I'm The Only One With Cancer-Chapter 145: Final Training I

In the training ground behind the dilapidated building...

Arthur looked at Zen before him and said, "Before we start, I’ll need to inform you of a few things. Since you will soon leave this place, I feel like you need to know these."

’I’ll finally be able to leave this place! I’ll finally be able to get away from this sadist! I’ll finally be able to be free! No more tortures disguised as training!’

Zen felt like tearing up, but maintained the solemn expression on his face as he nodded slightly.

Seeing his one and only apprentice listening attentively with a serious expression, Arthur nodded as he continued after clearing his throat.

"First and foremost, as you level up, you will gain a certain amount of stat points. As I said before, depending on race, the number of free and bonus stat points you gain will differ.

Since the heart of the Lord of Evil had been transplanted to you, we don’t know how many stat points you will gain for each level, but it’s fine as long as it’s not the gain humans would have.

But once you level up, I recommend that you distribute your stat points as evenly as possible. Normally, this will be inefficient as specializing in a few stats will be more effective, but..."

Arthur looked Zen in the eye, "You’re aborma— different. You are different and special."

’No! You’re about to call me abnormal!’ It took Zen all his strength to keep his face from twitching as he asked, "But what if I face a bottleneck like the last time I wasn’t able to improve?"

Arthur looked at him and replied, "That was the limit of a human, so you should be able to smoothly increase your stats. Besides, the free stat points are special in the way that they can break that limit instantly. I just didn’t mention it to you back then because of two things: I still don’t want you to level up, and I don’t want you to take the easy way out."

"Anyways, every time your point for a specific stat reaches 100, there would be a barrier which could be solved by free stat points. Also, take note that every 100 stat point, you will experience a significant difference, such as between 99 and 100, but the effect will be more drastic."

Arthur cleared his throat and said, "Hm, the next barrier you will face will be the Level 99, which is the racial limit or limit cap of humans in terms of level, but there should be changes with the Heart of Evil inside you... Do you understand?"

’Ugh, racial limit this, racial limit that!’ Zen felt fed up with all the nerfs the human race had.

Still, he had a grateful expression on his face as he replied, "Of course, Teacher. Only with a more special person such as you was the reason why I’m where I am."

’Something feels off...’ Arthur could not quite put his finger on it, but seeing his apprentice’s sincere gaze, he shook his head. ’Forget it.’

He cleared his throat and continued, "Anyways, the reason why I said so is that it will decide your Class selection options, which will appear once you reach level 10.

The System will go through your history, achievements, and other aspects, including your priorities in terms of allocating stat points. Distributing them evenly will let you have a lot of Classes to choose from.

Of course, not only do I feel that this is the most suitable for you, but I also feel that this will be the path you will take, even if I don’t say this."

"Class?" Zen repeated beneath his breath, a feeling of excitement filling his heart, ’I forgot that this is still a game— or at least, it resembles a game!’

Choosing a Class was something that every avid gamer, especially those who play RPGs, looked forward to the most!

And Zen was no exception.

Still, he listened attentively to his teacher, ’He’s really a good source of information... and he knows me so well.’

Even with all his violent tendencies, Zen looked at his teacher as someone who was reliable.

After all, while the majority of the players were blindly going through the game, he was lucky enough to find someone who guided him throughout the process and enabled him to learn more about this world.

In short, he had his very own ’tutorial guide’.

Oblivious to his apprentice’s thoughts, Arthur kept speaking, "Regarding Classes, you will need to be careful since the Class you will choose at level 10 will be your final class until you reach level 100.

Once you reach that level, the System will present a Class Selection Window to you, but there’s no need to immediately choose one.

Aside from the System’s choices, you can also discover other Classes hidden all over the world, which will also be automatically added to the Class Selection Window.

All in all, you must choose your Class with utmost care, since you can only have one."

"But Teacher, can I change my Class?" Zen asked, feeling curious.

Arthur nodded, "Yes, but the other options in the Class Selection Window will be erased permanently, so you can only change your Class if you’re lucky to find an opportunity. Besides, the experience you accumulated from when you chose that Class will be deleted as well, making your level regress."

’Yikes...’ Zen could not help but feel that the condition for a Class Change was too outrageous, considering it was only a Class.

Following this, Arthur spoke once again, explaining more about the details of the Free World and the System that Zen needed to be aware of.

Meanwhile, Adara, who was sitting on a bench some distance away, had her chin cupped in her hands as she observed the two.

’He... really cherishes that apprentice of his, huh? But why are they talking about breaking the racial limit of a human? That barrier exists at 99 stat points, so it should still be a long time before they’re concerned about that...’

She could not help but think as she witnessed Arthur’s sincere expression as he explained everything to Zen with a gentle and patient expression on his face.

Plus, whenever the two subtly joked with each other, Adara also felt extremely surprised, ’It’s been a very, very long time since I saw him smile like that. The last time he smiled that way was that time when we joked with Brother Ignatius before the Ancient Evil War.’

’I’m glad he was able to recover despite the Temple of Fire’s fall...’ She inwardly mused. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

At this moment, she saw Arthur move.

The discussion lasted for about an hour before he stood up and stretched, "Ahh, sitting down and speaking isn’t really my style."

’I have a bad feeling about this.’ Zen smiled uncomfortably, "Teacher, I like sitting and speaking with you. Please, let’s just continue—"

"No."

Arthur firmly shook his head, "I need to see your progress with the skills I taught you. Besides, I need to make the most of this time since you’re leaving soon."

’H-Huh? What does he mean by making most of the time...’

Zen did not know exactly what his teacher meant, but he knew for sure that it was anything but a fun experience.