Congratulations Acid Resistance is now Lvl 7
Sighing Randidly collapsed on the floor That was probably too close The worst part was that he had only been splashed by a tiny drop and it still ripped a hole in his hand and ate at his flesh eventually poisoning him If it wasn’t for this healing pool
Shivering Randidly once more realized how close he was to dying while he remained here But
He couldn’t help grinning slightly He had survived And as such he had benefited immensely Not only had he finished the P Def path but he now had 4 more PPs to spend on the next path As well as the skill Iron Skin Perhaps it would be helpful in defending against the acid But based on how quickly his Acid Resistance skill had leveled Randidly doubted that he was at the level where withstanding a direct blow from the acid would be possible
Randidly put the 4 PPs into the M Supp path As expected he received two distributable stats and two M Supp stats
He hesitated but put both into control hoping that it would increase the accuracy of his mana bolt For the distributable ones Randidly struggled He already experienced a huge boost in survivability with the End increase but he was beginning to believe that it was just a drop in the bucket A direct attack would kill him several times over
So instead one point went into Agi and one into Per Sighing Randidly looked again at his stats
Health(/R per hour) 12/98 (34 5)
Mana(/R per hour) 12/22 (9 25)
Stam(/R per min) 5/52 (14)
Vit 9
End 14
Agi 9
Perception 5
Inteligence 5
Wisdom 3
Control 4
Paths Newbie 7/7 P Def 10/10 M Supp 4/10 Risk Taker
Skills Running Lvl 5 Physical Fitness Lvl 3 Sneak Lvl 2 Farming Lvl 3 Mana Bolt Lvl 2 Heavy Blow Lvl 2 Acid Resistance Lvl 7 Poison Resistance Lvl 4 Sprinting Lvl 2 Iron Skin Lvl 1
Too close He muttered sitting down to recover His stomach grumbled but he ignored it His life was much more important than going without a meal for a few hours He was tired and needed to rest and steady his nerve before he returned to the outside world
Chapter 5
It took around an hour and half for his health to regenerate back to full even with the bonuses of this room It made Randidly realize about the different uses of End and Vit even more He resolved to put a few more points into Vit when he had the chance
But at the same time he needed to get his Agi and Per even higher and without more points in Int his magic was useless
But during that time he had been grinding his Stamina skills including Iron Skin
Iron Skin Concentrate on your skin increasing your defense Higher mastery means quicker activation and localized application Costs 10 stamina per second Defensive boost based on level of the skill
Although the cost meant it was more of a one time use thing in battle rather than a constant buff the quickness of the recovery still meant that Randidly could keep it on for 6 seconds wait two minutes for his stamina to recharge and then do it again
Through this method he already pushed Iron Skin to Lvl 3 allowing him to put another point in Control and one in Per This room really was designed to be an area that allowed one to grind stamina skills incredibly efficiently The regeneration tripling made Stamina fill up within minutes
But he was unable to rely on this for much longer The berry bushes inside the same room were growing and much faster than was natural but it wouldn’t be quick enough to save him from hunger
He needed to go out once more for food
As his hand gripped the doorknob it trembled and Randidly closed his eyes
But then he opened them I’m not just Randidly I’m also the Ghosthound And I will make these damn frogs pay ’
And with that thought he pushed his way outward
Much to his surprise he immediately saw frogs although they didn’t see him As he watched their movements in the trees it seemed as though as though they were searching Randidly felt another chill but this one was even more quickly smothered Instead he turned and crept away along the wall moving away from the frogs He even earned another point in Sneak raising it to 3
After moving some distance away Randidly quickly cut towards the treeline Much farther and he would reach the area of the Howler Monkeys which were also outside his ability to deal with When he moved past the ferns and into the trees he was disappointed to find no berry tries but there were several other trees within sight that seemed to have fruit or nuts But that would require going even deeper into the rainforest area
But he needed food so he headed towards a tall slender tree that was the closest around which was what appeared to be tan walnuts After peering carefully around he knocked one against the tree until it cracked and inspected the insides Seemed like a nut
He nibbled on it and was delighted to discover that it had a savory almost smoky flavor He quickly cracked open several others taking the edge off of his hunger Satisfied Randidly was preparing to gather more in his shirt to take back when he caught a whiff of death
Moving very carefully he looked through the treeline to a small clearing he saw earlier but had ruled out as too far in But still his eyes had been dragged there to what appeared to be glowing red crystals hanging in the tree
Now his eyes went to the ground where he saw a long scaly green body lying still in the clearing
His eyes flickered and then once more against his better judgement he approached letting his intuition guide him His Sneak increased to Lvl 4 as he quickly circled the area moving on light feet The entire area was silent and Randidly was finally able to see why
A strange creature with pointed ears was waist deep in the large snake’s mouth But at the same time that creature had managed to drive a blade through the top of the snake’s skull where apparently the snake had died either from brain damage or blood loss They were both caked in dried black blood
But Randidly couldn’t take his eyes away from the dagger the handle long and slender wrapped in leather with a simple amethyst set into the hilt
A weapon would certainly make this much easier
Deciding to go for the speedy route Randidly sprinted out into the clearing grabbing the dagger pulling and then turning to go
But then he lurched to a stop the dagger stuck fast in the skull Freezing Randidly waited for his impending doom Nothing happened
So slightly reassured Randidly began pressed back and forth beginning the laborious process of grinding the dagger outside of the snake’s skull Thankfully everything in the area seemed quite dead
The process took so long that at one point Randidly had to taken several minutes as a break and allow his stamina to recover
Eventually with a sickening pop the dagger came free and Randidly admired the slightly carved blade with a wickedly sharp edge The notification was even more interesting
Congratulations You have learned the active skill Equip Lvl 1
Equip Randidly said outloud curious
Equip Allows you to inspect and equip weapons and armor Skill level must be greater than or equal to weapon level to utilize the bonuses seen with equip Utilizing a Weapon of higher level will raise skill level
Inspect
Item Quality too high to inspect
Item Quality huh Randidly had expected not being able to utilize the dagger for its benefits which he suspected would be stat gains but the fact that item quality blocked him from even examining it was strange Still it still was an interesting mixture of disappointment and excitement Disappointment because he didn’t know what it was or how it could help him excitement because it was a rare weapon
Although if it suddenly revealed himself to him when was only Level 2 in Equip that would be its own disappointment But Randidly suspected it wouldn’t be that simple
Pleased with his haul Randidly gave the pointy eared fellow a once over before he spotted the satchel hanging over his shoulder It was pressed against the ground beneath his back Feeling slightly embarrassed to be stealing from the dead Randidly tried to be gentle but quickly realized that if he did this would take forever So he began wrestling with the dead body