Master Of None

Chapter 61: 61. Catching up

”Really! Does that mean sheʼll be crushing enemies from the sky!” Remey had grand visions of midnight swooping down and crushing skeletons before they could act.

”I would believe her wings would need time to develop. We should make sure we save skeletonsʼ bones for her. Maybe they hold the right nutrients. My mother always told me my body is strong because I drank a lot of milk as a child.” Su used her logic skills trying to decipher the reasoning and to also ground Remeyʼs imagination.

”Hmm, this may have been a blessing in disguise that we chose this place to travel to. Not only will we level up but midnight is also finding nutritious foods. Well not that Iʼd call bones food.” Walker laughed at his little joke.

” not to rain on everyoneʼs parade but does anyone want to explain how my daily quest just gave me an agility point for dodging an undead enemyʼs attacks at the last minute fifteen times?” Gil was still amazed and skeptical of this daily quest. Heʼd heard only master systems could reward stat points for quests.

”Wait you got an agility point? I only got a passive skill. Pfft whatever Iʼll just have to hit you harder.” Remey had a devilish grin ” my hits ignore two defense stat points now.” Remey cracked her knuckles for added effect.

”Hmm add on Suʼs quest to take hits and gain poison resistance and my magic attacks to gain a magic attack stat point.” Walker was connecting the dots. ”It seems the systemʼs daily quests have us actions to help train us against these enemies. The hero title has really changed and even pushes us to grow. I would be willing to bet Midnightʼs quest was to beat that skeleton and eat the bones.

I mean why else would she ignore what I said and immediately attack it?”

After Walker connected these dots faces or realization appeared on everyone. ”I feel like we are cheating. The systems are basically pushing us in the right direction every time.” Gil felt they would be invincible after not too long.

”You canʼt rely on it. That was just a test that you scouted out. If it was a huge swarm we would have been overwhelmed the way we all fought alone.” Su saw the arrogance spawn in Gilʼs eyes and quickly brought him down to the earth again.

”Su is right, we had intended to test some things out and thatʼs exactly what the system quests helped us with. Now we need to utilize what we just learned. Think of it this way, if Su has poison resistance doesnʼt that lead you to believe the zombies rotting flesh could poison us?” Walkerʼs words began opening their eyes.

” Gil your quest revolves around dodging so there may be traps of close encounters a scout needs to avoid. Remey you gained some piercing power passive is it not a long shot to say we may face some tough defense based opponents? What about my magic? Does that mean my new spell needed more strength to defeat what we will encounter?

Even Midnightʼs growth shows us that she needed to get stronger before we went forward.”

The weight of Walkerʼs deductions fell on everyone. Thus the planning had truly begun. This young inexperienced party had just taken its first step in to the realm of true adventurers. So far they had a lot of luck but properly collecting Information and using it critically was a skill often learned over time.

Veteran adventurers of weaker tiers often outlived those who Shot up the rankings early due to this exact reason.

After an hour or so of deliberation, the party had caught up to an adequate understanding of what dangers they may face entering the ruins.

”We should set out base camp and prepare for tomorrow. Weʼll be heading in to the real ruins right?” Gil chimed in after theyʼd all reached understanding.

”Sounds like a plan to me” Walker got up. Heʼs pulled out the egg while they rested and it glowing softly. Walker could feel a warmth through his connection with it. ”Hey midnight can you guard your sibling while we set up?” Midnight was delighted to be given such a job and quickly curled her self around the egg while still allowing it to bathe in the light.

The remainder of the day passed quickly and soon they were all left in the quiet of the night. Walker had stored the egg away after they had all eaten. This would be their last real test before starting their plans to gain massive amounts of exp.

Walker had taken the first nightʼs watch and was trying to be as vigilant as possible. Now that things were silent through their little camp he noticed distant moans or sudden clattering sounds. These sounds would echo off the ancient stone buildings and rubble. One thing was sure, he would not rest peacefully thinking of the grotesque undead in the dark.

Soon walker had switched with Gil and later Gil with Su and so forth. When morning came walker made sure to be the first awake so the egg could see the first light of the day. He could feel the warmth of the sun washing away the terrifying sounds of the night. It was time to start their test for real!

Once everyone had risen they ate light so they could stay focused. The camp was easily broken down. The day before when Gil had gone to scout and lure back some enemies heʼd glimpsed a town square. The plan was to lure as many undead as possible there and release Walkerʼs evil consuming flames. Then after those wore off everyone would finish off the remaining undead in the area and start again.

They would divide in to pairs leaving Su in the square. Her job would be to taunt the ones the others lured there. Su would then move in circles using some crumbled buildings to ensure the distance between her and their man made swarm.

Walker pulled his staff from his inventory, ”letʼs go to that square and start luring in our prey.” His serious aura radiated to the others. They were ready!