Within minutes Randidly’s more irreverent approach had yielded the satchel which Randidly opened to reveal a swirling darkness Frowning he prodded it with the dagger which instantly vanished sucked into it Gasping he grabbed after it perhaps foolishly sticking his hand into the darkness
But as he did so a strange knowledge entered into his mind Inside the bag in a strange 1 cubic meter space floated several items Some dried rations it looked like A map Some weird coins a book in a language he couldn’t understand 15 empty vials A bedroll of some kind Some stuff that looked like campfire tools And the dagger
And with but a thought the dagger reappeared in his hand Randidly gazed at the bag in wonder
20 minutes later Randidly left the clearing With his newfound dagger and bag he cleaned out everything he could find The strange glowing red crystals in the giant tree as well as the blue ones that studded the roots All the nuts from the first tree Several green banana shaped fruits from nearby
He even used the dagger to carve out one of the snake’s long fangs which was as thick as Randidly’s wrist and was just about to start on the second when a rustling from the bushes spooked him sending him dashing back to the safe room His little series of sprints also raised the Sprinting level to 3
Upon arriving back at the room the first thing Randidly did was have a fine meal of nuts and banana things The glowing crystals he was a little wary of and decided to wait until later Afterwards he considered the area
Then using the dagger Randidly carved out nine holes spaced several feet apart in a line and buried three nuts three of the bananas and finally one of the red crystals one of the blue crystals and one with both of them together to see if he could grow a tree like the one outside
While he was doing so he even had the pleasing notification that his Equip skill increased to Lvl 2 Fortunately or unfortunately it was still unable to inspect the dagger
Satisfied Randidly lay down for a nap laying out his new bedroll the lights dimming on cue leaving the rest of it for after he had some rest
Chapter 6
More notifications awaited Randidly as he awoke once more
Congratulations Farming is now Lvl 4
Congratulations Farming is now Lvl 5
Congratulations Farming is now Lvl 6
Congratulations Farming is now Lvl 7
Congratulations Farming is now Lvl 8
Congratulations You have learned the skill Plant Breeding Lvl 1
Congratulations Plant Breeding is now Lvl 2
So many levels And Plant Breeding Randidly muttered rubbing his eyes His original berry bushes were now approaching a point where they would produce berries leafy and healthy looking There were thin sprouts from the first six of the holes the 3 nuts and 3 bananas But disappointingly the final three showed no change
Well anyway there was still a lot to do
First Randidly took stock of his supplies He had about a dozen of each color of the crystal 30 nuts 25 bananas and some weird bread and dried meat from the person who killed the snake That was probably enough to keep him going for a few days giving him time to spend all his effort on grinding out his skills to increase his chance of survival
Next he went to his path screen He currently had 9 PP and used 4 of them to finish off the M Supp Path As expected he received 2 M Supp Points and then 2 free stat points which he put into Control and Vitality respectively
Then he examined the completion notification
Congratulations You have completed the M Supp Path +2 to all M Supp stats +1 M Supp point per level You have learned the skill Meditation Lvl 1
Meditation Allows user to enter into focused state increasing regeneration by 1% per skill level May be knocked out of meditation by disturbances Increasing skill level allows more actions to be done while meditation
Small now but There is a lot of potential there I wonder if it stacks with the safe room bonus
Then Randidly put the remaining 5 into the Risk Taker path Much to his disappointment the first 4 PPs did nothing Only the 5th and final gave him hope
Congratulations You have earned +1 all stats
He figured it made sense that as he continued it would get harder to get individual stats But rewards every five and likely the completion reward would still be worth it
Randidly also got a better sense of some of the stats Perception really did make his eyes and ears more sensitive and the tiny boosts in reactions he received enabled him to respond more quickly to things
The boost to Int made his mana bolt slightly more bright and powerful and it also now seemed to travel farther before dissipating which Randidly suspected was the increase in his wisdom The large boost to M Supp he had received let him determine that while control made his accuracy with spells better Focus decreased the casting time It only took around 5 seconds to channel the energy for the spell now which was much shorter but also too long in terms of what it would require to use mid battle
So for the next two days Randidly threw himself into grinding
He planned it out well In the mornings he would jog sprint and do push ups interspersing that Mana Bolts Then he would take a meal and spend several hours grinding heavy blow practicing slashing the small tree which seemed to be growing rapidly with the dagger leaving long scratches
It even earned him the Dagger Mastery Skill
In the evening Randidly alternated between using Iron Skin and shooting Mana Bolts and Meditating
For two day this continued Randidly ignoring the notifications and instead just continuing to grind He realized he might miss out on some marginal benefits by turning in PPs for stats now but he ignored that Better to not let anything distract them
At the end of the second day while he ripped away at some of the dried jerky he had taken from the dead body Randidly considered his gains
Farming Lvl 8 had increased to Lvl 11
Running Lvl 5 had increased to Lvl 7
Sprinting Lvl 3 had increased to Lvl 6
Physical Fitness Lvl 3 had increased to Lvl 10
Mana Bolt Lvl 2 had increased to Lvl 7
Heavy Blow Lvl 2 had increased to Lvl 9
Iron Skin Lvl 3 had increased to Lvl 6
Dagger Mastery Lvl 1 had increased to Lvl 5
Meditation Lvl 1 had increased to Lvl 4
Equip Lvl 2 had increased to Lvl 7
All in all he had earned 42 PP which might have been more than the amount he had used to this point Initially he was intimidated by that number because he didn’t have enough paths but two things soothed his thoughts First when Physical Fitness Reached Lvl 10 he unlocked the Basic Fitness Path which would require 20 PP to finish
2nd the notification at the end of the path completion made him think there was some secret to paths
So Randidly first finished off the Risk Taker path getting another +1 to all stats at 10 and 15 respectively and then a completion notification
Congratulations You have completed the Risk Taker Path Not all risks are rewarded equally Received 1 Random Chest +1% experience per each level a defeated mob has over you
Congratulations You have obtained a Small Chest
And as Randidly watched a small chest the size of a tissue box appeared in front of him
After a brief hesitation Randidly opened the chest finding a pair of Leather Gloves He immediately put them on and inspected them
Fine Leather Gloves Lvl Vitality +1 Agility +3
Even though it was a failure apparently his Equip level was high enough to at least see that little bit of information Still he was left without knowing how long it would take to Equip the gloves for real
Satisfied Randidly then poured 20 PP into finishing off Basic Physical Fitness Like Risk Taker only every 5th one had a reward At 5 he received on P Attack (which he put into Agi) at 10 a P Def (which he put into Vit) and at 15 a P Supp (which he put into Perception) 20 was a free stat which Randidly put into Wis to raise his mana regeneration
Congratulations You have completed the Basic Physical Fitness Path +10 Health +5 Stamina +1 Stamina per level