14 Chapter 13 (1/2)

When Leon woke up, he decided to do something different. He chose to mark on the nearby trees the number of days he had stayed on the island. It wasn't like because he felt like a prisoner in that place, but because he wanted something to remind him of his time lost on that island… he wanted something to give him a sense of urgency. Thus, he marked the tree where he built his shelter.

”One week, huh… Time sure flies.”

Congratulations! The skill Mental Fortitude has leveled up.

You obtained 01 status points.

It was weird to receive a notification at that moment, but that only showed to Leon that he was succeeding in not letting the situation get the better of him. Regardless, before anything else, he decided to finish his fish trap. He created a path large enough for a single fish pass with some difficulty, but once again, the moment he got too close, the fish jumped from the water toward him. Leon managed to fall back and avoid being hit by the fish and only saw the fish struggling near his feet again.

”Phew… that scared the crap out of me. Come to think of it… I didn't receive any notification after killing the first fish. I don't see a level in the screen, so I guess I can't level up, huh.”

However, Leon did notice a change when he brought a rock to smash that fish's head. He checked his status screen and saw the very moment that his coins increased. Now, he had four.

”Mmm? I had decided to forget this since there was no way I would be able to kill a monster… but I guess I can obtain coins while killing even those fish… but how can I use those coins?”

Leon tried to click on the coins and concentrate his vision in it, but nothing happened. That meant he had to find a place where he would use those coins. However, he wouldn't be able to use it on that island.

”I guess I will put this aside again.”

Maybe it could be useful later, but since it couldn't help Leon to leave that island, he decided to put that at the bottom of his list of priorities.

Now that Leon had found a way to increase his strength, he had also to find a way to make good use of that strength when the time comes. He considered a few possibilities; he could learn martial arts. Although he had no knowledge of how even punch properly, using the muscles of his back and things like that, he was pretty sure he would learn a skill related to it if he punches and kicks a tree a few times.

Congratulations! You have learned the skill: Martial Arts.