Kael opened his eyes. Sunlight streamed through the forest, tinted slightly blue around the tree he was resting in. He groggily sat up and checked his notifications.


    Class Level Up! (x2)


    Next Class Skill in (3) Levels!


    Next Class Subsystem in (8) Levels!


    Next Class Evolution in (48) Levels!


    You Have Gained (2) New Glyphs!


    (Smoke, Wind) Glyph Gained!


    Kael sat up. He then paused and lay down again. What... what am I supposed to do? He honestly had not planned this far. After a bout of thinking, he set up a mental checklist.


    1. Find a town. 2. Experiment with my class. 3. Fight monsters to level up. 4. Make a magic computer. The number four should be number one, but he shouldn''t spend all his life making a computer, even if it was a very good thing that he should do.


    He climbed out of the tree and walked. He had decided that the Evercent tree would be his hideout for as long as he was in this forest. After a few minutes, he found a stick. Yes, you heard that correctly. A stick. He was planning to use the Glyphs he had gotten to try and experiment on the stick. He picked up the stick while putting the satchel that he had brought with him down. He opened the satchel and withdrew his stylus.


    He carefully wrote a symbol for wind on the stick with his stylus. He picked it up and waved it around a few times. Nothing. Maybe it''s because I need to equip it? Stolen from Royal Road, this story should be reported if encountered on Amazon.


    [Wooden Stick (Basic)] Has been equipped! +3 ATK, +2 AGI


    Instantly, the stick felt like it fit his hand perfectly. He walked up to a tree and whacked it with the stick. Nothing. Why isn''t it working? Stumped, he sat crosslegged and pulled out his book. Flipping through the pages, he found what he needed.


    " Chapter 3: Energy. Of course, Sigils don''t work on their own. They need sources of Mana to power them, or else you or I could just write an explosion Glyph in the ground and blow up the planet. They all need energy to fuel them. Over the years, I''ve tried many sources of Mana to power these Arrays, and I''ve found the best source to be Monster Cores. Not only because of their easiness to be able to be channeled into any source, but their potency and variation of how much Mana can be in a Monster Core."


    Of course! Kael thought, slapping his forehead. Wait... but that means I need to hunt monsters. He hesitated at that thought. He had never killed a living being in his entire life and his past life. Well, except for bugs. But the fact that he really hesitated on was the fact that he could die doing this. He had read books like the situation he was in now, but they didn''t get it right. It''s like bidding your life on a 50/50 chance to get a soda. Sure, the soda tastes really nice, but you can die.


    The only thing the books got right was the part that MC''s did it anyway because if you didn''t, you would stagnate, and then you would fall prey to the powerful. As a kid, he hadn''t really been exposed to the world that much. But the power dynamics of this world already set it in stone.


    Kael sighed and stood up, stick in hand. He picked up his stylus and got to work. Might as well prepare, Kael thought while sharpening the stick with his stylus. After about an hour of sharpening, Kael picked up the stick and Inspected it, admiring his craft.


    [Sharpened Wooden Stick, (Common)]


    This Regular Stick From A Oakwood Tree Has Been Sharpened By A Fledgling Glyphmaster By The Name Of Kael Forgewright. It is sharp and durable for a starter weapon.


    Stats: +5 Atk, +6 Agi, +2 Con.


    Effects: Blood-Drawing, Slash Damage, Pierce Damage, Stab Damage.


    The Wind Sigil had been sharpened off, so he rewrote it again. He stretched, sat up, and equipped his stick.


    Item Equipped!


    Bonuses Applied!


    Time to go stab some monsters.