Alexia

I fold my arms over my stomach while lightly tapping my elbow with a finger as I look at the list of possible skills floating in my vision.

[Unslotted General Skills]

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[Unslotted Active Skills]

|Quantum Echo Level 1(0%)(T1) – Allows the user to create a brief echo of their previous attack through quantum entanglement, letting them duplicate one attack at a weaker level than the original attack.|

|Quantum Resonance Level 1(0%)(T1) – Allows the user to use the quantum energy in their body to create a resonance throughout themselves that increases their physical strength, speed, and regeneration for a limited amount of time.|

[Unslotted Passive Skills]

|Quantum Aura Level 1(0%)(T1) – Creates a field around the user that distorts the space within the field by a minimal margin, making it slightly harder to accurately hit the user.|

All three of them are quite good, but of the skills I’m wanting to replace, two are passives and one is an active skill. Which means I can’t use one of the actives.

And I need the other four actives, since burst and bolt are my main attacks, displacement is useful since it’s teleportation and that’s always useful, and reversal is great for when I get a crippling injury or poison that I can’t wait for my soul to heal. As for echo or resonance…

Ugh. This is annoying having to choose. I never reached the level where I had to choose between different Class Skills before the Reset, so this is the first time I’m going to have to not use a skill I want just because of the slots having been capped.

Although… I think I’ve heard that a lot of Legendary Feats’ perks give extra Class Skill slots. So maybe I can complete a Legendary Feat and get one?

Like being the first person to clear a dungeon in the Reset? That could work.

Hopefully.

Assuming I actually end up being the first one.

I purse my lips in thought before eventually sighing and deciding on switching out Quantum Phasing for Quantum Echo, strictly because the second attack coming when the enemy doesn’t expect it will do more than just a slight increase in my physical capabilities. Meanwhile I replace Quantum Veil for Quantum Aura.

Then I close out of the menu while leaning my head back against the stone wall. And out of curiosity, I check on the time remaining for the Tutorial.

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Time Left Until the Tutorial’s End

14 days, 15 hours, 4 minutes, 1 seconds

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I’ve been in the dungeon for over fifteen days now.

That’s a lot of time for something major to happen outside of the dungeon. I hope Astrid is okay.

She isn’t exactly the most social of butterflies. Not that I’m one to talk. But I am at least decent at socializing even if I don’t particularly like it.

Astrid on the other hand just can’t socialize very well at all, much less like it.

In general, I often tend to be in charge of socializing. Or at least, I used to be. She’s been making an effort to improve her socializing skills on Gramps’ request, simply because I won’t be with her every day of her life. And I agree with that sentiment.

But if I had to guess, she’s probably staying in her own corner away from the other members of the team only interacting with them when she has to.

I kind of hope she’s improved her socialization a little bit over the last two weeks though.

Then again, my social skills have probably deteriorated a bit after being left alone in a dungeon full of monsters for over two weeks straight with nothing to talk to but ten minutes with an incredibly annoying dead guy who could read my mind.

I sigh at that thought, briefly wondering just what I’ll end up finding when I finally get out of the dungeon. And hoping that it isn’t anything dangerous.

Maybe I’ll find Astrid welcoming me into the group? The others should know I’m in a nearby dungeon, or at least assume that I might be considering how I wasn’t with them. Even if it might confuse them a little bit.

Possibly more than a little.

I begin to feel myself slowly nodding off, and I let it happen, strictly because I’m currently inside of a Safe Zone.

And I need rest anyways.

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Somewhere in Tutorial Block #108

“Let’s go over the plan one last time,” Alara says as Astrid and the others sit down in the building around her, having Cass keep watch outside. “We’ve learned from Astrid that the Crown Prince is planning on attacking us in the morning seven days from now, right after everyone splits up to go on their regular hunts. He’ll then capture his sister and kill everyone else since he believes we’re too high in level for him to control.” Astrid watches as the girl moves various rocks across the very crudely made dirt map on the ground. “To counter this, we’ll have the hunters loop back around once they enter the forest to go into the trees surrounding the base. Then we’ll wait for them to strike, at which point we’ll strike back, taking them by surprise.” She looks up. “Everyone got it so far?”

Astrid nods her head, and she sees the others doing the same out of the corner of her eye.

“Good,” Alara says, following which her friend, the third princess, continues the explanation for her, “Aidan, Cass, Shelly, Vicki, and myself will stay in the trees attacking from a range while Astrid will take one of the leaders of the other groups working with my brother as soon as she can before they can react. At the same time, Alara and Reginald will strike at William and the leader of the other group with William, and the rest of you will be split between support at the back and close combat attackers at the front.”

After no one says anything for several seconds, the princess finishes, “If everything goes according to plan, we should at the very least have hurt them enough to make them flee. But we will still need to keep an eye out for unexpected issues, since Astrid wasn’t able to find out all of their skills while spying on them.”

Everyone glances at Astrid, and she grimaces at the attention before they refocus on the princess again. Meanwhile the princess looks at Astrid as she says, “Miss Knight, can we count on your for your continued surveillance of my brother and his associates?”

Astrid nods her head without saying a word.

“Thank you, Miss Knight,” the princess says with a smile before turning back to the others and saying, “Then that should be everything. Everyone, please go about your day from here on as if this conversation didn’t happen. And try to leave the tent inconspicuously so you don’t draw any attention from any spies watching the base.”

A wave of agreements run through the assembled people as Astrid lets out an inaudible sigh.

I knew that prince was gonna be trouble the moment we first ran into him. Although I wonder if he would've still attacked us if he knew about Lexi being the #1 person on the leaderboards? I doubt it, but there isn't a way for him to know about her. Knight is a rather common name after all, and I'm pretty sure that idiot Rodrick doesn't even remember Lexi's name. Not to mention I've heard the prince doesn't like Rodrick and won't bother with the twin of the girl his subordinate is shamelessly chasing...

Astrid then looks towards the dungeon despite there being a wall in between her and it.

If Lexi were here, would she have been able to handle all of this better…?

She continues to stare in the direction of the dungeon for a few more seconds before sighing again.

I miss her.