24 Monster? (2/2)

That day, Dorian grew tired. He looked at his status, but no condition other than Hypothermia appeared.

Dorian got up, shaking the snow off himself. He took off his mask, his robe, his boots, his daggers, his bracers and his gloves, and put everything in his Spacial Bag.

The snow was cold, his bare feet in direct contact with it, and it felt good. His strength dwindled, but then he felt a little bit stronger. He looked at his attributes, and saw the problem. Basic abilities could upgrade an attribute until it reached 15.

And when he took everything off, his strength became 13. Before, because it was above 15, he didn't get the upgrade, but now that he took everything off, it went up to 15, which means his Strength would grow to 23 when he put everything back on. But that wasn't all, because he also upgraded his Basic Dagger Mastery to Adept Dagger Mastery, adding one more point for both Strength and Agility.

So his status became the following:

[Boring Guy]

[Race: Human]

[Title: Butcher]

[HP: 160/160]

[MP: 130/130]

[Strength: 16 (24)]

[Agility: 17-1 (19-1)] Take 1 away because of ailment

[Vitality: 16]

[Intelligence: 13]

[Perception: 16 (20)]

[Skill: Kidney Strike, Fade, Force Share]

[Ability:

[Basic Swordsmanship (Level 3/10)]

[Basic Hand to Hand Combat (Level 10/10)]

[Adept Dagger Mastery (Level 1/10)]

[Basic Sneak (Level 10/10)]

[Basic Throwing Mastery (Level 8/10)]

[Basic Movement Mastery (Level 10/10)]

[Basic Ice Resistance (Level 5/10)]

[Basic Fire Resistance (Level 2/10)]

[Basic Runemaster (Level 3/10)]

[Adept Meditation (Level 3/10)]

[Condition: -Hypothermia: Cold energy has infiltrated your body. Agility dropped by 1. If left untreated, the drop of attributes will worsen with time.]

[Equipment: …]

For his attributes, the ones within brackets were his attributes with his equipment on, and the other were his natural attributes.

Dorian was surprised by his level 3 meditation, because upgrading by even one level an Adept skill seemed impossible through experience alone, and yet he had advanced by two here.

But looking at the nature of the ability, his deep grief was probably what pushed it to its limits and allowed it to be upgraded. It was the same with other skills, making practical use of them was the best way to gain experience.

As for the reason why his Agility didn't go up earlier, Dorian decided to put it on the Dreamland's manager because he really wasn't in the mood to think who could have made that mistake. (Definitely not the godly author...)

But Dorian wished he hadn't gained those two levels, he would rather have not done what he did.

As for the reason why his Agility didn't go up earlier, Dorian decided to put it on the Dreamland's manager because he really wasn't in the mood to think who could have made that mistake. (Definitely not the godly author…)

For today, Dorian decided he would rest. No Butcher today. Today, there was only Dorian, the lost soul who just arrived in Dark City.