Liam would be lying if he said he didn’t feel sore after getting knocked off his feet and crashed into almost everything after so many times. He also would be lying if he said he didn’t get anything from that training at all. Even though he wasn’t able to dodge, defend, or even counter any of the man’s attacks, he was able to raise a few sub-stats.

[Congratulations! Sub-stat Resilience has reached level 23! Progression to 24: 100%!]

[Congratulations! Sub-stat Resilience has reached level 24! Progression to 25: 100%!]

[Congratulations! Sub-stat Resilience has reached level 25! Progression to 26: 10%!]

[Congratulations! Sub-stat Body Endurance has reached level 26! Progression to 27: 100%!]

[Congratulations! Sub-stat Body Endurance has reached level 27! Progression to 28: 17%!]

[Congratulations! Sub-stat Perception has reached level 26! Progression to 27: 85%!]

He was actually pretty impressed with the level ups. Resilience and Body Endurance were understandable since he took a beating. He would be surprised if he didn’t get any level ups those since they revolved around a person taking hits and toughing their bodies. However, his Perception gaining a level was a big surprise.

Towards the end of their sparring, Liam wasn’t sure if Uncle Naro was slowing down, but he was slowly able to see the movements of the man’s body before he struck. It was small bits of details and there were still instances where he couldn’t see it all, but he was slowly getting used to seeing the man’s form and movements.

Even though he was able to start to see some of the details of how and where he was moving to strike, it meant nothing if he couldn’t keep up and react to it. That was where his Sub-stat Reflex came in. If his Reflex levels were still low then he wouldn’t be able to react like he would against someone who was around or under his level. He couldn’t really complain though. Even though this was his first sparring session, he still came out with more than he originally thought he would.

Even his Danger Sense felt better. He was able to feel his Danger Sense start to react better when Uncle Naro went to attack him. At first his Danger Sense react right before he had been struck. Then it started catching up the more he was exposed to Uncle Naro’s power. In the end he was able to feel it a couple of seconds right before he was hit. This wasn’t the greatest way to train his ability, but then again he really doesn’t know how to besides being exposing constantly to danger.

After they wrapped up the training, Uncle Naro had him use his Mobile Crafter to create an area for him to craft. From then to dinner he focused on his Repair section in his Blacksmith for a bit before switching over to creating a couple of tool weapons. After dinner Uncle Naro had him switch his station over to an Alchemy one. He replenished his stock of Chemicalized Creations using the Extracted Mana from the different Manat Types he was working on which helped level those a couple more time getting most of his Control and Manipulations over the Mana types close to level ten.

After that he had Liam work on making Health, Mana, and Stamina Potions. While they were processing, He had him work a bit on his Tailoring skills which were still horribly low. While he had gained some speed making things through Alchemy and finding a proper groove through his Blacksmithing, he found his ability to create cloth like things very slow. His needlework was so bad it had Ariyana laughing and making fun of him. To him he just couldn’t find a good rhythm of sliding the needle in and out without either pricking his finger, missing the right area for the needle to go in or come out through, or just messing up entirely.

Uncle Naro was shocked to see this. After watching him get the hang of Blacksmithing and Alchemy so well he had believed tailoring would be a breeze for him. After inspecting the ‘finished’ products he had made, even he was baffled with what Liam was doing wrong. He had asked Liam to try again so he could watch and after a minute into it he found what the problem was.

“You’re not infusing your mana onto the needle,” Uncle Naro stated as he looked like he figured out the easiest problem.

Liam stared at Uncle Naro with an extremely confused looked on his face. He looked down at the cloth in his hands and the needle and string before looking back at Uncle Naro and saying, “It never said that in the book I received back in the Tutorial Area.”

Uncle Naro shook his head as he said, “If it didn’t say that in the book you were given then you were given a faulty copy. Technically your instructor is supposed to tell you this but seeing as you didn’t get one then the person who gave you that book was petty and wanted you to fail. Majority of the Tailor mentors are like that.”

Liam frowned at that. He didn’t really like the person who was trying to teach everyone back in the Tutorial Area and they seemed kind of shallow and shady. The person didn’t really want to teach Liam and claimed they had their hands full with a bunch of people. Maybe he just didn’t like him and thought he wouldn’t do well as a tailor? Liam shrugged shortly after that, not really caring that the person didn’t want to help him. He had three great teachers as it was when it came to crafting.

Liam looked back at the needle and asked, “So how does infusing my mana into the needle help me with tailoring?”

“Infusing your mana into the needle will coat the tool with your mana which will give the tool a smoother surface as well as sharpen the needle end. Through doing that it will help ease the needle through the fabric like a hot knife through better. It helps ease through any resistance and makes your needlework easier to handle,” Uncle Naro explained. A sudden thought came to his mind that made him look like he had a brilliant idea. “I had almost forgotten that.”

“Almost forgotten what?” Liam asked, looking both slightly scared, and confused.

“You can using this method of Tailoring as training to help you understand how to infuse not just the needle tool, but also your tool weapons,” Uncle Naro stated. “This will help you with the Mana Hand Fighting Style. After you get some experience through practicing on your needle you can practice doing it on a much bigger Needle Tool Weapon.”

This caught Liam’s attention. He didn’t know what this Need Tool Weapon was, but if this training would help him understand how to infuse his mana into his Tool weapons then he was all for it. What more, if he could add a tool weapon that could pierce through skin, armor, or any type of exterior armor then that would be helpful. A light bulb brightened in Liam’s head as he thought about another use for a Needle Tool Weapon.

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Liam brought a hand to his chin as he muttered, “If I had a tool weapon like that and if I leveled my Poison Crafts even more and combine the two…I could essentially have a better way to poison my enemies.”

A smile slowly grew on Uncle Naro’s face as he heard Liam muttering to himself. Liam noticed the look on Uncle Naro’s face as he slowly came back to the present. “What?”

Uncle Naro shook his head before he answered, “Nothing, just glad to see you are thinking like a crafter. A Needle Tool Weapon is one of the best tool weapons you can have to apply poisons, venoms, paralytic applications, and more. I can make you one, but I will need to find some materials to use. I would like to find some materials that are sturdy and wont easily break after so many uses as well as not rot from all the poisons that you could apply on it. Preferable one that can last for a while.”

Liam thought about what he was saying. He didn’t have a lot of understanding for majority of the metals when it came to blacksmithing. He knew that the lower end metal materials weren’t the best to use when it came to applying poisons. Especially stronger poisons. They would rot and destroy the materials after a while. That was if the materials weren’t mixed with a certain type of material that would slow the process down depending on the amount mixed into it. The material he was thinking about was the one he liked best so far. That material was bones.

Liam thought about that a bit more. Bones were great when it came to mana and poisons. It of course depended on the factors of the bone its self. Quality, creature it came off of, size of the bone, etcetera. If a creature had been exposed to poison due to its nature then it would be the best to use when a person wanted to apply several different types of poisons after a while. Also if a person knew how to clean the object correctly and after each use then it also helped keep the durability of the object a lot longer. However, did he have any kind of bone material that fit this category?

Liam smacked his forehead after feeling stupid for thinking that question. He had come across a plethora of bone materials that had been exposed to one of the deadliest venoms he had ever heard and seen. He had Toxo spider bones.

Liam looked at Uncle Naro and asked, “Do you think you can make it out of bone materials?”

Uncle Naro looked at him with a raised brow. “I could…but like I said I would need to find the materials in order to make it.”

“I think I have the perfect materials,” Liam stated as he opened his inventory and searched for the items.

Uncle Naro kept a raised eye brow as he stared at Liam. He tried to think about what the young man was talking about and opened his mouth to say that there wasn’t any way he could have the type of bones that would be perfect to use for what he had in mind but stopped as Liam turned towards a wide open space and pulled out a massively long spider leg.

Naro stared at the limb and was lost for words. He quickly snapped out of it and assessed the material. He believed that no matter what the creature was it probably still wasn’t good enough. However, the moment the information appeared in front of him he was left stunned. The leg before him belonged to a Toxo Brood Mother Queen. A creature that could easily kill anyone who didn’t have the proper equipment. The venom it produced was one of the most dangerous ones out there, besides a small list that he knew of.

He looked back at Liam and was wondering how he had managed to get it when he remembered what had happened back at Cashat Port. He had forgotten that he, Artem, Blair, Gimmel, and Roman had faced a dungeon that housed these creatures. A sudden thought formed in his mind as he looked back at the leg. If he had this, what other materials did he harvest while inside that dungeon?

Liam saw the look on Uncle Naro’s face. The look of surprise and shock was so evident Liam almost laughed. When it had changed to a curious one, Liam knew what was going on in his mind. Instead of waiting for the question, Liam decided to beat him to it and said, “I have a couple more of these and a lot of different sized ones from other Toxo spider creatures.

Uncle Naro looked at him. Excitement grew on his face as he said, “Good. Good. This one leg will do with what I have planned. I might be able to make a few other things from the left over materials if you’re alright with that. I just need to ask about one more thing?”

“What’s that?” Liam questioned.

“Did you pick up any Toxo silk string or the like?” Uncle Naro asked.

Liam grinned. “Yes I did. I have some ideas for some of it, but I can give you some if you need it.”

Uncle Naro slapped Liam’s back as he let out a loud belly rumbling laugh. “Spoken like a true craftsman. Yeah. I’ll need some. Not a whole lot for the project in mind.”

Before Uncle Naro could say more, they heard Artem grumble unhappily, “Why did you suddenly bring that thing out? I just recently gotten over my nightmares from that damn dungeon.”

“What the hell is that?” Mercer questioned as Liam and Uncle Naro turned to see the others make their way over.

Artem looked like he had waves of cold chills running down his spine as Blair nodded her head looking like she approved of something. Roman let out a laugh at Artem as he patted the man on the back showing some comfort to the half Orc’s dismay. Gimmel shook his head as he stared at the leg while Mercer, Ariyana, and Avery stared at the material with amazement, shock, and curiosity.

“You know, you forget how big something is until you stare at a leg that once belonged to it after someone harvests it,” Gimmel commented as he looked over at Mercer. “That is one of the legs that belonged to the Toxo Brood Mother Queen spider Liam and the others had to fight back in that dungeon we talked about.” Gimmel then looked at Liam and asked, “This is one of the smaller legs right?”

Liam nodded and saw the shocked expressions the three who weren’t with them on that adventure gave after hearing the leg before them was one of the smaller ones. Avery studied every inch of the harvested limb with focus and amazement. She had pulled out her spider themed Rapier sword she had gotten in the Tutorial dungeon and compared the two.

Ariyana and Mercer looked back at Liam before looking at Artem, Blair, and Roman. They both looked like they had finally believed something they had once thought was a lie. Mercer was the one who said what they were both thinking as he looked at Liam. “You know…I believed you guys were exaggerating about the size of the monster…but if you’re saying this leg was one of the smaller of the limbs it had…” He let his words trail off, not entirely sure what else to say.

Ariyana swiftly looked at Artem and said, “You’re serious? You really fought something that huge?”

Artem shuddered after remembering it. He didn’t say anything, only nodding. Ariyana, still baffled, asked, “And you didn’t run? I mean, I know you wouldn’t run out on your friends, but…you’re afraid of spiders…”

“Yup,” Artem responded quickly.

“Like really, really afraid spiders,” Ariyana continued.

“Uh huh,” Artem muttered.

“And this was a really, really big spider,” Ariyana added.

“The biggest one I had ever seen,” Artem said, paling a bit after replaying images of the creature in his mind.

Ariyana stared at Artem, blinking a few times before slowly walking over to him. Artem and everyone watched her approach him and motioned him to bend a little. Slightly confused Artem did as she asked and stiffened as she patted his head and said, “Good job. I’m proud of you.”

She then walked away from the area not wanting to look at the limb anymore. As she walked away, Artem looked extremely confused before looking at the others. His face then reddened as they all held back chuckles and giggles. Not wanting to deal with their teasing, Artem turned and walked away as well.

Liam looked back at Uncle Naro and asked, “Do you need the string now or later?”

“I don’t need it this exact moment. I’ll let you know when I do,” Uncle Naro said. “I’ll be taking this right now though. I have some things I need to do to prepare for a session. You get some rest for now.” He then looked at the others and said, “The same with the rest of you. We’re leaving first thing in the morning so get as much rest as you can.”

Everyone else shouted out affirmations before getting ready to get to sleep. Liam went through a series of stretching that helped him unwind after all the training he had done. After that he walked into his tent and changed into his sleepwear. He turned off the Yooperlite lamp that hung over the middle of his tent and hopped into his cot.

He could feel his bone ache a bit before they felt relaxed. He was a bit more tired than what he had believed himself to be and was slowly fading to sleep. His body began to feel light as his mind began to drift away. He was just moments away from completely falling asleep when a chime sound suddenly echoed in his mind. Liam grumbled a bit as a notification had appeared. He was about to minimize it and deal with it in the morning but froze as the first two words on the notification caught his attention.

[Secondary Class – Shadow of the Devourer ability Devour has finished processing Fazil, Golden Dokkaebi Demon-kin. Follower of the Vice of Greed.]