A/N: Well here another chapter, let me know what you think about the chapter in the reviews.

Also thanks to everyone who left a review and here are my responses.

Nanayalucas: I don't plan on copying the skills from The Gamer.

dragoon109: Well kinda. He had battle wisdom that for sure, but he also made some pretty poor decisions.

Knight8: I'm going to stick to the power level of canon mostly though that could change in the future depending on the story, but it won't happen anytime soon.

newtonian: As the story progresses I'll keep more and more of the stats and numbers off the screen unless they are really important.

Freakking13: Yeah I didn't really know what to do with that fight scene. Hopefully, my next ones are better.

Theunknown4299: Haven't decided on the pairing yet, but there probably will be some arkos.

Edited: I needd re bold a lot of things that unbolded for some reason.

Chapter 2:

I sighed and opened my eyes.

Looking around I noticed I was actually in a small alleyway. It kinda reeked a bit of garbage and piss, but at least there was no one around to see me. Getting up from the kind of sticky ground I took the time to give myself a lookover.

Thanks to my gamer powers, I didn't have a scratch on my body, but my shirt was pretty messed up. There was a large gash on the front of it, which should be from the strike that could have killed me, and beside that was a dozen or so other cuts.

Maybe I should have brought some armour? Even with my aura, an extra layer of defense couldn't hurt. It was too bad that I didn't really have the cash for it and all of my dad's extra armours were too large.

Deciding to think about it later, I focused on the matter at hand. I open up my inventory with a quick command and took off my shirt. I hesitated for a second before I put my ruined shirt into my inventory. It would serve as a reminder in the future, to never be so careless again.

After that, I took out a clean shirt and quickly put it on. It was incredibly convenient to have a few extra pairs of clothing put away in my inventory. The only thing keeping me from just throwing the entire contents of my closet into my inventory was the fact that it would look odd to my mom if she went and checked my room.

Taking my scroll out of my pocket, I took a quick look at the time. When I had left the house, it had been around nine o'clock, and now it was only two o'clock. I still had a lot of time before I needed to go back home, so I tried to figure out what to do next.

As I was thinking about either a trip to a bookstore or some training, my stomach growled loudly. My eyes widened a little at that, but I realised it had been some time since breakfast and the fight must have taken a lot out of me as well. Thankfully, I had some food stored up in my inventory so I didn't need to go find a place to eat.

Opening up my inventory, I looked at what I had available, but as I did, I noticed something. Each piece of food and drink had a description, which wasn't that strange, but they also had effects listed. I couldn't believe that I had missed something like this when I had first placed them in my inventory.

Ignoring the feeling of annoyance at myself, I took a look at all the foods in my inventory.

Ham Sandwich

Rarity: Normal

Freshness: Fresh

Crafted By: Julia Arc

Description:

A sandwich consisting of white bread, cheese, ham, lettuce and tomatoes

Effects:

Consume to gain 50 HP over the next 5 minutes(Effect will disappear if damage is taken)

Apple

Rarity: Normal

Freshness: Fresh

Description:

A fresh red apple

Effects:

Consume to gain 10 HP over the next 2 minutes(Effect will disappear if damage is taken)

Orange Juice Box

Rarity: Normal

Freshness: Fresh

Description:

A carton containing orange juice.

Effects:

Consume to gain 50 AP over the next 4 minutes(Effect will disappear if damage is taken)

As I read each of the descriptions, I took the item in question out and ate it. True to what was written, I gained 3 different status effects that started healing me and replenishing my aura. While it was a bit disappointing that the effects would disappear if I took damage, I still made a note to fill up my inventory with more food the next time I could. I also noted the crafted by Julia Arc on the sandwich, which made me wonder if there were crafting skills I could learn.

Having taken care of my hunger and health, I realised I still needed to decided what to do with the rest of my time. I consider my options for a second before I remembered something. During and after the fight I hadn't just levels up but I had gotten skills as well.

"Skills."

Skill List:

Gamer's Mind(Passive)

Gamer's Body(Passive)

Sword Mastery(Passive)

Observe(Active)

Aura(Passive & Active)

Physical Endurance(Passive)

Aura Channeling(Active)

Escape(Active)

I took the time to admire my growing skill list, before clicking my two newest additions.

Physical Endurance(Passive) Lv 3 EXP 50.00%

A skill that makes the body's durability increase, reducing damage taken. Physical Endurance is obtained by enduring pain and physical attacks.

3% decrease in damage taken from physical attacks.

Aura Channeling(Active) Lv 1 EXP 00.00% AP: 5 per hit

A skill that allows the user to channel aura through their weapon increasing it durability and damage.

25% Increase in damage.

90% decrease in weapon durability lost.

Escape(Active) Lv 1 EXP 67.00% AP: 1 per second

A skill that allows the user to channel extreme amounts of aura to one's legs increasing their speed.

150% Increase in movement speed(effect wears off if damage is taken or dealt)

After reading about the first two new skills, I was quite happy. I finally had an active attack skill, which was something I had been hoping for, and I got a new defensive skill which was pretty amazing too. While 3% decrease in damage wasn't that big of a deal, the possibility for growth in the skill was what really made me excited.

The third skill, however… It kinda sucked that it was created when I was running away(not screaming), but it was pretty useful enough though it would only help me run away from combat and not help with it.

Feeling satisfied with my new skills, I decided to leave the alleyway and navigated my way to a large street. After taking a quick look around I realised I was in one of the commercial districts Vale, which was pretty busy at this time of day. With school out for the summer, there were dozens of kid and teens wandering around, as well as adults trying to go about their business.

My eyes wander over to a group of teens about my own age and I felt a bit of sadness in my heart. Having failed to get into any hunting schools, I had lost the few friend I had from my childhood as they went off to become hunters in training. Because of that, and the fact that I wasn't a very social person, I hadn't really made any new friends since then.

I sighed a bit and shook my head. There was no point in getting depressed about it now, and I had better things to do than feel sorry for myself. I slowly started making my way through the throngs of people and headed off in what I hoped was the right direction.

Originally I had been trying to decide between finding a place to work out and try and level up my physical stats, or going to a bookstore to find some skill books. But seeing as I was in the commercial district, I decided to head to the bookstore I knew was around here. It took me only a couple of minutes before I found a familiar looking street.

It was a bit quieter than the other street I had been on, but there were still a few people wandering about. After looking at all the building I finally found the one I was looking for. It was a multistory building, with two large glass windows on the ground floor, and a door between them. Above the door was a green sign with the words "Tuskon's Book Trade".

Having found my destination, I headed over to the entrance and open the door. As I walked in, I was nearly knocked off my feet when something collided against me. I was able to stay upright but it took a second for me to regain my balance. I looked at the person that I had crashed into and was relieved to see that she was okay if just a bit disgruntled.

"I'm so sorry" I apologized to her, and at the same time, I took in her appearance. She amber eyes and long black hair, with a bow in it. She wore a black and white outfit what showed off her curves nicely but didn't show any skin, not that I stared or anything. Overall she was what I would consider a very beautiful girl.

After carefully examining her book for damage, she looked towards me with those captivating amber eyes. "It's okay, it was my fault as well." I sighed in relief at hearing that, though I was a bit disappointed when she didn't say anything else and walked away.

My eyes followed her as she left, and I couldn't help but stare a bit at her… backside. I mean wasn't a pervert or anything, but there was something kinda hypnotic about the way her bottom swayed...

I looked away and tried to clear my mind. The last thing I wanted was her to turn around, and see me staring at her like a creep. I turned back to the bookstore, and in the corner of my eye, I saw another girl glaring at me. I blushed a bit and quickly headed into the store, trying to pretend like I didn't see or feel the girl's glare.

Once I got into the store, I sighed in relief. "Welcome to Tukson's Book Trade, home to every book under the sun." Looking towards the sound of the voice, I saw a large man with black hair and sideburns behind the store counter. I greeted him, before taking my time to look around the store.

I would have asked him for help, but taking the time and observing all the books would help me level up my observe skill and let me see which books were actually skill books and which ones weren't. It didn't take me long before I found my first skill book since I decided to look at the nonfiction section of the store.

Skill Book: Medicine Basic

Teaches the basic of medicine allowing the user to treat minor wounds.

I stared at the screen for a bit before dismissing it. While the skill might be useful in the future, it wasn't really what I was looking at the moment. After looking through a few more books I suddenly got a notification.

Observe's level goes up by one!

Observe has reached level five and now will show some basic information passively.

I took a look around me and was confused until I looked at the man behind the store counter.

Tuskon Lv 18

HP:180

I was a bit surprised at seeing that, but it was a pleasant surprise. Now I could see a person level and the amount of health they have at a single glance.

Without any other in the store for me to examine, I went back to observing the books. I ended up observing a lot of normal books as well as a few skill books. Though only three of them really caught my attention.

Skill Book: Weapon Forging for Beginners

Teaches the basics of weapon crafting, including both range and melee weapons, as well as the basics of weapon transformation.

Skill Book: Advance Weapon Forging

Teaches advanced weapon crafting, which includes full weapon transformation, and superior forging techniques.

Requires Max Level of Skill Weapon Crafting Basic

Skill Book: Ninjutsu Footwork

Teaches ancient ninjutsu foot techniques to move with both stealth and speed.

The reason I was interested in the first two books, was obviously because I wanted to get into crafting. After having seen the crafted by label on my sandwich early, I been wondering what else could be crafted, and I was very excited to see these weapon crafting books. While a new weapon alone wouldn't make me a hunter, being able to create a weapon better suited for my fighting would probably help. There was also the added bonus of not having to pay a lot of money or a custom made weapon.

As for the Ninjutsu book… well, I'll admit it grabbed my attention because it sounded cool, but after thinking about it for a bit it did seem like a good skill for me. I felt first hand how hard it was to fight an opponent faster than me so the extra speed would hopefully make thing easier in the future. Combined with the possibility of stealth, which would let me choose my battle better it was actually a pretty good choice.

I let out a sigh as I looked at the two different shelves that held the books I wanted. At first, I had wanted to buy all three, but after looking at the cost of the books I had to reconsider. The two crafting books only costed 25 liens each and the ninjutsu book costed 30 liens. I actually had enough for all of them but that would only leave me with 20 liens left and I needed some money to get started with crafting.

After a bit of thinking, I decided on getting the basic crafting book, and the ninjutsu book. When I grabbed the first book off the shelf this window appeared.

You obtained the skill book 'Weapon Crafting Basics.' Would you like to learn this skill?

I bit the bottom of my lip, and my finger nearly drifted to the Yes button, but in the end, I clicked No. The whole reason I came to a bookstore was so I could buy skill books instead of stealing them like I did with the aura book. Hopefully, in the future, I would have more lien to buy skill books, but for now, I'll stick with the two I choose.

-break-

I walked out of the bookstore with a smile on my face as I carried my new purchases in a small bag. Looking around for a bit I spotted a small alleyway nearby and I headed towards it. Once I was sure I was there was no one could see me, I took out one of the books and once again I got a prompt asking me if I wish to learn a skill.

This time, a clicked yes without a second thought and they it disappeared in a flash of light. I felt the strange sensation of knowledge start to flood my mind, and after a few seconds, it was over.

Ninja Step(Active & Passive) Lv 1 EXP 00.00% AP: 5 per minute

A skill that allows the user to move like a ninja

Passively increases movement speed by 25%

Passively decrease chance of detection by 25%

Additional 25% increase in movement speed when active.

Sweet just at level one and it was already so awesome, and it could be used in combat, unlike escape. I was tempted to use Ninja Step immediately but I decided to first use the other skill book. With another flash of light, I was able I gained a bunch of knowledge about weapons and how to make them.

I then activated Ninja Step and took off on a run. For a second, I was worried that the new speed would be too much for me, but in reality, it felt like I was already used to it. After running back and forth in the alleyway for a bit I deactivated the skill and checked my scroll.

It was four o'clock so I had about two more hours left before I should start heading home. I left the alleyway in a brisk jog and started heading off in the direction of a weapon's store I had heard about from Tuskon called Asure's Workshop.