Darius jumped back into the water once he was done. He focused on cleaning his body thoroughly this time and checking himself out. His reflection in the water was quite sharp if he stopped disturbing the flow.
Slicked-back black hair, almond-shaped, hazel colored eyes, and an angular face with a noticeable jaw coming into a sharp chin. It was like God had been unsure whether to make him a beautiful woman or a handsome man, giving him his slightly androgynous looks.
As he was obliged to do by the law of nature, Darius checked out his package, but looked away once he saw how unremarkable it was. Well, he was only 13 years old physically, so it did make sense. If it grew to the same size as on Earth, which had been the global average, then he would be fine either way.
'Hm, will investing points point into Endurance increase the size since it dictates my virility? Then again, this could just refer to how effective my sperm is. In that case, it might be Charisma since size should be tied to attraction value for the opposite sex.'
Darius decided to experiment more on that later.
Not just to increase his penis size, but to find out the extra effects each stat category had on other parts of his body/life. It would be vital in knowing how to properly allocate stats.
Asking Caesar for confirmation seemed pointless since he had already given him the descriptions for each stat and if he had not mentioned at the time, it was unlikely he would do so now.
Darius swam around lazily for about an hour. He then exited the pool and dried himself off using a mixture of the sun, shaking his body and some leaves. When he was suitably free from moisture, he took his now dried clothes and put them on.
They smelled fresh and crisp thanks to the fire, also with a bit of smoke in them, but at a manageable level. Stretching his body out, Darius truly felt refreshed after having enjoyed a meal earlier as well as this bath while in his cleaned up clothes.
However, he gazed at the sheer amount of animals here bathing and drinking from the pond. He was tempted to kill a few to raise his level once more, but if he attacked one of them…
The tenuous peace here would be broken. It would either turn into an all-out brawl or all of them coming for him as the instigator, neither possibility would be any fun. Darius looked around for a bridge but found none.
He checked the main map and found that there was actually one about 1.5 km downstream, so he shelved his crazy idea in favor of a makeshift version.
Darius's eyes flashed. He held on to the Short Warp scroll in his left hand, as he placed his right into the water and swirled it a bit. He made it seem like he was about to take some of it to drink, but what he did instead was to cast the Sparks spell!
[You have gained 1 EXP.]
[You have gained 1 EXP.]
[You have gained 1...]
[You have gained 5 EXP and 1 Broken Fishing Rod.]
[You have gained 5 EXP.]
[You have gained 5...]
The effect was shocking… literally! The Sparks spell had the visual effect of some small lighting sparkles firing out from his hand, so he had felt it wouldn't be that strong, but how could he forget the fact that these same sparkles could straight up kill a weak little thing in one shot now that it was level 4?
Once it was propagated and multiplied by the river water, the various fish swimming about idly had been immediately killed, while those animals swimming within were either killed or stunned, all floating about on the water.
Most of the animals drinking were also hit by this, with some dying and some falling to their bellies weakly, the stun forcing them to remain still while the snouts or tongue still lay within the water.
Of course, this didn't affect the entire river, but only the area in a radius of about 100 meters around Darius. Seeing the effect of the Sparks spell had made him gulp in surprise, but since he had already started he didn't stop there, casting another one into the water!
[You have gained 5 EXP and 1 Bronze Ando Coin.]
[You have gained 5 EXP and 1 Strange Gem.]
[You have gained 5....]
Since he had one-shot the weaker animals with the first attack, the second one finished off the surviving stronger ones. He was saddened to see that none of them had been level 3, with the large majority being level 1.
However, for his goals, it had been enough.
[Congratulations! You have reached Level 3!]
[You have gained 5 Ability Points and 3 Skill Points to spend as you wish!]
Darius allocated his Ability Points into Agility and Endurance, bringing both to 10 points. The moment he did so, Darius felt like his body's baggage had been lifted even further, and smoother movements that used to trouble him became easier.
In terms of his body, he felt his whole system roar with vitality as the energy coursed through him. He felt like he had taken the most radical batch of steroids on the market, but had no outlet to vent it on.
As for his Skill Points, he put them aside for his Spearmanship, which had been his plan from earlier in the day. He just thought he'd reach level 3 much later though.
Now that two of his deficient stats had been brought to the human standard, Darius felt more… proper. Even though his combat power hadn't increased, his survivability had. Greatly.
Oh, and his mana too.
Darius opened his character sheet and checked it out.
[Name: Darius Stone
Race: Human
Class: Itemancer
Subclass: Magus
HP: 70/70
MP: 75/75
Level: 3
Experience: 120/300
Strength: 7
Agility: 10
Endurance: 10
Intellect: 25
Charisma: 15
Luck: 15
AP: 0
SP: 3
Skills: Analyze - Lv.1, Skinning - Lv.1, Butchery - Lv.1, Cooking - Lv.1, Washing - Lv.1
Spells: Sparks - Lv.4, Ember - Lv.1]