Hardcore OP-ness

Chapter 18: Crafting Is Important

Michael sighed, and then said "Well, if I meet someone who pisses me off enough, I'll get to test out that theory... Otherwise, I'd rather not torture people or animals just to find out if it's possible. Although, if I can take things apart..." Suddenly, the hunk of rabbit meat in his hand disappeared, and then he brought out a completely intact, white-furred bunny: aside from the missing head.

He started laughing hysterically, and muttered "This would have be really overpowered... if it wasn't for the fact that magic exists here. Hell, a low level healing spell could probably help someone regenerate their arm or leg as well. Anyone weak enough to be shoved into a bag-slot, could most likely be fixed with very little Mana."

After that, he attempted to store only the skin or bones, but it didn't seem to be possible. He also tried to remove the heat, when taking water out of his inventory, which didn't work. The naked man asked himself "Wait a second, this, isn't the real purpose of this feature meant to be used in crafting? I mean, normal adventurers probably only harvest the mana-core, plus whatever the easiest to carry, and most valuable parts of that particular magical-beast are. Unless they brought along a gigantic cooler with them, they definitely wouldn't be able to haul a huge carcass back to town before it starts to rot. So... let's see~, I really wish this shit had voice commands. Open the motherfucking crafting menu!"

Even though him yelling didn't actually influence anything, his thoughts were able to bring up a message: "You have not learned any crafting professions. In order to activate the 'Automated Item Creation System,' please choose a basic crafting profession to unlock: Blacksmithing, Tailoring, Leatherworking, Alchemy, Enchanting. Warning: Only one profession can be active at a time. Progress will not be lost upon deactivating a profession, and it can be reactivated for a price of one silver coin per level. AICS requires mana-cores to operate."

Michael smirked, before muttering "Hmmm~, potions and elixirs would probably be the most profitable, but that means there would be more competition; also, I don't really 'need' them for myself, so that's out. Enchanting, ugh, I'll probably end up with that eventually, because it's most likely the most difficult and rare; unfortunately, I don't really have anything to use it on at the moment. I need clothing, but armor would work as well, plus, the only materials I've found so far are... hides, lots and lots of animal pelts."

While wincing slightly, he mentally poked the box that read "Leatherworking," and was immediately enveloped in a bright-white light. Then there was a ding noise, and his status-screen was updated.

[Player Information

Name: Michael

Titles: The Nudist, The Noob, The Immortal, The Lurker

Level: 4

Experience: 5/40

Age: Adult

Race: Human

Rank: F

Class: None

Specialization: None

Profession: Leatherworking Level 1]

When he opened his bag, he noticed the letters 'LW' next to each of the carcasses, including his own corpses, and the six leather strips in slot-six. Michael smirked, as he selected the level-one, core-less white-rabbits, and was given an option: "Would you like to activate Automated Harvesting? Warning: Efficiency is based upon the Luck stat, and profession level in comparison to the selected raw materials or ingredients."

The moment he accepted, ten of the bunnies vanished from his inventory, and in his left hand appeared a stack of ten tanned, white, rabbit pelts. However, the strangest part, was that they were all completely intact; when none of the carcasses had heads before the process.