30 Windwalker Stone (1/2)

Others may have thought the stone was simply normal or that it was a piece of decorative art. I, on the other hand, knew exactly how useful this stone really was. I focused my eyes on the stone.

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[Connecting to host for more information]

This is another function of ALIC. When an object cannot be identified using the knowledge pre-stored within ALIC it will search the hosts brain for information regarding the object and if the information can be found it will be displayed. If the information cannot be found within the host it will remain unidentified. This process doesn't affect the host at all and as far as we know has no negative side effects. After a few moments the information regarding the stone appeared.

Name: Windwalker Stone

STATS

Uses: 1

EFFECTS

Increases users speed by 50% for 3 minutes

It may not seem like much but a 50% boost in speed would easily allow me to defeat people even if they were multiple levels above me. Just considering how many stats it would take to boost my speed by half is enough to realize how much of an advantage it gives me. My dexterity was already at 12 which boosted by half would mean a plus 6 in dexterity. However, something like dexterity alone isn't enough to sufficiently represent a persons speed. Even if you have a high dexterity without strength you can't produce the power to move faster. Without constitution your body could be damaged by it's own force.

In my last life many studies had been performed to find what ratio was necessary to maintain between the stats to optimize a persons speed. At the end they found that while dexterity is the main stat, to perform at the highest speed your strength had to be at least half of your dexterity and your constitution had to be a third. Otherwise, the lack of strength and constitution would begin to limit your speed. Therefore a 50% boost in speed wasn't just like getting 6 dexterity, it was more like getting 6 dexterity, 3 strength, and 2 constitution. This means your essentially gaining around 6 levels. No matter how strong Sauer is in front of a level 15 human he would be nothing but minced meat.

As much as I wished the windwalker stone could permanently bestow these stats to me that isn't quite how it works. When a person breaks the windwalker stone it wraps them with a powerful wind type ability that augments their speed. Essentially the stone boosts their speed by making using the power of wind. The effect is immediate, however, it is short lived and doesn't actually augment the body directly.

In fact the windwalker stone is a lot light sun stones in the fact that they have absorbed the essence of wind like sun stones with light. However, a windwalker stone has been augmented using a special technique that gives it the ability to boost a person's speed. I know this because of the black lines that cover it's surface. A normal wind stone would simply look like a green stone that always had a light breeze around it.