CH.455 Yubel surprises and Training

CH.455 Yubel surprises and Training

“Good morning, my dear Master.” Was what I woke to that day.

The voice was a bit strange, sounding like a mix of male and female. I didn’t instantly recognize who it belonged to, so I opened my eyes and took a look.

In the room with me was just one person, and not anyone who regularly spends time on HomeBase. They were a decently tall person, but I can’t exactly call them a male, nor a female. It almost looked like they were half of both.

It took me a second to realize that I knew who they were, but I will fully admit, the lack of the wings and any of the other more demonic features did throw me off a bit.

The giveaway was the mix of silvery white and dark purple hair, split evenly among the middle.

“... Yubel. What are you doing here?” I asked my monster.

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“What? Am I not allowed to wake you up, Master?” She ... they asked.

“You are, but you aren’t on rotation today.”

“I’m not on rotation any day. You didn’t give me a shift. So I had to make myself one.” She said, as she offered me a glass of water.

And yeah, fuck that. I’m going to be calling her a she, because convenience. Yes I know she is a genderless half-human, half- ... succubus? Whatever she is, I'll call her a her.

After taking a sip, I then asked her. “And just how did you do that?”

“That part was quite simple, really.” She said, as she took back the glass of water. “I simply used that Soul Magic the dragon was teaching you. The most difficult part was getting Tahlia to release one of the dragon avatars for my use, but I managed to bribe her.”

“... should I ask?”

“I promised her I’d get you to make her and Fantasia their own dedicated dragon avatars. Or would you prefer avatar doll in this case? Either is fine, really.”

“... Well, I don’t mind, but sadly, I’m not sure if they can ever exist outside of the Factory. They are skills, so ...”

After swimming was lunch, but that is not all that important. Our lunches were an open buffet on most days, as not everyone can take their lunch at the same time nowadays.

We generally have a few dishes available each day, usually about 6. Two of them are always blood dishes, mostly for the dhampirs but anyone can eat them, while two are completely vegetarian, mostly for Cina and Molly. They do eat meat, but they prefer vegetables and vegan food.

I generally take a bit of everything, mostly to get the taste of the day. With our kitchen staff being a mix of apprentices, cooks, and the few monsters I have that are actually great chefs, they want feedback on the food.

And I’m willing to give it, because while not everything coming out of the kitchen is amazing, nothing is ever bad.

... okay, maybe sometimes, but only rarely.

After lunch, I went for some sword practice, and I was doing it with Alice. Naturally Alice was using a swordstaff, while I had a bastard sword. Or a hand-and-a-half sword, as they are also called.

And sure, my mithril sword is more of an arming sword, or a one handed sword, but Errelitea is a bastard sword, so I’ve decided to focus mostly on bastard swords. And the Red-Eyes Sword is a two-handed sword, so it isn’t like I can just fully focus on one.

Both Alice and I had recently learned the Flickering Step skill, so we were basically maximizing the use of the skill to really get a handle on it. It was more difficult for Alice, as her Strength wasn’t as high as mine, so while her mind could easily keep up with the speed, thanks to her high Magic stat, her body sometimes didn’t move fast enough, and she’d end up tripping. My more balanced stats are just a bit better for things like this.

And thus, at the end of our practice session, Alice asked for an install. She was between Stim-Pack, for Strength Boost, and The Reliable Guardian, for Defense Boost. I just told her that she could take both right now, and so she did just that.

I also decided to install Stim-Pack into myself for Strength Boost. Sure it will push back my next ‘actual skill’ install by a couple weeks, but I think I can wait a bit more.

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After the installs, I brought a book out of Storage. It was originally nothing more than a book made from high quality paper, bound in leather, but I installed Magic Formula into it, turning it into a magic book dedicated to Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl.

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And Alice is half Dark Magician Girl, so the book is perfect for her.

SpoilerName: Alice Mana WatchmanRace: Magical Girl !Level: 160 [+10]

HP: 3000 [+140]Mana: 8945 [+1230]Strength: 2132 [+298]Defense: 2292 [+238]Magic: 6469 [+986] Skills: Magical Girl LV.3 (unique-racial) Limit Break LV.1 (extra)Card Summoner LV.4 (extra) [+1]Magician’s Power LV.6 (extra) [+1]Erasure Magic LV.4 (extra) [+1]

Multicasting LV.6 (extra)[+1]Mana Flight LV.7 (extra) [+1]Telekinesis LV.6 (extra) [+1]Giant Slayer LV.3 (extra)Summon Dark Spirit (extra) Summon Fire Spirit (extra) Spiritual Dark Magic LV.11 Spiritual Fire Magic LV.10Earth Magic LV.7 [+3]

Advanced Mana Control LV.15 [+1] Magic Boost LV.9 Quick Cast LV.10 Instant Cast LV.6 Fast Mana Recovery LV.10 Magic resistance LV.5Polearm Technique LV.7 Staff Technique LV.4Flickering Step LV.1 [new]Strength Boost LV.1 [new]Defense Boost LV.1 [new]Designing LV.1

One with two SoulsOne who defeated the ImpossibleNyx’s Blessing Ninatia’s Blessing Language Comprehension (humanoid)Storage Access (Brian Wood)[collapse]SpoilerName: Brian WoodRace: One without a Race - Swordsman (Advanced Human) ✯

Level: 172 [+6]HP: 8360 [+240] (+25,000)Mana: 12,800 [+560] (+22,800)Strength: 3395 [+300] Defense: 4035 [+120]Magic: 5240 [+220]Unique-Racial Skills *

SpoilerOne of Every Race LV.3 (unique-racial) - Jack of All Trades LV.2 (racial) [+1] - Draconic Body LV.3 (racial) - Draconic Magic LV.3 (racial) - Swift Swimming LV.5 (racial) [+1] - Tough Claws LV.2 (racial) - Rending Claws LV.1 (racial) - Advanced Summoning Magic LV.3 (racial) - Spirit Magic LV.5 (racial) - True Blood Magic LV.4 (racial) [collapse]Unique SkillsSpoilerPack Opener LV.8 (unique)Different Dimension Factory LV.8 (unique)Storage LV.10 (unique)[collapse]Extra Skills *SpoilerLimit Break LV.1 (extra)Spiritual Space Magic LV.5 (extra)Spiritual Time Magic LV.4 (extra) Mana Vision LV.4 (extra) [+1] Telekinesis LV.8 (extra) Mana Flight LV.4 (extra) [+2]Dark Chain LV.3 (extra) Summoner’s Unity LV.10 (extra)Beast Union LV.2 (extra) [collapse]SpoilerMental Visual Designing (extra)Dungeon Founder (extra)Summon Time Spirit (extra)Summon Space Spirit (extra)Summon Light Spirit (extra) Summon Dark Spirit (extra)Summon Water Spirit (extra)

Summon Fire Spirit (extra)Summon Earth Spirit (extra)Summon Nature Spirit (extra)Summon Beast Spirit (extra)Health Conscious (extra)[collapse]Normal Skills *SpoilerSword Technique LV.6 [+1]Mana Blade LV.3 [+2]

Shield Technique LV.5Flickering Step LV.1 [new]Strength Boost LV.1 [new] Defense Boost LV.11Advanced Mana Control LV.15 Fast Mana Recovery LV.4 [+1]Quick Cast LV.3 [+1]Instant Cast LV.1 Taming LV.2 Designing LV.5[collapse]TitlesSpoilerDragon Life Dedication (Greater True Fire Dragon)Language Comprehension (humanoid) (draconic)Lachros’ BlessingIris’ BlessingEosther’s Blessing Nyx’s Blessing Thalassa’s Blessing Gaia’s Blessing Ninatia’s Blessing Pan’s BlessingNature Spirits Blessing (Greater)Friend of the Spirits SS-Rank Summoner Skill Maker Blood Sucker (racial) Honorary Baron of Ruiso KingdomSlave MasterSlaves: Rhianna[collapse][collapse]

Oh. And one more thing. When my Swift Swimming racial skill reached level 5, I unlocked a new race. That being Melusine, or a draconic mer-folk. It is the same race as what Cailie’s System Support took, so it was nice to have.

As a Melusine, I’m basically just a mer-folk but with draconic wings, and my tail is dragon scales instead of the normal mer-folk scales. It is kind of nice, but the wings do get in the way of swimming just a bit, so I still have to get used to them.

It was still a bit of a challenging race to use, as it did rely heavily on the Draconic skills, and while I’m alright with them, I’m not the best. But I’ll manage. Oh, and in case you were wondering, Melusine is considered a special race by One of Every Race.