Chapter 14 (2/2)

Based on the accounts of the family members of the victims at the police station, coupled with the information on Abbott, David was certain that the Knowledge Orb was inhaled by the Shadow Servant after the death of the victims of the explosion.

However, there were numerous casualties at the time, but only fifteen Knowledge Orbs. Even if only one Knowledge Orb resulted from each casualty, there should definitely be more than fifteen of them.

It suddenly occurred to him that the Knowledge Orbs were all reddish in color. In other words, at least entry-level knowledge was needed to form Knowledge Light Spheres that were to be inhaled by the Shadow Servant.

All of those were his conclusions, which he needed to test at the closest opportunity. However, such an opportunity was rare and would only come by chance. The only thing he could do was wait.

What he had to do now was fuse the Knowledge Orbs in the Shadow Servant’s body and increase his own abilities in order to pass the college entrance exam, which was an important milestone in his life. It was the ladder that would allow him to climb high and reach a better future.

“Emma, activate all security systems!” As soon as David had read all information given to him by Officer Bob, he issued an order to Emma.

Under normal circumstances, those security systems wouldn’t be fully activated, as that would be inconvenient to David himself. Besides, the security alarms were so sensitive that even the slightest movement could set them off. It would constantly bother David.

However, he would rather go through that extra hassle than risk his own life.

With that command, all the sensors inside and outside the entire residence were switched on. The robot butler used 50% of her computing power to calculate and analyze all the information from the sensors.

Deep within his heart, David was rather grateful towards his deceased mother, Cathy, whose insecurity had resulted in the installation of the security systems, which were far beyond those of standard residences.

The security system gave him an extra sense of protection. He headed to his study, took a seat on a chair in front of his desk, and turned on the optical computer, a virtual screen appearing on his desk.

Although he had reached the 69% Beginner level in Literature, that only existed in his memory. He had to verify his current level of knowledge in order to draw comparisons and gauge what that 69% Beginner level was like.

He opened a Literature mock test paper in the optical computer and set a timer before beginning to attempt the test.

That paper was the Literature paper for the college entrance examination a few years back, but David didn’t find it to be too difficult. He could easily answer most of the questions with the knowledge he had.

It only took him an hour and a half to answer all of the questions, which was 30 minutes less than the usual time he used to take.

He switched on the automatic marking function and used it to grade the mock test, allowing the optical computer to determine the results in an instant.

Soon, he saw his score was 125 points out of a total of 150, which meant that he had made quite a few mistakes.

However, when compared to David’s schoolmates, his score of 125 points would definitely allow him to be in one of the top five places.

Before this, his grades for literature were lower than the average of his classmates. He would be considered lucky to score even 90 points.

Judging that score, and given his current 69% Beginner progress level, he reckoned that if he reached the 100% level, he should be able to achieve grades that would be good enough to place him in the top places in the class or even the entire school.

In other words, the beginner level was the pinnacle that most ordinary high school students could reach. Those who reached the intermediate level could be considered geniuses.

According to the Knowledge Orb that the Shadow Servant had, it would not be a problem for him to reach the intermediate level in literature and mathematics. For general knowledge, he could only reach the beginner level at most. He wondered if those results would allow him to be admitted into Nan University.

Compared to that knowledge, David decided to place more emphasis on Bodywork, Heavy-axe Master, and Sniping.

Although he could not reach the intermediate level for Bodywork even if he were to absorb all the Knowledge Orbs, he now had a different understanding of the subject itself. At least, he had the potential of becoming a genius in that aspect.

With the addition of those two Bodywork Knowledge Orbs, he was confident that he could reach the intermediate level through his own efforts.

The Heavy-axe Mastery (33% Beginner) Knowledge Orb was the best choice for replacing his Longsword Mastery (5% Beginner). He could not understand why his predecessor chose the Longsword instead of the Heavy-axe. David himself thought that longswords were a bit too fancy and lacked substance. The school often encouraged students to master heavy weapons as much as they could, as that would help them become armorers.

At the end of the day, the opponents of armorers were mostly bugs, which could only be dealt with using heavy weapons.