The spear attendant stepped forward a strange look on her face
What Randidly asked wondering what she wanted to do for him now
She frowned at him It’s my turn Move
Randidly laughed out loud and moved off to the side Shaking his head he sat down and pulled out a leather bracer He was thinking too much obviously but it was an amusing distraction But now better to concentrate on something
A strange soft noise caught his attention Almost by instinct Randidly turned around The spear attendant had taken off her robe and let it slide down Every curve of hers hung there for his eyes She very deliberately met his eyes and then smiled at him Then she turned away and walked slowly to the tub and hopped into it her hair floating in the air behind her
Randidly’s physical reaction was immediate He spent several minutes just looking down at his bracer trying to calm his breathing He obviously wasn’t a virgin but this
In his mind because he didn’t know her name and had somewhat of an employer/employee situation
But after a few minutes she splashed out and stood walking over towards Randidly Drops of water clung to her as she approached Almost unwillingly Randidly stood both literally and figuratively and watched her approach She offered him a small smile
The towel
Randidly wordlessly unwrapped the towel and handed it to her She looked down at his hands and towels and then slowly took the towel her hand lingering on his for several seconds
But while that was happening Randidly noticed a slight tremble in her hand Some of the need and lust fell away and he looked at her This beautiful woman with a spear user who she believed to be superior to herself doing all these rather forward moves and he had just stood there
As she gazed up at him he could finally see the hesitation and fear in her gaze Like everyone else she was afraid of rejection and wasn’t really sure how to proceed
There was a part of Randidly that wondered why this was happening or what it meant but there was another bigger part that just wanted it And ultimately
It had been a very long time since he had sex
So Randidly stepped forward and put his hands on her waist gripping just tightly enough to feel his strength She gasped and dropped the towel Then hope rekindled in her eyes she looked up at him
After receiving that look Randidly promptly picked her up and carried the woman whose name he still couldn’t remember to bed
Chapter 169
The next morning as Randidly yawned and sat up he admitted to himself that he had been very emotionally irresponsible lately He couldn’t simply tough everything out Better to deal with things in a smart fashion rather than brute forcing his way through everything both physical and mental problems
This training in the prison had been to give him the tools to be able to handle most problems but deconstructing them before he had to was far smarter and more efficient He had spent far too much time wasting his effort in the past In that moment Randidly resolved to be more intelligent about his fights
He looked around but the female spear attendant was already gone Any evidence of their previous night’s engagements was already cleaned He wasn’t sure if that was a good sign or a bad one but it meant that it was a problem that he could deal with later Instead Randidly turned his attention to his status screen
He had only 49 PP to distribute right now because he had used many immediately before they attempted their breakout but what he paid attention to was not that number but the level of his Soul Skill Cycle of Ash and Rot More specifically he looked at how it had changed during his time in the Prison Randidly’s mouth twisted in a grin It had been two years but
Helen Randidly said aloud shocking himself He felt a flash of delight at remembering a name then a smooth sense of relaxation followed by a wolfish hunger Then Randidly shook his head annoyed He didn’t even know what last night meant It would be foolish to try and hope for the next time Although they would probably spend a lot of time together as she was his spear attendant
Again Randidly was forced to shake his head and force those thoughts down and away It did him no good to fantasize about that now Hopefully he would be able to find her later and somehow work it out Anyways
Randidly refocused on his PP using 10 to finish off Fighting Proficiency II
Congratulations You have completed the Fighting Proficiency II Path The path ahead of you is long and filled with violence but you stride forward with confidence As you proceed the sky begins to darken and a comet splits above you A huge chunk of glowing metal crashes to your left while several small orbs of power fall to your right Branching Path Will you choose the large chunk of metal or the smaller orbs of power
Scratching his chin Randidly wondered if there was something like a superior answer here It probably depended on what the reward was But if it was a question of whether he needed a single powerful skill or several smaller useful ones Randidly’s strength without a class came from those skills growing More skills as long as they were useful was probably better
Anyway he already had several finishing’ moves in terms of power Now it was just a question of training those moves to the point that he could use them commonly in a fight Randidly hadn’t forgotten that he had his own Runic Rarity Skill Set although he had left it rather untrained during his time with Shal After all it was best to focus on the things under Shal that would improve the most And that was the Spear Phantom skills
So Randidly opted to go after the smaller orbs of energy
You have selected to pursue the orbs of power On the ground are three orbs two gold and one clear As you touch the clear orb you feel a strange sensation of power and control fill you Skill Upgrade found This powerful shard of energy can be used to upgrade one skill You will be forced to imbue the shard of energy with an image in order to determine the efficacy of the upgrade Warning use on skills associated with a powerful image may result in an inferior product Which skill will you upgrade
Randidly grinned Not only was this a useful reward but it also proved that there were other types of rewards out there not just things like health and stats He wondered what sort of things could be upgraded
Anyways for his first Upgrade Active Skills would likely be a better target just because he relied on them more directly during a fight Besides the effect on a Passive Skill might not be all that noticeable until much later and Randidly was very aware that even after all these improvements he had a tournament coming up that would likely push him to the limit
Although both Haste and Empower were moves that were Active they ended up being more passive in nature and therefore discounted The Inevitable Phantom Arrives and the Spear Advances Ash Trails were probably already wrapped too tightly in an image for them to work Spear Phantom’s Footwork and Eyes of the Spear Phantom just weren’t anything that Randidly could get excited about Sure they would likely improve his performance further but
And he was slightly worried about improving any Spear Phantom skill in general so
Then Randidly smiled Ghastly Slash would likely work He already used it a lot as his fast attack in fights to throw off the opponent’s tempo If he could strengthen that the knowledge he had gained from Marco’s tutelage would become all the more useful The skill had been strengthened previously by his images to be changed to Ghastly from something but it didn’t seem like that connection was currently very strong
So Randidly closed his eyes and focused his attention inward in the veritable forest of Aether Engravings in his chest that caused him to have the ability to access skills After a bit of searching he located the one for Ghastly Slash floating the lines of it burning white hot but fading to blue at the edges