The next morning, I woke to a startling amount of noise. When I went downstairs the avatar was singing happily. He had been dragging wood and stones to the base of the cottage. Some of it I could see was basic material, but some of it had a heavy glow to it.
“Ah, my friend good morning. I thought I would help you by bringing you some extra material. This wood and stone are from a nearby mana well. I thought it would be helpful.”
He then told me about working almost all night to collect the material. The mana well he was talking about being on the far end of the grove. He had made multiple trips to get it all.
“My last gift will be ready soon,” he says gleefully. He is almost giddy at the thought of it. I can tell there is more to it.
“You seem to be happy about this,” I ask nervously.
“Yes, it has been ages since I have given a gift like this. This is the first one since I have ascended. Because of my new evolution, this should be very special. I can only give a gift like this once every five hundred arcs. The very first time I did this it was very special. The one I gifted it to went on to become a great hero, and eventually empress of her people.”
“I doubt I will become some great leader,” I say with a bit of a chuckle.
“And yet it is very much a possibility young friend. Power and fate give little care for what we think” he said his face flat.
The idea of me being in charge of a large group was terrifying. I could see being in charge of a small group. Hey maybe even leading adventurers. From our conversations, there was a lucrative business in going into the wilds and finding ancient ruins for artifacts. That was before the upheaval now it might even be better. He knew of a few ruins within his forest that no one had been to in thousands of arcs. The conviction that he made the statement concerned me though. It was as if he could sense something that I could not.
Towards the middle of the day, the library became available. When the doors opened, I was met with a grand sight. The library was a mixture of dark woods and gold inlays. The library from what I could see also had a mixture of clockwork devices, it was like a steampunk library. While I wanted to go inside and get lost in the wonders available. I knew that would not be good as my friend was excited to give me my gift. I gave the library a quick glance with the intent of spending more time there later.
Once I was done looking at the new library, I went back outside. My friend was standing underneath the orb growing on the tree. He was obviously waiting for something. I started to watch as well when the orb started to glow. At first, it was a dim light, but as time continued the light got brighter. To the point where the light blazed like a second sun in the forest. I could hear him laughing as I was forced to turn away. The light disappeared abruptly. When I turned back the orb was still glowing, just not as brightly. He deftly plucked it off the tree handling it reverently before turning towards me.
Perfect Advancement Orb.
“It is done my friend,” he says excitedly. “This was much more than even I was expecting. Even so, this will just be enough.”
He is still stuck on balancing some cosmic scales. While I don’t fully get the concept. And, there might just be some entity who is out there measuring the value of things being done for others. I just don’t see it, but I will not deny something that will help me survive this place.
He headed back to the cottage carrying the orb the whole way. I followed him, it felt like a procession. When we got back to the tower, he turned to me. I could tell he was intensely serious.
“Now my young friend. This is why I had you hold off from spending your attribute points. Rogul and I found that certain things had benefits when done at the same time. While we never tested it with one of these” he said holding up the orb. “What we did test it with leads me to believe that this will have drastic results.”
He handed me the orb and motioned for me to go inside.
“Now what I need you to do to make the most of this process. Is to start the orb but then stop and use your AP. Once you do so the AP selection won’t take hold until you finish the process to use the orb. Doing both at the same time should strengthen both and direct some of the energy into the right options” he said slowly. “I would suggest getting comfortable the process could take some time.”
I sat on the couch and look at the orb in my arms. It was the size of a basketball and had to weigh in at around fifty pounds. It was warm to the touch and pulsed with internal energy.
Perfect Advancement Orb.
This orb has been created by a truly powerful being. This orb will convey the Skill Survival: Herbology at a master level. This orb will advance between 10 and 15 other items. This can include racial evolutions, Class Advancements, boons, skills, and spells. This process will vary based on the power, and luck of the user.
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Would you like to use the Perfect Advancement Orb Y/N?
Before I selected yes, I did as he instructed and used my pending AP points. I did what I had been doing up to this point to keep a somewhat even build. I divided the points by four and slotted them. Without seeing an average person, I would not know just how strong or weak I was. But after seeing the avatar with his insane strength. I knew there were beings out there much stronger than I was. I was very proud of my stats though when I was done.
Vandwon “Van” Moore
Race
Human 6ap MR2
Deities
Subrace
OutWorlder 6ap MR 5
Class
Arch SpellBlade 2ap MR 5
Class Type
Unique 2ap MR7
Profession
***** Hidden
Boons
Outworlder
Black Blade
Human Might 2
Human Regeneration 2
Arch Mage MR2
Storage
Insight
Accelerated Growth
Blessed Son
Cosmic Luck 2
Titles
First of my kind. MR 2
Class creation.
High magic. MR 2
Knower of the Lost.
Thorn
Heir of Violence
Plague Breaker
One against the Horde
Forest Friend
Age: 26
Level: 45
XP gained 75% to next level.
+100% to Leveling XP.
HP: 11680
(Regen CON+STR per hour.)
MP: 11640 + 2000 = 11200
(Regen 96 per min. 48 per min/Combat)
ST: 11760
(Regen CON+[2xSTR/10]+15% per min.)
Attributes:
Strength (STR): 222+20+30+[22] (882)
Dexterity (DEX): 220+20+30+[22] (876)
Constitution (CON): 219+20+30+[22] (873)
Intelligence (INT): 238*+30+[23] (291)
Wisdom (WIS): 224*+30+[22] (276)
Charisma (CHA): 215+30+[21] (266)
Luck (LCK): 102+[10] (112)
AP: 720, 00 Unspent.
MR: 36, AC: 3800.
Spells:
Read Magic.
Elemental Orb.
Runic Mark (Active/Passive).
Dancing Lights.
Detect Magic (Passive).
Ghost Sound.
Light.
Minor Telekinesis.
Clean.
Identify lvl 10 (Passive).
Greater Reduce Gravity lvl 2.
Waterdash.
Lesser Elemental Touch lvl 3.
Blade Lash lvl 0.
Blur lvl 0.
Bladed Dash lvl 0.
Enhance Self lvl 0.
Glitterdust lvl 0.
Invisibility lvl 0.
Mirror Image lvl 0.
Sonic Scream lvl 0.
Storm of Blades lvl 0.
Fireball lvl 10.
Flame Strike lvl 5.
Elemental Aura lvl 0.
Fly 2 lvl 1.
Haste.
Locate Weakness lvl 0.
Lightning Bolt lvl 0.
Dimension Door lvl 0.
Weakening Blast lvl 0.
Infect lvl 3.
Stunning Sight lvl 2.
Envenomate lvl 3.
Plasmatic Conflagration lvl 10. (Master Spell).
Skill Manipulation lvl 2.
Skills:
Linguistics
Map
Pain Resistance lvl 5.
Climb lvl 10.
Cartography lvl 1.
Perception lvl 10.
Threat Detection lvl 4.
Greater Wands lvl 3.
Weapon Focus (Sword) lvl 6.
Power Strike lvl 0.
Focused Strike lvl 0.
Cleaving Strike lvl 0.
Combat Casting lvl 0.
Spellstrike lvl 0.
Arcane Empower lvl 0.
Enduring Empower.
Bows lvl 7.
Unarmed Combat lvl 9.
Stealth lvl 6.
Move Silently lvl 5.
Survival lvl 5.
Animal Behavior lvl 3.
Iron Gut.
Improved Climb.
Enhanced Senses
Tremor Sense.
Low Light Vision.
Scent.
Thermal Vison.
Current Sense.
Monstrous Familiar.
Violent Strike lvl 0.
Spell Combination.
Black Blade: Sky Cutter, Familiar2/3: Akurra