Chapter 58  Skill points

Leaving the dazed man behind, she fed the five Mana gem to Luke.

She then looked at Ben and gritted her teeth. She wanted to help Ben because his condition was beyond serious, but what could she do now that her healing skill had already been used three times?

In the end, she could only look at Luke. ‘Once he wakes up, he will take care of everything.’ She thought.

After eating 8 mana gems, he recovered 8 points of his mana, which helped him quite a lot. Slowly, he opened his eyes, but his brows were still furrowed.

Seeing this, Professor Nina, Lori, and Julia heaved a sigh of relief and hurried to ask about his well-being.

“Luke, are you alright now?”

Hearing their concerned voice, he relaxed his facial muscles and smiled lightly. “I’m fine. Thanks for the mana gems.”

“It’s alright. But Luke, Ben’s condition is terrible. I can’t do anything apart from stopping his bleeding by bandaging his wound.” Lori hurriedly said.

Hearing this, Luke frowned in worry. He didn’t know how he should help Ben. Suddenly, he remembered the berries he got after killing the first order zombie and the treasure box.

‘I hope either of these two can help him.’ He thought and stood up.

He could still feel his [Berserk] skill going under some change, but he wasn’t able to sense it now. However, he had a feeling it was a good change and his combat power would multiply once it completed its transformation.

He took out the orange treasure box and saw it needed 2 mana units to open it. Since he didn’t have much mana, he stored it away before taking out the one of the ripe berries.

The ladies watched him in confusion as he walked over to the man tied to the tree.

Suddenly, Lori’s eyes lit up with realization, and she let out a sigh of relief.

‘So, he brought this guy here to test if the berries are harmful to humans or not? Thank god I didn’t kill him.’

Luke crouched down in front of the man, who struggled to open his eyes to look at him.

Frowning, he took the rag out of his mouth and a berry inside and ordered, “Chew it down.”

The man seemed horrified. He didn’t know what he was fed and tried to throw it out, but a slap landed on his face, which made him stop.

Then Luke said, “Don’t worry. If I wanted to kill you, just a swing of my sword would be enough. Now, chew it down. It’s something beneficial to you.”

Hearing this, the man reluctantly chewed the berry before gulping it down.

Immediately, a bewildered expression appeared on his face.

Seeing this, Luke hurriedly asked, “What is it?”

The man frowned and asked, “What did you give me? Was that an evolved fruit?”

“Answer what I ask. If not, I don’t mind removing your head from your body,” Luke coldly said.

Hearing this, the man knew he was right, and this made his expression turn ugly. From what Ramsey had told them about the evolved plants and fruits, he knew although some could be extremely beneficial but most were dangerous to humans.

‘This bastard! He is treating me as a lab rat.’ He gritted his teeth in anger.

Whoosh!

Slap!

Seeing he didn’t answer, Luke slapped him again. “Are you going to say it or not?”

From his expression, he knew the fruits wasn’t dangerous to humans because if it was, the guy wouldn’t just be gnashing his teeth in anger. He would be horrified. His bewildered expression right after he gulped it down had already eliminated the possibility of it being a slow fruit that takes time to take effect.

The man was angry enough to not want to answer it, but he knew what his fate would be if he didn’t. So, he said, “When I ate it, I got the notification telling me I have gained one skill point.”

“Skill point?!” Luke almost shouted out in excitement when he heard this.

“What’s a skill point? Is it related to skills?” Lori asked when she saw him become excited.

“Yes.” Luke nodded and then said to her, “Lori, open your status and click on your [Minor healing] skill.”

Confused, Lori did as he asked and when she read the rows of words that appeared, she understood why he seemed excited.

“So, we can level up our skills with skill points.” She muttered.

“Tell me, what is the requirement to level up your [Minor healing] to level 4?” Luke asked.

“It’s one skill point.” Lori answered.

“Okay.” Luke nodded and gave her a berry. “Eat it and use the skill point you get to level you healing skill up.”

“O-Okay.” Lori nodded and ate the berry. As she did, a notification sounded in her head.

[+1 Skill point, +3 Mana.]

Hearing this, her brows shot up, and she turned to look at their captive.

Noticing this, Luke’s heart throbbed, and he asked in a slightly shaky voice, “What is it, Lori?”

For a moment, he thought the man had been lying when he said he got the skill point. Just as he wanted to curse himself for trusting him, Lori spoke up.

“This bastard didn’t tell us what he got in full. Apart from the skill point, I also received 3 mana points.”

This made him sigh in relief. After glaring at him, he said, “Ignore that for now and level up your skill. If I’m not wrong, you daily usage limit should increase.”

“Okay.” Lori nodded and clicked on the [level up] option beside her skill. Immediately, the skill point disappeared and her skill rune in the depths of her soul underwent some changes.

“It’s done?” She uttered in confusion because she didn’t feel any different.

“Check your skill level.” Luke said,

Hearing him, she glanced at it and then her expression became dull.

“What is it?” Luke asked.

“It levelled up but there is no change in the skill. I can use it only three times a day like before,” she said sullenly.

Luke was also a little disappointed. He then asked, “What’s the level up requirement to level 5?”

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