Chapter 9 - The window’s view looks so pretty tonight
In the end, Mother actually taught me two different arias. One for the ’stun’ lightning with low damage and one that improved my body’s stats.
I practiced them by almost reaching the point of actually casting, just to memorize the aria, and then released them harmlessly. It was something I was able to do now only because my mana control became very refined from the years of training.
But something was bugging me in one word she used. Stats.
She told me that in the Adventurer’s Guild, there are tools that evaluate you and produce what she called a ’stat sheet.’ She also told me that there is a leveling system to which you have access by registering at the guild. Through it, one can get a ’class’ and unlock ’skills.’
I asked about those stats, and she flaunted a bit about their own, but there were so many for me to memorize everything. Whomever designed this system would make the creators of Dwarf Castle cry in shame for the lack of depth in their game.
Yeah, game. It all sounded a bit too gamey to me. Like, really? Numerical values to our capacity—not only of body, but also mental and social?
It looks like a game.
And if it looks like a game and works like a game... There should be glitches and exploits.
My grin probably looked devilish at this moment, but I don’t care.
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It was only a couple of days later that they came to call me again. Sadly, it wasn’t Andrey who called me, but another overseer.