Chapter 62 - Relaxation
After the many meals came and empty plates left, the food that unceasingly went into my stomach came to a stop.
I was lying on my back staring at the ceiling as I thought about this peace I could really only achieve after having an amazing meal. Worries of the future faded away. The constant anger cooled down, and it felt like a much needed rest period had come
It didn’t last long as Kazuhiko shattered this peace in an instant by loudly flinging the door open. He had left a couple of minutes back to I don’t even know where, and now he came back as noisy as ever
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The hunter loudly barged in while bringing more than ten barely dressed women inside the room. I groaned at this sight as I really just wanted to sleep after eating so much today. How did he even get these women in this war zone so quickly anyways?
I rose up and watched the figures pouring into the room. Well, as much as I wanted to rest, I would be a good guest and follow the lead of the host.
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Night passed and dawn came. I had woken up and walked out to a small courtyard that had a brightly shining pond with a few fish. I sat down in the courtyard as I enjoyed this environment of calmness.
Early that morning, I was able to get in contact with the people back in the Blessed Empire. Elizabeth was the point of contact, and for some odd reason I felt guilty when I read the huge text update she had sent.
Much of the beasts had been taken care of back in the Empire, with many of the people quickly adapting to the new function they saw on their attribute panels
Kazuhiko had spent an entire hour on this yesterday questioning me if I had anything to do with this, as the change had occurred the moment the dragon fell. I denied everything for the time being and waited to hear again from the mysterious being that was taking its time
The main takeaway for the new [Skill Combination] function was that it was extremely useful for veteran hunters. Your proficiency had to first reach 100 for any of the skills you wanted to combine, and they had to have compatibility.
Very few hunters were able to even match the first requirement, not to mention finding two skills compatible with each other. So even after half a day passed since this new function was founded, they still didn’t have much information on it
Next up I tried what I thought to be compatible skills, which was [Safeguard + Rough Skin]
The two slots shined a light green, and the green light expanded as the two skills disappeared, a brand new one appearing on my panel
[Armored Skin]
The skill had a brand new color, in contrast to the skills written in white with the blue background of the panel. It had a purple color, with its rank now upgraded to D+ and its proficiency showing
I activated this new skill in wonder and found that the defense provided by it was more than triple what [Safeguard] and [Rough Skin] provided. It was still a lower ranking skill though, so it didn’t drastically change my defenses
Since combining the two of them changed its rank from D to D+, I wondered if combining two D+ skills would give rise to a brand new rank C skill. I didn’t have all that many rank D skills that had already risen to 100 though, so I would have to wait for the new ones I just learnt to reach there
I was about to continue my testing by moving on to rank C skills when an annoying voice broke the peace established in courtyard
"Noah! Let’s grab some breakfast and then go dungeon diving!"
The guy had become overly friendly over this past day had come out early morning with energy that I could in no way match.
It seemed that his excitement stemmed from the fact that he was able to combine two of his rank A skills and produce a powerful rank A+ skill.
Veteran hunters like him who had been dungeon diving for the past months had collected a multitude of skills that fit their class, so they had many options of compatible skills that had reached the required proficiency for combination
Well, when I start combining my own, I should have even more to work with. And I was currently the only hunter holding the most powerful rank S skills.
Kazuhiko had been able to combine two of his skills called [Blade Dance] and [Dominator’s Sword Wave] to bring the result of [Dominator’s Dance of Death]
I was curious about this rank A+ skill and wanted to test my newly gained skills too, so a dungeon would be perfect right now.
Food came first as I was treated to brand new dishes once again today, with us heading out an hour later.