Soon, after both Cyanide and Ragnar had rested up a bit, they prepared to head back. The Precepts Cyanide obtained from leveling up the Shrine confused him at first, but after reading their descriptions in his inventory, he discovered that they were used to level up various Masteries—skills outside of combat that could potentially be useful. There were six Masteries in total: Mining, Cooking, Farming, Alchemy, Crafting, and Beastaming.
All of them were quite straight-forward, but to be perfectly honest, they didn't concern Cyanide all that much. Combat was all he truly cared about; the rest were just icing on the cake. And right now, what lay ahead of them was combat indeed.
"Alright. You know the plan, yeah?" Ragnar said, staring out at the darkness of the caverns in front of him. "I'm trusting in you. Good luck."
Cyanide gave a brief nod, then slowly stepped into the darkness. There was no need to rush right now—better conserve energy for when running was truly necessary.
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