[center][h2]Klein[/h2]
[sub][color=ff0000]HP 350/350[/color] [color=00ff00]SP 87/300[/color] [color=0000ff]MP 0/0[/color][/sub][/center]
[hider=Character Information][center][hider=Classes][b]Low[/b]:[list]
[*]Mountain Men [sub][+5% HP | +10% STR | +5% AGI | +10% END][/sub][/list]
[b]High[/b]: None
[b]Superior[/b]: None[/hider][hider=Attributes]
[i]HP[/i] 350
[I]MP[/I] 0
[i]SP[/I] 300
[I]STR[/I] 68
[i]AGI[/I] 21
[i]END[/I] 30
[i]DEX[/I] 15
[i]LUC[/I] 15
[hider=Math]
[color=green] allocated points[/color]
[i]HP[/i] – 100 + [color=green][180][/color]+[25%=70] ([b]350[/b])
[i]MP[/i] – 0 
[i]SP[/i] – 130 + [color=green][170][/color] ([b]300[/b])
[i]STR[/i] – 15 + [3] + [5] + [10] + [color=green][27][/color]+[30%=18] ([b]68[/b])
[i]AGI[/i] – 10 + [color=green][10][/color] + [5%=1] ([b]21[/b])
[i]END[/i] – 11 + [5] + [color=green][9][/color]+[20%=5] ([b]30[/b])
[i]DEX[/i] – 11 + [2] + [color=green][2][/color]([b]15[/b])
[i]LUC[/i] – 10 + [color=green][5][/color]([b]15[/b])
[/hider][/hider][/center][center][hider=User Experience]
[b]Perception:[/b] Realistic
[b]Gore:[/b] On
[b]Pain Setting:[/b] 5%
[b]Clothing Damage:[/b] On
[b]Nudity Censor:[/b] Off
[b]Profanity Censor:[/b] Off
[b]Combat Action:[/b] Manual
[b]Spell Incantations:[/b] Manual[/hider][/center][hider=Equipment][list]
[*][b]Helmet:[/b] None 
[*][b]Armor:[/b] None
[*][b]Arm Equipment: [/b] None
[*][b]Main Hand:[/b] Brutal Cleaver [color=green]UC [/color] [+10 Strength] [list] 
[*]After hitting an enemy, reduce the damage of their next attack against you by 20.[/list]
[*][b]Off Hand:[/b] None
[*][b]Leg Equipment:[/b] None
[*][b]Shoes:[/b] None[/list]

[b]Accessory 1:[/b] Fishbone Necklace [+3 Strength, +2 Dex] 
[b]Accessory 2:[/b] Goblin Warpaint [+5 Strength, +5 End]
[b]Accessory 3:[/b] None
[b]Accessory 4:[/b] None
[/hider][center][hider=Inventory]
[b]Inventory Type:[/b] Item Pouch (Common)
[b]Inventory Capacity:[/b] 0/20
[b][Rishi][/b]x1700[/hider][/center]
[center][hider=Abilities]
[center][hider=Nuclei]
[hider=Undying Vengeance, Ashwatthama][u][b]Type Arms-Guard, First Stage[/b][/u]
[sub]+20% HP, +20% STR, +10% END[/sub]
[i]A set of tattoos branded upon your skin, which calls forth a flaming demon to your assistance when certain conditions are met.[/i]

[b]Retaliation on the Brink[/b]
[indent]Activates upon receiving fatal damage.  Survive attack with 1 HP, remove all status effects, and summon [Ashwatthama] with HP equal to the total amount of damage dealt to you by the attacker. All attacks and skills targeting you will target the [Ashwatthama]. Upon vanquishing the creature, recover HP equal to double the remaining HP of the [Ashwatthama].[/indent][/hider]
[/hider]
[hider=Class]
[hider=Mountain Man][u][b]Lv 12 - Low Class[/b][/u]
[hider=Passive]
Traveller’s Proficiency – Passive. 10% increase to STR, END, and AGI when out of combat.[/hider]
[hider=Active]
Mountain Wind – Active. 30 SP cost per round. Recover HP equal to 10% of your END.
Splitter – Active. 20% SP cost. Perform a powerful vertical strike. Damage is doubled against inanimate objects, such as terrain or equipment.[/hider]
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With the tree being uprooted, the fight should have been over. And yet, the fact that there is no level up notification suggest otherwise. It took Klein quite a while to realize connect the thing in the tree stump was a human spine. Seems like the man grew in the tree? Creepy. Not the kind that would make Klein forcefully log out, just something that would give him goosebumps at night. 

So, with his cleaver raise, the man is back at his work to kill this "haunted" tree. If Klein is correct, he just chopped the other half with his cleaver. This should be no different. Cleave the remaining half out and ... That should be it, right? Like, uprooting the tree stump or just removing the spine from the stump should be enough right. While his mind wandering around to search for clues of how to end this, the cleaver still performs its duty wonderfully. Raise, hack, and pull out. The whooshing sound replacing the Thunderstruck Grove constant scream and murmur of the wind for a short while. The sound of earth moving as the tree roots closing in. How strangely beautiful in its own way.