—[Congratulations! You have landed your first successful draw!]
Receiving this notification from the System, Jedidiah noticed that the Midas Lottery consisted of Five Segments that read!
—Thanks For Spinning
— Cultivation Elixir
— Healing Elixir
— Skills
— Weapons
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And currently, the arrow of the spin wheel was currently pointed towards the [Cultivation Elixir]
—[You have received +1 Mana Fruit!]
Unconsciously stretching out his hand, Jedidiah observed a shimmer of light briefly blossom, followed by the appearance of a certain object falling onto his outstretched palm. Strangely enough, this mana fruit in question was actually a peach shaped fruit with a golden colored exterior.
"Mana Fruit huh?" bringing the fruit closer to his face, Jedidiah took a deep sniff and instantly felt his previously tout nerves relaxing.
- This caused his eyes to lit up with excitement.
Although he had never heard of any mana fruit, the term mana was something that was usually associated with Elites. Not to mention just taking a simple sniff from this "mana fruit" had such a rejuvenating effect on him. Didn't that mean directly eating the mana fruit would--
Jedidiah was just too excited to have thoughts of thinking further. However his excitement was soon short-lived when he realized a troubling matter. The mana fruit was just too big and he didn't have any knife on him to cut it into smaller bits.
"Tch. What am I even thinking.. I'll just go with the crude method.." dispelling any stray thought of culinary etiquette, Jedidiah brought the mana fruit closer to his lips and took a large bite.
Contrary to his expectations, he didn't even need to chew because once that bite entered his mouth, it instantly melted like snow, causing a relaxing sensation to dance inside his mouth and down his throat. Five seconds barely passed and the peach sized fruit in his palm was long gone.
—[You have leveled up!]
"That fast?" Jedidiah's brows shot up in slight surprise as he clenched his fist.
"I don't feel anything though.." he frowned. Apart from feeling slightly less fatigued, Jedidiah felt nothing had changed inside him.
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—[This action costs -1 Ivory Ticket]
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—[This action costs -1 Ivory Ticket]
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In less than five minutes, Jedidiah completely wiped out his reserve of Ivory Tickets in exchange for a total of ten draws. He had no idea whether it was pure luck or something else but for each of his ten draws, he actually managed to obtain ten mana fruits.
Eager to relish in that earlier experience of having the mana fruit melting in his mouth, Jedidiah began to pick the nine mana fruits sprawled across the sheets of his hospital bed, greedily consuming them.
—[You have leveled up!]
—[You have leveled up!]
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—[Profile I INFO]
Power Level: Lvl 4 (+)
ENG: 100%
STR: 100%
SPD: 100%
AGL: 100%
PHYQ: 100%
INT: 100%
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"S--Sweet!" after consuming all ten mana fruits, Jedidiah discovered he was starting to feel the effect, judging from the volatile power he was currently feeling cruising through his veins.
With the kind of power he was feeling, Jedidiah was now confident that he wouldn't be completely helpless before that fat bully Spencer, if they ever crossed paths.
- This was actually a surreal feeling for Him considering the fact that when comparing regular humans, he was actually weaker than the average regular human. And now just after consuming ten of this mysterious "mana fruit" he was now confident in holding his own against a young unawakened Elite like Spencer!
However deduction were still deduction at the end of the day. Eager to test out the limit of his new found strength, Jedidiah jumped out of the covers of the hospital bed. Arriving in front of the tiled wall, he took a momentary pause in a bid to calm his racing and excited heart.
"And now, the moment of truth!" clenching his right fist, he drew it back before slamming it straight towards the wall.
Crack!
Noticing the finger sized crack that appeared across the wall, Jedidiah's eyes lit up in excitement. Unfortunately this excitement was short lived when he realized something.
- Strange. I clearly heard a crack. It must probably be the wall but why the hell does my knuckles hurt so damn much?!
..
"You have a visitor!"
"Hm?" ignoring the pain coming from his right knuckles, Jedidiah hurriedly jumped back into the covers of his hospital bed.
"Come in.." feigning weakness in his voice, Jedidiah wrapped the covers around himself while yawning in a tired manner; making his very best impression of just waking up.
A few seconds later, the door slowly slid open, revealing a middle aged Nurse who escorted a man into the hospital ward.
"You must be Jedidiah.." a warm smile appeared across the lips of the newcomer as soon as his eyes fell on Jared.
"Who are you?" Jedidiah didn't bother concealing the confusion in his voice. No matter how he tried wracking his head, he never recalled seeing this unfamiliar looking man, talk less of knowing him.
- Judging from his ten thousand dollar suit, he must be loaded and rich. Why is someone like him acting all friendly before me?
Jedidiah couldn't be blamed for having this thought since due to the advent of Kaiju Beasts, a large majority of Socialites were either top Elites or had ties with top Elites.
"You might not remember my face but I was actually present when you were born. Not only were your parents and me acquittances, they named me your god father and legal guardian.. my name is Chuck Diesel."
"You're my legal guardian?" Jedidiah pursed his lips in skeptism.
"I wonder where you were all these years then. Lucky me for you to suddenly show up.." Jedidiah sneered in a sarcastic manner.
"But you don't really need to trouble yourself. I've managed to survive all these years without a legal guardian, what makes you think I need one right now?" Jedidiah didn't bother concealing his anger.
- So he actually had a bougie big-shot as a legal guardian and yet he spent a majority of his childhood and teenage years being mocked?!
Smiling calmly, Chuck didn't take offense at Jared's rude remarks. Instead, he calmly proceeded to explain.
"In truth, your parents actually made this arrangement."
"My parents?" Jedidiah's interest was piqued.
"Indeed. In a posthumous legal agreement, it was agreed upon that until you turned sixteen, I was to refrain from going near you. However once you become sixteen, I am to accept my responsibility as your legal guardian."
"I don't believe you." Jedidiah took a brief pause before he retorted.
"I have the legal agreement to back this up. However you have the option to file for emancipation however I doubt that would be a wise choice." Chuck explained, still maintaining his friendly smile.
"Oh? and why is that?"
"Because it would screw up your chance of getting admitted into Shakespeare Academy" reaching this conclusion, Chuck exhaled sharply.
"Your parents held a special status even as Alumnis of Shakespeare Academy. As long as you've clocked sixteen, you are entitled to a scholarship to study at Shakespeare for a total duration of five years at maximum, with all expenses fully covered."
"However to be eligible for this scholarship requires that I be your legal guardian. So except you don't want to study at the top most prestigious Academy in the Country, then feel free to file for emancipation."
"This.." Jedidiah fell silent.
- What kind of quagmire was this?! if it were perhaps a couple weeks ago, he wouldn't mind filing for emancipation considering the fact that Shakespeare Academy's student roster consisted of talented Elites. However due to the appearance of the System, the situation has changed greatly.
Although Jedidiah had no idea whether he was an Elite or something else, it was quite obvious that he wasn't an ordinary human any more.
- With the way the current circumstance was, missing out on being a student at Shakespeare Academy would be perhaps the most stupid mistake he'd ever make in his life!