CH.100 Comparing stats
<span style="font-weight:400">“Christina, I think it’s about time we go and name you as the dungeon master.” I told Christina while we were having tea.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Oh, are we in a rush now?” Christina responded.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Well I was nning on leaving town soon-ish.” I told her.
<span style="font-weight:400">“NO!” Alice yelled out. “You can’t leave!”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Alice.” Christina turned towards her daughter. “You can’t hold Brian here forever because of your own selfish desires.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Then I’ll just go with him!” Alice said. “I’m an adult. I can choose for myself.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“You know your father will never let you.” Christina said. “And if you leave, you will have to fend for yourself. Earning money is not as easy as you think.”
<span style="font-weight:400">… yeah. I definitely can’t do it with a spell card. No I cannot. Okay I totally can, but Christina doesn’t need to know that.
<span style="font-weight:400">“I can use magic now. I’ll just hunt monsters.” Alice said.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Alice.” Christina said in a calming manner. “You shouldn’t make these decisions with haste. Take your time and think about it.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“But there won’t be time if Brian leaves.” Alice argued. “Brian, I cane with you, can’t I?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“I don’t mind.” I told her and Alice’s eyes lit up as I said that. “But I would prefer if you leave on good terms with your parents. I don’t want Brandon putting a bounty on my head for kidnapping or something.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“But how am I supposed to get Father’s permission? He would never agree to something like that.” Aliceined.
<span style="font-weight:400">“... sorry, but I have no idea.” I told Alice.
<span style="font-weight:400">“I can try talking to him about it. That’s if you really want to leave.” Christina offered.
<span style="font-weight:400">“YES! I love you!”
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<span style="font-weight:400">“Brian… you will take me with you, won’t you?” Alice asked me with her eyes fluttering after Christina left the room. I think she was trying to look innocent and cute. Well she is cute, but.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Alice, please don’t do that. It won’t work on me.” I told her. Laura would sometimes do that so I was used to it. Somewhat.
<span style="font-weight:400">“It always works in the books.” Shemented.
<span style="font-weight:400">… what kind of books are you reading? Where do you even get these romance novels from? Does Brandon buy them for you? Or do you borrow them from the maids?
<span style="font-weight:400">“What books are you reading?” I asked Alice.
<span style="font-weight:400">“... oh just some books I have.” She avoided the question.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Just don’t steal them from Jenna. She wants her romance novels back.” I teased.
<span style="font-weight:400">“I didn’t steal them! I got permission to borrow them!” Aliceined.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Sure you did. And you definitely didn’t get permission because you are the daughter of their lord or something.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“That’s not funny!”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Sorry, sorry. I know you wouldn’t do it. Not like you go around dressed as a maid or something.” I kept teasing her.
<span style="font-weight:400">“... I me Father for that…” She shifted the me. “He never lets me do anything but magic, so I have to try something like that so I can actually do something fun.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Your father really causes too many problems for you.” I told Alice. “If he really wanted you to fulfill the prophecy, he would have you going around as an adventurer or something simr gaining levels so you can be stronger.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“But the stats you get per level are not that much. You gain a lot more from skills.” Alice argued. “And training is the best way of gaining skills.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Perhaps, but gaining stats from just skills leaves you unbnced. It leaves you withrge amounts of some stats while you have very little of others.” I told her.
<span style="font-weight:400">“If I were to guess, I think you have only skills based on magic, right?” I asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Yes.” Alice confirmed.
<span style="font-weight:400">“And I would also guess that you have low defense and HP stats.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“...yes.” Alice admitted.
<span style="font-weight:400">“And that would be bad in actualbat. Any attack thates your way could potentially be lethal.” I told her.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Does that mean I should try to gain a defensive skill?” Alice asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Possibly, but I really don’t know the skills well enough to tell you. And having overwhelming power is not a bad idea either. You just need to have a team that can keep you safe.” I told her.
<span style="font-weight:400">ss cannons might be brittle, but they are powerful.
<span style="font-weight:400">“You could also buy some high defense armor, but it might be too heavy.”
<span style="font-weight:400">After a little thought, Alice asked me: “Brian, what kind of stat do you have? Can you show me?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Sure. I can show you mine if you show me yours.” I told Alice.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Yes. Let’s do it. Status open.” Alice got excited and went first.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Status open.” I repeated after her.
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Name: Alice Watchman</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Race: Human</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Level: 10</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">HP: 180</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Mana: 730</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Strength: 90</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Defense: 120</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Magic: 360</td>
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<td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Dark Magic LV.2</td>
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<td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Mana Control LV.4</td>
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<td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Magic Boost LV.3</td>
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<td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Quick Cast LV.2</td>
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<td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Fast Mana Recovery LV.3</td>
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<td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">Card Summoner LV.1 (extra)</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Name: Brian Wood</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Race: Human !</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Level: 30</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">HP: 440</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Mana: 780</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Strength: 195</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px">Defense: 375</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Magic: 245</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Pack Opener LV.3 (unique) </td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Telekinesis LV.1 (extra) </td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Summoner’s protection LV.1 (extra)</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Dungeon Founder (extra)</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Summon Water Spirit (extra) </td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Language Comprehension (humanoid)</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Water Spirit’s Blessing (greater)</td>
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<span style="font-weight:400">Holy. Alice has a higher magic stat than I do. It’s almost as high as my defense. And I’m 20 levels higher than her. Even her mana is almost as high as mine. But her defense and HP are very low, just as I thought.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Your skills are so weird. You only have extra skills.” Alicemented. “You even have a blessing. How did you get that?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“I’ll tell you one day, but I just got it.” I avoided the question. I can trust Alice, I think, but I just don’t want anyone to overhear it.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Can I get one?” Alice asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">“I don’t know. Probably, if you get lucky.” I told her. “But that is not what I wanted to point out. You have very high magic and mana stats, even higher than I have in magic. And I’m twenty levels higher. But because of your low level, you have bad stats in everything else. My stats are more bnced. Other than my higher defense.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“I see. So I should learn other skills then. I’ll do my best.” Alice concluded.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Just don’t be too hasty. You should consider what skills you really want and what you don’t want.” I reminded her.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Then, could you rmend some skills for me?” Alice asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Well you should think about what you want to do in the future. If you really want to wield a sword or something like that, a sword skill would be necessary. Also if you want to be a frontline fighter, something that helps with defense would be good. But I’m not an expert on skills.” I told her. “I think in terms of magic, you have a good base.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“I see, sword skill and defensive skill.” Alice was writing down on a notepad that she pulled out from somewhere.
<span style="font-weight:400">(Laura, I’m not talkingpletely out of my ass right?) I confirmed with my information broker.
<span style="font-weight:400">(No. Your suggestion is not bad if Alice wants to be able to wield a sword alongside the magic. But it is going to be difficult for her to learn the sword skill at the moment.) Laura told me.
<span style="font-weight:400">(Why? What makes it so difficult?)
<span style="font-weight:400">(Alice has a lot of skillspared to her level. Skills get more difficult to gain and level up as you have more of them, but they get easier to gain as you increase your level.) Laura told me.
<span style="font-weight:400">So min-maxing is still something that should be done. But then again, being versatile might be better than being min-maxed in real life. And if we are going to make a party with Lua, she is already a backline mage. And I’m amander style character with my summoning, so if all of us rely on my summons for the frontline, that could lead to problems if we are ever ambushed. I guess I could try making myself into a tank character that can also summon, as I already have high defense. Get some Millennium Shield action in here.
<span style="font-weight:400">(Laura, can I get Millennium Shield from any set I’ve unlocked?) I asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">(Master, I can’t find a ‘Millennium Shield’.) Laura answered.
<span style="font-weight:400">… Well that sucks. Wonder where it is? I think it should’ve been released at this point. It was used kind of early on in the anime.
<span style="font-weight:400">[It was printed as a MCDonalds promo] [Neither Brian or Laura know this at the moment]
<span style="font-weight:400">(Also, if Alice really wants to be able to wield a sword, a movement skill of some kind would be extremely useful. I would also rmend that you learn one, Master.) Laura told me.
<span style="font-weight:400">(Movement, huh. So something like quick step.)
<span style="font-weight:400">(Flicker Step, actually. Also, Alice might benefit from learning the Combat Dance skill. With that she could avoid and parry enemy attacks instead of having to block them. It might help her more in the long run.) Laura told me.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Alice, Laura rmended skills called Flicker Step and Combat Dance for you. They should help with movement and avoiding attacks.” I told her.
<span style="font-weight:400">“I see, so Flicker Step and Combat Dance.” Alice was writing down. “Wait, a dance? How will that help?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“I think it helps you be more nimble to avoid attacks.” I told her. “It’s better to never take a hit than it is to tank hits.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Oh. I guess that would be good. Then I’ll make sure to practice.” Alice said. “But how do I practice these skills?”
<span style="font-weight:400">(Laura, want to borate on that?)
<span style="font-weight:400">(We should move to a different area. We can’t practice these skills without some space and I think Master will understand better if I tell as we try it out.) Laura told me.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Let’s head to the yard. Laura said she’ll instruct us there.” I told Alice.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Sure. Give me a second. I’ll go change.” Alice said as she took off towards her room.
<span style="font-weight:400">I guess she was wearing just a simple short sleeved dress. It might be a little cold. Or perhaps she is afraid of showing her underwear. Well, I did see it a few days ago.
<span style="font-weight:400">I also got up from the table and put my hoodie back on. Then I just waited for Alice toe back.