Chapter 142: Chapter 142: Progress
[Ashi Notification]
[Congratulations, Host, on your new advancement.]
[+200 Attribute Points]
[Battlefield Mind – Lv.3]
[Martial Memory – Lv.3]
[Rule The Pitch – Lv.3]
[Scan – Lv.3]
[Blood Furnace – Lv.2]
[Phoenix Pulse – Lv.2]
Julian’s eyes swept across the glowing panel.
Every skill—sharper. Every edge—honed. The system hadn’t just nudged him forward; it had dragged him into another realm.
Two hundred free points.
Two hundred breaths of power waiting to be shaped.
He leaned back into the sofa, towel still damp around his neck, mind slicing through the numbers. Strength? He already felt the storm in his legs. Agility? Speed had saved him more than once. Stamina? Without it, everything else crumbled.
Bit by bit, he carved the points into his frame, refining not just the warrior—but the footballer. By the time he finished, his pulse was steady, his breathing calm, as if his body already recognized the new shape of itself.
Julian exhaled, then whispered, "Show me."
The status screen bloomed before him, sharper than ever.
...
User: Julian Ashford
Age: 17
State: Youth League
Title: None
Exp Point : 30
...
CORE ATTRIBUTES
► Strength : 57
► Agility : 57
► Stamina : 60
► Technique : 60
► Perception : 85
► Instinct : 80
► Charisma : 32
Total Stat : 431 (571)
...
Item
➤ [Stamina Bracelet]
Type: Item
Rank: Normal
Effect: Boost stamina +10
➤ Random Attribute Surge
Type: Item ( One time use)
Rank: Legendary
Effect: By using this item, you will receive a random +50 to +100 attribute points. Upon administration, the item scans your body and automatically distributes the attributes where they are most needed.
➤ Potential Syringe
Type: Item ( One time use)
Rank: Legendary
Effect: Upon use, the syringe awakens the hidden potential of your body, pushing your current state toward its peak. The effect scales depending on your condition at the moment of use.
➤ Injury Eraser
Type: Item ( One time use)
Rank: Legendary
Effect: Erases any injury, no matter how severe. However, due to its rank, it only restores up to 80% of full health. Still, it can heal anything—from broken bones to torn ligaments to even cancer.
...
Skill
➤ [Battlefield Mind Lv.3] [0/300]
Type: Passive
Rank: Mystic
Your instincts sharpen to a preternatural edge; every clash, breath, and ripple of intent is a map you can traverse.
Effect: + 10 to Perception and + 10 Instinct
➤ [ Martial Memory Lv.3 ] [0/300]
Type: Passive + Active
Rank: Mystic
Your body not only remembers it begins to refine every technique it recalls, blending them into this world’s rule
Passive Effect: +10 to all attributes
Active Effect: For 15 seconds, use any martial technique from your past life without consuming mana.
➤ [Rule The Pitch Lv.3] [5/300]
Type: Passive + Active
Rank: Mystic
The field itself bends to the pulse of your soul; your vitality radiates as a battlefield domain.
Passive Effect: Removes all disease from Julian’s body. now grants slow regeneration
Active Effect Rotate soul energy to temporarily boost to All attribute by +10 to +50.
Overuse may damage the body. Or you can focus the boost in one or two attribute for +10 to +50
➤ [Scan Lv.3] [8/75]
Type: Active
Rank: Rare
Your sight digs deeper into the truth of others
Effect: You can scan a person to view their full attribute totals. You now see their best three attributes. You can view two skills
their best skill.➤ [Blood Furnace Lv.2] [2/100]
Type: Active
Rank: Legendary
Ignite the inner forge within your body, reinforcing muscle fibers, tendon elasticity, and cardiovascular output.
While active, all physical strain from other skills is reduced by 40%, stamina drain from high-intensity actions is halved, and recovery speed between bursts is doubled.
Duration: 6 minutes
Cooldown: 35 minutes
➤ [Phoenix Pulse Lv.2] [0/100]
Type: Active
Rank: Legendary
A flame buried within your vessel ignites when called. Exhaustion, pain, and injury are consumed by rebirth.
Upon activation, stamina is instantly restored, fatigue purged, and light-to-medium wounds healed. Severe injuries stabilize, allowing you to continue the fight.
Cooldown: Usable once every 1 matches. Activation requires stamina < 40% or significant damage sustained.
➤ Final Whistle Miracle
Type: skill ( One time use)
Rank: Legendary
Effect: Active only in the last five minutes of a match. Guarantees a decisive play—goal, save, or assist. Fate itself bends to your will.
...
Julian nodded slowly.
From 431 to 571.
And that was before the unopened items in his inventory.
The surge still throbbed in his veins, his body trembling from the aftershock of the breakthrough.
He could feel it in the marrow of his bones, in the iron pull of his muscles, in the steady thrum of his blood—raw strength simmering just below eruption, pressing against the boundaries of what the human frame should allow.
"Not yet," he muttered. The Potential Syringe, the Attribute Surge—those would wait. Tomorrow. After his body adapted. After he measured the storm that had already taken root inside him.
He stood and stretched. Joints popped like fireworks. His arms felt heavier, denser, yet oddly lighter to command.
The room seemed smaller, his reflection in the mirror sharper, eyes faintly glowing with the vestiges of the upgrade.
A grin tugged at his lips—small, restrained, but undeniable.
He dropped onto his bed, sheets cool against skin still burning faintly from strain. Every breath felt heavier, denser, like his lungs had been reforged. Joints cracked with quiet vigor. Muscles sang, a hum that refused to fade.
Germany. The word echoed like a promise, like a looming mountain in the distance. The true test, beyond the youth league, beyond these proving grounds.
He imagined defenders twice his size, stamina monsters bred for war, precision strikers honed in academies sharper than knives. Against them, raw numbers alone wouldn’t matter. He would need control, instinct, resilience.
That was why he would wait to unleash his unopened items. They weren’t meant for tonight. They were aces for the moment when survival wasn’t guaranteed.
For the first time, he wasn’t clawing just to survive. He was preparing—shaping himself for the future.
He leaned back, the ceiling blurring into soft darkness. His hand brushed across his chest, feeling the steady rhythm of a heart too strong for its cage.
Tonight wasn’t about victory or loss. Tonight was about remembering that he had lived through another war, that he had grown sharper, faster, stronger.
Julian closed his eyes, letting the new power coil and settle. Tomorrow, he would test it. Tomorrow, he would wield it. Tonight, he would simply remember what it felt like to be alive after war.
And with that thought, darkness folded him into sleep.