I was honestly not expecting this much positive feedback when I first started. Thank you all.
60 days before Beacon.
[Congratulations! You have reached Level 15!]
[As a reward for surviving this long you get a Gacha Cube!]
I toyed with the small glowing white cube on one of the Workshop tables as I thought about the past few days and allocated more points to STR, VIT, and LUK.
I had gained an unexpected roommate in the form of Jaune Arc over the course of a the past few days, mostly due to the fact that I was using him as a glorified punching bag, and who could blame me? Despite his general lack of backbone he could a beating or two. I was amazed that he could last a couple of hours under assault of hammer regular attacks.
His increased presence wasn't exactly unwelcome. It felt kind of nice to have company for a change instead of my inane ramblings, mobs of the Instant Dungeon, darkness, and the regularly occurring customer. Plus I have him buying breakfast for both of us while I just lounge in my Workshop or sleep a few extra minutes in bed. Less work for me overall.
I had taken to experimenting more on my new gamer stuff as well. As I have discovered, Merchants, while impressive, have a relatively weak start but make up for it with the ability to provide for companions with equipment, lien, and further down the road, bonus XP…of course I could be selfish and hog everything while selling stuff for a profit.
What made me proud of my Class decision was the fact that the Class Advancements were amazing compared to the others.
[Class Advancements]
[Level 20 Only]
[Blacksmith]
[Allows for the creation of higher tier equipment.]
[Potioneer]
[Allows for the creation of higher tier potions and the ability to select potions to brew.]
[Level 35 Only]
[Magesmith]
[?]
[Alchemist]
[?]
I should really figure out how to make potions soon. They sound like they could help me…I mean others a ton.
I heard weak grunting from outside my Workshop and peeked outside I had doubled the box weights again and we were making a lot of progress now. Jaune was having some trouble with moving the boxes but that was understandable, his body was probably still tired out from me hammering out some stuff.
'Observe.'
[Jaune Arc Lvl10]
[Hunter Candidate]
[1100/1100 HP]
[15000/15000 AP]
I noted the change from 'Hunter Wannabe' into 'Hunter Candidate' and felt a bit proud of myself.
Closing the door I readied myself for another trip into the world of Instant Dungeons.
"ID Create." The world fell away once more and I left today's adventure into the hands of fate.
Ghosts.
GHOSTS.
FUCKING GHOSTS.
[Miss]
[Miss]
[Miss]
Normally I had a lot of patience for things. While I couldn't exactly consider myself a patient man I at least I wasn't easily bothered.
[Miss]
But somehow, the Spirit Dungeon and the many ghosts that were laughing at me every time I swung at them managed to make it the most annoying thing I could even try to handle.
[Miss]
"You know what. Fuck all of you." I finally had enough and used ID Escape before I lost my mind trying to hit something that phased through your attacks.
I found myself back at the workshop and relaxed into a chair with a groan. I was not going back there again without some other form of attack.
58 days left before Beacon.
[Through action you have gained a new skill!]
[Potion Brewing Lvl1]
[Brew a random potion. Consumes material/s. Requires any container Item.]
"Mwehehehe…HaHAHAHAHAHA! YES! YEEES! YEEEEEEES." I laughed maniacally as stared excitedly into the bubbling pink concoction in a glass jar. It looked very impressive for what basically amounted to crushed Crystal Shards and water. "YE-"
Knocking interrupted my cheering. I set the bubbling liquid down and cleared my throat. I opened the Workshop door slightly and peered out the crack. It was Jaune and he looked worried about something.
"Yes?" I asked as I opened the door some more.
"Are you alright in there? You were getting kinda loud."
"Yeah, I just finally figured out how to make something…it's uh...it's soda!"
"Oh! Can I taste?"
"…hang on a minute." I closed the door momentarily and quickly used Observe on the potion.
[Observe has levelled up!]
[? Potion]
[? +?AGI, +?LUK, +?DEX, +?INT, -?VIT, -?STR]
I mentally weighed the options in my head. On one hand, I could give it to him and be safe from its effects. On the other hand, what if it did something weird and I would have been better off drinking it myself?
I looked between the door and the potion before I finally shrugged and opened the door.
'Eh, why not? I mean it's not like it was going to kill him. I kinda want to know what'll happen to him.'
"Here you go!" I said as I placed the jar of 'soda' into Jaune's hands. "Drink up Arc and then get back to work!"
I nervously watched Jaune Arc down the potion in one go.
"Mmm...cherry." He said after drinking the last drop of the potion in one go. I used Observe on him to see if the potion did anything. "Thanks Euca! That was pretty good! I'll get back to work now." He moved to go back to cleaning the shop, like I had told him to earlier.
"Arc wait!" He froze in place. "Do you feel anything different?" I kept Observe on him and watched for any changes. I noted that I could see his Stats now.
[Jaune Arc]
[Hunter Candidate]
[Level:10]
[Class: Knight]
[HP:1100/1100]
[AP:15000]
[STR:15]
[VIT:25]
[DEX:2]
[AGI:8]
[INT:12]
[LUK:7]
[EXP: 631/1000]
[Points:0]
[Lien: 1130]
"Different?" He asked and thought for a while. "No, I feel energized though, I think you put too much sugar in your soda."
"…right." I relaxed. "Arc you missed the corner over there, go clean it up." He gave me a mock salute before picking up the broom that was leaning on the wall. "Also you can sleep on my bed tonight, I'll be working all night in here."
"Got it, thanks Euca." I gave him one last Observe before retreating into the Workshop.
"Alright, so that potion was a dud, thank LUK." I relaxed onto the chair. "I don't know what I would've done if It had done something weird." I sighed. "Right, tomorrow I'm looking for a dungeon with sand in it. Right now I think I need to lie down for a bit…"