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He wouldn’t rank up again until he reached a mana affinity of 31, which even though he had two weeks to train, he doubted that would happen. Nevertheless, Sakura did tell him that the early ranks were separated into two phases, significant enough that just because two fighters might be E-rank it wasn’t enough to guarantee it was an equal match-up. Someone with 25 stat points in mana affinity was at a different level than someone with 11.
All of which meant, he had to raise his stats as much as he feasibly could between now and the final climber exam.
Max sighed and closed his profile from his vision.
It was time to get started on the training.
Max materialized his compass, oriented himself and then began exploring the island.
The island was made up of jungle and rock. He used his knife to cut through overgrown bushes and shrubbery.
For a place called Ogre Island, Max was surprised he hadn’t found any yet.
As he went deeper into the jungle he eventually heard a large groaning sound.
Max immediately threw himself against a tree to hide.
He slowly peeked his head out and saw a whole group of ogres.
They were green skinned, fat, and carried blood-stained wooden clubs.
Fortunately for Max though, the majority of them were all currently taking an afternoon nap, while two ogres stood on guard.
The ogre snores were powerful enough to create a tremor across the nearby ground.
Max shuddered.
It was monster hunting time.
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Max’s heart began to beat faster and faster as he hid behind the tree near the nest of ogres.
The deep tremors of the ogre snores caused the tree to shake.
The ogre snores also probably made any small noises Max made undetectable by the guards.
He could use that to his advantage.
There was no doubt that he’d stumbled onto a favorable position with regards to fighting these monsters, but if they were to all wake up they’d be able to overwhelm him.
Especially because he currently had no offensive abilities.
He had shadow blink locked into its slot, and then the sleep ability that the agent back in the outer-rim had used on him.
He considered all his options and nodded to himself as he figured out a plan.
Max materialized a protein bar from his pouch and threw it to the edge of the ogre nest clearing.
One of the ogre guards perked up at the sight of a random food dropping.
He waddled over to it and when he bent down to pick it up, Max threw another just a little deeper away from the nest.
The ogre took the bait once more.
Max led the ogre a bit further away from the nest, before shadow blinking behind it and triggering the sleep ability.
Oomph!
The ogre collapsed on the ground and Max turned around frightened that it had been enough to wake up the other ogres.