2 Im Sorry I doubted you Grandfather! (1/2)

After 3 hours of squinting all he accomplished was slightly, and quite slightly, adjusting his eyes to the darkness. A minor headache added on to that.

Even with his ability to learn skills easily, it seemed that transcending human limits was not included, at least in such a short period of time. He was stuck.

And so his thoughts became darker than even the cave around him. Was he going to die after finally reaching his life's dream of being a true mage? Would he ever see his parents again? His little sister? His grandfather?

He had already not seen them for close to 3 months after going across the country to college. There was also the guilt of him being so excited from his current situation that he didn't even consider what his family might think. Not to mention the note he wrote down as a joke, was that going to be the last memory they had of him?

His sister and mother didn't even know about his abilities in the first place as he was the only one to inherit them from his grandfather. In all, such thoughts left him stunted and unable to think of his next goal.

But in the end, he pushed such thoughts down, temporarily sure, but it was enough. What could he do beyond trying to wall-walk again, but that could be an even more dangerous result. What kind of worlds existed out there, and was his wall-walk alone responsible in the first place?

It definitely lacked the kind of juice needed to cross space and time to such a degree, maybe. How the hell would he know? At the very least the system didn't even consider him as knowing the spell so leaving this world likely wasn't even an option.

Though speaking of other worlds, not even his current world was exactly ideal…

He could kill 2 goblins at once, and that wasn't even guaranteed. If they dodged even once or started too close he'd be dead, or worse, they'd take him alive.

Take the dagger and fight it out? What a joke!

Even if he got incredibly lucky, he'd probably just facilitate a double murder-suicide, and that was most certainly the best case scenario. A trained knife fighter wouldn't necessarily be able even to do that much better; sure he could kill the goblin. Then the knife fighter would probably just end up bleeding out a few hours later from the wound he'd almost positively take from a dying, desperate unintelligent opponent.

One hit instant kill on a moving target with a knife like in movies? What is this, a movie? Swords existed for a reason even before proper armor.

For now, he'd try and get the entry level of as many skills as he could. His ability to learn them quickly didn't affect leveling them up faster as well unless they were magic related, but just learning [Goblin Anatomy] gave him a familiar feeling with the body. And there was no clear way to gain skill points as of yet; the tooltip certainly wasn't helpful in that regard.

[Skill points: Increase the level of a chosen skill or spell. More powerful and higher level skills and spells require more points.]

At least the place he was in only had one exit and a decent amount of space. Whether or not he could avoid tripping in the darkness was another story.

And so began the game of a madman punching the air, running back and forth between the cave walls, and jumping in all manner of directions. Mix in a few dodge rolls and you have a man appearing at the cusp of insanity.

Rather, mix in a few dodge rolls, and you have an avid gamer questioning the decision of every developer who ever let their character perform a dodge roll. He could only think that it hurt and it required athleticism that would be better served elsewhere.

The combination of the blood and sweat filled his nose and slightly stung his eyes but the happiness from his three new skills negated that, if only ever so slightly. After exhausting nearly all his stamina, Rainer sat down on the ground and looked over the skills he learned.

[Skill Gained: Long Jumping lvl 1/10]

[Skill Gained: Bare-Fist Fighting lvl 1/10]

[Skill Gained: Sprinting lvl 1/10]

It was a fantastic feeling, learning a skill. It likely required a knowledgeable trainer or true practice to learn a skill normally. And while it wouldn't be any easier for Rainer to increase them, at least the non-magic ones, having only a single level of a skill improved him. His sprinting speed noticeably went up, he had a basic instinct on punching forms, and his long jump distance increased by over a foot.

Setting a noise trap in the form of broken torch pieces in front of the only entrance, Rainer moved back about 60 feet to a corner of the cave. Importantly, now out of direct line of sight of the entrance. Here he would use sleep learning and see if it could help him improve [Arcane Bolt] by even a little.

[Sleep Learning lvl 9/10: The ability to practice and improve skills or spells while sleeping. Cannot acquire new knowledge.]

It was the primary magic he had inherited from his grandfather and finally learned to use at the age of 16. Though it was most certainly a spell back on Earth and not a skill, not that he was complaining.

Back on Earth, it was useful, but it wasn't a logic-defying ability. For example, he could read a few pieces of music and then practice them for all 8 hours while sleeping. It was with this that over three years he had approached a master level ability in piano and guitar playing.

It was convenient and felt like a cheat, but it didn't exceed the limit of a human. Sure finding someone willing to play, or capable of playing, piano almost 8 hours a day was extremely rare, but it wasn't impossible. And while sleeping, Rainer didn't gain the ability to, say, play a whole concert. His fingers would freeze up long before that, and they'd be in so much pain he wouldn't be able to even hold a pencil.

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But now it was far different. He would be able to directly increase a skill or spell and get the subsequent bonuses. Even Rainer didn't realize what activating this skill for improving his [Arcane Bolt] would truly do, and how powerful of an ability it was. His eyes gently closed. Perhaps due to the lack of sleep he had the night before, even in a situation like this, he fell right asleep.

As he slept he did something no other mage was capable of; at least without a very high level, one so high they wouldn't be practicing a basic spell to this point. Or, a mana potion treasury equaling a royal vault, of which the owner wouldn't use that amount even if it were for themselves. His sleep learning essentially allowed him to cast one [Arcane Bolt] per second and gradually improve it over the course of his nap.

So while it would take some time for Rainer to realize just how powerful his sleep learning ability was, for now, his only focus was the Goblin who had just walked in carrying a torch and broken several of the wooden pieces he left at the entranceway. Perhaps it was the effects of his skill, but he could tell the difference between this Goblin and the previous one. He was slightly shorter, and his skin was tinged a bit gray among other facial differences. Concerning strength, there was no difference.

With a smooth and practiced motion, an [Arcane Bolt] of similar size to before but with an unmatched radiance formed in front of Rainer. With the speed of an arrow, the magic slammed into the Goblin, hurling its body into the ground. The Goblin would not stand again.

Completely surprised at the new strength of the bolt, Rainer now finally had a chance to look at the messages that appeared after he woke up.

[Arcane Bolt has reached level 10]

[Reached the maximum proficiency of a Tier 1 spell for the first time: Rewarding 5 skill points.]