It Started with Slime - Part 1

Chapter 110 - Full

"Speaking of humans and infants. I wanted to ask you, Haemish. What is the average stat growth for humans? I have no context for the stats that I have, not knowing what the averages are and such." Aarav finally remembered to ask a question that had been bothering him for a while now.

"Hmm, that is very difficult to say. There is much variation in what I know, and I have taken a tiny sample." Internally Aarav cheered. Of course, Haemish would have an idea.

"Okay, just an average then. I just need a little context, is all." Aarav quickly stated, egging the man on to divulge what he knew. It would be his way to gauge how he stacked up against regular people.

"Well, hmm, how to put this? Hmm, this is actually much harder than I thought it would be to try to get an idea." Haemish tried to get the words out.

"Come on, Haemish, just an idea is all I need. I just want to see how I stack up with the average human, you know?"

"For world dominion, is it?" Haemish laughed again, and Marasa joined him.

"Yes, that is exactly why I need to know." Aarav said in the driest tone he could muster. Aarav sighed.

"Yes, yes, oh alright. Let me put it like this. The average that I have seen for a human adult is around a hundred. Now bear in mind this is an oversimplification since stats are not everything. There are skill levels and other abilities to consider, and many of which you are unlikely to have to deal with right now." Haemish began.

"Like Talents and Magic?"

"Like Talents and Magic." Haemish agreed with a bit of surprise that Aarav knew of them. "How do you know about those? Do you have some Talents already? And Magic as well?"

"I heard some other people talking about it in the halls when I was coming back from taking the Soul Oath." Aarav quickly lied; he should just keep his mouth shut.

"Ah, right." Aarav wasn't sure if it was his imagination, but he thought Haemish suspected he wasn't being entirely honest. He continued regardless, and Aarav also let it be. "Regardless, as I was saying, on average, a human might have around fifteen hundred stat points distributed between the fifteen core stats. It is also possible for other stats to develop. One of those is Luck. A rare and powerful stat that can bring the owner a lot of good fortune, and some of the greatest men in existence have it!" Haemish finished with that exciting bit of trivia.

Yeah, it brought the owners a lot of Luck. Of course, it did! Aarav thought. Wait, did he say it was extremely rare? Aarav's mind was reeling a little. But could it be that the gods had blessed him? He had received the luck stat very early on. And now, after six or seven months, it had built up to fifty. That was very slow going, but it had been up and down a lot.

"Interesting, okay that..." Aarav just realised the rest of what Haemish had said. One hundred in each stat on average! That meant he was below average, with only Intellect being at average. No way! So he was a complete weakling in the context of adult humans. "...sounds interesting." He finished a little hoarser than usual.

Haemish frowned, clearly misunderstanding the Slime's reaction because he said. "One hundred is only the minimum. People that work hard to improve their stats would have higher. As I said, skill levels and other things also come into play. Most people don't improve their stats beyond one hundred in any category, and their skills take them beyond. Also, it is harder to get stats once you get to one hundred in any category." Haemish finished with a flourish.

Aarav had no words. The absolute weakest of humans had an average of one hundred in each category. He was the lowest of them, more vulnerable than the most inferior human. Somehow in his mind, he had not expected the disparity to be so great. The Slime sighed. Why am I not surprised? It was the hand he was dealt, and now for the second time and in another life, he had the same hand. Why not this one as well? The role of the underdog was his. Once again, he would have to crawl his way to the top.

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