Chapter 21: New attributes

[Aldril POV]

My attention was fixed on the [Attribute Points: 4] column.

Certainly, seeing the numbers made me very excited; after all, it has been two months since I transmigrated/recovered my memories or whatever.

This is the first time I've seen so many attribute points. The one attribute point I got from tiring was used to level up swordplay, which then evolved into [Wolf School Style LV1], which helped me quite a bit in the fight against the orcs.

"I'm pretty sure that the previous swordplay wouldn't have helped me much against the orcs," I thought as I took a look at my archery level.

Currently, I had it at level two. This skill had earned me the right to join the expedition and made me a very lethal archer.

Thinking back to the time when I almost died because of my arrogance brought about a temptation to level up my archery. If at level two I am very lethal, what will it be like when I go up to level three?

But in the end I cleared that idea from my head, as I need to level up my other attributes; I need to be balanced.

[Military Survival LV2] wasn't necessary for me to level it up, as it currently doesn't help me much. At level two I am more than capable of surviving in the wild.

The other skill, [Wolf School Style LV1], would be perfect for leveling up. Despite being very good at level one, I need more confidence and for sure with level two my skill will increase tremendously.

"I'm very good at a distance, but now I need to improve in close combat. The previous fight made me realize that without Gandalf's help I couldn't have defeated all those orcs and direwolves."

There are also the four main attributes: "strength" is easy to understand: it corresponds to physical strength.

The constitution is the characteristics that the body has and that determine my limits, so if at some point I reach my limit, this attribute will help me to overcome it.

Agility is also easy to understand. It corresponds to one's speed, attack speed and reaction speed.

As for mentality, it has to do with my mental health and my ability to resist temptation, as well as having control of my emotions.

"Leveling up to all four attributes would be very helpful."

My attention kept wandering between the columns of skills and attributes, thinking which one I would level up.

"I should level up archery, I'll need it to be able to kill Smaug," I said to myself as I had the system level up archery, but I was disappointed to see the following message:

[Insufficient skill points, five required].

"Crap, I figured as much. Apparently it won't be that easy to level up from level two to level three. In that case, I'll need to kill more orcs to get more attribute points. I'll raise my sword skill."

[Wolf School Style LV1] ---> [Wolf School Style LV2]

[Attribute points: 2]

The moment I leveled up, I could feel a warm current passing through my entire body. At that moment, new moves from the [Wolf School Style] came to mind.

As I went through the new moves that came to mind, I could glimpse as if it was a movie some the witchers fighting monsters and using these new moves along with some skills.

"So it doesn't make me stronger all at once. I need to practice these new moves and skills first in order to get stronger. In that case, I'll have to practice over the course of the trip."

It's understandable that this happened, since apparently this system is very different from the rest of the transmigrants. It doesn't give me a power pulled out of my ass at the drop of a hat and turn me into a superior being in a matter of seconds without practice or anything like that.

"Now I only have two points left."

After remembering what I'll be dealing with, I decided to level up the strength attribute, as this will help me kill tougher skinned beasts, such as trolls, more easily.

[Strength Attribute] ---> [Strength Attribute LV1]

[Skill Points: 1]

A pale white light flickered in the attribute column and once again a warm current was injected into my body. This time I could really feel a great strength, so by instinct I clenched my fist slightly and boy did it feel like a big difference.

Now I only had one point left, and what better than to raise agility, as it will increase my reaction time to evade and make me faster. Also, I could strengthen the speed with which I shoot arrows.

[Agility Attribute] ---> [Agility Attribute LV1].

[Skill Points: 0]

Another beam of light enveloped the attribute, and I could feel a small change in my body. This time I could feel a little lighter.

"It's a pity that so many skill points were spent just to level up the sword style, but now the main thing is to get stronger."

On this trip I could get more skill points. I was just hoping to get more before my impending encounter against Smaug.

In the end, my attributes looked like this:

[Name: Aldril]

[Race: Human/?]

[Attribute points: 0]

[Attribute: Strength LV1; Constitution+; Agility LV1; Mentality+]

[Skill: Universal Language; Military Survival LV2; Wolf School Style LV2; Archery LV2]

[Talent: Good Fingers (Special Skill)]

[World Scan: 0.45%]

Looking at the world exploration I was a bit surprised. I hadn't paid attention to it at first, but now it went up a level. Most likely it was because of my first encounter with orcs.

But seeing my skill points at zero almost made me let out a sigh of sadness, but feeling the improvements in my body and the new memories in my mind, the sadness turned to happiness and excitement.

Just when I had closed the system and was ready to get some rest, the voice of a dwarf made me open my eyes.

"Hey Aldril, the food is ready!", Bombur said to me.

Getting up and stretching a bit, I enjoyed the aroma that was beginning to spread. Certainly, the deer meat smelled very delicious.

The moment I took a step down, my feet felt slack and I slipped. Then, under the gaze of the others, I fell.

"Aldril, what are you doing?"

"Aldril, don't get so excited about the food."

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha."

A little embarrassed, I stood up and said, "My feet went numb." It was certainly embarrassing, I could even see how little Bilbo held in his laughter.

But as if karma wasn't content with just embarrassing me, Bombur, in the rush to eat, tripped over a backpack and his body fell on top of the still smiling Bofur. The funny thing was that Bombur's butt ended up on Bofur face.

"Haha/Haha." "Apparently Bofur is so hungry he wants to eat Bombur butt." The jeers were not long in coming.

"Certainly a cheerful atmosphere after a battle," I thought to then join in the laughter of the dwarves.

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"When the shadows of antiquity resurface, the twin swords will come together once more at the hands of those chosen by fate. The steel of Gondolin, forged with the fire of fallen stars, will awaken. In the union of blades, dormant power will be unleashed, bringing with it the light needed to face the growing darkness."