Spatial manipulation: Unlocks spellcrafting interface (0.1 points) Adds spatial manipulation components to spellcrafting interface, approximate cost 100 mana per 1% change and per 100 cubic meters of altered space per second, actual cost varies with specifics (0.5 points) Spatial curvature awareness (0.4 points)

There's a sound coming from behind her, it could just be the wind.

Hey look, a loophole.  Also, power, this certainly seems broken-ish - not to mention the subtler consequences it might have.  This was so stupid.  Why did she do it.

(...Excitement and overconfidence in her own cleverness, combined with the feeling that she needed to act now, rather than later, or risk dying (and losing all her stuff).)

Well.  Lesson learned, hopefully.

That sound is not the fucking wind; she would feel the wind, and she doesn't.

She falls into a practiced stance, and prepares for introductions.

Sound, meet Mr. Pointy Stick.

She feels her power start to engage but then pull back when something more urgent takes her focus.

That looks like a squirrel, more precisely three squirrels each of which is... maybe 8 times bigger than a normal squirrel. They're running at her at a pace that is appreciable even with the way the world is now slowed for her.

Oh, bother.

Alright.  Three targets, at speed; at least they're not smart enough to properly flank her.  Pull knife into off-hand, spear one, forcefully deflect two, stab three (with her knife, reverse-gripped).

She still isn't quite used to moving like this but she manages to get into her stance and get her spear in the way of the first squirrel. It's impaled blood splashes out of the wound towards her, it almost jars her spear out of her hands but she manages to keep a hold of it, it's a lot of weight to be holding up at the end of her spear though. The second one she's also able to push to the side with the haft of her spear it lands hard behind her but there's no time to think about that because the third is already leaping and if she wants to stab it like she planned she probably isn't going to be able to hold the spear up with just one hand.

Well, that's what the ground is for!  And also pulling the spear out of the murderous squirrel-alike; that'd work too.

She lets the tip of the spear and the now limp squirrel at the end of it fall to the ground, and brings her knife around to meet the third's leap. She manages to get the knife up in its path and with the reverse grip she's well braced but she doesn't seem to hit something vital with this stab like she did on the first and the squirrel's limbs claw at her arm, they shred through the leather but are stopped by the reinforcing panels.

Sheesh.  She's glad she thought to do that.

Step on dead squirrel for counterforce, pull spear and pivot, use momentum to fling wounded squirrel away, prepare for incoming squirrel 2!

The third squirrel flings away. The second squirrel is already leaping at her but as it's in the air something blurs towards it from further away and the squirrel explodes, showering her with viscera.

...She sure hopes she's not going to have to kill whatever did that.

Hopefully she caught a glimpse of it?

A woman wearing sleek looking armor steps casually off the top of the four meter wall and lands on the ground in an easy crouch then starts striding towards her at what looks like a normal pace, if the world wasn't slowed for her it would probably look very fast.

"I do believe I had that under control," she says, carefully, "but thank you nonetheless."

She stabs third squirrel again.

It was indeed stunned enough by being stabbed and thrown that she's able to do that without too much difficulty.

"Perhaps, I fired off the blast before you had turned though, I wasn't sure if you would turn in time. I admit I'm confused though, teleportation is pretty expensive as abilities go and you don't move like a high-level user. Did you buy a teleport from someone else? And if so why come here?"

"The teleportation was not a System effect," she politely demurs.  "I could not confidently state why I'm here."

Notification-checking time.  ...If the System dinged her all the XP she rightfully earned because of a high-level intervention, she will riot.

She really does need the points, she thinks; that, or perhaps her power can somehow solve the 'muscles not keeping up with her brain' problem.

"What an intriguing thing to claim. Magic from something other than the system. And not a controlled teleport either... how fascinating. I'll let you drain the orbs and what's left of the meat is yours too. Squirrels aren't worth much anyway."

As per her word a green orb of light has appeared next to the corpse of each squirrel.

"Perhaps it was controlled, perhaps not; all I can state is that I did not choose this destination."

As for the orbs: "They are still more than nothing, and I was just a bit too...fancy...with my initial purchases, so I appreciate it."

How does one do that, anyway?

Experience orbs are absorbed by touching them. They can also be stored for later in sealed containers.

"That's a telling statement, I assumed you were low level but initial purchases implies you're new to the system. It sounds like you're saying you came from somewhere the system isn't... And I think you're saying you didn't know what to expect. I hope you don't come to regret whatever decision led you here."

"It's not like I wasn't prepared for an adventure," she allows herself a small smirk, "just that this was not the only thing I prepared for.  But yes, where I am from, the System does not hold sway - nor would I ever wish it upon them, as it stands.  The damn thing is obsessed with combat.  And it shouldn't be."

Anyway.  It's orbsorption time.  And time to collect the viable squirrel corpses.

"Perhaps we should get behind the walls, though?"

She now has an extra 0.75 physical points.

"Yes, the immortality is a blessing to a degree but for some it's become a curse. The gates are this way. I expect you can't jump or climb the wall if you're a new user."

Hmm.

She's going to see what her power can do to fix her self-inflicted problems before actually spending this.  And it can wait a bit, anyway.

"Anyway.  You mentioned levels?  And we should get inside, if we are to converse without interruption."

She eyes the wall.  Wooden palisade...

"I almost suspect I might manage to climb these, given a chance, but it'd be more effort than I think it's worth."

She does have a grapnel.

"High level is gamer-speak, the system doesn't do anything as discrete as levels. Just the resources I'm sure you're already aware of. The only thing in discreet quantities are skill imports and those are rarely very useful."

As they walk they pass by guard towers built into the top of the wall, the towers use metal and stone. It's an interesting contrast with the wood of the walls. The wall about thirty feet high. And it seems to stretch on for quite a ways with sections alternating onwards and outwards, if her education included a study of fortification she might recognize it's built in a star pattern.