Chapter 52 (2/2)

In addition, he had gained a level in meditation as he sat and recovered. With these PP, Randidly continued to dump them into Frontrunner, and with those stats he raised his reaction by 11. As the fight had gone on and he had gotten used to his increased speed, he realized that he wasted quite a lot of time calculating his response. His body was still fast enough to barely keep up with the sphinx, even so, but with an increased reaction, hopefully the gap between them would narrow further.

Randidly considered his status screen.

Randidly Ghosthound

Class: ---

Level: N/A

Health(/R per hour): 311/303 [+8] (155 [+12])

Mana(/R per hour): 501/512 (71.5)

Stam(/R per min): 357/357 (59 [+4])

Vit: 45 [+4]

End: 30

Str: 28 [+2]

Agi: 57 [+10]

Perception: 24

Reaction: 41

Resistance: 9

Willpower: 55

Inteligence: 73

Wisdom: 39

Control: 55

Focus: 26

Equipment: Average Leather Tunic Lvl 5: (+2 Vit), Gloves of Quickness (Vit +1. Agi +3), Necklace of the Shadow Cat Lvl 20 ®: (Vitality +1, Strength +2, Agility +7)

Skills (Soul Skill):  Spear of Rot Mastery Lvl 228

Combat: Spear Mastery Lvl 44, Phantom Thrust Lvl 44, Spear Phantom’s Footwork Lvl 32, Eyes of the Spear Phantom Lvl 20, Phantom Half-Step Lvl 9, Heavy Blow Lvl 23, Dagger Mastery Lvl 10, Iron Skin Lvl 27, Dodge Lvl 31, Fighting Proficiency Lvl 30, Block Lvl 32, Haste Lvl 19, Phantom Onslaught Lvl 10, Sweep Lvl 16, Spear Deflect Lvl 10, Empower Lvl 21, Calculated Blow Lvl 19, Roundhouse Kick Lvl 13, Edge of Decay Lvl 11

Spells: Spearing Roots Lvl 6, Mana Bolt Lvl 28, Mana Shield Lvl 24, Root Manipulation Lvl 26, Arcane Orb Lvl 22, Fireball Lvl 22, Magic Missile Lvl 4, Healing Palm Lvl 9, Pollen of the Rafflesia Lvl 8, Summon Pestilence Lvl 15, Mana Strengthening Lvl 13, Wall of Thorns Lvl 4, Soul Seed Lvl ®,

Crafting: Potion Making Lvl 22, Farming Lvl 20, Plant Breeding Lvl 9, Mapmaker Lvl 4, Analyze Lvl 24, Refine Lvl 6

Auxiliary: Physical Fitness Lvl 29, Meditation Lvl 31, Running: Lvl 20,  Sprinting Lvl 15, Sneak Lvl 22, Acid Resistance Lvl 22, Poison Resistance Lvl 16, Pain Resistance Lvl 11, First Aid Lvl 13, Equip Lvl 20, Pathfinding Lvl 16, Mental Strength Lvl 11, Curse Resistance Lvl 3, Fire Resistance Lvl 8

Spear of Rot mastery was getting close to 250 again, which was where it evolved last time, but Randidly suspected that it would wait longer on the second time around, perhaps to 500. But now that his Reaction was 41, Randidly had more confidence that he could keep up with his own Agility of 67 without making any mistakes.

He shook his head ruefully. Contrary to his plans, he was just raising everything, staying good at everything. But in this case, he had no choice. His most powerful quality, his spells, just weren’t able to cope with an enemy that could teleport freely around him. He needed to lock it down before he could smash it with the heavy hitters.

Randidly had to rely on closing the distance and attacking it to start the fight and seize the momentum. And to do that successfully, he needed physical stats.

Struck by a sudden thought, Randidly checked his pockets and found the soul seed, inspecting it again.

Soul Seed 91% Nurtured. Strongest Influences: 1. Spear Mastery; 2. Spearing Roots; 3. Empower; 4. Fire Resistance; 5. Refine.

It appeared that while he was fighting the sphinx, the seed was nearing completion. Although he had no idea what sort of result would occur because of it, he noticed that Spear Mastery and Fire Resistance became stronger influences, due to the nature of the fight.

Shrugging, Randidly stood and began walking towards the spot he had in mind to harvest energy shards for potions. The headache had faded mostly, and his heart was tingling with excitement.

It would be a long night.

But by morning, the sphinx would be dead.