We headed to the RV while Ether sold the crystals.
Fray had never been in one, so once she came in, she just stood in the middle looking at everything.
“Justia, you can probably pull to the front so Ether doesn’t have to walk as far.” I took a seat at the booth and started looking at the bestiary. The information for the second floor had opened up, but I wanted to check the boss fight for the first floor.
Aelin grabbed Fray and guided her to the front seat while Justia drove us to the front of the Temple. Rix moved behind me and I heard the screen close to one of the beds.
I reread the entry for the Giant Acid Slime attacks. It had the first attack as the ram, then there was a button to display additional attacks. I hadn’t clicked the button before but when I did, it displayed information about the parasites that protect the main body.
I flipped forward to the Giant Sap Slime and it had the same attacks. Just the difference was that instead of melting you, it would make things very sticky if it was pierced. The recommended way to deal with it was to use either fire or fire enchanted weapons. I was going to have to look for a fire spell. I groaned, that meant I was going to have to go shopping with them.
I looked back at the Giant Acid Slime and saw the tab for effective counters. We weren’t going to do it again, but I thought it might be useful to see what was suggested.
The entry read: Bring ice or air elemental attacks, With ice, freeze the arms, then work on freezing the main body. Avoid breaking the arms, they will regrow. With air, scatter large portions off the main body. Be careful as this will make it faster.
I wondered how many people had spent enough time observing it to discover that it was actually three monsters. It might be something to ask Trent about when we saw him next. The door to the RV opened and Ether got in.
“How much did we get?” Aelin bounced over to her.
Ether began transferring All to her. "Twenty seven point seven All.” The white-haired woman walked over to Justia and transferred her portion.
“I’m rich!” Aelin began dancing in the middle of the RV as Justia took us out of the parking lot.
“Here you go.” Ether took the coins out of her crystal band and handed them over to Fray. She walked over and sat next to me. "Is Rix all ready?” I nodded and pointed with my thumb at the bunks behind us.
“This is twenty-eight All?” Fray turned sideways in her seat.
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“I didn’t want to keep up with the change.” Ether waved at her. "I thought it would be easier for you to keep up with if you didn’t have all those fractions.”
“You gave me fractions.” Aelin came over and sat in the booth across from us.
“And where is your All?”
Aelin looked at her crystal band.
“Where is Fray going to keep hers?” Ether motioned at the brunette.
Aelin looked behind her. "In her… pockets?” Realization dawned on her.
“Yes, and how hard are fractions to keep up with?” Ether eyed the former waitress.
“Gotcha.” Aelin leaned forward on her elbows. "Whatcha looking at? Everything you’re going to buy?”
I shook my head as Ether transferred twenty-six All and fifty-five fractions to me. I nodded at the woman beside me. “I’m trying to see what we could have done better.” I turned the screen so that we all could see it. "What I’m reading is that elemental attacks are really helpful.”
“Ice…” Aelin began mumbling as she read the information. Once she was done, she looked at me. "What does it say about the next one?”
“We’re not fighting the second floor boss.” Ether leaned on my shoulder as I pulled up the information.
“We got almost thirty experience today.” Aelin smiled at Ether’s reaction. "We have these things now to keep up with it.” She raised her left arm. "Which means Atlas and I only need ninety more experience to level up.” She pointed at Ether. "You and Justia had more experience than we did and I have no idea how much Rix has.”
“Rix has more than we do.” I realized I shouldn’t have spoken when I saw the look on Aelin’s face.
“How do you know? How much does she have? Can you see mine?” The blonde got excited.
“I can see everyones’ because I’m the party leader.” I glanced at Ether for a second then looked back at the other woman. "You can ask Rix when she gets up. I don’t know how much of that information she wants to broadcast.”
“Can you see mine?” Fray got up and walked over to us. She slid into the booth beside Aelin.
“Yes.” I looked at the brunette.
“How close am I to leveling up?”
I opened the menu and cycled over to her information. "You need fifty three more experience to hit level two.”
“How much did we get today?”
“You got twenty-nine.” I had already done that math because I had been curious myself.
“Oh.” She looked down at the table.
Aelin elbowed her. "Don’t worry, that’s a tomorrow problem! The today problem is deciding how you’re going to spend all your All!”
I saw her swallow. Twenty-seven All was more than I had saved with the Dispatchers, which I needed to remember to grab if we saw a Hub. I focused back on her. If she was going to level up in the next two days, then buying level one gear right now while she wasn’t using it was going to be a waste.
“She might not want to spend it.” I looked at our newest member.
“I…” The brown-eyed woman began.
“It’s okay if you don’t want anything today, we’ll get lots of stuff when you level up to celebrate!”
I shook my head, of course Aelin would find another reason for a shopping trip.
She looked across the table at Ether and myself. "What are the two of you going to buy?”