Demonic Pornstar System novel Chapter 93

Chapter 93: Stat Mechanics

[Stats]

{Vitality: 11}

{Strength: 12}

{Agility: 11}

{Endurance: 12}

{Mana: 10}

{Magic: 10}

These were Kaiden’s current stats. He was a completely average man before he started his manic training regimen with Liam, so he was likely 10 in all stats a month ago. He couldn’t tell for certain, though, because as a non-awakened, he had no access to his stat window.

The changes the mana apocalypse introduced into the world were quite game-like, but one thing was vastly different from video games—people didn’t have HP bars. You died when you were killed, not when a magical HP number reached zero.

Vitality was paramount in making one more durable. It provided a flat resistance against all that was hostile. This stat made one’s skin more durable, strengthened their bones, gave them more poison resistance the more Vitality they had, etc. To summarize, the higher one’s Vitality was, the harder they were to kill.

Strength and Agility were self-explanatory. The former made you stronger, while the latter made you move and react faster.

Endurance boosted stamina. While it might seem to be the most useless stat of them all, it was one of the most important stats for melee awakened due to how big dungeon battles could become in higher-ranked dungeons and how much physical exertion it was on their bodies to fight against monsters with insane strength numbers.

Mana and Magic... The former allowed one to cast more spells, while the latter made their magic-oriented spells stronger and their casting easier. Kaiden’s [Doom Strike], for example, wouldn’t benefit from Magic even though it was a spell, as it was purely physical. The Strength stat made it hit harder, the Agility stat made it hit swifter.

Kaiden was a melee fighter for all intents and purposes—his sole fire spell was not enough of a guarantee for him to invest in his magical arsenal.

As such, he put two in each stat before giving his Agility and Strength the final two. Kaiden was simply too slow and weak in his fight against the Mauler. While Vitality would make him tankier, so would Agility in the sense that dodging was much better than tanking the hit and living to tell the tale.

Or so he thought.

[Stats]

{Vitality: 11 → 13}

{Strength: 12 → 15}

{Agility: 11 → 14}

{Endurance: 12 → 14}

{Mana: 10}

{Magic: 10}

The stats Kaiden gained were ’supernatural’ bonuses. He didn’t become more muscular as if he’d trained in the gym. His body was looking exactly as it did before leveling up. Only his basic stats—which could only be gained through painstaking effort—could influence his physical appearance.

This was why a high-level obese man could run faster than a bullet train, making for quite the comical scene. Even if he only had 3 basic Agility stats, his supernatural stats gained from leveling up would make him superhuman nonetheless.

"Are you girls also able to allocate your stats?"

"Yes, I put them in Mana and Magic. I was constantly running out of mana," Aria replied while not looking back at them even for a moment. She was diligently surveilling the surroundings as Nyx had asked her to.

"My Telekinesis spell isn’t mana-hungry; it depends on my mental fortitude more so than my mana reserves, so I put all my eggs into the basket called Magic. It should help me not only with control but with having more telekinetic power. I will not neglect other stats in the future, but first, I want to become strong enough to make good use of my one and only spell."

"Good," Kaiden nodded, happy with their choices. He didn’t want to instruct his Valkyries on how to spend their points, but he would be forced to step in if they invested foolishly.

"The stream is coming back right now. It’s also time we resume our pursuit of the cunt," Kaiden decreed before standing from his seated position.

"Where the hell is the association?! It’s been more than ten minutes easily!" Aria voiced her extreme dissatisfaction. A crazed lunatic assaulted them in the association’s dungeon, they should have been more hurried to correct their mistake, in her opinion.

"All we can do is continue the pursuit. I’m worried Theodore will get Luna killed when he runs into a strong monster. He is done for, but I won’t let Luna become a casualty of his psychotic episode or whatever this is."