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"Ah, you're back early, my friend. Where have you gone to so far?" greeted Prius as soon as he heard the rattle of the front wooden door as I pushed the door and quickly sneaked in. I had since lost track of time and was wondering what time would Patricia and Prius would be sleeping.
I had seen a ladder leading upstairs and it might have some bedrooms for them, I suppose. Where else would they be sleeping? In the barn? Hah Hah Hah. These are NPC that are meant to serve around the house and I don't think I would change upon them leaving the house. Or else as mentioned earlier by Prius, he would be picking up a bow to kill some game outside.
However, these 2 seems to know more about the outside world without even leaving the house.
"Oh, hello Prius. I'm sorry if I make you wait for me at night. I've just visited Pointus, the herbal pharmacist and he gave me quite a lot of heads up in his research. Oh yeah, when I was in Pointus store, the potion brewery lab exploded but the petite lady was alright even if her face and clothes were filled with soot."
"Oh, that's Joan. Yes, she had blown her place and face a few times and it would normally be after dusk. We wonder if she is addicted to the blast as it happens ever so frequent. I guess every blast would put her closer to her being a successful alchemist. Hah Hah Hah."
Prius laughed as he recalled Joan the Alchemist blowing herself up and tripping with all those weird stuff on the floor and around the work area. It seemed that she was hooked on a feeling during such events for her. Hah hah hah. I was half expecting the offscreen crew to break into a song and dance based on the song, 'Hooked On A Feeling' but it didn't happen at all.
"Alright, I'm off to bed now and be seeing you in the morning. I've got 2 jobs waiting for me, one is with Pointus while the other is with Blake and after I'm done, I'd like to take a look around outside of town." I said as bade goodnight to Prius and as I walked towards my room I saw Patricia from the corner of my eye.
"Is anything the matter, Pat? Do you need to say something to me?" I stopped right before my bedroom door and asked her for she was standing there fidgeting with her fingers and not with a fidget spinner. Hah hah.
"I... I... Actually, want to wipe you down before I head to bed. That's what I had been doing for the past 6 months when you were brought in here in this household by the infirmary. It's weird to find that you had somehow recovered and then was walking about as nothing has happened to you."
Patricia said with a slight stammer. Even she was watching her ties all the time when she was saying this to me but her eyes shifted upwards and somehow looked at me in a very discreet manner.
"Eh... Hmm... You can still do it though, while I'm asleep later. Would you mind getting me a towel so I could lay down on it? I would be all sweaty throughout the night and I don't want the cold hard wooden bed to be wet with my perspiration."
"I could still do that to you? You won't wake up and do something to me? Alright, I will get the towel ready." she replied with a quizzical look since I had asked for a towel and was mentioning it would be soaking with perspiration later. Little did everyone knows what I would be doing soon.
I opened up the door, entered and changed to my loose cotton shorts which I found that I had plenty of those in one of the drawers of the wooden armoire. Patricia gently knocked the room and entered as she placed the towel neatly spread out on the wooden bed.
"I will come in to check when you're asleep and wipe you down, ok?" she said as she exited the room before throwing a glance at my round buttocks. "I KNEW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER" came a title through my head and I laughed thinking that she must have squeezed it whenever she got the chance. Hah Hah Hah...!!!
I hung the clothes that I had worn earlier, thinking that it could still be fine for tomorrow as I lie down on the towel. First I opened up the interface and I was guffawing to myself as I looked that I had 200 points to allocate. After allocating, it looked somewhat like this.
Level: 21/100,000
Progress: 40%
*ATTRIBUTES*
Strength: 30
Dexterity: 32
Intelligence: 31
Vitality: 32
Toughness: 31 (+8)
Damage: 40 (+5)
Recovery: 32
Unallocated points: 0
*STATS*
STR: Damage +30 Armor +30 Weight +160kg
DEX: Damage +32 Dodge +3.2% Stealth +3.2%
INT: Damage +31 Resistance +3.1%
VIT: Health +320
TOUGH: Armour +310 (+80)
DAM: Damage +110 (+13.75)
REC: Mana +160
I had successfully allocated all the 200 points and found that certain classes enjoy certain perks when the stats were improved. STR is strength that could affect Warriors and Berserkers, while DEX or Dexterity affects Rangers and Assassins and INT or Intelligence affects Wizards and Necromancer.
If I am a Ranger, my damage rating would be 32+110+13.75 and equals to 155.75. Not bad and the variable is measured on what damage rating my weapon would be. That's cool and unsophisticated, unlike some games which go on and on explaining the damage rating so deep that it would leave the readers dropping the novel after reading them. Hah hah hah.
"Damn... Frankly speaking, I need the first 3 since I was classified as those 6 classes except for Necromancer. Who would go and learn those conjuring skills to bring up the dead and fight for you? Uurrgghh... I could imagine mummies, skeletons and other whatnot, battling for you."
"The undead. They got struck down and however got to live again. It's like an OP class for me, naaahhh... No, thank you. It would require lots of mana too to conjure up those undead beings."
I switched the interface off and stood up. After allocating those points, I could feel my strength rising within me that allows me to carry a heavy load. Heh... This is good for grinding and carrying that heavy stuff in my storage bag. As long as I'm not encumbered by it, I should be fine.
"Alright, time to head down to my old favourite place..." as I lay down and adjusted my towel to soak up my perspiration since I would be in the Realm of Mind for at least a good 6 hours there. I closed my eyes and meditated and soon entered the Realm of Mind and went straight to the Fusion Chamber and dragged the wheelbarrow filled with iron ores and moved to the Blacksmith Zone.
"Ah, the sweet smell of coals burning. It had been so long since I've been here that I've almost forgotten how it feels like. Hah Hah Hah. And look at me...! I'm only wearing my loose cotton shorts. Hah Hah Hah. I had forgotten how it would turn out since it reflects both worlds similarly...!!!"
I guffawed like a crazy person when I realised that I'm nearly stark naked and in front of the furnace. This is sure going to be like a bloody sauna...!!!
I looked at the iron ores on the wheelbarrow and realised that the increment for Blacksmithing was 0.5% increment for every successful hammering. Alright, let's get to work then.
I visualised a leather apron to protect me from the heat and sparks when I started to hammer on the iron ores to turn them into iron pieces. I threw two pieces of iron ores which I had chosen from the wheelbarrow on top of the coals and I started to manually pump the bellows.
The air was sucked in and distributed evenly in the burning coals, and slowly drops of perspiration dripped from my forehead and back. As soon as the two pieces of iron ores were properly heated, I picked them up using a tong and placed them on the anvil.
I picked a 30-pound hammer and twirled it in my hands before I positioned myself with a stance in front of it. I held the hammer away outstretched from my body as I slowly controlled the chi breathing and uses the heat of the furnace to enter through the secondary points of my body.
As it travelled to my right hand, I raised the hammer and I started hammering away. *Tink! Tink! Tink! Tink! Tink! Tink! * Every time the hammer was brought down on the iron ores, I exhaled and the sparks flew like fireworks in the sky.
The iron ores were dancing on the anvil and before it landed, my hammer lands on them first, making a perfect tinking sound. Two pieces of iron ores were performing a kind of ballet as I slowly worked on it.
50 strikes...
100 strikes...
200 strikes...
300 strikes...
*Ding* Congratulations on Levelling up Basic Blacksmith Level 3/10. Progress 90%. Allocation points +10. Allocate now?
"Sscchhwwiinngg... Sspplluutteerr..." the two iron ores that had been made into some kind of ingot was picked up by the tong and thrown inside the bucket of water. I heard the announcement and decided to hang on as I picked up another 2 more iron ores and heated them in the bed of coals.
I repeated the process once again and started to hammer on the next 2 pieces once more. *Tink! Tink! Tink! Tink! Tink! Tink! *
50 strikes...
100 strikes...
200 strikes...
300 strikes...
*Ding* Congratulations on Levelling up Basic Blacksmith Level 4/10. Progress 40%. Allocation points +20. Allocate now?
"NO... Not now...!!! I have to do even better than this...!!!" I hollered as I knew I am progressing and I do have accumulated certain points. It is like killing two bird with a single pea shooter. Hah hah hah. I've lost track of time and I was basically perspiring and made a pool of my own sweat down on the floor.
"One more time...!!!" I shouted aloud in the Blacksmithing Zone as I repeated placing two more iron ores and hammering them for 300 more strikes.
*Ding* Congratulations on Levelling up Basic Blacksmith Level 5/10. Progress 90%. Allocation points +30. Allocate now?
"Sscchhwwiinngg... Sspplluutteerr..." the final 2 more pieces were thrown into the bucket of water and it sizzled and spluttered as it was forced to cool down. I let the hammer down and my right side of the body ached and felt numb and heavy.
I clapped my hands together and rubbed to produce Psi Healing Energy Spheres and once it was formed in my palms, I merged them into my body and a sense of renewed energy and invigorating feeling washed over me. I closed my eyes momentarily and when I opened up my eyes, I felt that I had not been forging at all...!
"Hah...! Time to discover what I had produced..." as I dug into the water and retrieve the 6 pieces of iron ingots.
*Ding* Congratulations on forging Level 3, Level 4, and Level 5 Refined Iron pieces. If I add these all up, it would definitely be able to make a Level 4 Iron something. It won't hurt giving it a try then.
I stood back and swiped the room aside and chose the Fusion Chamber. I was able to access my interface and retrieve my old bronze sword out. It had served its purpose and even though this is a piece of junk at the moment, I wouldn't want to miss a chance to fuse something out of nothing.
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