Releasing a slow breath, Alan walked closer to the wall and slid against it until he was sitting back down as he opened his status menu, the holographic screen appearing before him as it floated there in the air.
[ Status Menu ]
[ Name: Alan Walker ]
[ Race: Human 88% / Elf 12% ]
[ Gender: Male ]
[ Level 28 ] [ Experience Points: 155000 / 500000 ]
[ MP : 244/244 ]
[ S.P.E.C.I.A.L ]
[ S: 4 ] > [ S: 5 ]
[ P:3 ] > [ P: 4 ]
[ E: 6 ]
[ C: 10 ]
[ I: 10 ]
[ A: 7 ]
[ L: 10 ]
[ Abilities: ]
[ Talents: Faint Nature Attunement ( Level 1 ) ]
[ Perks: Elf ]
[ Coins: 6420 Silver Coins ]
[ Normal Stats ]
[ Strength: 60/250 ]
[ Perception: 0/200 ]
[ Endurance: 20/300 ]
[ Charisma: 15/500 ]
[ Intelligence: 15/500 ]
[ Agility: 20/350 ]
[ Luck: 3/500 ]
[ Normal Stat Points Left: 0 ]
[ Skills: Observation, Mana Perception. ]
'Not bad… thought im curious… when I reached a certain level… the experience points needed for the levels after it stopped increasing? Is there a reason to it? I mean… It's not like im complaining… it's just… weird.' Alan thought to himself curiously as he looked over at his level, he had already decided that he would leave after reaching level thirty, whilst his status screen hadn't changed much, or atleast it looked like it hadn't… if he had to guess, he could defeat atleast five of his past selves at the same time if he fought them currently.
'The increase in strength… it's a lot more sizeable than I thought it would be, maybe because my other stats like intelligence and Charisma and Luck are stats that I don't really notice, but the strength… its quantifiable, and so is the perception and endurance aswell as agility.' Alan thought as he remembered to his will, something that he related to endurance, at first he had thought that endurance simply made him more durable and whilst it did indeed seem to do that, that wasn't what he was using it mostly for.
'The will to endure, its not just durability, its the endurance of the mind to keep pushing forwards… I'm not sure, I would have been able to keep on going if I was still the old me before the system.' He thought before releasing a sigh as he looked at the two stats he had upgraded.
Because he had stopped using the glasses and was instead in need of night vision goggles, he had felt the drastic drop to perception and thus had decided that an increase to atleast four perception would be better off than an increase to six strength atleast for the moment.
'Still, getting my strength to match my endurance and agility is still the priority. When that happens… I'll truly have a balanced body, that should let me bring out the most efficiency out of each stat, I can already notice it, how much better my speed and agility is working simply by raising strength.' He thought to himself before he turned and continued walking down the alley, he was close now, it wouldn't be long before he managed to finish his task of leveling up, he needed less than ten of the purple slimes and he would be able to reach the next level and then ten more after that would guarantee him the level thirty that he was after.
'Thankfully, I found out their weakness… though it did take me a while to, salt, just as i had theoriesed when i first entered this damned dungeon, the slimes have some qualities that are similar to slugs, salt dehidrates their body really quickly, it doesn't work at all on the viscous crimson slimes however and the efficiency against yellow ones is just average, but when used on the amethyst slime, it seems to be much more effective than normal, maybe because they're faster, they're more… liquidy in a way?' Alan thought as he scratched the back of his head with his hand before finally noticing another group of slimes in the distance.
A few minutes later, and a dozen slimes after.
[ Ding! ]
[ Ding! ]
[ Ding! ]
[ Ding! ]
…
Opening his status menu, and expecting to simply put his normal points in, Alan's eyes widened as he saw… he wasn't sure what it even was but he could guess.
[ Status Menu ]
[ Name: Alan Walker ]
[ Age: 18 ]
[ Race: Human 88% / Elf 12% ]
[ Gender: Male ]
[ Level 29 ] [ Experience Points: 0 / 2.5 Million. ] [ Evolution ] [ Yes / No ]
Right next to his level, a new line of text had appeared on the blue holographic screen, the words were simple, did he want to evolve or did he not want to evolve.
When he pressed Yes, the experience required shot up from five hundred thousand all the way to two and a half million experience points required. He could similarly chose no, and the experience required would lower back down.
'Is… just what would evolution do to me? I get what it is, and that I'll likely… become something that's even less of a human most likely but the main question is whether it will have any side effects to my daily life.' Alan thought as he rubbed the back of his head and released a sigh, the choice was infront of him however he wasn't sure wether he should do it now or wether he should wait until later on.
'I could… save it? I mean… I could gather the experience points and then simply not get the last part of the experience needed and wait for this entire mess that I'm in to just pass first. But then again… I need as much strength as I can get before fighting that bastard.' Alan thought as he came to a conundrum.
He had already changed once, physically and visually, the change was small but he was sure that his facial features had changed slightly and the most noticeable change that he currently possessed was the tipped ears on the sides of his head.
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Here's the first chap of the day.