Skill updated. Passive skill [Darkness Mana Manipulation] is now level 3. . .

Skill updated. Passive skill [Darkness Mana Manipulation] is now level 4. . .

Skill updated. Passive skill [Darkness Mana Manipulation] is now level 5. . .

Skill updated. Passive skill [Darkness Mana Manipulation] is now level 6. . .

Skill updated. Passive skill [Darkness Mana Manipulation] is now level 7. . .

New skill activated. Passive skill [Small Blades] now available for use. . .

Skill updated. Passive skill [Small Blades] is now level 1. . .

Skill updated. Passive skill [Small Blades] is now level 2. . .

Skill updated. Passive skill [Small Blades] is now level 3. . .

Skill updated. Passive skill [Mana Projectile Weapons (Small)] is now level 3. . .

Skill updated. Passive skill [Mana Projectile Weapons (Small)] is now level 4. . .

Skill updated. Passive skill [Mana Projectile Weapons (Small)] is now level 5. . .

Skill updated. Passive skill [Projectile Fire Mana Manipulation] is now level 7. . .

Skill updated. Passive skill [Projectile Fire Mana Manipulation] is now level 8. . .

Skill updated. Passive skill [Projectile Fire Mana Manipulation] is now level 9. . .

Skill updated. Passive skill [Projectile Fire Mana Manipulation] is now level 10. . .

No further progress is available for [Projectile Fire Mana Manipulation] until an advanced version of this skill is activated. All mana used to advance nanomachines for skill [Projectile Fire Mana Manipulation] is now directed to overall nanomachine advancement . . .

Skill updated. Passive skill [Mana Compression] is now level 6. . .

Skill updated. Passive skill [Mana Compression] is now level 7. . .

Skill updated. Passive skill [Mana Splitting ] is now level 6. . .

Skill updated. Active skill [Mana Sight] is now level 1. . .

Skill updated. Active skill [Mana Sight] is now level 2. . .

Skill updated. Active skill [Mana Sight] is now level 3. . .

Skill updated. Active skill [Mana Sight] is now level 4. . .

Skill updated. Passive skill [Death Mana Manipulation] is now level 5. . .

Skill updated. Active skill [Living Inventory] is now level 2. . .

Skill updated. Active skill [Living Inventory] is now level 3. . .

Skill updated. Active skill [Living Inventory] is now level 4. . .

Skill updated. Passive skill [Sprinting] is now level 2. . .

That is all from the encampment assault. Would you like to see the alerts from after?

[Yea. Let’s get caught up and close the inscription loop.]

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Skill updated. Passive skill [Climbing] is now level 3. . .

Skill updated. Passive skill [Climbing] is now level 4. . .

Skill updated. Passive skill [Climbing] is now level 5. . .

Skill updated. Passive skill [Climbing] is now level 6. . .

Skill updated. Passive skill [Mining] is now level 4. . .

Skill updated. Passive skill [Mining] is now level 5. . .

Skill updated. Passive skill [Mining] is now level 6. . .

Skill updated. Passive skill [Inspect] is now level 6. . .

Skill updated. Passive skill [Skinning] is now level 1. . .

Skill updated. Passive skill [Skinning] is now level 2. . .

Skill updated. Passive skill [Skinning] is now level 3. . .

Skill updated. Passive skill [Butchering] is now level 2. . .

Skill updated. Passive skill [Butchering] is now level 3. . .

Skill updated. Passive skill [Water Mana Manipulation] is now level 9. . .

Skill updated. Passive skill [Swimming] is now level 3. . .

Skill updated. Passive skill [Swimming] is now level 4. . .

Skill updated. Passive skill [Diving] is now level 1. . .

Skill updated. Passive skill [Diving] is now level 2. . .

Achievement updated. Nuking Knockout is now level 3.

Achievement updated. Nuking Knockout is now level 4.

Achievement updated. Nuking Knockout is now level 5.

New Achievement activated. For eliminating an entire medium-sized or larger enemy encampment solo, the Achievement Loony Loner is now available. This Achievement grants you +2% to all attributes for encampment assaults. This improves by +2% for every encampment destroyed solo. Do you wish to show or hide your Achievement?

New Title activated. For being the first human in the history of the system to destroy an immortal being, the Title Immortal Slayer is now available. This Title grants you 3% chance to activate a random unactivated ability or skill from a slain foe. This chance is 100% if the foe is an immortal. Note: This Title requires highly impactful changes to the host’s nanomachine system. As a result, this title’s effects will not take place until the next level up. Do you wish to show or hide your Title?

Note: Due to title being activated on a first immortal kill, nanomachine system is activating an ability. . .

Congratulations! Host has stolen an ability from Troll Matriarch. . .

New ability activated. Special ability Enhanced Regeneration now available for use. Note: This skill requires highly impactful changes to the host’s nanomachine system. As a result, this skill’s effects will not take place until the next level up.

That’s it. You are now caught up. This has been quite a productive few days. . .

[Just hold on a sec.] I hear Jo laughing.

[Very funny, Jo. Ok, lots of questions. First, three nuking knockouts? The shaman got away and the matriarch was a long fight. Who the fuck did I kill other than maybe the commander?]

That is an excellent question, Vic. I do not know. All the logs show are the commander and two other orcs. They are not labeled personal guards. Perhaps someone or someones were hidden in the camp. . .

[Fine. Mystery to never be solved. Next, I can steal skills on kill? Isn’t that kind of cheating at life?]

Well, in fairness, I’m pretty sure that title was never supposed to be activated and thus the quantum nanomachine hive did its best to deal with it. “Immortal” has a specific meaning to the nanomachine system. You killed a creature that was 20,000 years old and could regenerate unless she was completely obliterated. Or you took her core apparently. Granted, you did just almost blow her up before so she was probably weakened. But still. . .

[So I broke it. Again.]

Your ability to regularly break a monumentally complex quantum nanomachine hive intelligence that has stood for a century and a half is impressive. . .

[I guess everyone has something they excel at. What’s Enhanced Regeneration?]

Right. Slick steal there, Vic. Enhanced Regeneration replaces the regeneration attribute for health. You regenerate health at 5% of your max per second as long as your health does not drop below zero.

[Did you say below zero?]

Yes. . .

[So it regenerates at zero?]

According to the description, yes. . .

[Oh.]

Yes. . .

[I see. That’s. . .]

Of course, testing is required to validate, which I do not recommend. . .

I lie there for a few minutes thinking of the implications. I think I need a distraction from that. It was a little too much to think about. So I look down at Aria and kiss her head. Then I roll both of us over and taste to see if she is clean again. Yep, clean.