In almost all games that involve fighting monsters , the player's character would level up after a certain amount of killing and would receive a natural increment in power .
There was also another benefit of levelling up .
' Stat points .'
The status of a user can be personalised by them as after every level or ever few levels they receive stat points .
' Well , potential in my case . '
Stat points were basically the same as potential as expressed by the interface .
[ Potential ]
[ Latent potential of the body . Limits increase of Physique and Energy . ]
Though here it said ' Limits ' , it could be interpreted in a different way .
' It is the stat points of a being like me . '
From what he gathered , growth was a gradual process . People had to slowly train themselves after each level up .
' But they don't have this interface , it seems . '
There was no information about an interface from the floating light ball . It could perhaps be something unique to Sam .
If that was the case ...
' I am treading uncharted territory here .'
So he had a bold idea .
' Why don't I skip the training process . Since I have these stat points ... ' He thought as his finger pointed at the 9 in front of ' Potential ' on the interface which to his surprise , turned into an 8 . ' Drag them over to here . '
He carefully put the ' potential ' he had picked up on top of the ' 0 ' in front of ' Energy ' .
He suddenly felt his vision brighten , but for just a second as it soon turned back to normal .
He suddenly felt refreshed and felt as if he could sense a sort of pressure around him . He thought it was just like discovering a new force , as just like air , it was pushing down on him slightly .
[ Energy increased from 0 to 1 ]
[ Connection with ' Energy ' confirmed .]
[ User can now sense the energy around him .]
Sam smiled and nodded . He felt his head clear and felt as if the world was brighter , but by just a bit .
He then once more looked at the interface showing his status .
He was about to put all his potential into energy , but then remembered what he heard when experiencing [ Magic Deck ] .
" Always remember , the body is just as important as the mind . " He whispered to himself .
He knew he might be being naive , but he also felt the voice showed genuine happiness at being able to impart it's skills . The voice also had no reason to lie to him as that would not benefit anyone , since it seemed he didn't even know who Sam was .
He pondered for a second before once more repeating the words and deciding a ratio .
' 2:3 ' He thought to himself . ' This will be my ratio . But if needed later , I'll change it . '
He took a deep breath and added a point to ' Physique ' .
He suddenly felt his muscles contract and relax in an instant all over his body. At first he didn't care and was about to continue adding points to his stats . But his body suddenly started convulsing . He felt intense pain all over his body .
He felt like shouting but almost as if by instinct , bit his tongue to keep himself in control .
When the pain subsided , he noticed that he felt lighter than before .
He felt confused by why he felt that pain but realization suddenly hit him . ' Isn't the basic attribute always considered a ' Normal Human's ' limit . 2 should then be what an athlete will have . '
' Fuck me . ' He swore . ' That was literally double of what a normal human like me should have had . Of course it will hurt like hell . '
He then calmed himself down and looked at his physique and energy attributes for a second before shouting .
" Fuck it . I already started . " And added another point of potential to physique . " It should only be half as bad as last time anyways . "
He felt his muscles spasm once again , but as he had predicted the pain was indeed only half as bad as last time .
' This is like it is training my whole body in an instant , that's why it needs it to experience all the pain it would've experienced normally . ' He nodded and added another point to his physique .
After enduring the pain he finally felt at peace but even if his face looked like the reflection of Buddha , his heart was raging .
' Fuck you physique . Energy here only makes my mind clearer . It is much better than you . Fuuuuuuuuu .'
After that he added a point to his energy and waited for the calming sensation he felt when he added the first point .
But that was only his hope .
" Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu . " He held his chest in pain after he heard a soft bang in his head .
He was not spared from pain as he was experiencing literal heartache . He didn't know this , but he had just exploded an orb which stored energy from outside inside it , and was currently in the process of rebuilding it , increasing it's storage in the process .
This orb would , in turn slowly release the stored energy inside it to increase his body's resistance to it's max over time as it's storage increased .
But in this process of exploding and Reformation , he was experiencing everything at the same time .
The orb was rebuilding itself as it absorbed energy at an extremely fast speed while it also increased his body's resistance all at the same time .
After the pain all over his body and mostly on his chest subsided , he panted heavily as he laid on the bed .
After about 5 minutes of resting he slowly opened his eyes , sat up and shouted " Fuck energy . Physique is way way way better than you . Fuck fuck fuck . "
Then after he slowly calmed down , he laid back down on the bed " But I am also stubborn . Fuck . "
He half covered his eyes with his left hand as he dragged another point over to the number 2 in front of energy with his slightly shaky right .
The pain might be half of last time but just like last time , his shout was heard by all his neighbors again .
" Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu ."