"What should I take with me? Compressed stone, some food and water, an extra spear. Hmm... anything else? I don't think so." Verum thought out loud, standing in the middle of the courtyard holding a map in his hands as he pondered on what supplies he needed on his little adventure. Around him, stood his men with Jason at the front, looking worried.
There was a change to the castle, there were four wooden towers standing tall, with a cloaked individual in each of them observing the situation below.
"Sir, isn't this a bit too... dangerous? If you lose concentration, or misjudge your mana..." Jason spoke with a frown on his face.
"Don't worry captain, I will be fine, you need to put some trust into the lord you serve. After all, I am not like the others, I have a very good instinct, and my instinct tells me that nothing bad will come of this, It's telling me that I will be awarded for this venture!" Verum replied, he had a grin on his face, thinking about the feeling of falling that he could only experience with parachutes or gliders.
"But sir, I feel like you should wait till at the very least, level 25, to do this. Please change your mind."
"Can't do that Jason, but hey if it makes you feel better, I will come back even if I die! So there is no need to worry!" Verum said, he was now standing on top of a stone slab, which was about 4 square meters.
"It really doesn't sir." Jason retorted, then sighed, he knew that he could not stop him, so he resigned himself to his fate. "I hope you have a safe journey sir." He wished, and Verum chuckled, "Thank you, If I find something interesting, I'll bring you a souvenir!" He said, and used crafter to raise the slab below into the air, and kept going up. "Don't slack when I'm gone, I am entrusting the safety of the castle to you, understand?" Verum shouted, and sped up.
"Yes Sir!" Jason shouted back, still worried, but a bit proud that he was entrusted with such a heavy responsibility. He watched as the slab ascended upwards quickly, and when it was about 50 meters up, turned around and started speaking to the people surrounding him. "Okay everyone, you all know the routine, try not to deviate from it alright? If you come across something unfamiliar, inform me first. Disperse." He looked back up at the diminishing figure, then with a sigh, walked away.
Meanwhile, on the slab.
"Hoo, this speed is not too bad, 15 meters a second is pretty nice. Though I have to say, if it was not for the level up, I wouldn't be able to do this." Verum said, as he looked at the new line that had appeared in the Crafter skill's description.
[Crafter] [Lv:9]
[Almost a grand crafter, all those who hold this skill are able to utilize medium level materials to create items in an instant, they can also utilize some things that are not usually used as ingredients for crafting. They are able to hold and change the item as long as like until they deem it as finished]
[Cost: None]
[Duration: Varies]
[Cooldown: None]
Before the upgrade, it was still a cheat ability, but now, it was even more so, with the ability to change shape at will, he could trick opponents in many ways.
'Wow, it a nice view from up here.' Verum was now, a hundred meters from the ground, and he could see only forest stretching till the horizon, providing, a completely green field of view to him.
[Vantage point reached, fog cleared] 'Hmph, I guess I will be seeing quite a bit of this notification now.' Verum thought, and settled on concentrating on keeping him going up.
[Vantage point reached, fog cleared]
[Vantage point reached, fog cleared]
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[You have completed achievement, 'Bird's eye view'!]
[You have received, 'Zoom', 'Track']
'Eh? What is this achievement?'
[Bird's eye view] [Rare]
[Awarded to someone, who manages to achieve a field of view of a full three-sixty degrees, while also being elevated at least a hundred meters from nearby ground, the higher the height, the better the reward]
'Okay... so will I get more, if I go higher? Or is this it? Guess I will se soon.' After reading the description, Verum looked towards the ground, and activated 'Zoom'.
If there was someone watching him right now, they would have seen that suddenly, Verum's eyes lit up at the same time, giving off a soft glow, a mesmerizing sight to watchers.
Verum on the other hand, was carefully looking around, taking caution as to not lose control of Crafter. He kept looking around, seeing how far he could see, and right now, he could barely pick up a tree branch from his height. 'So I'm going to assume that, five hundred meters is the limit for the zoom. Useful enough.'
Up, up, up, more up, uppity up, elevate, ascend, arise, uplift, rise. These were the thoughts of Verum as he kept climbing higher and higher as notifications rang in his ear at short intervals.
[Vantage point reached, fog cleared]
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And upon reaching this point, a different one appeared.