"Lone!" Soph exclaid upon seeing him return to the store portion of the building with Rella behind him. "Y-You used freeform lightning magic... why?"
Lone thought for a mont and replied, "His wishes superseded my own, and I didn't want to leave a wound."
Breena looked back and forth between Lone and Soph in confusion. "Lightning magic? Wishes?"
"Gramps didn't want to die in his sleep," was all Lone said before he took one last look around the store he used to work in and then left the building.
He reached into his Dinsional Storage and pulled out an automated steamforged carriage that was broken.
He'd found it in one of the kriegs he had liberated along with five others just like it, all broken. Luckily, they still supported horses even if they were automated, so Lone put himself where the beasts of burden would usually go and began pushing the bar that the horses' reins would have been attached to.
Rushing out of Wilbur's workshop with Soph and Breena, Rella said, "Whoa, whoa, what're you doing?! You'll get arrested pushing that thing around!"
"No, I won't. If anyone tries to stop , they are welco to try, but I'm not in the mood to chat. It was nice eting you, Rella. Soph, Breena, hop on," Lone said as he ignored any further protests from Rella and began pulling the chanical cart.
The rabbitkin bit her lip and sighed. "Be careful on your journey. He cared a lot about you, so don't disappoint him by dying or sothing."
That got a hollow laugh out of Lone. "Even had I plans to, I doubt it'd be easy to facilitate my death. Look after yourself too, Rella. Thank you for looking after him."
The rabbitkin was surprised when she heard a ping and she fumbled to catch what had been flicked her way. To her surprise, it was an honest to all of the Primals ruby-gold coin.
"What the..." By the ti she had looked up from her hands, Lone, the cart, and both of his companions had completely vanished as if by magic. "... I need to get more sleep."
She looked back at Wilbur's shop. "And I need to prepare for his funeral and his epito inauguration... Fuck."
Suddenly, over a dozen dwarves appeared, all wearing symbols of the greater council. "The n Lone ntioned?"
One approached her and said, "What was yer relationship tae Lone Immortus?"
Rella furrowed her brow. "There wasn't one. Acquaintances at best. Why didn't you apprehend him? He killed Wilbur and then left with a steamforged artefact."
The man wore a wry smile. "Ye 'eard 'im. Ah dinnae ken aboot ye, but ah dinnae wan' oor entire unit bein' wiped oot just 'cause the cunt's in ah foul mood. 'Sides, the fox 'as friends in 'igh places. There's also no arrestin' the man who solo killed an eldritch 'orror unless 'e wants tae be arrested."
"I... see," Rella responded tersely.
Lone took a mont to cover his eyes as the sun blinded him. Breena did the sa while Soph didn't seem affected and was clearly more concerned over Lone's emotional state.
"Are you okay?" she asked him.
Lone closed his right eye and squinted with his left as he nodded. "I'll be fine. Surprised I didn't get a Blinding Resistance or sothing from that. Sudden teleportation from a dim street to this was sothing else."
"Not what I was asking," Soph said, creasing her eyebrows.
Lone retrieved the sack he'd received from Wilbur and began pulling things out of it to see what, exactly, he'd been gifted.
"I have ditation running 24-7 and Basic Regeneration will cure any trauma. I already feel much better. Am I in perfect condition right now? No. Give a few hours to think and distract myself at the sa ti and I'll be fine," he said as one wondrous gadget after the other was placed on the grass at his feet. "Fuckin' thing's a spatial pocket like an adventurer's pouch. Wonder if Steamforging did that or if a mage was needed?"
"Master Lone..." Breena fidgeted with her fingers a bit before saying, "W-We're here for you... You, uh, you know. If you n-need us."
Lone smiled at her. "I know and that gives strength, it really does. Now, both of you help with this stuff. There's still a bunch left in here and so of it is pretty big from the feel of it."
After about fifteen minutes, they had finished retrieving all of the steamforged goodies. The most interesting item to Lone was, without a doubt, Wilbur's personal customised mini forge. With it, Lone could easily pick up where he had left off half a year ago with his Steamforging endeavours.
There was also a set of six fully chanical steamforged horses, of which, Lone hooked up two to the steamforged carriage and made them pull it so he didn't have to.
Most of the other items he didn't know how to activate or he had no idea what they were. Master Wilbur had thought it wise to not leave a note, probably assuming Lone had the talent to figure everything out for himself.
There was a set of highly advanced weapons that matched his, Soph, and Breena's, preferred fighting styles. A few pieces of armour too.
"The stupid old man didn't hear about my bone armour? This stuff is useless to ," Lone thought aloud.
Currently, he was sitting in the coachman's seat while Soph and Breena studied inside the carriage. Soph was reading historical records while Breena was brushing up on her human common since they were going to a human settlent.
Lone sighed and put everything back into the brass sack and shoved that back into his Dinsional Storage. "Crazy that skill can store things that can also store things. Anything that isn't alive, huh?"
With his mind on skills, checking his entire skill list seed like a good way to lose so hours and move his lingering thoughts away from Wilbur.
He had killed hundreds, perhaps thousands of beings at this point. Killing Wilbur though... even if the old man had asked for it himself, it was one of the hardest things Lone had ever done, only being beaten out by his decision to spare those demihuman children from an even crueller fate in Ranton's castle dungeon.
He directed the list to show him every aningful change and addition since his most recent and hopefully last eting with Arch Devil Zel.
Weapon Mastery Skills [22 skills] [New!] Fortress Shield MasteryMaster Level 1 Colossal Shield Mastery Expert Level 7 [ 4 Levels] Buckler MasteryExpert Level 6 [ 11 Levels] [Rank up!] Swordspear MasteryExpert Level 3 [ 2 Levels] Unard Combat MasteryAdvanced Level 10 Shield MasteryAdvanced Level 3 [ 3 Levels] [Rank up!] Polearm MasteryAdvanced Level 2 [ 1 Level] Hand Axe MasteryInterdiate Level 8 Hatchet MasteryInterdiate Level 8 Dual-wielding MasteryInterdiate Level 3 [ 6 Levels] [Rank up!] Tower Shield MasteryInterdiate Level 1 [ 10 Levels] [Rank up!] Great Axe MasteryBeginner Level 8 [ 7 Levels] Greatsword MasteryBeginner Level 8 [ 7 Levels] Axe MasteryBeginner Level 6 Spear MasteryBeginner Level 6 [ 2 Levels] Bearded Axe MasteryBeginner Level 1 Hamr MasteryBeginner Level 1 Shortbow MasteryBeginner Level 1 Shortspear MasteryBeginner Level 1 Shortsword MasteryBeginner Level 1 Sword MasteryBeginner Level 1 Warhamr MasteryBeginner Level 1 Movent Skills [2 skills] Evasion MasteryExpert Level 5 Light-footedAdvanced Level 3 [ 2 Levels] Social Skills [2 skills] ActingAdvanced Level 5 PersuasionAdvanced Level 3 Crafting/Building Skills [10 skills] BlacksmithingAdvanced Level 10 Tool MasteryAdvanced Level 10 WoodworkingAdvanced Level 6 [ 1 Level] MasonryAdvanced Level 1 Drawing MasteryInterdiate Level 9 [ 9 Levels] [Rank up!] SteamforgingInterdiate Level 8 LoggingInterdiate Level 5 Architecture MasteryBeginner Level 7 [ 1 Level] Art MasteryBeginner Level 6 [ 2 Levels] ShipbuildingBeginner Level 1 Misc Skills [21 skills] Reading MasteryExpert Level 3 [ 1 Level] Enhanced VisionAdvanced Level 10 [ 2 Levels] Teaching MasteryAdvanced Level 9 [ 4 Levels] CartographyAdvanced Level 4 [ 4 Levels] Cooking MasteryAdvanced Level 3 [ 2 Levels] Puzzle Locked MindAdvanced Level 3 [ 13 Levels] [2 Rank ups!] Mining MasteryInterdiate Level 10 [ 6 Levels] Massage MasteryInterdiate Level 9 [ 3 Levels] Pet MasteryInterdiate Level 9 [ 5 Levels] Throwing MasteryInterdiate Level 8 [ 7 Levels] [New!] Blood ThickeningInterdiate Level 6 Basic Massage TechniqueInterdiate Level 4 [ 3 Levels] Swimming MasteryInterdiate Level 3 Chess MasteryInterdiate Level 1 [ 4 Levels] [Rank up!] Sex MasteryBeginner Level 10 [ 3 Levels] Laundry MasteryBeginner Level 8 Historical and Cultural AppreciationBeginner Level 6 [ 2 Levels] Fishing MasteryBeginner Level 4 Lockpicking MasteryBeginner Level 4 [ 3 Levels] Illusion DetectionBeginner Level 2 Sailing MasteryBeginner Level 2 Resistance Skills [29 skills] Darkness Corruption ResistanceMaster Level 4 ntal Pain ResistanceMaster Level 1 [ 5 Levels] [Rank up!] Physical Pain ResistanceExpert Level 9 Unique Magic: Barrier Magic ResistanceExpert Level 8 [ 7 Levels] Aura Pressure ResistanceExpert Level 5 Enchantnt Magic ResistanceExpert Level 1 Infernal Fla ResistanceAdvanced Level 9 Fear ResistanceAdvanced Level 8 [ 9 Levels] [Rank up!] Panic ResistanceInterdiate Level 10 Eldritch ResistanceAdvanced Level 8 [ 27 Levels] [2 Rank ups!] Scripture Magic ResistanceAdvanced Level 8 [ 12 Levels] [Rank up!] Nausea ResistanceInterdiate Level 9 Sound Magic ResistanceInterdiate Level 4 Lightning Magic ResistanceInterdiate Level 3 Curse ResistanceInterdiate Level 2 Air Magic ResistanceInterdiate Level 2 Earth Magic ResistanceInterdiate Level 2 Water Magic ResistanceInterdiate Level 2 Fire Magic ResistanceInterdiate Level 1 Blood Magic ResistanceInterdiate Level 1 Acid ResistanceBeginner Level 8 Corrosion ResistanceBeginner Level 8 Illusion Magic ResistanceBeginner Level 7 Explosion Magic ResistanceBeginner Level 4 Cold ResistanceBeginner Level 2 Intoxication ResistanceBeginner Level 2 Sleep Deprivation ResistanceBeginner Level 2 Contract Magic ResistanceBeginner Level 1 Active Skills [10 skills]
Blood CloneExpert Level 8 [ 14 Levels] [Rank up!] [New!] Oaken FleshExpert Level 4 Weapon BlockAdvanced Level 9 [ 2 Levels] ditationAdvanced Level 6 [ 4 Levels] Wide TauntInterdiate Level 9 [ 3 Levels] Survivor's Speed Interdiate Level 4 [ 9 Levels] [Rank up!] Stone SlapBeginner Level 6 Stumbling SweepBeginner Level 4 Drunken FistBeginner Level 1 Ramming StrikeBeginner Level 1 Magic Skills [11 skills]
Root of LifeInterdiate Level 8 Lightning BoltInterdiate Level 6 Illusionary DoInterdiate Level 3 FireballInterdiate Level 1 WaterballBeginner Level 8 Wind BladeBeginner Level 2 Amplified CurrentBeginner Level 1 BoulderBeginner Level 1 Blood ExplosionBeginner Level 1 Crimson EruptionBeginner Level 1 Enforcent ScriptureBeginner Level 1 Racial Skills [1 skill] Tail Spears
Expert Level 6 [ 3 Levels] World Skills [1 skill]
Full Body DiagnosticsInterdiate Level 2 [ 1 Level] Primal Skills [3 skills] UngroundedAdvanced Level 10 [ 1 Level] Nothing VortexBeginner Level 1 YouBeginner Level 1 Unique Skills [8 skills]
Basic RegenerationMaster Level 4 [ 1 Level] Bone ArmourMaster Level 4 [ 2 Levels] Dinsional StorageN/A Creation MagicN/A Growth AcceleratorN/A ntal DestructionN/A The Summoning RoomN/A True Contract MagicN/A Fuck That Cuntbag Sir Ardus Skills [5 skills] Poison ResistanceExpert Level 9 Torture ResistanceAdvanced Level 4 Thirst ResistanceInterdiate Level 7 Hunger ResistanceInterdiate Level 1 Insanity ResistanceBeginner Level 9
"What a focused five months..." Lone muttered. "16 rank ups and dozens upon dozens of levels ups. Needless to ntion the, what, half dozen new personally earned additional effects I got? The new skills took up so much ti and now I'm going to be focusing on magic... Soon I'll get all those beginner-ranked skills to a respectable level as well."
It was a sha he hadn't earned more new skills but it was the sa people at the guild that he always sparred with and after the blood mage, he had only taken a mission for a sentient target once and the fight was over before the group of cannibal dwarves could touch him with their dark magic skills.
A sha, but it wasn't a risk Lone would take earning their skills and respective resistances when they had two SS-rankers among their ranks. He had no idea when Zel would strike so being at his best at all tis was necessary.
It was also a sha that the list Sheelda McStuderson had provided him was mostly made up of non-combat skills which he didn't have the ti to focus on while doing mission after mission to reduce his sentence ti. He'd be able to go through that list soon though, which was a nice thought.
Lone used his perfect mory to figure out where he and his chanical carriage were on the road to Golden Pass City.
"I have ti, yeah. Sure. Let's check the new rank-ups and my status. Don't want to get too distracted though..." With a wave of his hand, two bucket's worth of blood gushed out into the air from seemingly nowhere.
He dismissed the clone swimming about in his veins and invoked the skill twice. "Blood Clone. Blood Clone."
A small drake coalesced from his lifeblood and then gurgled out a screech before perching itself atop the carriage, keeping a close watch over the surroundings.
The second Blood Clone beca a perfectly spherical and ever-moving shield around Lone, completely encapsulating him in the coachman's seat.
"I love that I was able to get an effect that allowed a second clone. I knew getting this skill was a great choice," Lone praised himself before he started pulling up skill information.
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