As I ran from the rapidly approaching snake, I noticed a boulder.
I knew it would probably be useless to climb a tree since snakes can climb trees too, but this boulder looked smooth.
I leapt onto the boulder, where I was probably safe from the critter’s fangs.
The snake was faster than me, so running away wasn’t an option, I had to fight it.
I tried to move a nearby, smaller, boulder with [Geomancy] but it wouldn’t budge.
Thinking about it, I just don’t know how to use it.
A piece of the boulder where I stood looked cracked, so I gave it a good whack to loosen it up, the piece of stone came off pretty easily. I grabbed it and noticed that it had a 45° angle that was probably sharp enough to cut something like flesh. Probably.
The hissing snake glared at me as I jumped down from my safe spot, only to be greeted by a face stomp that pinned it down and a deep cut to its neck. I couldn’t sever the head from the body in just one hit, so I gave it another one.
Congratulations! You have earned 1 level in both [Geologist] and [Mason].
All Stats+10
You have earned a Personal Perk!
[Monster Slayer]
Tier I
Agility+5
“Stats”, I said, thinking this would probably make my stat screen appear.
[Sanjo, Defender of the Lands] Age: 15 Classes Health: 125 (+5) Endurance: 75 (+5) [Geologist] I lvl2 Agility: 75 (+5) [Mason] I lvl2 Intelligence: 75 [Geomancer] I lvl1 Magic: 75 [Empty] Charisma: 75 [Empty] Perks Personal Perks Class Perks [Chosen by Crab] V
[Earth Child] I (HP+5, EN+5) [Monster Slayer] I (AG+5)
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And it did!
This “System” seems to give me +5 to every stat with each level that I gain, and bonus stat points given by perks are between parenthesis.
These stat gains don’t seem to do much right now, but I’m sure it’ll stack up in the future.
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The snake’s corpse laid lifeless on the ground, it was easily 5 meters long, and was starting to look delicious after all that running.
Can you eat snakes raw? Nah, I bet they have parasites.
I have to find a way to cook it.
I looked up into the sky and noticed the sun was almost reaching midday, that meant that I still had a lot of time to make a campfire or something. I climbed the boulder to gain a vantage point, and started looking around.
I saw some dry, and probably dead, trees in the distance, which I immediately started to approach.
Some of their branches had fallen off, so that saved me some time.
I got back to where the boulders were, branches in each hand.
It was time to make a campfire for the first time!
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My hands hurt, my arms burn and my snake was burnt.
I woke up to the smell of a weird burnt meat, my palms were covered in dried blood and my arms felt like they were going to fall off.
I fell asleep!?
From exhaustion, I had collapsed next to my campfire after numerous attempts of creating one, although I did put the snake to roast before I collapsed. But that was for nothing, because my previously yellow snake was now pitch black.
I looked up into the sky, it was orange with glimpses of pink and blue, the sun nowhere to be seen. I grabbed my burnt snake and climbed the boulder yet again, this would be my bed for tonight.
But first, I’ll try to eat my piece of charcoal.
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You have earned a Personal Perk!
[Food Poisoning Resistance]
Tier I
Lessens the effects of food poisoning.
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Current Stats:
[Sanjo, Defender of the Lands] Age: 15 Classes Health: 125 (+5) Endurance: 75 (+5) [Geologist] I lvl2 Agility: 75 (+5) [Mason] I lvl2 Intelligence: 75 [Geomancer] I lvl1 Magic: 75 [Empty] Charisma: 75 [Empty] Perks Personal Perks Class Perks [Chosen by Crab] V
[Earth Child] I (HP+5, EN+5) [Monster Slayer] I (AG+5) [Food Poisoning Resistance] I