Arcane bolt Novice level 4 (54%)
Fires one bolt of arcane energy at a target. Higher levels offer more power as well as extra evolution options. 10 mana, 11 Damage
Walking over and looting the body to see what it had on it. He was only level two so I wasn’t expecting much.
Leather vest Quality: Common, Defense: 5,
Leather leggings Quality: Common, Defense: 5
Leather Boots Quality: Common, Defense: 5
Steal Dagger Quality: Rare, Damage: 10-15
2 gold, 12 Silver, 8 copper.
Whoever this was, they must have had friends to be able to be outfitted like this. Even if they didn’t seem to do a good job. Or it was possible he was from a town near here, and this was standard gear. After taking everything my thoughts drifted, knowing that getting away from here should be my biggest worry. If he did have friends there was no way that I could take them all.
Even if respawning at camp was all that awaited me. That was something I wanted to try and avoid for as long as possible. Walking softly so as to not leave a trail in case they had tracking. I started the trek back to the camp. There were a few animals, but with my pack full there was no time to hunt them.
I was also worried where Alic could have gone. There were so many things that were let to ask him, it was weird that he just vanished like that. Night had fully set by the time my camp was in sight. Taking a moment to climb a tree and check the stars had me worried. I recognized them, but they seemed wrong.
Walking back to camp worrying about the stars, there was something that was different about them. I knew the two constellations that I saw. The Dragon and the Phoenix. Getting into the camp, Alic greeted me. He seemed very happy.
“Congratulations, on completing your quest.”
“What quest?”
Quest - Find a knife
Find a knife to clean your kills, allowing you to get more meat from them. You found a full set of knives, allowing for a bonus reward.
Reward: 100 Experience
Bonus reward: 100 Experience
Smiling at the feeling of leveling up, to level 3. Still unsure about where to put my points. With the bonus rewards, I was about halfway to level 4, 122 out of 300.
Pulling the knives out of my inventory and setting them on a rock, trying to see what they were used for. It clicked in my mind what was wrong with the stars.
“Alic the Dragon and Phoenix are winter stars, they shouldn’t be visible now.”
“Well that would be true if you were on the other side of the planet, but you’re not. Here they are summer constellations.”
“But that would put me on Caltris, Why would I be here, that makes no sense. It is a horrible place for low-level characters. It's easy to be taken as a slave if you’re not careful. I figured we were in Altrie.”
“Altrie, would have been preferable, you have the most experience with that continent, but this is where you are needed.”
Hidden Quest - Figure out your location
Because of your advanced knowledge of the stars and lore of Etis you were able to realize that you were on Caltris. Unsure why, but know the goddess needs you here.
Rewards: 100 Experience
I wouldn’t turn away free experience and was glad to know where I was. Suddenly though slavers were my biggest worry. Reading about Caltris and actually visiting the place, were two different things. The continent was more aligned to the Dark than I was comfortable with.
Which made me wonder about the Alegatum from earlier, could he have been a slaver? Could a party be sneaking up on me at this movement. Taking a few deep breaths and trying to calm myself.
Going about and skinning and butchering the rabbits and wolves was surprisingly easier than what my expectations had been. Though it had been messy. There were quite a few books on the subjects that my character had read before. So knowing what to do now wasn’t so bad. Though once I got the skills it really sped up.
Skill - Skinning Novice level 2
Your knowledge of anatomy and animals has helped you to learn to skin them properly.
You’re understanding of skinning allows you an easier time of skinning the animals. 4% easier
4% faster when skinning an animal you are familiar with
2% faster when skinning an animal you are not familiar with
Skill - Butchery Novice level 2
Your understanding of anatomy has allowed you to gain the basic insights in how to butcher animals to make meat. Further understanding will allow you to learn how to refine the cuts and get better pieces of meat.
4% better understanding of how to cut the meat.
Survival skills like this were something that my old character would never have gotten, in fact, he hadn't. To me now they were the greatest thing I had seen. If being trapped out in the wilderness was my foreseeable future then having survival skills was important. If only learning the cooking skill was so easy. Learning that would mean learning to cook food properly. It would also require herbs or other seasonings.
Too bad it would be hard for me to learn herbology, I was sure that there were many herbs around me, but knowing that and knowing what they did were two different things.
“Alic, I know the goddess cannot give me everything, but what am I supposed to do about food?”
“You mean the cooking skill because I’ve seen you heat up that meat,”
“Yes, while I’ve never had the cooking skill before. I know there are requirements like pans and seasonings.”
“That is correct. Though I am unsure if you would be able to find those in a forest or the pans at least. Herb are all around you, but without knowing what herbs are what. That information is useless to you. I will think on it. Finish eating and get some sleep, you’ll need it.”
Nodding and going back to preparing the meat the only way I knew how. I had also set the skins on rocks facing the fire so they would dry.
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