Shadow Author

Chapter 18 1.5.2

?Seeing the ranks I could achieve I knew I could grow powerful but I wanted to put it into a more precise position. The way my smartwatch was stating my talent was the same way Elijah's system ranked talent. The only problem is that it wasn't the same as the real world which uses numbers.

'Display all talent ranks in numbers rather than letters.'

Right after I finished my request a buzz came from my arm and I looked with interest.

[F: 0-3]

[E: 3-10]

[D: 10-25]

[C: 25-50]

[B: 50-75]

[A: 75-100]

[S: 100-200]

[SS: 200-500]

[SSS: 500-1000]

[R: 1000-2000]

[Ex: 2000-5000]

[X: 5000-10000]

[Z: 10000-100000]

[(Infinity): 100000+]

Seeing the numbers put into perspective just how big the world is. To become stronger one has to put in blood sweat and tears.

This is especially so when I look at my magic and how it increased by 0.1. But that was within my expectations as I only spent an hour or so practicing.

With everything done in the first drawer, I moved on to the second. I decided to leave the keys and box in the first drawer as they might come in handy later on.

Opening the second drawer I was once again left shocked just as I had been when I opened the first.

Inside was a bunch of tools to use for becoming a blacksmith. There were hammers, chisels, picks, tongs, and more.

I was overwhelmed by the number of tools and I was even more surprised that the wooden drawer could hold all the metal equipment without breaking.

Unfortunately, because I converted my blacksmithing gift into SP I had no use for all the tools. However, the good news was that I could probably get a good chunk of change since some of the tools looked to be high in quality.

I decided to leave that matter for another time but it reminded me that I needed a way to make money.

Thankfully I was able to get out of debt and even make some profit due to the deal I made with Elijah. However, credits only work within Griffin and I wouldn't trade the credits back into Zar.

With those thoughts in mind, I racked my brain for any way to make money. After a bit of thought, I found a solution, and a good one at that. If it all turned out like I expected I would make more money than I knew what to do with.

With a plan beginning to formulate I decided to head over to the desk in the corner of the room. It was also the last place I saw where some of Lucas's belongings were.

As I took a seat at the desk I took out a piece of paper and started recounting all the knowledge I knew about the novel. I wanted my plan to succeed without a hitch.

It took two hours or so for me to formulate all the ideas and pick the most effective but once I had it all written out in front of me I couldn't help but smile.

Written on the paper were a bunch of guilds, research factories, medical centers, hunter groups, and more who would be rising and falling during the next month.

Although with all these groups written down there was one company that was circled and had more information next to it.

This was the group I was going to take advantage of to start my climb to becoming rich.

With most of my plan outlined I decided to call it quits for the night. It was only around eight at night but I knew I was in for another long day tomorrow so I wanted as much rest as I could get.

But before going to bed I looked around the desk for anything else that would clue me about the nature of the original Lucas. I only managed to find a gaming console, an open bag of snacks, and a bunch of school supplies.

With my goal complete I moved towards the bed and fell asleep almost instantly.

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In the morning I was awoken by an alarm coming from my smartwatch.

Lazily I turned it off and checked the time.

06:00

Seeing how early it was I turned my head and buried it in my pillow trying to get some more rest.

Unfortunately for me just as I was about to fall back into a comfortable slumber another alarm rang.

Annoyed, I quickly turned it off and tried to go back to sleep only for another alarm to ring not five minutes later.

Now angry I threw the covers off and checked the alarm app on my watch only to be dumbfounded.

There were twelve alarms set apart at five-minute intervals for the next hour.

"It seems like the other Lucas was also not a morning person."

I said groggily as I turned off the other ten alarms and got out of bed.

"Well, now that I'm up it's better to start early."

I quickly took a shower and hopped out but when I faced the mirror I froze.

I had completely forgotten about it but I no longer looked like my past self… I looked like Lucas.

Pausing what I was going to do I stood in front of the mirror and played around with my face.

Just like in the photo from when I was younger I had straight black hair however it was much longer as it came down past my eyes. Pushing some of the hair to the side I looked back at myself through the mirror.

I had to suck in a breath as I couldn't believe how handsome I looked. I didn't care if I sounded narcissistic, I was in complete awe of myself.

Compared to the earth me I had curly brown hair, greenish blue eyes, a slanted jaw line, and an uneven nose.

But as I stared into the person before me I saw no flaws.

Bright red eyes reminded me of a fresh apple, wine, and blood. A perfect nose that wasn't too sharp or rounded and an amazing jawline that came together to make my appearance perfect.

I nearly fell in love at the sight but when I realized that I was the one who looked that way I couldn't help but feel satisfied.

"My parents did a good job! Luckily I got more of my mom's genes."

Nodding my head up and down I gave a quick thanks for getting reincarnated into the body of someone so handsome.

With these thoughts, I was surprised that I wasn't being swarmed by all the girls. After all, my appearance was mountain toppling.

But then I became worried that if I was so handsome that people started coming up to me it might be annoying in the future. If my looks cause beauty to fall in love I might have to fight a young master. Since I had a bunch of cliché scenes in the first book this wasn't impossible.

Just as I finished admiring my face I looked down at my body. I mindlessly washed everything in the shower but now that I was taking a closer look I realized I was quite ripped.

Although I wasn't a gym sharp whose biceps were the size of human heads I had a nice six-pack and well-defined muscles.

"Well done Lucas!"

I couldn't help but be proud of Lucas for taking such good care of himself. Knowing I couldn't waste his effort I made a mental note to train a little extra.

Finally done examining myself I threw on one of the many school uniforms I had in the closet and left the dorm.

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It didn't take too long to make it back into the school and when I checked my watch it was only.

06:48

This meant I still had a little over an hour to kill. With this thought in mind, I figured I would make use of my previous statement and do a quick bit of exercise before classes began.