17 Arcane Power (2/2)
Rainer became curious for a moment who her father was then. If her mother was of her tribe then what occurred? But he did not interrupt.
”When you asked me to earnestly train you I had become truly elated. In fact when I saw your magic blade I had even imagined how perfect it would be to take on such a disciple. Even if in the one week we trained you surpassed years of my own progress I still did not mind teaching and even ignored that fact completely.”
”And then when I saw you nearly die that first time from the [Lesser Death Knight] I had nearly lost it...realizing how much I valued you. I knew when you were at such a point once more from the true boss of the Dungeon I could not hold back, even if it meant an end to our friendship.”
”Though I suppose it did end our friendship,” she said a bit jokingly. She leaned her head into Rainer's hand, still stroking her ears, before finding a comfortable position to sleep in.
”I will stay by your side so long as you'll have me…” she finally spoke before closing her eyes and drifting off to sleep. She was left with some wandering thoughts on what they were exactly but left such a discussion for another time. She was content as they were now, herself now being able to easily sleep.
Feeling her warmth beside him, from one of the very persons he had accepted such a situation for, he gradually became relaxed enough to try to sleep. They had not known each other long yet they already had grown bonds through blood. Whether it was Kara who rushed headlong into danger to save him or Rainer who chose her over her past and what she was.
Before finally falling asleep he gave her a light kiss and let the night take him.
Eight hours later Rainer awoke to a stream of messages that gave him hope in facing his future enemies.
[Arcane-Fire bolt has reached level 10]
[Reached the maximum proficiency of a Tier 2 spell: Rewarding 2 skill points.]
[Quest Completed: Capture First Fort]
[Description: Capture the closest fort of Sunlight's Keeper.]
[Recommended Level: 5-15]
[Time Limit: None]
[Reward: Ring of Party Transference: Nalmar]
[Calculating Rewards]
[All members under level 10 rewarded: 100% Static Experience Gained]
[All members over level 10 rewarded: 50% Static Experience Gained]
[All members rewarded: Small Party Bonus: 50% Static Experience Gained]
[Party Leader Granted Reward: Ring of Party Transference: Nalmar.]
[Accept Reward: Ring of Party Transference: Nalmar? Y/N]
Rainer pressed yes while he put on the black ring with the same golden symbol of a sun and spears as his previous ring. He used [Appraisal] before he continued on to the rest of his messages.
[Ring of Party Transference: Nalmar: Transfers all party members within 10 yards between Nalmar and the Dungeon Entrance of the Fallen City of Nalmar. Can be used twice a day. 10 minute cast time.]
If they truly needed to run from here they would but for now with the numerous supplies in this tower they had no reason to leave until the end of the Main Quest.
[Quest Granted: Capture Any Fort]
[Description: Capture any remaining Fort. Cannot be repeated in case of recapture.]
[Recommended level: 5-25]
[Time Limit: None]
[Reward: Varies]
[Arcanist has leveled up to lvl 10/25. Standard Attributes have been distributed. 1 Attribute and skill point have been rewarded.]
[Having reached level 10 in your primary class, related Skill Store and Hidden Attributes have been unlocked]
[Hidden Attribute Unlocked: Arcane Attunement: 8]
[Arcane Attunement: Allows one to use the Arcane Power stored within their mana to cast Arcane spells. Mana can be converted into Arcane Power. Current Ratio: 1-2.5]
[Arcanist Class Description Changed, Previous Hidden Attribute Increase Revealed]
[Arcanist lvl 10/25: As a seeker of the Arcane, the true origin of magic, all secrets of the universe await thee. 100% general improvement and growth to Arcane spells and skills. 25% Improvement and growth to all skills. Allows the initial learning of any skill far easier. +2 Intelligence, +2 Affinity, +.5 Willpower, +.5 Arcane Attunement, +.10 All Attributes per level past 1.]
Rainer could feel the Arcane Power within him surging, responding freely to his control and will. Standing up he produced an [Arcane Bolt] directly with the Arcane Power noting a quicker and easier cast time. He dissipated the bolt and looked back at Kara. Her face too showing surprise at the experience she gained.
He then took a look at this so-called Skill Store.
[Arcanist Class Skills Currently Available]
[Spatial Manipulation: Cost 10 Skill Points: The very nature of Arcane energy is to be drawn from beyond one's current world. The energy is closely intertwined with the nature of space and time.]
[Arcane Rage: Cost 10 Skill Points: The Arcane is an energy that contains within it unspeakable power. To ignite that power within one's self and unleash a strength beyond compare.]
[Arcane Weaving: Cost 10 Skill Points: Arcane energy is often turbulent in its purpose yet its powerful force can be repurposed in the building and creation of Arcane objects.]
3 were available and without pause he chose [Spatial Manipulation] and [Arcane Weaving]. He lacked both movement and defense. Any option to improve those would be taken. His secret hope being he gained a title for spatial spells or combining it somehow with Arcane. Though he hadn't a clue where to even begin on that note, still a bit weary of doing anything similar to wall-walking, although he was mostly convinced it wasn't his spell alone that brought him here.
”Kara, I'm going to head back to the library and begin studying Light magic. You should go find Gunthar and get started with your Aura training, who knows what someone from a completely different world can offer in that regard.”
”I, as well, need to discuss with him the matter of defending our position,” Kara spoke and stood up from her mediating position.
Rainer blanched a bit recalling the bookcase she used to block the door in the past.
”Just be a bit careful what you use in your efforts…”
Kara tilted her head having no clue what he meant and left to go find Gunthar before stopping. She realized she was forgetting a major point: they couldn't understand each other.
”Rainer…?”
”Yeah?”
”How are Gunthar and I going to speak?”
Rainer looked confused for a moment before he grabbed Luna out of his pocket and handed her to Kara.
”She can translate.”
Kara, who now gently held the Fairy, could not help but be surprised at the Fairy still being asleep. Though Luna did mumble a bit.
”Ah...Rainer is handling Luna so roughly...Luna can't take it…”
Both of them gave a little laugh towards the strange Fairy and went their separate ways.
Rainer himself walked to the room Gunthar had shown him containing various tomes on Light magic. Even time hadn't decayed them. Rainer could read the text itself with his shared skill and thankfully the Rune Language was the same. It would, however, require significant experimentation before he was even able to cast a basic light spell. He didn't understand how the concept of Light magic even worked. His only guess would be that mana alters how the light functions in terms of physics similar to other magics to varying degrees. But even then!
Why does light heal...
Rainer sighed at such a thing, he didn't have any particular plans to focus on the healing spells in any case. He was most interested in a spell that could be combined with his Arcane.
”Spear of Holy Light,” he read aloud as he looked down at the tome. To his left, he had a tome that contained various tier 1 spells whereas this one focused solely on the aforementioned tier 2 spell. He decided it would be best to gain [Light Manipulation] before attempting to learn the tier 2 spell, but he wanted to at least go over it beforehand.
[Sleep Learning] was only an advantage when he had something that could greatly benefit from its use. And so he needed to constantly increase his spell amount, as the leveling of skills relating to manipulation got slower and slower.
Before he began his study in earnest Rainer looked over his status screen and spent his attribute points. He most certainly place it all in [Arcane Attunement]. At a now 1-5 ratio, his mana pool had effectively been increased by a factor of 5 for Arcane Magic. Though it did take some time to convert the mana, it wasn't a long enough time that it was too big of an issue. It certainly wasn't even comparable to his slow mana regeneration rate. He, however, needed to try and create new Arcane spells.
Through a simple test he discovered that [Arcane-Fire Bolt], for example, was only partially covered by Arcane Power. It still covered a significant amount but [Arcane Bolt] would be the go to for single combat until he created a better spell. He doubted anything he made though would compare to the wide area destructive power of [Arcane-Fire].
Whenever he'd get stuck on studying Light magic he decided to mess around with both [Spatial Manipulation] and [Arcane Weaving]. He had an idea for how to use [Arcane Weaving] and [Spatial Manipulation] together in forming a powerful attack but it would take some work as he hadn't even a single spell as of yet from using [Spatial Manipulation].
[Primary Classes: Arcanist Lvl 10/25]
[Titles: Arcane Scholar, Fae Contractor, Arcane Elementalist, Dungeon Pioneer]
[Exp: 60.2%]
[Sub-classes: None]
[Race: Human]
[Talents: Excellent Arcane Affinity, Human Growth, Gift of the Fae(Luna)]
[Stamina: 14/14]
[Stamina Regen: .1% per second]
[Mana: 30/31(35)]
[Mana Regen: .0032 per second]
[Arcane Power: 16/17]
[Conversion Ratio: 1-5.5]
[Skills: Sleep Learning lvl 9/10, Appraisal lvl 2/10, Goblin Anatomy lvl 1/10, Fae Anatomy lvl 4/10, Long Jumping lvl 2/10, Sprinting lvl 1/10, Bare-Fist Fighting lvl 1/10, Weightless Blade Mastery lvl 2/10, General Blade Mastery lvl 2/10, Muknar Language lvl 3/10, Faaran Runic Language lvl 3/10, Fae Language lvl 1/10, Magic Detection lvl 1/10, Mana Detection lvl 1/10, Arcane Weaving lvl 1/10, Mana Manipulation lvl 2/10, Arcane Energy Manipulation lvl 5/10, Fire Manipulation lvl 3/10, Spatial Manipulation lvl 1/10, Arcane-Fire Manipulation lvl 1/10]
[Toggled On Skills: Pain Resistance lvl 1/10, Physical Resistance lvl 1/10, Burn Resistance lvl 1/10, Fire Resistance lvl 1/10, Mental Resistance lvl 1/10, Death Resistance lvl 1/10]
[Toggled Off Skills: None]
[Skill Points: 2]
[Spellbook: Arcane]
[Tier One: Arcane Bolt lvl 10/10, Arcane Bolt Armament lvl 10/10, Arcane Candle Flame lvl 10/10]
[Tier Two: Arcane Blade lvl 2/15, Cone of Arcane-Fire lvl 10/10, Arcane-Fire Bolt lvl 10/10]
[Spellbook: Fire]
[Tier One: Candle Flame lvl 10/10, Cone of Fire Lvl 1/10]
[Constitution: 11(+2)]
[Affinity: 35]
[Vitality: 10(+2)]
[Endurance: 12(+2)]
[Strength: 12]
[Dexterity: 12]
[Intelligence: 32(+2)]
[Willpower: 16]
[Arcane Attunement: 17]
[Attribute points: 0]
So began the day with an Undead, former Paladin arguing with a little Fairy about the merits of the Holy One versus the World Tree to a confused Kara wondering why her training on Aura involved so much argument. She, of course, couldn't understand what they were talking about.
And with Rainer, who sat alone, mumbling at how light could do any of this.