*Ting you have leveled up*
*Ting you have leveled up*
*Ting you have leveled up*
*Ting you have leveled up*
*Ting you have leveled up*
...
Insania enthusiastically counted all the rings as if it's the most beautiful melody in existence. She hummed and started to gut the monster, although she had no literal skill for doing such a task, she cheerfully extracted what's worth of the monster.
There was a skill for this that she couldn't remember, basically once activated the skill gives you knowledge on how to remove the monsters fur, which organs can be sold, how to cut the meat properly.
Everyone stared at Insania with sheer astonishment because they thought she wanted all the remains for herself. "Mal get your ass over here and help me! I know you have that skill! " Mal approached with his wolf and asked. "Which one? "
"Do I have to spell it out for you? " Insania gestured towards the monster, then turned around. She walked towards the Leader and offered her condolence. "This might seem like an excuse, but I'm sorry I wasn't fast enough to save everyone. " Insania said as she passed him. It might seem insensitive but an apology is the only thing she could say to a Leader that lost a member.
She finally finished counting and downed another 10 Lesser Manapot, 5 Lesser Healthpot and 1 Mana Potion that restored 20 Manapoints per second for a full minute. The thing about this Potion is that it loses it's effect when you use a skill or launch a spell... So it's only ever used outside of combat.
"Bleh" Insania stuck out her tongue in disgust and pushed down the rising vomit that wanted out of her body. "16 level ups huh? Not bad... Hopefully we fight another one of these guy" Although she said it as a joke some people, Lainey specifically got overwhelmed by anger after she heard what Insania said, she then approached her and shouted in anger. "You think this is a GAME?! Russ died! And all you can think about is LEVELS!?"
The rest of the mercenaries directed their gaze to the commotion and some just shook their heads while others wept in silence. Insania narrowed her eyes and replied with indifference. "That was insensitive of me, my apologies... But it was merely a passing thought, I'm sorry bout Russ, May his soul rest in peace." Insania paused, then spoke aloud for everyone to hear. "I hardly know any of you so it doesn't bother me that much and it would still be the same even if someone else had died."
Lainey was about to launch into a full blown verbal assault when Hetir cried in front of Russ melted corpse. Hearing her sisters cry she sprinted towards her and hugged her, offering her shoulder to cry on. "There, there... It wasn't your fault. You did everything you could"
Hetir cried like a child that lost their parents and Allan had to order the Mage to cast a [Silence Ward] so that Hetir's wailing wouldn't catch the attention of another monster they couldn't handle.
Meanwhile Insania scanned all of them and confirmed that they all leveled up just like her. Mal went from 30 to 40, Rez from 29 to 41, the Leader went from 35-42, Lainey 30 to 41, Hetir 29 to 42, Juli from 33 to 40, Xerca from 32 to 40 and lastly Allan from 70 to 76.
Vtss and Oreuq could only stare in envy at the levels their allies got but one look at Russ corpse and they realized they much would prefer being under levelled than dead.
Insania still couldn't see the level of the Mage... He's the one that dealt almost 65k+ damage on that fight and is the number one reason they defeated a monster of that level, without him they probably wouldn't have hurt that monster.
The second reason for why they won is because that monster is at the bottom of the food chain in this entire place. The third reason they won is because of none other than Lainey. Caster's at the low level can easily be divided into two. The Utility Caster and the Glass Cannon Caster. The two are self explanatory but to give definition, Utility Casters focus on Mana capacity, crowd-control spells, debuff inducing spells and other miscellaneous spells. Where as the Glass Cannon Caster is a gaming term for all a Player that went full Damage, full Attack Magic, no Hitpoints, no Survivability and most of all no way to defend themselves.
It might seem like a peace of cake challenging mobs waaaaay higher than your level until you realize that you can't damage it at all. How Insania could reach 100 damage despite being level 20 is a high miracle.
*Ting Title Acquired
"Elite Leveler"*
"What a weird title let's see what it has to say for itself"
"Elite Leveler":
You have fought two foes in succession that is higher leveled than you and gained 15+ levels worth of experience from overcoming the adversary.
Effects:
Whenever you fight a monster that is 30+ higher level than you. It allows you to ignore 30% of the level suppression.
Note:
This Title can be evolve into "Master Leveler" if the next monster you fight will give you 15+ levels*
"Well that's something, thinking about it now the last monster I fought was indeed Lippo."
Insania went and talked with Allan. "Am I a horrible person for not caring about another's death?"
Allan shook his head and glanced towards the wailing Hetir. "No your reaction is as expected of a stranger... I guess this isn't your first time seeing such a gruesome end with how calm you look."
"IF I told you this is the first time I've seen someone die, would you believe me? " Insania softly asked her tone indicating she was extremely serious with the question. Allan could only shake his head.
"Yeah I wouldn't believe myself either." Insania pulled out the map and showed it to Allan. "Which way are we going chief?"
The Leader feeling a little bit curious glanced at the scroll, his face changed from mild curiosity to overwhelming anger, he
contemplated on whether to scold Insania but decided against it and just huffed and walked away.
"Insania what do you mean which way? What am I suppose to look at here? It's a blank piece of parchment..." Allan said incredulously.
"WHAT!?" Insania hurriedly looked at the map and still see its contents. "You!? you see NOTHING?! "
"What exactly did you show me Insania? " Allan asked with a little force... Not realizing the tone of his voice was gruff and curious.
'Should I answer? I'm not sure anymore... He might react violently if he knows the mind-breaking, heart shattering, Kingdom-destroying, value of this thing.'
"Haha! Got you good! It was a blank parchment! Hehe did I get your hopes up?" Insania poked at Allans side.
"Well I'm not amused..." Allan said then shouted at the mercenaries gathered near Russ. "Let's go before more shows up!"
"I kinda hope another shows up tomorrow.. Hehehe" Insania muttered whilst rubbing her palms.
"Don't jinx it"
After the monsters remains were butchered, divided and distributed. Russ body was buried along with his equipped items. Then after everyone said their goodbyes they resumed their trek.
Insania added 5{15} attribute Points to AGI and checked her stats.
*Ting
Name: Insania
Race: Beastkin(Panthera Acinonyx)
Class: None
Level: 36
Unused SP: 3
Unused AP: 10
Hitpoints: 425/556.5
Manapoints: 1050
PHYS: 13+{93}= 111.3
STR: 50+{80}= 136.5
AGI: 65+(54)+{80}= 209
DEX: 15+(21)+{80}= 122
MaPo: 8+{30}= 40
WIS:10+{40}= 52.5
LCK: 90
Physical Armor:(Sharp/Bladed Weapons 50%)
Magical Armor: None
Titles:
[Golden Spoon], [Embodiment of Lust], [Elite Leveler]
Skills:
[Bow Mastery(II)], [One-handed Sword Mastery(I)], [Strengthen Might], [Agile Reflexes], [Imbue Weapon], [Four is Better Than Two(II)], [Double Jump], [Basic Inherent Dispell], [Zap], [Re-charge], [Dis-charge][Over-charge], [Conceal]
Inherent Passive: [???], [???], [???]*
The +40 stats of both [Strengthen Might] and [Agile Reflexes] are added to Insania's stats as a lvl 0 beastkin, the Parentheses = () represent stats gained through AP, the Braces = {} represents stats gained through items and the total already accounts for the 5% increase in all stats.
"Superbe! Magnifique! Délicieux! " Insania said in French like a food critique commenting on the most exquisite meal she has gazed upon.
Time passed as they ate up kilometers worth of distance. Insania during the entire trek watched 3 hour stream videos and when they made camp she realized how much the bloody feature has easily drained her finances.
With a very sad 78 gold and 68 silver in her pocket which when you think about it is still absurdly high. She closed the video she finished watching and observed that they all stopped.
"Since we are all tired lets make camp here and continue tomorrow morning again. Not to worry, this is a safe zone that monsters usually don't go into" Allan said.
'Usually that's a bad thing... If level 250-300 monsters avoid it doesn't that mean it's the territory of something stronger.'
"I shouldn't jinx it... I'm sure we will all wake up tomorrow not inside the belly of a gigantic beast"
"What do you mean? " Xerca approached Insania from behind and asked.
"I don't really want to jinx it but grindspots don't have safe zones."
"Ah... You think a big bad monster occupies this space? " Xerca asked with slight amusement. When Insania nodded, he hurriedly added. "You're overthinking it... I've been to lots of other Safe zones and so has Allan, nothing will happen."
"I'll trust you then. If you're tired you could go on ahead. I'll keep watch" Insania said as she sat down a rock and cleaned her equipment with a rag.
"Yeah, I'll do just that. Also Insania... Thank you for saving us. I know Juli and Rez hasn't said it yet but we appreciate not dying"