Asura remembered that the dire rats had the highest physically damaging stat. He was banking on his physical damage resistance and high hit points to hold out under its assault. He knew his damage wasn't as high but the rats hit points and defenses weren't as high as his. It was sort of a mutual exchange, two high stat creatures picking away at each other.

After an exchange it backed off then came again, but it was faster than him. Those teeth hurt a a good bit damn it! He kind of wondered why it even attacked him in the first place honestly. Without a mind he probably just turned into a literal puddle of liquid. Or was he like poro's in a game he played before that were like literal jelly. He didn't want to experiment with his own demise.

Another exchange and something clicked. An odd red energy crackled over him and his next attack was more powerful. By a lot. Enough to crush the rats fangs, then its skull. It bounced and laid still, lifeless. [color=red]"Yay...[/color] He garbled out as he consumed two herbs within his body. These system messages were interesting and now he had a level up "screen". [color=red]"Call up hit points?[/color] He said, curious to see if he could see his own life force. Maybe he could somehow get a permanent viewed lifebar.

But he had five skill points to play with now and some abilities that could prove to be useful. [color=red]"Uh...allocate two skill points to Physical Damage Resistance. Allocate two skill points to Magic Resist. Allocate one skill point to Smash.[/color] He said, unsure if this would work or not.