Chapter 443: Strong feelings

Chapter 443: Strong feelings

Sofia fished the glove out of the mess of entrails, and her first reflex was to wash it with a bit of summoned blood.

Hmm...

It’s alright, no one saw that...

A bit embarrassed, she fished out a waterstone from Bookie’s backpack and properly cleaned the glove. It was made of a rather durable, shiny black and elastic leather-like material, with white highlights around the cuffs. There were a few clean enchantments embroidered in gold thread on the inside under the palm.

Right hand. That’s getting a bit crowded. I could put it on but it does look somewhat small. Mr scribe?

[Everelle’s Ultra Cool Right Glove]: A cool glove with basic durability enchantments, by feeding extra mana into it, it can produce a magic ray of freezing cold from the palm of the hand.

Part of a two piece set.

“Ice magic?”

That caught Bookie’s attention, and Sofia immediately noticed that.

“You want it? Sure. It will fit your fighting style better than the Mithril dagger I gave you before. Do you even still have it?”

Bookie slightly nodded, pointing at his book form he was holding with his other hand.

“Ah, right. Can’t take it out because of the dungeon’s restrictions? It would be nice if Pareth could store equipment like you can...”

Pareth was on the ground, his body still only halfway through reforming but he shrugged anyway, and raised his right hand, summoning his weapon of light in the shape of Bookie’s mithril dagger.

Sofia giggled, “You know? Fair point.”

The matter of the glove closed, Sofia handed it to Bookie, who instantly put it on and started jumping in place like an excited kid, while Sofia absorbed the Mimic’s imprint. Since she hadn't been able to identify the Mimic before killing it, the imprint couldn’t go to Pareth or she would lose track of his current Imprint power.

[Destroyer’s Nascent mana heart of Aphenoreth]: /C tier/

9 months, 14 days, 9 hours

Imprint progress : 843.12/ 1200

Small Catalyser : 0/1

Keystone : 1/1

Effects (Stats will be doubled) :

All stats + 45% (C rank base)All stats + 50%Health + 10 561Stamina + 10 000Mana + 43 751[Relocate Core]Destroyer Signature Skill ModifierSpeed shard (1)

“If the black lance came down I was dead.”

Pareth shook his skull and gave Sofia a head pat.

“Huh? What, do you not want the imprint?”

Pareth grabbed his mana heart and absorbed the imprint, looking up at the ceiling while lightly shaking his skull again.

“What is it? Don’t think you can go on acting all exasperated and not explain yourself. If the black lance came down I was dead? Is that the issue?”

Finally Pareth approved, pointing at Sofia and nodding.

“If the black lance... Would it kill me? Right, no, it wouldn’t...”

Again, Pareth nodded, he couldn’t grin but Sofia was pretty convinced that this was what he would be doing right then if he could.

“Well, it still would make the trial impossible, pretty much. But I would have lived... And still managed to kill the Amalgam too, it was over the instant I managed to get my hand inside. Are you really comfortable with me getting maimed like that?”

Now Pareth looked offended.

“Alright, alright. You win. I don’t know what, but you win. Good job with holding the Amalgam anyway. Let’s do it like this again next time we encounter one. We still need six more to get you the skill. If it’s a double amalgam, we go back to the defensive strategy and we do a Mimic. The trap is far away but we should be able to make it...”

Pareth gave Sofia a head pat again.

“Let me update your Mana heart sheet and we go again...”

[Nascent mana heart of Knowledge]:

Rank : C Tier

Imprint power until next rank : 889.62/ 1200

Small Catalyser : 0/1

Effects (on use) :

All stats +45% (C rank base)

+8500 Health+462 Mana??? Skill shard (4/10) (Sunless Amalgam Skill)[Relocate Core][Arclight]

As Sofia updated the system sheet, and before she could even stand back up, she heard a sinister sound from beyond the black fog.

A laugh.