Lethal walks around taking in the cool night air exploring the dark streets looking for a place to spend the night, his armor making slight clinking sounds with every step.
Facepalming, he grumbles, "Seriously what was I thinking? Why did I have to get sent to this world, I haven't watched the anime in years and only know some spoilers from TYBW, plus I am a lot weaker than I expected against hollow. If I meet one strong person here and they consider me a threat I wouldn't even know how I died."
He taps the red orb in his chest and looks at his system, trying to figure out how he can get stronger and recount his previous experience in battle.
[Name: Lethal Jagged Edge Spine
Age: 24 years
Sanity: 100%
Corruption: 0.002%
Health 86/100
Magic 10/10
Experience (50/1000)
Money ($20)
Souls (0)
Level 1
Strength 20 (+ 20 sword)
Defense 5 (divides damage)
EP 306
Skills- locked
Swordsman skills - costs 100 ep increase strength by 20 points
Elemental spells- Locked costs 100 ep to unlock increases max mp by 10 and unlocks all elemental spells
Arcane spells – locked costs 100 ep to unlock increases max mp by 10 and unlocks arcane spells
Demonic magic- locked costs 250 ep to acquire increases magic by 10 mp
Transformations- locked requirements not met to unlock them]
Mumbling to himself, "So I couldn't block that last attack because I didn't have the guard skill available to me, and it actively fought against me to make that move."
Looking at the swordsmanship skill he ponders, surely the skill would be under here, right? Plus, the bonus strength would be very useful right now.'
He looks at his limited ep points and immediately spends 100 ep to unlock it.
The feeling of hundreds of tiny worms squirming beneath his armor as he feels his strength rapidly increases.
When the feeling finally fades a new panel under the swordsmanship opens.
[Swordsman skill unlocked strength increases by 20 points
Guard – costs 50 ep to unlock blocks a single attack cost 5 mp per use
Slash- costs 100 ep to unlock creates a charged slash that has a chance to stun their opponent costs 10 mp to use (requires guard to be unlocked first)
Double slash- Costs 200 ep to unlock doubles damage costs 20 mp to use (requires slash to be unlocked first)]
He collapses against a cold concrete wall in a nearby alleyway, the armor clinking soflty against the surface.
As he processes the strange new sensation of strength in his body, he opens the system panel to take a better look at his skills.
He speaks quietly, "So that happened."
Looking at the new skills he can acquire he tries planning his next move. "So, guard is a must have skill but seriously I can only use it twice before my mp runs out? And if I get slash, I would only be able to use it once with what I have."
He looks at the costs at unlocking the other skills and thinks, 'I can invest in either increasing my max mp and unlocking slash at another time when I have enough or give myself the tactical chance of stunning my opponents now, but risk not being able to block attacks afterwards.'
Thinking about how he could've had a better chance fighting the hollow if he could've stunned it he decides to unlock guard and strike first.
Spending 50 ep points a squirming sensation in his head like worms burrowing into his skull, the sensation only lasts a moment and disappears as quickly as it had appeared.
He shakily speaks "That felt so wrong." Shuddering after the experience but feels new knowledge and a cool flow of unknown energy flowing through his body now.
"Come on one more time." He spends a 100 ep for the strike skill and feeling of worms burrowing into his skull happens again with greater intensity. It lasts but a moment but feels like an eternity.
He just lies there against the cold wall for a moment gasping for breath his armor rapidly rising and falling as he recovers from the intense feeling.
Slowly he gets up and groans, "Why did that feel worse than when the hollow hit me?"
He taps the red orb again to see all the changes.
[Name: Lethal Jagged Edge Spine
Age: 24 years
Sanity: 100%
Corruption: 0.002%
Health 86/100
Magic 10/10
Experience (50/1000)
Money ($20)
Souls (0)
Level 1
Strength 40 (+ 20 sword)
Defense 5 (divides damage)
EP 56
Skills- partially locked
Swordsman skills - unlocked increase strength by 20 points
Guard costs 5mp to use blocks one attack Slash costs 10mp to use and chance to stun an enemy Double slash costs 10mp to use and does double damage (Costs 200 ep to unlock)
Elemental spells- Locked costs 100 ep to unlock increases max mp by 10 and unlocks all elemental spells
Arcane spells – locked costs 100 ep to unlock increases max mp by 10 and unlocks arcane spells
Demonic magic- locked costs 250 ep to acquire increases magic by 10 mp
Transformations- locked requirements not met to unlock them]
He looked pleased and yet tired from the ordeal but begins his walk into the night for a place to stay.
Eventually he reaches an abandoned building near the outskirts of town. Looks like a more traditional small Japanese house with the ceiling tiles broken, some holes in the wall and some moss growing on various portions on the house.
Taking a deep breath, he mumbles. "Well, this will have to do."
He heads inside the floor making some dangerous creaking sounds under his steps, he looks around noticing numerous holes in the floors, walls, and ceiling, with the scent of decay.
He eventually finds a room that's slightly more intact than the rest of the house and sits down against a wall resting his sword on his shoulder.
As he drifts to sleep, he thinks to himself, 'I am going to have to let tomorrow's me handle whatever happens next. Today's me has done enough.'