The Achievement Junkie

Rydel opened the door to their room and let Jack in. "I'll be at the bar, you want anything?"

"I'll be busy for a while, but go ahead and order two special meals for Maura and Eliza," answered Jack.

"You mean, your wives?"

"Just hurry up and make the order! I'm sure they're hungry," yelled Jack as he shut the door, ending the conversation.

He stored his cloak and let Bowzer rest on Jack's pillow. Lately, Bowzer had been getting drowsier by the day. According to the fox pup, it was because his body was preparing to evolve and reach adolescence. Soon, Bowzer would no longer be a puppy.

Sitting cross-legged in the center of the bed, Jack opened the achievement system and quickly selected Tralon's skill tab.

Almost one hundred spells were listed in front of him. Most were low-tier and mid-tier, but Jack was still excited to gain so many spells to learn. Jack altered the system slightly and added a new tab inside his skill list labeled [Spells.]

The [Spells] tab was used to list all spells that Jack had learned thus far and all spells that Jack would be able to learn through the system. He also categorized it, allowing him to filter the list by tier and by type.

Choosing the tier filter, Jack quickly found all the high-tier spells that would be within his fingertips. Dividing them up by type, Jack read the three columns,

[HIGH-TIER SPELLS]

[Earth Type]

[-Earth Wall: 50 skill points]

[-Stone Skin: 75 skill points]

[Holy Type]

[-Blessing: 50 skill points]

[-Lesser Replenish: 50 skill points]

[-Greater Healing: 75 skill points]

[-Lesser Party Heal: 75 skill points]

[-Holy Weapon: 75 skill points]

[Space Type]

[-Pocket Dimension: 100 skill points]

Looking over the list, Jack was speechless. It wasn't because of the spells he could learn, it was because the price was outrageous!

Thinking about it, Jack felt his heart breaking into a million pieces. 'If high-tier spells cost this much… What about peak-tier? Or mythic-tier? I don't even want to imagine the legend-tier price…"

Not wanting to imagine such outrageous prices, Jack looked at the most promising high-tier spells. The first was, of course, the only space type spell, which was also a spell he had never heard of in-game.

[Pocket Dimension]

[Space type; 100 skill points. A one time spell that can create a separate space in its own dimension. The creator can put anything inside or take anything out at any time without expending mana. The pocket dimension is a vacuum and can be used as an infinite personal storage.]

'Whoa… That's perfect!' Though Jack had never heard of it till then, he wanted it all the same. It would allow him to store things without storage items. That would mean it was practically impossible to steal his things!

'Let's check the earth type next.'

[Earth Wall]

[Earth type; 50 skill points. It creates a barrier of earth near the caster in whichever direction the caster chooses. Mana consumption: very low - average, depending on the size of the wall.]

[Stone Skin]

[Earth type; 75 skill points. The target's skin becomes as tough as stone for the duration of ten minutes. Mana consumption: low.]

'Hmm… not bad. Next, the holy type magic.'

[Blessing]

[Holy type; 50 skill points. The target will gain an additional 10% health regeneration and 10% mana regeneration for the duration of ten minutes. Mana consumption: average.]

[Greater Healing]

[Holy type; 75 skill points. The target will heal up to 70% of its maximum hit points. Mana consumption: average.]

Jack also skimmed through the other holy type spells, but they were all similar. Greater Healing was a better version of the mid-tier spell he could learn for twenty-five skill points, Lesser Healing, which healed up to 35% of a target's maximum hit points. Lesser Replenish was the same as Lesser Healing, but it restored mana instead of hitpoints. And Lesser Party Heal was a 35% heal for the entire party.

Holy Blade was a spell that could make a weapon temporarily gain holy damage as a bonus effect. It was useful against undead, demons, or devils. Other than that, it would only slightly boost the weapon's damage.

It took Jack a minute build up the courage to check the peak-tier spells. Most of them were just better versions of the high-tier spells, but they were all useful in certain situations.

[PEAK-TIER]

[Earth Type]

[-Earth Fortress: 100 skill points]

[-Swallowing Earth: 250 skill points]

[-Create Golem: 250 skill points]

[-Iron Skin: 300 skill points]

[Holy Type]

[-Greater Replenish: 100 skill points]

[-Lesser Party Replenish: 150 skill points]

[-Party Blessing: 150 skill points]

[-God's Eye: 200 skill points]

[-Greater Party Healing: 350 skill points]

[-Revivification: 400 skill points]

[Space Type]

[-Lesser Teleportation: 300 skill points]

[-Spatial Slash: 400 skill points]

[-Spatial Disruption: 400 skill points]

'...' Jack was too caught up on the sudden jump in price to think clearly about the spells themselves. It took a moment to calm his panicking mind, but eventually, he started to open up his skills and inspect what benefits they gave him.

This time, Jack inspected the earth type spells first. Earth Fortress was a better version of Earth Wall, creating a dome of earth around the target to completely cover them. Swallowing Earth was very much like creating a small earthquake to trap the enemies inside the earth itself. Create Golem was simple and straight forward, making a temporary fighting companion that followed basic commands. And Iron Skin was the upgraded form of Stone Skin.

The common trend in all of them was the increase in mana consumption. Mana consumption was measured from very low, low, average, high, and very high. All of the peak-tier earth spells had at least an average mana consumption.

Next, Jack looked over the many holy type spells. They also had a spike in mana consumption and were mostly better versions of the high-tier spells.

Other than that, two spells were unique; God's Eye and Revivification.

God's Eye was a peculiar spell that Jack was unfamiliar with. It allowed the caster to see their surroundings from beyond their own perspective as if they were looking down on the earth from the heavens. They could discern how many creatures or people were in the area, or they could search for specific things. The mana consumption was low, but it would continue to use mana the longer the caster had it active.

Revivification was the most expensive and it was easy to understand why. It was a spell that could revive someone from an unnatural death within one minute of their death. During most situations it was useless, but on rare occasions, it could be one of Jack's most powerful spells.

When Jack started looking at the space type spells, he laughed at his own misfortune. The space type spells were the ones he was most interested in, but they were always the most expensive.

Lesser Teleportation would let Jack travel to anywhere within a ten-kilometer radius and had average mana consumption. It would be handy, but it wasn't good for party play.

Spatial Slash was an offensive type spell and was well worth the 400 skill points to learn it. A wave of spacial energy would be sent through the air, cutting through anything in its path. With an average mana consumption, it was a terrifying spell to be facing.

Of the three, Jack was most interested in Spatial Disruption, because it would disrupt the movement of anything within fifty feet of the caster. Of course, the caster could control it so that allies were unaffected, leaving enemies wide open for attacks. Jack imagined casting this spell while letting Rydel and Maynard slaughter anything that dared move.

Knowing that he wouldn't be able to purchase any mythic-tier spells for a long time, Jack didn't want to spend too much time on them, but curiosity still got the best of him.

[MYTHIC-TIER]

[Earth Type]

[-Summon Earth Elemental: 600 skill points]

[-Diamond Skin: 700 skill points]

[Holy Type]

[-Greater Party Replenish: 500 skill points]

[-Resurrection: 800 skill points]

[Space Type]

[-Greater Teleportation: 750 skill points]

[-Collapsing Space: 900 skill points]

Jack was blown away again by the rising price in skill points. He wondered how he could ever gain so many skill points to learn them all.

Then he took a deep breath. If he remembered correctly, he had forced Tralon to learn two legendary spells. If Tralon still knew them, that would mean Jack could possibly learn them. But Jack was afraid to look at them, fearing he might faint from the price alone.

Thinking and calming himself, Jack finally looked at the legendary spells available to him.

[LEGEND-TIER]

[Space Type]

[-Rendering Space: 1500 skill points]

[-Spatial Rift: 1750 skill points]

[Rendering Space]

[Space type; 1500 skill points. The caster can isolate any number of targets and render the space around them, lacerating their very molecules. The fewer the amount of targets, the more powerful the spell. Mana consumption: very high.]

[Spatial Rift]

[Space Type; 1750 skill points. A spatial rift is forcibly opened, connecting any two locations by means of the spatial rift. This allows large groups or gigantic creates to travel across any span of distance in a single step through the rift. Mana consumption: exponentially high.]

Lost in thought and longing, Jack imagined using such terrifying spells personally. It was going to take him a long time to even learn peak-tier spells, let alone legend-tier.