Universal Power System

"and that's exactly what I did..." Mako wrote in his journal.

"I changed my training pattern completely. Before I didn't have to worry about my attributes as I could just upgrade them using the points and so I would only train my skills which wasn't getting me anywhere, but now I didn't have the luxury of relying on attribute points anymore and so now I have to put in the actual effort to improve my body."

For the remaining few days that Mako still had during his punishment, he did all that he could to make some rough calculations on how difficult his progression was going to be moving forward as even after several days of working out, only his stamina was able to level up once as it was already 1 star away while his other attributes like Strength, and Agility were still a bit far from being upgraded.

Besides his attributes, Mako had to make a list of priorities when it came to his different abilities, skills, titles, etc.

If he didn't keep track of all of them, he would soon get overwhelmed by the sheer amount of information that he had contained within him.

While exploring the system tab and its functions a bit deeper, Mako discovered something that the system didn't explicitly mention which was in the description of skills and abilities in his skills tab as well as the items he had stored in his inventory which the fact that now there was an option to sell.

[Sell] ?

[A function of the shop that is unlocked at the second level of the shop that extends to all tabs of the system and allows the user to permanently remove an item, ability, or skill from their profile in exchange for coins. Once an item has been sold, it will be recognized by the system shop and could appear in either the daily shop or the main shop in the future]

Mako could intentionally remove an ability from his body; aura and all and sell it to the system for coins.

This was a revolutionary discovery, one that was just as special as Mako's Analyze skill as nobody could ever get rid of an ability once they had obtained it by breaking the crystal on the cover of an ability book.

Mako had a relatively manageable number of skills as he could maneuver around them and use the correct skill in a fight; however, there were a few skills that Mako rarely used as they were either too weak or weren't able to be used in an efficient manner.

For example, the Recover skill that Mako obtained way back when he first received the PERSEVERANCE title was one that he barely ever used as it required him to wait a while after his battle only to start recovering health at a very low rate.

"Sell Recover," Mako commanded the system.

This time a burning and spiky feeling enveloped his entire body which was the complete opposite of the cool and soothing sensation he often felt whenever he gained something like an ability, skill, or even attributes.

This sensation was the complete opposite as it was quite painful whilst the Recover skill was getting removed from Mako's body.

[Extraction Completed]

[The Recover skill has been successfully sold]

[+20 Bronze Tier Coins]

Mako sold a couple more things from different tabs such as his ten-palm strike technique that he could never really use against stronger opponents gaining a few more bronze coins before he was satisfied with the optimization of everything.

His skill tab had grown quite much in the last six months and it showed just how much Mako had grown and still how far he had yet to go.

"Open Skills Tab," Mako commanded the system.

[Skills] ?

[Basic Skills] ?

- [(D-Tier) Sprint] ? (LEVEL 2)

- [(E-Tier) Dash] ? (LEVEL 4)

- [(E-Tier) Motion Sense] ? (LEVEL 4)

- [(E-Tier) High Jump] ? (LEVEL 3)

- [(E-Tier) Fortified Stance] ? (LEVEL 1)

- [(E-Tier) Silent Steps] ? (LEVEL 1)

[Power Skills] ?

- [(E-Tier) Fire Elemental Control] ? (LEVEL 5)

- [(F-Tier) Fireball] ? (LEVEL 5) [MAX]

- [(E-Tier) Flame wheel] ? (LEVEL 3)

- [(E-Tier) Flame Pillar] ? (Level 2)

- [(D-Tier) Flame Bullet] ? (Level 2)

- [(E-Tier) Lightning Elemental Control] ? (LEVEL 5)

- [(F-Tier) Lightning Strike] ? (LEVEL 4)

- [(E-Tier) Electrical Discharge] ? (LEVEL 5) [MAX]

- [(D-Tier) Lightning Claw] ? (LEVEL 2)

- [(D-Tier) Energy Elemental Control] ? (LEVEL 1)

- [(E-Tier) Energy Stream] ? (LEVEL 2)

- [(E-Tier) Energy Sensing] ? (LEVEL 2)

- [(E-Tier) Earth Elemental Control] ? (LEVEL 4)

- [(E-Tier) Ground Rupture] ? (LEVEL 2)

- [(F-Tier) Stone Sword] ? (LEVEL 3)

- [(D-Tier) Stone Skin] ? (LEVEL 1)

- [(D-Tier) Poison Elemental Control] ? (LEVEL 2)

[Unique Skills] ?

- [(C-Tier) Analyze] ? (LEVEL 2)

- [(E-Tier) Phantom Punch] ? (LEVEL 2)

- [(E-Tier) Phantom Shift] ? (LEVEL 3)

- [(E-Tier) Phantom Kick] ? (LEVEL 2)

- [(E-Tier) Phantom Dash] ? (LEVEL 3)

- [(E-Tier) Mana Slash] ? (LEVEL 2)

- [(E-Tier) Mana Thrust] ? (LEVEL 2)

- [(E-Tier) Mana Block] ? (LEVEL 1)

- [(E-Tier) Cyclone Parry] ? (LEVEL 1)

- [(D-Tier) Influence] ? (LEVEL 1)

[Collaborative Skills] ?

- [(E-Tier) Scorching Blade] ? (LEVEL 1)

[Combinational Skills] ?

- [(E-Tier) Flaming Stone Sword] ? (LEVEL 1)

- [(D-Tier) Poisoned Stone Skin] ? (LEVEL 1)

- [(E-Tier) Lightning Phantom Shift] ? (LEVEL 1)

[Absolute Skills] ? (NONE)

Mako had a wide array of abilities and a great number of skills that could come in handy in many different situations.

The combinational skills were a new type of skill that Mako had discovered while failing to try and resonate with his other abilities. Instead, he managed to create unique skills that utilized the auras of two different abilities or moves at the same time which was a step in the right direction, leading to the eventual resonance.

Unlike the collaborative skills that require two or more people to execute, the combinational skills were the exact same but could be executed by a single person, though the energy cost was a bit high.

The Poisoned Stone Skin was basically Mako's Stone Skin skill from his Earth elemental skill tree but laced with his poison aura, inflicting the "Decay" status effect on anyone who makes contact with his skin for 2 seconds.

The Lightning Phantom Shift was the combination of his favorite Phantom Shift skill and his lightning aura, extending the time of the Phantom Shift with the afterimage created by the skill lasting for longer before disappearing and revealing the real Mako who has more time to maneuver while remaining undetectable by his opponent with the added bonus of electrocuting the opponent if they strike the afterimage.

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[01/07/2600]

"I did all that I could and use my time as efficiently as possible before military school started, and I have to say that I am impressed with the results. I just hope they are enough to help me get promoted back into the special class."

"Last night, a guard came into my room informing me that I was to head to the teleporter room tomorrow and start my journey in military school. He gave me a duffle back in which I could pack my things and handed me a blue uniform which was the uniform he was meant to wear as a cadet attending military school."

"I was so excited to be finally out of my room and meet my friends that barely got any sleep, not that I needed to anyway as I had a full bar of energy and as of now I could go for three days without feeling any fatigue or drowsiness."

"Early the next morning, a guard came to collect me so that he could export me to the teleporter room, and within fifteen minutes, I could hear the countdown for the teleport to initiate."

"Just like last time, the teleport only took a second and in the next moment I was standing in a similar-looking room but with different staff operating the machine which told me that I was in fact somewhere different."

"A man in a green uniform that resembled the officer that had come to my school to give the military introduction. He asked me for my name and then proceeded to tap something on his holographic tablet before giving me instructions to reach my dorm room."

"I was assigned to class 1-E and my homeroom class was in half an hour so I had to hurry up. I thanked the officers and staff and left the teleporter room. The guards guided me outside and finally, I was able to see the gigantic military school which was more of a complex consisting of several dozen buildings as well as several fields for playing sports as well as carrying out training and practice matches."

"There were different dorm buildings for the different classes of students and the buildings split evenly to accommodate female and male cadets."

"I made my way to building number A-B3 where my dorm room was located and quickly unpacked. Many cadets were rushing through the halls as they all were trying to get settled in and reach their homeroom class in time."

"Thanks to Sprint, time was on my side as I quickly unpacked my duffle bag and quickly left to make it in time for class."

"I still hadn't run into any of my friends nor Natasha or Haruto which was a bit weird, but I just brushed it off as them being assigned a dorm room in a different building and hoped to meet them in class."

"However, my disappointment for the day had only begun."