68- Difficult situation Just when I felt that the situation could not get any worse, I read the system warning and frustration started building up. “Calm down...calm down...ughh fusk” I tried calming down, but with all the pressure, I was unable to. According to the system’s warning, due to the ‘Resistance’ stat being stuck at 46, there is an imbalance in my stats. If I am not wrong, then the warning is because my body is unable to bear the addition of so many ‘Free stat points’. It's like, if the foundation of a building is not strong and it is constructed to have multiple floors, then it will soon collapse. Here although the ‘Defense’ stat is increasing continuously, but the ‘Resistance’ stat is still stuck. And according to the system, the ‘Defense’ stat strengthens my body externally, while the ‘Resistance’ stat strengthens my body internally. So, my body needs to be strengthened both internally and externally, which in return will help my body to sustain the strai
69- Reinforcements ‘ding’ ‘Host has unlocked the (Wardrobe) function.’ ‘With the wardrobe function, the host can change his attire quickly.’ ‘Host has been given 2 Attire slots and if the host requires more slots, then the host will have to buy it from the shop.’ ‘Would you like to add (Wind walker) to the 1st attire slot?’ ‘(YES) or (NO)’ ‘Note: If the host wishes to use a particular Attire slot, then only the items that are added to the slot will be equipped to the host and the items that are being replaced will either go back to the different attire slot (If the item is included in a different attire) or it will be added to the (Storage box).’ Reading this, I was so excited that my speed dropped and I almost stopped running, but quickly I came back to my senses and started running at high speed. I saw that the bald guy got closer by at least 30-40 meters. I can only curse myself for being so excited. I quickly pressed ‘YES’ and the ‘Wind walker’ was added to the
70- Fight with the Bald guy 1 “Hey skeleton brat, you better stop running and surrender now, or else, when our other members catch you, I will seriously make you regret it. But if you surrender now, then I will only break your hands and then sell you in the slave market. Rest assured that the slave traders will heal you if we give them a proper discount.” Hearing this I can only control my anger and continue to think of a way to get out of this situation or else I will be surrounded by the bald guy’s people. Armelia who was on my back spoke, “Hey Orochi, I think you should leave me and escape. I am nothing but a burden to you. From the first day we met, you have been saving me and yesterday I thought that... maybe I was of some use. But still, I am just a burden to you.” After she finished speaking, a few drops of water fell on my shoulder. When I looked back, I saw that Armelia was crying quietly. Seeing this I got startled and suddenly I fell into a dilemma. A part of
71- Fight with the Bald guy 2 ‘ding’ ‘Ignoring the safety limits, the 30 (Free stat points) in (Strength) & (Defense) stats, and add 24 (Free stat points) in the (Sense) stat have been added.’ With this notification, I stopped running involuntarily. ‘ding’ ‘ding’ Because for a second or two, I felt like my mind went blank. And slowly, an itching sensation on my skin started building up. While internally I felt like all my organs, muscles, bones and even cells were slowly being torn. I felt my vision turn blurry. ‘ding’ ‘Danger...danger...’ ‘Host will lose 10 HP per second.’ ‘-10 HP’ At the same time, a blurry figure stopped 2-3 meters away from me and spoke, “Not bad, at least you know some fear. Now, quickly hand over the girl and kneel down. I might take some pity and spare you from torturing a little.” I could hear the bald guy’s speech and I confirmed that the blurry shadow in front of me is none other than him. Due to the increasing pain, I gradually
72- Reinforcements are here 1 ‘ding’ ‘(Red lancer sword) has been added to the Attire 1 slot.’ ‘As the (Attire 1) is in use, would you like to equip the (Red lancer sword)?’ ‘(YES) or (NO)’ I quickly pressed on ‘Yes’ button and the ‘Red lancer sword’ appeared in my hand. At the same time, everyone stopped laughing and the bald guy made his move by trying to grab Armelia, with his right hand. This was my chance. I reacted quickly, and I activated the ‘Stealth’ skill and the ‘Quick sword slash’ ability. From his right side, I slashed my sword towards the neck of the bald guy. Because he is using his right arm to grab Armelia, he has created a blind spot for himself. And as he is focused on grabbing Armelia, the chances of him noticing me are very less. Plus, I have activated the ‘Stealth’ skill. Which increases my chance of sneak attacking him. My speed was fast, but somehow the bald was able to react and I missed the chance to behead him. Maybe as a reflex, he ra
73- Reinforcements are here 2 ‘ding’ ‘Since the (Stamina) stat has increased to 250. The hidden ability related to (Stamina) stat, has been upgraded.’ ‘Fatigue Limit has been increased by 500.’ I ignored these messages because I feel that no matter how much frustrated I get; it is of no use. And due to this, the hidden ability related to the ‘Stamina’ stat which got upgraded did not make me much excited. Putting this matter behind. Normally, it would be difficult or maybe practically impossible for me to kill the bald guy, but I took the opportunity when he was distracted, to attack him and the stats boost that I received because of the ‘Red Lancer sword’ and ‘Wind Walker’ also played a vital help. Although I failed to kill him in the starting, but when he lost his limbs, his fighting spirit was almost gone and he even failed to fight till the last end and got beheaded easily. The Demi-human stage guy who dodged the fake attack that I made, seeing me kill the bald gu
74- Reinforcements are here 3 I sighed inwardly and opened the status window. . Name: Orochi Race: Human Rank: G Level: 46/100 Exp: 3650/4600 Title: Chef (Apprentice) Condition: Poisoned Stats: (Available Free Stats Points: 520) HP: 6740/7640 MP:760/2220 Strength: 331 Agility: 367 Defense: 272 Resistance: 56 Sense: 281 Stamina: 260 ------ Fatigue: 1823/3400 Intelligence: 242 Charm: 25 (can be increased with Free Stats Points, but won’t increase when leveling up) Vitality: 4 (cannot be increased with Free Stats Points) Luck: 8 (cannot be increased with Free Stats Points) ------------------------ Skills: Observation Lvl 4 ----------------------- Jobs: Thief. ----------------------- ‘Thief job skills’ Stealth Lvl 4, Sprint Lvl 3, Spying Lvl 1, Disarm Traps Lvl 1, Pick Lock Lvl 1 ------------------------ Titles: Marathon Runner (Rookie) - Unequipped ----------------------- Wardrobe: Attire 1
75- Mughur Hunting Group The old man and the burly guy rode their respective monsters at a slow pace and as they were getting closer to me, I tried to think of getting out of this situation. My instincts were telling me that these guys are 100% related to the dead bald guy. But even after racking my brain, I only came to one conclusion. That is – only a miracle can save me right now. And if there is no miracle, then getting this system and earning so many ‘Free stat points’ is like - wasting my whole life earning money but suddenly due to some disease or accident, I lost my life and all the wealth is either transferred to my inheritors or taken by the government. Finally, the two monsters stopped. The old man and the burly guy got down from the monsters and they looked at the dead bald guy. One of the men under the dead bald guy approached the two guys (The old man and the burly guy) and he quickly kneeled on the ground and spoke, “Leader, please kill this bastard, he is