So, I've got 5 free stat points, this is enough to make one of my stats go from bad to above average, I've already established that i'll be going the mage route but the way I see it is, My Mana is already more than double the average human at the moment, I've got more than enough mana to kill all 3 of those goblins as it is.
As for my physical attributes, apart from dexterity, the rest is pathetic. I don't need strength at the moment so that's off the list, my vitality is low but I don't think i'll be testing my vitality in most of my fights considering i'll be using magic attacks from a distance, but I can't be completely reliant on mana, if I run out? then what? I'll die.
I also can't increase every single stat point, becoming an all-rounder is just asking to die, I can't be the best at everything. I need to be fast, I have plenty of mana to deal with the goblins as long as I don't miss and nothing too unexpected happens, but if they get too close I need to be able to at least dodge their attacks, so I'm going to add 3 to agility, also, with my endurance I can probably run half a mile before being exhausted so I need to increase that, so i'll add 2 into endurance.
Ok, now that that's settled, I need to make sure I have food, water and shelter, this house is fine, it's got strong doors and all windows have something covering them so nothing can see me from outside, it's also fairly noise proof. Considering I rarely went outside, I have enough food to last me a few weeks at least but.. it's not enough, if I hole myself up in here, i'll be left behind.
I need to act fast, most people, from my experience, are idiots who'll try to stay inside for as long as possible until they need to leave, right now, if somebody see's some goblins, they'll try to hide instead of attack, not all people of course, but the vast majority at least, I need to take advantage of this.as much as possible,
I've always been confused why everybody is so slow but I can exploit it this time, most people will probably still be thinking about the system and testing things, but I don't plan on waiting, I need to move as fast as possible.
Ok first, Clothes, I need to wear durable clothes that won't limit my movement. I also need a knife, along with a spare knife just in case.
10 minutes later, and that was settled. Ok, so my goal is to find find and collect as much food as possible and kill some goblins.
First, let me try this, "Inventory"
Another menu with squares popped up, currently there 10 squares.
'Jackpot!' Ok let's try this, I put a black pen inside, and it disappeared and ws replaced with an icon in one of the squares.. ok now, placing another black pen inside I held my breath and looked,
[Black Ballpoint Pen x 2]
'Yes! This means I can stack the same type of item!'
How far can this go?
1, 2... 9 and 10..
'That's all the black pens that I own, and they all stacked together, it seems I can't find an upper limit to the amount I can stack for the time being'
Peeking out of the window from upstairs I checked on where the goblins were.. let's see.. there!
They are across the street and 6 houses to the right.. wait.. is that a dog?
The goblins looked warily at the dog and started to surround it, the dog growled and suddenly jumped at one of them, latching onto it's arm, the bitten goblin screeched as it two companions stabbed at the dog with their knife and spear,
The knife stabbed in the dogs stomach and the spear into it's neck, killing it almost instantly.
'Hmm.. weird, that dog was a little bigger than before and faster, well, I could be mistaken but I doubt it.. it's gotta be something to do with mana, i'll have to investigate further later.
I slowly opened the door and walked outside, jumping over the wall separating my yard from the street, I ducked down in front a car and slowly sneaked my way up close to them, making sure not to make any noise like standing on a stick or tripping on a rock.
[Skill Created: Stealth, Level: 1]
[Makes it 5% harder for enemies to detect you, increases with each level.]
'huh, that's useful'
Putting my mind back onto the task before me, I carefully made my towards the goblins who were now scouting around the house, 2 were near the front door and another was around the back trying to figure out how the gate worked.
Hmm, if I attack the one by itself first the other two will probably be alerted then i'll have to deal with 2 goblins at once. After messing around with my abilities a bit I found out that the 'Wind Slash' has a 5 second cool down period before I can use it again.
As for my mana, it recovers at 300 mana an hour. Intelligence increases mana by 10 and Regeneration by 5 while Wisdom is the opposite with 10 in regeneration and 5 in mana.
300 MP an hour is 50 every 10 minutes
As for distance, at the moment I have to be within 5 meters, considering my skill is only at level 1, it's understandable, luckily, I, Aster Lightfoot, have a light foot and am good at moving without making much noise, it was helpful that they were muttering to each other in an unknown language.
As soon as both of them were looking in another direction, I made my way from behind a car to behind the wall of the yard I was now around 4-5 meters away from them, so, moving my body from ducking behind the wall to having a clear shot, I started activating the skill which took around 2 seconds, unluckily for me, as soon as I started casting one of them spotted me.
Unluckily for them, however, there was no time to dodge as I shot a Wind Slash, not quite decapitating it, but definitely killing it.
[Killed Lesser Goblin, 10 exp gained]
'Ok, 5 second cooldown.'
The goblin took a second to turn around, and another to comprehend the situation before it made a weird 'skweee' sound and started charging at me.
Quickly moving backwards, I moved behind a car and waited, the goblin was over the wall and running towards the car when the cooldown had ended, 'it's a lot faster than I expected, I bet only a highschool athlete or better could outrun it at the moment. Moving around the car, I channelled the skill perfectly and as soon as the goblin had turned one of the corners of the car to get to me I had already cast the skill, and before it had any time to think, It was decapitated.
[Killed Lesser Goblin, 10 exp gained]
Unfortunately for me, the other goblin had already came to investigate what the noises were about and was now looking at me from behind the yards wall.
Quickly sprinting away, I was extremely thankful that I increased my agility enough to make myself at least as fast as the goblin, running to the wall of my own yard I quickly jumped over it, and by then 5 seconds had already passed, after hopping over the wall, I was on the floor and couldn't see above the wall, but I could hear its footsteps getting closer, as soon as I thought they were loud enough, I started channelling the 2 second spell and by the time it cast the goblin was halfway over the wall, my Wind Slash ended up hitting its chest causing it's entire chest to cave in from the pressure.
[Killed Lesser Goblin, 10 exp gained]
[Skill: Wind Slash, levelled up!]
Sighing in relief, I quickly got up and looked at the what was left of the goblin, to my surprise it started dissolving into white particles and disappeared, leaving only a dagger and a slightly bluish platinum coloured coin, picking up the coin it dissipated and I got a notification
[+1 Universal Credit] 'huh, so that's what a Universal Credit looks like, huh
I analysed the dagger, trying to tell its quality when I got another notification
[Skill Created: Observe, Level 1]
[Allows you to see basic information of some items, will be able to see more information on higher level items after every level increased.]
[Crude Dagger: Rarity: Common]
[+2 Attack]
[+1 Dexterity]
I looked back at the knife I had before
[Kitchen Knife: Rarity: Common]
[+1 Attack]
Well, the Crude Dagger is obviously better, throwing the kitchen knife away, I tied the Crude Dagger to my waist instead.
Making my way over to where I killed the other 2 goblins, They both dropped their weapons and a single Universal Credit too.
From the corner of my eye, I saw some curtains move in one of the houses.. 'seems like they saw me, I have to get a move on and monopolise as much food as I can before it's too late'.