them immediately.
At least he needed enough self-protection first.
Looking over at the little chubby training, Mel Carlo gave up on sharing the food immediately.
If he kept producing foods none of them had seen before, not only would it be hard to explain, but it could also attract others’ attention.
Finishing a day’s training, Mel Carlo went with Aki and the others to eat.
Now, they no longer had to eat the smelly black bread.
They could have normal bread and some grain porridge.