2 hours later -
[Vitality : 7/7]
[Vitality has been fully recovered]
The injury in his left leg had also pretty much recovered. Leo starts moving his ankles to check up on it's recovery.
'It is doable.'
With a much more calm demeanor Leo starts to make his move.
It seemed the male bird somehow managed to get back on the nest even without much trouble despite the injury of his wings.
Leo throws a stone to the other side of the area.
With the female bird being distracted, Leo moves as close as possible towards them.
'The plan is simple, get close as possible to have a much more accurate aim and the moment the birds notices me I'll throw a stone towards the nest.'
'The more closer I get the more accurate it will be.'
The female bird quickly senses Leo's presence, however by that time Leo had already thrown a stone towards the nest. It landed perfectly and landed on the female bird, or top be precise. The bird blocked it as she tried to protect the eggs.
'It's definitely gotta hurt, atleast to some extent.' says Leo as he holds his sword.
With a calm breathing Leo takes a stance, almost ready to attack anytime.
A part of Leo was feeling bad for having to attack animals, it was as if he felt the cruelty of the world, but he knew it was a do or die situation. 'If I were to find myself stuck between who should I kill, a bird or a human, I'd choose a bird anytime.'
'I'm just glad I am still in a convenient circumstances, if it were a human they would most likely kill me, a Skeleton. And I don't know how many more stronger monsters are gonna come, just glad that I am still alive.'
As Leo was conversing with his thoughts, he had killed both the birds simultaneously.
He felt inhuman after seeing what he had done.
"Cruel. I am extremely sorry."
With a cold eyes Leo walks down from the nest.
[Vitality : 1.6/7]
[You have successfully defeated a bird]
[You have successfully defeated a bird]
[Your have gained + 3 Vitality]
[You have gained +2 Strength]
[You have gained +1 Stamina]
[Calculating experience points...]
[You have gained +5 exp]
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Name : Skeleton Soldier
Level : 1 (7/10)
Vitality : 4.6/10
Stats : -
Strength : 5
Stamina : 2
Agility : 2
Skills : -
Insight : Lvl 0
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After successful killing the birds he slowly pulls his injured legs closer to the hideout.
Once he reached, he just fell asleep immediately.
....
[Vitality has been fully recovered]
As soon as he heard the message, he immediately wakes up. He could feel the effectiveness of Insight skill, it had completely enhanced his senses even when sleeping.
'This skill will come in handy incase someone tries to ambush me.'
Leo casually stands up and starts moving his legs to see whether the pain had completely gone.
'I'm still amazed at this, I've totally recovered all the pains the moment my Vitality is recovers. I'm truly an Undead.'
The vitality had been making him feel more fresh than ever, he was feeling more comfortable everytime the vitality increased.
His bones had become almost as sturdy as an average 10 year old.
'I'm still weak okay, there's nothing to be optimistic about this. I still can't kill a full fledged bird without risking my life on the line.'
Leo gets up and starts continuing his journey.
Now with his stamina being increased, he could feel the effectiveness of it when walking. He could walk twice as he did before.
Leo was still walking cautiously with making as much sounds as possible. He could hear sounds of birds everywhere from a far distance.
Unlike before where he had found solely one or two birds, this time there were multiple birds scattered around the area so he chose to just walk on his path.
Seemingly, Leo finds a deep path that connects towards the underground. It was like a rabbit hole but too big for it to be called one.
Leo just avoids it as he had a bad feeling about it. And soon finds a small steam.
He decides to follow the water in hopes to a way towards the river but he gives up immediately.
'If I were to follow this steam, the chances of me finding thirsty monsters are very high likely.' as he nods to himself he wets his sword and immediately goes to a bush.
Weting the sword is the most efficient way to clean it's rust.
Currently,
[ Rusty Sword : Appraisal Progress 0.7% ]
'All this time that I have been cleaning it, it's only 0.7, I wonder how fast would it clean with water.'
Leo finds a smooth stone underneath the bush and starts cleaning it.
25 minutes later -
[ Rusty Sword : Appraisal Progress 0.9% ]
1 hour and 3 minutes -
[ Rusty Sword : Appraisal Progress 1.2% ]
2hour and 17 minutes -
[ Rusty Sword : Appraisal Progress 1.5% ]
Leo had realised it wasn't going as he planned. The sword wasn't letting of it's rust, and the more he cleaned the less it becomes effective.
Leo decides to totally give up on cleaning it's rust as the sword was so sturdy that even the stone had become fragile from cleaning it.
'What are you? A legendary sword or something?'
However little that he knew, the sword's effectiveness had increased greatly with only 0.8 of more appraisal.
Leo gets up from the bush and starts going back to where he came from.
'I most definitely should avoid the water.'
As he gets back, he hears a noise coming from a long distance.
At first he was extremely alert but soon realises it was his insight that made him feel alerted.
In terms of senses he had already surpassed a normal human being so he was feeling more glad than ever to have this passive skill.
As soon as his heart calmed down the curious skeleton slowly gets towards the place with minimal sound possible.
But to his surprise, a black snake about the size of 7 feet long and was standing next to the skeleton.