3. Insight to the New World

3. Insight to the New World She followed the trio and sat herself across them. A small, rectangular coffee table separated them. Frost figured that as long as they were willing to help then that was all that mattered. With a soft hum, she smiled at them and waited for the twin tailed woman in the middle to speak again. “I’m Res. One of the Moons of the Nexus. I will be your acting receptionist under the watchful eyes of our Beholders. This is Cer.” The woman with the unstyled hair and the spontaneous personality grinned, baring her teeth like an animal. “And this is Ber.” The other woman with the ponytail proudly nodded beside her. “May we have your name, please?” Res concluded politely. “Frost.” Cer snickered underneath her breath. And Cer is any better than Frost? Res cleared her throat and continued. “Frost. What was there you wanted to ask?” “Well... do you mind if I say everything?” She answered immediately. “Everything? In what way?” Res inquired kindly. Frost thought for a moment before she answered. “Like what is this place for instance. I only know it’s called the Nexus. But what is the Nexus?” All three of them looked at her with disbelief, like she had just asked them how to breathe. “Oi. When you said everything, I hope you didn’t mean bad tasting jokes as well.” Ber growled. Frost’s brows furrowed. “I’m serious. I have no idea what the Nexus is. What a Beholder is, or what the Moons are. The date. Time. How many days there are in a week if that’s even a thing? The number of hours in a day. The days in a year. I don’t know anything about Elysia at all.” She passionately answered, convincing them that she was not trying to pull their leg or waste their precious time.Alll latest novels at novelhall.com It left them speechless. She didn’t know if she was asking too much, or if what she asked was simply common sense in this world. But even so – she absolutely needed to know, even if it meant sounding like the most ignorant person in the world. Regardless of whether Frost was telling the truth, these people were still obligated to answer her questions. To the best of their ability, of course. From what Frost gathered – < HP > was linked directly with the state of the body. The closer to death one was, the lower their HP became. < MP > dictated the amount of mana one possessed; an enigmatic power that allowed people to, as Frost saw it, blatantly violate the laws of physics. When mana hit 0 all points in magic attack and magic defense become redundant save for bonuses granted by equipped armor and weapons. < ATT > was the numerical value of one’s strength and the maximum potential damage they can inflict. ATT directly affects HP and is consequently resisted by ATT Defense. < ATT DEF > resisted ATT on a pure one-to-one basis. Meaning that a 50 ATT attack against someone with 50 ATT DEF would only do the minimum amount of damage, which was 1. Frost had trouble trying to imagine someone tanking an entire broadsword in only bikini armor. ... I’ll believe it when I see it. < MAG ATT > and < MAG DEF > were the exact same thing, except for skills and attacks designated as < MAGIC >. < AGI > simply defined the maximum movement speed of a person in general. This included things like punches, kicks, skills, and reaction time. < RESIST > determined one’s physical and mental resistance to certain conditions, such as being set alight or to tolerate poison. These were the combat stats. As for profession stats, otherwise known as ODSE, they were merely representative of the number of levels one had in that profession category. Professions, like for example her Greater Healer was level 50, hence why her Support Profession was also level 50. Every 25 levels in a given profession is considered a milestone; and bonuses, alongside skills were granted. 100 levels in a profession are called a profession mastery and usually results in powerful abilities rather than a passive skill. These abilities were better described as characteristics, like being able to see in the dark. Additionally, the only way to level professions was to use their respective Active Skills. These needed to be leveled to progress the profession. And on the topic of Active Skills – there are a total of 50 levels until mastery. Each 10 levels serve as a milestone that evolves said skill. Finally – there were the Overall levels. This was calculated by the total sum of O, the half of D, the quarter of S, and a tenth of E. At every 50 levels the person gained a new title, unlocked additional unique skills, stats, and professions. As of 350 Post Advent, the highest level someone had reached was 250, although, it was unknown whether this was the maximum level achievable.