The Weakest Kobold In The Dungeon Gets A Level [Book 1 Complete] Chapter 6: Chapter 4: To See In Absolute Darkness

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Chapter 4 To See In Absolute Darkness Sitting up against the side of the thin oak tree that was home to Pearl, her siblings, and their kids, Nik wondered what it would be like to have wind abilities. He knew in theory that there were various elemental skills, but had no idea how any of them would work in practice. Aside from adventurers, the elements came naturally to a few of the monster species, but that was something that they were born with. It was something that was innate, from what he understood at least. He hadn’t ever heard of any being taught between species. The only ability he had gotten so far, and used, was his Shield Bash. Never in a lifetime did he think that he would ever acquire a shield, and then even further, use that shield to hit someone. There was a lot of luck that went into that encounter, and he knew it. I shouldn’t have survived meeting with Sir BlackDagger, and I shouldn’t have survived fighting two adventurers at once, he thought to himself. I can’t rely on getting lucky forever. Something has to change. If Nik had to fight in order to survive long enough to find his new home, then he would need skills and abilities to come out on top. Nik still had an extra stat bonus to apply, too. As he pulled up his stats, he pondered over what he needed most. There was an odd part to the system that he found a bit jarring. It was almost like he intuitively knew what everything meant, even though he had never heard it all explained. He knew what it meant to be strong, because he had never had much strength, but in combat Strength increases the amount of physical damage you could deal. Agility was pretty handy for getting in and out quickly, while also affecting your chances of being successful in landing your attacks. Fortitude makes you more resistant to damage and gives you more endurance. Intelligence, well, that gave you a bit more intuitive combat strategy while also increasing elemental damage output. Perception grants you awareness of your surroundings, and in general increases the strength of all of your senses. Charisma is your natural ability to persuade and manipulate the people around you, but it’s not as bad as that explanation makes it sounds. Lastly we have Luck. Luck increases your chances of scoring a critical hit and it gives you a small boost to skill growth. “If I am going to be an elemental skill user, then I will need intelligence,” Nik stated as he increased the stat to 6. Pearl descended from her tree to hover behind the screen just as he confirmed his stat point increase. “Are you done staring into the middle distance, yet? Or do we need to start your training some other time?” she asked with evident sarcasm. “No, I’m ready! Just tell me where to start.” Nik responded as usual with enthusiasm. With a look of mild amusement she waved for Nik to follow. Standing on his bandaged leg was not a whole barrel of fun, but he followed his new teacher. Limping along, he tried to use his bad leg as little as possible. They stopped just a few dozen paces from the faery hollow and she motioned for him to sit. “This is not the fun part,” she began. Nik sat studious, anticipating some sort of tough physical training as she continued, “You will need to learn to understand how the wind interacts with the world. Faeryfolk have an innate understanding that we nurture as we learn to fly, even the pixies with their single set of wings. You do not have either of those advantages.” Pearl looked at him with her amused smile from earlier returning, only this time with a sadistic twist that wasn’t there previously. Directing his eyes upwards, she said, “I will have the monotonous task of pruning a couple of the branches from this tree today in the slowest method possible. You will have the task of watching as I remove each leaf from those branches one by one.” Nik started, “Wait, you want me to watch you trim leaves?” Pearl’s sadistic smile grew even wider. She seemed even more excited at the prospect of him suf