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🕑 Added 2023-05-15 06:29:53 +0000 UTCI wanted to kick myself for suggesting we bury the remains instead of just cremating them, but it was too late now.
Tabitha and I had already worked together to punch through the brick flooring in the hallway outside the chamber. Initially, we tried to break the flooring inside the chamber as it would be closer to all the bones, but either they used a stronger version of the grey bricks in the chamber’s construction, or it was boosted by other means. Needless to say, even with the two of us together, we couldn't even scratch the floor inside the chamber, which is why we were forced to tunnel outside.
We were on the bottom floor of the ruins so we could dig down, which was thankfully easier than tunneling to the side. The bad news was, out of all the gear I brought, I had neglected to bring a shovel. My Strength made digging with my hands possible, but I wouldn’t call it easy.
The dirt around the ruins had long since settled and hardened into something closer to stone than anything else, not to mention the countless tree roots crisscrossing everywhere. I wanted nothing more than to suggest we change our plans, but one look at Tabitha’s smiling face was enough to convince me otherwise. She loved the idea of laying everybody to rest, and despite the hard work it required, I did too.
That's why I was standing in a seven-foot hole, scooping dirt out with my bare hands, trying to dig around a particularly large root. Of course, now that we were finally alone down here, I had already removed my armor and set it aside while working, but that didn't keep me from sweating up a storm.
Using the pike side of my hammer, I can loosen up the ground a bit, but everything else is done by hand.
“Let me try one more time,” Tabitha says above me, sword in hand.
“One sec,” I say, throwing one last handful of dirt outside the pit before hopping up and out of the way.
Tabitha couldn’t do much digging with only one hand, but she was trying to help in her own way, mainly by cutting through the steel-like roots making my life a living hell. The root she was currently working on was only two inches thick, and yet it took everything she had to cut into it with her amazing swordsmanship.
Off to the side, next to the pile of dirt I was excavating, was a small pile of similar, all be it smaller roots she’d managed to remove. Later I was going to try using them to make Tabitha a type of primitive shield, seeing how durable they were, though there was no way it would equal the one she lost.
As she was now, Tabitha was down more than just an arm. If she was going to stand a chance against the winged serpent, she needed a semi-decent shield. As soon as we were done burring the bones in the chamber, I would have to sit down with her and discuss what I could fashion for her.
But that was future me’s problem; current me just had to deal with digging a big enough hole to fit all the bones in. And while I might be complaining to myself, we were making decent time.
“Here goes,” Tabitha slashes with her sword, precisely aiming for the spot she's already hit twice.
“Nice,” I clap as Tabitha's sword finally cuts through the root, and I wasn’t even being sarcastic, either.
Tabitha smiles down at the big root lying at the bottom of my hole. Hopping back in, I grab the piece of wood and examine it. Though the trees on the surface looked dead, the roots were still good. The chunk of wood was the size of a club and would make an excellent handle if processed carefully. “Wana see,” I hold up the root so Tabitha can admire her handiwork.
Tabitha temporarily sheaths her sword and gestures for me to throw it up. I do just that, and she catches it easily.
While Tabitha marvels at the stronger-than-steel root, I continue excavating. But digging wasn’t the only thing I was doing. I was doing what most would consider to be mindless work, so to kill some time, I bring up my status page.
LV: 84 Experience: 1,531,590/ 1,636,419
Health: 2,700/2,700
Stamina 1,394.12/1,836
Mana: 789.76/1,060
Vitality: 270.01
Endurance: 100.41
Strength: 181.01
Dexterity: 181.00
Senses: 62.77
Mind: 65.67
Magic: 106.03
Clarity: 79.35
Status Points: 20
Skills:
Tier 1:
Meditation (LV81), Running (LV80), Blacksmithing (LV75), Hammer Skills (LV71), Axe Skills (LV60), Cleaning (LV58), Chanting (LV53), Mining (LV51), Drawing (LV48), Trading (LV48), Cooking (LV47), Sword Skills (LV40), Acting (LV36), Dagger Skills (LV35), Dancing (LV33), Wood Carving (LV32), Sewing (LV32), Pugilist Skills (LV16), Alchemy (LV15), Spear Skills (LV2)
Tier 2:
Sense Mana (LV81), Double Step (LV68), Charm (LV50), Hammer Arts (LV50), Measurement (LV49), Axe Arts (LV39), Steady Hands (LV36), Intimidating Shout (LV34), Writing (LV32), Mathematics (LV31), Increase Price (LV22), Lower Price (LV20), Sword Arts (LV17), Gourmet (LV15), Dagger Arts (LV13), Marching (LV5), Shout of Valor (LV3), Pugilist Arts (LV1)
Tier 3:
Mana Manipulation (LV67), Expel Mana (LV64), Weighted Strike (LV47), Double Strike (LV46), Precise Strike (LV46), Flash Step (LV40), Contract (LV22), Poison Resistance (LV14), Enchanting (LV11)
Tier 4:
Mental Resistance (LV63), Mana Skin (LV61), Inject Mana (LV57), Extract Mana (LV40), Magic Blacksmithing (LV36), Magic Threads (LV34), Air Walk (LV24), Empowered Spell (LV21), Ironclad Agreement (LV8), Multi-Strike (LV7), Appealing Deal (LV3),
Tier 5:
Sense Soul (LV41), Soul Manipulation (LV23)
Tier 6:
Soul Devourer (LV18), Experience Transfer (LV3)
Increased Skill Levels
Dancing (LV33) 1,650exp
Flash Step (LV40) 6,000exp
Enchanting (LV11) 1,650exp
Soul Devourer (LV18) 18,000exp
Skill Experience: 27,300exp
Crafting Experience: 0exp
Fighting Experience: 3,614,874exp
It’s been less than a day since I checked my status page in my soul, and while there wasn’t much change with my skills, there were some important things to note.
Right off the bat, I couldn’t help but grin at my level. Absorbing the skeleton pushed me up to 84 and brought me to the cusp of reaching level 85. I had estimated the amount of experience I absorbed at 3.5 million, but it turns out I was off by a bit, though it didn’t bother me to get more than I expected.
The trick was, how would I get another hundred thousand experience points before we faced the lesser dragon again? I wanted as many extra status points ready for the fight as possible, and 30 was a lot better than 20. Of course, Tabitha warned me about using status points that way, but something told me she wouldn't object in this situation. Besides, even if she did, I’d do it anyways because I didn’t care about cheating so long as it let me fight next to Tabitha.
Sighing while shoveling dirt with my hands, I move past my level and onto the four skills that leveled. I was thrilled to see both Dancing and Flash Step had leveled while dodging the skeleton's attacks, with Flash Step finally reaching its first bottleneck.
I’ve been using Flash Step for a lot longer than Dancing, and while Dancing was leveling faster due to it only being tier 1, Flash Step finally reaching level 40 was more significant. It's only thanks to Flash Step that I can keep up with higher-leveled enemies in close combat. There was no doubt I would have to spam it against the lesser dragon, so each level meant a slightly reduced stamina cost.
My last two skills were less important when it came to fighting the winged serpent, and while I wasn’t exactly thrilled to see Soul Devourer leveling again so soon, I couldn’t be picky with where I got my experience points.
Oppositely, I was glad Enchanting leveled from cracking the runes on the chamber’s doors. I’d never leveled Enchanting by doing anything other than drawing runes, but it was nice to know it was possible. I’m sure I only leveled my skill because of how complicated the runes on the door were. However, seeing how I got a free skill level for my achievement, it didn't matter to me. What else could I ask for?
I was leveling up like crazy, but I still hadn’t forgotten how easily the winged serpent brushed off Tabitha’s attacks. There was a chance I could outrun the snake with my increased stats, but that would require me to leave Tabitha behind, and we haven’t gone through everything we have up until now just to split up now. The two of us either escaped together, or we died together; it was as simple as that.
Dismissing my status page, I focus on digging despite how boring it is. Above me, Tabitha was swinging the root she cut around like a sword, and I'll admit, seeing the grin on her face made me feel better. She didn't have the face of somebody who had given up hope, so neither should I.
"Thinking of using something other than your sword?" I playfully tease as I dig.
“No, but maybe this root will do you better than your hammer,” Tabitha smirks back with a challenging look.
“That was a low blow,” I puff up my cheeks and pout childishly.
“Technically, I have the high ground," Tabitha throws the root into the pile with the others and sits on the edge of my pit. “Can you really make me a shield out of roots?”
"It's either them or bricks," I snarkily reply, but my joyful smile slowly fades into a more serious look. "It won't be as good as your original shield, but I'll do my best," I tell her.
“I know you will," Tabitha's unwavering gaze said she didn't doubt me in the slightest, which put all the more pressure on me to deliver on my promise.
Maybe if we break down more of the floor, I could construct a rudimentary forge out of the grey bricks. It would be mana intensive with only flame spells, but I might be able to melt down the twisted scraps of Tabitha’s left grieve. The metal would go a long way if I used it to hold the various roots together. It's also possible I could try melting down the skeleton’s armor, though sadly, with the amount of rust, I’d get almost no usable material, even if I processed all of it.
“Assuming I make you a shield, what’s our plan of attack?" I keep the conversation going as I work.
Tabitha hums and kicks her legs against the side of my hole. “Even without a shield, I’ll need to be front and center.”
“Are you sure? With my improved defenses, I might be able to take a hit better than you,” I point out to her.
Tabitha's eyes narrow, and her voice drops an octave. “I will be at the front; this isn’t up for discussion.”
I grit my teeth in frustration but don't argue with her. I may have convinced Tabitha to let me help her, but she still refused to put me directly in harm's way. She's probably hoping that if things go south, I'll be able to run away. But jokes on her because that's the one thing I refuse to do.
“Alright,” I sigh in defeat. “Then what can I do? It’s low leveled, but I have Shout of Valor. Could that help? If not, I can look at the snake’s soul and get it to focus on me, if need be,” I suggest two simple strategies.
Tabitha nods along with the first but frowns at the second. “Suddenly having it shift targets might not be the wisest of choices,” Tabitha taps her knee with her good hand. “Remember what happened with the skeleton? You got its attention and dragged the fight out longer than needed. The same could happen with the snake, only with worse results.”
“So, I can help, but I can't draw its attention or do anything flashy,” I roll my eyes sarcastically. “What is it you expect me to do?”
“Survive,” Tabitha replies instantly without hesitation.
“Funny, I feel the same way about you," I counter, throwing a wad of compacted dirt in her direction, which she easily dodges. "I can help; just give me a chance," I plead.
Tabitha looks at me with tired eyes but doesn't outright dismiss me. Instead, she slowly stands up using her good arm and removes her left from its sling. "I think you've dug enough; let's start moving the bones over,” she instructs.
It was no secret she was trying to change the conversation, but I don't point that out. Rather, I hop out of the pit I dug and follow her back into the chamber.
“Are you good to use your arm?” I ask as we walk up onto the first pile of bones. There weren't any more scabs on her left arm, but the scars remained.
“For now, I won’t lift anything heavy with it, but moving bones should be fine," Tabitha waved off my concern with her scared left hand to prove she was okay. She had no outward reaction to moving it, but even if her bones had healed, she still had to be in considerable pain.
In my head, I remind myself to make sure she doesn't push herself too hard, but on the outside, I fake a smile that doesn’t reach my eyes for Tabitha’s sake. “Glad to hear it.”
I bend down and hastily start grabbing bones, but as I do, they start splintering at the slightest touch.
“Gently,” Tabitha reminds me in her teacher’s voice as she squats beside me. “As you know, they’re quite fragile,” she reaches out to grab one of the bones, only to have it crumble in her fingers.
“Remember, they’re fragile,” I sarcastically parrot back at her.
“Smart ass,” Tabitha elbows me hard enough to push me over. I comically shout and flail my arms when I could’ve anchored myself to the ground with Magic Threads, but it just felt right to play along.
I can’t help but laugh as I get back up, and Tabitha was struggling to hold back her own laughter at my over-the-top acting. And with that little bit of humor, the heavy feeling from our previous discussion regarding my role in the coming battle disappeared. At least for now.
One by one, pile by pile, Tabitha and I slowly pick up as many of the bones in the chamber as we can. Some were too far gone and couldn't be moved, but we could clean up most of them after a few hours of work.
Eventually, we were almost done; the only remaining thing was the rusty armor-covered skeleton we had defeated.
“You’re sure it can’t reanimate again?” I ask Tabitha as we stand over it.
“No, it’s too damaged. And besides, I’m sure you can feel the difference in the mana,” Tabitha vaguely motions around us.
After we defeated the skeleton guarding the chamber, the last remaining wisps of death mana quickly faded now that the skeleton was no longer around to gather everything into one place. It had been roughly six hours since we defeated the undead, and I could scarcely sense any death mana in our surroundings. There wasn't enough for a remnant to spawn, let alone anything else.
No more undead were ever going to spawn down here, and after we buried the bones, without the death mana slowing down their decay, they would decompose in no time.
“Let’s finish this," Tabitha moved to grab the skeleton by its armor, as now that it was no longer being held together by anything, its bones had separated.
I do the same, so while Tabitha grabs one of the skeleton's legs, I grab its left arm. Together we carry everything to the pit outside the chamber, where I turn toward Tabitha and ask what she thinks I should do with the armor.
“Can you do anything with it?” She looks down at the rusty mess in our arms.
“Maybe?” I not so confidently answer. “Is it in bad taste if we take it?”
Tabitha sights, “No, armor is meant to protect the living. Besides, I’m sure a warrior of his caliber would have understood our situation. You strip what you need while I drag the rest of him over.”
"You keep saying, him, how do you know the skeleton was a man?" I ask curiously.
Tabitha smirks at me. “You should be more observant. One look at the skeleton’s bone structure should tell you it belongs to a man." She turns around and walks back into the chamber with an arrogant smile.
"Sorry, I don't know bones," I grumble under my breath as Tabitha mumbles a short spell, and a ball of light flickers into existence above her head.
So, while Tabitha brings more of the skeleton's remains over to the pit, I carefully remove bone from crumbling armor and respectfully place them on top of the other remains. It felt weird essentially looting the dead, but Tabitha said it right in that armor was for the living. So, even if there was only a slight chance that I could do anything with the dilapidated armor, it was worth a shot to try. And on closer inspection, the armor wasn’t completely worthless.
The rust flakes off with the slightest touch, but on closer inspection, a decent amount of material is still hidden underneath. Of course, some pieces were more damaged than others, but there might be just enough to make a shield. But before I started to celebrate too early, I tempered my expectations. I still need to find a way to smelt the scrap down, let alone work it into anything useful.
Thoughts of ways I could reforge the metal fill my head, so much so I almost miss something falling out of the gauntlet and impacting my boot.
“What the?” I bend down and pick up a greenish bracelet I had no idea was even there. To the untrained eye, it was just a scrap of metal, but I could barely contain my excitement as I examined the piece of jewelry closer. According to Sense Mana, the bracelet didn’t exist; it had no presence of any kind, and if I weren't looking straight at it, I wouldn’t be able to say it even existed.
“Find something?” Tabitha calls out as she approaches with part of the skeleton’s ribcage in her arms.
“A bracelet,” I hold up the jewelry for Tabitha to see, wondering how she will react to it.
“That’s,” Tabitha only looks at the bracelet briefly while depositing the bones next to me before turning around, seemingly ignoring it. Still, at the last second, before she's to head back into the chamber, she stops and does a 180. “Odd?” Tabitha power walks over to me, and I hand over my find. "What is this?" She seems utterly baffled by the trinket in her hands.
"Crazy, right?" I smirk in excitement.
“Indeed,” Tabitha nods in agreement. “I can feel it in my hand and see it with my eyes, but it weighs nothing and is hard to focus on.” I sense Tabitha trying to pour some of her mana into the bracelet, but it rejects her attempt. “How peculiar. Can you sense anything?" She asks, handing the bracelet back to me.
“Not at the moment, but I will,” I grin down at the jewelry like a treasure chest that needs to be unlocked. The metal was tarnished by age, but other than looking like a piece of old metal, its greenish surface had no deformities or pitting from the elements.
“Bones first,” Tabitha feels the need to remind me.
“Yeah, yeah, I haven’t forgotten," I move to set the bracelet aside for now as Tabitha leaves to grab the next piece of the skeleton but freeze just as I'm about to let go of it. What if I completely forgot about it once I set it down?
It wasn't wise to put a random piece of jewelry on, especially one that was 100% enchanted in some way, but I didn’t want to misplace it, either. I know I shouldn't, but something was telling me to put the bracelet on. So without even thinking about it, I slip the bracelet onto my right arm, making sure not to accidentally channel any mana into it in case I might accidentally trigger something I shouldn’t.
The bracelet was clearly meant for someone bigger than me and dangled from my forearm, but other than that, nothing happened. I'll have to be careful it doesn't get in the way, but at least I had a reason to pick up the pace.
With renewed vigor, I separate armor from bone faster than ever. Everything is going well until Tabitha returns with more and exclaims pointing at my arm. “What are you doing!?”
“Well, I didn’t want to lose it,” I make up an excuse on the fly.
“Not that,” Tabitha growls. “Look at your arm!” Her eyes refuse to leave my right wrist.
Looking down, the blood drains from my face. Without me noticing, the bracelet had fallen down toward my wrist at some point, but that wasn't the problem. The problem was, through no action of my own, the once large bangle had shrunk down and wrapped itself around my wrist.
Well, that’s not good!
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3,600 words.
Sorry, I'm still not feeling good. I'm going to try to get to the doctor tomorrow as it's affecting my sleep, but don’t worry, I’m trying to keep up with my writing.
I hope everyone had a great Mother’s Day, and as always, stay safe.
Comments
Samantha Lane
was a small pile of similar, *all be it* smaller roots she’d managed to remove. => albeit
Miriam Brown
kind of transphobic comment there with the tomb guardian
James Everhart
Plus if she does get a mana hiding skill she won't need the magic tool anymore thus saving mana while practicing magic win /win and if further upgraded she be able to hide/shield her soul so skills don't just sneak up on her also hide her lvl hopefully be great trump card.
James Everhart
I hope she upgrade mana skin to be able to blend into natural mana as a way to hide cause the flying lizard most definitely has mana sense and her mana would make her stand out in its mana zone plus mana camouflage would be a great skill get.
Lord Porkalust
Author-san, Please come back! We need you to finish your beautiful story.
Michael Neal
That's for sure a cursed item
Kris Roberts
I get the feeling that when she does scan it with Sense soul, things will get interesting.
Kris Roberts
It is possible that the bracelet is a link to the 7th god and is a way for him to manifest powers through it. That would explain the intact skeleton warrior.
Kris Roberts
Soul equipment to talk to a exciled god. The statue contains a fragment of the god, and the bracelet lets you communicate with it?
Kris Roberts
But is it the item or the statue that is pushing the desire to wear it
Kris Roberts
Cursed, blessed or just maybe divine. An item powered by soul magic not mana?
Kris Roberts
What if the gods not dead, but requires worshipers to be able to manifest?
Timo Immig
And a Dragon that mainly uses His mana zone in order to detect prey. Shoul be alerted to them leaving to late, giving them a headstart.
Timo Immig
I think last time her speed was mentioned it was 50mph. And that was a lot before running level 75. My best guess would be her reaching 80mph on solid ground.
Thaldor
I also appreciate the mention of tree roots even so far down, preventing even the simple digging of a grave. Stops a bunch of the "why don't they tunnel out of the area" comments, hopefully.
Thaldor
I mean, that's not cursed at all! 😅 Good gracious, MC, you could have just looped it through part of your armour, or pack, and forgotten about it there instead 🤭 Still, I wonder what insane properties it comes with, good or ill.
LilSaint001
Possible. That ifs a forget me bracelet. But yea. Its said that tabitha can get away if she was alone.
Jon Oliphant
After all this I am hoping we get an EPIC fight with the Dragon not a sneak away. Maybe it could protect them from the domain.
Rosy Bramble
I'm sure those trees could probably deal with bedrock if it *was* there anyways.
Timo Immig
My bet is on it being a Mana Hiding Tool of Tier 5, which would allow them to Flee from the Dragon mostly undetected.
Timo Immig
Just the height of the tree makes it necessary to Have very wide or very deep roots. This because soil is not bedrock and can move.
Ermgon
If its AoE obscuring tool, that would indeed be tier 5, or possibly 6? And to the level that even Aaliyah cant detect it with casual scan. If that is true, that is a monstrously powerful item. Note how Tabitha has trouble focusing on it.
Ermgon
We can wish :D
Ermgon
Could be a cursed item, or it could be a manacle. We'll see.
Ermgon
Not necessarily. It is a powerful artifact, but i doubt it is directly connected to the god just becausr its there. Remember, its a tomb of people that gathered there to survive. That warrior coule be from anywhere, and as far as we have seen the bracelet could easily be a magic manacle.
figherhigher
Yes, but this is the first time, the honorable one of them heard about burial rights.
Hamfist
Depends on the type of tree and the condition of the soil. Roots go where they need to in order to reach water and nutrients. IRL the nutrients are usually found in the decayed plants and animals near the surface and rainwater obviously lands on the surface so you're right that roots generally have no reason to go more than a few feet deep. Despite that, there have been roots found more than 20 feet/6 meters deep when the tree roots had a reason to go down there. Monumentally huge magic trees in an area that has been disrupted by a directed meteor strike could very well have reasons for going deep. Might even have a magical ability to detect the presence of those resources that our mundane trees lack.
Timo Immig
Normal trees are not over 1000 feet each. Thats higher than the Eiffel tower in Paris.
Scott, just Scott
Fun chapter! I thought they might find a nice tier-5 sword for Tabitha, but a mysterious magic bracelet is fine. They really do need water--perhaps they might find an old cistern working? I note that the tree roots are just too deep in the ground to make any sense. Tree roots go down a few feet, but not hundreds of feet unless there is something truly bizarre going on.
Captdeth
Maby that were the dragon egg is???
Henry Wartemberg
Lol. I was reading special! (Im far too used to seeing the US spelling- spatial) 🤞🏿 I doubt it tho. I’ve always thought this story would eventually have Aaliyah invent spirit weapons/ Tools. that’s are bonded to your Soul, grow/improve with absorbed experience. Spacial tools seem a real step up for the level of magic/ enchantment we have seen in this world. Could be an another invention she could crack
Melting Sky
Depends on the person. There are plenty of real-world people who have straight up died for their beliefs when given the choice between death and not being allowed to practice them. Burial rites are one of those rare traditions that cross most cultural lines. In a more practical light. This is a world with living breathing Gods and this is a temple that served as the final refuge and sanctum for an entire religion as they made their last stand. If there is ever a time to show respect for the dead it would be now. This is basically the equivalent of unearthing an ancient Cathedral, finding thousands of dead Christians huddled together in their final moments praying to a statue of Jesus from which you can feel the very real and tangible presence of the Lord pressing down upon you. You then violently battle with and devour the lingering soul of the priest who was still there praying devoutly, even in death. Do you show respect and bury the dead of this Cathedral you just broke into and disturbed with violence or do you ignore it all and brush your hands of the matter like nothing happened? I can see why many would choose the former.
figherhigher
May not be cursed, may just be resizing to wearer
Matthew Dennis
I get that, but hunger and thirst is its own beast, and tabitha would know that. People can without food, but do that with a combat load in a hostile environment? If nothing else it lowers combat and operational effectiveness. Tabitha being militarily trained would be actively conscious of this.
Kris Roberts
Considering where it was found, the bracelet is probably linked to the 7th god. Wather it has other powers, we will have to wait and see. I think that it is a way for the God to perceive the world outside of his prison.
Valderan
You're right. At the same time they're superhumans thanks to a rediculous vitality stat. They were talking about running out of strength something like, two days after they run out of supplies but those supplies were being stretched by rationing incredibly hard. I have no doubt they will need at least one beetle feast once they get out but that they could then go a week without food after if they needed to.
Henry Wartemberg
I think she’d need the dragon distracted to get that started plus. It’s pretty fast anyway she’d need absolute peak speed plus a distraction to even maybe get away
Dragon Slayer
You underestimate the weight of everything they currently have and also Tabitha should be around 160 pounds and that's alot of weight so running at full speed while carrying er and all of their stuff will be very hard
Nematrec
Considering the unnatural desire to wear it, a cursed item that slowly wittles away at it's wearers will, turning them into a puppet that know only worship towards the creator of the bracelet.
lenkite
> There was a chance I could outrun the snake with my increased stats, but that would require me to leave Tabitha behind, I don't get this. She can carry Tabitha and run just as fast right ? She already proved that she could carry a bivol and run at full speed. Tabitha is far lighter anyways.
Penguin Glutton
Tftc! Also hope you feel better soon!
Undead Writer
Thanks for the chapter!
Tomer Yud
Was thinking about it too
Captdeth
Spacial bracelet Spacial bracelet Spacial bracelet Spacial bracelet Spacial bracelet Spacial bracelet Spacial bracelet Spacial bracelet yaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Richard Öhler
It has to be a soul equipment for unlocking the next stage of smithing or it is a bracelet of holding!
SFS
That was kind of my thought as well. Earlier, it was suggested that the statue was obscuring Aaliyah's sense mana, but it could have easily been this item as well. It could be very possible that it obscures in a large area rather than just one person. If true, it could also help in their fight against the half-dragon as it could mess up the creature's mana zone.
Stephen Pearson
Thanks for the chapter, and hope you feel better soon! :-)
Captdeth
4. 3hr
Endymion2314
I'm guessing Tier 5 Mana obscuring item. What else would a dead paladin of a dead god have on his body? Probably also has a healing function and a high likelihood of other functions. The once living warrior wouldn't have purchased an item that was detrimental to them.
MrGaujail
She should have looked at it with sense soul
MrGaujail
Something edible wouldn't make sense with all the death mana and soul eating gosts unfortunately
Jon Oliphant
Practical concerns? Which novel are you reading sir?
Jon Oliphant
Awwwe it's just a friendly cursed item. P.S. She really got cheesed on the enchanting. I guess it's plot armor for Sondra.
Nick
Tftc. Gotta love cursed items
Matthew Dennis
I dont mean to be a bizz kill, but the lack of food and water would take presidents over burying the dead. I dont want to over reach, but if you add in an edible moss or mushroom it would give them the leeway to worry about last rights
Luboš Hemala
Good monday morning! :-)
Grissly1000
The Seventh God has reincarnated. A forgotten Prophecy fulfilled. The Heiress has come to take what is rightfully hers.
MikeL
Feel better. Try to get some sleep, we’ll wait.
