Pleased he then said Heavy Blow
Heavy Blow Concentrate your force into one powerful attack Costs 5 stamina Damage based on Str and level of skill
He tried saying the rest of his skills but nothing happened Apparently it only worked with active skills Experimentally Randidly raised his hand and pointed focusing on his finger
Nothing happened
Feeling silly Randidly concentrated again and said Mana Bolt
Something inside of Randidly moved something that he hadn’t had before yesterday and hadn’t noticed because it never had been there before rising and rushing to his finger Surprised Randidly looked down towards below his stomach where the feeling was coming from
Blue energy condensed on his finger and shot forward or rather downward because the distracting feeling caused his arm to fall to his side
So the mana bolt shot downward and struck himself in the foot
Yelping and hopping Randidly glared at the hole in his shoe chiding himself for his idiocy Then he checked his status It had done 5 damage to him
So at least it’s just flat intelligence plus skill level huh ’
Randidly wanted to try again but due to the fact his maximum mana was only 19 he would need to wait a bit And with a mana regeneration of 8 even tripled to 24 in this room refilling his mana would take awhile
Making a mental note to figure out what the Wis and Int stats did to his status Randidly turned his attention to heavy blow Stamina recharged per minute so it seemed like this would be much easier to grind
Feeling like he was in a martial arts movie Randidly walked up to the small tree in the room spread his feet took a deep breath and punched it
To get it over with Randidly had punched rather hard and the small tree shook slightly Surprisingly there was a dull ache in his hand but no real pain worth mentioning Perhaps this was his stats of Vit and End paying dividends
This time when Randidly punched he said Heavy Blow
Another new force moved within Randidly this time originating from his heart And where the other was cool this was warm and vibrant filling his fist with destructive energy When this punch reached the tree it once again shook but noticeably more
Shaking his head Randidly admitted he had been expecting a bit more but it was probably enough to have this After all his skill was still level 1 and he only had a Str of 3 As time passed and his stats and skill level increased
But then Randidly shook his head ridding himself of the budding excitement Life or death stay focused
Chapter 4
After a few hours of grinding Randidly had improved his Physical Fitness to Lvl 3 Running to 5 and both Mana Bolt and Heavy Blow to 2
Surprisingly Mana Bolt had reached 2 first It seemed like the lower cost of Heavy Blow meant it took more to level it Although that just meant it had taken 5 Heavy Blows rather than the 2 Mana Bolts it had taken
With the earned PP Randidly had started down the P Def path His odd points the 1st and 3rd net him P Def stats that could only be used on Vit and End which suited him just fine The evens were regular stat points
Randidly put one in each of Vit and End and with the distributable ones he put one in Int and one in Wis Intelligence increases maximum mana by 2 and mana regen by 25 Wis increases maximum mana by 5 and regen by 1
Another thing that Randidly noticed was that he was rather inaccurate with Mana Bolts At around 10 feet it became luck to hit a certain large cinderblock on the wall
But he was out of berries and with a determined face Randidly once more left the room Once more he snuck down towards the treeline moving across the grass instead of inside the trees down to where the berries were But when he arrived he was stunned to find that the bush had been picked clean
With nervous eyes Randidly looked up and sure enough the lime green frog was still there but it was looking quite a bit fatter
It actually had the nerve to burp looking at Randidly with a dismissive glance Randidly glared back up at it And forgetting about his plan of remaining relatively calm in the face of danger he raised his hand and channeled mana into his palm preparing a mana bolt He had discovered that he didn’t actually need to say anything out loud to use it just channel the strange mana he found inside of himself
The bolt slowly formed taking almost 10 seconds to condense The casting time was a problem but it had already shortened a little bit so hopefully that would continue in the future
Surprisingly the bolt that shot forward in a mostly straight direction slamming into the frog’s bulging sides Almost immediately its eyes went wide and it seemed to be engaged in an internal struggle Finally after a few seconds it opened its mouth and vomited a cascade of half digested berries and yellow goop that splashed on the tree next to Randidly It then turned its eyes towards Randidly which began to glow red
But just as he noticed that he noticed that his hand was burning and looked down Several small drops of the vomit had splashed on him Then he heard a sizzling noise He looked up to find the tree was disappearing before his very eyes eaten by the strange vomit Then his hand began to burn
He turned and dashed away setting his hunger aside for the moment earning himself another level in running as he sprinted back towards a safe room But then next notifications were much more foreboding
Congratulations You have learned the skill Acid Resistance Lvl 1
Hearing a splash behind him as if the frog spat again Randidly redoubled his efforts tapping into that hot energy inside of his heart
Congratulations You have learned the active skill Sprinting Lvl 1
Congratulations Acid Resistance is now Lvl 2
Randidly broke out of the trees and crossed the ferns in a second He then leapt scrambling up the rest of the distance to the safe zone door
Congratulations Acid Resistance is now Lvl 3
Congratulations Sprinting is now Lvl 2
Warning Some of the acid has entered your bloodstream causing you to be poisoned
Congratulations You have learned the skill Poison Resistance Lvl 1
Randidly opened the door and scrambled through it ignoring the continuing notifications He was starting to get distinctly dizzy
Congratulations Acid Resistance is now Lvl 4
Congratulations Poison Resistance is now Lvl 2
Congratulations Poison Resistance is now Lvl 3
Warning Your health is extremely low Due to being under level 10 arrows will be on the ground guiding you to the nearest safe zone
Congratulations Poison Resistance is now Lvl 4
Not even stopping inside of the room Randidly sprinted downwards diving into the pool frantically wiping at his hand which now had a rather large hole eaten all the way through it As Randidly gazed at his bone his resolve wavered for a second Then he snapped back to focus His brow furrowing He checked his status and saw his health was at 10 and as he watched it ticked down to 9 and then 8 Frantically he opened up his Path screen dumped the 6 points he had gotten on the trip into P Def Before he could switch back he noticed another notification but he decided to ignore it
Then switched back to his status screen dumping all 6 points into End
Instantly his health rose by 30 (Wait why was it not 30 and 44 instead Not that he was complaining ) The health continued to tick down but it was obviously slowing It continued to slow as he rubbed at the wound and gulped down the cool water until it stabilized at 12 health Letting out a long breath Randidly slumped back and considered the notifications
He ignored the ones for getting points from the P Def path but looked at the final one
Congratulations You have completed the P Def Path +2 to all P Def stats +1 P Def point per level You have learned the skill Iron Skin Lvl 1
Congratulations Acid Resistance is now Lvl 5
Congratulations Poison Resistance is now Lvl 5
Congratulations Acid Resistance is now Lvl 6
The healing pool has cleansed your body You are no longer poisoned