So, after remembering the entire encounter, I got up and started eating the alpha, while making sure to take a few bites of the other wolves I killed, just in case something happens. Surely enough, something did happen, just not what I expected. When I used [Appraisal], I noticed that I could actually see my stats and my skills. First thing I noticed was how there seemed to be a king of buff to all my stats except luck, a +15% buff… Well, I was wondering how much [Unfortunate] was boosting me, now I know…
As I was flying back to my little hut, I let my thoughts wander. It feels like I’ve been in this world for forever, but it’s only been more or less two months. Everything that’s happened so far, it’s kind of a lot heh. I guess the gravity of the situation never really hit me since I never took the time to think about it. Being killed by a classmate and then being reincarnated as a caterpillar, all alone, then needing to fight for my life every two weeks or so… That might sound little, but it’s a lot for a high schooler to handle. I wish at least Tally would’ve been with me… She was my best friend back in Giori. I miss her.
I then arrived, and decided to take a look at my status once more. First thing I noticed was that my stats were in the double digits, not that I knew if that was high or not, but hey, it’s still fun to see that the numbers aren’t abysmally small. Then, I started looking through my skills, seeing that a bunch of them had leveled up a bit, but I also took notice of [Survivor]. I hadn’t thought much of it before, but now that I’m looking at it more closely, it seems like it has activated a few times, which is weird, since I don’t remember activating it. I guess it activates on its own, which is kind of annoying, considering my Luck stat is 21, sure, it’s my lowest stat, but having no luck still feels wrong. Then I noticed a skill I never saw before; (Steel mind).
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What is that doing there? I don’t remember the system telling me I got it. The only thing I could think of is maybe the pop up I got while fighting the wolves? Maybe? I can’t remember what was written on it, so I’ll just assume that was that.
(STEEL MIND): GRANTS IMMUNITY TO MENTAL DAMAGE AND MINOR RESISTANCE TO POISON DAMAGE.
What.
So you’re telling me the only reason I won that fight was because the world decided to give me a minor resistance to poison damage?!? I fought so hard, that feels like bullshit! Also, now that I think about it, why does this skill have parentheses instead of brackets?
NOTICE, COMMON SKILLS ARE NOMINATED LIKE [THIS], WHILE ASCENDANCE SKILLS ARE NOMINATED LIKE (THIS), THE TRANSCENDENCE SKILLS ARE NOMINATED LIKE {THIS} AND ULTIMATE SKILLS ARE NOMINATED LIKE /THIS\.
Why the hell are you suddenly giving info so easily?!? And why did I get that sort of skill there?!?
NOTICE, ASCENDANCE SKILLS AND HIGHER ARE DIRECTLY GIVEN BY THE WORLD TO THOSE IT DEEMED WORTHY.
Wait, why would the world think I had such an iron will to the point it gave me a skill? I don’t think I had displayed that much willpower though?
Alright, let’s be real, I’m still alive thanks to this skill, so I have no right to complain.