Checking his available paths Randidly realized that he hadn’t received anything new After considering for a while Randidly chose to finally begin the Path of Carnage Paths The first one revealed itself to be to 25 and Randidly had 20 PP remaining almost filling it up Every 5 he received a point in strength which was a pleasant surprise after the previous path that ended up being rather disconcerting
Randidly focused his attention inward once more Perhaps it was this small pellet by his Soul Skill which was the real prize But as he examined it and nothing happened he could only sigh The world didn’t revolve around him after all Maybe it was all just a weird coincidence or a mistake
Randidly walked up to the deck The male spear attendant who Randidly still didn’t know the name of was busy being bossed around by Divvit being forced to repair the deck Randidly avoided them heading to the other side
Sitting down cross legged Randidly took a deep breath enjoying the cool night air and the scent of salt water beneath them
A notification popped up that his Weather Affinity had increased a level startling Randidly and then he chuckled realizing he hadn’t yet taken the potion in a while As he removed the strange small black potion he couldn’t help but wonder about it It seemed almost endless the weird liquid that flowed out and into his mouth in exact measurements And somehow after all this time it didn’t seem depleted at all He tried to peer down the neck but all he saw was black
This really couldn’t be healthy but Randidly had a hard time worrying about it after taking it for this long and not experiencing any ill effects He took his daily drink and then placed it back in his interspatial ring
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Afterwards Randidly reached inward and activated his new skill the Weeping Cloud For several seconds nothing happened but as Randidly looked up he saw that a cloud was slowly forming above him His eyebrows rose continuously for the next minute as his mana continued to tick downward syphoned off to form this cloud above him Only after it had taken 1000 mana did it cease leaving him with barely any mana remaining
As he produced a mana potion and raised it to his lips Randidly said Weeping cloud More like greedy cloud
The cloud itself was very small just about the size of their boat and from it raindrops began to fall little pinpricks of liquid that pattered against the deck around him Randidly closed his eyes and enjoyed the sensation It was truly profoundly refreshing Due to the fact that he had used it over here on the far side of the boat he was the only one that was hit by the rain The boats around them still parted allowing them to drift further inward Divvit and the spear attendant were working at the far side out of the area of the rain
For several minutes Randidly just breathed and meditated enjoying the feeling of relaxing It had been a long time since he had felt so at peace Randidly thought it was odd but he supposed that if this was just a way to stabilize his mental health after the brutal training he would be doing that might be effect enough
Strangely as he sat there sitting in the rain waiting for his mana to recover Randidly realized that he missed cooking If he hadn’t chosen this path to power and strength it might have been interesting to just focus on Cooking as a skill seeing how far he could push it It was a fun thought experiment imagining a life spent pursuing the limits of Cooking He even received the very useful Grace from Cooking
After all Randidly started out with farming and cross breeding creating new varieties of plants to help him survive in that dungeon He could create both the ultimate ingredients and the ultimate process to cook them All and all it would be an extremely rewarding lifestyle in its way
Of course that was not Randidly’s path
It was not that he didn’t want it It was that it would never be enough to satisfy him now after all that he had experienced The system wanted to force him to a village to find a class The people here believed that he wouldn’t be able to compete at the level of this tournament He had chosen a color that brought shame to this world and Hunters wanted to slay him and mount his Tassle on their mantle
Although right now he was relying on Shal and Divvit it left Randidly with an increasingly sour taste in his mouth especially after he had been so self reliant in the days he spent with Donnyton He didn’t want to have to rely on anyone else By only using his own strength he wanted to show everyone that they were wrong He wanted to show that his path would lead higher than anyone else’s
One step at a time though Surrounded by the falling rain Randidly produced a leather bracer and a needle Then he began to Engrave The soft rain continued to fall around him cooling him
Helen sat in the shadows of the deck watching the man that she had chosen to enter the service of He was really fucking weird
He walked up on deck breathed a bit sat down appeared to have summoned a small rain cloud and was now Engraving armor Helen had of course known that he could do some of these things The Ghosthound was strangely competent and that is one of the reasons she was willing to enter his service
But he wasn’t like any of the others she had met that had thought themselves spear prodigies arrogant to a fault completely unrealistic about their own strength And of course in some ways he wasn’t different In spite of the level of the Regional Tournament being worlds ahead of the qualifier he didn’t seem fearful or anxious He wasn’t even training in the spear right now just Engraving
Boldly and in the open too Which was sorta fucking idiotic The Ghosthound didn’t seem to understand the danger that being seen Engraving would mean for them all The Guilds took that very seriously Their monopoly was very important to them
Helen crept closer walking quietly It was a skill she had to learn growing up as a member of a subordinate leather working family who served a prominent Style Maybe that was the reason that she so quickly found herself as a spear attendant after she ran away from her family to avoid a marriage This was just all she knew Service
But there was something different about this one He was pure and focused and didn’t seem to take any pleasure in the trappings of strength He had even seemed profoundly shocked when they had asked to be his spear attendants Since then he hadn’t really required anything of them either besides the dealing with the sweaty merchant
He also didn’t talk much which Helen liked
She took another step forward and felt the raindrops on her skin She looked up frowning but as the rain continued to land on her her frown slowly faded away It felt nice Natural and free this rain in a way she hadn’t really encountered since she was a child Like all there was in the world to worry about was playing in the puddles and throwing handfuls of mud
Holy fuck She sighed but then was startled out of her reverie by laughter Her eyes narrowed as she turned to look at the Ghosthound a split second later forcing her expression to careful neutrality If this motherfucker was laughing at her
But the Ghosthound hadn’t appeared to have even noticed her presence he was smiling down at the bracer in his hands For several seconds he simply stared at it his green eyes bright and fierce as he looked down at the bracer Then he looked up and blinked surprised to see Helen
Satisfied he wasn’t making fun of her (for all the Ghosthound’s strange gifts subtlety wasn’t one of them) she smiled sweetly back at him She was surprised how genuine it felt and was even more surprised at the small tug of pleasure in her heart as he beckoned her over
Come look at this He said excitedly I had no idea the efficacy would increase so sharply What do you think
Helen walked over and took the bracer and then inspected it Her eyebrows rose very quickly Holy spear fucking shit
what The Ghosthound said looking bewildered Helen quickly blushed and smiled as prettily as she could inwardly sweating
My apologies I I sneezed This is impressive And it really was Not for the armor but for the engraving