CH.268 One without a Race<strong>[Alice POV]</strong>
<span style="font-weight:400">“... Brian… Please wake up tomorrow.” I quietly said, before heading to bed again.<span style="font-weight:400">It has been just over a day since Brian began his evolution. “I don’t think Lua will be able to handle another day of you sleeping.”
<span style="font-weight:400">Lua wasn’t taking Brian’s evolution well. For the entire time she was up, she was by Brian’s side, using both healing magic, and water magic to control his body temperature. She even refused to eat, only drinking blood. I know she can get away with it, but I still don’t think it is good for her. At least we were able to put her to sleep, because I really don’t think she could hang in there if she didn’t sleep.
<span style="font-weight:400">Today was mostly peaceful. There was a small issue, when a respawned floor 49 boss challenged Agunan for the position of the dungeon master, but the dragon quickly dealt with the winged sea serpent. The power of dragons is really … something.
<span style="font-weight:400">I myself spent a lot of time both practicing magic, as well as going through Mana’s memories. … Well, they are my memories now, but… Mana is always so brave. She has faced a multitude of nearly impossible to beat opponents, including some monster of ultimate darkness, but she still keeps moving forward. For her childhood friend. Our System Support took his voice, even though we both agreed we shouldn’t use his name for Kekri.
<span style="font-weight:400">But something interesting that I learned was that Mana’s teacher, the Dark Magician, had some sort of rivalry or something going on against Brian’s favorite dragon. The Blue-Eyes White Dragon. And even Mana sometimes went head-to-head with that dragon. And the Dark Pdin, a fusion of Dark Magician and one other monster, even fought the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, the dragon that defeated Agunan, and won.
<span style="font-weight:400">If I study hard under him, will I be able to do that?
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<span style="font-weight:400">The first thing I did when I woke up the next morning was going to see Brian. He was still sleeping. Lua was already by his side, busy using magic to take care of him.
<span style="font-weight:400">“How is he?” I carefully asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">“His fever is going down, so I think he might wake up today…” Lua quietly answered.
<span style="font-weight:400">“That’s good. … I’ll go get some breakfast, do you want any?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“I’m fine, thank you.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“I really think you should eat. Brian will be disappointed when he hears that you did eat while he was evolving.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“... well, maybe something small then… Could you..?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Yes. I’ll bring you something.” I told her, as I headed to where Brian had set our food.
<span style="font-weight:400">All of our food for the dungeon had been in Brian’s storage, but because he wouldn’t be able to give us any from there while evolving, he had made a cold storage room, which he called a walk-in fridge, with the dungeon’s powers, and stored a bit over weeks worth of food in there.
<span style="font-weight:400">I took out some bread buns, some butter, meat, cheese and vegetables, as well as some fruit. I made some sandwiches, and also sliced some of the fruit into an assorted fruit te. I think this will be something nice for Lua to eat. It is easy to eat, but still tasty. I also made a simr sandwich for myself, but I didn’t make myself a fruit te, as I snacked on some of the fruits as I was slicing them.
<span style="font-weight:400">After I was done, I returned the ingredients I didn’t use into the cold storage room and filled a ss with some fruit juice. Then I grabbed the sandwiches and the fruit te and headed back to where Lua is.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Here you go.” I said, as I ced the fruit te and the sandwich next to her.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Thanks. … when did you learn to make something like this?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Jenna taught me. I sometimes yed a maid … to escape my magic lessons and the kitchen was a decent ce to hide. I can’t really cook, but something like this is fine.”
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<span style="font-weight:400">After I had breakfast with Lua, I went to the training room and summoned Dark Pdin. I then took my practice swordstaff out of my magic bag and began to train with him.
<span style="font-weight:400">Dark Pdin’s technique focused on sweeping style attacks, big swings that would cause massive damage. He would also enhance them with magic, and would even send shes of magic flying towards his targets. I could imitate his moves, but I didn’t yet know how to send magic flying with my shes. I could do it with my unique skill, but that would take too much mana, so I was trying to figure out how to do it like Pdin does.
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<span style="font-weight:400">Even when lunchtime arrived, Brian still hadn’t woken up. His fever was nowpletely gone, so I thought he was just sleeping. But when I asked Kekri if he could get in contact with Laura, she didn’t respond, so perhaps Brian is still in the final stages of his evolution.
<span style="font-weight:400">I spent the afternoon sitting by Brian’s bedside with Lua. We were just talking, as we waited for Brian to wake up. Around 3 pm, Laura woke up and told us the evolution had ended.
<span style="font-weight:400">Then, about 30 minutes after that, Brian opened his eyes.
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<strong>[Brian POV]</strong>
<span style="font-weight:400">“.... good morning ..?” I spoke up, questioning if it was actually morning. It could be the middle of the night just as well.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Afternoon, actually.” Alice corrected me.
<span style="font-weight:400">“... Brian… how are you feeling?” Lua asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">“... great. Like I just had the best sleep in a month. Or maybe in a year.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Good. May I do a check-up on you?” Lua asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Sure. How long was I out?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Just under 2 days.” Alice answered.
<span style="font-weight:400">“... and did anything happen while I was out?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Nothing that bad. Only a small problem, but Agunan took care of it.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Oh? Well, as long as it was taken care of.”
<span style="font-weight:400">I stayedying down at first, as Lua performed her magic on me. Both a Water Scan, and then a Blood Scan.
<span style="font-weight:400">“... Brian. Did something happen to your magic circuits? They feel different.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Yeah. When I eliminated the dungeon core, they were advanced by the core’s power. Didn’t I mention it?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“I don’t recall you mentioning that.” Alice said. “... could we do that?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“We would need another dungeon. … unless it can be done with a magic stone, or a monster core…” I quickly threw out a theory.
<span style="font-weight:400">“No. This is not the time for that.” Lua denied us. “Let me continue the check-up.”
<span style="font-weight:400">Lua ran a thorough check-up on me, to the point where I’m decently sure some of it was an excuse to touch all parts of my body. Not down there, you weirdo. Thatester.
<span style="font-weight:400">But it was also good for me, as I was able to get familiar with the changes. I was basically the same as I had been, except that my body was slightly more muscr than it had been pre-evolution. My hair had also grown a bit. It was already on the longer side, as I’ve hadn’t had a haircut since appearing in this world, but now, it was honestly quite long. If I styled it in a certain way, I’d probably look like h*nt*i protagonist.
<span style="font-weight:400">“So, am I fine?” I asked Lua.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Yes. I didn’t find anything that is wrong at least.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Thanks. She didn’t stay up for the entire time I was evolving, did she?” I asked Alice. I noticed the small ck circles under Lua’s eyes, so she might not have slept that much.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Don’t worry. We made her sleep.” Alice answered. How do you make someone sleep? “But now, your status. I want to see it.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“... sure. Just … fine. Status Open.” I thought about looking at it myself first, but let’s just go for it. Why not, right?
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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: One without a Race ?</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Level: 99</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">HP: 4850 (+19,400)</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Mana: 5860 (+17,700)</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Strength: 1780</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Defense: 2060</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Magic: 1960</td>
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<td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">One of Every Race LV.1 (unique-racial)</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">Different Dimension Factory LV.3 (unique)</td>
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<td style="width:100%;height:24px"><span style="font-weight:400">ves: Rhianna</td>
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<span style="font-weight:400">… okay… That seems… nice, I guess. My race is… well, what I evolved into. But that unique-racial skill. One of Every Race? What does that mean? Also, is it just me, or are my stats sky high?
<span style="font-weight:400">(No. It isn’t just you.) Laura answered my thoughts. (Your HP and mana both increased by 1200 or so, while your strength, defense and magic all increased by 570. It is partially because of your already high level, but it is still very impressive.)
<span style="font-weight:400">“... Brian?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Yes?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Howe you have so much mana?” Alice asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">“... what?” I just asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Your mana. Why do you have so much?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“How is that what you want to know?” Lua asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Well, if skills give stats, shouldn’t I or you have more than Brian has? We both have a lot more magic and mana skills, right? Brian doesn’t even have Fast Mana Recovery, quick cast or anything.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“... well, I guess…” I admitted. “But I do have Storage and Summoner’s Unity. Both of those do increase my mana pool. Even telekinesis seems to increase my mana a lot, so…” I never calcted exactly how much I get per skill level up, because I just didn’t think it was necessary, but I do have some idea of what kind of stats I get for each skill. Laura probably knows the exact numbers, if I ask her.
<span style="font-weight:400">“... what about your … racial-unique skill?” Lua asked. “What does it… do?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Just a second. I’ll check it out.”
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<td style="width:100%"><span style="font-weight:400">A skill only for those that don’t belong to any race. Allows you to instantly change your race to any potential race you have unlocked. When a member of that race, you can learn all racial skills of that race, and once learned, you may use all of them, even when changed into a member of another race. Your race in your opened status will show as the race you are currently changed into.</td>
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<span style="font-weight:400">Okay? So… I can … change my race I guess. And I can then gain racial skills. That sounds… kind of good, right? Like, I can just get a bunch of racial skills. I probably can’t get unique-racial skills, like Alice’s Magical Girl, but other racial skills should be fair game, right? I wonder, can I turn into a dhampir? Then I could get blood magic. And if I can still ess Dragon Hearted, I’ll be able to get those two racial skills Laura mentioned. And then…
<span style="font-weight:400">Okay, one step at a time.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Brian… can you show me how that skill works?” Alice asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Sure. But just a second. I kind of want to catch up with Agunan and Ria, and maybe get something to eat, before I y around with that skill.” I answered.
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<span style="font-weight:400">I had a quick … well, this isn’t lunch. It is already past lunch time. Let’s just call it a snack break. Yeah. Snacks, sweets and catching up with Agunan about what happened with the dungeon.
<span style="font-weight:400">It really was nothing much, but I was surprised to learn that a dungeon monster could challenge the dungeon master for the position of a dungeon master. I quickly looked into it with Laura, and it turns out to be a quirk of a Chaos God Dungeon. In normal dungeons, it cannot happen, as the monsters are not under the control of the founder, but because of the more advanced system the Chaos God Dungeon uses, that was something the monsters could do. I’m suddenly even more d that I picked Agunan to be the DM. He probably won’t mind some challengesing to him. In all likelihood, he will actually see it as good practice for his eventual rematch against Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon.
<span style="font-weight:400">I then quickly checked the energy levels of the dungeon, before I decided to just go ahead and make some stuff. Five divine sleeves, to be specific. Technically I made them with Pack Opener, not the dungeon, but Pack Opener took energy from the dungeon to make them, so… Anyway. I could have made eight, but that would have left me out of resources to make anything else, so I decided on just five for now. And those five were used to sleeve up a set of Forbidden One cards. The Goddess did say I’d need them for Exodia, and that using Exodia might be necessary, so I’ll dly do that.
<span style="font-weight:400">When I have a bit more resources, I’ll get three more Divine sleeves and trade for the Wicked Gods. They are just Dark/Fiends by default, so unlike Obelisk the Tormentor, I could do the trades for them just fine.
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<span style="font-weight:400">After a quick meal, I was off to the practice room to … well, test out my skill.
<span style="font-weight:400">After I tried to activate it, a familiar looking list popped up in front of me. It did have one new addition, but that seems more like a ‘oh god, go back’ button. I even have advanced human, so why is regr human still an option? Who wants to be regr, when you can be advanced?
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<span style="font-weight:400">Anyway, I just picked Dragon Hearted, the one I was going to choose, until the Goddess basically forced me to take the race I took, and hit the Change button.
<span style="font-weight:400">I didn’t fall asleep, get dizzy, or anything. I actually felt just fine. And my body… well, it looked basically the same. At least as far as anyone could see when I still had my clothes on, but I felt a bit of something on my chest.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Brian? … did something happen?” Lua asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Yeah. I’ll show you… but I think I’ll make a mirror first.” I answered.
<span style="font-weight:400">I quickly visited the dungeon core, and made a full length mirror. Then I set it up in my bedroom inside the dungeon. I’ll make ones for the other roomster.
<span style="font-weight:400">Then I pulled my shirt off, so that I could see the thing I felt on my chest. On the left hand side, a small scale had appeared around where my heart would be. Other than that, I looked normal. Well, as normal as I do with my extra long hair. … Should I keep it long? Sure I need to have it restyled, but I kind of like this slightly longer hair. I’ll ask Lua and Alice what they prefer, and pick based on that.
<span style="font-weight:400">I then quickly ran through the other race options I had, but most of them just made me look … well, like me. Spiritual Human was slightly strange, as my body emitted some strange aura when I was a Spiritual Human. You couldn’t see it, but Lua and Alice could both sense it. Also, when I was a Spiritual Human, I could see strange lights, that Laura said are pseudo-spirits. They are just slightly condensed pieces of magic that are attempting to make themselves an individuality and be spirits, but it takes years for them to reach that point. And most of the time, those lumps of magic are absorbed by people and get used, costing all the progress they had made towards bing a spirit. Maybe I should try to cultivate them? I think that will make artificial spirits, and I can use them for contracts, or even blessings, if I can make enough of them. Well, that is another thing I can experiment with in the future.
<span style="font-weight:400">Because of my evolution, I chose to take it easy for the rest of the day. I’d have liked to get into talking about draconic magic with Agunan, but considering that he didn’t sleep while I was evolving, I ordered him to go to sleep instead. We’ll have time for practiceter.
<span style="font-weight:400">Instead, I’ll just sit around with Alice and Lua. Maybe open some packs with them. I think that sounds fine. We’ll all have time to practiceter.
<span style="font-weight:400">I ended up sleeping between Alice and Lua. No adult things yet. I’ll look into some protection first, then we can do it. This dungeon can surely do something like that, right? Sure it won’t matter with Lua, but with Alice … yeah. This isn’t the time to knock her up.
<span style="font-weight:400">… wow, I sound like a jerk. Thanks me.