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<Proficiency has reached the required level. Skill [Appraisal – LV3] has become [Appraisal – LV4]>
Oh, finally! [Appraisal]’s level went up! The information barrage hasn’t really been making me woozy lately, so this is great timing. Now, what will you show me this time, [Appraisal]?
{>Small Lesser Taratekt – LV 6 – no name}
Huh? There’s… no change? No, wait, underneath my species name, there’s a few horizontal colored lines. What are these…?
{HP Gauge}
I unintentionally Appraised the green line on top, so now it’s quite obvious what it represents. “HP” is an abbreviation that shows up in so many video games, after all. It stands for “hit points”, but what’s important is that it’s a representation of my physical health. When I take damage, they’re depleted, and when I run out, well, game over. This new meter has appeared in my Appraisal results!
This is a pleasant surprise! Until now, I’ve had to estimate how much damage I’d taken in my head, and didn’t really have any other good way to check. Now, I’ve got a health bar, so I can tell at a glance what my condition is like!
Right now, my health bar is just about full. It looks like it might be a little bit decreased: at the very right of the bar, there’s a short little black section. Ummmm… I really would like to figure out how to get actual numbers out of this, but even still, this is a real luxury.
Now, under my health bar are three more bars. Let’s start by checking out this blue one, immediately below my HP.
{MP Gauge}
Ah, that’s to be expected. If there’s HP, there’s got to be MP. This must be showing how much magic power I have available! Of course, since I have no idea how to cast any of my magic, it’s not like I really care… It probably only goes down when you cast a spell, and since I have no spells to cast, this is probably never going to drop.
The real puzzle is the identity of these last two bars. One’s yellow and the other’s red, and they’re arranged so closely together that they almost look like one bar. I have no clue what these could possibly represent! Welp… Appraise.
{SP Gauge}
Hm? SP? Skill Points? Hmmm? Why would I need a bar for those? Wait, I’m jumping to conclusions again. This probably isn’t for skill points. SP is an abbreviation, but I have no good ideas of what it could stand for. Well, let’s go ahead and Appraise “SP”.
{SP: Stamina points.}
Oh? Aaaah! It really isn’t skill points, but a different word with the same first letter! That’s way too confusing.
Hoofh. Even so, “stamina”, huh. Is this the physical equivalent of my mana bar? Is it going to go down when I exercise? Hmmm? Wait, why are there two meters for it, and why is the yellow bar on top full up while the red one on bottom already has a third of it missing? What’s the difference? Let’s try running “stamina points” through [Appraisal].
{Stamina points: points that are consumed through exercise.}
Ah, yep. I still don’t get it. Ohh, well, if I keep an eye on it, I’ll be able to figure it out eventually, right? If I can, I should try to figure out how to keep this [Appraisal] notification open so that I can always see my health bar. Maybe I can set [Appraisal] to continuously cast on myself… like… this? Ah, yeah! Not bad, if I do say so myself. Now I can always look to see how much health I have, unless I take it down voluntarily. This is seriously convenient!
Although… it really is convenient to see my own meters… but isn’t seeing my enemy’s HP and MP going to give me a ridiculous advantage? I can look at its health to figure out how many more hits it’s got left in it, and if it’s a magic user I can keep an eye on its MP so that I can figure out when it’s my turn to strike. It’s not like I’ve found any magic-specialized monsters so far, though. Regardless, being able to know even a tiny bit of the opponent’s stats is a huge advantage in combat! Ah, [Appraisal], how could I have doubted how god-tier OP you were? Heheheh. I saw this coming! I deliberately picked up such a useless skill because I knew it was going to grow into something wonderful. Of course I knew it was going to be useless from the start! You can’t prove otherwise!
Well now, eyes forward, marching, marching. Oh! Found a monster.
{Elro Ferekt – LV 3 – failed to appraise statistics}
I would like to retract my previous statement. This is useless after all! How did I make such a serious mistake…? Ugh, I’m such an idiot for getting my hopes up.
Regardless, here’s another centipede. What to do? Hmm. A sneak attack might not really work. It hasn’t spotted me yet, but it’s facing this way, so I’m not going to be able to get behind it.
Wait, I just had a brilliant idea!
I stealthily creep up the wall and make my way towards the ceiling. Having a spider’s body sure is convenient sometimes! Oop, hanging upside down on a ceiling is actually pretty tricky. It’s not that bad, though, if I brace myself well I’m in no danger of falling.
Like this, I slowly creep along the ceiling. You can do it, legs! …Hm? Oh, my stamina bar is going down! No time for that now, though, I have a plan to concentrate on.
I arrive over the unsuspecting centipede. All right! I’m so close, yet he doesn’t see me. I stick a thread to the ceiling, and slowly descend until I’m right behind him.
Then I leap! The centipede tenses up in fear, but it’s far too late! I spin it around and around, rolling it up in my silk, and then I go in for the kill! Chomp! Ahahaha! How do you like my new strategy, codenamed “look out, I’m right above you”?! I’d say it’s a pretty overwhelming success!
Well, once again, time to eat.
Umf. As I eat, I go back to contemplating my stamina bar. While I was clinging to the ceiling, the yellow bar was steadily decreasing. When I braced myself, the rate of change went down a little bit. Now, though, it’s completely back up to full. Hm?
<Proficiency has reached the required level. Acquired skill [Paralysis Resistance – LV1]>
Oh… oh!! Centipede, you were hiding a paralysis attack from me?! Man, if my sneak attacks hadn’t worked, these fights would have been way tougher. I’m going to have to be more careful next time.
Hm? Hmmmm? Doesn’t it look like the lower red part of my stamina bar is increasing? I remember it being about a third of the way empty, but it’s slowly been creeping back up. It’s only a quarter empty now. Why, I wonder? Why would my stamina start increasing…?
…Oh, yeah, I ate something. Aha! That’s it! I see, I see! I think I understand a little bit.
To summarize, it looks like the red bottom bar represents how much overall energy I can muster in the long term. That means the yellow one on top represents my short-term stamina?
To test it out, I took off running at full speed, causing the yellow bar to start draining very quickly. It soon ran out completely, perfectly coinciding with me exhausting my last bit of strength.
Wheeze, wheeze.
Ugh, going for a run immediately after eating, I must be some kind of idiot. My stomach really hurts. Seriously.
This clinches it, though. The yellow bar is my instantaneous energy reserves. If that runs out, I’ll be left here trying to catch my breath. It seems to recover just as quickly as it’s depleted, though. After I got my breathing under control, it started filling right back up.
So, the red bar on the bottom must be my overall endurance. After all that running, it went down just a little bit. Man, I don’t know what would happen if my endurance meter hit zero, but it can’t be good. Maybe I won’t be able to move at all, and that’s one of the least punishing things that come to mind. It looks like it’s recovered via eating, but I’m definitely going to need to keep an eye on this.
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