My health recovery is incredibly fast.

[Level] LV.31

[Experience] 10997/11000 (Note ①: The experience requirement has been modified for easier calculation.)

[Health Points] 420/420 (Slight Poisoning)

[Base Health Regeneration Speed]

90 points/hour

(Having 1 Blood Elemental Servant reduces base health regeneration speed by 10%)

[Resistance]

【Four-elemental resistance】12%

[Strength] 6

[Agile] 6

[Endurance] 6

[Vitality] 100

[Perception] 12

[Willpower] 14

【Charm】7

[Mental] 20.3 (25.3)

(Has 1 Blood Elemental Servant, Spirit -5)

[Free Attribute Points] 13

【Spirit Gauge】21.5/80 (100)

...

I've already taken up to the second dose of the adaptation potion. Combined with the training from the Demon Hunter School, the improvement in my physical attributes is quite noticeable. In less than a week, my strength, agility, and endurance have each increased by 1 point.

Xia Zuo recently realized that there was a problem with his past method of allocating skill points.

The existence of the Bloodline quality clearly encourages him to allocate points evenly, becoming an octagonal character with high stats in all eight attributes.

If I had taken the time ten years ago to carefully analyze the patterns in the number of free attribute points, this would probably be a template with extremely high bloodline characteristics by now.

Thinking about this, Xia Zuo felt a pang of regret.

However, he didn't dwell on his negative emotions for too long.

After all, time cannot be turned back; we can only seize the present.

He focused his attention on the character template, allocating 3 points each to Strength, Agility, and Stamina, and then adding 2 points to Charisma.

In this way, the quality of the blood pattern reaches 27 points.

Xia Zuo activated the [Bloodline Curse] and cast the Curse of Decay on the fool Ufacas.

After waiting silently for ten minutes, I stopped casting the spell, and a message from the cheat system appeared in my mind:

"Successfully cast the Curse of Decay...Gain 5 experience points and a small attribute bonus."

"Level up!"

..

[Level] LV.32

[Experience] 2/13000

[Free Attribute Points] 2 + 9 → 11 points

..

Ah, that feels so good!

By investing 11 free attribute points into Strength, Agility, and Charisma, and gaining 9 free attribute points upon leveling up, it's equivalent to gaining 11 attribute points with only 2 free attribute points.

This deal is a win-win situation no matter how you look at it.

It was even a huge profit.

Xia Zuo was in a good mood, chuckled a few times, activated the [Bloodline Curse] to apply the Decay Curse to the idiot, and then picked up his coat and went out.

...

The physical training progressed very quickly.

Rexor bluntly stated that Shazo might be able to wield the Elemental Chain Hammer in just six months.

But that's only enough to be able to pick it up.

Insufficient proficiency in wielding the weapon limited the power that the Elemental Chain Hammer could unleash.

Xia Zuo didn't have any good solutions to this either.

Weapon specialization improves relatively slowly.

It took a week for my specialization on hammers to reach level 3, and I still have a long way to go to reach level 20.

However, my [Shield Mastery] has improved quite quickly, and it has now reached Lv.4.

This is related to his current training habits; he always likes to carry a shield in his left hand, which makes him feel safer.

The effect description for 【Shield Specialization】 states:

There is a 4% chance to trigger a shield bash upon a successful parry.

Xia Zuo now understands what happened.

This is related to something that was discovered earlier:

[The "Golden Finger" is more like a recorder. It objectively records the changes in the host and expresses them in a data-driven language.]

The so-called "4%" chance of triggering a shield bash is an objective description of Shazo.

He had the bald man conduct hundreds of experiments.

Rexor suppressed his strength to the level of a Witcher Apprentice, launching hundreds of attacks using a practical, combat-oriented approach rather than simply feeding him moves.

Xia Zuo blocked one-third of the attacks.

Out of approximately 100 successful parries, I only found an opportunity to launch a shield bash about 4 times.

Therefore, the "4%" here is not triggered randomly or without reason; it is simply a statistical concept.

Hmm... However, when [Shield Specialization] is applied to a Bloodborne minion, it seems to become a probability-based event.

Xia Zuo couldn't find an opportunity to verify this at the moment.

He's been struggling with nail specialization for the past few days.

Of all the specializations, armor specialization is the one that improves the slowest.

Cloth armor, cotton armor, leather armor, leather armor, chainmail, plate armor, and heavy armor—each type of armor has its own specializations and strengths.

The upgrade effects are largely the same, all related to the degree of agility reduction when wearing the garment.

The higher the specialization level, the less agility penalty you will receive.

Once your Strength, Agility, and Stamina all reach 7, you can wear the lightest chainmail.

Before training began today, Shazo asked Rexor if he could train in chainmail.

He deliberately removed his [flesh disguise] to show off his current muscle strength.

Rexol's pupils widened slightly as he circled the other person. "The adaptation serum has clearly had a significant effect on you, Shazo. I noticed your uniqueness when I was evaluating you at Starry Night Academy. The benefits of the Black Eye Poison on you are equally remarkable."

“Alright, you’re certainly qualified to wear the training chainmail.” Rexol pointed to the clothes rack in the training area. “Go change into it, and then we’ll begin training.”

Heavy armor includes both plate armor and chainmail.

The order of wearing armor from the inside out is: underwear, military uniform or cotton armor lining, chainmail, plate armor.

Being able to wear chainmail means becoming a beginner-level warrior, capable of holding out for a short while in close-quarters combat.

Wearing cotton armor, Xia Zuo put on his training mail armor and trained with Rexor for a few rounds, successfully unlocking the [Mail Armor Specialization].

There is one unavoidable flaw in ordinary armor:

It gets colder when it's cold, and hotter when it's hot.

It was deep winter, with gray clouds looming over the city outside and a cold wind howling, blowing chill into the pointed wooden shed. The training ground was also chilly.

After exercising, Xia Zuo was covered in sweat. A cold wind blew, making his head feel cold. He couldn't help but shiver, and the padding on his cheeks seemed to freeze.

"Should we light the stove?" Rexol asked, bouncing the mace.

“No need, Master, I can handle it.” Xia Zuo glanced at the other’s leather armor, which didn’t look very warm. “Don’t you feel cold? Or is your leather armor an alchemical creation?”

“It’s just a regular suit of armor.” Rexol tapped his chest. “Becoming a Witcher isn’t easy. Willpower is more important than anything else. In this season, Witcher apprentices wear leather armor like mine to train in the snow.”

Xia Zuo looked out the window at the tree branches bent by the wind.

"You want to train in the cold wind to toughen your will?" Rexol asked.

Xia Zuo nodded.

“Hmm…” Rexormosso nodded, “We can give it a try.”

He pushed aside a weapons rack next to a wooden wall and removed the wooden planks that served as the wall.

The wooden shed, which was originally just a little drafty, suddenly became cold.

Xia Zuo took a deep breath of cold air, feeling as if his entire lungs were about to freeze.

"Come on, let's continue training." Rexol charged forward, shield and mace in hand.

The two engaged in close combat on the training field.

It was close to noon.

Xia Zuo soon felt hungry, and a feeling of coldness suddenly welled up inside him.

Just then, an idea flashed into my mind!

Why do people feel cold?