20 Chapter 9: Physical Stats (1/2)
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With the moon's luminescence, Magnus opened the booklet and started to flip through it.
It had only a few pages, but each was was filled with enlightening information, though what caught his attention the most was the technique itself.
He read the booklet a couple of times to ensure a complete understanding of the technique and to avoid making unnecessary errors.
He calmed his nerves down from his excitement, and then tried the technique out, following the book's instructions. As he breathed in and out just like the book said, nothing happened at first and for a while, it stayed like that, then suddenly his stomach gnarled up forming a pit inside.
Hunger! Endless hunger hit Magnus like a truck. It ravaged him. It was so painful that he felt as if he was devoured from the inside out. He knew he was in trouble when he felt like vomiting, which was so contradictory and odd, but still, bile rose in his throat which he forcefully suppressed.
Magnus knew he had to do something, or else he might just die like this. Suppressing the pain he quickly got up from his bed and then ran over to the pantry, food was the only thing on his mind, and he hoped that it would be his saving grace.
Nobody was awake at this hour of the night, so he safely made his way to the pantry unheeded, unseen, and undisturbed. He rammed the door opened, and without much thought started devouring the food like a glutton
”Are you okay, Magnus?” Codex asked after Magnus finished stuffing himself with food.
”I am much better now,” he replied as he patted his belly and tried to loosen the food stuck in his teeth. ”Though I do not know why, I just got attacked by a wave of hunger while I was practicing the technique.”
”So, you have no clue at all, huh?” Codex asked in a bland tone; at this question, Magnus should have known that Codex was taking this conversation somewhere.
However, he remained clueless and answered back in a pure, honest tone, ”No, not really. Do you think it was Soykan and his crew, perhaps they gave me some faulty shit.”
Codex shook her head in chagrin, ”You will surely make a fine conspiracy theorist one day, Magnus. Did you try reading the whole book?”
At this question, he looked at her awkwardly while scratching the back of his head; he was too engrossed with the technique itself, making him neglect the other information inside the booklet.
”I thought so,” Codex said in a belittling tone.
”Anyways, I hope you learned your lesson,” Codex added, in a serious tone.
All Magnus could do was hang his head, since this time he was truly in the wrong.
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”Well, there have been some changes in your body,” she said while showing him the scan results.
[Scanning Complete]
[Physical Stats Available]
[Module Units Identified:
Strength: 3.96
Endurance: 4.31
Agility: 5.94(5.37)
Dexterity: 5.43(5.09)
Vitality: 4.54
Durability: 3.71
]
”Wow,” Magnus said dumbly, short of words to describe how he felt while looking at the screen that appeared right before his very eyes.
”Yep, it's pretty amazing, Codex said smugly. Then as an afterthought Codex asked, ”Do you like it?”
”Yeah,” he responded offhandedly and then added in a haughty tone that he knew would upset Codex. ”I must say you finally have some use!”
Codex seethed at his comment, the insults and curses that left her mouth, later on, could literally shock a fair maiden to death
Although he would never think of her wrongly, she was feeling quite useless in this world without a single gadget or technology.
”Alright calm down, Codex, I was only joking,” Magnus said as he suppressed a chuckle.
”Anyways, could you explain it? I do have an idea of what it means, but I would be better if you clarify it since you are the mastermind behind it.”
Codex humfed like some noblewoman, Magnus could only imagine she would have been ruffling her feathers if she could.
Nevertheless, Codex took up the task, but it wasn't without a bit of retaliation. ”Considering that you are a numbskull, you wouldn't have understood this complicated scans I have come up with. Since we are in a fantasy-like world, I came up with the idea of using the RPG attributes system.
First, there is Strength- it measures how physically strong you are. This attribute includes how much you can carry, the extent of physical damage you can cause.
Second, is Endurance- it measures sustainability. This attribute includes how long you can exert yourself, stave off fatigue, and remain active.
Third is Agility- it measures how agile you are. This attribute includes the ability to accelerate, decelerate, stabilize, and change directions.
Fourth is Dexterity- it measures how quick you are. This attribute includes reflexes, balance, coordination, and evading.
Fifth is Vitality- it measures how resilient you are. This attribute includes recovery, health, and life.
Finally, there is Durability- it measures how sturdy you are. This included natural armor and resistances.”
Magnus nodded his head along as Codex explained each attribute, ”So, what does my attributes mean?”
”Well,” Codex responded with a smile, ”You are a child, so your attributes are quite low. 1-5 is below normal, 6-10 is normal with 10 being the peak of an average adult, and anything above that is athletics.”
Magnus looked back at the screen, all his attributes except for agility and dexterity where below normal. All Magnus could do was sigh, it sucked being a child again, and especially a poor, underfed one at that.
”Anyway, what do those numbers besides agility and dexterity mean?” Magnus asked, already moving on to the next question, as he put aside his frustration. Just like his last life, he was sure that he can work out and get his attributes back to a good place.
”Those numbers on the side are your old stats,” Codex answered. Then still in her resentful attitude, she added. ”If you have read the booklet completely instead of just focusing on the technique itself, you would have known that this technique has a major focus on agility and a minor focus on dexterity.”
Magnus rolled his eyes; women can truly be unforgiving and unforgetting lot. ”I have to say this technique is honestly magical! Correct me if I am wrong but this does boosts my metabolism which helps in using the energy to enhancing my body, right?”
Codex gave an affirmative yes as an answer, and Magnus whistled in amazement once his theory was supported. ”So that means as long as I practice this technique my agility and dexterity will infinitely grow! Dang!”
Codex snorted in derision, ”Once again if you had read the book, completely you would know that is not true. There will be a limit that you will hit and you can't advance from. Also, as a side note, you will not necessarily be gaining advancement as quickly as today. This is only a first time thing, you will be advancing at a much slower pace from now on.”
At Codex's words, Magnus's exuberance was dampened, though the slow advancement was a blessing in disguise since he wouldn't be needing as much food as he needed right now.
He knew there wouldn't have been going through these highs and lows if he had just read the book completely, and that was exactly what he voiced out. ”Man, I really need to read that book.”
”You think?” Codex asked in a sarcastic tone.