Age of Gods - A VRMMO Story

Thomas looked over the experience he had available to spend and couldn't help the grin that crept up on his face. In just two days he had earned almost as much experience as he had during his entire time playing within AoG. He had a total of one point six million experience to spend. Comparing his growth to the growth of Snowlily was like night and day. She'd gained quite a lot as well, but only about a million experience points. Clearly there was a disparity in their growth and he had a suspicion of what that disparity was. Savant, his innate skill was increasing the amount of experience he got from everything he did. He'd known for a long time that Quick Learner increased his skill experience, but ever since it evolved, he had gained more experience than his crafting messages indicated. That was the only way to explain how he had gained approximately sixty percent more experience than the others.

It didn't matter though, now it was time to put all that juicy experience to good use! He started spending points like a madman. First, he evened out all of his attributes. Getting everything up to three twenty-seven cost him nearly four hundred thousand experience points. He didn't stop there, he started adding one point to every attribute, growing them all at the same time. By the time he ran out of experience to spend, all four of his attributes had skyrocketed to four hundred and eleven each! Every attribute had risen by so much that it was almost scary to him. Still, he didn't hesitate and hit the confirm button.

A raging torrent of energy blasted through his entire body. It was warm and comforting at first but quickly grew into a raging inferno of heat. He sweat buckets as he lay on his bed practically paralyzed by the feeling. The heat was simultaneously uncomfortable and relaxing. Energy was force-fed into every cell of his body making him feel bloated yet powerful. He could feel his strength growing while his mana pool swelled in size. If he had a small pond before, it was now a small lake and would only grow larger. He didn't know how long his condition lasted, but as it started to abate, it became gentler and more soothing, as if it was comforting him after he went through so much.

When the last dregs of energy dissipated, he felt exhausted. It took every last bit of his will to take one last long look at his character sheet and marvel at what two days of hardcore grinding had gained him. Just the second day alone had earned him nearly a million experience due to the sheer number of monsters their group had decimated. If he'd been alone... he might have earned more experience per monster but there was no way he could have killed so many monsters. They were just too strong to take out quickly while alone. He smiled as he drifted off to sleep with his character sheet still open.