20- Hiding

The group of guards was panicking because they are going to die due to the death of the ‘Young Master’ and there is no way to get out of this situation.
As they were trembling and thinking about how to inform the clan, the leader exclaimed,
“Damn bastard!!! Who dared to kill the Young Master?”
Hearing the leader’s words, all the guards were startled,
“What!?!?”
“Leader are you sure about that?”
The leader replied
“Look at the throat and the back of the head, it looks like someone stabbed him in the neck area and hit the back of his head with something hard”
Hearing this, all guards saw the wound on the neck and back of the head.
“Look there is a stone which has blood on it and it looks like the master was hit with this stone”
Said a guard and ran to pick up a stone with the blood and brought it to show to everyone.
“Yes, it looks like some human killed the young master and robbed him”
Said the leader. Hearing this all the guards were shocked and became angry. Because due to the death of the ‘Young master’, they will die while someone killed him and will enjoy the wealth obtained; and they will be hanged.
After carefully observing, the leader’s face got gloomy and he shouted,
“Everyone, search in all directions. The young master has been killed recently and it looks like, the killer ran away when he heard us approaching. He might not have gone far and if you guys want to save your lives, go and search properly, and don’t let the killer escape”
Hearing the leader’s words, everyone felt that they can be saved or at least decrease their punishment if they can catch the killer.
Thinking about this the guards quickly dispersed in every direction and started their search.
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I was able to hear the whole conversation, and when the leader said that
‘The killer might not have gone far and to search for the killer’,
My back was soaked in sweat and my heartbeat started accelerating.
Because that person’s words were absolutely correct and due to my lack of strength I did not run much far and hid in the hollow tree. I never thought that the guards would be related to the man I killed. And they can conclude what happened so quickly.
I was trying to calm down so as not to make any noise and hide my presence as much as possible to avoid being detected.
After some time, I felt that everyone had gone away and some guards even passed by the tree location that I was in. But luckily, they did not locate the hole under the tree.
Although the guards are gone, I still feel uneasy in my heart, so I did not move out of the tree.
As I was already in a difficult situation, I suddenly remembered about the level-ups and the free stat points obtained, plus the fuckin ‘thief’ job. And since I feel weak and am in a difficult situation, I feel it would be better to adjust and increase my stats. I even have to remove my poison and recover my HP as I might die soon if I don’t.
“Status”
I called ‘status’ in my mind. As I had already read in many novels in my past life that the system can take command even if not called out loud and can respond with my own mind.
‘ding’
As expected, I was right.
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Name: Orochi
Race: Human
Rank: G
Level: 5/100
Exp: 500/600
Title: None
Condition: Poisoned
Stats: (Available Free Stats Points: 65)
HP: 7/500 MP:21/50
Strength: 10
Agility: 10
Defense: 7
Resistance: 8
Sense: 10
Stamina: 8 ------ Fatigue: 5/80
Intelligence: 12
Charm: 10 (can be increased with Free Stats Points, but won’t increase when leveling up)
Vitality: 2 (cannot be increased with Free Stats Points)
Luck: 8 (cannot be increased with Free Stats Points)
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Skills: None
Jobs: Thief.
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Actually, when the system introduced the guide, I felt that I know everything and ignored all of it; but it looks like I overlooked something.
I remembered that the system said that the ‘vitality’ stat represents the life of the host.
And when I remembered that, I started sweating because I only have 2 points in the ‘vitality’ stat; which means I can only live for 2 years. Wanting to confirm how can the system calculate that, I asked the system mentally
“System, why is my vitality only 2. And how can you calculate it and how can I increase it?”
‘ding’
‘The host is poisoned with two poisons, and the combination of those two is very lethal. While one of the poisons prevents the host from cultivating, the other damages the internal organs. And the host’s internal organs are severely damaged because of it. According to the system’s calculation, based on the degree of damage suffered by the organs, the host can only survive for around 2 years. And if the host does not heal himself (Recover HP) right now then the host will die in 7 hours.'
Reading the message, I was shocked and asked,
“System, if I can heal myself and recover my HP, will my vitality increase?”
‘ding’
‘2 years is based on the fact that the host has full HP. Even if the host has full HP, the vitality will not increase. The vitality is calculated by the ‘life force’ available within the host. Due to the host’s organs being damaged by the two poisons and the ‘organs working’ also affect the ‘life force’; hence the vitality is low.’
Hearing this my face got ugly; my heart was filled with anger and hatred. I seriously wanted to kill those bastard friends and Fiancée, but right now I had to save my life. Gritting my teeth, I asked
“System how can I increase my ‘vitality’ stat”
‘ding’
‘Currently, it is recommended that the host should get rid of both poisons. Although the organs will not recover, but if successful according to the calculation, the ‘vitality’ stat can still increase by 2 points, and the damaged organs can still recover in the future. And the ‘vitality’ stat can also be increased when the host increases his Rank or if the host takes any external medicine or object that prolongs life span or increases life force.’
Reading all this, I gradually calmed down. Although, I cannot immediately kill those bastards, what matters is saving myself and solving the poison issue. And of course, right now I have to recover my HP.