Based on what she could tease out of his statements and other explanations of the problem it seemed that her connection to him provided her with the Aether she needed Of the other 3 who received the blessing Annie had continued to train without a class Sam had obtained his class immediately delighting in the new skills he received that would boost his crafting efficiency and Mrs Hamilton would only smile sweetly when asked refusing to answer
Those three’s answer was very demonstrative of their personalities but Alana was at a loss Was seeking the strength of the class now a mistake She knew that every 10 levels the Classers would receive an extremely powerful class skill Alana had heard rumors about how Decklan’s Killer’s Instincts Donny’s Righteous Bonds and Dozer’s Troll Constitution had made all the difference in the fight against the Ghosthound Although two of them were passive skills and Donny’s was defensive they still were profoundly apparent in battle and likely won the day of the squads of Donnyton
They assured her however that there was no rush It was just incredibly frustrating to be weaker than them and Alana knew it was only because they had access to levels
Alana looked at her stats
Alana Donal
Health(/R per hour) 192/192 (83)
Mana(/R per hour) 74/74 (21)
Stam(/R per min) 103/127 (26)
Vit 21
End 19
Agi 23
Perception 32
Reaction 35
Resistance 15
Willpower 13
Inteligence 22
Control 6
Skills Blessing of the Distant Southern Mountains Lvl 49 Ferocity Lvl 19 Running Lvl 23 Physical Fitness Lvl 20 Spear of the Broken Ridge Mastery Lvl 6 First Aid Lvl 12 Leap Lvl 29 Animal Skinning Lvl 19 Hunting Lvl 17 Sun Strike Lvl 9 Fighting Proficiency Lvl 20 Hawkeye Lvl 14 Block Lvl 19 Heavy Blow Lvl 32 Herculean Strength Lvl 14 Spear Deflect Lvl 12 Sweep Lvl 20 Mana Bolt Lvl 16 Battlecry Lvl 16 Dodge Lvl 14 Hot Blooded Lvl 8 Child of the Sun Lvl 5
She had focused on increasing her Physical Support stats which she believed was the best path to power Although her max speed wasn’t as high as most other people who chose to put points in Agility her Perception and Reaction still gave her enough of an edge that she could spar with Classers without making a fool of herself
Still she had to acknowledge that it was profoundly frustrating that the real reason that she was having such success against the Classers was due to the bonuses of her Soul Skill and the oppressive power of Sun Strike Whereas Thrust had been useful for keeping a careless opponent on their toes Sun Strike had enough raw damage output especially during the day to knock an opponent who wasn’t ready on their ass
Feeling slightly foolish Alana decided to consult with Daniel or Mrs Hamilton before she made her decision Perhaps there was something she wasn’t thinking of Truthfully in her heart she wanted to consult with the Ghosthound but
It would be extremely shameful after he gave her this gift to run back to him asking how to use it wouldn’t it
As the strange circling orbiting circles of birds floated towards him Randidly narrowed his eyes curious He of course had seen them practicing this but he wasn’t too impressed Did they think it would be more difficult if it was more predictable That didn’t make sense But Mrs Hamilton’s easy smile and Lyra’s determined expression made him nervous
The weight of the vest was starting to get to him as well After all these exercises he was tired His stamina came back but he burned through it just as quickly hastened by the exercise
It was exceedingly strange too to spend half the day training like this and to not receive a single skill level up notification He supposed that was proof that he was much too reliant on it but it was hard not to get discouraged and wonder whether it was worth it
The bobbing circles of birds approached snapping him back to attention Calmly Randidly activated Spear Phantom’s Footwork and moved quickly forward into the first circle But Randidly didn’t stop there and he rushed further forward moving around the second and towards the third
This was
Suddenly Randidly scrambled backwards He had meant to go inside the third one but it had abruptly shrunk becoming a rapidly spinning blur of bird As he twisted Randidly saw that the two behind him had expanded and the edges of their circles were approaching
Randidly activated Haste and pushed his Spear Phantom’s Footwork work to the limit avoiding the surprisingly difficult birds as they calmly circled The weaved together changing size and elevation sometimes coming at him high sometimes coming low
Panting Randidly found himself in the middle of the three circles surrounding him They were successively larger but even the closest one was some distance away Still now that he was here he didn’t feel great about his chances of escaping
His eyelid twitched The outer ring was rapidly shrinking while the other two maintained a constant velocity and size Randidly sprang into action rushing forward If he could get past the first ring before the third arrived
But as Randidly made to step through the rotation the first ring stopped And then reversed a bird arriving almost immediately at his chest Hissing Randidly activated Mana Strengthening Haste and Empower pushing his Spear Phantom’s Footwork to its limit He moved like a real Phantom ripping around the dangerous bird with pure speed emerging from the encirclement in a second
Gasping for breath Randidly went to check his stamina but stopped himself No notifications would be easier if he didn’t see anything So he could only grit his teeth and prepare as his body informed him he was running on close to empty
Razor Fleetfoot stretched and yawned feeling slightly sore in his neck but otherwise profoundly relaxed It was a good idea to take a nap he assured himself opening his eyes Now that he had shaken his jitters he could find someone in charge of this village and finish his mission
But the more that he thought about it the more droopy eared he became After all if it had been easy to do why hadn’t he been able to do it already And of these strange hairless creatures most just seemed to ignore him even though he looked so different from them
What sort of strange village is this Razor muttered aloud He was profoundly shocked when someone responded
That’s mighty presumchus talk for a giant bunny rabbit
Presumptuous Nathan A little girl with ash smeared on her cheeks said to the little boy next to her The boy folded his arms annoyed The little girl turned back to Razor and smiled So Mister Rabbit what are you
Err it’s Fleetfoot Razor Fleetfoot Razor said extending his paw towards the girl Then he felt profoundly silly for introducing himself to a little girl but he was just so pleased that someone finally acknowledged him
But to his further surprise the girl grasped his paw and shook it firmly I am Kiersty Priestess of Arbor Would you like to come see something pretty with us
Razor opened his mouth to say no but then hesitated After all what could it hurt At the very least these children probably were raised by someone who could point them in the right direction So he nodded and then followed the two children
Chapter 111
I think that is enough for today Mrs Hamilton said lightly smiling at them both Randidly collapsed on his knees sweat dripping off of his face which was very pleasing to Lyra But she herself had her hands tightly grasped behind her back suppressing the trembling in her fingers
She had overdrawn herself by a small amount keeping control of the circles of birds for long enough to exhaust Randidly But she would rather tremble for a while than let him win in this contest that wasn’t really a contest With an annoyed motion Randidly shucked off the weighted vest and collapsed on the ground his chest heaving
It wasn’t until Mrs Hamilton spoke again that Lyra realized she had been staring at his naked chest mesmerized for almost a minute