Oscar popped his head over the edge again. Besieged on a high school roof by creatures barely one meter tall, dark bluish skin colour and protruding jaws with sharp teeths that seemed too big for such a small creature. the system had named them as Grumblings but Oscar just referred to them as little blueshits. Ducking down as arrows slammed into the roof edge, he could hear the thumps as the arrows slammed into the cement a few of the arrows whistling a meter above his head.

The blueshits had started making ladders. they were half done with a primitive ladder made with 2 long oak trees with branches tied together between with strips of hide, for the steps. and there were four other oak trees laid out at the parking lot so they would probably build 3 ladders.. figuring he had at least half an hour before they would come storming up the roof  he decided to check his skills.

focusing on his name to get the blue status screen to pop up.

Oscar Galen

29 year

BeastMaster

Combat Level

5

Titles:

Health points: 70

Health regen:0.7

strength /

stamina

15 (lvl 3)

(+20)(t.lvl 7)

Survivor+15 to all attr.

Endurance : 70

End regen :7.0

Agility/

dexterity

20 (lvl 3)

(+20)(t.lvl 8)

Freshling +5 to all attr.

mana points: 140

Mana regen:0.7

intelligence/

Wisdom

15 (lvl 3)

(+20)(t.lvl 7)

Spells: 0

Accuracy/

Precision

15(lvl 3)

(+20)(t.lvl 7)

Skills: 10

Luck

10 (lvl2)

(+20)(t.lvl 6)

Available Attribute

points:15

Currently in party with:

Lissy Galen

Then he focused his eyes on the skill box on the screen, a new window popped up

Skills: 5

Ambush: gives bonus damage when attacks land on unsuspecting prey

Skill progress 3- Lvl 1 (passive)

Dagger mastery: Gives a bonus when wielding daggers, the better progress the better the user is at wielding daggers

Skill progress 5- lvl2 (passive)

Hide in shadows: gives a bonus when hiding in shadows making it harder for others to notice you

skill progress 4- lvl 1 (Passive)

Climbing: adds a small bonus correction when climbing stuff

Skill Progress 1- lvl 1 (passive)

Running: adds a small bonus to running

skill Progress: 3 -lvl 1 (Passive)

seems like generic skills that anyone can get with a little effort. but i wonder how big difference they make. i haven't felt any different. focusing his eyes on the bottom of the screen he “scrolled” further down the screen.

Reward Skills: 2

Agility Gain: Gain 1 Agility/Dexterity each combat level.

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Terrorize:

Stun all creatures in a 10 meter radius for 1 second. (+0.5 for each 10 combat levels) current stun duration: 1.0 second (active) cooldown 1 hour

wow! a aoe stun! with potential to grow! sooo op! but the cd seems a bit long. but in the right situation it could be a lifesaver!  but how do i activate it? hmm lets see the other skills first.

Class Skill: 3

Shared Life:

Merge any creature to your life force, this creature will be the beastmasters companion for the rest of it’s life. Only one creature can be merged with the caster's life force and if the creature has higher combat level, it will be reduced to casters combat level. attribute level will be reduced to combat level. if the creature had higher combat level prior to life merge,  it will automatically gain combat/attribute level when caster gain combat level  until it has reached its previous combat/attribute level.

if either creature or caster dies the other will to. does not share health pool.

Boost:

gives 10% boost to all attributes. to all allies  for 2 minutes

skill progress: 1- Lvl 1 (active) 10 minutes cool down

Companion heal:

use 15 health points to heal companion for 30 health points

skill progress: 1 - Lvl 1 (active) 5 minute cooldown

uh only 3 class skills. and the shared life skill seems pretty useless at the moment. if i chose one of those little blueshits down there. and it gets killed i’ll die too? Boost pretty good support skill but the heal seems more harmful than helpful and i can't even use it at the moment.

Focusing on the active part of the boost skill a new screen popped up

Skills with the tag (active) can be activated by focusing on the skill name.

uh that was easy. swiping away the bluescreens he focused on the skill boost. a gentle red light washed over him . uh i dont feel any different lets check the screen again:

Oscar Galen

29 year

BeastMaster

Combat Level

5

Titles:

Health points: 76

Health regen:0.7

strength /

stamina

15 (lvl 3)

(+23.5)(t.lvl 7)

Survivor+15 to all attr.

Endurance : 78

End regen :7.8

Agility/

dexterity

20 (lvl 3)

(+24)(t.lvl 8)

Freshling +5 to all attr.

mana points: 152

Mana regen:0.7

intelligence/

Wisdom

15 (lvl 3)

(+23.5)(t.lvl 7)

Spells: 0

Accuracy/

Precision

15(lvl 3)

(+23.5)(t.lvl 7)

Skills: 10

Luck/

Chance

10 (lvl2)

(+23)(t.lvl 6)

Available Attribute

points:15

Buffs: Boost

Currently in party with:

Lissy Galen

well pretty good results. ohh i also got 15 available attributes. hmm let's see

Oscar sat there thinking. hmm i guess i'll go balanced. This is real life i can't go all agility based, one random hit and i’d be dead. if i go all strength some little fast dude would probably just kite me to death. i don't know any spells atm so i can probably ignore that but.. using my brain would make fights easier. accuracy and precision; same i really would like to hit what i am aiming for.. Luck/chance it is pretty low. but ehh doubt it would help me any now. jup let's go with that

Oscar Galen

BeastMaster

Combat Level

5

Titles:

Health points: 88

Health regen:0.8

strength /

stamina

20 (lvl 3)

(+24)(t.lvl 7)

Survivor+15 to all attr.

Endurance :88

End regen :8.8

Agility/

dexterity

20 (lvl 3)

(+24)(t.lvl 8)

Freshling +5 to all attr.

mana points: 176

Mana regen:0.7

intelligence/

Wisdom

20 (lvl 3)

(+24)(t.lvl 7)

Spells: 0

Accuracy/

Precision

20(lvl 3)

(+24)(t.lvl 7)

Skills: 10

Luck/

Chance

10 (lvl2)

(+23)(t.lvl 6)

Available Attribute

points:0

Buffs: Boost

Currently in party with:

Lissy Galen

After he placed all his points he sighed. and took a peek over the edge of the roof again. They were almost done with the first ladder. He looked across the roof, sunlight had started pouring over the roof. he had been stuck on the roof for nearly two hours and the wind were picking up. oddly enough, he wasn't that cold. still dressed in a pair of old black sweatpants a white t- shirt and some old hiking boots, he shoulda been freezing by now. it was fall and the temperature was creeping lower every day. it couldn't been more than 12 celcius outside. Probably because of adrenalin and maybe those stats helps? sigh but i digress. looking at the big hole in the middle of the roof around 30 meter in diameter.

Maybe i can climb down there and get out through the front door? he thought  or i should at least check to see if it is at least feasible to climb down one of the water drain pipes on the other side of the roof even though its 50 meter down there.

“plan set go” Oscar said aloud.

crawling away from the edge of the roof towards the big hole first. he didn't dare stand up in case one of the little blueshits got a lucky shot in, with a bow.  As he was crawling closer he heard a “thud” sound behind him, looking back he saw two poles jutting right above the edge of the roof. fuck now i gotta go down the hole if i start climbing the water pipe they can just snipe me from above. or throw anything.. and i’d just fall to my death. going from crawling to sprinting in a heartbeat. he arrived at the edge of the roof. looking down to see if there were anywhere he could jump down to or maybe swing himself down from or climb. as he was thinking that suddenly the roof collapsed under him and he fell.

“down into the rabbit hole..” then all went black.