BXBX NOVEL Chapter 9: Sweep the fields
Chapter 9: Sweep the fields
The sun had just gone down and Lake was once again going into the corn but this time he had a target off in the distance Lake could see the golden spot that represented the rat "The way this ability works is pretty cool."
When Lake had stopped thinking of the rat the mark had faded but as soon as he wanted to know where it was the mark reappeared. Lake had a bit of a walk to get to the rat, but if his earlier assumption of rats being nocturnal was correct he was hoping to find a few more on the way. Lake thought it would be faster just to walk in a straight line towards the rat off the path, and it wasn't long after he had started walking towards the rat that he heard something Lake quickly changed his job back to Thief, and rushed in Lake did this because he only needed 2 more Exp for Thief to level up and rats gave 3 Exp as far as Lake knew.
After a couple of steps Lake Saw his target A rat who had yet to bite into a corn, he was still in the process of climbing the plant so Lake knew if he acted fast he could save the corn. Swinging his shovel Lake heard a satisfying ping noise and saw the rat go flying Lake rushed after it in case it was somehow unscathed and tried to run. Lake knew it was still alive because he hadn't felt the Exp. Running over to where the rat landed Lake swung his shovel down on top of it. " There it is." Lake felt as the Exp entered his body. [Level up] excited Lake looked at his stats.
Name: Lake Fuller
Race: Human Lv.1 ( 1/10 )
Job: Thief Lv.1 ( 1/10 )
Special: The Insider Lv.0 ( 1/5 )
Stats
Health 10
Stamina 10
Mana 10
Strength 2
Endurance 2
Agility 2
Dexterity 2
Perception 2
Intelligence 2
Charisma 2
Free stat points: 3
Lake was happy that his job had affected all his stats and even gave him 3 free points seeing that his skills page was also flashing Lake switched to it, to see he had gotten two new skills.
Skills:
A Thief's Sense (U) Lv.1
Gives a 6th sense for how much attention is on you, Also gives increased lie detection, night vision and increased hearing.
Intangible Loot (U) Lv.1
Allows for the random collection of Exp, abilities, jobs, and stat points off of corpses.
After reading the skills he had gotten, Lake saw some inconsistency in the way it looked. For example after the coma in A Thief's Sense the writing was golden and the font changed; Everything in Intangible Loot was golden but the font was once again different. Lake shrugged his shoulders and just put his free points in agility.
He didn't have time to worry about it now he needed to focus on getting stronger. But looking away from his stats screen, Lake did notice his vision had gotten better so he guessed the color and font didn't matter as long as it did what it said. Lifting his shovel off the rat, Lake saw a strange golden light coming from its body, reaching out to touch the light Lake felt the feeling of Exp. Looking at his stats Lake saw his skill had given him an extra Exp. Lake didn't understand how, but as long as it worked he was happy.
Name: Lake Fuller
Race: Human Lv.1 ( 1/10 )
Job: Thief Lv.1 ( 2/10 )
Special: The Insider Lv.0 ( 1/5 )
Stats
Health 10
Stamina 10
Mana 10
Strength 2
Endurance 2
Agility 5
Dexterity 2
Perception 2
Intelligence 2
Charisma 2
He chose agility in hopes he could keep up with the rats. Before starting moving again Lake took a second to see if everything was good, then he jumped. Lake didn't jump often but it did feel higher, after landing on the ground Lake readied himself and broke out into a light jog. "Yep, I'm definitely faster." He was already moving almost as fast as he used to run. Lake chose to stay at this speed because he felt any faster and the corn plants around him would start to hurt him as he ran past them.
After running for a few minutes Lake heard another noise, Stopping Lake tried to pinpoint where it had come from, focusing on his ears Lake realized the reason he was having a hard time was the noise was coming from further than he would of thought he could hear a rat. Lake remembered the skill upgraded his hearing, after getting over his confusion Lake readied his shovel once again and rushed towards the noise, a few seconds later a loud bang rung across the field and lake earned 3 Exp.
No need for a second hit, after its death Lake examined the corpse and waited for the Light but it never did start to glow, shrugging Lake moved on the skill had said it was random. It took a while for Lake to find the next rat. He guessed it was caused by the noise he made when he killed the last one, he had been to loud and scared them all away. But with this he only needed one more and he would level up again, and Lake knew just the rat.
After all this running he had gotten close to where the marked rat was. Rushing over Lake let his speed go, earlier he had found the corn had not hurt him at full speed so there wasn't a reason to hold back this close to his target. Blasting through the field, Lake arrived at the rat in no time. He didn't even slow down, he just swung his shovel and with a boom the rat was split in two.
[Level up] Lake was grossed out and was about to look away when he saw the body parts of the rat start to glow and Lake was sure the light was brighter than last time, reaching out Lake felt something similar but stronger than Exp " Boy that's some good stuff." Looking at his stats, Lake looked around to see what he had just absorbed and found it to be a stat point in endurance.
Name: Lake Fuller
Race: Human Lv.1 ( 2/10 )
Job: Thief Lv.2 ( 1/20 )
Special: The Insider Lv.0 ( 1/5 )
Stats
Health 10
Stamina 10
Mana 10
Strength 3
Endurance 4
Agility 6
Dexterity 3
Perception 3
Intelligence 3
Charisma 3
Free stat points: 3
Lake felt he was plenty strong for rats so he chose to save his free points for an emergency. But thinking about the free point in endurance Lake was overjoyed didn't this mean if he killed enough rats he could become all powerful. Looking at his job Lake did some quick math and found not accounting for Intangible Loot he would need to kill 7 rats to level again. " Maybe it's time to level a different job." Lake opened the job page and switched to exterminator for obvious reasons. "Alright, let's go." Lake rushed back into the corn looking for more prey.