My friend was currently in the middle of a feast with the large amount of monsters that showed up due to he bright light. While my friend was busy with its feast, I used this time to check on my stats. The first thing Mother told me about was that I gained a new Ability Point along with a new skill that I could use once a day. I decided to spend my Ability Point first before I checked on everything else.
<table><tbody><tr><td colspan=''4''>You have one Ability Point</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>You may pick one of the following Abilities:</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>Sight: Intermediate
Hearing: Basic
Touch: Intermediate</td></tr></tbody></table>
''Oh, it''s this again. Last time I picked Sight so this time I''ll pick Hearing.''
<table><tbody><tr><td colspan=''4''>You have chosen the Ability: Hearing: Basic</td></tr></tbody></table>
''Ah, I can hear... nothing?''
Even though I could hear now, there wasn''t anything to hear. There wasn''t a single sound in this barren wasteland.
''Well, I guess I wasn''t missing much, maybe I should''ve went with sight instead so I could at least see a little better, though with how dark and dead it is down here there really isn''t much to see besides those star-like things in the ceiling.''
Disappointed with my choice, I decided to move on and check my stats that I haven''t looked at in a while.
<table><tbody><td width="25%">Name:</td><td width="25%">None</td><td width="25%">Total Level:</td><td width="25%">26</td>[/tr]<td width="25%">Title:</td><td width="25%">Dungeon Mystic Knight Skeleton</td><td width="25%">Job:</td><td width="25%">Floor 89 Monster - Warwic Dungeon</td>[/tr]<tr><td width="25%">Main Class:</td><td width="25%">Mystic Knight</td><td width="25%">Race:</td><td width="25%">Undead</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>-</td></tr><tr><td width="25%">HP:</td><td width="25%">68/68</td><td width="25%">MP:</td><td width="25%">28/28</td></tr><tr><td width="25%">Strength:</td><td width="25%">42</td><td width="25%">Dexterity:</td><td width="25%">22</td></tr><tr><td width="25%">Constitution:</td><td width="25%">34</td><td width="25%">Intelligence:</td><td width="25%">17</td></tr><tr><td width="25%">Wisdom:</td><td width="25%">14</td><td width="25%">Charisma:</td><td width="25%">0</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>Main Skills</td></tr><tr><td width="25%">Longsword:</td><td width="25%">Intermediate</td><td width="25%">Shortbow:</td><td width="25%">Beginner</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''2''>Sword Throw:</td><td colspan=''2''>Intermediate</td></tr><tr><td width="25%">Surge:</td><td width="25%">Beginner</td><td width="25%">Second Wind:</td><td width="25%">Beginner</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>Main Spells</td></tr><tr><td width="25%">Frost Armor:</td><td width="25%">1st level</td><td width="25%">Frost Bolt:</td><td width="25%">1st level</td></tr><tr><td width="25%">Frost Ray:</td><td width="25%">1st level</td><td width="25%">Frost Blade:</td><td width="25%">1st level</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>-</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''2''>Experience:</td><td colspan=''2''>2,808/2,885</td></tr></tbody></table>
Needless to say the first thing I noticed was that I was now on the 89th floor. I now knew why everything down here was so damn big and strong. I also noticed my Constitution went up quite a bit, I guess surviving two things that should''ve killed you will do that. I almost had enough MP now to cast three spells, I really wanted to find a way to learn more magic but I had no idea where I would start. I remembered to ask Mother about my new ability too and I learned that it was called Double Attack. I could use my new ability once every twenty-four hours and for 6 seconds all of my melee attacks would hit twice.
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''That seems really useful if I combine it wi- AH! What is that?!''
Suddenly I heard a loud sound next to me and jumped up with my sword drawn. It was just my friend dragging over another body of one of the monsters. The very first sound I heard was the body of a giant snake being dragged across the ground and then devoured by my first friend.
''Wow, it looks like you''re about half done with your feast huh?''
I decided I sat around long enough so I walked around gathering some dead tree branches again and made a new sleigh because the last one was crushed thanks to some giant monsters. Once my brand new sleigh was finished I started gathering up all the mana cores of the dead monsters. By the time I finished gathering them all I had fourteen of the damn things.
''Just what exactly am I supposed to do with all of these? If I absorb them all then it''ll probably make an even bigger light than the one before.''
I looked over to my friend and noticed that it was nearly done with the last body.
''I guess if I found a place in one of those ruins that wasn''t too run down then I could store them all there. It''s not like I''ll get tired carrying them all but I doubt there''s enough dead tree branches in this place to carry hundreds of these things. I guess it wouldn''t hurt to see if my friend would be willing to visit one of the ruins.''
I sat down and waited patiently until my friend finished eating and then I walked over to it and poked it in the side. I waited a few seconds, then walked back a little and pointed towards one of the ruins in the distance. With a little waving of my arms, some more poking, and a little more pointing, my friend got the idea and started wiggling toward the large ruins in the distance. I followed closely behind with my sleigh full of mana cores waiting to see if I could make myself a home in one of the many ruined castles that littered this wasteland.
We walked, and walked, and then walked even more after that. I didn''t realize how far away this castle really was, it didn''t look this far when we started. Along the way the mana cores kept piling up, I didn''t want a single one to go to waste. As I was thinking about these mana cores and what exactly they did I remembered that Mother told me that by raising my level I would also shorten the time it took to absorb the cores.
''Mother, how much time is left until I finish absorbing the cores?''
<table><tbody><tr><td colspan=''4''>Time remaining for current absorption: 272Y, 1M, 18D</td></tr></tbody></table>
''Oh, well at least it was shortened significantly. Maybe I should throw swords at giant monsters more often.''
The only reason why I didn''t bother trying to gain experience off of my friends kills is that it felt like a rude thing to do. When I did it before it was to protect it because I didn''t want to lose the only friend I''ve ever had. But if I do it now it''ll only be because I want experience so I can get stronger. I don''t want be someone that uses friends to get things I want. I only collect these mana cores because it doesn''t bother to eat them, if it doesn''t want them then anyone can take it.
I kept debating whether I should or shouldn''t start using my friends kills as a way of gaining experience when I noticed that we''d finally arrived at the castle. At least, from a distance it looked like a castle, up close it looked closer to a mountain but that was probably just because a good portion of it was a ''mountain'' of rubble.
''Looks like we finally made it, let''s go explore and see if I can find a way to make this a home.''
I took my first step inside of the giant ruined castle and hoped that I wouldn''t be forced to use Second Wind again.