Chapter 9 (1/2)

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation

Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

Looking at the Literature (19% Beginner) that was stated on the data panel, he eagerly ordered the Shadow Servant to transfer the Literature (66% Beginner) orb into his body.

This was the best of the literature-category orbs. If the percentages could be added up, he would need just three literature-category orbs to break through the beginner-level of literature. He wondered what it would be like to be proficient in literature.

The Literature (66% Beginner) orb entered his body while he kept his eyes fixed on the ‘Literature (19% Beginner)’ tab on the attributes panel, watching as the percentage increased continuously.

However, the progress stopped increasing when it reached 69%.

“So it doesn’t add up!” David exclaimed, shaking his head and muttering to himself.

He had greedily thought that all the orbs that gave him the same ability could be added up, but that was not the case.

That was easy to understand. A person with 66% Beginner progress in literature and a person with 19% Beginner progress in literature would both have overlapping knowledge in their study and mastery of literature. The overlap was significant as well.

A person with 19% Beginner progress in literature would only have 3% of non-overlapping knowledge. David guessed that the amount of overlapping knowledge would increase with the number of fused orbs.

Next, there was a large influx of memories which similarly consisted of attending lessons, learning, self-studying, and revising. However, this time, the owner of the memories clearly had to work harder.

After waking up, he ordered the Shadow Servant to send a Literature (28% Beginner) orb into him again.

However, there was an accident this time, and as soon as the red orb entered his body, he felt dizzy before blacking out.

After some time, David woke up from his coma and looked at the time on his identity bracelet. He realized that he had been unconscious for half an hour.

This time, he had not gained any new memories. Feeling apprehensive and anxious, he instructed the Shadow Servant to activate his attribute panel, only to see that the tab had not changed, remaining at Literature (69% Beginner).

He checked the Shadow Servant’s body again, only to realize that the Literature (28% Beginner) red orb had indeed disappeared.

David understood that he had wasted a red orb, but it was a Literature (28% Beginner). If he were to study on his own, he might not be able to reach a 28% Beginner progress in literature, even if he spent an entire year studying. However, he knew very well that neither he nor his predecessor was a genius.

If the predecessor was a genius, he would have been able to raise his strength higher than 600 kilograms with the continuous consumption of strengthened meat. He would also not have to risk his life in enhancing his own strength through performing the sacrificial ritual.

If David himself was a genius, he wouldn’t have lived in a fourth-tier city in his previous life. Instead, he would have gone to one of the bigger cities and worked for an established company, fighting for a better future.

Hence, he was extremely heartbroken about wasting a 28% Beginner literature-category red orb.

Fortunately, it was just a knowledge orb about literature, not one of the rarest.

He made the decision to master the laws of the orbs before he finished using all the orbs of the literature and mathematics category.

He also named the orbs ‘Knowledge Orbs’.

The opportunity to get orbs from nearly a hundred people, who had all died in an accident, wasn’t something that happened every day. As far as David could recall, it was rare for such a large number of people to die at the same time in Pelan City.

Besides, it was impossible for David to appear at the site of an accident just in time to use Shadow Servant to absorb their souls whenever someone died.

Hence, the Knowledge Orbs that he currently had were all the Knowledge Orbs that he could obtain for the time being, since he couldn’t actively kill people to get Knowledge Orbs. Even if he had the ability to do so, his mind wouldn’t let him do it.

Afterward, he didn’t use any Knowledge Orbs. The wastage of the previous Knowledge Orb made him guess that he could only fuse two Knowledge Orbs for the time being, especially with his current state.

He stood up and performed all eighteen movements of Bodywork that he could recall from his memories. Although his predecessor was incredibly skilled in the eighteen movements of Bodywork and had even reached the 10% Intermediate level according to the Shadow Servant’s rating, it was still his first time practicing them for himself.

Although the movements were correct, it took him more than an hour to get them perfectly right.

However, after practicing the eighteen movements of Bodywork, David felt that it was very different from what he remembered.

He was now drenched in sweat, and his every muscle seemed to be pulsing, which was an effect that was beyond his expectations.

In his memory, every time his predecessor practiced the eighteen movements of Bodywork, he would only feel slightly exhausted.

He couldn’t help but wonder if his Bodywork had improved. He immediately ordered the Shadow Servant to activate the attribute panel.

As expected, he saw that on the attribute panel, Bodywork (10% Beginner) had changed to Bodywork (20% Beginner). This time, his practice session was even better than the ones he had in the past ten years.