The Novel's Extra Chapter 157

With the red crystal, I worked on making equipment to use in the next tutorial stage .
Using a tenth of Stigma's magic power, I separated the red crystal into three equal parts . The sharp crystal was for a spear, the wide crystal was for an axe, and the remaining was for a fishing line .

The spear, axe, and fishing rod were simple . I just had to take apart the waiting room's wooden board, trim it, and put the crystal on the tip .
The problem was the fishing line . I wasn't sure what to do at first, but it ended up being easy using Stigma's magic power . As soon as I infused the red crystal with it, the crystal transformed into a squishy, semisolid substance . After some tinkering, the substance became a long, sturdy fishing line .

“…Hm . ”

I looked at the spear, axe, and fishing rod I made .
With my Dexterity's proficiency grade being so low and with Aether being absent, they didn't look all that aesthetically pleasing . Still, they were most likely better than most mass-produced goods . At the very least, they were good enough to be used in the tutorial .
At that moment, a system window popped up .

[You obtained the technique, 'Lv . 1 Crafting' . ]

“Oh right . ”

The Tower had a technique system as well .

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[Crafting Lv . 1]
*You can easily craft Lv . 0 items .
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The Tower of Wish was kind of like an RPG game . Performing certain actions awarded Players with 'unrealistic' bonuses . The Crafting technique should let me craft items instantly, skipping all the intermediate steps . This also included a leveling system like most RPG's . .

[There are 10 minutes remaining until the second tutorial begins . ]
[Try accessing the Community . ]

While I was practicing swinging my axe and spear, the system gave me another recommendation .
I thought about one of the Tower's most important systems, the 'Community' .

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[Tower Community]
「Public Forum」
「Auction House」
「Group Creation」
…
…
「Messenger
「Player Profile」
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As expected, the Tower Community had many functions .
The auction house was exactly as what it sounded like, and group creation was for creating parties . The player profile was similar to Facebook but far superior .

「Player Profile」

Players could create two profile pages, one using their nickname and one anonymously . Each Player had full control over how to decorate their profiles .
They could turn it into a shop by putting up items for sale or use it to buy and sell information .

I tried clicking on each function .

[Player Profile can be used after the tutorial . ]
[Auction House can be used after the tutorial . ]
[Messenger can be…]

As I thought, the public forum was the only function that was currently available .

「Public Forum」

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[Am I the first poster? (3)]
[Wow, this is interesting . Someone comment on this thread! I need to know if anyone else is alive . (6)]
[Has anyone cleared the tutorial yet? (2)]
=

There were only three posts on it . It seemed everyone was busy trying to clear the tutorial .
I created a post as well .

[Let's share information . ]

The view count went up as soon as I posted it, and someone commented on the post .

—?? Extra7-nim? Why are you here? Wait, are you the Extra7 I know?

“…How does this guy know me?”

I tilted my head and checked the commenter's nickname .
The commenter's nickname was… 'Nayunjajangman' .
The 'Nayun' part of the name made me a bit uncomfortable, but because I was so familiar with it, I was surprised more than anything else .

“He's here too?”

[The second tutorial stage, 'Way of Survival', will begin at any moment . ]
[Please get ready . ]

I tried to comment, but another system alert popped up .
I turned the Community off and got up with all the equipment I made .

“I'm ready . ”

[You will now be transferred to the second tutorial stage . ]

“Yes . ”

Along with the system alert, a burst of white light erupted . I closed my eyes . I could feel the warmth from the particles of light enveloping my body, as well as a strange sensation as though I was floating in the air .
Tssss .
Soon, I could feel that I landed on a soft surface .
I opened my eyes .

“I'm here . ”

Chwaaa…
The sound of a serene wave rang out .
Standing still, I looked in front of me . A boundless ocean was spread out across the horizon .
I was standing on a sandy beach . Behind me, numerous palm trees were forming a dense forest .
This place was a tiny uninhabited island .

[Tutorial Goal – survive for 14 days . ]
[From the second tutorial, you will be ranked based on your performance and will be rewarded accordingly . ]

The goal of the second tutorial was survival .
To stay alive in this boundless area for 14 days .
However, it was worth risking more danger in this tutorial . Its 'performance-based reward' was something that surpassed the standard of a tutorial .

[Try thinking or shouting 'Status Window' . ]

Another system alert popped up .
I did as it said .

“Status window . ”

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[Nickname – Extra7]
○Vitality – 43/100
○Magic Power – 30/30
○Skill Count – [1]
○Skill – Bonus Skill 「Random Dice」
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My vitality and magic power, effectively my HP and MP, were numericized . My magic power wasn't 0 most likely because I lost my Magic Dysfunction Physique .
But why did the system want me to see this?

[Vitality is affected not only by damage but also hunger and fatigue . ]
[When your vitality reaches 0, Player Extra7 will die . Players who die in the tutorial cannot revive . ]

I see, so it was telling me to eat something . It must have been worried about me, a kind, polite… kuhum .

“Thank you . ”

I answered energetically and took a look around .
Although I was standing on land, there wasn't anything to eat in the highest difficulty island . In other words, I had to find food in the ocean .
That was the reason I crafted a fishing rod and an axe . To fish and to craft a boat .

Growl—

My stomach growled . I was starting to get hungry .
Before creating a boat to set out onto the ocean, I took out the fishing rod from my inventory . Since I could use coconuts from the palm trees as my source of water, finding food was my first priority .

“Let me think…”

I stared at the fishing rod in my hand, then held it with both hands .
Before coming into the Tower, I practiced fishing for this exact purpose .

“…Huup!”

I swung the fishing rod with a big motion .
Whish—
The fishing line drew an arc in the air .
It felt more natural than I thought . It was partly because I practiced fishing beforehand, but it probably had more to do with the fact that Dexterity and Master Sharpshooter helped with fishing .

Plop!

The hook sank into the ocean .
…Time passed in silence . I was getting hungrier, but the fishing rod remained unmoving .
I didn't use any bait, but because the hook was made with the red crystal, I didn't need one . Sea monsters should smell the scent of magic power and come .

“…Haam . ”

I continued to wait . I had a firm belief in my luck .
After about 30 minutes, the surface of the water showed a hint of change .

“Ah!”

The fishing line tensed up . Something had clearly bit it .
Whatever it was, it was incredibly powerful . The wooden fishing rod was bending .

After repeatedly trying to reel the fish in, I picked up my spear . With my vitality low, doing this was a waste of time . In the end, killing it then reeling it up was the same as reeling it up then killing it .
Holding my spear firmly, I calmly observed the fish moving underwater .
Then…
Chweek!
I threw the spear .
Although my strength stat was 65% sealed, it was still above 2 points . Struck with the spear, the fish stopped moving, and I easily reeled it in .

[You obtained the technique, 'Lv1 . Fishing' . ]
*You have an increased chance of fish biting your hook .
[You spotted a glossy seafish . Its information has been recorded in the Player Encyclopedia . ]

“…A sea monster . ”

○Monster Encyclopedia
[Glossy Seafish] [Low-rank grade-7 sea monster]
—A sea monster that tastes like a mackerel .

I retrieved the spear sticking out of the fish's back then started a campfire . Starting the fire was easy . I only had to rub some wood I collected with the red crystal axe . Once the fire was up, I strung the glossy seafish over it .
Tssss .
The glossy seafish dripped with delicious fish oil as it was cooked .

Same time .
Boss, who cleared the first stage of the hardest difficulty tutorial in the blink of an eye, was sitting on a sandy beach in meditation .

Repeating deep breaths, she tried to move her shadow to the water . However, the shadow didn't stretch far, only swirling around her before disappearing . It was because of the 93% stat restriction she was under .

“…Huu . ”

She tried over a dozen times but failed each time .
In the end, she gave up on trying to fish with magic power .
Growl .
She pondered, 'I'm hungry . I have to eat something . Should I have saved the orange ticket's emergency food supply?'
She got up and began to walk around . Soon, she found a large boulder . She immediately hoped to find some crabs underneath it .

She slowly approached the boulder . Then, she picked the rock up and threw it aside . There was a startled hermit crab underneath it . Boss quickly moved and grabbed the hermit crab .

Now, she needed to cook .
She opened her inventory . Although she already ate all the food that came with her ticket, she still had the burner and frying pan that came as a set .

Tak, tak .

She turned the burner on and put the hermit crab on the frying pan .

“…ssp . ”

Food .
Food .
Food .
As she mumbled, the sun began to set .

18 hours passed since the start of the second tutorial .
Koong, koong, koong .
I was striking down a tree with my axe . As the red crystal axe was a fire attribute weapon, the tree didn't last all that long .
Kiiik—
With just five swings, the tree fell .

“That should be enough…”

That was the thirtieth tree . They were all used to craft a boat .
The highest difficulty island had no food, and from the second tutorial, there was a performance-based ranking system .
How far I adventured, how many sea monsters I hunted . These things all contributed to the ranking, so leaving the island was a must .

“Inventory . ”

My inventory was currently filled with useful materials, like bones and skins of sea monsters .
I took out an item labeled by the system as 'Red Fish's Tough Skin' .

“Craft . ”

Then, I used Crafting to make a string .

[Red Fish's Tough Skin has been used to produce a twine . ]
[Trait 'Dexterity' applies to crafting . ]
[You crafted a Lv . 1 Tough Twine . ]

Using Crafting, I could skip intermediate steps of crafting like in a real game .

“Whew . ”

Now that that was done, I picked up my axe and went to where all the logs were gathered .
Ssk, ssk .
With Dexterity's help, I began to shave the surface of the logs . To create a proper sailboat, I needed to make the surface of the logs as smooth as possible .
Sssk, sssk .
After about an hour of hard work…

[Yggdrasil Leaf is impressed by your effort . ]

I received another system alert .

[Try checking the Yggdrasil Leaf . ]

“Ah, hold on a bit . ”

I immediately put everything down and opened my inventory .

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[Yggdrasil Leaf]
—Blessing of Adventure
*Your body becomes lighter while you have this item in your inventory . (minor improvement to your physical ability)
*You can grant small blessings to items . Blessings will get stronger the more they have to do with adventures .
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Just like the system said, Yggdrasil Leaf had a new effect .

“Nice . ”

Although the first effect gave a 'minor' improvement, I liked how it had a wide range of applying to my entire physical ability .
The second effect just seemed good since it said 'blessing' .

“Thank you . ”

I closed the inventory and went back to working on the boat .
Ssk, ssk .
The sound of logs being cut .
Chwaak, chwaak .
The sound of logs being tied together with a string .

“…Uuu!”

After three hours of hard work, I was finally done .
I got up and stretched . I felt a bit lightheaded .

“Next up is…”

Coconuts .
I began to throw coconuts on my boat to use as water .
One, two, three, four, five… twenty-three . Almost half the boat was filled with coconuts .

[Try granting the vehicle a small blessing . ]

“…Oh right . ”

I almost forgot .
This was why it was nice to be friendly to the system . There was a high chance that the Yggdrasil Leaf got a new effect because I've been so polite to the system .
I took out the Yggdrasil Leaf from my inventory and waved it over my sailboat .

[Yggdrasil's Blessing envelopes the sailboat . ]
[The surface of the sailboat becomes coated with magic power . ]
[You will now have a smoother adventure . ]

“Status window . ”

I opened up the status window and checked out the sailboat's specs .

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[Lv1 . Sturdy Sailboat with Lv . 2 Yggdrasil's Blessing]
—Lv . 1 Sturdy Sailboat
○Durability Lv . 1
○Speed Lv . 1
○Safety Lv . 1
—Lv . 2 Yggdrasil's Small Blessing
Increases all effects of the Sturdy Sailboat by one level .
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“…Oh?”

Levels were an important aspect of equipment . Yggdrasil's Blessing raised items' levels? This wasn't a small blessing at all!

“Thank you ve~ry much . ”

'I won't forget this gratitude . Until I conquer this Tower, that is . '

Now, it was time to set sail .
I pushed the sailboat into the water . Then, I hopped up with a paddle . A pleasant breeze blew over me .
I paddled forward .
The sailboat began to press forward .

My goal for the second tutorial was simple .
Going as far out as possible and killing as many sea monsters as possible .
Although things might get a bit dangerous, that would only serve to increase my ranking .

“…Huh?”

But after about 30 minutes of paddling, I caught a glimpse of another island .
That wasn't the problem .
There was a silhouette of a person on the beach .

“Am I seeing this correctly…?”

Narrowing my eyes, I focused on the distant island .
Instantly, my vision expanded, and the view of the island became clear .

With the red crystal, I worked on making equipment to use in the next tutorial stage . Using a tenth of Stigma s magic power, I separated the red crystal into three equal parts . The sharp crystal was for a spear, the wide crystal was for an axe, and the remaining was for a fishing line . The spear, axe, and fishing rod were simple . I just had to take apart the waiting room s wooden board, trim it, and put the crystal on the tip . The problem was the fishing line . I wasn t sure what to do at first, but it ended up being easy using Stigma s magic power . As soon as I infused the red crystal with it, the crystal transformed into a squishy, semisolid substance . After some tinkering, the substance became a long, sturdy fishing line . Hm . I looked at the spear, axe, and fishing rod I made . With my Dexterity s proficiency grade being so low and with Aether being absent, they didn t look all that aesthetically pleasing . Still, they were most likely better than most mass produced goods . At the very least, they were good enough to be used in the tutorial . At that moment, a system window popped up . You obtained the technique, Lv . 1 Crafting . Oh right . The Tower had a technique system as well . Crafting Lv . 1 You can easily craft Lv . 0 items . The Tower of Wish was kind of like an RPG game . Performing certain actions awarded Players with unrealistic bonuses . The Crafting technique should let me craft items instantly, skipping all the intermediate steps . This also included a leveling system like most RPG s . . There are 10 minutes remaining until the second tutorial begins . Try accessing the Community . While I was practicing swinging my axe and spear, the system gave me another recommendation . I thought about one of the Tower s most important systems, the Community . Tower Community Public Forum Auction House Group Creation Messenger Player Profile As expected, the Tower Community had many functions . The auction house was exactly as what it sounded like, and group creation was for creating parties . The player profile was similar to Facebook but far superior . Player Profile Players could create two profile pages, one using their nickname and one anonymously . Each Player had full control over how to decorate their profiles . They could turn it into a shop by putting up items for sale or use it to buy and sell information . I tried clicking on each function . Player Profile can be used after the tutorial . Auction House can be used after the tutorial . Messenger can be As I thought, the public forum was the only function that was currently available . Public Forum Am I the first poster 3 Wow, this is interesting . Someone comment on this thread I need to know if anyone else is alive . 6 Has anyone cleared the tutorial yet 2 There were only three posts on it . It seemed everyone was busy trying to clear the tutorial . I created a post as well . Let s share information . The view count went up as soon as I posted it, and someone commented on the post . Extra7 nim Why are you here Wait, are you the Extra7 I know How does this guy know me I tilted my head and checked the commenter s nickname . The commenter s nickname was Nayunjajangman . The Nayun part of the name made me a bit uncomfortable, but because I was so familiar with it, I was surprised more than anything else . He s here too The second tutorial stage, Way of Survival , will begin at any moment . Please get ready . I tried to comment, but another system alert popped up . I turned the Community off and got up with all the equipment I made . I m ready . You will now be transferred to the second tutorial stage . Yes . Along with the system alert, a burst of white light erupted . I closed my eyes . I could feel the warmth from the particles of light enveloping my body, as well as a strange sensation as though I was floating in the air . Tssss . Soon, I could feel that I landed on a soft surface . I opened my eyes . I m here . Chwaaa The sound of a serene wave rang out . Standing still, I looked in front of me . A boundless ocean was spread out across the horizon . I was standing on a sandy beach . Behind me, numerous palm trees were forming a dense forest . This place was a tiny uninhabited island . Tutorial Goal survive for 14 days . From the second tutorial, you will be ranked based on your performance and will be rewarded accordingly . The goal of the second tutorial was survival . To stay alive in this boundless area for 14 days . However, it was worth risking more danger in this tutorial . Its performance based reward was something that surpassed the standard of a tutorial . Try thinking or shouting Status Window . Another system alert popped up . I did as it said . Status window . Nickname Extra7 Vitality 43 100 Magic Power 30 30 Skill Count 1 Skill Bonus Skill Random Dice My vitality and magic power, effectively my HP and MP, were numericized . My magic power wasn t 0 most likely because I lost my Magic Dysfunction Physique . But why did the system want me to see this Vitality is affected not only by damage but also hunger and fatigue . When your vitality reaches 0, Player Extra7 will die . Players who die in the tutorial cannot revive . I see, so it was telling me to eat something . It must have been worried about me, a kind, polite kuhum . Thank you . I answered energetically and took a look around . Although I was standing on land, there wasn t anything to eat in the highest difficulty island . In other words, I had to find food in the ocean . That was the reason I crafted a fishing rod and an axe . To fish and to craft a boat . Growl My stomach growled . I was starting to get hungry . Before creating a boat to set out onto the ocean, I took out the fishing rod from my inventory . Since I could use coconuts from the palm trees as my source of water, finding food was my first priority . Let me think I stared at the fishing rod in my hand, then held it with both hands . Before coming into the Tower, I practiced fishing for this exact purpose . Huup I swung the fishing rod with a big motion . Whish The fishing line drew an arc in the air . It felt more natural than I thought . It was partly because I practiced fishing beforehand, but it probably had more to do with the fact that Dexterity and Master Sharpshooter helped with fishing . Plop The hook sank into the ocean . Time passed in silence . I was getting hungrier, but the fishing rod remained unmoving . I didn t use any bait, but because the hook was made with the red crystal, I didn t need one . Sea monsters should smell the scent of magic power and come . Haam . I continued to wait . I had a firm belief in my luck . After about 30 minutes, the surface of the water showed a hint of change . Ah The fishing line tensed up . Something had clearly bit it . Whatever it was, it was incredibly powerful . The wooden fishing rod was bending . . After repeatedly trying to reel the fish in, I picked up my spear . With my vitality low, doing this was a waste of time . In the end, killing it then reeling it up was the same as reeling it up then killing it . Holding my spear firmly, I calmly observed the fish moving underwater . Then Chweek I threw the spear . Although my strength stat was 65 sealed, it was still above 2 points . Struck with the spear, the fish stopped moving, and I easily reeled it in . You obtained the technique, Lv1 . Fishing . You have an increased chance of fish biting your hook . You spotted a glossy seafish . Its information has been recorded in the Player Encyclopedia . A sea monster . Monster Encyclopedia Glossy Seafish Low rank grade 7 sea monster A sea monster that tastes like a mackerel . I retrieved the spear sticking out of the fish s back then started a campfire . Starting the fire was easy . I only had to rub some wood I collected with the red crystal axe . Once the fire was up, I strung the glossy seafish over it . Tssss . The glossy seafish dripped with delicious fish oil as it was cooked . Same time . Boss, who cleared the first stage of the hardest difficulty tutorial in the blink of an eye, was sitting on a sandy beach in meditation . . Repeating deep breaths, she tried to move her shadow to the water . However, the shadow didn t stretch far, only swirling around her before disappearing . It was because of the 93 stat restriction she was under . Huu . She tried over a dozen times but failed each time . In the end, she gave up on trying to fish with magic power . Growl . She pondered, I m hungry . I have to eat something . Should I have saved the orange ticket s emergency food supply She got up and began to walk around . Soon, she found a large boulder . She immediately hoped to find some crabs underneath it . She slowly approached the boulder . Then, she picked the rock up and threw it aside . There was a startled hermit crab underneath it . Boss quickly moved and grabbed the hermit crab . . Now, she needed to cook . She opened her inventory . Although she already ate all the food that came with her ticket, she still had the burner and frying pan that came as a set . Tak, tak . She turned the burner on and put the hermit crab on the frying pan . ssp . Food . Food . Food . As she mumbled, the sun began to set . 18 hours passed since the start of the second tutorial . Koong, koong, koong . I was striking down a tree with my axe . As the red crystal axe was a fire attribute weapon, the tree didn t last all that long . Kiiik With just five swings, the tree fell . That should be enough That was the thirtieth tree . They were all used to craft a boat . The highest difficulty island had no food, and from the second tutorial, there was a performance based ranking system . How far I adventured, how many sea monsters I hunted . These things all contributed to the ranking, so leaving the island was a must . Inventory . My inventory was currently filled with useful materials, like bones and skins of sea monsters . I took out an item labeled by the system as Red Fish s Tough Skin . Craft . Then, I used Crafting to make a string . Red Fish s Tough Skin has been used to produce a twine . Trait Dexterity applies to crafting . You crafted a Lv . 1 Tough Twine . Using Crafting, I could skip intermediate steps of crafting like in a real game . Whew . Now that that was done, I picked up my axe and went to where all the logs were gathered . Ssk, ssk . With Dexterity s help, I began to shave the surface of the logs . To create a proper sailboat, I needed to make the surface of the logs as smooth as possible . Sssk, sssk . After about an hour of hard work Yggdrasil Leaf is impressed by your effort . I received another system alert . Try checking the Yggdrasil Leaf . Ah, hold on a bit . I immediately put everything down and opened my inventory . Yggdrasil Leaf Blessing of Adventure Your body becomes lighter while you have this item in your inventory . minor improvement to your physical ability You can grant small blessings to items . Blessings will get stronger the more they have to do with adventures . Just like the system said, Yggdrasil Leaf had a new effect . Nice . Although the first effect gave a minor improvement, I liked how it had a wide range of applying to my entire physical ability . The second effect just seemed good since it said blessing . Thank you . I closed the inventory and went back to working on the boat . Ssk, ssk . The sound of logs being cut . Chwaak, chwaak . The sound of logs being tied together with a string . Uuu After three hours of hard work, I was finally done . I got up and stretched . I felt a bit lightheaded . Next up is Coconuts . I began to throw coconuts on my boat to use as water . One, two, three, four, five twenty three . Almost half the boat was filled with coconuts . Try granting the vehicle a small blessing . Oh right . I almost forgot . This was why it was nice to be friendly to the system . There was a high chance that the Yggdrasil Leaf got a new effect because I ve been so polite to the system . I took out the Yggdrasil Leaf from my inventory and waved it over my sailboat . Yggdrasil s Blessing envelopes the sailboat . The surface of the sailboat becomes coated with magic power . You will now have a smoother adventure . Status window . I opened up the status window and checked out the sailboat s specs . Lv1 . Sturdy Sailboat with Lv . 2 Yggdrasil s Blessing Lv . 1 Sturdy Sailboat Durability Lv . 1 Speed Lv . 1 Safety Lv . 1 Lv . 2 Yggdrasil s Small BlessingIncreases all effects of the Sturdy Sailboat by one level . Oh Levels were an important aspect of equipment . Yggdrasil s Blessing raised items levels This wasn t a small blessing at all Thank you ve ry much . I won t forget this gratitude . Until I conquer this Tower, that is . Now, it was time to set sail . I pushed the sailboat into the water . Then, I hopped up with a paddle . A pleasant breeze blew over me . I paddled forward . The sailboat began to press forward . My goal for the second tutorial was simple . Going as far out as possible and killing as many sea monsters as possible . Although things might get a bit dangerous, that would only serve to increase my ranking . Huh But after about 30 minutes of paddling, I caught a glimpse of another island . That wasn t the problem . There was a silhouette of a person on the beach . Am I seeing this correctly Narrowing my eyes, I focused on the distant island . Instantly, my vision expanded, and the view of the island became clear .

Chapter end