More people were pouring in every day More and more chances to find Ace and Sydney
And beyond that Once I find them what will I do What am I looking for ’ Randidly thought to himself And the answer rose unbidden
Strength
The answer was simple it was an answer learned from 7 long months of struggle Randidly shook his head a rueful smile forming Then he opened his path screen and froze
Watcher 0/ Entangling Roots 0/40 Meditation 0/35 Heretic I 0/ Oathbreaker 0/25 Apprentice Path 0/50
The Watcher and the path were there before but Randidly had earned every other path since he had started the 100 PP Monster Slayer path Entangling Roots and Meditation came from skill level Randidly guessed And Apprentice was unlocked when his stat total got to 400 But Heretic and Oathbreaker
Randidly grimaced Once more he would wait on the first two And the ones with an unknown source probably weren’t worth the PP investment at this point while he had so many options That narrowed his choices down to Entangling Roots Meditation and Apprentice
All three had their strong points Apprentice would likely give skills but was the most expensive Meditation would likely further improve his regeneration abilities which he needed but probably wouldn’t result in a skill and might not give many bonuses until the completion
Meanwhile Entangling Roots was Randidly’s go to skill when encountering a new opponent slowing and tying down the enemy while he repositioned Any improvement in that skill or availability of a similar more powerful skill would be worth it
But he could only pick one And all were significant investments the lowest being Meditation at 35 PP
Well let’s look ahead a bit What would he be doing tomorrow He would participate in the monster horde later After that should he return to the other Newbie Village for the glassware Perhaps not so soon give them time to gather and to forget he attacked their boss
Instead might be better to head back to the boundary head in a different direction Take a tankier group with him and fight cats
No the cats would probably kill most people instantly aside from Donny Even Randidly felt chills as those claws ripped towards him Back to the lizardmen then That was fine he had gained a lot of levels fighting against them Perhaps rely more on his spells and let some people practice tanking
Then if he wanted to focus on his spells
Ultimately Randidly set the Apprentice Path aside Better to focus on improving his current skills either by Meditation or Entangling Roots than learning new skills RIght now he needed to see immediate improvements in his strength if he wanted to survive for longer beyond the boundary
For several long seconds Randidly teetered between the two options But he finally settled on the Entangling Roots Path His immediate concerns were increasing his strength and harvesting more materials to keep the rest of the people in what they were now calling Donnyton alive So Randidly put his 6 leftover PP into the Entangling Roots Path
At 5 he earned himself 1 in Control and Focus so at least the Path was going to be a rewarding one He then looked at his full status screen
Health(/R per hour) 206/291 (+6) (137 (+9
Mana(/R per hour) 139/347 (60 75)
Stam(/R per min) 105/307 (53 (+3
Vit 39 (+3)
Str 27
Agi 47 (+3)
Reaction 26
Willpower 55
Intelligence 68
Control 43
Focus 20
Skills (Soul Skill) Spear of Rot Mastery Lvl 120
Combat Spear Mastery Lvl 40 Phantom Thrust Lvl 41 Spear Phantom’s Footwork Lvl 27 Eyes of the Spear Phantom Lvl 19 Phantom Half Step Lvl 5 Heavy Blow Lvl 22 Dagger Mastery Lvl 10 Iron Skin Lvl 25 Dodge Lvl 27 Fighting Proficiency Lvl 29 Block Lvl 27 Haste Lvl 15 Phantom Onslaught Lvl 10 Sweep Lvl 12 Spear Deflect Lvl 6 Empower Lvl 16 Calculated Blow Lvl 11 Roundhouse Kick Lvl 9 Edge of Decay Lvl 5
Spells Entangling Roots Lvl 31 Mana Bolt Lvl 28 Mana Shield Lvl 24 Root Manipulation Lvl 25 Arcane Orb Lvl 22 Fireball Lvl 15 Magic Missile Lvl 4 Healing Palm Lvl 5 Pollen of the Rafflesia Lvl 6 Summon Pestilence Lvl 13 Mana Strengthening Lvl 7
Crafting Potion Making Lvl 22 Farming Lvl 20 Plant Breeding Lvl 9 Mapmaker Lvl 4 Analyze Lvl 24 Refine Lvl 4
Auxiliary Physical Fitness Lvl 28 Meditation Lvl 30 Running Lvl 19 Sprinting Lvl 13 Sneak Lvl 21 Acid Resistance Lvl 22 Poison Resistance Lvl 16 Pain Resistance Lvl 11 First Aid Lvl 13 Equip Lvl 19 Pathfinding Lvl 16 Mental Strength Lvl 11 Curse Resistance Lvl 3
His Intelligence was already impressively high making his spells hurt Perhaps it was time to funnel some points into his other stats keeping his physical capabilities high In the fight with the centipede if he hadn’t been as fast as he had the overwhelming power of that large body would have killed him
Randidly got up and walked outside finally grounded and with a sense of direction Now it was time to train To his annoyance people scurried around like diligent worker ants near his cabin making preparations for the night The farmer’s continued their grim eyed vigil nurturing the plants even now And everyone gave Randidly a wide berth
Sighing Randidly slipped away into the darkness through the trees following a path up the nearby mountain When he found a relatively clear area he began a new type of training even though it made him nervous blasting himself in the chest with a fire ball
The first explosion sent him stumbling a large chunk of his health gone and with a burn status inflicted Touching the wound Randidly used Healing Palm twice restoring the health and removing the burn status but the skin still stung lightly
He did the same thing again
After around 10 repetitions Randidly was forced to take a break to hit up all of the places where blue energy shards grew He had marked them previously on his map for ease of gathering After mopping up the monsters that inevitably cropped up around them he returned to the clearing
Fireball
Healing Palm Healing Palm
Healing Palm
Potion Making
Some Empowered Spear Phantom’s Footwork to break up the monotony and burn through his stamina
Although Randidly had already gotten 2 points in Fireball and 3 in Healing Palm now was when he got the notification that made him smile the widest
Congratulations You have learned the skill Fire Resistance Lvl 1
Chuckling Randidly continued with the rotation his eyes firmed
Strength For everything he needed strength He could not slack off now
Chapter 46
Annie blinked her eyes prettily pretending to just wake up as Dozer leaned forward holding his forehead Although Dozer had started to fall asleep quite earlier the pervious night mostly due to Annie’s intimate ministrations he still found getting up so early for the beast horde to be difficult
But still he stood strapping on his leather and furs lowering his necklace of teeth over his head
This is how Annie liked her men Big brooding and direct She admitted to herself this made them quite a bit easier to control but that wasn’t the reason she liked men with those certain traits
Although it was a nice side effect
Yawning for effect she allowed part of the blanket to slide off her left nipple poking out from behind the blanket She liked the way his eyes followed it for several seconds before grunting and turning away scratching his groin and reaching for the huge club he had found within the dungeon
Not that she would have let him take her right before he needed to fight against the horde But she liked to make him want it
Stay here He intoned seriously giving her a look over his shoulder as he left Wait for me
Annie nodded her eyes bright
As soon as he left she snorted kicking off the blankets and finding some of the spandex she had scrounged up since the system came Not that furs weren’t great for the whole tribal vibe but she felt next to naked without her leggings
Tying her hair up in a practical ponytail Annie walked out of the hut and around to the small space in the walls where she had stored her bow She didn’t like to brag but she was probably obviously the best archer in the village right now Sometimes other people got lucky and hit the target but she could loose an arrow and hit a target at