Morin
Villain Permission Level: Basic Permissions
Personal Assets: Exchange Points 519.6/519.6
Character Fortune Points: 0/0
Equipment:
Midnight Black Coat, Spatial Belt, Special Operations Suit Set, Seed of the World, Recovery Crystal, and other miscellaneous equipment.
Personal Attribute Level:
Peak of the Ordinary Rank
(Note: All aspects of physical fitness have reached the peak level of this rank.)
Personal Talents:
Dexterity: Your movement speed is extremely fast, and your sharp senses allow you to dodge arrows. You also possess a certain degree of perception for melee and ranged gun attacks.
Personal Combat Skills:
Targeting 30
Stealth 30
Physical Prowess 22
Close Combat Weapon Mastery 21
Ranged Weapon Mastery 15
First Aid 10
Personal Support Skills:
Electronic Programming 43
Cooking 21
This was the data overview of Morin's personal situation displayed on the virtual panel in front of him, provided by the god's assistant, who felt as rigid and mechanical as a smart AI.
It included Morin's current authority level, the remaining points he possessed, the equipment and items obtained through lottery and exchange, as well as the enhanced personal attributes, talents, skills, and equipment he had acquired. It was a comprehensive summary of Morin's current situation.
Most notably, the attribute section only displayed "Peak of the Ordinary Rank," without any detailed breakdown of strength, constitution, or agility, and there were no points available for manual allocation. Fortunately, Morin could still use exchange points to enhance different aspects of his physical fitness and skills individually.
The ordinary exchange points Morin earned could only be used to obtain items from the real world of Sword Art Online, while SAO-specific equipment and items remained unavailable. Items from later arcs like ALO and GGO were even further out of reach. However, the character fortune points allowed Morin to exchange for skills and items from within SAO, such as "Targeting," "Stealth," and "Swordsmanship," as well as items like "Longsword," "Light Armor," "Recovery Crystal," and "Holy Crystal." Morin had even spotted his previously owned "Precision" special skill in the exchange list, alongside Asuna's "Flash Rapier," Kirito's "Dual Blades," and Heathcliff's "Holy Sword," all powerful special sword skills.
Naturally, those advanced sword skills demanded extremely high prices, far exceeding Morin's current fortune point capacity. As a result, with his 350 fortune points and over 2000 exchange points, Morin reserved a few hundred points as an emergency fund and invested the rest in enhancing himself and purchasing suitable equipment and items.
For example, the black Special Operations Suit Set Morin currently wore was developed by a secret department of a major country within the Sword Art Online world. It was a piece of futuristic war-grade bulletproof equipment that could withstand close-range shots from small-caliber automatic rifles and had anti-infrared, waterproof, anti-gas, and anti-radiation capabilities. The set came with a matching combat helmet, dagger, and military boots, all costing a total of one hundred exchange points. After thorough consideration of other equipment, Morin had gritted his teeth and spent the points to acquire it.
What Morin found especially gratifying was that he had developed a "Dexterity" talent through his own physical enhancements and the simulated SAO training techniques and parkour activities he had practiced a few days ago. He could even improve the levels of skills he had exchanged for or acquired through his own comprehension and training.
For instance, Morin had obtained the data and virtual online gaming and programming abilities from Sugou Nobuyuki's memories.
...
Later, in a corner of the villa's training area.
The makeshift outdoor kitchen was rudimentary at best, basically an open-air cooking setup. However, besides the pot of enticingly fragrant meat soup, two smoked and grilled fish cooked to golden perfection, and rows of grilled meat and vegetable skewers were all ready in front of Morin. He dipped them into a prepared sauce and began eating without hesitation.
"Hah... venison is indeed delicious..."
Savoring the tender texture and satisfying chewiness, Morin unceremoniously devoured over a dozen venison skewers before turning his attention to the vegetable skewers and grilled fish.
All the ingredients, whether the venison, fish, or others, had been sourced from the 22nd floor environment of Aincrad. Morin had materialized them over ten days ago after confirming with his Initial Authority. He had carefully selected creatures and plants for this very purpose.
Morin's only regret was that while these wild deer, goats, rabbits, fish, and snakes were excellent ingredients, they merely matched real-world food standards. They could not compare to the rare ingredients in SAO that temporarily boosted stats or permanently enhanced attributes. Moreover, there were restrictions on the plants he could materialize. Forget about the special medicines from SAO, even common herbs like ginseng, snow lotus, and fleeceflower root were limited. The Initial Authority only allowed plants younger than five years old. High-grade medicinal materials were entirely out of reach unless Morin spent special points for a specific exchange.
In short, Morin had no shortage of food and wood for training, but attempting to exploit loopholes in the god's system was nothing but wishful thinking.
"Too bad Asuna and Yui are not here, and there is no time either."
After spending over ten minutes devouring nearly ten pounds of grilled meat skewers, grilled fish, vegetables, and meat soup, Morin patted his satisfied stomach. Feeling his energy quickly replenished, he could not help but regret the absence of beautiful girls by his side. Then, glancing at the countdown timer at the end of his attribute panel and seeing less than sixty hours remaining, his expression shifted to a mix of anticipation and caution.
"The time to go to the next world is approaching."
There was no longer time or resources for Morin to gradually perfect his skills and equipment.
The assistant had previously informed him that the rest interval before entering the next world would only be half a month.
...
Three days later, outside the villa gate that had been renamed "Heart Domain," Morin stood calmly.
After finishing his training the previous day, he had intentionally eased up, gotten a good night's sleep, and taken half a day of proper rest. Upon waking, he enjoyed a light yet delicious breakfast, checked his equipment, verified all items, and adjusted his overall condition to its peak before preparing to embark on his second world journey.
"Sir, would you like to enter the new world seventeen minutes in advance?"
The assistant's voice echoed in Morin's mind, confirming the choice he had just made.
"I choose to enter in advance."
Morin rolled his eyes and replied with a hint of annoyance.
There was no other option. Morin had originally intended to ask whether he could choose the second world himself. Unfortunately, the assistant informed him that his current authority level was insufficient. He could not even refuse. Choosing to refuse would result in all his previously obtained powers, skills, and equipment being stripped away, and he would be randomly thrown into the Sword Art Online or real world, with even related memories erased.
Under such circumstances, and with no real intention of refusing anyway, Morin could only curse inwardly and chose to accept entering a few minutes early.
"Confirmed."
The rigid assistant paid no heed to Morin's mood and directly confirmed the choice.
In the next instant, Morin's figure vanished from the spot.
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(Announcing the not-so-successful end of the Sword Art Online arc. Volume 2 starts tomorrow.)
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