Chapter 13 (1/2)

“How many books do you have left to read?”

“I don’t know the exact amount but it’s going to take about 2 to 3 weeks to finish reading all of them.”

Soo Hyuk and Yeon Joong continued on with their conversation.

“Wow, minimum 2 weeks?”

“Yeap.”

“I’m super jealous.”

“What’re you jealous about?”

“You’re wisdom increases when you read a book.”

Yeon Joong said he was jealous because of the stats. In the case of reading a book, it was already a well-known fact that it would increase your wisdom.

“On second thought, I’m suddenly very curious?”

He continued talking as his face was filled with curiosity as he asked.

“What number is your wisdom?”

He was curious as to how much wisdom Soo Hyuk had because he continued reading since the game opened.

“Ummm….”

Soo Hyuk murmured to himself as he pondered.

‘The most recent time I checked……’

He did not know exactly how much wisdom he had. It was because every time the message stating that wisdom increased popped up, he didn’t open his character window.

‘Was it 925?’

He recalled the latest wisdom checked and told Yeon Joong.

“925.”

“…….?”

Yeon Joong heard his response and was speechless. However it was only for a brief moment, he then opened his mouth as his face was filled with disbelief.

“WHAT?”

The first thing he did was ask a question.

“925? Your wisdom is 925?”

He continued to ask questions.

“Yeap, when I checked, the most recent wisdom was 925. It’s likely that it may be a little higher than that. Because after that, wisdom increased a little more.”

“………”

Yeon Joong became silent once again.

‘Crazy.’

He was flustered.

‘Wisdom’s 925? It’s even higher than that?’

He said his wisdom was 925? No, that it may be a little higher than that?

“What level are you?”

He was deep in thought but asked Soo Hyuk once again.

“8.”

He thought to himself.

‘Level 8, wisdom’s over 925?’

He asked because he thought his level would be high. However, his level was not high. Soo Hyuk’s level was only 8. But 925? That number was unfathomable.

“How many books did you read?”

He asked after he finished his thoughts. How many books did he read? How many did he read that he was able to attain 925? He was unable to fathom it. No, to be exact, 925 were unattainable just by reading books.

“The more you read, doesn’t wisdom stop increasing?”

In order to raise wisdom by 1, the number of books that needed to be read was different with every user. A user may need to read 2 books to increase by 1, another may need to read 3 to increase, while a different user may need to read 10 to go up.

However, there was a commonality amongst all. It was that, the more you read, wisdom did not increase. In the beginning, if you read 3 books for your wisdom to increase by 1, after, it would take 5, 7, 10 books to raise wisdom by 1.

“……..?”

Soo Hyuk was confused.

“What do you mean? The more you read, it doesn’t increase?”

He could not understand.

“Generally, if you read 1 book, your wisdom increases by 1, right?”

It did not increase every time. Though, on average, if you read 1 book, it increased by 1. It was very rare when it did not increase.

“What?”

Yeon Joong asked.

“You’re telling me that every time you read a book it increased?”

He was astonished.

“Yeah. Practically.”

Soo Hyuk shook his head.

“………”

Yeon Joong did not say a word. He just thought to himself.

‘Was Oren’s library special?’

Many users experimented with reading books in order to raise their wisdom. Especially those whom wanted to become Magicians went to Matab’s library and read books innumerably and researched a formula to increase wisdom.

However, the number of books that needed to be read to increase wisdom by 1 was all different. Ultimately, they were unable to find the exact formula.

It was only speculated that there were a lot of things that were in correlation with one another. But, in Soo Hyuk’s case, every time he read a book, his wisdom rose by 1. That is, it wasn’t once or twice, but continued to increase. By any chance, was Oren’s library special?

‘Or was it his level?’

Oren’s library may not be special. The problem may be his level. His level was 8; it could be that the lower your level, the number of books needed to raise your stats was small.

‘The possibility was quite high.’

The possibility that it was because of his level was quite high. Although other users have said they read books, they did not continue reading books like Soo Hyuk. They hunted, completed quests, and read books in situations to grow their characters.

“You can’t tell anyone about your stats.”

He said to Soo Hyuk.