10 Hunting

[Short Spear - Quality: Low]

[Attack - Piercing - 3]

[Durability - 4/4]

[Leather Chestguard - Quality: Common]

[Defense - 7]

'Even worse than I thought', the spear was clearly worse than the one he bought, the chestguard was a welcome addition, but the duplicate cultivation technique was like rubbing salt in his wounds.

Jim lamented at his bad luck, 'Wait, can this be considered bad luck? I got something worth 1000 points, if I hadn't bought the same technique earlier i'd be jumping for joy', "Status"

[Name: Jim Garrett]

[Species: Human]

[Level: 0]

[Experience: 1/10]

[Stats]

[Skills: Cooking Lv. 8, Appraisal Lv. 2, Focus Lv. Max, Reading Lv. Max, Fear Resistance Lv. 6, Willpower Lv. Max, Mental Corruption Resistance Lv. 6, Nausea Resistance Lv. Max, Distant Reading Lv. Max, Parallel Processing Lv. 3, Reiki Healing Technique Lv. 4, Copper Body Outer Technique Lv. 1, Jade Crane Inner Technique Lv. 1, Snow Treading Steps Lv. 1, Lower Dark Fist Technique Lv. 1, Iron Gut Lv. 1]

[System Functions Unlocked: Log, Status, Shop, Skill Assist, Cooking Assist, Level Up, Improved Rest, Stat Allocation, Inventory Lv. 2]

"Just 1 experience point? I had to stab it five times though!", 'Well, I suppose it was rather slow...', 'Wait...if I tried this without training my strength...?' A chill ran down Jim's spine, the vitality of these zombies isn't normal, a regular person would have to spend hours hacking away at one to put it down.

'Okay, this is doable' After putting on the new chestguard, Jim continued on down the broken city street, he was intent on leveling up today. 'There's another one!'

He headed towards the shambling shadow, a quick stab to the head caused the creature to go limp, 'it seems hitting the brain causes some sort of paralysis', four more stabs were applied.

[Spearmanship Skill Obtained]

[Surprise Attack Skill Obtained]

[Congratulations Host For Defeating Rank 1 Zombie x 1, 5 Points Awarded]

[Low Quality Magic Stone, Energy: 8]

Scooping up the stone he continued on, these zombies weren't hard to find, they just wandered around in the open, he had to get close before they reacted to him at all. Jim's stride became more confident, just walking up and taking them down, six more were defeated in a short timespan, he was rounding a corner when suddenly a corpse came at him from around the bend, before he could react it had grabbed his left arm and bit down.

"Ugh!" Jim reflexively pulled back, but the zombie's grip was tight like a boa constrictor, he couldn't get away, forcibly calming himself down he ignore the pain and lifted his arm, then stabbing out with the spear in his right hand, the zombie's head was hit and it let go, he furiously stabbed it repeatedly until the notification appeared, then took a look at his arm.

Luckily the Armguard did its job, the zombie's teeth didn't penetrate, but his arm was still throbbing from the grip it had him in, that was scary!

[Pain Resistance Skill Obtained]

[Physical Attack Resistance Skill Obtained]

[Spearmanship Level Up]

[Spearmanship Has Reached Level 3]

[Congratulations Host For Defeating Rank 1 Zombie x 1, 5 Points Awarded]

[Low Quality Magic Stone, Energy: 11]

After a round of heavy breathing, Jim forced himself to calm down, he decided to be more cautious while moving forward, he only has this one life, he wasn't ready to lose it. He took the armguard off his left arm to take a look, his arm was swollen and bruised, seems the constriction was even worse than he thought, these guys are no joke, seriously though, why do they only give 1 exp!?

Jim started executing Reiki and directing it at his arm, the pain and swelling were reduced and the bruises seemed to have faded slightly, he put the armguard back on and decided to continue forward. He had sworn to himself to level up today and he was going to do it!

Heading forward, he spotted two zombies next to each other, this was the first time he would be getting into a group fight, he collected himself and went at them. Stab! That's one down, the other closed in, Another Stab! 'huh...easier than I thought.' and like that, his first group fight ended anticlimactically.

[Congratulations Host For Defeating Rank 1 Zombie x 2, 11 Points Awarded]

[Low Quality Magic Stone, Energy: 8]

[Low Quality Magic Stone, Energy: 9]

[Level Up! Jim Garrett Is Now Level 1!]

Jim felt a sudden intense surge of power welling up inside him, he felt amazing! "Status!"

[Name: Jim Garrett]

[Species: Human]

[Level: 1]

[Experience: 1/15]

[Stats]

[System Functions Unlocked: Log, Status, Shop, Skill Assist, Cooking Assist, Level Up, Improved Rest, Stat Allocation, Inventory Lv. 2]

Jim pressed Stats, excited for what changes may have shown up.

[Strength: 97]

[Dexterity; 90]

[Vitality: 105]

[Agility: 96]

[Magic: 13]

[Stat Points: 10]

'Alright, not bad!' Jim didn't want to use up the stat points just yet after recalling that there were additional stats he could invest into. Seeing one of his stats cross the three digit mark made him feel giddy, he started off in the single digits, the lower end at that, substantially increasing himself had become his life's goal before he knew it.

'Time to head home, I guess', Jim raised his hand and said "Illusion Break!" Nothing happened...he felt embarassed, he willed Illusion Barrier to end it's effect and found himself back in his room. The oppressive atmosphere and tension now gone, Jim was like a deflated balloon, he didn't even think about training or eating, he just undressed and crawled into bed.

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