Chapter 5: Personal Panel

In the basement.

It was somewhat clean here now, piled with quite a few items, differing significantly from his memories.

At the very least, there was no rotting flesh or foul-smelling bloodstains.

Cana immediately cleared a clean spot nearby, gathered the surrounding straw, and placed Aliris on top of it.

He turned and began rummaging through the messy cabinets.

"Found it."

A packet of medicinal powder, a roll of bandages, and a bottle of potion.

These were the items left behind in the village chief's basement.

In the "Carnivorous Village" dungeon, reaching this point guaranteed these lootable rewards.

He then found a few bottles of wine on the cabinet nearby.

In the game, these bottles of wine could be sold for a bit of money.

There was no helping it; drinking them was impossible, as there was no sense of taste in the game.

Opening them would cause damage, and their value would plummet.

He quickly treated Aliris's wounds.

"Ngh!"

The moment he used the wine to clean the wound, Aliris let out a muffled groan.

He sprinkled on the medicinal powder and wrapped it with bandages.

He snapped her twisted leg back into place and secured it with wooden sticks.

Then, he poured the healing potion into Aliris's mouth.

After finishing all this, Cana leaned against the wall, gasping for breath.

Even if Aliris wasn't as powerful as she would be later on, she should at least be level three; her recovery ability should be sufficient.

At the very least, she wouldn't be plagued by the aftereffects of the wounds.

Of course, if the game's background information was wrong, then he was done for. But this was the limit of what he could do.

Now, he finally had time to check his "cheat."

With a thought.

His in-game personal panel appeared before him.

【Character: Cana Savro Sat】

【Level: 1】

【HP: 4/10】

【Constitution: ——】

【Agility: ——】

【Spirit: ——】

?

What the hell? Was something wrong?

The attribute bar that popped up during the fight had been a mess of garbled code; it was slightly better now, but still very problematic.

Moreover, this character attribute bar was extremely crude, vastly different from the personal panel in the game, with much of the information missing.

For instance, experience, inventory, equipment, titles, gender, etc.

Looking at these attributes, he suddenly realized something—he seemed to be able to control it.

He began to adjust it based on his intuition.

The attribute bar changed instantly.

【Character: Cana Savro Sat】

【Level: 1】

【Status: Bleeding, Physical Fatigue】

(Bleeding: HP slowly decreasing)

(Physical Fatigue: Movements slightly sluggish)

【HP: 4/10】

【Mana: 5/10】

【Constitution: 5】

【Agility: 5】

【Spirit: 5】

【Evaluation: Clown Prince!】

It actually worked? Using his current physical condition as a baseline, he added a status bar, an evaluation bar, and the necessary mana bar.

He had also tried to add an experience bar, titles, and inventory slots based on his intuition, but they wouldn't display.

In other words, although he had an attribute bar, this was reality in essence; it was impossible to truly give himself an experience bar.

But he had indeed gained some kind of data-based ability.

At first, he thought it was a system, but now it didn't seem like it; it felt more like his own ability.

The so-called personal information panel was more like a way to visualize his own state.

It had digitized his body to a certain extent.

Right, there was also the weapon.

Thinking of this, he hurriedly picked up the sword at his side.

An attribute bar appeared on it as well.

【Radiant Royal Sword】

【Category: One-handed Sword—Decorative Sword—Common】

【Attributes: Lightweight, Sharp】

【Special Effects: Prince's Sword, Custom-made】

【Prince's Sword: When equipped by Cana—provides Strength bonus (Strength+)】

【Custom-made: When equipped by Cana—provides Swing bonus (Attack Speed+)】

【Evaluation: A noble sword crafted specifically for Prince Cana. It has an exquisite appearance and is made of refined materials.

It should be hung in a room rather than used for hacking and slashing.】

The equipment attribute bar was almost identical to the one in the game.

He picked it up and put it down, picked it up and put it down.

The attribute bonus wasn't an illusion; he could feel his strength increasing.

For his mediocre attributes, the feeling was quite obvious.

"In other words, the known manifestations of this digitized body are the weakening of weaknesses and the ability to gain attribute boosts from equipment."

According to the original owner's memories, the sword in his hand was purely for show and had no magic attached to it.

This meant that under normal circumstances, it wouldn't provide a strength bonus.

Based on the game's background, some magical equipment could provide similar bonuses.

If he were holding magical equipment, the boost he received should be greater than the effect the equipment originally provided.

This should count as a clear manifestation of digitization.

Besides equipment, the most important thing was the digitized body.

Just like the previous wound, which had clearly penetrated his chest and pierced his lung. Under those circumstances, with the constitution of this body, he would have been as good as dead.

But after digitization, this negative effect disappeared and was converted into HP loss.

However, negative effects like fatigue and bleeding still existed.

He wouldn't suffer a bone fracture, but he could suffer a severed limb.

Although he hadn't tested it, this strange ability let him know that such effects existed.

In other words, an injury that would bend his hand would be converted into an HP deduction rather than a broken arm.

But if his hand were chopped off, the "severed limb" negative effect would appear, and his hand would indeed be chopped off.

As long as the blow didn't take his hand off, it would manifest as an external wound that didn't affect his movement, converted into an HP deduction.

Understood: blunt force tolerance, avoid powerful slashes from sharp weapons.

It was a strange feeling—a kind of digitization, but one that had to compromise with reality.

As he pondered, Cana could clearly feel himself beginning to understand and master this digitization ability.

He took the medal out of his pants pocket.

The medal was made of brass, about half the size of his palm, with a silver-cast spear pattern in the center, which had begun to darken due to oxidation.

There was still quite a bit of dirt and sand in the crevices; if he washed it off, one could see that the medal was very well maintained.

This was the relic of the soldier captain; the original owner wasn't close to him, and neither was he.

But he had saved his life, after all.

The medal felt very ordinary in his hand, with nothing special about it.

Hmm... perhaps he could do this?

He gripped the medal tightly.

When he opened his hand again, attributes appeared on the medal.

Cana felt his head swell, even experiencing a stinging sensation.

He held his head and rubbed it for a while before he recovered.

He looked at his own attributes to the side.

Sure enough.

【Mana: 0/10】

His mana had been cut in half, emptied out.

And he had gained two more negative effects: 【Minor Mana Overdraft, Mental Fatigue】

(Minor Mana Overdraft: Mana recovery rate increased, slight headache)

(Mental Fatigue: Reaction speed decreased, drowsy)

What a weak body. Regardless of these negative states, if this digitization ability were to be used on external objects, it required consuming his mana.

It cost 5 points each time, though the two pieces of equipment he converted were both ordinary items.

Equipment varied; if they were magical items, perhaps they would require more mana.

He turned his attention to the medal's attributes.

【Thunder Spear Guard Medal (Silver)】

【Category: Medal—Relic—Common】

【Attributes: Commemorative, Valuable】

【Special Effects: Soldier's Glory, Royal Guard】

【Soldier's Glory: When the user is not mounted—increases recovery rate (HP recovery+)】

【Royal Guard: When the user is equipped with a shield—Constitution increased (Constitution+)】

【Evaluation: Thunder Spear Royal Guard—Capital Defense Corps, established by King Savro.

Soldiers! You chose the oath, picked up the glory, and charged toward death.】

Looking at these attributes and the evaluation, Cana silently pinned it to his chest.

Feeling the warmth radiating from the medal, he could clearly sense the warmth flowing toward the wounds on his body.

Accompanying this warmth, the body's fatigue surged up, and the mental exhaustion caused by the mana depletion followed closely behind.

He leaned against the wall, holding the one-handed sword in his hand, and closed his eyes.

(End of chapter)