Despite being in a hurry to get the matter of the new Portals over and done with, Aaron still went to do his morning exercise with his Personal Guards once he woke up.
Gilmore was given a pass since he spent the whole night spying on Dalair, Tana, and the rest of the bright minds while they planned their course of actions.
Of course the men and women of his Personal Guard were having difficulties believing that the young man running right in front of them and the little kid which they watched while he broke one of the shackles of his Bloodline Curse are in fact the same person indeed.
After the morning exercise he ordered his 9 Personal Guards to go back and clean themselves up then have a quick meal.
Jerome was given the position of team leader and his first task was to provide thick fur clothes for himself and his team because their next journey is destined to be a long one and the weather conditions are getting worse since early in the morning.
But despite the nasty wind and gradual bouts of heavy rain, the work on the Village's Western-Wall was going ahead of schedule thanks to the extra workforce which Marshal Cesar sent last night!
Aaron started to doubt his own actions once he saw the height and thickness on the constructed parts of these Western-Walls while wondering : 'That fellows ambition is really something else indeed, he's building walls which are higher and a lot sturdier than Reapers-Fort! Whatever he's after at the Dark-Forest... His reasons better be kept to his own or I might really smite him if he dares cross the line once again.'
But the most important piece of detail was that he's already crossed the Level 25 point during his third visit to the massive cave.
Which means that he already has 8 Skill Points Available plus 4 more which he can use to Level-UP his Neutral-Class Skills but he chose to refrain from using them until he figures out a way to Evolve the remaining 3 of his Neutral-Class Skills.
He might actually use these 4 Skill Points earlier because after becoming a Sorcerer his control over the Elements improved which allows him more freedom and enables Aaron to use these Elements to Attack, Defend, or Control.
Triple-Stars Skill no longer feels as useful as it was once before, but he'd rather wait until the Nimble-Feet and Identify Skills are Evolved before making such a decision.
However, the same can't be said about his 8 Skill Points and there's a need for him to use them before the next trip.
'So far I've unlocked Elemental Expert and Staff Mastery but these two Skills only cost me 2 Skill Points each! How come the price to unlock these two Skills are a Skill Point higher than unlocking this High Wisdom Skill?' Aaron thought while waving his Sapphire Staff towards Mr Smith's furnace and the Giant immediately smiled once he sensed the temperature getting frightningley higher, but he was more excited after seeing his little friend grow and become not so little like before.
The blacksmith accepted the bottles of beer and smiled before nodding in understanding once he saw the young man wave his hand and leave after seeing everyone in the area getting busy with construction work except for himself, right now the work on rebuilding the smithy has officially started.
'So far the first two Skills I unlocked on my Sorcerer's Skill-Branch have turned out to be Passive Skills and I bet this High Wisdom Skill is also a Passive Skill, the only one among the other 4 Skills on this Skill-Branch which I can say it's an Active Skill for certain is this Magic Booster Skill.'
Magic Booster Increases speed of Magical Attacks for a set duration
'I've noticed it earlier when I was fighting Nephrite's minions, Emphatic Resonance elevated my Basic Five-Attributes beyond measure which made my Physical Abilities much stronger and faster to the degree where I felt like I was possessing the body of some kind of monster! But my Magical Attacks were only monstrously strong while having a much wider range and better control but were clearly lacking in the aspect of speed.' Aaron was tempted by this Skill a lot more than High Wisdom to be honest and immediately made his decision.
Magic Booster Increases speed of M/Attk for a set duration Magic Booster Level 1 Mana Points Cost 300 Duration 20 Seconds Speed Increase +10% Proficiency Points 0/100
'So if one of my Magic Attacks takes 1/Sec to travel from point A to point B earlier before, now it takes 0.1/Sec earlier when Magic Booster is Active. But I bet it'd make a whole lot more difference in the future once it Levels-UP! I'm excited to test how it'd feel to boost the speed of the extremely fast Elements like Air and Lightning.' The young man Teleported back to his house and found Jerome and the rest already waiting for him at the roof and the leader was distributing clothes and cloaks to his team while his Military Advisor Gilmore was sitting at the side fully clothed in thick winter clothes and yawning lazily while shielding his face from the harsh wind which is much stronger up here compared to the terrain below.
"Get ready to leave once you're done changing." Aaron asked while gesturing with his hand.
*Buzz*
Nephrite and her Royal Guards came flying out from the huge Hive which she built on top of the sturdy roof Tylus built from Erebus-Wood.
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"Yes young master Ron." The group changed their clothes in a hurry before climbing on top of the Gold-Guards backs while Gilmore seemed like he's still not comfortable with his ride being a Silver-Guard.
"Heh." Aaron smiled once he saw the teasing expression on the faces of his Personal Guards when they looked at his Military Advisor and the young man glaring at them with annoyance and a bit of fighting spirit showing on his expression, "Nephrite says that more of her Black-Guards are expected to Metamorphose soon thanks to the effect of this Erebus-Wood, she also says that some of the Silver-Guards might be lucky enough to develop into Gold-Guards in the future while it's extremely rare... There's actually a chance for a Mutation to happen and the Gold-Guards would develop further into Amethyst-Guards which immediately become her lifetime partners and could command every single Wasp within the Hive besides Nephrite herself." The young man said while Teleporting to sit on Nephrite's neck before adding : "I wonder which lucky bastard is going to get such a frightening creature as a mount! But I have to keep things fair under my roof... That's why I've decided that it has to come down to who's contributing the most to my cause that it'd warrant me to bestow such generous reward to begin with?" Afterwards he flew towards the Portal next the walls of his house and entered it then came flying out towards the sky above Reapers-Fort.
Behind him there was 10 men and women exchanging looks full of excitement, wariness, and eagerness for the time this competition results in them winning the prize.
'A Gold Doom-Vespa is only slightly slower and weaker than the Doom-Queen herself! I remember hearing a rumor about there being more than one Doom-Queen within the same Hive and that the Royal-Guards compete among themselves to fertilize these Doom-Queens and sometimes fight against the Doom-Queens whenever the yield of eggs is below expectations or if said Doom-Queen isn't feeding normally which is a sign of getting weaker and no longer fit for that rule.' Gilmore thought while looking at the Doom-Queen his young master Ron is riding.
'Meanwhile Nephrite's Hive only has herself as the single ruler, which means she's the winner of said competition long before she was tamed or... She went back to finish the job afterwards! But whatever the case may be, I need to get my hands on one of these Amethyst-Guards no matter what to solidify my standing as superior to these 9 idiots who look down on me.' Unfortunately the 9 "idiots" had the same idea like him.
"Are you sure about doing this?" Aaron asked once he saw Dalair get on top of a Silver-Guard, Tana, Carson, and another person got on the back of the other 3 Silver-Guards.
Dalair tightened his clothes around his body then pulled the hood of his cloak on his head and tightened it as well before nodding while laying flat on his belly on top of the huge Silver Wasp and held as if his dear life depends on it while answering : "Are you kidding me? don't even want to do this shit! But I can't disobey a direct order from my superior no matter what or I'd disgrace the name of my h-"
*Ehm*
Marshal Cesar coughed and the Strategist swallowed his words after noticing that he's too overcome with emotions that he almost revealed something which he shouldn't.
Aran, Aria, Ilfia, Rusty, Jerome, and of course Gilmore all noticed but they knew more than to show interest in other people's business.
Aaron acted like nothing happened and the ignorants would really believe that he didn't notice anything but Dalair swallowed hard while thinking : 'That was close!'
Meanwhile Cesar was holding back the fire burning within his chest from showing their shine through his eyes while thinking : 'This senile old bastard better keep his mouth shut until this whole thing is over or I'll kill him myself!' But the old man held back his emotions and smiled while saying : "You have a save travels young master Ron, Dalair and Tana would lead you to the key locations one by one and once you finish establishing your "Portals" just open them and my people would take care of the rest from here."
"Alright then," The young man nodded before looking South from on top of Reapers-Fort after Nephrite flapped her wings to rise upwards, "Also make sure that your people would construct an unmistakably noticeable sign at every single one of these Portals so that our dear customers would never dare complain about taking the wrong exit."
The Marshal nodded and watched the young man fly away until the group completely disappeared in the horizon while thinking : 'I wonder how that girl would deal with the situation once she notices this young master Ron's influence within her territory?'
Meanwhile Aaron himself was high up in the air with the rest of the group and which were getting battered by sharp wind unlike himself.
Elemental Sphere Harness your natural affinity and surround yourself with an Elemental Sphere Elemental Sphere Level 1 (Max Level) Sphere Quality +1 Defense-Rank higher than current Resistance-Quality of chosen Element Note
* Host is only allowed to switch between Elements once per minute.
* Host can only choose one Element for each Elemental Sphere.
'Another Passive-Skill huh! It also cost me 3 Skill Points to unlock while also giving me the chance to unlock more Skills in the future since unlike Magic Booster's leaf which didn't wither and die... This one birthed another Side-Branch with 6 leaves.' Aaron thought while looking between the 2 remaining Skills on the Main-Branch of the Sorcerer's Skill-Tree since he's not interested in unlocking High Wisdom yet.
Mental Awakening Release part of the limiters on your mind to gain some control of sealed untapped-power
'There's Spell Dominion and Mental Awakening, but I have no Idea which one should I choose here!'
Spell Dominion Increase Magic Mastery and Magical Attack
'As much as I'm interested in the prospect of increasing my Magic Mastery which is supposed to be a main point of being a Sorcerer, that so-called Mental Awakening Skill is so mysterious.'
Finally this young man decided to choose the one which interested him more and followed his heart.
Mental Awakening Release part of the limiters on your mind to gain some control of sealed untapped-power Mental Awakening Level 1 (Max Level) Telekinetic Energy +250 Points Mental Fortitude +25