Chapter 177: Man of Action

Chapter 177: Man of Action

“Men of action are favoured by the goddess of luck.”



George S Clason

As I placed my hand in hers, we drew the god's attention, but it was too late.

Status Permission granted to Fortuna.

With a flicker, my status sheet was brought up and changed. I watched the flickering numbers revelling in the burst of power that flew through me as my status updated. I was reborn anew. I felt twice as fast and robust and could not wait to witness the effects when I returned to reality.

Level: 33 -> 42

Title: Lord

Métier: Singer Lv 9 -> 11

Metier: Sailor Lv 6 -> 10

Metier: Merchant Lv 2 -> 5

Name: Callen Kai Caelus Silversea

Age: 6 years (Old World 8yrs) 4 months

General Experience: 321,000 /1,638,400

Health: 1560/1560 Stamina: 1560/1560 Mana: 1560/1560 Psi: 1560/1560N0v3lTr0ve served as the original host for this chapter's release on N0v3l--B1n.

Trait: Long-Lived, Fast Learner, Super Senses, Source of Mana, Quick Witted, Celerity, Durability, Supreme Strength, Charming, Lucky

Vitality: 112 -> 156

Endurance: 112 -> 156

Strength: 112 -> 156

Dexterity: 112 -> 156

Senses: 112 -> 156

Mind: 112 -> 156

Clarity: 112 -> 156

Magic: 112 -> 156

Charisma: 112 -> 156

Luck: 112 -> 157

Free Points: 371 -> 441 points reassigned -> 0

“I assigned your locked stats and those received for creating the feeding frenzy.” She whispered inside my head. “We did not have time to delay.” So she spoke in my mind as she turned to face the other eight gods staring at her suddenly revealed presence.

“Fortuna, you favour us with your presence.” Feng Po Po was the quickest to notice the new goddesses' presence and respond the rest joined him in welcoming her. “I assume you are responsible for the mortal’s early arrival.”

She inclined her head as if considering the question leaving the answer up to interpretation.

“What draws you here?” asked Njal, his voice booming from his giant form.

“The prayer drew my attention.” She calmly answered, turning her head to face them all. I could not help but notice that she had no seat in the circle. We were still at the centre of the eight, meaning we always had at least three gods behind us no matter which direction we faced.

“Yes, it drew all of our attention.” Answered Vayu. “That began the problem. The quarrelling of the rest kept it going. The Church’s insistent on balanced attributes causes more problems than it solves.”

“That is not the issue we were discussing.” Feng Po Po. “We were discussing champions.”

“Correct me if I’m wrong, but have you not already chosen your champions for this cycle.” The goddess asked.

“Yes, but . . .” Feng Po Po started to speak.

But was interrupted, “All but you.” by Zael, who stood behind us.

“Then I would like to claim him as my champion.” She stated.

“We already agreed he would be mine,” interjected Feng Po Po alarmed.

“He is a little larger than your usual champions. Besides, I have precedence. After all, his Zenith is in Luck. Look at his status.” She shrugged once more as if the outcome had never been in question.

The undivided attention of eight gods bore down on my status. My block status did little to halt their inspection. However, I could feel it levelling under pressure as it continued to run. It was rapidly levelling up through the levels as they stared at me and digested the changes in my status.

Had they yet to be aware to start with?

Block Status Lv5

-> Lv13

-> Lv21

-> Lv 29

-> Lv 37

-> Lv 45

-> Lv 53

-> Lv 61

Captain Sinbad blinked, shocked as if to confirm what his eyes were showing him.

The boy waltzed, leapt, pirouetted, even slid backwards down rising serpents as long as it propelled him away, and he did this all blindfolded as if dancing with the serpents. His movements were timed so well. Then he stopped dead, still on nothing but air as one crossed in front of him and another behind.

He turned stunned to Ramil. “His mana is bound, no?”

“The chains are broken, but his mana is still bound. He is positively brimming with it but has not used it.”

“Then how do you explain that!” He shouted, pointing once more as the boy leapt off solid air. Stamina-based skills could do a lot, but they were still bound to physical movements. You needed access to mana to be walking on air.

“I cannot. All I can say is it is not his mana he is using.” Ramil frowned, unafraid of the exasperated captain.

“Farris, go and get him.” He shouted at the rogue, the one person who might be able to keep up with him.

“I’m not fool enough to attempt that. I don’t know what skill he is using to achieve that, but it is one I don’t have. Sure, I could run to him, but I'm not sure I could prevent myself from being ripped in two on the way. Again, I’m not confident enough to attempt that.”

“But the money,” He gestured at his damaged boat.

“Is not worth that.” Farris refused even to attempt.

“Ramil?” he quizzed.

“Too far. And even if he weren’t, the manacles that prevent him from using his own mana would also disrupt any mana I attempted to use on him directly. So any actions I took would more likely end up with him feeding the serpents.”

“We can't just let it end like this.” He shouted, frustrated, returning to wailing on the serpents that had grown bold in the short time they had spent focusing on their escapee.

“I think we will have to,” Bahis interjected. “We are hardly in a fit state to chase after them, and he was never the target in the first place. However, we have passed the island where we believe Captain Kashif docked. That is our target, lest you forget.”

. . .

Eventually, the golden thread led me to step onto a wooden deck. Echolocation, Seismic and Sense and Sonar informing before I found myself wrapped in my father’s crushing hug, just who this boat belonged to. I reached up to remove the blindfold and hugged him back.

“Time to go home?” I asked, relieved to have made it out of the feeding frenzy back onto a boat not being battered by monsters, a boat I felt safe on.

“Time to go home.” He said as he raised the sails. We slowly picked up speed as we finally left our pursuers behind.

. . .

I sat in silence, contemplating the shifts in my understanding of the world and the increases in my status. From a certain angle, it had been a very profitable couple of months despite the disaster that had been today. I could not wait to get the manacles off. Though how we were going to live this down, I did not know. We would end up having Arawn as a babysitter for the foreseeable future. Furthermore, we had pirates to scupper and slaves to free. We were not just going to let them get away with that!

Level: 42

Title: Lord

Métier: Singer Lv 11

Metier: Sailor Lv 10

Metier: Merchant Lv 5

Name: Callen Kai Caelus Silversea

Age: 6 years (Old World 8yrs) 4 months

General Experience: 321,000 /1,638,400

Health: 1560/1560 Stamina: 1560/1560 Mana: 1560/1560 Psi: 1560/1560

Trait: Long-Lived, Fast Learner, Super Senses, Source of Mana, Quick Witted, Celerity, Durability, Supreme Strength, Charming, Lucky

Vitality: 156

Endurance: 156

Strength: 156

Dexterity: 156

Senses: 156

Mind: 156

Clarity: 156

Magic: 156

Charisma: 156

Luck: 157

Free Points: 0

Skills Tier 1:

Singing (LV75 -> 79) Sailing (LV75 -> 79) Trading (LV75) Meditation (LV75) Time Sense (LV75 -> 79) Knots (LV50) Draw (LV50) Listening (LV50) Stitching (LV50) Humming (LV50) Drumming (LV50 -> 55) Whistling (LV50) Sneak (LV50->55) Ambidextrous (LV20)Farming (LV50) Acting (LV50 -> 55) Balance (LV51 -> 54)Insight (LV41-> 45) Glide (LV40 -> 45) Poise (LV41) Grace (LV41) Charm (LV40) Composure (LV40) Lie (LV20 -> 25) Appeal (LV20) Ambidextrous (LV20-> 25) Sight (LV20) Scent (LV20) Detect (LV20) Taste (LV20) Silent Step (LV20 -> 25) Deft touch (LV20) Posture (LV20) Dance (LV20-> Lv100)Inspect (LV21 -> 25)Riding (LV20) Cook (LV20) Sketching (LV20) Drafting (LV20) Blacksmithing (LV10) Carpentry (LV10) Mining (LV10) Teaching (LV10) Measurement (LV 10) Etiquette (LV20)

Tier 2:

Sense Mana (LV60 -> 63)Quick reflexes (LV60 -> 63)Eavesdrop (LV60-> 63) Linguistics (LV40) Memorisation (LV40) Recall (LV40) Composition (LV40) Pain Tolerance (LV30 -> 35) Stealth (LV30 -> 34)Spellcraft (Lv50 -> 54) Spellsong (Lv50) Order (LV40) Transplant (LV20) Misdirection (LV20 -> 22) Knife Arts (LV20 -> 22) Haggling (LV20) Mind Sense (LV21->25) Observe (LV20 ->25)Martial Arts (LV20 -> 22) Cruising (LV10 -> 16) Poison Tolerance (LV10) Treasure Sense (LV5) Intimidation (LV5 -> 6) Dart (Lv 11 -> 18) Heal (Lv10 -> 13)

Tier 3:

Expel Mana (LV60 -> 62) Mana Manipulation (LV60 -> 62)Gale(LV60 -> 63)Echolocation(LV60-> 62) Absorb Mana (LV40) Boil (LV50) Ignite (LV40) Melt (LV40) Command (LV40) Freeze (LV20) Bargain (LV20) Deception (LV21 -> 23)Analyse (LV10 -> 12)Racing (LV10 -> 14) Smuggling (LV5) Seismic Sense (LV11)Flash Step (Lv11 ->13) Danger Sense (Lv2 -> 4) Telepathy (Lv1)

Tier 4:

Parallel Processing (LV36 -> 37) Stone shaping (LV30) Material Manipulation (LV30 -> 31)Mana Drain (LV 30) Seafaring (LV5 -> 6) Block Status(LV5 -> LVMAX) Flight (LV16 -> 17) Iron Man (LV63 -> 64)Sonar (Lv1) Air stepping (Lv1 ->10)

Tier 5:

Mind fortress (LV21)Multiple minds (LV3) Omniglot (LV25) Polymath (Lv10) Weapon Prodigy (Lv20->21) Music Prodigy (Lv30->31) Enigma (Lv1)