(A.N) NOTE: I've changed the skill 'Phoenix's Fyr' into title 'Phoenix Hybrid'. Sorry for any possible confusion. Back to the chapter, ✌️!
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'Michael, do you know where we are?'
[[uhhhh... I haven't seen the outside world since nearly a billion years ago. So, no]]
"Papa! Tree!"
After stepping onto the magic octagon, we were teleported to what looks like the middle of the forest. Massive trees, thick shrubbery, vines and some random berries and herbs dotted around. Definitely a forest.
Looking up at the sun's direction, I can tell that's between 12 p.m to 3 p.m and that walking to my left will take me north. If we're still in Destinasia territory, considering the location of Mt. Impogrimper, walking north should lead us to a major city near the border of Gwanya named Murdur.
I started walking north with the backpacks, pushcart and Kai Aya walking beside me while poking my face, grabbing leaves and practicing her 'More Green' on the trees and shrubs. I got to say, she's getting better.
"Papa papa! Look look"
Using her More Green, she grows some vines out of a tree and makes it into the form of a hat and gives it to me. It looks like sun hat.she also gave it strap with a flower.
"Thank you, Aya"
"Hehehee, papa!"
Blushing, she starts practicing more by making different bits of clothing for herself and I. We started walking at around 1 p.m and right now, it's probably 6 p.m considering the sky and Aya starts making temporary houses out of vines and dirt and wood.
Gathering dry wood from trees, bark and some food for the night was job. Even though me and Aya brought 1 weeks worth of food for 2 people, it doesn't hurt to eat more.
Come back to camp, I toss the demon boar onto the floor while watching Aya set up a makeshift rotisserie for the boar. After around 20 minutes, I was able to skin and butcher the boar while collecting the tusks and teeth for either a souvenir or for later use. They are very tough after all.
Cooking the boar with some salt from the lair, it tastes okay. 4/10. While eating, I notice that Aya was staring intently at me while smiling.
"Is there something, Aya?"
"Nope! Aya just loves papa"
"Haha, thank you Aya"
After petting her head and taking my last bite, we tuck in for the night while I start checking my stats.
'Status'
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Name: Kim Min-chul (Phoenix Hybrid)
Age: 18/ Race: Human Male
Titles: Goddesses Secret Lover
Gigolo
Puppet-Master
Hero
Strategist
Fyr Archmage
Phoenix Hybrid
Skills: Squeaky Bed (Super Rare)
Appraisal (Heroic S)
HP: 5000/5000
Mana: 30000/30000
Disposition: Neutral Evil
Calculating Puppet-Master
Apathetic, Calm
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STR: 106 —> 1160 RES: 72 —> 792
SPD: 167 —> 1873 STAMI: 150 —> 1650
LUCK: 30 —> 330 KAR: 0 —> 0
INT:165 —> 1815
(Goddesses Secret Lover)
- increase LUCK by 50%
- increase STR by 50%
- improve physique by 100%
- increases attractiveness to the opposite
gender by 100%
- easier by 75% to manipulate people of
the opposite gender to do you bidding
- increase contempt of same gender by 25%
(Gigolo)
- increases STAMI by 20%
- increase chance of women falling in love
by 50%
- pleasure increase in bed by 50% for you
and your partner
- when paired with skill 'Squeaky Bed',
increases attractiveness to women
by 75%, increases pleasure of the
partner in bed by 100%, increases
chance of manipulation for women by
50% and 70% higher chance of seduction
- contempt of same gender increases by
5% per seduced woman
(Puppet-master)
- increases INT by 10%
- increase chance of manipulation by 80%
- when in use, you are apathetic to any
emotions that may hinder your judgement
- when used until proficiency, can be combined
with titles 'Strategist' and 'Tactician' to
create new title, 'Author of History'
(Hero)
- increase admiration of the people by 1000%
- increase attraction to opposite gender
by 100%
- increase all stats by 30%
- increase HP and Mana by 25%
- increase attack power and damage to
monsters by 25%
- increase attack power and damage to demons,
ghosts, ghouls and other hell spawn by 50%
(Strategist)
- increases INT by 25%
- increase leader aura and admiration by 80%
- when in use, you are apathetic to any
emotions that may hinder you judgement
- when used until proficiency, can be combined
with titles 'Puppet-Master' and 'Tactician' to
create new title, 'Author of History'
(Fyr Archmage)
- increases mana by 200%
- increases STAMI by 100%
- increases INT by 100%
- all fyr magic costs 60% less mana
- increases affinity and damage of fyr and magma by 300%
- decreases affinity and damage of others elements by 400%
(Phoenix Hybrid 2%)(INCOMPLETE)
- increase all stats by 1000%
- increase affinity with Fyr by 1000%
- decrease mana consumption of Fyr related spells by 60%
- increase damage of Fyr related spells by 5000%
- increase fear of demonic entities by 500%
- ability to revive entities into slaves (cap. 1)
- increase defense against Fyr related spells by 1000%
- immortal status (lives lived: 1)
- possibility of completing Phoenix Bloodline: 0%
- passive ability
(Squeaky Bed) (Rare)
- increase STAMI by 50% when in bed
- increase pleasure of women by 75%
- when paired with title 'Gigolo',
increases attractiveness to women
by 75%, increases pleasure of the
partner in bed by 100%, increases
chance of manipulation for women by
50% and 70% higher chance of seduction
- skill activated by sacrificing any amount
of blood. blood will be considered 'sacrificed'
when cut purposely by the holder of this skill
(Appraisal, S-Rank) (Heroic S)
- can view others' status by thinking the
word, 'God's Eyes' (thinking is limited to
A-rank skill and above)
- can block out other appraisals of lower
value than yours (Ranks are as follows: F, E, D, C, B, A, S, G)
- improve eyesight to 20/05 vision
- Skill is passively active
- incase of a higher appraisal level viewing
your status, there are different countermeasures
for different situations.
These countermeasures are as follows:
0 level difference:
- cannot see any titles aside from current one in use
- cannot see disposition
- cannot see mental state
1 level difference:
- cannot see any titles aside from current one in use
- cannot see mental state
2 level difference:
- no countermeasures
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Feeling satisfied with my new title and stats, I fall asleep after looking at Aya for a few seconds.
(3rd POV Switch)
Looking at her papa sleeping, Aya feels very satisfied. She doesn't know how she got there, why she's the same size has her papa or why they look them same age. She only knows one thing, to impress papa.
If papa feels content with her work and help, papa will give her headpats, read her bedtime stories and maybe even let her sleep in the same bed as him.
Thinking about today, she felt that her papa did most of the work while she was just playing around and bothering him. When he was pushing the cart and she got tired so she sat on the cart, when he was hunting the food for tonight while she was messing around and when she was poking him and bothering him while he was carrying most of the stuff they brought.
Just thinking about this she starts to tear up. She feels very, very bad. She remembers that her papa told her to continue improving so that she doesn't disappoint him and so she can help him more.
Wanting to help her papa and savior from what he told her, she starts practicing her 'More Green' on the house to give a more comfortable blanket and bed for her papa.
Seeing that she can make the vines the right length, the right thickness and the perfect amount of leaves for comfort, she starts feeling very proud of herself and papa's belief in her. After doing this, she feels that she should try this on the weird moss that papa brought along with them.
She saw papa rolling the moss up in a weird golden leaf and most of the stuff they brought was the moss and some seeds for that tree that makes the golden leaves.
"Sorry, papa"
Taking some of the green moss, she sits criss-cross and start focusing on enchanting and enlarging the moss. Taking mana from the earth around her and her natural supply, the moss starts growing. Though a very little amount was produced, about 5 grams, it's a much better growth than before.
Even if it's 5 grams, she only used 30% of her mana while before, to produced barely a gram, she had to use up around 60% of her mana and she remember throwing up her guts and feeling sick for the rest of the day. Even though her papa took care of her that entire day, thinking about that day, she felt like such a bother to him which offset even the headpats and lap pillows.
Remembering the 2 months she spent with him, she felt very complete. Like she couldn't live without him. And little did she know, she was already dependent on him. Without him, she couldn't function in a normal society. Without his orders, headpats and love, she wouldn't know that to do.
All she knows is that life with him is much, much easier than living without him. And she's fine with that. Fine with being his, fine with following his orders because she has nowhere else to go. She doesn't know anyone but him, she can't hold a conversation with another person. Well, not like she'd know since it's one of Min-chul's top priorities to keep her by his side.
At all costs...
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(A.N) weeeeee. Tell me what you think about baby Aya. Weird? Cool? Anyway, thanks for reading!