Adding Points, Plans

Lohr glanced at the sun overhead and saw that it was nearly noon. He immediately said to everyone beside him:

"It's almost noon. Let's go eat first."

"Alright!"

Everyone nodded, and under the lead of the fisherman Hargwen, they went to a villager's house for lunch.

After a lunch consisting entirely of seafood, with its fishy smell assaulting their noses, Lohr took out two copper coins as payment.

After the meal, he announced a one-hour break. He entered a cart that had not yet been loaded with fish by himself and opened the Game Panel.

[Name: Lohr Rox

Age: 12

Constitution: 0.7+

Spirit: 1.5+

Spiritual Energy: 0+

Witchcraft: None

Meditation Talent: Level 1+.

Charge Points: 1 point, 0.1%]

I'll add this first Charge Point to Constitution... Meditation Talent can wait.

Having killed over two hundred and sixty fish that morning and still feeling his hands tremble slightly, Lohr made the decision without hesitation.

His gaze moved upward. As he focused on the plus sign after the Constitution stat, a subtle change appeared on the panel.

[Constitution 0.7→1.7]

The next instant, an indescribable sense of strength surged through his body.

Lohr clenched his fist. Feeling that his body was now more than twice as strong as before, he felt a little safer.

Adding points to Meditation Talent concerned his future and was undoubtedly the highest priority, but before that, he needed at least some ability to protect himself.

Besides, the more Constitution he added, the less tiring work would be, and the more Charge Points he could earn.

An hour passed quickly. Everyone gathered by the fishpond again and continued their morning's work.

But after working for only a short while, the militiaman Clysis noticed something was off.

"Lohr, why did you suddenly get so much faster at knocking out fish?"

That morning, the little fellow often needed two strikes to kill a fish. Now, he killed one with every blow, doubling his speed outright.

"After doing it enough, you naturally pick up a few tricks."

Lohr replied without changing expression.

"I see." Clysis nodded, seeming to understand but not quite.

Hargwen, who was scooping up fish with a net nearby, blinked in confusion. There were tricks to knocking out fish?

Still, it was only a small matter, so he did not dwell on it. As long as Lohr paid him enough in the end, that was all that mattered.

[Absorbing trace elements, Charge Point progress +0.4%]

[Absorbing trace elements, Charge Point progress +0.5%]

[Absorbing trace ele...]

Time passed bit by bit, while the Charge Point progress on the Game Panel continued to rise.

[Charge complete, Charge Points +1]

This time, Lohr obtained another Charge Point after just an hour and a half, without feeling tired in the slightest.

Adding points to Constitution feels really good!

With that thought, Lohr continued his merciless slaughter of the fish.

However, his rate of gaining Charge Point progress began to slow afterward.

That was because most of the fish in this pond that contained trace elements had already been knocked dead by him, making the remaining ones increasingly difficult to find.

In the end, it took a full three hours to gain another Charge Point.

At the same time, they had harvested nearly three thousand pounds of fish, filling three carts.

"That'll do." After casually adding a few ordinary fish, Lohr stopped Hargwen, who was preparing to cast his net again, and said:

"I'll take only these fish today. Calculate the price."

"Alright."

Hargwen responded, tossed aside the fishing net, and walked over to the three carts. He poked his head into each one, then ran back and said:

"One cart still has some space left, and it's not quite three thousand pounds. How about I add some more and round it off?"

"That works."

Lohr nodded indifferently and handed Hargwen the wooden club in his hand along with six gold coins.

"Load them as you see fit. I'll pay you the gold first."

"Alright, please wait a moment."

Hargwen excitedly accepted the coins and club. He eagerly went to catch more fish, knocked them out, and stuffed them into Lohr's carts to fill the gaps.

Another ten minutes passed before Hargwen filled all three carts and finally came before Lohr, panting heavily.

"Mr. Lohr, I've filled them for you."

"Good work."

Lohr handed him a copper coin. "This is what you've earned. Take it."

"Thank you, Mr. Lohr." Hargwen happily accepted the copper coin.

Although he could have received some silver coins from the previous six gold coins anyway, who would not like an extra gain?

"No need to thank me." Lohr smiled.

Turning around, he gave Clysis another three copper coins. He did not leave out the three cart drivers either, giving each of them one copper coin.

The three cart drivers all thanked him and happily accepted the coins.

Clysis, however, looked somewhat embarrassed. Holding the coins, he hesitated to put them into his pocket.

"What is it, Uncle Clysis?" Lohr asked with a frown.

Could this man think he had given too little?

That should not be the case. Three copper coins might not seem like much, but they could buy thirty pounds of fish. It was definitely generous.

During the intentional and unintentional probing over the past three days, he had not found Clysis to be particularly greedy. If anything, the man seemed rather honest and simple.

"I... I just think we're already so familiar with each other. It feels a little inappropriate to take your money again," Clysis said hesitantly.

After spending three days together, Clysis had long stopped treating Lohr as a child due to how mature and steady his every word and action had been. Instead, he regarded him as a friend.

In Clysis's eyes, taking money from a friend just for doing a small favor was not appropriate.

"Uh..."

Lohr froze for a moment, then said with a mixture of amusement and exasperation:

"Uncle Clysis, you're responsible for protecting me. It's only right for you to take this money. If I don't pay you, even others will think I'm stingy."

"I see. Then I'll accept it."

Clysis scratched his head before finally putting away the three copper coins. Looking at Lohr, he solemnly promised:

"Don't worry. I'll definitely do everything I can to keep you safe."

"With those words from you, Uncle Clysis, I can rest easy."

Lohr smiled in response. He looked up at the sky and saw that the sun was already close to setting, then immediately said:

"It's getting late. Let's hurry back to town."

"Alright."

"Yes."

The four people who had come with Lohr all responded. Their attitudes were much more enthusiastic than before.

The group of four people and three carts then set off on their return journey.

Lohr walked at the front, facing the setting sun, his mind filled with thoughts.

I've already filtered through the fish in Bluefish Village. There are basically none left that contain elements. I'll have to wait at least half a month for the next batch, but I need three Charge Points.

If my goal is only to raise my Meditation Talent to Level Five, Bluefish Village alone is actually more than enough.

But what about afterward?

After becoming a wizard apprentice, learning witchcraft would be the real major expense of Charge Points.

At the very least, I need to find another fishing village and establish a partnership with it, so I can stockpile more Charge Points for future use. Lohr set this goal in his heart.

As it happened, Lohr had learned from the original owner's memories that there was another fishing village near the town.

It was simply farther away, nearly thirty li from town.

Once this batch of fish had been salted and preserved, he could go take a look.