12 Increasing the sAgilitys sta (1/2)

I looked at sun rising in the horizon. And a warm feeling started to permeate my body.

'It's hard to believe that it's only the second day since the start of the Apocalypse. It's almost as if I've been in here for weeks.'

'Of course. A lot of things happened yesterday after all.' Lily said.

By this time, I was almost getting used to Lily's random comments on my thoughts. I was even starting to like it.

I looked my wound on the side and realized that there was no trace of any wound there except for the few scars where the wood splinters had cut through my skin.

'That medicine was really awesome.' I thought.

'Of course. Every single item that you see in the interface is of the highest quality.'

'Hey! Why didn't you tell me about the the medicine when I was wounded?' I asked in indignation.

'Well. You never asked.' She said.

'But I was wounded. Shouldn't you be like. 'Hey! There's a medicine that can heal your wounds here in case you don't know.' You're a very shitty friend, you know that.'

'Oh! So I'm your friend now.'

'Of course you are what do you think that I see you as.'

'I…' she sighed. 'Listen. The reason I didn't tell you about the medicine was not because I didn't want to.'

'Why then?'

'Because I cannot give you information on our own violation. That's one of the rules which we always have to follow.'

'Is that so.” I said ”Well, I understand now. Sorry for blaming you.'

'It was not your fault.'

'So as long as I ask the question, you'll give me the answer?'

'If the answers are within your authority. If you ask high level questions then I won't be able to answer them.'

'Hmm… Doesn't that mean that if I don't ask anything then you won't tell me anything.'

'That's correct.' She replied.

'Then, If I had not asked you any question by mistake back then, would your presence have remained unknown to me.'

'Something like that.'

'Then, doesn't that mean that many people would never know about their AI?' I asked in confusion. 'After all, not everybody will make the mistake of talking with their Black watch you know.'

'Maybe.' She replied in a tone that implied that all of this had nothing to do with her.

'Ah. Well, let's not talk about this any further.' I said. 'Tell me, what crystals should I use right now. What would suit my purpose the best? Should I continue buying Yellow ones for increasing my Perception.'

'No. Don't do that.' She said immediately.

'Why?' I was a bit surprised by her immediate rejection. Wasn't high perception working well so far.

'After your stats had gained 2.0 points, their particular crystal will lose half of their efficiency. That means eating one Yellow crystal will only give you 0.05 stat points from now on.'

'Hmm?' I frowned. 'Isn't that kinda bad for me.'

'It may be bad for you but it's logical. The more crystals you eat, the more your body will get used to it. And as a result, the more it's efficiency will decrease.' She said.

She then dropped another bomb at me. 'After 4.0 points, no matter how many 1st tier crystals you eat, it won't bring any changes to your stats.'

'Then how will I increase my stats after that?' I asked in panic.

'By eating 2nd tier crystals of course.' She said.

Her words were simple, but I felt a back turn cold when I heard them.

'A single attack from a 2nd tier Abnormal almost killed me. Do I even stand a chance against such monsters?' I asked

'Of course.' She said 'When all of your stats reach 4.0, fighting against a 2nd tier Abnormal won't be that difficult.'

After I heard her words, I went into a long silence

I frowned at this new information that I'd gained. But when I thought about it again, it did made a bit of sense.

Otherwise if someone goes on a killing spree and keeps on consuming the 1st crystals like candy then won't he become unimaginably strong.

Like strong enough to the point that he alone would be enough to wipe out any life on earth.

Although such a thing had seemed harsh to me, it was also a bit reasonable.

'So that's why you didn't want me to eat anymore Yellow Crystals?' I asked. 'Because it'll only increase by stats by 0.05points.'

'Yes.' She said.

'Then what type of crystal should I eat now.' I asked.

'Depends on what your goal is.' She said.

'Well, for now, I want to reach back home as fast as possible. But I also want to increase my fighting capability.'

'In that case. I suggest that you eat the Blue Crystals and increase your Agility.'

'Hmm… Now that I think about it, that does sound like a good plan.' I thought.

Since the decision was made, I quickly exchanged all of my crystals for Blue crystals and ate them.

After consuming all six blue crystals I checked my stats once more.

User name:- Ashok Singh Rana

Stats:-

Strength - 0.9

Agility - 1.5 (0.9)

Endurance - 1.0

Perception - 2.0

Mana - 0.0

Skills:-

None

Equipments:-

None

Wealth:-

None

'Do you feel any different?' Lily asked.

I threw a few punches in the air and heard the 'whoosh' sound after every punch. Then I raised the Axe and swung it a few times as well.

After that, I ran around a bit to test my speed and realized that I was much more faster than I was previously. Even my normal walking speed had been increased by half.

'This is awesome.' I thought to myself.

At this point, even though I still might not be as fast as a 1st tier Abnormal, I could easily kill them in a one-on-one fight with the help of my high Perception and my newly upgraded Agility stats.

At this point in time, although I was not sure if I would be able to fight 3 Abnormals, I was still confident in my ability to deal with 2 Abnormals.

Though I would still not forget Rahul's advice and not get too full of myself. The fight with the 2nd tier Abnormals had made me realize that no matter how powerful I become, there'll always be someone who is even more powerful than me.

One mistake is all it would take to crush all my hopes and dreams. So I controlled my excitement and desire to do battle and calmed myself down with deep breaths.

'This is great. Thank you for your advice Lily.' I said.

'Don't mind it.' She replied.

I then looked at Rahul who was currently sitting on top of the trunk that he had cut yesterday and was sharpening his newly bought sword, which seemed a little weird to me.

There was nothing wrong with sharpening a sword but he had been doing it for the past two hours. And the sword was already so sharp that it could cut through a waist thick tree without any problem. So what was even the point.

'Does he wants to cut diamond with it or something.'

'Oi Lily. Why do you think he's sharpening his sword with such passion.'