[Obtained 3 stat points, 1 each in Defense, Senses and Health stats.]
[Skill Dagger Arts leveled up.]
[Skill Baruga Shooting leveled up.]
[Skill Agility leveled up.]
Infront of my eyes, there were 4 yellow pop-up screens displaying a message. Right after displaying the message, the screens disappeared.
Howl!
"Ah! F*cking Hell! I can't even check my skills because of you guys! Just f*cking die already! How much is it even going to take?" I cursed as I shot a dart at one of the three medium sized Lupii.
Fwoosh!
Puchi!
Thud!
It was another headshot.
Without wasting any more time, another dart landed on a Lupus just as it was about to make its jump. Meanwhile, two daggers crossed opened the guts of the last of the three Lupii who was in the air.
Thud! Thud!
Huff! Huff!
"F*cking Hell!" I ran further away from the area we just battled. I had no time to myself as the particles started to form three large sized Lupii.
Bang!
Thud!
'One down, two to go!'
As I was again going to reload my gun, I noticed that these guys were faster. Instantly, I placed the Baruga in my inventory and ran towards one of them who was about to jump.
Agility was still active and I felt like my speed had definitely increased. With the help of the gained momentum, the black dagger flashed through the Lupus and it was instantly beheaded.
Shing!
Thud!
Meanwhile, the other monster had already jumped towards my previous position. While it was still in the air, I instantly switched my weapons and loaded my Baruga.
As soon as the last big Lupus landed on the ground and turned towards me, my shot was ready and I shot.
Howl!
Bang!
Thud!
Without wasting any second, I ran opposite from the place of encounter. There was not much time left before the skill's cooldown. I was able to feel that.
As I ran, with my left hand I held the Baruga and with my right I was loading it. Since my hands were busy, I cannot use the gestures so as to see my status screen, I said, "Status!"
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HOST INFO:
Name: Alex (Deniel)
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Level: 2
Fate Points (FP): 40/500
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STATS:
Health Points (HP): 171/180
Mind Power (MP): 0/0 [Locked]
Strength: 0(+14) = 14
Defense: 0(+11) = 11
Senses: 3(+10) = 13
Health: 9(+9) = 18
Mind: 0(0) [Locked]
Free Stat Points: 0
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SKILLS:
Passive Skills:
[Mining] Level 3:
You have grown proficient in handling mining tools. Your proper form and long practice makes you able to mine various minerals with ease. As the skill level grows, the ease of mining increases.
[Starlight Harvesting] Level 2:
Due to constantly practicing this skill, your proficiency has significantly increased. After reaching level 2, you can now grow the yellow variety of the Starlight fruit effortlessly and in any type of soil.
Due to spending so much time studying the fruit, you can now recognize other varieties of the Starlight fruit.
[Dagger Arts] Level 3:
You have battled and gained experience from the memories of an expert in daggers. Due to the gained experience and having an intense battle with monsters in a 'nourishing realm', your skill has significantly grown stronger.
There will be a minor boost in your stats while handling daggers.
You have now better control in dual wielding daggers.
[Baruga Shooting] Level 3:
You have obtained memories of a master user of Baruga, a shooting weapon. Due to those memories, your body can automatically adjust itself to proficiently use the weapon.
Due to the increase in the physical stats and having an intense battle with monsters in a 'nourishing realm', your mastery over the weapon Baruga increases. However, your physique is still a limiting factor and you cannot use the full extent of the skill.
Two stat points added to the Sense stat.
Increasing certain stats will level up this skill to the next level.
Active Skills:
[Dagger Thrust] Level 1:
You have diligently practiced thrusting your knife with precision, speed and strength. Although your form is still crude, your muscles have started to develop in a specific direction. Due to the growth of those muscles, the system can now direct the stamina inside your body into them thus giving them a sudden boost.
This skill can only be used maximum for 3 times in 24 hours. It depletes stamina so you should not use it when your stamina is low.
[Agility] Level 2:
You have obtained this skill from a beast's fate. Due to having an intense battle with monsters in a 'nourishing realm', your proficiency with this skill has significantly increased. Your agility and evasiveness crosses the normal human capacity once this skill is activated.
Your speed increases by 10% and your evasiveness increases by 5% every time this skill is activated.
With your current stamina, this skill can only be used for maximum 10 minutes after a minimum cooldown of 2 hours.
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INVENTORY: LEVEL 1
Space 1: (0.37m³/1m³)
• Slot 1 - □ (0.06m³)
• Slot 2 - □ (0.05m³)
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Space 2: (0.0m³/0.25 m³)
• Slot 1 - □ (0.25m³)
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Huff! Huff!
'My stats have increased, my skills have leveled up and I'm now getting a bigger boost in my speed! But, what is this about the 'nourishing realm'? Is this grassland called the 'nourishing realm'? Does it mean, they are nourishing me or the monsters?'
Howl! Howl!
My thoughts ended as I heard a howl coming from my back. Due to the increased speed, I had managed to run away quite a large distance from the monsters.
"Status!" Closing my status window, I turned around to look at the monsters that were created this time. There were four Lupii, one medium sized and three small sized!
Bang!
Fwoosh!
Puchi!
I shot a dart at the medium sized Lupus. Since I was quite far from them, my shot missed the headshot and hit its neck. However, this time the dart wasn't dry; it had the poison concoction on it.
As soon as the dart landed on the Lupus, the four of them howled and sprinted towards me. The bigger one was visibly slowing down but my focus wasn't on it. I was too busy loading my Baruga. Due to the increased level of the skill, my loading time had significantly decreased.
Pa! Pa! Pa!
Three headshots landed on the smaller Lupii and they all fell onto the ground. Meanwhile, the poison had kicked in and the bigger Lupus was whimpering on the ground, his breathing unstable.
Huff! Huff!
Without wasting any more time, I ran farther away from them. One thing I noticed was that the smaller Lupii disintegrated into particles sooner than the bigger one as they died before it.
An idea clicked in my head.
'I hope this works.'
I moved my hand in the front right pocket of my belt. From inside the pocket, I took out a small silver colored metallic vial. The needle of the dart was then dipped into the concoction inside the vial and then loaded in the Baruga.
As I loaded my gun, I turned around. There was a large Lupus followed by three middle sized Lupii. With a hopeful expression, I shot the dart towards the largest monster in the group.
Bang!
Fwoosh!
Puchi!
The dart didn't hit the head but it directly hit the chest of the Lupus, as I wanted it to. Without wasting any more time, I shot two more Lupii in the same way. However, the third guy had gotten closer before I was done loading, so I had to use my dagger to slice its neck.
As the large and the middle-sized Lupii fell in a deep sleep, they didn't disintegrate into particles this time. Sadly, the last one did and changed into a large Lupus. As soon as it did, it was also shot by a sedative dart and it too fell into a slumber.
Huff! Huff!
I was taking in deep breathes as I slumped on the ground. Instantly I looked at my stacks. I hadn't lost much darts as most of my shots were headshots, but the daggers were getting dulled.
I looked at my arms and clothes and realized that I was now completely covered with deep red blood and flesh!
With the help of the inventory, I washed my hands and my face and then gulped down some water to quench my thirst. Then, I took out two starlight fruits and ate them while my mind started to calm down.
'This is a problem; I don't know how to get out of this situation. Wait, wasn't Delta supposed to help me during emergencies? If now isn't an emergency, I don't know when is!'
Ending my thoughts, I called Delta, "Delta?" But there was no response. I tried again but he didn't reply.
'What the hell! How could this guy be this unreliable? If there was a five-star rating for this website, I would have rated it with negative stars!'
Then my thoughts drifted again into cursing Delta and Psais.
Shing!
I had only rested for about half an hour when suddenly the sleeping Lupii disintegrated into particles again.
'What! No! The concoction was supposed to last an hour! They weren't even hurt!'
The glowing particles then started to multiply and give form to 5 medium sized Lupii. Although I did bond with the Mokakas earlier, I wasn't actually stupid! As soon as I heard the sound of the particles, I had already gotten up and started to run away while loading my Baruga.
As I was increasing the distance, to relieve some more stress, I yelled into the air, "F*ck!"
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