The {Elite Guards} went back inside the keep and the gates slammed closed behind them. I noted that the {Guards} dead bodies had disappeared and that the female {Guard} was now alive again.
It looked like they had a revival skill, too. But if that was the case, why didn’t they revive the same time as I had? Maybe even earlier since they had died first. And, now that I’m thinking about it, I don’t have [Revive] listed as one of my skills.
I sighed and shook my head. More questions I wouldn’t be getting answers to. Pushing the rapidly growing confusion to the back of my head, I opened the new notifications I’d gotten.
For assisting in the death of a Player 5 levels above you, you have gained 120 EXP.
You have leveled up! You are now level 2. You have gained 2 Tree Points and 4 Attribute Points for leveling up.
A level up! That’s pretty great. What were these points, though?
Name: None (Elden Keep Guard)
Class: Guard
Level: 2
HP: 100/100
SP: 110/110
MP: 7/7
TP: 2
AP: 4
STR: 10 (+)
END: 11 (+)
AGI 5 (+)
VIT: 8 (+)
INT: 7 (+)
CHA: 3 (+)
Skills: [Measure Bribe] – 1; [Lesser Radar] – 2; [Thrust] – 1; [Burst] – 1; [Charge] – 1
Spells: –
Okay, so, AP is Attribute Points – which I could use to upgrade the supposed attributes – and Tree Points (TP) were used for…something else?
I could figure those out later. For now, I had to spend my points. One thing I absolutely wanted more HP, which seemed to directly correlate with STR – strength. I put one point into STR and watched it tick up to 11 while my HP went up to 110, matching my SP. I couldn’t seem to take back the AP spent on attributes, which was good to know. I couldn’t make rash choices in spending these things. I figured more Agility would be helpful – [Burst] gave me a small boost to it, which was nice, but I didn’t want to depend on a skill to save my butt all the time. So I put another point into STR and the last two went into AGI. When I did so, I felt my body start to tingle.
It went on for a few seconds before eventually settling down. What had that done? I took an experimental step forward and was pleased to note that the step felt…smoother somehow. I felt a bit more stable and the weight of the gambeson didn’t seem too bad anymore. Was that the result of upping my Strength as well?
I shrugged my shoulders, feeling the padded shirt lift a bit easier than before. Okay, then. Strength and Agility were going to be my go-to stats until something convinced me otherwise.
