6 Who is the prey? (2/2)

It was written Eeqidi and a patch next to it was highlighted.

Lazar attributed the responsibility to the fact that he focused on the patch to justify the opening of a whole paragraph of description.

[Eeqidi ⠆Inuit folklore]

♦ Danger level ⠆E ★★★☆☆

♦ Description ⠆

The Eeqidi is an evil anthropophagous creature, he comes from the isolated and desert plains of eastern Greenland. its thick fur protected him from the polar climate that prevails there.

His doglike appearance serves to inspire confidence in humans and he will not hesitate to tear them apart as soon as they lower their guard.

Although it's particularly fond of surprise attacks, his strength and powerful jaw often give him the advantage against an enemy considered as dangerous as him.

'I already knew them, but it's still nice to have a more precise description. So I must kill monsters so that they appear in the bestiary, it's obvious given that I have no information on the monsters coming from the crater and that I only got this notification when I killed the Eeqidi. Also, It looks like the bestiary is ranked in ascending order of level of danger. The Eeqidi being of rank E ★★★☆☆, it's in the same place as lines with 3 question marks and the first lines begin with 1 question mark while the last lines have 5.'

The bestiary was already a satisfying discovery but the information he found there was less important than what followed.

'Let's go to the second page.'

'It's the page made to compare which has the biggest' was what he thought when he came across the page of 'ACHIEVEMENTS'.

This page is designed as a sort of ranking to know who had done what and in what order, apparently with rewards...

The layout of this page was the same as that of the bestiary with framed sections and letters above each of them.

What changed compared to the bestiary is that there are no lines with question marks, there are only lines with possible achievements and a cross on the same line if it has been completed.

There is also a patch on each line that doesn't flash and when you press it you can see a ranking indicating the name of each person having completed the achievement in chronological order.

Lazar's name was present in two rankings and he also noticed that only his reward was visible, not that of others.

♦ Kill a rank E monster ⠆⌧

• 2520th ⠆Lazar Sogorov.

• Reward ⠆awakening.

♦ Kill a rank E ★★★☆☆ monster ⠆⌧

• 3rd ⠆Lazar Sogorov.

• Reward ⠆+5 stat points.

'They put my birth name... it's going to be a problem.'

He didn't want to stay on this page for too long.

He just memorized the names of the two people who killed a rank E ★★★☆☆ monster before him and went to the next page since no one had killed stronger monsters yet.

'...A Status window.'

There was nothing really important to see here, apart from the confirmation that he had no personal skills and the number of experience points he had to earn to increase his level.

This is what he believed before seeing the number of energy points he has and the 'statistics' part.

There were 4 types of statistics and 10 stat points available to increase them, Lazar was almost tempted to thank the gods.

It was surely something definitive so to make his decision he took the time to read the definition of each statistic.

'Increasing my constitution will make me stronger, more enduring, more resistant and I will recover from injuries faster. Increasing my agility will make me faster, more flexible and will decrease my reaction time. Increasing my perception will allow me to improve my senses and increasing my energy attributes will allow me to have more energy points and increases the power of my skills.'

He knew that he shouldn't only think about the possibilities offered by each statistic.

'To make my choice, I must also take into account the problems I encountered against the Eeqidi. If he had hit me I would have died and it wasn't far from it when he managed to send blood to my face, so I have to greatly increase my constitution first. I will not much increase my agility and my perception since they're already pretty high and I'm also going to increase my energy stats a lot. I need to have a ranged attack and I can barely feel any energy. If I find myself having to fight against several opponents, for example, I have to be able to use the Energy slash. The bonus of energy points is also welcome since I don't know what this skill is worth, it would be nice if I can use it more than 3 times.'

It only took a few seconds for him to agree on the distribution of his stat points.

[Lazar Sogorov]

♦ Age ⠆18

♦ Level ⠆2 (0/300)

♦ Energy points ⠆(30/30)➞(51/51)

• Energy regeneration rate ⠆(1,1 points/min)➞(1,6 points/min)

♦ Evolution status ⠆Evolved human being

♦ Skills ⠆None

♦ Statistics ⠆[Stat points available ⠆0]

• Constitution ⠆7(-1) ➞ +5 ➞ 11

• Agility ⠆9(+1) ➞ +2 ➞ 12

• Perception ⠆9 ➞ +3 ➞12

• Energy ⠆5(+1) ➞ +5 ➞ 11

Lazar felt overwhelmed with power after he added his stat points.

But he kept in mind that this was just the beginning and that in the bestiary there were several columns after E.

'The Eeqidi shouldn't even be a bigger threat than a gnat compared to these monsters and in my current state, neither do I.'

He finally decided to clean his face with his t-shirt.

He grabbed his bag and put the blade back into its scabbard after wiping it on the Eeqidi's fur.

Then he opened his eyes and headed for the car where the corpse was.