Chapter Four Hundred and Seventy-Five - Take Us to the Next Level

Chapter Four Hundred and Seventy-Five - Take Us to the Next Level

Chapter Four Hundred and Seventy-Five - Take Us to the Next Level

A couple of things happened as soon as Booksie was done bonking the boss. First, I got a happy dinging from Mister Menu, who popped up in front of me with a message!

Ding! Congratulations, you have cooked Sue-Chef, level 9!

Due to combating as a team your reward is reduced!

That was some good news! But I couldn't drop everything to focus on that just yet. While no new imps were appearing, those already in the room swooped down at us even as the boss started to fade away.

It only took a bit of effort to clear them out, and that meant a couple more little dings from Mister Menu, though these were less important than the one I got the moment the last imp was cleared.

Bing Bong! Congratulations, your Cinnamon Bun Bun class has reached level 17!Yôur favorite stories at novelhall.com

Mana + 10

Magic + 10

You have gained: One Class Point

A level-up! It felt like I'd just gotten one not all that long ago. Then again, that was a few days back, wasn't it?

A few days between level-ups was a great pace, I figured. From what I understood, it was a whole heck of a lot faster than the average person. At this rate, assuming levels eighteen, nineteen and twenty didn't take too much longer to get, I'd be pushing myself way closer to the threshold of third tier, and with it, a third class!

Dungeon Cleared!

All adversaries with the Sue Chef Dungeon are defeated.

All Bosses Defeated.

Broccoli Bunch, Cinnamon Bun Bun, level 17, Wonderlander level 5 is awarded the Sue Chef class.

All class slots filled.

Replace current class with Sue Chef?

Replacing your current class will reset your level to 0.

I shook my head. "No thank you, Mister Menu," I said.

Class: Sue Chef set in abeyance until Class Slot becomes available.

Booksie blinked, then shrugged. "Sure, let's go with that."

She got a hug too, but then it was about time we head out, and Amaryllis was already doing some plotting. "If you want to grow that second class of yours, then your best bet will be to get a strong first skill, something you can use frequently," Amaryllis said. "Maybe, if you plan on doing more fighting, you could pick up a skill like Baking magic?"

"Baking magic, that's what the boss was using, right?" I asked. "It made me feel all warm inside, but not in a fuzzy-nice way."

"Baking magic is an offshoot of Fire magic, or perhaps Heat magic. It's not its own, actual classification of magic," Amaryllis said.

"It isn't?" I asked.

"There are major and minor magics," Amaryllis said. "Though those classifications are mostly arbitrary for the sake of easy categorization. The Sylph have their own system, whereas harpy and grenoil use a shared multi-elemental system that allows for more 'types' of magic."

"Does that... matter?" I asked. "Is Cleaning a kind of magic to the sylph?"

"We'd consider it a hybridization of holy and... I suppose water?" Caprica said. "We divide things by the primary elements, and sub-elements by how much of each primary element they use. It allows a caster to know which magics are closer to each, though it's not foolproof."

"It's more foolish," Amaryllis said. "But I won't drag you into an hour's long conversation about magical classification systems."

Hadn't she just dragged us into that very thing?

"Baking magic isn't an actual kind of magic the way Cleaning is. There's Cleaning-aspect mana. There's no such thing as Baking-aspect mana. It's merely Fire magic applied in a specific way."

Booksie nodded, she seemed to be following along well enough. "And this Baking magic would be a useful early skill?"

"For offensive uses? More or less. It's very slow to work, but it will undoubtedly kill just about anything as long as it can break through that thing's natural magic resistance. It's a very potent kind of spellwork, and surprisingly mana-efficient. But without any skills to help you cast, you need to keep constant focus on the spell, making it... unfavourable for most mages," Amaryllis explained.

"It works at range?" Booksie asked.

"It did on us," Amaryllis said.

"Well then! Can you show me? If I get practising now, I should pick it up as my new class's first skill! It might be exactly what I need."

Amaryllis nodded. "That's why I mentioned it. If you're planning on farming kills for experience with your boyfriend, then a long-range, low-damage spell with a constant effect might be exactly what you need to be marked as a participant in any kills."

Booksie smiled, then gestured to the back of the courtroom. There's a door there, behind the spot where the Sue-Chef had been when we entered the room. "Is that the exit?"

"It should be," I said as I started to skip over. "I wanna check on the core real quick before we pop out!"

I noticed Desiree giving me a weird look at that. She didn't know about roots yet, did she? We'd have to bring her up to speed on that, but it could wait. Just looking at the core wasn't a crime, was it?

I couldn't help the laugh that bubbled out of me. Today was a good day! Now, if we could just get a nice party started, and make a few friends in the village, then it would be an even better one!

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