Tap! Tap!
The sounds of footsteps echoed in the cave where Kayla and Ethel were staying.
Ethel, who had created the dome for Kayla to advance class with her innate ability, was now regretting her decision.
"Ah shit, why does she decide to use my innate ability?! Now I can't even hear what's going on inside!" Ethel bit her fingernail, her anxiety was killing her.
Although what she just said might make her seem like a busybody, she had her reasons. Kayla had not been inside the dome for a couple of hours as she had originally estimated.
In fact, Kayla had been in the dome for over twenty four hours! twenty four hours in which Ethel struggled with the decision of whether to leave Kayla alone or break into the dome!
Although Ethel wanted to enter the dome and find out what the hell was happening to Kayla, she still remembered how her father had once told her that some people can take much longer to ascend or awaken a class than ordinary people.
She was a clear example since it took her twelve hours to wake up her class. But Kayla had already been there for twenty-four hours, twice as long as she had! And she was already considered one of the people who had taken the longest time to awaken her class in the thousands of years of her family's history!
"Ahh!…" Ethel grabbed her hair and took out an apple from her space ring. She bit into the crisp apple and sat down, deciding to wait a little longer.
"Kayla...if you don't come out in an hour, I swear I'll drag you out of that dome by the ears!" Ethel grumbled.
If it weren't for the process of creating mana storage for people without mana to be so delicate, she would have already done it!
With nothing else to do, Ethel remembered the information she knew about the process Kayla was going through to calm herself down a bit.
Although this was never a topic of interest for her, who had been born with ready-made storage, Ethel was a girl who always sought to expand her knowledge, so at some point she investigated it on her own.
From what he researched, people without mana, either because they had no innate magical talent or due to some complication at birth, had the opportunity to become mana users by obtaining a class thanks to the system.
The moment they gained a class, the system modified their bodies into the most optimal form, which was usually one in which they could use mana.
The problem with this was that the already complicated process of waking up a class became even more delicate.
If any interference were to occur, such as a person carelessly letting their mana flow or any event that disrupts the natural flow of mana in the environment, it could irreversibly damage the person trying to obtain their class...
Besides...
"AHH! Shit, I'm just worrying more!" Ethel clutched her head tightly, cursing her great knowledge.
Why do I have to be so smart and know almost everything?! Why do I have to suffer like this?!
Ethel felt for the first time that her knowledge was working against her.
Although luckily for her her suffering did not last much longer.
Tick Tick!
A crisp sound echoed through the room. Like glass being tapped.
"At last!" Immediately, Ethel realized who it was and ran towards the gray dome.
Ethel put her hands on it and concentrated. Any emotions like panic and excitement had disappeared from her face, and now seriousness reigned on her face. Her beautiful gray eyes glowed blue for an instant, and the dome before her began to melt.
This time she didn't get sweaty like when she created it. It was usually easier for ice magic users to melt their own ice than to create it. Although if it were another wizard's ice the story would change a little.
So in less than a minute, the dome had completely disappeared, revealing Kayla.
"Thank you for taking care of me, Ethel." Kayla smiled, her face full of life.
"I guess there were no problems huh…" Ethel sighed in relief and smiled. Kayla, who had previously been pale and unable to move without her help, was now standing in front of her with her face even a little pink.
"How long was I there?" Kayla stretched her body, which was somewhat asleep, a little and asked curiously. Only a few hours had passed for her.
"Hmp, you lasted more than a day there, idiot, you made me worry." Ethel looked at her with some resentment. Her face, which had previously been perfect, now had black bags under her eyes.
"That?! For me it was only a few hours!" Kayla screamed in disbelief. She was already starting to get upset. Every time she fainted, she discovered that several days had passed! Not to mention that she fainted super often! She felt that she would soon gain an ability called fast fainting!
"Well, what a bad sense of time you have…" Ethel looked at her with exasperation.
"Haha, I guess…" Kayla looked at her guiltily. Although she doesn't have done it intentionally, he had made Ethel lose a day when she was being chased by murderers.
"Don't look at me like that, I was the one who wanted us to go on a trip together and the one who suggested that you would wake up your class... rather tell me, did you get anything good?" Ethel smiled.
Kayla was a little stunned for a moment, but she quickly smiled back and nodded.
"Yes, and more than good, it's incredible!" Kayla looked at her new status and abilities with her excitement.
[State
Name: Kayla Gale
Human race
Level: 35
MP: 30,000/30,000
Exp: 3,000/50,000
Class: Great Analyst+
Innate Skills: Foresight Lv1, #€π¢§¥
Skills: Running Lv4. Climb Lv6. Swimming Lv5. Archery Lv4. Weapon Genius * Lv4.
Class Skills: Analysis Lv1. Accelerated Thinking Lv1. Information processing Lv1. Improved memory.
Synergies:
-Battle Path (Foresight + Weapon Genius*)
Statistics:
Strength: 58
Agility: 67
Resistance: 41
Intelligence: 84
Free Stat Points: 20
Skill points: 8]
[Analysis Lv1: You can see the basic information of an object when you concentrate on an object.]
[Accelerated thinking Lv1: You can think twice as fast for about 30 seconds]
[Information Processing Lv1: Your ability to organize and understand large amounts of information is greatly increased]
[Improved memory: Your memory has improved considerably]
...
"What, you have thirty thousand mana?!" Ethel screamed in disbelief.
"Hehe yes, is it a lot?" Kayla asked shyly.
"For someone who is barely level 35, of course, yes! People at most have ten thousand at that level!" Ethel looked at Kayla like a weirdo.
"Is it really that weird? How much did you have when you were at my level?" Kayla looked at Ethel doubtfully.
"Err… well… fifty thousand…" Ethel murmured the last part, avoiding Kayla's gaze. I had forgotten that she was a bigger bug!
"You see! "You're just exaggerating!" Kayla shook her head and continued walking.
They were currently on their way to Alteon after resting for a bit so that Ethel could sleep. Also, Kayla had made an appearance change!
Currently, Kayla had made a drastic appearance change to not look like a country bumpkin at Ethel's request.
First of all, she was now no longer wearing the clothes that had been given to her by the villagers of the village that was attacked by goblins. Ethel, like every rich lady, couldn't stand to see Kayla in those "old" clothes and she lent her one of her own, after a little touch-up, obviously...
Although it wasn't very obvious, Ethel was much taller than Kayla, the former measuring five feet seven and the latter measuring five feet and a little more.
So Ethel had to use some needles and scissors that she had on her space ring and fix her clothes to Kayla's size!
And seeing the current Kayla, Ethel felt that the effort she had made was justified.
Kayla, who was previously wearing a villager's outfit, was now wearing a beautiful, somewhat tight-fitting black dress. But this was not a dress for balls, no, this was a dress made for battle!
With the upper part of her being close to the body so as not to generate discomfort during movement, being white, the lower part of her was a black skirt that reached her knees that allowed comfortable movement of the legs with shorts below!
And on top of all that, the tunic Zinon had given Kayla.
"Although I must say, those clothes don't look bad on you~" Ethel put a hand on her chin and appreciated Kayla's new appearance.
"Oh really?" Kayla tilted her head and spun around on her foot, making her shoulder-length hair move a little!
"Yes, and that haircut I gave you gave you a unique elegance." Ethel nodded to herself and couldn't help but feel that she had the makings of a stylist.
"Hehe, that's good, I was a little scared since it's been a while since he cut it…" Kayla touched her hair and smiled at him.
Yes, Kayla had cut herself with Ethel's help!
"Although it was a shame you had to cut it off because it was damaged in the middle of the battle…" Ethel lamented. Cutting your hair because you wanted to was not the same as being forced to. The last one was much less pleasant.
Shortly after Kayla emerged from the dome, she noticed that her long hair had been ruined. She didn't know when, but at some point, her hair was burned with fire. Plus she had several cuts that left it uneven, which she suspected was when she fought the hundred shadow subordinates.
"Yes, but I didn't have a choice... besides, I wanted to cut it off for a long time, it was very uncomfortable when it came to fighting." Kayla smiled at Ethel, reassuring her.
"Haha, I guess, although honestly, you look much better like this, short hair looks incredible on you!" Ethel smiled at him.
And Ethel wasn't lying. At this moment, Kayla, who was already a pretty person, had transformed into a beauty.
With her white face slightly tanned from long exposure to the sun that had no blemishes, her thin lips that formed a line, and her big black eyes that made people get lost in her gaze, along with her short hair that had become a little wavy after cutting, it gave Kayla incredible beauty.
"Thank you, you're very pretty too." Kayla looked at Ethel and she knew very well that she wasn't saying empty words.
Ethel was an icy beauty if you will.
A pale white face adorned with thin, pink lips and fascinating gray eyes that left people breathless. Not to mention Ethel's silver hair that enhanced all of her features to another level.
And it's worth mentioning that Ethel had a great fashion sense in case it wasn't obvious seeing that she was the one who visited Kayla.
She was currently wearing a white dress with ice-blue details, but unlike Kayla's, it reached a little below her knees, since she didn't need to move as much as a magician.
"Hehe of course!" Ethel laughed proudly, without denying it.
Kayla smiled. Although she had already noticed it, this new friend of hers was quite shameless.
"Although! Let's stop praising our great beauty and think about what we are going to do when we get to the city! Ethel stopped laughing at the praise Kayla had given her and she made an important point.
"Sure... although I already have an idea of what I have to do..." Kayla nodded and told him about the letters that Zinon had given to Ethel, leaving out some details.
"Well, I guess that Zinon would have asked someone to let you through the portal to the capital, so I'll wait for you to finish your business." Ethel nodded. Anyway, she wanted to do some sightseeing in this new empire.
"And how are you going to use the portal to the capital, I heard it's quite expensive? And also, what happened to the murderers, shouldn't you be in a hurry?" Kayla looked at Ethel doubtfully. This friend of hers could sometimes be quite absent-minded.
"Ahem, obviously I remember that there are some murderers who were after me…" Ethel felt hurt by Kayla's gaze. "But it's simple, Alteon is not a city that anyone could infiltrate, being the largest border city, its security is one of the best in the empire, so I don't have to worry much about assassins"
"And as for the portal, obviously I will pay for it, I am a rich lady after all hehe"
Kayla nodded in understanding as she ignored the last comment.
And so, they both continued traveling while chatting, and eventually, two days later, they arrived in Alteon.