Chapter 10_Grand Defender

Another week had quickly passed. I repeated the same things I had done the previous week, and leveled up just enough to get a new Skill for every Class that I had.

[Sanjo, Defender of the Lands]

Age: 15

Classes

Health: 300 (+5)

Endurance: 250 (+5)

[Geologist] I lvl5

Agility: 250 (+10)

[Mason] I lvl10

Intelligence: 250

[Geomancer] I lvl10

Magic: 250

[Spearman] I lvl10

Charisma: 250

[Hunter] I lvl 5

Perks

Personal Perks

Class Perks

[Chosen by Crab] V

[Mineral Kineticism] I

[Earth Child] I (HP+5, EN+5)

[Sixth Sense] I

[Monster Slayer] II (AG+10)

[System Crafting] I

[Food Poisoning Resistance] I

[Mineral Examination] I

[Survival Skills] I

[Further Reinforcement] II

[Instant Heal] II

[Mineral Explosion] II [Weightless Spear] II

[Night Vision] I

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[Mineral Examination] came from [Geologist], it basically allowed me to know whatever I could have previously known about rocks, but better.

[Further Reinforcement] came from [Mason], it made it so that the stuff I made was stronger, without the need of extra materials.

[Mineral Explosion] came from [Geomancer], I could now make small rocks and stones explode whenever I want them to. It isn't all that strong, but the stone shards are lethal.

[Weightless Spear] came from [Spearman], duh, it made it so that I couldn't feel the weight of my spear much, so it's easier to swing it around.

And finally, [Night Vision] came from [Hunter], the name tells you what it can do.

Who am I explaining this to? Am I that bored?

Yes, I was that bored, enough so that I wanted to meditate to at least do something. I sat on the boulder, closed my eyes, and took a deep breath. With my back straight, I remained as still as possible, and tried to filter out the ambient noises. After a while, I could hear nothing but my own thoughts, which weren't that interesting either. I felt the heat of the sun on my skin, and a strong gust blow into my face. I 'woke up' from my state, and noticed a transparent screen in front of me.

The Defenders are ready

Huh, is this the power of meditation?

Defenders must come together to prevail

[Mini-map] has been allocated

Suddenly, a small and round topographical map appeared in the top-right corner of my vision. It was almost completely blank, except for the places that I had already been in and the lines that represented different heights. There were seven black dots sprayed across the map, me being one of them.

Failure to complete this task might result in death

Remaining time: 1 Month

Oh crap, death? I mean, I have been trying not to die all of this time, but this feels different somehow.

The fact that there were other 'Defenders' indicated that there were people in a similar situation to mine, and I had to go search for them. The closest dot to me was directly east, but we were separated by a massive mountain range as indicated by the map. The second closest one was directly north, with no clear obstacles in the way. One dot was even further east, another one northeast, another northwest, and the last one southeast. That last one was really unlucky, as the mountain range extended diagonally all the way to the end of the map, me being the closest one to them.

This led me to a dilemma: Should I go to the closest dot from myself? Or should I go southeast, to the person who has no way to get to anyone except me?

The answer was pretty obvious.

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