I must beat this game! For some reason I loaded it up again today. Overall, if a low HP creature is taking you too long to kill, it means that you are lacking damage and should avoid fighting overall, until you find a better weapon to equip. As for stats there are multiple ways to make yourself much stronger, the most obvious way is to level up which gives you a choice of a small stat boost of your choice and 3 skill points which can be used on the skill tree seen above although it is almost too obvious what is worth actually going for note magic makes stuff like heal more effective. Its not random.
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