Chapter 4: Champion
Coop sat underneath the most normal sized palm tree in the vicinity while his leg throbbed with pain. He decided this palm tree was his new favorite. He felt some kinship with the tree that hadn’t grown with mana, like they both weren’t Chosen and were stuck being normal. Leveling up had proven normal people weren’t doomed after all. He hadn’t even realized he was worried in the first place, but the relief he felt was evident.
Jones had bandaged Coop’s wound using one of their first aid kits and was now sitting and resting as well. The wound in Coop’s calf was probably the worst injury he had received in his life, but Jones wasn’t overly concerned thanks to his belief in mana.
“I couldn’t clean your wound much, but I don’t think you have to worry about infection. I don’t think infection even exists anymore unless it’s applied as a status effect.” Jones mused. “If we weren’t fighting that machine in the sand we would have noticed it had spikes on the ends of its appendages.” He shook his head like he was disappointed at his inability to prepare for every possibility.
“We won in the end.” Coop stated.
“They told me the first level would be the most difficult.” Jones added.
“If that was the hardest, then I think we’ll be okay after all.” Coop doubted it though. That seemed like something a person would say to encourage a bunch of scared scholars. “I’m just glad it didn’t shoot any lasers.” Coop declared. They both nodded at that, imagining a much more difficult fight.
“So, what do we do about this level up?” Coop pondered.
Jones recounted what he was told about accessing the menus, and it turned out to be perfectly intuitive. With a quick thought Coop observed his status for the first time.
[Status]
HP - 36/50
MP - 50/50
Class - None (Requires Level 5) (Level 1)