' 10, 000 calories? What am I? a strong man or cyclist in a ultramarathon? ' thought Leo, even with all the fish and potatoes he consumed now, three meals a day, he didn't reach 3000 calories
Not that he couldn't do it. The amount of fish they catch daily is more than enough to support not only his practice but Rebecca and the others as well but that'd require a minimum of 10kg of fish a day
He stomach churned at the thought. Memories of shoveling down food to bulk resurfacing in his mind, a bland taste filling his mouth
Glancing through the window, he found that the suns were still bright, meaning there were still about 12 hours before the sun set
Which was more than enough time to decide what to do, he decided to do a little experiment and see if he could upgrade a potato into blood food
Getting up, he walked towards where they stored the potatoes. Which was nothing more than a barrel which he upgraded, it's ability was to keep food fresh for up to 6 months
Taking out a potato he returned to his seat and stared at the potato, after seeing it's panel. He found that he could upgrade it, but it required 10 UP, which explains why the option didn't pop up before
After thinking about it, he upgraded it, watching at the potato doubled in size reaching 500g
He found that the UP needed for the next upgrade had doubled as well reaching 20, continuing to upgrade it. The potato once again doubled in size reaching 1kg
He checked it's panel once again, seeing that it still didn't say blood food
After seeing the 50 UP needed for the upgrade,Leo gritted his teeth intending for this to be the last upgrade. If it worked, that's perfect, if it failed then he'd have to leave it for the future
He watched closely as the potato started to change, instead of getting bigger, it slowly shrank from it's size of 1kg to about 400g before it's skin started to change, turning somewhat pink
Opening the panel of the potato in expectation
**
[ Blood Potato ] [ LOW LEVEL BLOOD FOOD ]
Increases practice speed by 50% below bronze Knight
Increases 4 blood nodes upon consumption
**
Leo smiled upon seeing his success, before turning his attention to the last sentence of the panel
' blood node? ' thought Leo as he focused on the term to see if the panel can give an explanation
[ 1 blood node = 1000 calories, 100g of protein ]
' so this potato has 4000 calories and 400g of protein ' thought Leo in surprise as he looked at the 400g potato in his hand
' but now comes the most pressing issue '
It took 80 UP to upgrade this potato, he'd need 2.5 of these a day to meet the calorie consumption for sword practice. Which means 240 UP a day, which means his current points would be gone in a matter of days
Not to mention, he didn't even wanna think about what would happen to his body if he consumed 1000g of protein a day. He was currently 135lb, even if he ate 2g of protein per pound of body weight, that was still only 270g.
A waste of 730g, which he'd either shit out or the rest of it turning to fat which he didn't want either
So regardless of if he had the points or not, blood food was currently unusable, which also meant that for the most part so was this skill
Thinking to this point, his excitement disappeared rapidly as he decided to learn the skill.
Immediately after, he fell into a daze as he felt that as if his soul left his body and entered a space where he did nothing but practice sword skills for a year
[ +1 Strength, +1 Phsyique, +1 Agility ]
Leo awoke out of his daze, feeling the changes in his body, the palm of his hands gaining calluses, his breathing slowing and becoming more rhythmical as processed the information in his mind, finding that every movement, every practice was ingrained in his mind
Leo clenched his fist, feeling the increase of strength but then shook his head in dissatisfaction
' 100kg stronger but my physique didn't change, ridiculous ' thought Leo as he opened his panel expecting several hundred of his points to be gone
Only to find that only 20 points had disappeared, on top of that his realm didn't change. The more he looked, the more changes he found
* ------ *
Name : William Lake ( Leo Forde )
Realm : Apprentice Knight Level 1 ( 78/100 )
Health : 370 [ Physique x 100 ]
Stamina : 37/37 [ Physique x 10 ]
Age : 15
Height : 65 inches
Weight : 135lbs
Strength : 3.6 ( 1 )
Agility : 3.4 ( 1 )
Physique : 3.7 ( 1 )
Intelligence : 2.2 ( 0.5 )
Attack = 107/107 [ Strength + Agility + Physique x 10 ]
Defence = 37 [ Physique x 10 ]
* numbers in brackets represent average for adult male *
Skills :
Army Swordsmanship ( RARE )Level 1 : ( 0/200 ) [ 1 year combat experience, increases attack by 10% ]
Universal Points : 617 ( 2.1 generated every hour )
Status :
Subordinate : 11/15
*------*
Seeing the changes in his panel, Leo froze, not understanding why it changed and furthermore why it became more game like than before
Though he didn't really mind the change as it made things more detailed
Shaking away the thoughts he focused his attention on the changes in his attributes then at his realm
' skills give you attributes once the criteria is met, while the advancement of your realm is determined by personal effort ' thought Leo
' based on this, skill are faster in terms of attribute growth but you're restricted by the criteria needed to gain them '
His thoughts were interrupted by Rebecca who came beside him
" dinners ready "
Leo turned his attention to the girl before he reached out and grabbed her hand much to the girls confusion though she didn't seem to mind as her face was tinged with an unnatural blush
" do you want power? " asked Leo with a serious expression
Hearing his question, Rebecca's expression returned to normal as she nodded her head without hesitation
Seeing this, Leo thought her the Army Swordsmanship using UP, a skill he discovered after learning the skill. He watched as the girl fell into a daze and quietly watched her changes which he found to only be the calluses like himself
Opening her panel, he confirmed that her attributes had increased and she also learned the skill but like himself, her realm didn't change
Opening his own panel, he found that teaching her skill only used 40 points. Seeing this her turned his attention to the other girls who were looking at them with strange expressions
Getting up from his seat, he walked towards them before he asked them the same question he asked Rebecca. After they nodded, he thought each and every one of them the skill
Walking to the window , he looked outside in a daze while they experienced their changes.
Staring outside, he found that he didn't know what to do. The moment the sun sets, this village is going to be invaded by monsters
Something that only happened in movies and in animes in his previous life. Sometimes he wondered if he was in some long dream and one day he'd just wake up and he'd be back in his old life
But the pain from his injuries, the warmth given to him by those he came to care for, all showed him that this world is as real as can be and it wasn't some fairy tale with a good ending
If he fucks up, he could die, they could die and yet.....why does his heart race?
He tried to distract himself from these feelings, wasting all this time on potatoes and unnecessary shit. He could lose his life to these monsters and yet
There's no fear towards these monsters, there's only excitement. And this scared him
He's not some hot blooded main character, not some blood lusted phycho who killed people for the fun of it. He's a normal man with normal hopes and dreams and yet....
His mind returned to when he was being choked by the guard. His life was almost lost but he didn't feel fear. He just felt calm which was followed by anger after seeing Rebecca get hurt
Which was followed by joy when he was about to kill the guard.
Why would their be joy?
He didn't know how to explain his changes or how to explain his feelings. Frankly he didn't care enough to. So far, there were no consequences so he decided to just let it happen.
He'd deal with it another time, he had better things to do
Leo turned his attention to the girls finding they were playing around and trying out their strength by lifting one another
" I want to see these demonic creatures " said Leo calmly, his words silencing the girls as they looked at him