Chapter 6 (1/2)

More notifications awaited Randidly as he awoke once more.

Congratulations! Farming is now Lvl 4.

Congratulations! Farming is now Lvl 5.

Congratulations! Farming is now Lvl 6.

Congratulations! Farming is now Lvl 7.

Congratulations! Farming is now Lvl 8.

Congratulations! You have learned the skill Plant Breeding Lvl 1.

Congratulations! Plant Breeding is now Lvl 2.

“So many levels…? And Plant Breeding…?” Randidly muttered, rubbing his eyes. His original berry bushes were now approaching a point where they would produce berries leafy and healthy looking. There were thin sprouts from the first six of the holes, the 3 nuts and 3 bananas. But disappointingly, the final three showed no change.

Well anyway, there was still a lot to do.

First Randidly took stock of his supplies. He had about a dozen of each color of the crystal, 30 nuts, 25 bananas, and some weird bread and dried meat from the person who killed the snake. That was probably enough to keep him going for a few days, giving him time to spend all his effort on grinding out his skills to increase his chance of survival.

Next, he went to his path screen. He currently had 9 PP, and used 4 of them to finish off the M. Supp Path. As expected, he received 2 M. Supp Points and then 2 free stat points, which he put into Control and Vitality respectively.

Then he examined the completion notification.

Congratulations! You have completed the M. Supp Path! +2 to all M. Supp stats, +1 M. Supp point per level. You have learned the skill Meditation Lvl 1!

Meditation: Allows user to enter into focused state, increasing regeneration by 1% per skill level. May be knocked out of meditation by disturbances. Increasing skill level allows more actions to be done while meditation.

“Small now, but… There is a lot of potential there. I wonder if it stacks with the safe room bonus…?”

Then Randidly put the remaining 5 into the Risk Taker path. Much to his disappointment, the first 4 PPs did nothing. Only the 5th and final gave him hope.

Congratulations! You have earned +1 all stats.

He figured it made sense that as he continued, it would get harder to get individual stats. But rewards every five, and likely the completion reward, would still be worth it.

Randidly also got a better sense of some of the stats. Perception really did make his eyes and ears more sensitive, and the tiny boosts in reactions he received enabled him to respond more quickly to things.

The boost to Int made his mana bolt slightly more bright and powerful, and it also now seemed to travel farther before dissipating, which Randidly suspected was the increase in his wisdom. The large boost to M. Supp he had received let him determine that while control made his accuracy with spells better, Focus decreased the casting time. It only took around 5 seconds to channel the energy for the spell now, which was much shorter, but also too long in terms of what it would require to use mid battle.

So, for the next two days, Randidly threw himself into grinding.

He planned it out well. In the mornings, he would jog, sprint, and do push ups, interspersing that Mana Bolts.  Then he would take a meal, and spend several hours grinding heavy blow, practicing slashing the small tree, which seemed to be growing rapidly, with the dagger, leaving long scratches.

It even earned him the Dagger Mastery Skill.

In the evening, Randidly alternated between using Iron Skin and shooting Mana Bolts, and Meditating.

For two day this continued, Randidly ignoring the notifications and instead just continuing to grind. He realized he might miss out on some marginal benefits by turning in PPs for stats now, but he ignored that. Better to not let anything distract them.

At the end of the second day, while he ripped away at some of the dried jerky he had taken from the dead body, Randidly considered his gains.

Farming Lvl 8 had increased to Lvl 11

Running Lvl 5 had increased to Lvl 7

Sprinting Lvl 3 had increased to Lvl 6

Physical Fitness Lvl 3 had increased to Lvl 10

Mana Bolt Lvl 2 had increased to Lvl 7

Heavy Blow Lvl 2 had increased to Lvl 9

Iron Skin Lvl 3 had increased to Lvl 6

Dagger Mastery Lvl 1 had increased to Lvl 5

Meditation Lvl 1 had increased to Lvl 4

Equip Lvl 2 had increased to Lvl 7

All in all, he had earned 42 PP, which might have been more than the amount he had used to this point. Initially, he was intimidated by that number, because he didn’t have enough paths, but two things soothed his thoughts. First, when Physical Fitness Reached Lvl 10, he unlocked the Basic Fitness Path, which would require 20 PP to finish.

2nd, the notification at the end of the path completion made him think there was some secret to paths.

Continue using paths to explore this world! Remember, there will always be a path open to you.