I had wanted to ask Margret if she had any more of those elixirs, but I didn't ask because I thought I would lose affection if I asked.
"Ok, your strength is now more balanced, in the future make sure your strength is not completely balanced but, not completely one-sided," said Margret.
"For now, when I help you cleanse your body, you should grow slightly stronger and your future hurdles will be easier to overcome," said Margret before chanting something in a weird language.
All of a sudden a giant magic array appeared underneath my feet, above me, while slightly smaller magic array's appeared all around me.
"Whatever you do, don't resist otherwise there's a chance of you getting injured or becoming crippled," said Margret seriously before continuing her chant.
All of a sudden all the magic arrays began to spin rapidly and I suddenly felt a heavy pressure all around me, forcing my knees to buckle. As I was about to collapse, chains from the smaller magic arrays shot at me pulling me back up.
The chains quickly wrapped around my body, burning my skin. However, for some reason, I didn't feel any pain. Just as I was thinking this wasn't so bad, the magic array underneath me and above me began to increase in rotation speed. The pressure had increased several folds and the chains had also grown tighter, I could now see black fluids flowing out of my body.
When the black fluid came out of my body, I felt great and even better than before. All of a sudden 4 golden magic array appeared to the sides and in the front and back of me.
All of a sudden 4 golden spears appeared and an immense pressure came with then.
"Oh shit, this is gonna hu-"
The 4 spears immediately charged at me, they pierced through my heart, brain, intestines, and my lower section. I couldn't even scream before they pierced me, just as I was thinking about how much XP I lost for being killed, I received a notification.
[A divine force is present, you will live even though you are at minimum HP.]
At that moment I felt my brain split, as well as all the other places where the spear had been pierced especially the lower area.
Words can't be used to describe how painful the process was, I couldn't even scream because my throat was filled with blood. Every second was like an eternity.
"This next part might hurt a bit," said Margret.
I had wanted to complain but all that came out of my mouth was a gurgling choking sound.
The 2 magic array's above and below me began to spin even faster, I could feel the top of my body wanting to separate from my lower body.
I could hear the cracking and splitting of muscles and bones. As I was wailing in my pain silently, I suddenly saw my vision flip from staring at Margret to staring at the blood-soaked floor.
I shifted my eyes a bit and I saw my body that was missing a head bound to chains. Then I saw my legs flying off and my arms being pulled apart.
It was a horrific scene to be seeing normally any normal person would have passed out from this gory scene. However, I felt a wave of calmness every time, I wanted to pass out of scream.
Then the blood-soaked magic array above and below me began to glow.
All I saw next was a bright light.
From the perspective of someone watching this, you could see the light pulverizing my body, turning into nothingness.
All that remained was a bunch of light particles that were flying up just as they were about to leave the magic array, they were suddenly pulled back and reconstructed a body.
[You have experienced a rebirth and became one with the Earth]
Title gained - Rebirth
Legendary
You only need 50% of the XP required to level up and hurdles are nonexistent every level will take .25x more XP than the previous level.
+10 Points per level up and +1 to all stats when leveling up.
Title gained - One with the Earth
Legendary
Your energy and HP will be regenerated at 500% the speed.
All of your stats will be increased by 10%.
Elemental Spells and Powers will have a 50% damage reduction.
Laws of the Earth have lessened on you +100% Attack speed, +50% Agility, and -50% resource consumption.
[A divine presence was keeping you at Death's Door before Revitalizing you]
Title gained - At Death's Door
Legendary
When your HP reaches 1 you will be able to live for an additional 5 seconds before regaining 10% of your HP and energy.
Revitalization
Your next attack will deal 500% damage at being at Death's Door and your agility will increase by 500% for 10 seconds.
"..."
The rewards were quite good.
"Your body has been cleansed and your next hurdles will be much easier to overcome," said Margret
"Why did the chains have to bound me? Why did spears have to pierce me? Why did I get ripped in half?" I questioned her, she could have just disintegrated me and then reconstructed me without having to do all of that.
"Its to get rid of all the impurities in your blood so when you got vaporized and when your body was reconstructed the impurities wouldn't be built with it," said Margret.
I just nodded my head as if I understood what she was saying.
"Here take this potion it'll save you time even though your first advancement is at level 50. Level 10 is technically the first one as the world becomes more clear from this point onwards," said Margret while handing me a potion.
I drank the potion quickly wondering what was in store.
[You have leveled up!]
[Achievement you are the first to reach level 10!]
+5 Stat points when leveling up.
[Achievement first to have body fully cleansed!]
+25% All Stats
+50% XP gained for the next 2 real-life days.
"When you reach level 10, your body is strong enough to gain the full experience of the monster you kill so, the amount of XP you need to level up is 75% of your previous required XP," said Margret.
"Alright, I've done enough for you now, you can stay here as long as you want but remember once you leave you'll find it hard to get another chance to come back here," said Margret before teleporting away.
I had assumed the Margret was trying to say to cherish my time here, as I probably will not get a chance to come back here.
Although I would probably lose out on the XP buff, in my opinion, I thought it was best to study and learn as many skills as I can.
Therefore when I reach higher levels I would be able to stay strong, since levels aren't too prominent this early in the game. Learning skills would be able to prove dramatic effects even late into the game.
I began to dive into the sea of books, instead of finishing one complete row I decided to do an equal amount for all sections. As it probably made sense, that there were different skill books in different sections.
After around an in-game day spent looking at books in the library I didn't find many useful skill books.
[Environment Adaptability - Rare]
When in environments where the user is disadvantaged only 75% of the disadvantage will be applied.
[Sudden Strike - Extraordinary]
No matter where the user strikes the target it will deal 250% of the damage plus critical strike damage.
Cooldown - 5 minute, Level - Max
[Parkour - Rare]
When running, jumping, climbing, or going through complex environments movement speed, climbing, or swimming speed will increase by 50%. Take 25% less fall damage when falling.
Passive Always Active.
[Body Strengthening - Rare]
Passive:
Take 5% less damage and deal 25% more damage
I decided to throw 13 points into Intelligence and 12 into Fortitude.
[Achievement you are the first to achieve over 100 in Agility +1 per level]
[Achievement you are the first to achieve over 100 in Dexterity +1 per level]
[Achievement you are the first to achieve over 100 in Intelligence +1 per level]
[Achievement you are the first to achieve over 100 in Vitality +1 per level]
[Achievement you are the first to achieve over 100 in Fortitude +1 per level]
[Achievement you are the first to achieve over 100 in Vitality +1 per level]
[Achievement you are the first to achieve over 100 in all stats +25% all Stats]
Stats:
Level 10
Health - 1020/1020
Energy - 1810/1810
Strength - 348
Agility - 294
Dexterity - 333
Vitality - 199
Intelligence - 205
Fortitude - 199
(Plus 6 to all stats per level)
Stat Points - 0 (Plus 25 per level)
Copper 200
10 - Silver, 58 - Copper
Estimated Raw Damage - 951
10 - Silver, 58 - Copper
Basic Lightning Mastery - Level 0
Complete Weapon Mastery - Level 0
Observation - Level 2
Scavenging - Level 0
Quickdraw - Level 0
Parkour - Level Max
Environment Adaptability - Level Max
Sudden Strike - Level Max
Body Strengthening - Level Max