Preparation

"Salma, show us your stats." Layla said.

"Okay. Kayla show us my stats."

[ Stats: Strength: 4(+0)

Agility: 5(+0)

Sense: 51(+2)

Vigor & Endurance: 3(+0)

MagicAffinity: 25(+10)

Mana: 10(+0)

Unused stat points: 14(-12)

]

"How does the dagger feel?" Adam asked. "Try swinging it a bit."

"It's a tiny bit heavy. But it's fine." Salma said after swinging it with the tiniest of difficulty.

"Try putting two points in strength, five in Vigor&Endurance and the rest in Agility." Layla said.

Adam nodded to that and so Salma did as she was suggested.

"Kayla stats." Salma said.

[ Stats: Strength: 6(+2)

Agility: 12(+7)

Sense: 51(+0)

Vigor & Endurance: 8(+5)

MagicAffinity: 25(+0)

Mana: 10(+0)

Unused stat points: 0(-14)

]

"Looks a lot more balanced. An offensive Magic Skill would have been better, but this is fine too. The Fire Enchanting Skill makes every one of us stronger." Adam pointed out.

"Layla your turn!" Salma said as she pulled her sister's arm.

"Show us my stats." Layla said.

[ Stats: Strength:10(+1)

Agility: 27(+1)

Sense: 7(+1)

Vigor & Endurance: 26(+1)

Unused stat points: 29(+3)

]

"We're even in Agility...." Adam said while looking at the screen.

"Well that doesn't make me feel better. Since my stats are lower in everything else." Layla said.

"Layla! Make Agility at 30. Round numbers are always lucky." Salma said with the enthusiasm of an old gambler.

"Might as well make it 35." Layla said while sneering at Adam.

He laughed while repeating the words she had told him earlier.

"This isn't a competition. We are trying hard to survive." He said while mimicking her voice.

"True. 8 points into Agility." Layla answered while chuckling.

[ 8 unused stat points have been allocated to the Agility stat.]

[ Magic Affinity 27---->35.]

[ Your Agility Stat has reached 35.]

[ Your Agility stat has gone above 30.]

[Your Agility stat gives birth to a new stat.]

[You have unlocked the stat Dexterity.]

"What the hell? Am never getting a Skill am I?" Layla said jokingly, although she was a bit disappointed.

"Getting new stats is cool you know. It's thanks to those new stats that I got magic powers." Salma cheered her sister up.

"Can you ask what dexterity is about exactly?" Adam requested.

Layla asked, and the System answered.

[ Your Dexterity Stat determines your ability to perform difficult actions using your limbs. It mostly revolves around how well you can use different weapons. The higher your Dexterity Stat, the better your control of weapons will be and the more natural using them will be.]

"That's pretty straightforward." Layla said.

"Yeah. So? You've got 21 Points left. What will you do?" Adam asked.

Layla stared at him for a second before breathing out loudly.

"Am not Salma, but that doesn't mean I don't want your opinion." Layla told him.

"Oh. All right."

They all looked at her stats together.

[ Stats: Strength:10(+0)

Agility: 35(+8)

Dexterity: 5(+5)

Sense: 7(+0)

Vigor & Endurance: 26(+0)

Unused stat points: 21(-8)

]

"Wow. My sister is so strong! You're going to be faster than the wind if you continue like this!"

Layla patted Salma's head and asked Adam.

"So? What do you think?"

"Unlike Salma, you have great Agility. Which means that your points should go elsewhere. Unlike the other stats, Sense is one where we can cover for you. Especially with Salma's Primal Instinct Skill. So I think you can pour more points into strength. Enough so that the Iron Mace feels pretty light in your hands. Since your Strength is at 10 and you can already swing it comfortably, I think you should put 3 points in there, and train to raise it by another two."

"Yep. That makes sense. What about the rest?" Layla immediately put 3 points into her strength.

"18 points left. Agility and Vigor&Endurance are high. Strength will be high enough once it reaches 15 I think. Putting 3 points in the Sense stat might help during battle if we are separated. The last 15 points will get dexterity to 20, letting you fight a lot better."

"I was planning on practically doing the same thing except that the 3 points in Sense were going into Agility." Layla said.

"That's fine too. Maybe?"

"Alright I'll listen to you."

Salma felt left a bit out, but she didn't really mind.

[ 15 unused stat points have been allocated to the Dexterity stat.]

[ Dexterity 5---->20.]

[ Your Dexterity Stat has reached 20.]

[ You have been awarded a Skill due to your high Dexterity Stat.]

[ A Skill is being chosen by the System.]

[ Individuality of the user has been taken into consideration.]

[ You have been awarded the Skill "Weakness Exploit".]

"Tell us what that is." Layla said.

[ Passive Skill: Weakness Exploit[E]

The ability to see and exploit the weaknesses of an enemy in combat. The Skill also grants the ability to notice openings in the enemy's stance or posture. Weakpoints will be colored in a slightly red tone. Openings in a slightly green tone. The Skill's effectiveness can increase with an increase in the Dexterity stat or other stats. ]

"I guess that means the Sense stat would help make it more effective. That's a reasonable assumption to have."

Layla took her Iron Mace out of her Storage and grabbed it with one hand.

It was a bit heavy, but she had gotten a lot stronger.

She could hold it in one hand and swing it, but that was a bit too hard. The momentum made her upper body follow the mace.

But once she held it in her two hands, she was surprised by, not only how light it felt, but also how natural.

It felt like the Iron Mace was part of her arms. She swung it vertically, horizontally, diagonally, took steps backward, forward and sideways.

She could perfectly control the weapon.

Plus, her aim was incredible. She tried to swing the Mace towards a certain rock on the wall with all her strength and hit it dead-on, while before, she would always be 5 to 10 cm away from it.

"That's a good skill. It's perfect for someone cool-headed like you." Adam pointed out.

"It really is. Other than that, do you think I can borrow your greatsword to train?" Layla asked.

"Sure. My strength started at 15 and ended up at 22 by the time I was able to hold it properly this way." He took the greatsword out of his Storage and took a fighting stance.

His face was not red, his legs and core were not trembling and he was not sweating. That was proof that he had gotten stronger.

"So my goal is where you started?" Layla joked at the irony.

"Well, I was lv7 after all. Back then, my Agility was at 17 or 18. It was only a week ago though."

Adam handed her the greatsword, but once it left his hands, it fell to the ground immediately.

"Am booored!" Salma shouted while lifting her arms up. She was tired of being left out.

"Alright. Now that you're faster, let's play tag!" Adam told Salma as he advanced towards her and lifted his arms to the sides like a bear.

Seeing that, Salma immediately started running away while laughing.

Adam followed her at a decent pace.

Not so fast that escaping would be impossible for her.

Nor so slow that she could take it easy.

Meanwhile, Layla stood with the greatsword lying on the ground in front of her.

'I wish I could run too.' She thought.