Chapter 6: Random Encounter

Another day another training montage and despite spending part of the night using the MEoTP to try to get all the history of the ring and failing, oh boy, does this day begins in a good way.

Mystic Eyes of Truth Perception C (Active/Passive) Level 2/10

Not Much but considering I only used them for about an hour before falling asleep is not a surprise but this, however!

Scholar Job has been max out you have gained trait "Seeker of Knowledge"

Seeker of Knowledge Rank C

- As a scholar you wish to know always more, Increase any EXP gain by studying and or collecting information related to classes, jobs, and skills by 50%.

I was confused at first, but apparently, me using the MEoTP to study the ring push up the last 2 levels due to the amount of information I had to process. That's a rank A item for you!

Pick another Job?

(Y/N)

"Yes" I'm kind of curious which jobs will I be able to pick?

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-Available Jobs-

(Gardener) (Scribe) (Artist)

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"… And?"

[That's all]

"Oh…" Oh well I'll pick Scribe I got to go study a lot with Granny after all so It might help

New Job "Scribe" chosen

Well before we do anything else…

"Skill Combiner Plant Manipulation and Plant Growth"

Activating Perk:

Skill Combiner Rank A

Do you wish to attempt to combine Plant Manipulation Rank D and Plant Growth Rank D?

(Y/N)

"Yes"

Attempting combination…

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Attempt successful!

Skills Plant Manipulation Rank D and Plant Growth Rank D have been removed and combined in…

Plant Control Rank C (Active) Level 1/10

- Grants the user the ability to control any plant life, increase their growth, move them at will, and change their characteristics.

"Perfect!"

After looking at the new skill and nodding I get ready for the day, and so after one huge breakfast (thanks granny), I'm more than ready for studying.

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As today's study session keeps going I got 2 skills.

Due to special action a new Skill has been gained

Calligraphy Rank D (Passive) Level 1/10

- Improve your design and execution of lettering with a pen, ink brush, or other writing instruments by 2 % x Skill Level

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Calligraphy has reached level 10 Rank up?

(Y/N)

Yes

Calligraphy Rank C (Passive) Level 1/10

- Improve your design and execution of lettering with a pen, ink brush, or other writing instruments by 20% + ( 2% x Skill Level )

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Calligraphy has reached level 10 Rank up?

(Y/N)

Aah…Yes…

Calligraphy Rank B (Passive) Level 1/10

- Improve your design and execution of lettering with a pen, ink brush, or other writing instruments by 40% + ( 2% x Skill Level )

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Due to special action a new Skill has been gained

Magical Contractor Rank C (Active) Level 1/10

- Allows to user to write magical contracts with quality equal to this skill Rank

Oh wow, the first one I get straight to C level, then again you can't do magical contracts as a beginner according to the book so it makes sense. Magical contracts are what you think it is, a magical document that will ensure that the conditions written on it and agreed by all parties that signed are met, the contract takes the power and magic from the ones who signed it so It would be impossible to fight against it if the skill is high level enough that is.

According to granny even though devils do make contracts with humans it was a human who taught them how to do it, that's cool… okay I got to address the elephant in the room.

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"Uhhh… Kay?"

[Something wrong?]

"My skills I'm getting them really fast and leveling even faster all of the sudden right? It was not this fast yesterday… is this Seeker of knowledge doing?"

[Yes]

"Huh… how many bonus I have going for me right now as I study Kay?"

[Seeker of Knowledge, Natural Magician, the Scribe Class, and your MEoTP]

"Wait what? How are the Mystic Eyes helping here?"

[They passively allow you to assimilate new information quicker thus speeding all the process of study by at least 55%]

"Damn…talk about useful"

I'm not going to complain, to be honest, I need all the help I can get and at least this lets me focus and put more effort into the physical part of the training which has no bonus so far. I continue the class with grandma after the 3 hours like yesterday and these are the results of today's lesson.

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Due to special action you have gained

+100 MP

+7 Int

+3 Wis

Level: 44

Class: Druid Level 9/100 Exp: 92%

Job: Scribe Level: 15/20 Exp: 27%

MP: 1305/ 6180

Calligraphy Rank B (Passive) Level 5/10

Mana Manipulation Rank C (Active/Passive) Level 7/10

Magic Circle Construction Rank C (Active/Passive) Level 8/10

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After that, I took a break and while I was relaxing I started to play a little with my phone to kill time before lunch.

As I watched a few videos, one catches my attention and is an exhibition match for some martial arts tournament. I begin to watch and not before long I actually start getting into it, the two fighters were surprisingly good, and before I noticed I was taking notes in a notebook about the fight and their fighting styles as well as a few drawings of them when I suddenly have a thought.

"Wait… if I study… martial arts can I get the bonus from studying and actually get a skill related to it?"

[Yup, though with only studying you won't be able to reach a level beyond D on the skills you will still need to practice, it should work to get you the skill though]

With that train of thought, I begin to ponder which martial art would be good for me, since I have no idea about the subject I just Google up "best martial art of the world" and look for the number 1. To my surprise it was actually mixed martial arts, as in different styles put together to cover the weakness of one another, the article mentioned Bruce Lee and his "jeet kune do" as a reference.

"Well I guess I could try to learn a bunch of them bring them Level 10, but can I then combine ALL of them?" I go through the menu to look at my perks.

Skill Combiner Rank A

- Can attempt to combine different skills of the same Rank into a new skill that can be either the same or higher rank (All skills need to be at level 10)

"It does say All skills need to be level 10… doesn't say anything about only using two…Kay?"

[Is as you think there is no skill limit to combine with this perk but if the skills simply don't mix it won't work]

That made me think of the possibilities I could apply this not only with martial arts, but everything, I'm not sure what kind off of "build" I'm going to set up with but, maybe this could work. If nothing else I'll get a bunch of skills out of it and increase my strength.

Then again…maybe I should level up Druid before doing anything else, they do have basic elemental magic right? They are pretty rounded, that's the main reason why I picked the class first.

[Yeah, you don't have those]

"Pardon?"

[Elemental magic with druid]

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"… Okay… why?"

[It belongs to the advanced class Arc Druid]

"Oh well easy enough I just max level druid and pick Arc, right?"

[You need to max level Elemental Mage and reach B rank in Geomancy, Hydromancy, Pyromancy, and Aeromancy after maxing Druid in order to be able to select ArcDruid]

"So… I need to master 4 elemental magics in order to get ArcDruid before I can get… what exactly in there? It kinda defeats the purpose of reaching ArcDruid to have elemental magic if I need said magic in order to get the class"

[It's worth it]

"How!?"

[Only one way to find out]

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Sigh

"It's a way too long project don't you think? But fine I'll do it, though for now, I should focus on what I can do, if elemental magic is out then what do I have left exactly other than plant-related skills?"

[All the animal-related skills]

"…" I facepalm for not figuring that out on my own.

"Yeah, all faults on my then, but animal-related skills huh? I could transform into a bird or a wolf… how though?"

[It's up to you to figure it out]

"Right…"

I decide to keep the idea of studying martial arts in a long-term plan and focus more on leveling druid and so I continue to rest, and after a really big lunch (thanks again Granny) I went to the forest clearing.

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Due to special action you have gained

+ 30 SP

+ 11 STR

+ 8 END

+ 8 AGI

Controlled breathing Rank D (Passive) Level 5/10

Mana Manipulation Rank C (Active/Passive) Level 8/10

Natural Healing Rank C (Active) Level 2/10

Cold Resistance Rank D (Passive) Level 5/10

I realized as I was doing the routine of exercises that if I healed the moment the muscles tear it didn't grant me many gains in stats, so I needed to actually feel tired and bring me to the limits in order to actually improve. I was 20 minutes quicker this time though, not much but I'm getting there.

As I begin to relax sitting on the ground with an apple from the tree in hand I begin to think about how to practice druid skills without causing much trouble around my general area, first of all, creating new plants non-stop without a place to put them is just asking for trouble I have the clearing so I will try to keep any big plant here, but what about the animal skills there don't seem to be any animal nearby so what now?

After eating the apple I decide to practice controlled breathing by meditating, I read on the search I did earlier about martial arts, that it does help with keeping controlled breathing and also in helping the muscles relax I begin to close my eyes and sit with my legs crossed to focus on my breathing, and using Druidcraft in order to not only sense my own breathing but also feeling nature around me as I begin to relax.

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I can feel the clearing, each tree, each leaf, each frozen drop of water that form the snow around me, the cold wind that goes through the trees, each bird that was flying and went down to sit and relax for some reason, I feel as if I just relax more I will become more attune with nature and feel more of it as if a radius was expanding and I could feel more, yet as I try to focus on this sense of awareness I can't seem to focus, I believe something is making some noise in the background, I try to ignore it but it keeps going. I keep my focus on my breathing for a while longer until I just can't.

"For the love of… WHAT!?" I yell at nothing apparently, making many birds sitting nearby me and even on my shoulders and head fly away, then I focus on a screen that appeared in front of me.

Due to special action a new Skill has been gained

Meditation Rank D (Active) Level 1/10

- Allows the user to achieve and state of calmness and increases SP and MP recovery speed by 1% x Skill Level

Meditation has reached level 10! Rank up?

(Y/N)

Controlled breathing has reached level 10! Rank up?

(Y/N)

Cold Resistance has reached level 10! Rank up?
(Y/N)

Druidcraft has reached level 10! Rank up?
(Y/N)

Oh… OH! Oh wow, I did not see this coming, I begin to think quickly if I want to combine any skill but I can't think of anything so I just press Y in all of them.

Meditation Rank C (Active) Level 1/10

Controlled Breathing Rank C (Passive) Level 1/10

Cold Resistance Rank C (Passive) Level 1/10

Druidcraft Rank B (Passive) Level 1/10

I stand as I begin to check myself I do feel less tense than before, I didn't even notice how tense some of my muscles were, is this meditation doing? Is great!

I also notice another thing, I'm not using Druidcraft but I can still feel nature like I do when I use the skill, I go to check it and while the description hasn't changed now is a Passive Skill nor an Active/Passive one.

So now I don't need to focus or waste MP to feel nature around me? Neat! Also, I feel something… I don't know how to describe it... its Nature but… weird? Like it's mad at something? Strange…

I should focus on my skills thought at this rate I'm not going to level up druid ever so while keeping a tab on that weird feeling I get I went to try plant control.

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So I keep casting plant control during the rest of the afternoon, I noticed different things, I can't make plants grow out of nowhere, but I can make them grow from seeds or other plants, the modifications I can make on them according to the skill are, either in shape or form and the characteristics I can modify are based on the ones I have learned through Plant Analysis.

So I begin to analyze a few more fruits and some… roots and leaves of some trees, it didn't taste bad per see but that does not make me feel better.

Plant Analysis has reached level 10! Rank up?
(Y/N)

Yes

Plant Analysis Rank C (Active) Level 1/10

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I feel that thanks to Druidcraft feeling the plants and getting to know how to make them grow better and quicker while using less MP as if doing it has become second nature to me.

With that in mind now I can make new branches grow on trees at a fast rate, make walls of vines, make vine whips grow and attack with them, also make leaves be shoot from trees while making them rotate at high speeds, that was cool even if it was taxing, they were not particularly strong, as in yeah they spin and all but, they are leaves you know?

So I tried to see if I could make one leaf stronger with my mana as I was grabbing the thing. It exploded and sharp bits that had no right to be so sharp got in my hand and face.

(-1560 HP)

"F*CK! IT HURTS F*CK! F*****CK!"

After some Natural healing almost emptying my MP I got better and hey I did get something out of all the experience… Besides a few cuts I mean.

Due to special action you have gained

+ 500 MP

+10 WIS

+2 INT

+2 END

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Due to special action a new Skill has been gained

Reinforcement Rank D (Active) Level 1/10

- Allows the user to pour their mana into an object or thing making it more effective in a task.

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Level: 62

Class: Druid Level 27/100 Exp: 41%

Job: Scribe Level: 15/20 Exp: 27%

HP: 5828/5828

MP: 178/ 6540

SP: 100/270

Plant Control Rank C (Active) Level 7/10

Plant analysis Rank C (Active) Level 2/10

Natural Healing Rank C (Active) Level 5/10

Mana Manipulation Rank C (Active/Passive) Level 9/10

Druidcraft Rank B (Passive) Level 2/10

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"So this is the result of 2 days of training… a bit too fast, don't you think!?"

[Considering your traits, I'll say this was to be expected]

"Yeah, I know I know, I'm sure I'm going to miss these buffs when I'm learning another class with no EXP boosts."

"But HP is getting higher really quick don't you think?"

[Don't let it be a high number fool you, it's literally the damage you could take from an attack and END would be how much damage will be reduced before it hits you, even when you reach 50 END you will still be a glass cannon, as far as the supernatural is concerned]

"Huh… makes sense I guess…though I have no context in this how much is exactly 50 END compared to the normal human?"

[A 100 in any stat would be equal to the top of normal human capabilities, even though it can be surpassed through different methods, 100 would be considered a human performing at its peak, like an Olympic athlete]

"So at 50 in all my physical stats, I would be halfway through human physical potential? Why not go full 100?"

[Because your physical stats are capped at 50 at the moment]

"Say what"

[Your body is that of a 6-year-old Human even with Adaptive Body it will take time to grow, and thus growing space for some muscles also even if you reach 50 AGI you won't be able to run as fast as an adult with 50 AGI due to the fact that your legs are shorter]

I look at my legs, they are indeed short, I guess it makes sense… it's annoying though "Okay so what ways do I have to increase the cap other than… waiting to grow?"

[Each year the level cap will be increased by 10 naturally thanks to your growing and adaptive body until you became 16, each Class you max will increase the cap by 20, other than doing that you can just change races, that way the physical level cap will go away, or you could discover another way with magic, maybe ranking up Adaptive Body to A rank or EX will fix it]

"Of all the things you said the only one I'm willing to do at the moment is max out Druid class… other stats are fair game though, right? Only the physical ones are limited"

[Indeed]

"According to you though even without maxing any class by 16 my stat cap would be 150, is that Adaptive Body, or me being a gamer?"

[Yes]

"to which one?"

[Yes]

"Okay...so what happens if a class gives me a stat boost on a physical stat that is caped?"

[Those stat points are saved and increase your stats as you grow automaticly]

I sigh relieved after hearing that, it was already pretty late so I went home to take a bath, eat dinner, and try to use the MEoTP on the ring to gain more information about its creator, and after failing at it, sleep.

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At the end of the third-day study session, I finish leveling up Scribe, and while I was copying some text from the book of wisdom about magic contracts I gained another skill

Due to special action a new Skill has been gained

Magic Transcription Rank C

-Allows the user to translate magic or skills into magical circle format

At first, I thought nothing of it but I decided to not discard this one, could be useful later, and might be pretty OP once level up. You never know.

Also the trait for maxing out Scribe.

Scribe Job has been max out you have gained trait Polyglot

Polyglot Rank C

-You have easy learning how to write and read in different languages, even if it's the first time you see the language you will learn fast how to get around it, increase reading speed by 100%

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Due to having "Mystic Eyes of True Perception" this trait has been raised to B rank

Mystic Polyglot Rank B

-You have the ability to understand any written language even if it's the first time you see it, increase reading speed by 200%

While I did not see that last bit coming, I'm not complaining, now I can read the book no problem! Going to have to look that up in the future, since I think I'm learning more with grandma teaching me, after the class I decide to pick another job.

Pick another Job?

(Y/N)

"Yes"

-Available Jobs-

(Gardener) (Artist)

I decide to pick Gardener in order to help improve with Druid hopefully…

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Okay so after the physical conditioning of today and meditation, I decide to keep improving with plant control testing how many things I can do, by moving and bending trees and making roots shout out from the ground like lances, making a few more apple trees grow, and while I was doing that…

Gardener Job has been max out you have gained trait Nature's Caretaker

Nature's Caretaker Rank D

-Due to your experience you can understand better plants and wildlife and know how to take better care of them, increases the effect of nature-related skills by 50%

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Due to having "Blessed by the world", this trait has been assimilated

Blessed by the world Rank B +

- The world has blessed you, any skills related to nature have 100% Experience increase, and 50% increase on the effectiveness of nature-related skills.

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"Kay wtf"

[Gardener is literally a Druid who uses no magic you could gain a few skills in the class but all are inferior versions of druid skills, so they converted into EXP instead]

"All of them?" I check my druid level and skills levels... wow... they level up a lot just now..."Okay and what about the trait? B+? Since when is that a thing?"

[It's only for traits and perks and some items since they don't level up like skills, consider the + as an indicator that the trait or perk is level 5 or so]

"Okay… it does make some sense…but even so… Gardener ended up being only an Exp boost for the class druid and its skills that's kind of sad"

[Perhaps, but think that whatever skill that could be given is already included in Plant control and Plant Analysis]

"I guess so…speaking of which"

Plant Control has reached level 10 Rank up?

(Y/N)

Plant Analysis has reached level 10 Rank up?

(Y/N)

Same Rank and both at level might as well since I don't want to eat plants all the time this might fix it.

"Skill Combiner Plant Control and Plant Analysis"

Activating Perk:

Skill Combiner Rank A

Do you wish to attempt to combine Plant Control Rank C and Plan Analysis Rank C?

(Y/N)

"Yes"

Attempting combination…

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Attempt failed!

Try Again?

(Y/N)

Uh…

After that, it took the other 4 attempts until…

Attempt successful!

Skills Plant Control Rank C and Plant Analysis Rank C have been removed and combined in…

Nature Domain Rank C (Active) Level 1/10

- Allows the user to use Mana to control and be able to understand plant life at will to a fundamental level.

For a second I thought it was not going to work. Still Nature Domain… sounds really powerful…it remained at C rank though...

I decide to pick the Artist Job as I pick up my stuff and go home, no new jobs appeared so after I complete this one I will need to gain a new job-related skill in order for me to keep leveling.

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The rest of the week of training went pretty well all things considered I didn't get any new skills in that time but I manage to reach the stat cap of 50 on every category, apparently, while I can't keep raising my physical stats by training I can still increase my SP.

Other than that just me leveling and ranking up skills and learning more about everything that's to know about magic circles and the different types of magic you can make with them, stationary, rituals, enchantments, attacks, etc. It was on Saturday when it began to snow hard again, so I couldn't leave in the afternoon, so I stayed home with granny, I decided to use this time to ask her about something.

"Hey granny, is there any animal magic?" I asked out of the blue while the two of us were using the kotatsu and watching TV.

"You are going to need to be a bit more specific than that dear…"

"I mean… like having a pet magic?" I asked this way for 2 reasons: first, she hasn't said anything about familiars yet, just focusing on laying a solid foundation for me, second I was honestly starting to get lonely only talking to granny and Kay.

"Oh that would be familiar magic, it allows to bind a creature to you"

"Familiar?" I asked while tilting my head to the side.

"A familiar would be like a magic helper to the magician, normally an animal like a cat, dog, or a raven. Those are the popular ones. They aid you in different manners normally by passing messages, gathering ingredients, or spying for you" She explained to me.

"Seems useful, how would that work?"

"Mmm… you are already ready for it, I will teach you the magical circle for that next week, but you should choose your familiar carefully understand Rio?" She says firmly but she has a little smile on her face.

"Understood, thanks, Granny!" I smile while replaying, I can't wait to get a familiar and finally get the last levels for the druid class... hopefully.

After this week I have completed most of the objectives of "The training Arc is here!" already, the only ones left are reaching level 250 and increase my wisdom and intelligence to 250, since it counts the base stat with no modifiers I still need more wisdom.

I was a bit confused about how quickly I was leveling but thinking about it now, even at level 120 I'm not that strong, my physical stats are only so strong against humans and against any supernatural I will simply not be able to compete.

Even with Nature Domain I'm not that strong the most I could do is use poisonous plants or pollen to try to stall, making giant hammers of wood and attacking physically with plants just does not seem to work for me.

The only physical stat I can still train is my SP and they are lower than both HP and MP by a lot…

I check my skills while thinking. After I finish leveling up Druid I'll need a Class that boosts my intelligence, thinking about it a mage class will probably do that, so elemental mage is going to be, or at least I'll try, I'm not sure if I'll meet the requirements for it I should probably try to get some skill related to it but honestly, I don't know how…

I already tried during this week to try to change my mana to some element after I felt them with Druidcraft, but it just didn't work, naturally, that is, with a magic circle I was able to cast fire, wind, earth, and water spells, C ranks they were but they still count, but the spells I use with magic circles don't register like skills, they are like sub-skills of "Magic Circle Construction" so I'm not sure if they will count.

Physically I guess I have ways to hit harder and move faster, with the magic of course I have a skill for that actually, I haven't even looked at it since I got it thought, "Reinforcement" Is really basic magic, I asked granny about it, and apparently many magicians know about it, not popular at all thought. It's a fairly simple spell, just put mana into things to make them stronger, except is hard to master, really hard, those who try to use it in their own body without proper control usually explode.

So yeah not thrilled at the idea of training using that one, but I could always train the skill on things… with a magic circle… at a safe distance… and a wall between whatever I'm using it on and myself.

Scared of my own skill? What are you talking about I'm not scared of having lethal razor-sharp leaves explode on me, nope, not at all...

Maybe a little.

But I'll practice with the damn thing next week okay?

As for the artist job, apparently, it has been leveling up somewhat slowly, or perhaps is the normal rhythm and I'm having a hard time telling. It just reached level 9 in 4 days, which works for me since I have yet to get anything resembling a job skill, no cooking for me I tried and Granny kicked me out the kitchen, quite literally, neither blacksmith nor alchemist, I have some basic circles for transmutation but I already had those during the last job change and alchemist wasn't there so they don't count. So, so far I got nothing in the "looking for a new job" department.

Tomorrow will be the free day, it should be the day I test the random encounter, but should I do it after all? I'm a bit nervous I have 0 combat experience and even if I have been studying some martial arts, quite intensively while taking notes and everything I haven't gotten anything from that, not a single skill or something.

"I believe my traits of EXP bonus have twisted my sense of how hard are these things to get"

[Oh they have, no doubt but you are on the right track you should keep at it]

Well, that's reassuring.

"Right now I'm level 120 so with Time to tip the scales I should be at 1340 Luck, that should guarantee that the random encounter is not hurtful to me right?"

[Ehhh… Luck is somewhat of a grey area here Rio, is literally the power to defy fate, a high luck can mean both good and bad things. Besides, the Luck will last only an hour after you use the perk so if the random encounter does not happen during that hour… the luck may not affect it]

"So you mean to tell me that me leveling and preparing for this may not work the way I want… great"

There is nothing much I can do about it though, the more I think about it the more I keep going in circles on the subject I have done my best this week and I feel like I can keep going, whatever happens, tomorrow I'll overcome it.

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Sunday arrives and I'm at the clearing ready for everything, after a week of training this place no longer looks much like a clearing, the snow is gone for one, and there are big trees surrounding the place with branches that almost block entirely the sunlight, and there are several trees some with fruits, some tangled and growing randomly in different sizes all over the place.

"No use in prolonging this anymore it's already 12 AM so I will have to leave in 1 hour to eat with Granny"

"Time to tip the scales!" I call mentally the perk as the message appears.

Perk "Time to tip the scales!" have been activated Luck Increased by 1200!

Luck: 140 (1340)

"And now… the moment of truth"

"Random encounter!"

Random encounter has been triggered!

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I stay in the place without moving nervously for a while and decide to focus on my Druidcraft to feel my surroundings trying to find anything, other than some birds and plants.

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"Okay…maybe I should just walk around?" I begin to leave the clearing after walking in circles for 20 minutes and not feeling anything new, I decide to go around the village bordering it from the forest while still focusing on Druidcraft for anything, after another 20 minutes I begin to get nervous since in 20 more minutes my Luck boost will disappear and the encounter might turn to be bad.

"God damn it… just where I'm supposed to go?" As I finish saying that I feel something come to me through Druidcraft, not anything physical it feels like…the wind but… different? Like it was asking something from me? It… it wants my mana?

I decide to try it before it gets more late and I supply a bit of mana to what was asking it and then…

Due to special action a new Skill has been gained

Nature's Guidance Rank B (Active) Level 1/10

- Allows the user to ask nature for directions to look for places, items or people.

I feel Druidcraft focusing on a certain part of the forest, and I feel the same "wind" of before like asking me to follow it, so I do.

After following the "wind" I feel something there, is an animal? But has half the Mana I have and is young really young and… weak, is it dying? I go faster until I reach a tree with big roots and immediately look at the small animal hiding under the roots in a small hole under the tree.

Random Encounter with Magic Wolf Cub!

Is a white wolf cub... a magic wolf cub apparently, dunno what that means I guess it has to do with his MP, not what I was expecting with Random Encounter though...

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New Quest has been added

-Quests –

- Save the Doggo!

OMG is a dog, help him! What are you waiting for!?

-Heal and feed the doggo! []

Rewards: You save and probably get a Doggo! +Affection with Kay

Failure: Doggo dies, Kay will hate you, gain the trait "You f*cked up!"

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I activate my MEoTP to check on him and immediately after kneel and begin to use natural healing on him, not full force, since he was too weak, and Nature's Domain to make the tree he was under a fruit tree and make 2 apples grow in front of me, then I begin to alter them to make them highly nutritious and really soft before grabbing them and focusing entirely on Natural Healing.

I check his status with MEoTP as I keep healing him.

Name: -

Age: 1

Race: Magic Wolf

Level: 1

Hp: 03/20

MP: 5000/5000

SP: 20

STR: 5

END: 10

AGI: 20

INT: 10

WIS: 5

LCK: 7

Status Effects: Malnourish, Internal organ damage

Even if I start to heal him all out with natural healing he still needs the nutrients to come from somewhere, so with that in mind I use the Nature domain to make some wood from the tree form a bowl, I use then the same skill to crush the apples and let the juice fall there, I move the Wolf to make him drink from the bowl but he is too weak and tired to move.

"Damn it c'mon… I can't reinforce him I haven't practiced at all with that magic yet... maybe that could work?" Focusing on the same feeling when I used Nature's Guidance I channel the same feeling through the wolf "Please Nature give him strength…" I felt the same tingly sensation as before but slightly different, and so I let my mana feed this new skill and just like before…

Due to special action a new Skill has been gained

Nature's Embrace Rank B (Active) Level 1/10

-Allows the user to ask nature to empower the user or another living being. Temporary boosts all physical stats and increases HP and SP speed regeneration

I feel my mana flow into the cub being guided by nature he wakes up and weakly stares at me, I simply keep my mana flowing into him and pet him slowly, then I move the bowl to put it closer to him.

After he sees the bowl and smells it for a few seconds, it took a slow lick at the juice, only to immediately begin to drink it intensely, I smile at the little guy as he drinks like crazy I make another 2 apples when I see that the bowl is getting empty and make more juice for him.

I end up refiling the bowl up to 4 times for him until he feels comfy and full, then I used natural healing at full force finally, to make sure everything was okay, as I keep focusing on making him feel better I felt... a feeling?, it was warm and fuzzy, like… like I was thankful... to…me?

Due to special action a new Skill has been gained

Animal Empathy Rank C (Passive) Level 1/10

-Allows the user to understand animal's feelings

I look at the wolf cub now snuggling on my hand as I pet him and I can't help but smile as I left a breath feeling the tension leave me, his HP is full and the status effects are gone, his organs are still a bit weak it needs to rest, but other than that he is great. "Alright…everything is okay now buddy"

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Ping!

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-Quests –

- Save the Doggo!

OMG is a dog, help him! What are you waiting for!?

-Heal and feed the doggo! [X]

Rewards: You save and probably get a Doggo! +Affection with Kay

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"I wasn't going to say anything but, you got a thing for dogs?"

[What? Something wrong with that?]

"Not really it's just a surprise is all, I like dogs too"

[RIGHT!? THEY ARE JUST SO CUTE!]

"...huh"

[I...I mean... they are okay I guess]

I pet him slowly as I get up while I hold him with care. "It's getting late let's go home see if Granny has milk or meat for you to make sure you are completely okay buddy"

"Wof!" I felt a wave of happiness coming from him, this is definitely weird for me to get my head around, but not unpleasant. I'll see if granny lets me keep him as a familiar. Not the type of random encounter I was expecting but I'm not complaining.

"I'm going to call you..."

-Status-

Name: Rio Fujita

Age: 6

Race: Human

Level: 120

Class: Druid Level: 51/100 Exp: 38% (+2 WIS +20 MP x Level)

Complete Classes: (none)

Job: Artist Level: 9/20Exp:10% (+1 WIS + 10 MP x Level)

Complete Jobs: Scholar, Scribe, Gardener

HP: 12000

MP: 12060

SP: 430

STR: 50* (50)

END: 50* (50)

AGI: 50* (50)

INT: 168 (168)

WIS: 224 (1120)

LCK: 140 (140)

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Free Status Points: 0

Free Skill Rank Up: 7

Change POV to "Senior Gamer"

"And by popular demand! I AM HERE!"

[Sigh...]

"It's me ©舐½Ř§Ů? æآã╟舐) and apparently thanks to the last episode this will become a regular thing how cool is that!?"

[...]

"Well let's see last time we talked about the Root of Akasha, so I say we keep from there and talk about the Conceptual Beings!"

Conceptual Beings

"Now if you guys were watching as I did you know what this is, Rio even mentioned them before after the editing was done but what are these beings, and why are so important?"

"Well to put it bluntly they are Beings that are the very concepts they represent, basically the concept exists because they exist and vice versa, normally they would be important only on the universe they rule over, but you guys remember how he made the Root connect every single universe in his omniverse? Yeah..."

"Basically they exist and "live" in the Root and they exert their domains across the omniverse, they are beings such as Death, Life, Time, Space, Falsehood, Truth, Infinity, Void, Luck, Fate and so on, they manifest in different ways mostly by letting gods have domains that come from them, or choosing champions from time to time, each operates in a different way and each has a different manifestation in each different universe that upholds by the "laws" and "logic" of that universe"

"They are powerful and have absolute control over...well themselves so yeah don't bother fighting them unless you have surpassed the omniverse scale of power, they will never interfere directly on principle, normally, though sometimes they can do some stuff when the root integrity is compromised, other than that, they can not act directly even on universe ending events"

"So yeah they are just kind of there doing their thing, sustaining the very fabric of reality and just making sure all the universes are run smoothly, this is actually quite clever and takes a lot of workload out of any Gamer System that decides to implement a similar concept in their omniverse. Because they are in the root however they are not bounded to any universe so they are the same ones no matter the universe or parallels universe, does that mean they know everything on any other universe or parallels they exist? well yeah."

"On the "To OP please nerf scale" they would be on the top if they could do something more active"

"Oh well that was all the time we had for today, I am ©舐½Ř§Ů? æآã╟舐) and I've been your hosts, have a nice day!"

Author's Notes

At first, I was a bit afraid of making Rio grow too fast, then I realized that he is going to do that until he focuses on non-nature or non-magical related classes, so I figure that I should put some sort of limit on him and make him improve what he already has, the physical cap came from that, also the fact that it didn't sit well with me having 6-year-old punching boulders in half... yet.

So For the next episode is going to be all about the doggo, look for that, and after that, I'm going to start seriously with the time skips, at least until the end of the first year, I plan to make my own plot before the main one of DxD but I can't help but want to speed up things a bit. Otherwise, the next few episodes are going to be just his training.

Also, the doggo, what should be his name? normally I would pick but I'm open to suggestions!

Thanks for reading and until next time.