Chapter 50
Evander started the discussion with the amount of resources each had. Many winced at this point. The Water Mages had no mana at all, since they used other spells in addition to "Ice Field". Max, Alistair, Linella and Nathan admitted that they had no mana at all. Since each used the strongest spells. The rest of the mages had a little more than half of the mana they had accumulated during their time in the camp. Only 3 Fire Mages had fully filled mana cores and staves. The Adepts had about half the stamina each.
Well, well, well. It turns out that Cassandra and Ariana still have a pretty good pool of resources to continue fighting. Then comes Evander with 6000 MP. I still have half the stamina and 1700 MP. As sad as it may be, but Liam will not be able to help as much with the mana he has. He will not be able to use [Adaptive Aquatic Weapon] as before. Roughly speaking, he will have enough mana for about 2 spells equal in strength to level 4. Which in the current conditions will be used incredibly situationally. Kaeti still has 1800 mana, which is very little and considering that she is not as good at healing as Max, she is practically useless if someone gets seriously injured.
While Evander continued to explain the situations and analyze the various battles of those present, Dylan opened the status.
Name: Dylan Ghostblade (Nick Miller) 15 years old
Race: Evolved Human [Rare] Lvl 28
1. Class: Mage of Arcane Will [Rare][Uniquely] Lvl 9
2. Class: Adept of the Art Phantom Sword [Rare] Lvl 12
Health 807/1940 HP 2.910 HP/hour
Mana 1710/2990 MP 2.91 MP/hour
Endurance 1147/2390 ST 35.85 ST/hour
Statistics:
Strength 194
Dexterity 232
Stamina 239
Vitality 194
Constitution 205
Intelligence 182
Wisdom 147
Mental Control 237
Willpower 337
Perception 206
Charisma 46
Mana Output 201
Mana 299
Mana Regeneration 291
Luck 38
50 free attribute points
Titles: Otherworldly Reincarnator [Legendary+], Special Skill Holder [Special], Contract with the Emerging Spirit [Uncommon], Class Line Progenitor [Legendary][Uniquely], Mage of Arcane Will [Rare][Uniquely], Adept of the Art Phantom Sword [Rare], Holder of the Unique Skill [Special][Uniquely], Giant Killer (Lvl 10) [Common].
Racial Skills:
Fast Recovery [Rare+]
Quick Learning [Uncommon]
Adaptation of Physical Characteristics [Uncommon]
Minor Adaptation [Common]
Lesser Mana Core [Common]
Low Mental Resistance [Common] Lvl 69 > Lvl 73
Low Poison Resistance [Common] Lvl 29
Rare Pain Resistance [Rare] Lvl 219 > Lvl 223
General Skills:
Reincarnator's Madness [Special][Unique] Lvl 403 > Lvl 404
Great Identification [Special] Lvl 401
Fake Status [Special] Lvl 401
Language Proficiency (Ramiast) [Uncommon] Lvl 169
Lesser Spiritual Sense [Rare] Lvl 202 > Lvl 203
Lesser Soul Energy Manipulation [Rare] Lvl 201
1. Class Skills:
Magic Arcane Will [Rare] Lvl 226 > Lvl 227
Great Meditation [Rare] Lvl 213
Manipulation of Mana [Rare] Lvl 207 > Lvl 210
Mana Sense [Rare] Lvl 202 > Lvl 203
Casting Spells [Uncommon] Lvl 199
Magic of Stone [Uncommon] Lvl 137
Magic of Predictions [Uncommon] Lvl 123
Lesser Aura of Arcane Will [Common] Lvl 72 > Aura of Arcane Will [Uncommon] Lvl 104
Parallel Thinking [Uncommon] Lvl 131
Healing Magic [Common] Lvl 50
Life Force Manipulation [Uncommon] Lvl 121
2. Class Skills:
Phantom Sword Mastery [Uncommon+] Lvl 181 > Lvl 182
Stamina Manipulation [Uncommon] Lvl 154 > Lvl 155
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Awakening of the Ghost [Uncommon+] Lvl 115 > Lvl 116
Ghost Flicker [Uncommon+] Lvl 115 > Lvl 116
Accelerated Perception [Uncommon] Lvl 133 > Lvl 134
Dylan was happy to see the many skill level increases and his stats. Especially the development of the Aura skill. He expanded it and could confirm that it had become larger. Although he could not see it, he could feel it as himself. Mana control became much easier and was now available at a greater distance. But as he confirmed, this was not the main thing at all, with the help of the aura, he could suppress spirits, he did not know how it worked, and it was not important now. What was important was the sharp insight that the skill [Reincarnator's Madness] caused during the battle, now he could not only use the aura better, but also use the sword correctly.
His [Nascent Spirit Sword] [Rare] could change shape without losing durability. He had already made a shield out of it, which helped him a lot, and he could even split it into two thinner swords, but that was absolutely not the sword's main ability.
As a child, he began to develop the skill of resisting poisons and for a long time he could not understand what it was from, eventually simply forgetting about it, but now he knew. It was because of maple pollen, in his old world for allergy sufferers this would be very unpleasant. But here maple pollen could be a damn strong irritant. The maple in which the spirit settled was especially poisonous, if its pollen gets into the eyes and mouth, the enemy will be completely blinded and begin to choke.
The sword's ability was to create a huge amount of pollen that was poisonous to everyone except him. Dylan suspected that the spirit had deliberately developed his immunity to it, but of course he couldn't understand what the tree was thinking.
This had a big disadvantage, since he had to use the sword alone, so as not to expose anyone to unnecessary danger. Of course, it was very easy to resist this ability, you just had to prevent the pollen from getting on your body. For example, cover your skin and eyes with a transparent mana barrier, or just blow the pollen away with the wind, since he had no control over it and would hardly be able to easily get it, since he did not develop the skill "Plant Magic". But it did not matter, since the pollen was absolutely effective against a large number of enemies who did not use magic.
Now I just need to find them and massacre them, it's a shame the ability consumes Mana and life force to create pollen. Now I just need to find out how much, god I hope it's not too much.
Dylan turned his attention back to the conversation when Evander began to speak louder.
"Anyone have any suggestions on the best way to attack the Orc Shaman?"
There was an immediate silence and Dylan began to look more closely at the people present. Although he thought it was a good idea, some people did not share his opinion. He saw several people who were frankly scared of it, and some simply did not want to do it for various reasons. Only a few people were completely on board with it. Some, like Evander, wanted to avenge those who had been eliminated, and others, like him, just wanted to take advantage of the ring and try to earn a lot of experience. Like Cassandra, who was looking at him, Liam, and Linella very greedily.
"Prince Evander, shouldn't we wait for a while and restore our resources. Then our fighting power will increase a lot." Nathan Spelsword spoke, to which the prince sadly shook his head.
"Now is the best opportunity. As you know, Alistair and Cassandra poisoned most of the orcs, many died, but most are just enduring the effects of the poison. It is also unclear when the spatial mark will dissipate, although Floyd is gifted in [Space Magic], he has not learned how to make self-sustaining spells. So now is our best chance."
Dylan nodded at the prince's last words, there was truth in them, but was the orc shaman really alone and unprotected by other class owners? He didn't believe it, they were lucky that she didn't immediately realize that they had kill with the black orc, if she had known, she would have crushed them with magic. And she didn't do it later, since she most likely tried to cure the orcs poisoned by Alistair.
Exactly, we have Linella and Alistair to thank for that.
Dylan continued to think and listen to the various suggestions. Most of them were pointless, Dylan thought that the best chance to kill her was lost when Liam and Lynella used up the mana in their staves. Now he wasn't sure that made sense.
Without skill, he certainly couldn't predict the exact development of events, but he could assume that she was currently protected by other classers and was spending Mana to heal the orcs. But did it matter that she was spending Mana, of course not. They had already lost their main force, since without the moment of surprise and Linella's magic, they would 100% lose.
"Evander, as unfortunate as it may be, we won't be able to kill the orc shaman." Dylan turned his gaze to Nathan and continued. "And we won't be able to accumulate more resources either, since as soon as she finishes her treatment, she'll personally go after our souls."
"And what do you propose to do?" Nathan asked, trying not to show his anger.
"I don't know." Dylan replied, most were very surprised by his answer and he continued. "What? Even if we just decide to kill the orcs now, they are most likely all near her. It will be a quick death. And if we wait for the moment when she comes for us, we lose our main advantage. And eventually she will find each of us and kill us anyway." Evander reluctantly agreed with his words.
"You're saying that whatever we do won't make much difference."
"Generally speaking, yes." Dylan said.
"Okay, I appreciate your opinion, but we'll have to think about it further." Evander replied a little coldly.
"Of course." Dylan felt uncomfortable with Princ words, but he didn't think he was wrong.
The discussion continued, so Dylan decided to meditate, half-listening to what was being said. He hadn't decided what to spend the 50 stat points on yet, but he was leaning towards mana regeneration or agility. He would only choose agility if he had a good chance of causing a massacre and gaining new levels. But he didn't know how that would happen yet. Dylan broke off his meditation when he heard Floyd speak excitedly.
"Prince, the mark has started moving in our direction, I think it is crossing the river now." Evander nodded in response and turned to Alistair.
"You said the poison would last about 6 hours."
"Her second class is related to treatment, it's not my fault." Alistair spread his hands.
Evander began to think in the tense silence as the others waited for his answer. He had been trained as a leader since he was a child, and he thought he was ready for it. But the moment of contracting the plague and the near death of several classmates showed him how inexperienced he was. But even in those situations he had a plan, now he had absolutely no idea what he should do and it was weighing heavily on him.
Dylan saw this, but he didn't know how to help him. He couldn't find a strategy that had a chance of success, but he could at least support Evander and meet the orc leader face to face.
Of course, his dark side advised him not to do this, as he would lose the opportunity to escape and later kill orcs alone until sooner or later the ring would not work. But he gently pushed this option aside, as he simply did not like it. Abandoning Evander and the others now would be too much for his conscience.
"Evander." He turned to the prince and when everyone turned their attention to him, he continued. "Even though we won't win, we can face her and laugh about this stupid act later at the academy."
His speech came out shorter and much more awkward than he had intended, but it was enough to lift the spirits of Evander and the others.
"You're right, we have nothing to lose except our pride. So we'll meet her here."
Some were unhappy with this development, but who cared if they had no choice anyway. Dylan chuckled to himself and helped the prince formulate a suicidal strategy.