Hellbents
Chapter 6: Level Up!

There is still something bothering Ava about the workings of this [System], more precisely the level increase. For the next few hunts he still settled in level 1. Based on the books he read, leveling up should happen every time an individual gains experience, whether it be from daily activities or fighting monsters. Raising the level from 1 to 2 is stated to be very easy, but increasing it again will take more effort because the difficulty level rises exponentially, he said, so the level up from 2 to 3 will be very different from 99 to 100. But Ava alone could not change the level number to 2, let alone to a higher level. Fortunately the status points that he can still save, and after tweaking his own status screen based on what Ava knows, now he can allocate his point status to the aspects that want to be improved.

Name : *** ******

Race/tribe: Human

Level 1: 1

Power :5

Speed: 2

Duration : 2

Intelligence: 2

Indra :2

Status points: -

Skill: Observation (innate) (level 2)

543 coins

And although his individual level could not increase, his skill level was now 2. This upgrade brings new features, for example he is using his abilities to River now. What he would see was something like this.

Name: River Doyle

Race : Human

Level 43

590382 coins

It was only fitting that River refused the coin to give in exchange for taking care of the monster carcass that Ava killed and bothered to sell it, he himself was already rich apparently. But then why is he so diligent hunting with Ava? What was the same reason he had followed her all this time, which was to look after the girl? If it is like that Ava will no longer be surprised for the future, the nature of River is indeed as good as that ..., or he just has no other activities and decides to cling to it in order to ward off boredom.

Ava crouched down, next to her was a corpse of a Horned Rabbit still bleeding, but its black bead focused on the one centimeter-deep curvature of clay as a result of his fists before he added his status points to strength, then his attention shifted to the arch he had just made, adding only 4 points, the depth reaching five centimeters. In theory it is explained that points can change the basic human foundation, but Ava is still skeptical about it, considering his level that can not rise, but if this is .. is not an advantage? With his condition being able to only settle on level 1 without disrupting the features of the other [System], he could accumulate as many status points as possible with the easiest difficulty level.

You could say its own existence is a bug in the world that is still unfamiliar.

Realizing that fact, his business smile appeared even though there was no one he wanted to deceive in front of him.

***

“Why are you full of wounds now?!” The man stepped big, almost running. Then her hands gently pulled both of Ava's arms which were scratched with red stains on her shirt and were accompanied by a rancid smell, especially on the wound on her waist which was more severe.

“Luka like this is normal when hunting,” reply Ava using a monotone tone, he was tempted to add “Duh!” at the end, but it was canceled because it seemed like the decision was not a good thing.

“But yesterday you were fine. Did any monsters come loose and try to attack you?” Although his gesture clearly showed some hesitation, River's tone remained smooth.

“More or less like that,” Ava replied half-heartedly, lying. Because this time Ava tried to fight Horned Rabbit directly using a knife to test his strength and speed increases. The fight is fierce, although he has memorized the attack pattern of the creature, the presence of other Horned rabbits is also a variable defeat. So even though Ava came out as a winner, the scratches of their wiggling results were clearly imprinted on her body.

But of course Ava prepared something as her backup plan. In a page on the book Eve gave, she found the title “Drugs wounds scratches”.

Aloe vera mixed with boiled Troll blood in a ratio of 1:1 will be able to heal scratches, the effectiveness depends on how large the wound will be healed. Small scratches can disappear within a few hours, while large ones can heal within 1-2 days if treatment is done every 6 hours.

Buying aloe vera along with Troll blood is very easy to do with the [Shop] feature, the item will be sent automatically to [Inventory], and the item will be sent automatically to [Inventory], but he must still be careful if there is fraud or the quality of goods is fairly bad.

Ava showed her ingredients to River, “I already have the ingredients to heal wounds like this.”

River who immediately understood, immediately said, “Although less effective than healers who only need a few seconds, herbal ingredients are effective. All right, I'll help you here!”

Boiling the blood of Trolls that have high regenerative skills, still with wrinkles on the forehead, River also helps in collecting aloe vera gel, mixing, and even applying the herb. Although Ava intends to do it herself, there is no point in refusing the man's help.

***

“I understand that you are worried, but this wound will not make me die,” unless I have an infection, Ava continued in her mind, of course, she will not say to make things worse.

“But still, a patient should keep resting!” sahut River, stubborn.

But Ava did not lose, “If you do not want to, I can go alone. After all Tezia only lives a few kilometers from here.”

Feeling that he could no longer persuade the girl in front of him, River gave up. “Alright, after dinner we leave.” Ava could see that the man scooped his soup more roughly than usual, considering River was the only object she could observe these few days, he said, he has memorized some small habits that Rover does when angry, thinking, or sad. When angry his gesture becomes riled up even though his man remains smooth, when he thinks he will narrow his eyes and look at the void, while when sad he will look at the floor, silent.

After finishing lunch, they immediately went towards the entrance gate of Tezia city. Although River controlled Lig to walk slower than usual, eventually the two men arrived at their destination when the moon's reddish purple ring gave rise to its tip.

As the capital city, Tezia is indeed really crowded. The 15-metre-long bridge, multiplied by hundreds of meters in length, is filled with two rows of vehicles that want to enter the city. Starting from the common andong, pedagogue chariots, to explorers who use horses, all queue to be allowed to enter after the soldiers checked their identities, in contrast to the previous small towns.

Uh.

Now Ava has to think hard to get through the guard. Besides he does not have an identity card, his status screen is also very suspicious with a name that until now has somehow been censored.

Hm.