I was curious about the two new skills, Identification seemed to be an improvement of the status viewer Iâve been using on other monsters, but what was Sageâs Wisdom?
<Sageâs Wisdom is a skill which answers questions you have about information in a status page.>
The answer simply appeared in my mind.
âIs it some kind of help system?â
There was no answer, perhaps it didnât understand what was a help system and was therefore unable to answer. Regardless it sounds very convenient, letâs give it a try.
âExplain to me the characteristics of the Skeleton Enchanter and Skeleton Shaman.â
<Skeleton Enchanter is an evolution which allows you to enchant weapons and armor. It focuses on Intelligence, at the cost of Attack damage. Skeleton Shaman is an evolution which allows you to use curses and summons. It also focuses on Intelligence, but it may incur a karma penalty.>
âKarma?â
<Karma indirectly influences your evolution choices and is a result of your actions.>
âDoes that mean the evolution is solely determined by karma?â
<Your current Sageâs Wisdom level is insufficient to answer this question.>
âHuh? Do I also have to raise its level?â
It seemed like a very convenient skill but I would have to level it up more to use it properly. I decided to use it to resolve some hypotheses I had formed so far.
âExplain to me about the death penalty if my level is low.â
<At low levels, if your level can no longer drop then your stats will be reduced.>
âWell that explains why my stats dropped the first time. Ok, then explain to me about how resurrection worksâ
<The death penalty applies when you resurrect, but if you die when you are level one there is a chance of failing to revive. As your Resurrection skill level increases, the death penalty decreases.>
<The power of Sageâs Wisdom has been used up, it will now enter a period of hibernation.>
âWaitâŚwhat? Was there a maximum number of uses? Hey! Couldnât you have told me that first? Uhm⌠hello? Mr. Sage?â
There was no response.
âDamn it, if I had known I would have carefully considered which questions to ask. How many times did I use it again? Ughh, Such a waste!â
Finally I decided to give up on the Sageâs Wisdom and focus on picking my evolution path by evaluating their pros and cons.
âI think the Enchanter sounds pretty good, magic weapons arenât easy to find and itâs a pretty good skill to be able to enchant any item I want. Shaman has the golem summon ability which is cool, but I already donât like the fact that I am a monster, so I donât want to be walking around with one as well. The dual class of Wizard/Rogue seemed interesting but less so than being an Enchanter.â
After confirming that both my legs were fully reattached and functioning, I chose the Enchanter evolution.
[You have learned Weapon Enchantment Lv1]
[You have learned Armor Enchantment Lv1]
I had gained two new spells so I opened my Status page to see.
My stats werenât bad at all, although it was lower than when I was a level 20 skeleton mage, gaining levels early on was easy so I should be able to quickly make it up. It also seemed like I could see more information, probably due to the Identification skill.
I returned to the nest where what was left of the dragonâs body remained. I skinned the dragonâs hide which hadnât yet rotted and set it aside to dry. I also pulled out a few of itâs larger teeth because they looked sharp and menacing.
âThose must be useful, dragonâs skin and teeth are always valuables tools in games.â
I then went up to the dragonâs egg thinking what about what to do with it.
âChompy what are you doing here? Iâve been looking around for a while. Wait what? Your color has changed!â
Hearing Gwynâs comment I look at myself for the first time and noticed my bones which were originally white had suddenly become red as if someone had painted me.
I nodded back to her.
âPretty! Pretty! Hehehehe!â
Although I personally felt really weird that my color had suddenly changed, it helped that Gwyn seemed to like it.
âWhat should we do with this egg? Have ourselves some breakfast?â
I wouldnât eat it, well to be precise I donât exactly eat at all. The question now was whether or not I should take it with me.
I shook my head to Gwyn, shooting down her breakfast idea. Looking around I began to collect some bones on the floor, most likely from monster which the dragon had hunted. Connecting them together I made a basket to carry the egg in. I then tore off some clothes on my back and fused the bone basket with my body. Although the egg was originally quite heavy, after attaching the basket to my skeletal structure it became manageable.
âYouâre going to carry it around? What if something hatches, will you raise it?â
I nodded to her and began walking with my egg. If youâre in a fantasy world, isnât it everyoneâs dream to one day ride a dragon? Despite being a skeleton, it remained a dream of mine.
Gwynn looked surprised by this ridiculous idea. But, when she saw how enthusiastic I looked when carrying the egg, she threw her arms up in surrender and simply flew up to sit upon it. As she stretched out on the egg she said arrogantly.
âYou should remember that the creature which hatches from that egg might be your enemy because you killed its mother.â
âI know but that was in self defense, we wonât necessarily be enemies right?â
I returned to the tyrantâs lair, bringing all my loot with me. The priest was nowhere to be seen and a large portion of the treasure was missing. It was probably his doing but I wasnât bothered by it because those treasures were worthless to me.
I made pile with the remaining treasure and sat my egg on top.
âChompy are you really going to hatch this egg?â
I nodded to Gwyn who had a worried look. Covering the egg with some of the dragon skin, I took the rest with me and went back to the small caves which I had used to hunt so many of those nimble tomb rats.
Putting Gwyn into my skull I sat down and reverted to my original method of catching grave rats. It didnât take long for them to appear.
I point to my finger to the meat, trying to ask Gwyn if it smelled cooked because I didnât have any sense of smell.
âSmell? It just smells like burning meat â
I looked at the meat carefully and it was indeed overdone. Promptly snatching out of the fire I cut it up into small pieces and let out to dry. At least sheâll have something to eat when she gets better.
I was surprised by how much dragon meat there was, it was enough to last an adult at least a month if it was well rationed.
I went around gathering moss throughout the cave, to prepare more water. It took me about two days to prepare 10 fist sized bowls of water. I had collected almost all the moss available and what was left had been wrung dry and thrown in a pile to the side.
The mage was still in a very weak state, sleeping most of the time. The short time sheâd be awake would be to take some sips of water and eat a bit of meat before going back to sleep.
[Acquired ď˝Title: Savior Lv2ď˝ ]
I gathered the mageâs bags and packed it with all the dried meat. Nearby I found a large empty bag near the warriorâs corpse and decided to take it with me.
âAre you going to go down there?â
I nodded as I threw the dragon egg inside the bag, I no longer had any opponents in this area, the slimes had been wiped out and the rats were too scarce.
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It might be hard for the mage to survive by herself, but I think itâs for the best. If she wakes up and figures out my identity it would be rather troublesome, itâs better to part ways.
I will go down and explore the other side of the dragonâs nest because when this little guy comes out of his shell, I canât exactly feed it itâs motherâs flesh.
The monster meat I had seen in the dragonâs stomach would be my next target experience-wise. Grabbing a hold of my bag I set off.