The attic was dirty and he could smell mold from the moment he entered, luckily, this place would not be found so easily by the monsters outside, the most important thing at the moment was to find out what to do.
Seeing that Elizabeth had sat in one corner of the attic and didn't seem to be in the mood for conversation, he sat down next to some boxes and closed his eyes to rest for a while.
A few seconds after sitting down, the blue screen resurfaced in front of him, causing him to open his eyes in fright, seeing that his sudden movement had not woken the girl, he decided to check what was on the screen.
NAME: VICTOR
RACE: HUMAN
LV: 2
EXP 0/20
----------------------
INFO:
STR 1
DEX 1
AGI 1
INT 30
VIT 2
END 2
HP 13/40
SP:20/20
MP 300/300
AP: 5
SC: 0
----------------------
SKILLS / ABILITIES
[Observe Lv1]
Looking at the screen, a slight smile appeared on his face, who would say that in the middle of such a disastrous situation, something so opportune appeared for him, hopefully, this RPG system can help him survive whatever is happening.
Seeing each item on the screen, he could imagine exactly what each one was, being an addicted player of games with similar themes, it was very easy to know almost everything that was in front of him, but some things still needed clarification, such as what [SC] means and how to acquire skills and experience...
Using all his knowledge of games, novels, and animes, he tried all possible methods to call a store, a quest screen, or some tab that would allow him to acquire skills, unfortunately, all his efforts seemed in vain, that was until the moment when the thought "inventory" appeared on his mind.
At that moment, a screen organized in several boxes with a search bar and a button written "Filter" appeared, there was only one item inside called [Beginner Mana Handling Manual], thinking about selecting the item, a bar with options came up, most of them were gray, unable to be selected, but two could be chosen: "use" and "drop".
After choosing the first option, a load of information appeared in his mind, causing a terrible headache to overtake him. After a while, the pain passed and he finally could understand what had been transmitted to him, the book taught how to use mana, and what is magic and how to use it, apparently, to use magic the main method is to visualize the action that you want to accomplish and imagine that the Mana within your body does what you want.
Unfortunately, nothing in this world is so simple, there are requirements to use magic, one of them is, for example, basic control of the main elements, healing spells are a branch of water magic, summoning magic is a branch of space magic and spiritual magic, and so on, if he wanted to use any kind of magic he would still have to learn a lot.
Sighing, he turned to the main screen and considered his options, considering his current state and his inability to use something as incredible as mana, despite his absurd amount of intelligence for someone in the first levels. His main concern was to find a way to heal his wound since conventional methods obviously didn't even need to be considered, he decided that his best option at the moment was to invest everything in [VIT].
In the end, this will also increase his defense which is a very welcome bonus, having decided he imagined himself spending all of his available attribute points in [VIT], and exactly as he imagined, his [VIT] went from 2 to 7, increasing his maximum [HP] to 90 and his current [HP] to 63.
At the same moment, a warm sensation overtook his arm, turning to see, he smiled when he saw his arm healing at a speed visible to the naked eye, this should be the equivalent of taking a life potion in games, with luck this attribute will also increase his recovery speed.
Getting up, he decided to look for anything he could use to defend himself out there, as far as he knew, these animals were strong, but they didn't seem to be made of metal, probably a good blow could hurt them.
After searching for an hour, all he found was a crowbar and an old kitchen knife, some pieces of leather, sewing thread, rags, and a key he didn't know what it was for.
Ensure your favorite authors get the support they deserve. Read this novel on Royal Road.
Considering that he would have to deal with those monsters head-on, he decided to use leather to do some protection for him, luckily, there seemed to be enough for him to cover almost his entire body with double-layered leather armor, he even considered doing protection for Elizabeth also, but seeing that she was still in shock after so little, he was pretty sure he could only count on himself.
Using the knife, sewing thread, and rags, he started to make basic protection for him with the leather, the moment he finished making a type of leather gauntlet, a notification appeared in front of him.
[Tailoring Lv1 acquired, received 1 INT, 1 END, and 10 XP]
Soon after, a refreshing sensation took over his body, opening his information screen, he realized that his [SP] had increased by 10 points, and [END] and [INT] had increased by 1 point, he still didn't know how one thing was related to the other, but tailoring was probably a skill that gave him points of intelligence and stamina when acquired or whenever he leveled it up, but he still needed to test this theory, if that was the case, he was sure that he would be able to escape quickly.
After a few hours of non-stop working, he had finally built a beautiful leather armor, or almost so. In that time, his [Tailoring] skill level rose 3 more times, giving him 5 experience points every time he leveled it up and 5 more experience for each piece of armor he had made, allowing him to level up twice.
In addition, his theory was confirmed, each level he gained in the skill increased the same attributes as before by 1 point. Satisfied with his creation, he decided to test the use of his ability, [Observe], and see if he could access any information about the items he created.
As soon as he used the skill, a new screen appeared in front of him.
[Set: Leather armor of the desperate.
Armor = 120
Durability = 200/200
Complete set effects: +1 VIT, +1 END]
Touching the armor he had just built, he thought of equipping it and as if by magic, the whole set covered his body, it was a little uncomfortable, but feeling the effects of the armor working he couldn't help but smile, it was almost as if his dreams were coming true.
Getting up, he walked to the attic entrance and looked at the clock near the entrance, he hadn't noticed it before, but while he was making the armor he noticed it, based on the time he started listening to music on the bus, he was in here for almost 6 hours...
"It's time to leave!" Holding the crowbar firmly, and placing the knife in his inventory, he was about to go up when Elizabeth screamed for him.
He turned to see what she wanted.
"What do you think you are doing!?"
He looked at her as if he had heard a stupid question.
"Going out?"
"You can't! We need to stay here and wait for the police!" She screamed as she looked at him with arrogance and superiority on her face, Victor could have sworn she was looking down at him.
"Are you retarded? It's been 6 hours since we entered here, since then we haven't even heard the sound of birds outside, what the fuck makes you think that a policeman is going to save us, do you want to stay here and rot from hunger? Okay, but don't drag me to the grave with you!"
Having said that, he turned and left, slowly opening the trapdoor he looked around and noticing that there was literally no one around, he sighed and finally left the attic.
With the crowbar in hand, he went out, taking cover behind a wall, he looked left and right looking for signs of movement, the cars on the street were abandoned, and except for the dismembered bodies lying on the floor, there was nothing, seeing the grotesque scene, Victor felt like vomiting again, but not being the first time he saw something similar, he managed to calm down quickly, sighing, he walked over to the nearest metal trash lid and took it to use as a type of shield.
Taking a deep breath, he started to repeat the same words in his mind 'VICTOR, YOU CAN DO THIS, JUST GO HOME, FIND YOUR MOTHER, AND GO TO THE NEAREST ARMY POST!'
Giving two light slaps on his face, he gathered all the courage inside him and decided to leave, however, on the first step he took something touched his shoulder, paling he staggered forward and almost fell on the floor trying to turn to see who or what touched him.
Seeing that it was Elizabeth, he almost started cursing the heavens and the earth. With his heart pounding, he ignored the girl and decided to move on. Unfortunately, that didn't stop her from following him.
‘Great, I wonder how those protagonists of post-apocalypse stories can deal with so much shit if I didn’t have a system, I would probably be lying in some dark place, trying not to have a mental breakdown.’
As he crossed the streets, he remembered his pathetic attributes and decided that it would be good to invest a little in them, he could not worry about being stingy in a situation like this where life and death could be decided in a matter of seconds.
Overall considering, his boost in intelligence, usually he would have focused on it, but his incapability of using any magic made it that he could only focus on other attributes that would directly affect his fighting capabilities if he, in the end, doesn’t manage to learn anything remotely related to magic, he will have to take the unfortunate path of a warrior.
Opening his information screen, he saw the 10 points he had to distribute and put 4 in strength, 3 in agility, and 3 in dexterity. As soon as he did, he could feel a mysterious force running through his body and disappearing soon after.
He sighed and started walking again, Elizabeth, who was right behind him, didn't seem to notice anything out of the ordinary, other than Victor looking at nothing for a moment before continuing on.
Soon, after crossing two blocks, they could hear screams coming from the street just ahead, gulping, he mustered his courage and kept going forward, depending on what he saw, he would continue forward, otherwise, he would try to take another route.