Hope bloomed inside Zachary after reading the words below the G.O.A.T-skill card.
Without a moment of hesitation, he clicked on the image of the skill card filling up the screen and learned the Zinedine-Visual-Juju. He was looking forward to how it could improve his budding football career.
Instantly, he felt a pang of headache assaulting his brain as the system implanted new information into his mind. But a while later, his head cleared, and he noticed that there seemed to be no perceivable transformation within his body or mind.
He thus opened the user-stats tab that was already blinking red on the system User-Interface to understand the changes in his stats.
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[USER STATS]
[Physical Fitness: B -]
[Soccer Technique: B +]
[Game Intelligence: A +]
[Mental Ability and Mindset: C -]
[X-Factors: F]
[G.O.A.T Skills: 1 (1 msg)]
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Zachary's soccer-technique had once again leveled-up from the grading of B- to B+ in a single evening. His game intelligence had jumped from the C+ grade and was now an A+ after learning the Zinedine-Visual-Juju. His mindset had also experienced a minor improvement from grade D+ to C-.
He was as happy as a kitty in a cream pie.
After suppressing his bubbly emotions, he clicked on the G.O.A.T-skill tab to understand his new skill.
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[1 new message]
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[CONGRATULATIONS]
[You have learned the G.O.A.T-Skill.]
[ZINEDINE VISUAL JUJU]
[1st-level: Progress -> 10%]
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[Check user stats for more info.]
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[NB: Watch and play more matches to level-up the skill.]
[Remarks: Practice makes perfect.]
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Zachary hurriedly closed the G.O.A.T-skills tab and opened the game-intelligence stat.
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[Game Intelligence (Av. Rating: A+)]
[Spatial Awareness (A+)]
[Tactical Knowledge (A-)]
[Risk Assessment (A+)]
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"Fuck!" Zachary exclaimed out loud. "This is not scientific." He could not help but swear after glancing at his game-intelligence stat. It had experienced the most substantial change and was his highest-rated skill according to the system. From a C+, it had leaped to the A+ grade. Zachary suspected that that was a grading close to the highest ratings by the system.
'One G.O.A.T-skill could improve one of my skills by this much...' He mused.
He could not help but daydream.
'What if I managed to learn 5 or 10, or maybe 20?'
'What if I obtained the dribbling skills of Ronaldinho?' He grinned.
YOU ARE READING
The Greatest of All Time
Science FictionDive into a novel about the rise of a legendary sportsman. Follow Zachary Bemba on his journey to become the G.O.A.T (Greatest Of All Time) in the soccer world. He travels back to a time in his past where opportunity abounds. Access to a system capa...
