Anomaly

It may be different for different races but it should be overall still the same. You start at level 1 at birth and in the process of growing up it increases to level 10 to 20, but 9 out of 10 people can't increase their level to over 15 that way.

There are three other ways to increase your level, or to be exact three mainly used ways to get your hands on the energy you need to absorb for that. The first, and most common way, are t.i.tles, every time you receive a t.i.tle you also get a certain amount of energy. Most commoners level up that way outside their natural growth. But in the end that is definitely not a very efficient way.

The other two ways are basically the same. Every time something gets ‚killed', even if it's an undead as long as it has a soul, they set free a part of their energy, that then can be absorbed by the one who killed it to increase their level.

The other possibility is to save the energy in a crystal, it works with almost all crystals, no matter if its a normal quartz, saphire, or a magic crystal but the best ones are those made by alchemists. It actually works with almost all materials, but crystals are the most effective in both amount and storage time.

What this means is basically that you can save the energy and give it someone else to absorb, many people earn their money that way, by selling the energy."

„But, couldn't you in that case just pay a necromancer to continually summon undead for others to kill?", Aya asked.

„Even though the necropolis was said to be build upon their many talented necromancer, it is generally not seen in a good light as one shouldn't trouble the dead. Also, it doesn't work that way. You asked because we are sending you to the necropolis for training, right?"

„Yes."

„The reason is that most undead that necromancer summon only have fake souls. To create an undead with a real soul, very complicated rituals are needed. And the few that appear naturally are souls that have possessed their own dead bodies

„Huh? The way you re describing it, it doesn't sound like undead with real souls aren't necessarily bad, doesn't it?", Julia exclaimed, only then making the others realize this point.

„Yes, but you don't have to worry, the undead in the necropolis are all mad, they attack indiscriminately everything thats alive and sometimes even other undead.

But the undead of the necropolis aren't natural undead. Even though most undead are based on a strong hatred or feelings of revenge, it isn't unheard of that people become undead to convey their last wishes or hoping to get to see their loved ones one last time. But those mostly exist only for a few days and move on when their purpose is fulfilled. Sadly most of those are misunderstood and taken down by hunters just like normal undead.

Let's stop at this point. The next thing im going to explain are the stats. As you may have realized there are six obvious stats, three for the body, and three for the mind, plus two, one for each, that i will explain at the end.

The relations.h.i.+p between level and stat is rather simple. With each level you receive one stat point in all six categories, as well as one free stat point that you can choose yourself were to put. Most people put their free points in only a single stat and only rarely in two, and if then they put them still all in the same category, body or mind.

Lets beginn with the stats that focus on the body, and the easiest to understand stat. The [strength] stat. The [strength] stat is the most straight forward as it simply increases the maximum strength you can use.

The second is [endurance]. The higher your [endurance] the longer you can run, fight or do everything else. But at the same time it also increases your resistance against poisons and deseases, makes you heal injuries faster and able to continue on despite injuries. Even though its not true, it's to an degree that some people think that those with enough [endurance] can even regenerate limbs.

The last stat in the body category is [agility], the only stat that is thought to have a slight effect on the mind as well. It mainly increases your movement speed and explosive strength, but also has effects on your bodies flexibility and reflexes, as well as a few other minor effects.

The second category of stats are the mind stats. These are are a little harder to explain, so let me use the example of a chess game."

„Oh? You have chess here as well? I didn't expect that!", Allan exclaimed.

„Oh, right, i forgot, but it is good that you know the game, that makes things for me easier. The rest of you know it as well, i hope?"

The other six all nodded, and look at each other afterwards, not able to hide their astonishment. They didn't expect that chess existed in eight different worlds.

„Well, it's not too surprising in the end. Even in my world existed two differently types of chess that had independent origins and only small differences in their rules. We can probably a.s.sume that there are differences here as well but the basics should be the same.", Allan explained.

„In that case let me explain. The easiest mind stat to understand would be [wisdom], it reflects your ability to remember and concentrait. Making it easier to keep your focus for the whole game, as well as recalling your turns afterward even if you don't actively try to.

The second stat is [intelligence], it is a stat that simply increases your thinking speed. In a game of chess, those with high [intelligence] stats are much faster at making their moves, because they need much less time to think through the different possibilities. They are also faster in those straight forward calculations, were they just have to add two extremly high numbers together.

The last stat of the six is the [dexterity] stat. This stat increases the complexity of ones thinking. The ones with high [dexterity] are the type of chess player that make their moves as complicated as possible and try to trick you, making it hard to understand their actual intentions. People who put their free stats into [dexterity] tend to have the reputation of schemers and scammers. [dexterity] is also the stat that has the most influence on ones body, as it makes it easier to make complex or fine movements. That's also the reason why most people in the artistic fields make use of this stat.

Well, that it about the six main stats. Now let me explain the two ‚special' stats."