"Matriarch protects us!" Barbara exclaimed as she prayed and bemoaned. "Something happened to Nethe!"
She had just jumped from level 11 to level 24 with a prompt for a branching Path. That doesn't happen without a good reason. Since she did nothing to award FOUR million Exp, the only answer was that Nethe did something huge. The book mimic did say they would go hunt monsters in the lake. She racked her brain as she tried to remember the current Exp tables. Then she remembered she could check them in her interface.
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1 122 21 80.750 41 410.400 61 2.330.884 81 7.461.047 2 488 22 88.623 42 453.331 62 2.469.675 82 7.776.007 3 1.099 23 96.863 43 498.933 63 2.613.734 83 8.099.603 4 1.953 24 105.469 44 547.286 64 2.763.158 84 8.431.949 5 3.052 25 114.441 45 598.466 65 2.918.043 85 8.773.161 6 4.395 26 123.779 46 652.549 66 3.078.485 86 9.123.355 7 5.981 27 133.484 47 709.614 67 3.244.581 87 9.482.647 8 7.813 28 143.555 48 769.737 68 3.416.427 88 9.851.151 9 9.888 29 153.992 49 832.995 69 3.594.119 89 10.228.985 10 12.207 30 164.795 50 899.465 70 3.777.755 90 10.616.262 11 14.771 31 175.964 51 969.225 71 3.967.430 91 11.013.100 12 17.578 32 187.500 52 1.042.352 72 4.163.240 92 11.419.613 13 20.630 33 199.402 53 1.118.922 73 4.365.283 93 11.835.918 14 23.926 34 211.670 54 1.199.013 74 4.573.653 94 12.262.130 15 27.466 35 224.304 55 1.282.702 75 4.788.449 95 12.698.364 16 31.250 36 237.305 56 1.370.066 76 5.009.766 96 13.144.737 17 35.278 37 250.671 57 1.461.182 77 5.237.700 97 13.601.363 18 39.551 38 264.404 58 1.556.127 78 5.472.348 98 14.068.359 19 44.067 39 278.503 59 1.654.978 79 5.713.806 99 14.545.841 20 48.828 40 390.625 60 2.197.266 80 7.154.605 100 17.539.576
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System V5 - Exp needed to level from N-1 to N. (300*(1+1,5*Rank)*1.5^(Level[1~20])*120^Rank)
1 300 21 90.000 41 17.280.000 61 2.851.200.000 81 435.456.000.000 2 450 22 135.000 42 25.920.000 62 4.276.800.000 82 653.184.000.000 3 675 23 202.500 43 38.880.000 63 6.415.200.000 83 979.776.000.000 4 1.013 24 303.750 44 58.320.000 64 9.622.800.000 84 1.469.664.000.000 5 1.519 25 455.625 45 87.480.000 65 14.434.200.000 85 2.204.496.000.000 6 2.278 26 683.438 46 131.220.000 66 21.651.300.000 86 3.306.744.000.000 7 3.417 27 1.025.156 47 196.830.000 67 32.476.950.000 87 4.960.116.000.000 8 5.126 28 1.537.734 48 295.245.000 68 48.715.425.000 88 7.440.174.000.000 9 7.689 29 2.306.602 49 442.867.500 69 73.073.137.500 89 11.160.261.000.000 10 11.533 30 3.459.902 50 664.301.250 70 109.609.706.250 90 16.740.391.500.000 11 17.300 31 5.189.854 51 996.451.875 71 164.414.559.375 91 25.110.587.250.000 12 25.949 32 7.784.780 52 1.494.677.813 72 246.621.839.063 92 37.665.880.875.000 13 38.924 33 11.677.170 53 2.242.016.719 73 369.932.758.594 93 56.498.821.312.500 14 58.386 34 17.515.756 54 3.363.025.078 74 554.899.137.891 94 84.748.231.968.750 15 87.579 35 26.273.633 55 5.044.537.617 75 832.348.706.836 95 127.122.347.953.125 16 131.368 36 39.410.450 56 7.566.806.426 76 1.248.523.060.254 96 190.683.521.929.688 17 197.052 37 59.115.675 57 11.350.209.639 77 1.872.784.590.381 97 286.025.282.894.531 18 295.578 38 88.673.513 58 17.025.314.458 78 2.809.176.885.571 98 429.037.924.341.797 19 443.368 39 133.010.269 59 25.537.971.687 79 4.213.765.328.357 99 643.556.886.512.695 20 665.051 40 199.515.404 60 38.306.957.531 80 6.320.647.992.535 100 965.335.329.769.043
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Four million Exp was in the ballpark of an award of a level seventy-something. But Nethe was a baby mimic, level zero. Even if she accounted for the Exp multiplier for defeating something above one's own rank, it would still be a creature above level fifty. How the tiny book managed to kill such a dangerous creature was beyond her understanding. Rather, what was a creature this powerful doing in the city lake? She shuddered. Children went swimming in that lake all the time. It was considered safe but if monsters level fifty were popping up like that, the city would need… But then how would she explain how she knew? And what creature was it?
"Barbara, what's wrong?" Jerrick held her shoulders, their face too close. "Who's Nethe?"
Befuddled, she blinked and stared at the taller boy, barely breathing as she worried. Her mind ran millions of possibilities until she remembered she could communicate telepathically with her familiar.
Silence. She trembled, thinking her familiar was lost.
"Barbara, talk to me," a desperate Jerrick begged.
"Barbara?"
Her shoulders slumped and she met the young man's eyes with an apology on her lips, "Sorry, Jerrick. I have to go back to the dorm."
"But we've just arrived! We haven't tried the games, the kebab cart, shopped for matching souvenirs," the boy clamored as his well-planned date schedule was unraveled by Fate.
"Sorry, we'll come back next month. I know this is important to you, Jerrick, and you put a lot of effort into planning this outing, not to mention getting us the passes. But I have to go back to Nethe."
Now that she seemed to have her wits about her, Jerrick realized how close they were and how the people were looking at the student couple with knowing smirks. Self-conscious, he let go of her shoulders.
"Who's Nethe?" He asked, trying not to sound hurt but failing miserably.
"My familiar," Barbara said in a whisper. "Only Miss Dorlaminn knows about it so far."
Jerrick's lips cracked slightly upward as he noticed the trust she placed in him. His pubescent imagination ran wild and he daydreamed of what could happen should he cultivate this trust. Like the fool most young men his age become when infatuated, he became extremely agreeable.
"Next month then. Let's go back."
Feeling some guilt, Barbara compromised, "I swear I'll make it up to you."
Jerrick misheard what she meant and walked on clouds all the way back to the Academy.
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I slipped inside mom's gift… rather, the gift the me who remembered everything left for me. The woven silk cover was marvelous and very comfortable. It had tiny silver corners with gem slivers that held my cover like an embrace. It also had a long padded strap so Barbara could wear me over her shoulder. Steel cable woven with living silk ran inside the strap so it wouldn't be easy to cut. I felt as safe as a book could be inside this cover. Warm by the silk sleeve, I fell asleep.
Something shook me awake. I cracked an eye open in the red faux-silk ribbon poking out between my pages and saw Babara staring at me. She seemed both worried and angry.
"Wake up, Nethe!" She clamored as she picked me up and shook me.
"What happened?" Barbara demanded. "What monster did you fight?"
I knew where this was going and I also knew I couldn't tell Barbara that "mom" was the Matriarch and I was her reincarnation. I would need to play the dumb mimic for a bit longer. Not that I didn't trust her but it was too much of a burden for a girl this young.
Barbara seemed to calm down, a sign she trusted me. I realized why as she glanced at a piece of parchment jammed in the side of the window that I hadn't noticed made the adage, "trust, but verify", climb to the fore of my mind.
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"How did you gain that much Exp at once?"
Barbara's eyes swiveled to focus on the huge book on the desk next to me. "Your mom granted you four million Exp."
I could almost feel the gears spinning inside the girl's head. She was wondering how powerful the entity in the book was to grant that much Exp. While four million was pocket change for the previous me, it was a lot for a girl not a year past her System Activation day. Her level more than doubled.
"Who's your mom, Nethe? Should I be worried?"
Her earnest question melted part of the barriers between us.
She rubbed the silk cover. "Nice gift she gave you," Barbara changed the subject. She was smiling and I could tell she would wait for me to come clean.
About a hundred platinum coins plus some assorted currencies. Given how far back these were minted, they were more valuable as antiques than currency.
"That's nice. What are you planning to buy?"
She threw her head back as a crystalline peal of laughter left the young halfling's throat. "We will. I promise."
She narrowed her eyes. "One, it wasn't a date. Two, you cut it too short. I mean, we didn't even eat a proper meal. Poor Jerrick."
We talked until she fell asleep. Then I went back to spend my points.
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Nenandil was bored. Fairies usually are timeless and don't count the passage of time like mortals. The elder water fairy, now Sovereign of Ice in fae society, was a bit odd in that regard. All the time she spent with her mortal companion who sometimes played deity instilled in her a wanderlust and a desire to see things change that most fairies would scoff at.
Pandora stirred as the [Wisp of Creation] sensed Divine energies. The fairy put herself on high alert. Moments later, the visitor materialized.
"Loki," she said with the most equitable tone she could muster.
"My Lady Nenandil. The 'water friend'. Greetings," the Asgardian said bowing from the waist. "I hope you don't mind a quick friendly visit."
Summoned by her curiosity as she sensed divine energy, Doris came to Nenandil's chamber. "Who's there, daughter? Oh, welcome, sir."
"Lady Doris, greetings. I'm Loki, god of Trickery and the Old Soul's sponsor," the Norse introduced himself.
Doris glanced at her daughter but then smiled at the newcomer. She could sense his power, a power that eclipsed any deity in this world. "I'm so pleased to finally meet this mysterious benefactor."
"It's my pleasure. I know we are all busy entities so allow me to go straight to the point. I'm here to offer you the chance to restore the green moon."
Nenandil held her breath while Doris squealed.
"Are you sure it's not one of your pranks, O Great Trickster?" Doris jokingly nudged the tall half-giant deity.
"Absolutely sure. But the window of opportunity is closing fast."
Nenandil knew Loki was up to something but the deity was honorable despite all the legends. Loki wouldn't joke with such a delicate subject. "What do you expect in exchange, trickster?" She asked.
"Nothing. This is a gift with no strings attached. Hear me out. The moon was destroyed because the Broodmother drained its Core of all power. One needs to go up there and find said Core and give it a good charge of magical and Divine power. But with the rest of the Pantheon withdrawn in their realms twiddling their thumbs stuck up their arses, it is rather hard to find someone who could do it. You are the last one I could think of, with that Wisp of yours. Now, I'm going to teach you the Divine spells you need to survive up there as well as locate and charge the moon's Core. That would also cause all the Moonstone floating in that ring to coalesce back around the Core and maybe pull some of the fragments that fell on the planet too.
"The moon will be smaller because a few fragments flew away from the planet's gravitational pull and most of what fell on the planet won't come back but it can be rebuilt. The Wisp obeys you."
Nenandil seemed to be focused on analyzing every word from the deity. When she finally spoke, she had him figured out. "This is not a gift, neither free. You want me away from the world. Why?"
Loki wasn't dismayed by having been called on his trickery. If anything, he seemed deeply amused. The Asgardian hated stupid morons more than anything, his brutish brother Thor filling the shoes some of the time.
"You got me," he gushed. "My motives aren't free, however."
"It's about her, isn't it?" Nenandil almost choked as she addressed the core of the issue. When Loki remained silent, her heart sank an inch inside her tiny chest. "Where is she?"
"Living her life with her Fate-bonded spouse's most recent incarnation. Interfering now will jeopardize what seems like a successful love story. The pressure will drive them apart. Do you want that?"
Now it was Nenandil's turn to remain silent. She closed her eyes but the tears still rolled down her cheeks. Doris hugged the head of her daughter.
"Is she happy?" Nenandil asked after a while.
"She's aware of the curse and working really hard to get rid of it. I'm impressed at her resilience even despite the disconnection with her memories. I'm helping from afar, Nenandil. In due time, earlier than expected, she'll break it and come back, stronger than ever. Have patience."
The fairy grabbed the sides of her mother's dress and wept. But she knew she had to accept the Asgardian's offer. The green moon was that important to the world and to the fairies more than any. Before she knew it, the fairy had already quoted a cartoon the Old Soul watched about a grandfather and his grandson's crazy adventures.
"You son of a bitch, I'm in." [1]
Perhaps the Old Soul rubbed on her more than she would ever admit.
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"Are you sure you won't fall from it?" Barbara asked as she looked at herself in the mirror. I was strapped along her shoulder like a messenger's bag.
She smiled at me. "Then let's go to class."
"But that's expensive! A training room costs seventy-five silver a day!" She protested. Students usually formed groups of twenty-five to rent one. It still came out as expensive since one could live for a week in a good inn for three silver.
They left the room and went downstairs so Barbara could have breakfast. With the Perks I unlocked, I rarely needed nourishment anymore.
"I'm not letting you stay in the library anymore," she snickered.
"Nethe!" Barbara protested. "Jerrick is just a friend."
She sniggered but said nothing as we reached the dorm cafeteria. Barbara inhaled her breakfast and ran to the classroom suffering nasty heartburn from eating too fast. She was almost tardy.
After another casting session where I had to cheat on her stead so Mr. Collins didn't strike us out of the delving group, we went to the library. After donating some Bibliomimic adhesive to the eager [Librarian], she gave us the key token to the training room. It was a wooden board with glyphs and a faint enchantment engraved on it. Mom could make one in her sleep.
The big advantage of the training room was the wards in place to keep our magic from leaking or harming us along with privacy protections. Very often, casting mishaps by eager apprentices caused wardrobe malfunctions. For that reason, a spare uniform was available in the dressing room if anyone needed to borrow one.
Barbara placed her hand on the enchanted orb on the control plinth and injected her magic. That would attune the protective wards to her signature and dissipate her magic harmlessly using resonance.
As the wards hummed around us, I addressed the elephant in the room.
"I love the idea. It's unique and very powerful." She daydreamed.
With a mix of surprise, shame, and outrage, she opened her mouth but no sound escaped it. As she shut it and clattered her teeth, Barbara protested, "Nethe! That's rude!"
Yup. She was not bad at it but slow. The diagram image just didn't translate from her mind to the air in front of her. She drew like a snail would. At the end of the hour, she slumped.
"You are worse than Mr. Collins," Barbara whined. "Hey, I gained five points of Proficiency!"
Since [Spellcaster] was refunded, I had seven Proficiency picks to make, plus {Appraiser} which was free for everyone.
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Appraiser (2/7). [ 317 ]. You can see System information about a target.
* Item Information: You can get detailed item information, including hidden data.
* Subtle Appraise: Reduce perception tests to detect your appraise attempts by (P/3).
* Obfuscate Others: Select (P/10) friendly units no further than (P) meters from you. Appraise attempts against them suffer a (2*P/3) Penalty.
Blades (2/7) [ 675 / 699 ]. Add (P)% to accuracy, (2*P)% damage with blades.
* Master: Deal (P/35) d10 + (P/5) extra base damage.
* Sharpened Edges: Increase critical chance and damage by (P/10)%.
* Riposte: Increase Parry chance by (P/4)%. If you parry, attack with a (P/10)% bonus damage.
* Duelist: When fighting against an armed opponent, you gain (P/10)% Accuracy, Evasion, and Damage.
* Dual Weapon Mastery: When wielding a blade and another weapon, your blades gain (P/10)% more damage, accuracy, and parry.
* Sword Aura (U): Sheathe your blades with an invisible blade of Force. Increase durability by (P), hardness by (P/5), Base damage by (P/20), and reach by (P/10) centimeters. Your blades now affect incorporeal or ethereal enemies. You gain (P/100) Strength, Dexterity, and Magic. All other effects remain the same.
Mental Mastery (1/7) [ 842 / 866 ]. Subtract linear (P) percentile points from the effectiveness of fear, pain, and mental debuffs.
* Magical Circulation: You gain (P/4) base Energy.
* Perfect Mind: Add (P/50) to all mental Attributes.
* Perfect Spirit: Add (P/50) to all spiritual Attributes.
* Improved Recovery: Increase all Resource recovery rates by (P/5)%
* Prescience: Predict attacks (P/500) seconds before they happen.
* Spiritual Enlightenment (U): Increase Ego and Soul by (P/75). Increase base Energy by (P/10). Add (P/5) to all checks to resist spiritual attacks.
* Mana Control: Increase Magic by (P/50).
* Technical Focus: Select one Technical Proficiency to gain (P/10) bonus to its score, up to (P). You can change it only once every month.
Spellcaster (2/7) [ 692 ]. Your spells gain (2*Proficiency)% effect and (P)% accuracy.
* Cursebreaker: Add (P/4) to Magic to break curses.
* Summoner’s Control: You can memorize (P/25) summoned monsters. You do not need a Core to summon these monsters. Add (P/5) to all Charisma tests to control your summons.
* Wizard's Mind: Gain (P/50) Mind, Willpower, and Charisma.
* Spirit Caster: Gain (P/50) to all spiritual Attributes.
* Grandmaster: You gain (P/2)% damage and (P/10)% cost reduction.
* Master Summoner (U): Summons are considered (P/20)% lower level for purposes of cost. They have Attribute values (P/20)% higher. You gain (P/100) Charisma and Magic.
Physical Mastery (2/7) [ 700 / 724 ]. Gain (P/5) extra base HP.
* Accelerated Regeneration: Increase your HP regeneration rate by (Endurance x P/20)%.
* Instant Healing: When under (P/20)% of the maximum, recover (P/10)% of the maximum. Cooldown 30 minutes.
* Regeneration Boost (Automatic conditions): Increase HP regeneration by (P/10)%
* Precision Movements: Increase Dexterity by (P/75). Add (P/15)% to stealth, evasion, attack, and critical hit chance.
* Perfect Physique: Gain (P/50) to all Physical Attributes.
* Body, Mind, and Soul (U): Gain (P/75) on all Mental, Spiritual, and Physical Attributes.
> Physical Mastery [ 700 / 724 ]. Select 1 Ability.
Enchanter [ 779 / 803 ]. You can create enchantments with up to (2*Proficiency) enchantment points.
* Training Aid: You can enchant items to enhance Proficiency acquisition rates by up to (P/20)% to a maximum score of (P/2).
* Tolerance Tuning: Lower Resonance of custom-made or tuned items by (95)% (maximum).
* Unique signature: Increase difficulty to make forgeries, tamper with, or study your enchantments by (P/2). Increase recognition by the same amount.
* Storage Enchantment: You can enchant a pocket dimension inside objects. Size is (P/5) cubic feet. The cost is 3 points per cubic foot.
* Increased Capacity: Your enchanted items get (P/2)% more points.
* Engrave Core (U): You can engrave complex enchantment sequences into Cores, creating a variety of utilities.
* Sentient Items: You can imbue intellect into your enchanted items, up to (P/10) points of mental Attributes.
Jeweler [ 454 / 478 ]. Jewelry you craft and gemstones you cut are (P/2)% more valuable, intricate, and stylish.
* Core Cutting: You can cut Magic Cores or their shards into gemstones. Increase Enchantment potential by (P/5)%
* Potential: Jewelry your craft has (Proficiency / 5)% higher enchantment points.
* Paired Jewels: You can make a single piece that can be split in two. Each piece keeps (50 + P/10)% of the full enchantment and is always treated as being (2*Proficiency) kilometers closer to each other, up to zero distance. The bearer of a jewel can sense the direction of the other piece.
* Electrochemical Plating: Add a precious metal coating over a lesser metal, saving (P/5)% of the precious metal. The coating grants (P/10)% of the better metal’s properties.
Leadership [ 425 / 449 ]. Increase loyalty of people under your command or employ by (P/5).
* Commanding presence: Up to (4*Proficiency) units no further away than (P) meters from you gain (P/75) Strength, Dexterity, Endurance, Mind, and Willpower.
* Royal Quest: Add (P/2) Charisma bonus to force non-Royals to do your bidding. A successful test makes them comply. Your Royal order may be converted into a Quest. Spend [(100 - P/10) x Target's Base Level Exp] from your own Exp. The Quest that awards Base Exp.
* Project Leader: When leading collaborative work, Add (P/10) to all team members' respective Proficiencies, up to your own Leadership Score. The maximum team size is (P/10) and they gain Proficiency (P/5)% faster.
* Instructor: You can teach a group of (P/5) students on a Proficiency you have above 100. Students learn (P/5)% faster, up to your Proficiency score in the subject taught, and those above that, including yourself, learn at (P/20)% faster.
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With [Mental Mastery] giving [Leadership] 84 bonus points through {Technical Mastery}, Barbara was learning stuff 304% faster. 101% from {Project Leader} and another 101% from {Instructor}.
Before Barbara could either give up or break down, I shifted my stance.
She took a small Core sliver with a {Force Javelin} spell engraved on it. Last night, I suppressed the curse and granted my mom… my real self an hour of free reign to do whatever the other me wanted. I don't remember anything because when the curse comes back it takes away that hour of memories. Fortunately, I had the presence of mind to write a short note on myself.
> > After I visited the vault and erased any trace of the intruders who took the book out of it, I went to visit some fairy friends of mine and crafted a few teaching aids for Barbara. Unlock [Leadership] and help her. Remember, she's very important to us.
The last part went without saying, but it was good to know my full self agreed with me.
> [Force Javelin Crystal Spell-Sliver]
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> Price: 13 gold coins.
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> Quality: Superb.
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> Base damage: 3d20+24
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> Base cost: 350 MP.
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> Uses left: 150
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> If the user's Proficiency score is lower than 200, +50% [Spellcaster] learning rate.
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> * The jewel's value is not in its existence, but in being well-used. Use it with my blessing. - Nethe's mom
She missed her breathing rhythm and did the love child of a sob, a hiccup, and a sigh, "Nethe!"
She looked at the red crystal engraved with a small spell circle. Then picked me up from where I was hanging and stared at the tiny eye on the inside of my spine, just above my pages' binding. "Nethe, who is your mother?"
"I don't have that much MP," she complained.
It took her some time to find the proper mental state to tap into my MP pool. Then she needed to extend a tendril of magic into the shard and empower the diagram. The first {Force Javelin} shot wildly, hitting the training barrier and dissipating as the barrier resonated with her magical signature.
"Har, har," she shook her head with self-derision. "It was… wild.
This time she knew what to expect, and kept her arm steady. The Force projectile impacted with the target area but at the edge. Barbara squealed. I couldn't see her Status but I knew she hadn't unlocked the Perk yet.
I put her through several exercises and chewed on an MP recovery pill mom left for me to let her keep casting. During the training, I tried to figure out what was holding her back during Mr. Collins' lessons. I could see the fully-formed diagram popping into existence at once in the space in front of her, then she would cast from the sliver. But whenever I asked her to draw the diagram, she slowed to a crawl.
"I think I got it!" She was worn out but still had a satisfied grin on her face who reluctantly clung to that baby fat as most pubescent teens did.
With my teaching bonus and the sliver's enchantment, she was growing by leaps and bounds. Splitting the MP stream was hard but she pulled it off even though the twin javelins wobbled and flew in an uncontrolled spiral pattern just to crash against one another before even hitting the barrier.
She was a capable caster for her level. The problem was that Barbara sucked at diagram realization. She could summon the full diagram from the imprint in the sliver and she even cast the spell from the diagram she created instead of using the one on the crystal shard. But whenever she needed to think of the individual components and trace them, she lost her way.
I was thankful that potion toxicity was almost a non-issue for me, especially with mom's purified pills. Barbara collapsed on her knees and then sat on her heels as she panted. Her robe was tossed on the stone floor a meter away and her white shirt was soaked in sweat.
"Last charge on the shard," she remarked.
Without standing up, she fired the spell and fried the shard, causing it to crumble into glittering dust. Her arm slumped by her side and she had to use all her focus to breathe.
I conjured a mass of cold dry air and blew a refreshing breeze on her. She shivered and then melted. Her auburn hair was stuck to her face and the wind helped hide her entire face.
"What time is it? I'm starving."
"Wasn't I the one supposed to spoil you? I'm the master and you're the familiar."
"Sounds like a deal."
* Crystallomancy (ultra-rare): You can cast spells from diagrams engraved on crystals, gemstones, or Core shards. Reduce MP costs by 25%. Each use drains the crystal's power, damaging it.
* Dual Casting (rare): You can cast two spells at once from different sources. You lose 100 points of Proficiency if they are different spells and only 50 if they are the same.
She squealed loudly and then broke into a fit of giggles. "Nethe! We did it! I unlocked two new Perks! And one of them {Crystallomancy}!"
That's the System. Display the barebones aptitude for the craft, and it will guide you along the way.
She did. Barbara was so happy tears rolled down her face, joining the quick-drying sweat. She needed a good bath and a fresh change of clothes if she was to rejoin civilized society.
> > Level 24 female halfling [Crystallomancer]
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[1] Do I REALLY need to explain it? Okay. You son of a bitch, I'm in! https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/you-son-of-a-bitch-im-in