Chapter 83: Death Maniac Swordswoman’s Growth Report

Chapter 83: Death Maniac Swordswoman’s Growth Report

“If hurt enough, then slash open with a single stroke...”

Igor woke up with a yawn and went to take a bath as usual. He had just taken off his clothes and got into the tub when the doorbell rang persistently.

Although puzzled, Igor still wrapped himself in a towel and went to open the door, finding Ashe outside.

“Let’s play rock paper scissors.”

“What?”

“Don’t ask, just play rock paper scissors with me, and you have to win three times!”

“Is this some kind of necessary ritual?”

“Yes!”

“Will it harm me?”

“No!”

Igor observed Ashe for a while and felt he was probably telling the truth, so he said, “Then I refuse.”

“Why?”

“Helping you is friendship, not helping you is principle. Why should I help you complete the ritual?”

“Why do you need a reason to help others?”

“Your current position doesn’t really support you saying that... And do I look like a philanthropist?”

Ashe pondered for a moment: “Do you know why mages can’t drink boiling water and have to wait for it to cool first?”

Igor was startled: “Why?”

“If you accompany me to complete this ritual, I’ll tell you.”

Could boiling water contain traces of toxins that damage arcane energy? Or is ‘boiled water’ part of some ritual that would have undesirable consequences if interfered with?

In the mage world, all things contain truths. Something seemingly trivial could be a ‘ritual taboo’ that mages spent centuries summarizing, like ‘chanting passages for the deceased’ can effectively reduce the lingering death aura.

Therefore, when Ashe said this, Igor became curious and agreed to Ashe’s request, easily winning him three times—with some mind reading ability, Igor could almost see what Ashe would play each round written on his face.

“Thanks, Igor!”

“What ritual requires someone to win rock paper scissors against you three times...”

“It’s called the padding blade ritual. I just lost to you due to bad luck, so now my luck will turn good. See you later—”The initial posting of this chapter occurred via Ñøv€l-B!n.

“Wait, you haven’t told me why mages can’t drink freshly boiled water yet.”

“Because it burns your tongue.”

Igor watched Ashe leave blankly, closed the door, and went back to the bathtub.

He looked at the ceiling, rubbed his temples, and fell into contemplation.

“Is it because I’ve been interacting with him too often recently that my IQ has also been affected...”

After the bath, Igor was fortunately triggered an ‘Inspiration’ spirit while brushing his teeth. He saw the splashing toothpaste foam leave a sentence on the mirror—

Advanced Energy Potion: Adds an advanced action point during training for 7 days. Eliminates Operator energy consumption, increases positive feedback and mood, small chance of increasing Trust Level.

Advanced Experience Potion: +50% skill exp gain during training for 7 days, stacks up to 100% on an Operator.

That should have been it, but Ashe put in 2 Spirits’ Joy Potions as well.

He still had 1 left if it failed, and if it succeeded...

Spirits’ Frenzy Potion: Greatly increases a spirit’s favorability towards the Operator, vastly speeding up mastery. Lasts 1 week, effects do not stack.

The name was sounding more and more like an aphrodisiac...

Ashe opened Operator Management, and the game suddenly prompted:

“Death Maniac Swordswoman’s training has ended. Please review the growth report and set this week’s regimen soon.”

Growth Report 4.12-4.18

Swordsmanship Faction: 0 → Silver

Light Faction: 0 → Silver

Water Faction: Beginner → Silver

Arcane Energy: 0 → Silver Half-Wing

Training Evaluation: A!

Due to an A evaluation, Death Maniac Swordswoman gained the Sorcerer Handbook’s Job Enhancement:

One-Wing Swordsmage → Annihilation Silver Swordsmage

Annihilation Silver Swordsmage: Recover 0.5% max arcane energy whenever dealing damage.

Ashe was surprised there was an evaluation and high scores gave special rewards—job enhancements.

Although unrelated to him, a stronger Swordswoman obviously increased exploration efficiency, and Annihilation Silver Swordsmage seemed quite useful.

The Silver water faction was from the 2 Experience Orbs yesterday, swordsmanship and water.

With Share Experience, he had let Swordswoman have both. Seeing her touched reaction in-game, he could almost hear the “Your bond with Death Maniac Swordswoman has deepened” prompt.

Then he opened Training Regimen.

Death Maniac Swordswoman

Current Mood: 6 (0% exp bonus)

Available Actions: Rest, Amuse, Train, Combat

Suggestion: Swordswoman hasn’t had rest/amusement for a week. Appropriate leisure can effectively improve mood, work-life balance enables better training.

Ashe hesitated slightly: Swordswoman had complained many times about lacking rest, and she had helped him so much in-game that in justice, he should let her relax...

Bang bang! “Ashe, come out! We have to find the last teammate today!” Igor’s voice came from outside.

Ashe instantly snapped out of it: Leaders must set an example and take the lead. If even he couldn’t rest, how could Swordswoman?

I reject your suggestion!