My eyes widened. Clenched my fist high and take that level up in high spirits, ‘Hell yeah!’ quickly opens up my profile status, ‘Worry about builds later. My boys need me.’
With the level going up, I can now allocate 1200 points to Primary Attributes and 40 Points to Secondary Attributes. However, everyone can only allocate per 100 points for the Primary instead of per point like the Secondary Attributes' points.
Leveling up only gives 600 points for the Primary and 20 points for the Secondary, but for the first level, players always get an extra bonus.
==== Quick Status ====
Statistics
Name: --- / Level: 2 / Class: Mage
Primary Attributes
Max Health: 100 | Max Mana: 400 | Max Stamina: 1300
Health: 100 | Mana: 400 | Stamina: 1300
Secondary Attributes
Strength: 20 / Dexterity: 10 / Endurance: 0
Vitality: 0 / Agility: 12
Intelligence: 13 / Faith: 0 / Luck: 5
Combat
Physical Attack: 20 (+10) / Physical Defense: 0
Magical Attack: 15 (+5) / Magical Defense: 0
Health Regeneration: 1 / Mana Regeneration: 2 / Stamina Regeneration: 2
==== Quick Status ====
I can feel my body improving, “Looks like I’ll be getting a new kind of addiction.”
Doubling the points on Agility does not give me double the movement speed, but I can feel the senses of my own steps are—
*Tak*
Hitting my own foot.
*Thud*
{-30}
With that kind of sound, even Boland heard it. Quickly heading towards my direction as I struggle to get up, ‘D-Damn it, I still haven’t gotten used to this yet.’
My performance is a lot worse than in my previous life, not that it was really that good in the first place anyway, back then I still got beaten up a lot in martial arts training with Rakuri, but still! Messing up my footwork like this. Unacceptable!
‘My body then and now are worlds apart. I gotta get used to this as soon as possible.’
Boland slashes through the undead and assisted me in getting up, “You okay, lass?”
“S-Sorry.”
He paused as he looks at me, “…” tapping my shoulder, “Face up. More coming.” Dashing onward, he continues his rampage on the mindless undead.
I sighed hoping that he was not mad at me.
*Raaargh*
A Draugr coming to my right.
“I guess it's time to wrap this up.”
…
{+80 Exp}
{+80 Exp}
{+80 Exp}
! {Level UP}
Fatigue tightening my chest, “Haa…” I sighed.
It wasn’t even that hard, we pretty much breeze through it with no problem, but… there were just too many of them. Boland seems to have finished his portion, the group is safe, and Galliano is also about to be done too.
Looking back to my Profile Status, ‘I should save these points until I need—’
*BOOM*
‘Just had to jinx it, huh.’
The time for these saved points to be used has arrived. I froze in place. Something just came crashing down at Galliano’s location. Amidst the smoke, something suddenly swings at him.
“What the—”
*Bwoosh*
It was slow, but thanks to that, Galliano managed to react in time to dodge it. But then, when the smoke clears up, even I was astonished at what is coming out of it.
"Holy shit."
A 25ft (7.62 meters) tall mossed golem.
I thought it was a fist that came swinging but turns out, it was a huge rock mashed together. Technically it was a fist, but regardless, ‘This is bad,’ quickly I shout, “Galliano! Come here!”
*Groooooooaaaaaah*
Powerful battle music started ringing in my ears.
! {Boss Encounter}
~ {Aged Stone Golem | Lv. 10}
“Fuck!” the roar pinned my head due to how loud it was.
Opening my eyes, I see the golem pursue Galliano as he runs towards us, ‘Shit,’ with Boland standing beside me, “I doubt our attacks can do anything, but do you think you have anything we can use against it, sir?”
“Of course, lass. Though, against that thing, I doubt it’ll do much.”
‘His main weapon is a sword, just by that fact and his class alone, it’s easy to tell that his offensive skills are all slashing type. What we need however is the impact of something blunt. Heavy enough to shatter that thing. Galliano might be better with his fisting style, but let’s not joke around, I doubt he has any usable skills at this stage.’
‘Kenmartha doesn’t look to be it either.’
The NPCs are all much higher level than that thing, but Level, in general, is different for both humans and monsters. There is a reason why a death slime level 1 is inherently much more powerful than a giant slime level 100.
‘All right, let’s do this then.’
==== Quick Status ====
Statistics
Name: --- / Level: 3 / Class: Mage
Primary Attributes
Max Health: 700 | Max Mana: 400 | Max Stamina: 1300
Health: 700 | Mana: 400 | Stamina: 1300
Secondary Attributes
Strength: 20 / Dexterity: 10 / Endurance: 20
Vitality: 0 / Agility: 12
Intelligence: 13 / Faith: 0 / Luck: 5
Combat
Physical Attack: 20 (+10) | 7 (+5) / Physical Defense: 0 (+10)
Magical Attack: 15 (+5) / Magical Defense: 0 (+5)
Health Regeneration: 1 / Mana Regeneration: 2 / Stamina Regeneration: 2
==== Quick Status ====
‘There are soft gaps on each of its limbs. If I can at least replicate half of what Rakuri can do in a fight like this, then that thing will be nothing more than just a walking stone.’
My heart beat fast as Galliano came closer and closer, bringing the golem with him.
*Boom *Boom *Boom
The steps of the golem make, suffocating me.
Running towards it, “Galliano! I’ll take over from here! You attack that piece of stone from behind! Aim for the back of its knees, okay!?”
“Wha—”
Dashing even faster, and in a quick slow motion, as I passed him, I tapped his shoulder with the back of my hand and entrusted everything to him. My face shudders in tears as I come closer and closer to the golem, this fear, I never felt this in a while.
Its hand is at the back of its head. I can predict how it’s going to attack me. Its slow movement is nothing against these perfect eyes of mine. But I didn’t expect when the thing actually swings its hand, the volume, how much space it occupies. I gritted my teeth as I slide with one foot at the front and the other at the back, leaning back as much as possible, so close to the ground, before closing my foot together.
*Woosh*
But I managed to evade it. There I see the gap on where I should attack. With both hands, gripping my axe tightly I swing at it. But then…
*Plack*
{2}
My eyes widened as it turns out, I have missed that strike. It moves at the last second before my axe hits the gap. It felt like the whole world went silent.
“SIOLA!”
When I look up, I see the giant form of the golem, and his right hand swinging.
*CRASH*
I flew upon impact with a crushing noise coming out of my bones.
{-689}
*Thud *Plak *Thud
My sights have gone dark, it took but a moment… for the pain to settle in.
“Aaa…”
‘It hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts…’ my lips trembling, my eyes, ‘No, no, no. NO! D-Don’t… Don’t cry, d-don’t—”
“Hnnnngrhm, “Bursting into tears, “Hraaaaaaaaaaaaaghhh!” clenching my lips as I grit my teeth as hard as I could, ‘Wh-Why did I, why did…’
*Boom *Boom *Boom
The Golem is heading towards me, “N-No,” I couldn’t move my feet, I couldn’t move my hips, and only one of my eyes can open. So, I crawled with the only limb I can move.
“Hnnngrh, Hehh…”
*Sob*
*Boom *Boom *Boom
“N-No, don’t come. Please, d-don’t…” I don’t understand myself, “P-Please…”
Why am I begging for my life at a few pixels in a game?
*BOOM*
Suddenly, the golem stumbled on its knees when one of its legs cracked by an impact. My eyes soon clear up to see that it was done by Galliano’s impactful strike. Boland then came around with a strong brown aura coming out of him and his sword.
From afar, his sword slashes made waves that cut even air itself. Smoke bursts out when the wave slash hits the golem’s back.
*BOOM*
It dealt damage, but I just don’t see it getting defeated by that method, so quickly I try to get away as far as possible so I can recover. My health regen is slow but I will eventually heal on my own and I don’t see Realism Mode denying that.
*Grooooooooaaaaaaaaah*
Both Galliano and Boland have their face hardened at the roar of the Golem.
The latter quickly head straight towards me, quickly kneeling, and fed me a subtle red-colored potion, “There, there. You’re okay now. Take it slow, lass.”
*Gulp *Gulp *Gulp
“Th-Thank you.”
Quickly taking a glance right when the smoke clears up, ‘Huh?’ the golem is just standing there doing nothing. I expected it to deliver a hard blow after that roar.
‘What the hell is it even…’ my eyes widened after seeing Galliano is also frozen in place, and Boland too, stops at the moment where he’s putting the potion bottle in his bag.
But then I noticed that I can no longer move my body, ‘What is this…’
Chills crept up the back of my spine.
‘Am I dreaming? In this situation?!’
*Tap*
Something just gripped my shoulder. At this very moment, I feel spiders crawling up to every single part of my skin. I can feel it, there is something behind me.
