Chapter 4 - Level 3 [ part 2 ]. Character point? Skill point? (1/2)

After the meal has finished, we started to get up and follow one of the Weasley brothers. I think his name is Percy. Based on what he said, we were going to the Gryffindor room.

We had to go through some weird stuff. Ghost, live paintings, moving armors and some nasty poltergeist called Peeves. When I was going with Hagrid, I did not pay any attention to what was around me and honestly, we were in a hurry. But now, when I looked at everything it looked so chaotic and dynamic, due to movement everywhere.

Thankfully, Percy used some shortcuts and we reached our destination pretty fast. Most of the first-years here were tired and wanted to sleep. I can understand them, after all, they were up the whole day and had to go through sorting, being anxious and nervous can be taxing for your brain. Pretty soon, I found my room with a bed. I was fortunate enough to get a sole room.

Maybe that is because I came without invitation and in the original script all the students had a pair? Honestly, no idea. Anyway, I lied in bed and started thinking about all that happened today. It was a very hectic day for me. I died, came here, got the system, was screwed by it and saved by it. And I got a notification about a level up.

'What level up gives me, system?'

[It allows you to pick characteristics you want to improve by a margin and one skill point.]

'Characteristic? Can you tell which ones I can improve and what they affect?'

[Three main characteristics are Health, Magicka and Stamina. Improving Health will improve your health conditions. The overall work of your organism will improve, and your lifespan will increase. It also removes or mitigates negative conditions, based on their severity.]

'Wow, this is pretty overpowered, isn't it? By upgrading it I can technically live forever?'

[Yes, but increase margin is small due to the wide application of the characteristic.]

'That makes sense. What about Magicka then?'

[Increases your talent for magical arts.]

'So, it means, understanding books about magic and spells will become easier?'

[Indeed, it will.]

'And, because the application is so small, the effect should be very noticeable?'

[It will give you a percentage increase in talent. It will increment your talent by 1% of your own talent.]

'Um... Actually, that is not much and...'

At that moment, one thought came to my mind and I had to ask the system.

'You've said by 1% of my own talent. But if I have increased it previously and now improving it again. Will it increase by 1% of original talent or 1% of the already improved talent?'

[Second option. The more you increase your talent, the bigger that increase gets.]

'That is great! Now, what about the stamina?'

[Stamina is responsible for your physical and mental fortitude.]

'Elaborate please.'

[Higher stamina means your body can go through more physical or mental obstacles and tire slower in the process. You will have more energy and can work longer without resting.]

'You said both mental and physical? Does it mean, that by increasing stamina I can increase my perseverance and work harder without getting lazy?'

[Both yes and no. You will not get a decrease in your laziness. However, you will have increased energy reserves and a more active thinking process. So, it will be easier to do mental or physical work. Thus, it was called 'Stamina'.]

'All 3 characteristics are great. One can allow me to have better health. Second increases my talent and make it easier to study and practice, while the third one makes me kinda more hardworking and livelier. Hm... Hard choice. And actually, about choice, how do I level up?'

[Each time you improve one of the skills you get experience. Experience is used to get level-ups. After getting enough experience to level up, notification ' Level Up' will pop.]

'So, where and how do I spend the experience?'

[In skills menu. Just think 'skills progress' and 'Skills' menu will appear.]

'Skills progress.'

〖Skills〗

As soon as that line appeared, my eyesight went dark for a moment. What I saw afterward was a night sky full of stars. Some of those stars have combined into constellations, with dull gray lines connecting stars inside of those constellations. Then I noticed that most of the sky was somewhat dark and muddy. Not because it did not have stars, but more like some dark fog was covering it.

'What is that dark fog?'

[Skills that you have not discovered yet, are hidden. You need to experience skills on your own before the system starts helping you with them.]