Chương 102: Skill sacrifice (2)
This must be Ptorimea. Monolith shaman kind of suits her as a description.
"Hi there, I'm Guy. Navi sent me here because I wanted to get some skills I rarely ever use off my status. Do you have time at the moment?"
"I always have time. Skill sacrifice is a sacred ritual that it is my duty to perform whenever necessary. Come with me to the ritual room."
Ptorimea turns and floats off into the deeper parts of the library. Smaller stone panels that look similar to herself come from behind her and start to orbit around her while giving off sporadic light blue glows. Are those her children?
<Those are her limbs. She usually doesn't move them since they show her emotions. Orbiting and sporadic glows mean that she's excited. Hectic flickering means she's angry and when the panels bob up and down while giving off a weak but rich light blue color then she's happy.>
Does the light blue light ever change color?
<Yes, but color changes have no defined meaning. There should be a change during the skill sacrifice but I don't know the specifics.>
Ptorimea arrives in an open area lined with bookshelves. The wooden library ground changes into basalt stone forming a circle on the ground.
"Come closer, friend. We shall begin the sacred ritual any moment now. What skills would you like to give up on?"
"Sword use and slash, both are level one."
"Very well, I shall begin the ritual."
Two of her floating stone panels light up more than usual and come together before her like hands to a prayer. Light blue light spills out from between the panels like water and splashes on the basalt floor below.
The liquid begins to move and forms weird patterns on the ground resembling those on Ptorimea's main. The glow of the patterns increases and a blue aura envelops me.
I feel something about myself change and instinctually try to open my status. Nothing happens. My status doesn't appear and the changes don't stop.
Ptorimea gives a content sigh and the color of her markings transforms into a vibrant gold. The gentle golden light fuses with the blue of her limbs and the pattern below us.
I feel the change in my existence as a similar golden glow surrounds me and releases two pulses that feel like an ethereal heartbeat. After the pulses, all the glowing ceases and the uncomfortable feeling of change leaves my body. The light dims and the panels around Ptorimea begin to bob up and down. The blue light around her changes, the glow becomes more subdued but feels more abundant. She must be in a good mood.
"That was a very delightful ritual. You have shown me something truly marvelous. While I was at it I also took the liberty of rearranging your status a little to make it more presentable."
"Thank you."
Open status!
Status Guy Lv.20 Goblin instructor
Mp 10+39+0
Strength 5+39+11
Constitution 5+39+13
Speed 5+39+8
Magic ability 0+39+0
Skills:
universal humanoid language, universal monster language, dungeon map
throwing lv. 4; enhanced stamina lv. 3; breathing technique lv. 3; stealth lv.2; soul vision lv.1; enhanced stomach capacity lv.1;
instructing lv.2; instructor's assessment lv.1;
dagger use lv. 4; backstab lv.1
trap making lv. 4; make-shift crafting lv.1; camp construction lv.1;
dismantling lv. 5; cleaning lv. 1;
It does look different but I'm not sure how better this is... Whatever. The two skills I wanted to be gone have vanished and that is what counts. I'm sure I'll grow accustomed to this new order of my skills in no time.
I take my leave from Ptorimea after thanking her once again for what she's done. I exit the dim library and heave a sigh as a weight I hadn't even realized being present was lifted off me.
<Yeah, being in that library can get quite tense. Ptorimea doesn't mean any harm but the way she carries herself just exudes a sense of pressure that only Darwin can fully shrug off. According to him her ability to interfere with the status of others gives her a certain control over a person's soul and we subconsciously feel and fear that.>
Dang! Why didn't you say so sooner? I could have used soul vision! Just think of all the things I could have seen.
<Cool your jets. Even Darwin wasn't too sure how she touches upon the soul and he has the evolved form of the soul vision skill so you would likely have seen nothing of interest.>
You're right. I need to level my soul vision as fast as I can if I want it to be useful. But first, about that advanced training I can take once a month. Can I really use that training to learn magic?
<What kind of magic do you want? Depending on how advanced the element is that you choose there might be complications.>
I was thinking of learning earth magic. It can be used to raise earth walls, create trenches and pitfalls, attack from a distance, and create targets for practice.
<You want to learn earth magic? I didn't think you would settle for something as basic as that. But using earth magic to raise walls and create pitfalls... that's an interesting way to think of utilizing it.>
So, can you teach me?
<Me? No. But Darwin has omni magic so he will be your teacher.>
Omni as in all? Didn't you say that depending on the magic it would be difficult to teach me?
<Certain elements can't just be taught and have secondary conditions for the skill to be acquired in a sensible amount of time. Basic elements on the other hand are rather easy to learn if you have a high-level user that is willing to help you. Let me give Darwin a shout.>
Isn't Darwin the boss of this place? How can I just have him teach me?
<Darwin doesn't mind. Remember when he helped you acquire your soul vision? There was no issue that time so why make things difficult now.>
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