That left Acolyte and Hatchetman . Truth be told , he felt that Acolyte was the most intriguing . He did like the prospect of mastering the elements and firing fireballs and lightning bolts at his surroundings .
However , he felt there were drawbacks as well . For one he had no idea if he actually was able to learn spells just from getting the class . What if the basic spells normally were something you got in the tutorial? Also , he had invested most of his stats so far into physical attributes , which might be wasted on this class .
The only reason he could imagine he got this kind of class to choose was that he had gotten quite a bit of intelligence and wisdom from his titles . But he almost drooled at the aspect of upgrading the class until he became a grand magus , who could burn the sky with a sweep of his hand .
But most importantly it was only a common class . It felt like it was something that almost anyone could get in the future . Getting a common class when he had rare classes to choose from felt like wasting the advantage that his past month had provided him .
The system rewarded the brave and intrepid . The rare class seemed to be the rewards for risking his life every day against the demons .
Of course , Hatchetman sounded a bit stupid , to be honest . The connotation of the word from his professional career was anything but positive , but he felt that it had a somewhat different meaning here .
It seemed that it somehow referred to being a warrior lumberjack from the description . While not exciting , it did , however , check out a few of his boxes . The class probably would be very beneficial if he used his newly acquired axe in battle .
Out of all the choices , it also seemed to be the most tailored for his battle style . It also was the only Rare choice . He did not know how much better each rarity was compared to the one before , but perhaps the difference would be even greater compared to the conditional boost the Demon Hunter class would give against his current enemies .
The drawback was that he couldn’t quite imagine what the upgrade path would be . Next upgrade was a… stronger lumberjack? A walking sawmill? A corporate shark doing hostile takeovers and selling companies for scraps?
So one of the choices seemed to be able to help him less now . But it might end up with him becoming a great wizard . He had always played mage classes when playing games , so this was quite enticing . It was however only a common class .
The other choice seemed to be more suited to his stats and direct power , but lead into an unknown future .
After a long hesitation he finally said good bye to the dream of arcane dominance , and chose the box marked Hatchetman] .
Chapter 25 - Stronger
A strong surge of cosmic energy inundated Zac’s whole body . It felt like his whole being was purified and reshaped . Instinctively he felt an enormous fractal imprinting itself and covered his whole being . However , most parts of the fractal was indistinct and blurred .
He also felt the powerful rush into his cells which indicated the improvement of his stats . Zac was completely oblivious of his surroundings as he was drowning in the sensations . Unfortunately the feeling didn’t last long , and he soon came down from his rush .
From a first look he didn’t feel that different , apart from his condition had improved significantly . It felt like his wounds had largely healed , even his broken arm .
But when he opened his status page he was shocked . His stats had made a great leap .
Name
Zachary Atwood
Level
25
Class
Hatchetman (F)
Race
Human (F)
Alignment
Human (Earth)
Titles
Born for Carnage , Ultimate Reaper , Luck of the Draw , Giantsbane , Disciple of David , Overpowered , Slayer of Leviathans , Adventurer , Demon Slayer I , Full of Class , Rarified Being , Trailblazer
Strength
92
Dexterity
48
Endurance
51
Vitality
57
Intelligence
38
Wisdom
38
Luck
54
Free Points
0
Nexus Coins
14690
All his stats had gained a jump of 9 points , except strength which had increased a whopping 28 . As he had noticed that every stat point gave a larger increase in improvement compared to the one before , he knew he likely had doubled his actual physical power from the increase in strength .
He noticed that his class was added in a row , with F denoting the grade of the class . He was surprised to notice that his Race had also gotten graded , as it was blank before . He was excited at the prospect that he could actually evolve his race somehow .
Hopefully it meant that his power would rise , rather than growing a tail or a third eye though .
He had gained three new titles from getting a class as well . Zac focused on them to get a description
Full of Class : Reach level 25 and attain a Class . All stats +1]
Rarified Being : Attain a Class graded as Rare . All stats +1]
Trailblazer : First to gain a Class in world . All stats : +5]
That explained where the all-around improvements to his stats came from . The first two titles were things that anyone could attain . However the Trailblazer title was another title that only he would get on Earth .
Zac felt a comforting from what that title represented . He still managed to keep his lead , even over the - chosen - cultivators who got help in the beginner villages . Even if he was deemed trash by the System and left to rot to this island , he had defied fate so far and was still on top .
He had to admit that the feeling of power was somewhat addicting . Finding his family was still his priority , but he also craved the feeling of becoming stronger and stronger . He lived for the moment after every battle where he absorbed the cosmic energy , and having the pure unadulterated force of life course through his veins .
He had started to think more and more about where the limits of strength lay . By now he could punch a large rock and it would shatter , and only one month had passed . How powerful would he be in a year? A decade? Just thinking about it made him excited . Of course , he would never let himself forget that to get there in one piece he would have to walk through an ocean of blood .
He didn’t linger on the subject as he was anxious to look through his other changes . He thought - Class - and a new window appeared
Class : Hatchetman , Grade-F , Rare]
Strength +10 , +10% .
Level : +3 strength , +1 endurance , +1 free point per level .
Skills :
Axe Mastery (LOCKED)
Chop (LOCKED)
Forester’s Constitution (LOCKED)
Followed that were rows of blocked out information . At least that showed where the large strength boost came from . The +3 strength per level didn’t seem to be retroactive , otherwise he’d have almost twice the strength by now . But it showed that every level from now would give a much larger boost compared to before .
Zac was annoyed to see that he actually didn’t get any skills for free as he had hoped . There were 3 skills listed that seemed somewhat intuitive . Axe Mastery and Chop seemed offensive , and Forester’s Constitution was defensive . At least he hoped Chop was an offensive skill , and not a woodworking skill .
He didn’t quite understand how - Chop - would be better than what he had been doing before , but he guessed he would find out . It seemed that he couldn’t get any information about the skills until he unlocked them .
The next problem was how to unlock the skills . Soon he found the method in the quest tab . It showed a new category , which was class quests . Each skill needed a quest to be completed .
Axe Mastery (Class) : Mastery is born through battle . Fell 1000 enemies . (0/1000)
Chop (Class) : First chop Wood . Then their bodies . (0/10 000)
Forester's Constitution (Class) : Fight in the forests , be one with nature . (0/30)
None of the quests seemed very hard to accomplish . The Axe Mastery made no distinction of the strength of the enemies , and with his improved physique he could grind it out in a week or two if he just focused on slaying barghests .