29 New features (2/2)
'Like it was the kind of details that would teach you more about me.' After a moment Lazar ends up spitting only the tail of his apple on the lawn of one of the neighbors, that moment gave him time to think about several questions he could ask Amandla before they reached an area where they would have to be discreet.
”What are the other features?”
”There is only one other, the shop, basically you can exchange skills and equipment in exchange for contribution points. It's super expensive, I still can't buy anything yet, but at least the contribution point system is much fairer than that of experience points.”
'Contribution points, another thing to which I'm not yet entitled.'
”What do you mean by fairer?”
”For a rank E ★☆☆☆☆ monster you gain 50 experience points, 75 for a rank E ★★☆☆☆ and 150 for a rank E ★★★☆☆ it's unfair when you think of the difference in strength between each rank. Personally, it was quite easy to gain experience, I was in a district infested with goblins, monsters of rank E ★☆☆☆☆. They are stupid, small and are armed only with knives which they can't throw effectively so they aren't dangerous from a distance. All I had to do is posted myself on the roof of a van, attracted them one by one, and kill them, it's in no way comparable to what we will fight now. The contribution points for example will take into account the fact that you are fighting against a group, the difference in strength between your opponent and you, lots of stuff like that.”
'Seen like this it looks like the experience point system favors people who didn't know how to fight before the Apocalypse. They can just kill weak monsters and level up quickly while people like me bust their asses by killing stronger monsters and ultimately gain fewer experience points.'
”Amandla, you really are a fraud.”
”Stop complaining, if everything goes according to plan we'll be pretty much at the same stage at the end of the day.” The goal of the day was for Lazar to get his class.
”Yeah, well, I'm going to teach you something too, I hope you're not afraid of heights.”
”As long as I know I'm not going to die when falling I'm fine.” Amandla and Lazar had left Fenno Street for a few minutes now and had arrived in front of the building to climb before starting to move through the roofs.
Lazar had one last question before going up, because after that they agreed that they had to stay silent, ”I've seen that you don't have any arrows, I guess in a way you generate them with your energy, don't you?”
”Yes, you will see that my way of fighting is undoubtedly very different from yours. My arrows cost me a lot of energy points so I rarely use my skills and I prefer to shoot little but right on target rather than finding myself defenseless.” It was a big weakness, Lazar was all the more surprised that Amandla reveals it to him.
”We're going to climb.” It was a brick wall about twenty feet high, the space between the grooves of each row made the ascension not too complicated.
Amandla stared at the wall, put her bow in her inventory then turned her back at the wall and put herself in the position of giving a leg-up to Lazar, ”I have a better idea.”
Lazar wasn't against it if she had the strength to propel him, ”I warn you, I won't come back down if you can't climb.”
”Don't worry.” Said Amandla confident in herself.
Lazar shrugged, took a few steps back then sprinted towards Amandla. She propelled him in full synchronization with his jump and he found himself without a problem at the top of the building. He waited for Amandla to join him before setting off, which she did after only a few tens of seconds of climbing.
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Amandla was doing very well, she easily followed Lazar through higher and higher roofs. To start he told himself that it was better to choose one of the least dangerous areas and then become more ambitious if he saw that his body was holding the shock and that Amandla was as strong as he thought, but barely halfway, she suddenly caught up with him and pulled on the sleeve of his t-shirt.
”What?” He whispered paying her full attention, seeing how seriously she had behaved he knew she wouldn't disturb him for anything.
”We've been discovered, we're being followed from a distance.”