Chapter 231: Lousy Moonlight Sculptor

Chapter 231: Lousy Moonlight Sculptor

After three nights of relentless slaughter, Sofia, Alith and Nicet were slowly headed for the coast where they would take the exact same route they had used to reach Sovuln while avoiding Skyreach. They flew in relative silence, and Sofia took the opportunity to go over her status a bit.

One night for 113 levels of debt.

Three nights for 37 more levels The experience penalty really isnt playing around. The last level took almost a hundred-thousand kills!

Total progress for the sky, twelve point eight percent. Not bad.

The classless skills are leveling nicely at least. I still havent looked at any of the new keywords, Ill keep that for after Ive had a good rest

Name : Sofia Aphenoreth

Age : 21

Class : [Saintomancer]

Level : 221

Health : 20 420 / 20 420

Stamina : 4030 / 20 487

Mana : 9553 / 361 100

Main Specialization : [Eclipse Skeleton]

Alteration chance : 7%

Secondary Specialization : [Heat Death]

Active Skills (6 / 8)

[Spine of the Black Sun] - Level 200

[Heal Undead] - Level 200

[Summon Blood] - Level 200

[Maiden Banshee] - Level 221 (Lv.221)

[Graveyard of the righteous] - Level 200

[False immortality] - Level 3

Passive Skills (6 / 8)

[Blessing of the Deep] - (2/4)

[Vakariazrehafin of Sorrow]

[Exalted Exoskeleton]

[Venerable physique of the primeval void] - Doors of the Light forging realm

[Bone dominus] - Level 2

[Erredian Rot]

Classless Skills (9 / 9)

[Fast reading] - Level 58

[Way of the Fool] - Level 26

[Sprint] - Level 38

[Identify] - Level 2

[Mana manipulation]

Lv.221 Pareth (Holy Boneplate Mauleur Eclipse Skeleton)Lv.221 Alith (Alith)Lv.221 Book of Skeletons (Book)Absorbs the backlash of forcefully canceled channeling.Cannot be damaged by the users magic.Cannot be forcefully un-equipped.Attracts and absorbs weak magical projectiles aimed at the user.Halves channeling timeHalves the mana cost per second of sustained magic

Of course. If we need to move out of the city, though, It would be nice if I could finish to prime the scepter first. If thats okay with you.

Not a problem, I have a few other things to take care of too, and a good bath is very very high on that list right about now.

Werent you supposed to always be [Presentable]?

The skill can only do so much

Sofia and Alith spent the rest of their morning at an expensive inn where they could enjoy a nice bath and good food. Then they scoured the citys many shops all afternoon, buying piles of useless stuff, some new clothes and other such things that they knew they were never going to use. Sofias crown certainly drew some attention but this time no one was dumb enough to ambush her in a back alley. The night ended in a dwarven pub where Alith instantly became friends with everyone, perhaps in part because of how well she handled her alcohol but probably more because of all the drinks she bought for everyone all night.

Come morning, Sofia headed out of the city to set up the Sun ritual somewhere calm and sunny while Alith returned to the Red Carpet auction house.

[Sofias Shadow Scepter] :

Must be primed to unlock advanced functions (538 511 042 / 1 000 000 000 mana).

Just a regular days worth of mana and it went up by like fourteen millions? Guess Ill only be sitting here a few days.

Sofia had flown up north and set up her ritual on a bone platform she formed on the peak of the highest mountain she could find nearby, so that she could be above the clouds.

Who am I kidding, theres still clouds above, but not as much. That should be as much sun exposure as I can get without climbing on a trial tower or something like that.

Finally set up, Sofia sat in the ritual circle and sacrificed the usual 100 gold to it. Her regeneration was about 330 mana per second with the ring and crown, it shot up to almost a thousand points per second with the ritual.

After a full day of doing nothing but charging the scepter, the count had gone up by almost sixty million mana.

[Sofias Shadow Scepter] :

Must be primed to unlock advanced functions (597 539 625 / 1 000 000 000 mana).

I kinda wish I had taken [Meditation] right now so I could still train instead of doing nothing, but I cant afford to lose any of my current classless skills. At this pace, I still need to stay here for about seven days

Sofia spent the following week sitting on her platform atop the mountain, steadily feeding all her mana to the gluttonous staff. Since there was nothing else for her to do, she spent the whole time sculpting random things out of bone with [Bone dominus], as that didnt cost any mana. Or rather, she could tell now after using it so much, it used mana, but not hers. It used the ambient mana or the mana already contained inside the bones.

Her sculptures were a bit rough at the start, about the same quality as the Dragon handprint, and throughout the week, they became quite a bit better, if still not incredible. Her best creation out of the whole was a life-sized Alith statue. She still felt that its facial expression was a bit off, but no matter what she tried she couldnt make it better. The worst statue was the one representing Valeure. Sofia had struggled a lot with the fox tail, and even after spending a whole afternoon on it, it still looked like a trail of wildfire behind Valeures ass rather than a fluffy tail.

I need to get better and take those to a painter. Bone is nice but I dont have much control over the color, its all white after I work it into shape.

Sofia sat under the gentle moonlight waiting for the regeneration of the last few tens of thousand mana points needed for priming the staff.

I wonder how much these might sell for, maybe I have a career as a sculptor just waiting for me if I decide to give up on chasing a God. Is sculptor a class? I wonder how theyd fight. Its not like you can sculpt your enemies mid battle, thats just called being a swordsman

Perhaps they can make golems out of their sculptures? But theyd need to craft a core every time, then? Thats got to be expensive. Yeah, necromancy is just better. Kill stuff and steal their skeleton, easy.

Sofia was lost in her thoughts and didnt notice the counter of the scepters mana reaching its limit. In her hands, the weapon started glowing.

The black wooden staff was hot, it trembled. Charged with mana, it was glowing stronger and stronger, dispelling the night, Sofia had to cover her eyes. The blinding light only got stronger, Sofia could feel the weapon change in her grasp, like a snake shedding its skin, scales of black primus wood flew off of the weapon. Its shape changed, the mana inside it concentrated and swirled in thousands of small ritual circles that Sofia couldnt make any sense of. It all got more and more intense until the crooked staff straightened into a new form, making a sound like shattering glass. The light receded, and Sofia opened her eyes to find a transformed weapon in her hands.

The staff was longer and straighter, almost as tall as herself, while still made of the same black primus wood, it was no longer black, but transparent white, and covered in countless golden runes. Inside of it, Sofia could see orichalcum veins, and a small but majestic Dragon horn brimming with mana from which the veins all originated.

The hand atop the staff still held the catalyst, but it had changed, no longer was it a skeletal hand or an avian hand, it was a stronger, more violent hand, a replica of Sofias hands in demon form.

Speechless, Sofia could only identify the scepter once more.

[Hand of the first Saintomancer] :

A weapon that has grown to resemble its users most used attack spell.

It speaks to you: Never let me go.

Absorbs the backlash of forcefully canceled channeling.Cannot be damaged by the users magic.Cannot be forcefully un-equipped.Attracts and absorbs weak magical projectiles aimed at the user.Halves channeling time.Halves the mana cost per second of sustained magic.While casting [Angels Bolt] through it, absorbs 50% of the damage the channeling would cause to the user.Extends the maximum reach of all skills by the length of the scepter (if applicable).Inflicts electrical damage on hit (melee use only).

Currently holding : [Midenicite Catalyst] - (Legendary)

The weapon hungers for endless mana.

Item level : Sofia Aphenoreths current level.

Grade : Flawless.

Restriction : wearer must be able to cast [Angels Bolt]. Soulbound.