[Ding Ding – Pon Porom!]

The above fanfare rang in my head a few moments after I killed Red Streak. Very suspicious. Just like a level up sound from those CRPG games. How utterly convenient, should I shout here.

So, there should be something like a status window, right???? I focus my will onto showing the status window. I imagine something floating in front of me with numbers and stats… nothing happens. Maybe I need to chant something.

“SuuuTrawwwwTruss” (Status window, open!) - I groan while waving my hands in front of me.

The angel giggles, tilts her head to a side and walks towards me. Owowow, where is the fear you felt a couple minutes ago? I’m a dangerous murdering monster, keep your distance lass!

“[Status Open]” - she chants in front of me while gazing at the distance. Wow! I understood what she said in the first go!

Let’s try it. Again. Over. Repeat. After some frustrating minutes, I finally got it.

“[Status Open]” - I chant.

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Status Info

Name:

Race: [Troll]

Level: 3

Age: 0 days (just spawned)

Job: [Monster]

Job Level: N/A

Unspent Skill Points: 20

Skills:

[Pain Resistance]: 1

[Damage Resistance]: 1

[Intimidating Presence]: 2

[Troll Regeneration (innate)]: 4

[HP restoration]: 1

[Tough Skin (innate)]: 2

[Ferocious Roar]: 1

[Fire Weakness (innate)]: 4

[Acid Weakness (innate)]: 5

Unique Skills:

[Exp Multiplier]: 1

[Skill Growth Correction]: 1

Titles:

[Defender], [Merciless]

[Options]

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It seems that the text between [ and ] is highlighted. I try to wave my hand over, but nothing happens. Then I hear a laugh. Yeah. Golden Hair bloody angel is right in front of me, laughing at the monster that is staring into the infinite and waving his hand in front of himself. I’m aware I look ridiculous, miss. But thanks for pointing it out anyway.

I try to smile at her, and before I know my hand moves near her. She flinches and the scared eyes come back on her face, then I quickly pull back my hand, covering it with the other one.

Awkward!!

She stands up and moves a couple steps backward. Then she chants “[Status Open]” again, and then put both her hands behind her back while leaning a bit forward. Cute!

Then she looks at me with a stern gaze. Giving out a strong teacher vibe. When she grabs my attention, she moves her head forward, looking into something invisible in front of her. Then she puts one hand to her temple, and squint her eyes and puck her lips. Kill with the power of your mind. Bend the spoon. There is no matrix.

Oh, I got it. It is not hand operated, it is mind-operated. Lets fry some monster neurons. I am sure they will regenerate back anyway.

I open my status again, and focus on the highlighted parts.

[Troll]

Mythological monster that eats people. It likes to live under bridges and writing hateful messages for everyone to see. Very vicious and dumb. Vulnerable to fire and acid. Also butt ugly. Can regrow lost limbs and regenerate HP really fast. Kill with fire. Threat level: B

WHO WROTE THIS STUPID PIECE OF FLAVOR TEXT!!! I growl and wave a clenched fist at the skies. Then drop my head in despair.

[Monster]

This is not a job. Monsters do not have jobs. Too dumb to learn a job.

[Pain Resistance]

Lessen the effects of pain, and reduce the time lost flinching from pain.

[Damage Resistance]

Minus correction on physical damage received.

[Intimidating Presence]

Causes fear in a small radius for creatures that can see you or sense your presence.

[Troll Regeneration (innate)]

Recover HP damage from all sources except fire and acid. Regrows lost limbs.

[HP restoration]

Recover HP over time.

[Tough Skin]

Skin adds deflection and damage reduction, as armor.

[Ferocious Roar]

Active: Causes fear in an area with a mighty roar. Increases effect and range when synergizing with intimidating presence.

[Fire Weakness]

Plus correction on fire damage received.

[Acid Weakness]

Plus correction on acid damage received.

[Exp Multiplier]

Multiplies earned Exp. Current x 1.25

[Skill Growth Correction]

Increases the chances of gaining a new skill or growing existing ones. Current: +25%

[Defender]

Those who sacrifice their own well being for another. Increases reaction time for protecting nearby wards.

[Merciless]

Those that show no quarter to fallen enemies. Slightly increase chance of landing a killing blow and damage.

[Options]

[System Messages]: OFF

[Interface Type]: MONSTER

System messages are off… I think I should turn them on for now.

[System Messages are ON]

This text floats in front of me on semi-transparent letters, then fade and vanish. Interface type, there are no other options but monster. Leave it at that for now.

Now there are unspent skill points. There is no doubt. I’ll dump all of them on the two unique skills I have.

[Exp Multiplier]: 4

- Current multiplier: x2

[Skill Growth Correction]: 4

- Current: +100%

Unspent Skill Points: 2

It looks like the point cost to level up a skill is equal to the next level. Also it seems that now I earn double the exp, and double the chance of gaining a skill. I’ll put the last points into HP regeneration, because I need a way to heal fire damage faster.

After I finish the settings, I wish to close the status window, and it vanishes. And there is a curious girl right in front of me. Startled, I jump back.

“Growlllll”

This wasn’t me. It was my stomach.