New Connection
New Connection
Health, Mental Power, Stamina.
This Status Window is utterly unhelpful.
If you ask why it's so unhelpful despite being quite realistic and straightforward, the answer was simple.
'Seriously, what game has a Status Window like this?'
Not Life Points, but Health.
If it were simply 'Health,' I might not mind, but the third stat option was Stamina again.
In short, if you raise Health, I can't tell if it increases Life Points or strength.
The second is Mental Power.
This was the same.
Whether it raises mental resistance or perseverance, really.
And finally, Stamina.
I can't tell if this simply increases endurance or expands the Mana pool.
The Status Window began to become unpleasant, beyond just inconvenient.
When playing these kinds of RPG games, I particularly disliked becoming a jack-of-all-trades character.
It might not be bad in the early and late stages, but around the middle of the story.
At that point, a unique stagnation occurs.
Not strong in any one area, just a mediocre jack-of-all-trades character.
Therefore, distributing stats evenly is something I absolutely detest.
If so, I need to know exactly what each stat increases.
Health, Mental Power, Stamina.
It's truly pathetic.
You might ask why I don't just distribute one level to each stat to find out, but,
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Level:1
Health:1
Mental Power:2
Stamina:1
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The thing is, I already raised Mental Power by 1 Level with the points I received after finishing the Tutorial.
So, in other words,
Unless I raise my Level by at least 3 or more, I won't know the fucking difference.
"But goddammit, Mark came inside twice, so why did I only get 1 point?"
This is a scam.
I was creampied twice, and they only give me 1 Life Point.
"Sigh, it's really my fault for losing. How can I live with this unfairness?"
I was the one who installed the Mod.
I was the one who got electrocuted while trying to dry my hair and got possessed.
I was the one who customized a female character.
I was the one who lost to Mark.
The fact that all the fault ultimately lay with me brought a moment of self-realization.
"Oh, whatever, I don't care~ It'll work out somehow~"
Reaching the ending will take longer and be more difficult, but until I roughly understand the stats, I have no choice but to distribute them evenly.
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Level:2
Health:2
Mental Power:2
Stamina:2
(Creampie Point:1)
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In the end, I became the jack-of-all-trades character I so detested.
I was already having a reality check, but after reading the new item that appeared in the Status Window, I had another one.
"Fuck."
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I walked and walked.
Actually, it might seem like I was walking aimlessly, but I had a destination.
The destination was the closest city from here.
I'm heading towards Riverrun.
According to Mrs. Arisa's general knowledge lesson, this place belongs to the Trionne Empire.
Befitting the name 'Empire,' there's one large city called The Capital, and two medium-sized cities.
And Riverrun, where I'm heading, was one of those medium-sized cities.
Moreover, Riverrun is relatively close to The Capital and seems quite livable.
The Traveling Merchant Kalle, who had stopped by the village.
I heard he also started from Riverrun before passing through the village.
After walking for a few hours like that, I was able to find an unpaved road leading to Riverrun.
At least it was a dirt road that a carriage could probably travel on.
If I follow this dirt road as it is, Riverrun should appear.
Now that I don't need to find the way, I should get a little sleep.
As soon as I opened my eyes, I went through a rough experience and haven't rested once until now.
And the sky was still dark.
Anyway, they said it would take about two days if I only went to Riverrun by walking.
"Haaah..."
I shouldn't sleep much, just a little, and then go.
I was just getting a little sleep, not fully sleeping, so I didn't make any special preparations.
Just in case, I leaned my back against a tree hidden from the path and tried to sleep.
............
"Hmm... how much time has passed...?"
Raising my stiff body, I opened my blurry eyes.
"Ugh..."
The sun has risen, but... has it not passed noon?
I intended to just get a little sleep and go, but when I actually woke up, I had slept soundly for at least 5 hours.
'Haa, I need to hurry and leave.'
Thinking I had overslept too much, as I tried to quickly stand up and lifted my leg, the sudden pain I felt made me sit back down again.
"Kyaa?!"
But why, of all places, is the pain coming from down there?
Thinking something might have happened while I was asleep, I touched around that area, but there wasn't a single wound.
From the start, rather than the kind of pain caused by an external injury, it was more like muscle pain...
"Ugh... damn it. This is that, isn't it?"
The kind of pain a woman feels when she has sex with a man whose size she can't handle, leaving her so sore she has to crawl home the next day.
I had seen a post written in some female-oriented Community.
"Ah, damn it, why do I have to experience this?"
If possible, I wish I wouldn't have to experience it my whole life.
Seriously.
Leaning on a tree trunk, I somehow stood up.
And then I slowly started walking.
But,
-Waddle-waddle
"Oh, come on, fuck!"
Rather than walking with my pelvis sticking out far back and my butt wiggling, it would be better to arrive a day late.
I needlessly took out my frustration on the tree that had done nothing wrong and sat down again.
Until the muscle pain subsided, I had no choice but to wait endlessly.
-Grrr...
After getting angry, I became hungry.
Of course, I hadn't eaten all day since yesterday afternoon.
I took out the deer meat, with the skin and entrails removed, that I had stored in my Inventory, and a small knife.
After cutting off just enough to eat, I put it back into my Inventory.
And this time, after taking out the Flint, I struck it against any nearby stone and started to create sparks.
-Clink! Clink! Clink!
Every time it rubbed against the stone, embers burst forth as if sparks were flying.
After striking it dozens of times like that, the collected leaves caught fire.
-Whoosh!
"It's done!"
Actually, this too was one of the things Mrs. Arisa taught me.
And after lighting the fire, I need to break and put in twigs so that the fire doesn't go out.
Once the fire had grown somewhat, I propped up the prepared deer meat skewers diagonally.
From now on, all I had to do was slowly turn them and wait until the meat was cooked.
It was the time when the aesthetics of waiting began.
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-Sizzle-sizzle...
"Slurp..."
It looks delicious. When will it all be cooked?
As the finely cut pieces of meat cooked in the heat, the meat fat sizzled and boiled.
With a moderate fire, the moderately browned and cooked meat, even the sound of it cooking was delicious.
-Sizzle-sizzle
When the Maillard reaction had occurred to some extent and I felt it was fully cooked, I quickly took it off the fire.
As I smelled the fragrant aroma rising from the meat, I had to endure my loudly rumbling stomach.
"Sss-eup, gulp..."
There were 3 grilled skewers.
Since I put roughly 6 pieces on each skewer, that was a total of 18 pieces.
Among them, I tore off the very first piece of meat.
"Nyaaam..."
The moment I took a bite,
-Gush.
Meat juice filled my mouth completely.
Flash! My eyes widened.
Since it wasn't even seasoned with salt, I thought it would just be a decent, plain meat taste, but it was much more delicious than I expected.
To exaggerate a little, it was almost on par with the pork I ate before being possessed.
'Delicious...!'
Unbelievable.
I definitely saw on YouTube that meats like Wild Boar or deer were tough and gamey, but this meat is so juicy and tender.
-Crunch-crunch!
With meat I hadn't eaten in a very long time, I chewed the meat mindlessly.
After eating for quite a while like that, all 18 pieces had disappeared into my stomach before I knew it.
-Munch-munch...
"...Should I eat more...?"
Actually, my true intention was already decided.
It was right after I had already taken out the deer from my Inventory.
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-Sizzle-sizzle...
'Hehe.'
The sight of the meat cooking was enjoyable just to watch.
'It must be all cooked now, right?'
The taste of meat I had after so long was so delicious that I just waited for the meat to finish cooking quickly.
After waiting for a few minutes like that,
I checked the browned and cooked meat once again and took it off the fire.
"Sss-eup, it looks delicious..."
Just as I was hastily preparing to eat the meat, I started to sense a presence.
"Sniff-sniff, haa. The smell of grilled meat...!"
"Where is this coming from?"
At the sudden voice I heard, I momentarily missed my eating timing, but I tried to tear into it again without caring, but,
"Uh, over there..."
"...Gulp."
"...?"
"S-sorry, but we've been starving all day, so... could you share a little with us...?"
A woman who looked like a cute country girl came closer and cautiously asked.
............
And behind her, there was a man glancing repeatedly, as if embarrassed.
Having my meal suddenly interrupted, I was already annoyed, and this bastard is glancing at my chest again.
'Does that bastard think I won't notice that gaze?'
I was a bit pissed off and wasn't going to give them even a bite, but in front of me, their sparkling eyes were fixed on the skewer.
-Swoosh,
-Flick.
-Swoosh,
-Flick,
I dodged to the right and tried dodging to the left, but their gaze was still directed at the skewer, so,
I immediately stuffed two pieces of meat fully into my mouth.
"Nyap!"
"H-huh..."
At that, the woman's expression became like that of someone who had lost their country.