38 Chapter 36: Leaving The Tutorial Village
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Author's POV
Fortunately, after dealing with Gravelord I took a look at the loot it gives instead of just throwing it into the storage space like I usually do.< Transmute >, I totally forgot about that spell. Turning iron into silver than into gold.
I didn't think about finding a source of money in the One Piece world, and I guess from now on, I won't bother to think about it again. With goblin dungeons, I have an infinite source of iron, and with the use of this spell I get to be one of the richest humans throughout the multiverse with my infinite gold source, of course, it will take a lot of time to achieve this but I believe Lord Spiffing Brit would be still proud of me.
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- 1 Week Later -
It was an amazing week for me. Now that Ashena and Helen are able to summon themself out of my soul space without needing my mana as a source, I could let them do the fighting and gathering resources part, with that part out of the way I was able to focus on my own final training phase before leaving this island.
I deliberately slow down the building of the ship so I can have this final week of training without the werewolf tribe interrupting me. I know they left scouts around my little settlement to watch over the progress of building but even though I want to deal with slaver scum as fast as I can, I don't want to leave this place before feeling fully ready for a long journey, since I don't know if I can open up proper instant dungeons in open seas.
It might just be paranoia on my side but, I rather not test it before getting ready.
Since I focus my attention fully on training. I made quite an improvement this week. Sword Mastery, Crafting, Fire Magic, and Haste skills evolved into the Rare tier and Mana Manipulation, Power Strike, Fire and Pain Resistance skills reached the Special tier.
I managed the maxed out the levels of Meditation and the basic version of Mana Gathering skills. When I maxed out the Meditation I gained the <Serene Mind> perk which gave me the ability to stay calm throughout the most dangerous situations which I don't know if it adds anything outside of Gamer's Mind coverage or its just a useless perk but I also get +5% bonus to my wisdom stat thank to it.
I have reread the explanation of that perk because of the last part. Not plus 5 points but 5 percent increase and if I know anything about RPG games when you start getting a percentage bonus it's a sign that you will become an overpowered character in later parts of that's game. ( like becoming an immortal god of destruction in Skyrim using enchanting and alchemy )
As for basic mana manipulation skill, it's still can be used until 250 points on intelligence stat, but as a reward, I get an increase of 1000 points on my mana reserve, and now I'm able to constantly keep it active until I reached its limits.
Helen and Ashena progressed pretty well too. Although in Helen's case she is just starting to regain her former powers, and from the looks of it Ashena will keep getting bigger alongside. Even it's only been a week she already grows by 30%.
And for the werewolves, I can see them coming down from a small mountain path right now unlike the last time when they suddenly come out from the forest. I have to say < Eagle Eye > skill is actually more useful than I thought.
I can't clearly see their faces but locating somebody over 6 kilometers is pretty useful and if I have to guess I would say they would arrive here in 40 minutes or so.
- 50 Minutes Later -
" Were you expecting us? " asked the man named Roku, apparently the chief warrior of the clan Korin mentioned me before. He looks powerful enough to be one. According to the <Observe> skill, he is level 120 in his human form and possibly at least double of that number when he is in his werewolf form.
"We had a deal. I said the ship will be ready in a week and your people promised me to be here after a week so yes I was expecting you today but I wasn't sure when will you show up, in the morning or afternoon." I replied. I wasn't really good at small talks but since we would travel for some time, I think I should at least tried to become friendly with them.
I'm okay with being along but feeling left out in a large group of people sucks so why not be the one to extend the branch.
As I can see they also brought Korin alongside with them. He is following a girl similar age to him. One named Horus. I wonder is she the same person Korin asking for help when he was crying for help in the pit I found him. This Horus kid is quite strong too she at level 67. At the age of 17, she might be a genius by this world's standards.
"When you said you need a week for building a ship we thought you were talking about preparing lumber and other necessities. We thought we will come down and help you build your ship after a week of waiting" said Roku, a lie that I can detect without needing a skill. Unfortunately for them, I know that they send a scout on the second day of the promise to watch me but... whatever exposing their lie right now would just make things weird for the trip.
"Well, you don't need to bother with that anymore. The ship is fully finished and I created a comfortable living area for your people too. There are some portable walls prepared inside if you want to change the sizes of your rooms. and if you didn't fit the beds I prepared or need anything else in your rooms just let me know I can craft a more suitable staff in a couple of minutes" I said.
Roku and the rest looks a bit surprised right now. I guess they were not really lying. The scouts might thought that I only finished building the outside frame of the ship not the backbone of the ship inside and definitely not individual rooms for them.
Looking at their surprised faces I put a small smirk on my faces trying to look cool as I can and said " We can leave this island right now, that is if you are feeling ready for the hardest hunt you will face in your lives."
Young Horus walked towards the group and she answered me instead of their leader Roku "Well, We are ready to sail with you to... by the way what's the name of your ship?" she asked me looking like she was really impressed with my ship. I could see Roku grumbling behind her but I decided to ignore him for the time being and from the reactions of the rest of the werewolves I believe Roku might be their leader because of his power right now but I guess Horus has a higher standing between her people. She might be a princess or something.
Looking back at the little behemoth I built I said "I'm not really sure what to call her but I guess I like the sound of Millennium Falcon."
(Author Note: Prologue part is over and since you won't meet a new pirate group or find a new island every day while you're sailing in open seas. I will put time skips more frequently from now on.)
