BXBX NOVEL Chapter 172 Lack of Time
After he\'s done, Alex leaves the house and heads to school.
While on the road, Alex can\'t help but think about the things that he learned last night.
However, instead of just uselessly feeling guilty, this time Alex is thinking about what he can do in order to resolve this threat that is looming Pearl City.
"I should be able to do something right?"
After thinking for a while, Alex opened his status panel.
[Zero]
[Class: Dungeon Master]
[Bloodline:Draconian]
[Level: 66] (Tier-2)
[Talent: Fortune\'s Embodiment] [Luck Points: 0]
[Health: 177,350/177,350]
[Mana: 174,100/174,100]
[Strength: 17,058] | [Constitution: 17,058] | [Agility: 17,058] | [Intelligence: 17,058] | [Charisma: 17,058] [Will: 10]
[Free Attributes: 21,610]
[Skill Points: 500]
[Skills: Sacrifice (U), Synthesis (U), Dragon\'s Life (SS), Dragon Tongue (S), Transformation (S), Dragon Scale (S), Monster Manipulation (A), Lord\'s Sanctuary (A), Hide (A), Seal (A), Lightning Judgment (A), Tidal Wave (A), Underwater Breathing (C) Fireball (D), Wind Blade (D), Earth Spike (D), Freeze (D), Water Ball (D)
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Looking at his skills, Alex saw that none of his various skills seems useful in this current situation.
So after a bit of contemplation, Alex opened the skill tree after a long time.
"Let\'s see, maybe I\'ll find something useful here."
A bunch of skills appeared in front of Alex.
From the lowest D rank skills to the highest SSS skill, they are all available in this skill tree!
Scrolling slowly, Alex skimmed through the countless skills on the screen, reading their details one by one.
After a long time, Alex still couldn\'t find what he wanted and sighed disappointedly.
Until he arrived at school, Alex still failed to get any useful skills.
Reluctantly, Alex closed the skill tree and went to his classroom.
When Alex got there, he saw that Kris was nowhere to be found.
Raising an eyebrow, Alex muttered, "Hmm, Kris is still not here, huh…"
Alex sat on his chair and looked around the room.
Thanks to his [Hide] skill, the people inside the class didn\'t even notice that he\'s already here.
Since it\'s still not time for class, Alex decided to continue his search for a useful skill.
In just a minute, Alex has already looked through hundreds of skills but there\'s still none that he\'s satisfied with.
Since he was too focused, Alex didn\'t even notice Kris\' arrival.
Just like everyone else, Kris didn\'t seem to notice Alex sitting there.
So, she just sat on her seat and behaved like a good student.
Not long after, the bell rang and the teacher arrived just on time.
Standing in front, Mrs. Gonzales started the class.
"Okay everyone, let\'s first take today\'s attendance. When I call your name, say present."
One by one, Mrs. Gonzales called the students\' names.
Soon, Alex\'s name was called.
"Alex Fernando."
Casually, Alex raised his hand and said,
"Present!"
Immediately, everyone turned their eyes to Alex and saw that at the previously \'vacant\' seat, Alex was sitting.
Everyone was surprised by the \'sudden\' appearance of Alex.
Out of everyone, the one who felt shocked the most is none other than Kris!
Her seat is just right beside Alex but she didn\'t even notice him there from the beginning.
Looking at Alex with wide eyes, Kris said, "Y-you… when did you get here?!"
Hearing her question, Alex turned his head in her direction and smiled, "What do you mean? I\'ve been here before you even arrived."
Kris was surprised at the unexpected answer.
"What?! You\'re clearly not there when I got here!"
Alex smirked and pointed at his bag, saying, "Are you sure? Did you not see my bag here in my seat?"
Kris thought back to it and was startled.
Indeed, she saw Alex\'s bag already placed in his chair.
But for some reason, her brain seems to have ignored it!
Speechless, Kris don\'t know what to say and just say there with a dumbfounded face.
At this time, Mrs. Gonzales clapped her hands and called the students attention.
"Okay, quiet everyone, let\'s continue."
At her words, all the students became quiet and behaved.
With that, the class continues as usual.
Kris also recovered after a while.
However, from time to time, she can\'t help but look at Alex with suspicious eyes.
On the other hand, Alex just boredly listened to class.
That\'s how the days gradually passed.
Soon, it was the end of class again.
Alex got up and immediately left the room.
When she saw that, Kris hurriedly followed him.
Finally, unable to hold her curiosity any longer, she asked, "Alex, what\'s with that this morning?"
"Did you use a stealth skill or something?"
Since there\'s nothing to hide anyway, Alex nodded, "Yeah, it\'s something similar to that."
"I knew it!" Kris said, "I was actually thinking about it the whole time in class and this is the only reasonable conclusion that I came up with."
Alex nodded in understanding and wasn\'t at all surprised that Kris was able to guess it.
Kris is someone who\'s been going in and out of the Alter Dimension for a much longer time than he does.
To make such a conclusion is not at all amazing.
Anyway, after her curiosity got satisfied, Kris changed to other topics to talk about.
"By the way, Alex, I heard from my uncle that you\'re helping him with something related to the public\'s safety right now, huh."
"He didn\'t tell me what it was exactly about, so tell me about it."
Saying that, Kris looked at Alex with eyes glistening with curiosity.
Alex raised an eyebrow and looked at her with surprise.
"Huh? He didn\'t tell you about it?"
Seeing Alex react like that, Kris paused and tilted her head to the side, saying, "Yeah. Why? Is it something serious?"
Looking at the clueless look on Kris\' face, Alex finds it incomprehensible as to why Glen didn\'t tell her own niece about what\'s happening.
In Alex\'s thoughts, right now is a dangerous period and getting as much help as possible would surely be the best thing.
Kris, a Tier 2 player, could also be of help in this current situation, no matter how small it could be.
So, for Glen to not tell her, Alex finds it hard to comprehend.
But leaving his thoughts aside, Alex shook his head at Kris and replied, "Since he didn\'t tell you about it, I don\'t think I should do so as well."
"Ehh, why are you being like that?"
"I\'m not sure if he has his own reason after all. Maybe there\'s a good explanation as to why he didn\'t do so." Alex calmly said.
Knowing Alex\'s unbending personality, Kris could only sigh and stop asking.
However, she is already taking note to make sure ask her Uncle Glen later about what\'s this thing that\'s happening in the City.
While talking, the two arrived at the school gate and separated.
Actually, Kris invited Alex again to her house but Alex declined, saying that he still have things to do.
Alone, Alex headed home at a leisurely pace.
When he arrived, Alex didn\'t even bother changing his clothes, immediately sat on the sofa and opened the skill tree once again.
"Please give me the skill that I need!" He muttered to himself.
Then, for the next couple of hours, Alex analyzed the skills that are available in the skill tree.
He is making guesses and conclusions using the description of the skills whether they can be used to solve the virus threat.
Right now, what Alex is looking for are skills that can help him find anyone that is infected with the virus and also a skill that can stop it from spreading farther.
Anyway, Alex continued searching for a while and finally, he found it!
[Tracker\'s Soul Searching] (S)
[Details: Each and every being this word possesses a soul. Be it a human, an insect, or even a monster. In the soul, everything related to you is written, no matter how small it is, no matter how much time has passed.]
[Effect: Track a target by determining the details related to them and conduct a soul search in a 20 km squared radius zone.]
[Consumption: 9,000 Mana]
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A smile immediately bloomed in Alex\'s face after seeing this new skill.
"Yes, I finally found it!"
"This will surely be a great help in searching for those affected by the virus!"
Alex can\'t help but cheer himself up.
After searching for almost a whole day, he has successfully found a skill that satisfies him!
This skill, it\'s not just very convenient for a targeted person.
It is also very good because of it\'s wide range of detection!
The more he looks at it, the more satisfied Alex is.
With that said, Alex finally got up from the sofa with a relaxed heart.
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AN: Mana consumption and Cooldown time will be fixed in the future to match their respective skills\' ranks.