"Thought Reading?" Kyle muttered.
He stared at the translucent screen floating before him for a few seconds, then nodded slowly.
`Just like I thought. The System really rewards every achievement I make.`
It wasn't something he'd pulled out of thin air. Ever since the Shop had unlocked after his first kill, he'd had a hunch. This screen only confirmed it.
`And it seems like Achievements are counted in different aspects too... Not just killing and fighting.` he thought calmly.
Before he could even check the new skill's description, he felt a warm wetness surrounding his cock.
Kyle stiffened as his gaze dropped.
Eleanor was between his legs, lips stretched around his cock as her tongue swirled greedily. Her gaze was unfocused, drowned in pure lust.
"The skill can wait." Kyle snapped the screen shut with a grin. "I've got a MILF to satisfy!"
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In the morning, Kyle opened his eyes to the sunlight spilled gently through the window.
He turned his head, but Eleanor wasn't beside him. They had spent the entire night together, and the memory still made him smirk.
Naked, he pushed himself up slightly and remembered the new skill he got from the system last night.
Without wasting time, he summoned his status screen.
[Name: Kyle]
[Class: Mind Controller]
[Strength: 6 | Intelligence: 10 | Endurance: 7 | Agility: 5 | Magic: 0]
[Unused Stats Points: 12]
[Skills: "Mind Control", "Thought Reading"]
He tapped the new skill, causing a second window to unfold.
[Thought Reading – Rank B: Allows the user to perceive the surface thoughts and emotional impulses of any woman the user has had a physical intimate relationship with. Prolonged use may cause a headache, with severity depending on the duration of use and the woman's intelligence stats relative to the user's.]
"It's really a skill that reads thoughts!"
He frowned, thinking. `Only women I've been intimate with... That condition fits the achievement.`
Kyle's mind jumped to the shop feature. `Just like the shop unlocking after the first kill. The shop points mainly depend on kills.`
`That means...` a small smirk appeared. `The reward always matches the achievement.`
Kyle was able to uncover many hidden features of the system from just a few pieces of information, but what caught his attention wasn't that information, but the sentence next to the skill name.
"Rank B..." Kyle murmured. "Is there a system to classify skills?"
Suddenly, as if responding to his question, a new system screen appeared.
[Skills are divided into six ranks: S, A, B, C, D, E]
Kyle stared at it for a second. Then sighed.
"You know," he muttered, rubbing his temple, "you could've told me that before I had to guess."
This was always the System's problem. It loved answering questions— as long as Kyle asked the exact right one first.
Kyle looked back at the screen, stared at the ranks for a moment, then an idea suddenly hit him.
`If skills have ranks... doesn't that mean there are ranks to measure my level?`
He suddenly remembered when the system didn't give him any points for killing the last wild boar in the forest. `Are there ranks for monsters and animals too?`
Kyle waited for the system screen to pop up and explain things as it usually did, but even after several minutes, nothing appeared.
`Damn system!` he cursed inwardly, closing the extra windows and leaving only his status screen. `It only answers when it feels like it wants to.`
He turned his attention to the 12 unused stat points and started distributing them calmly.
`I'll put 4 points into Strength, 2 points into Agility and 3 points into Endurance... Finally, I'll put the rest into Intelligence.`
After allocating all the points, he gave his new stats a satisfied glance.
[Name: Kyle]
[Class: Mind Controller]
[Strength: 10 | Intelligence: 13 | Endurance: 10 | Agility: 7 | Magic: 0]
[Unused Stats Points: 0]
[Skills: "Mind Control", "Thought Reading"]
"Good. This'll make today's hunt easie—" Before he could finish, Kyle felt his heart pounding fast.
"Wh-what's happening?" He felt a warmth spreading under his skin, "Did I get a fever from too much sex last night?"
It wasn't painful. More like a deep, spreading warmth, flowing through all of his body. Sweat began to flow from his body and his breaths became hotter.
That warmth started to focus more on certain areas of his body, specifically his muscles, which had become slightly red. He felt his muscles weaken then stiffen immediately, as if he had just finished a tough workout.
After a few moments, that strange feeling in his body weakened until it gradually disappeared.
He jumped out of bed immediately, naked, and hurried to the mirror. His eyes widening as he saw his body.
His once ordinary body had suddenly become noticeably muscular. While not massive, his six-pack abs, chest, and arms were now clearly defined.
"Heh… look at that!" Kyle chuckled, striking a few poses in front of the mirror. "My body actually changes with my stats."
He let out a laugh. "Alright, System. I take back what I said earlier."
After a few moments of examining his body, Kyle put on his clothes, which felt a bit tighter around the arms and chest, showing off his physique, then headed downstairs.