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Even after buying Cursed Energy all the way up to Peak Level, I was still left with 23917 Points, which was more than enough for what I wanted to do.

If I wanted to spend all my time in Skyrim, I would be able to get 478 days, which was about 15 months of time. And if I decided to spend all those Points on time in The Boys, that would be 6 years and a half worth of time.

This only proved to me the right way to utilize God's Dimension. The higher one goes, the stronger talent-type enhancements got over those that gave direct power.

However, despite having so many Points, I did not plan on using them right away to spend a lot of time in either world.

That was because I would not get much out of either. The Boys, while giving me a lot of time, was also a very weak world, especially since I killed Homelander, and I doubted there would be many side missions there for me, so I would only be there to train.

6 years of training would obviously result in quite the increase, perhaps the mastery of Cursed Energy if I really put my mind on it, and even with the Force there should be a noticeable increase.

However, that just wasn't worth it. As for Skyrim, it was a little more complicated, as while there are many items to get there and things to discover, as well as potential missions even for someone like me, I didn't need more than a year.

I was going to spend some time in there, however.

Although, I did make one last purchase before going in.

[Expended Bag: Rank D Reward and 900 Points.]

It was from the Harry Potter Universe, and although it only looked like a normal bag, I could actually fit an entire room within it.

An arm around Sarah's waist, I unlocked Skyrim with one of my Rank D Rewards, and asked, "So, how long will you stay?"

Sarah was obviously focused on something else, probably telling God how many days she would be spending, but still replied, "10 days for 500 Points. That leaves me 4500 Points for 450 days in The Boys, to learn the spells. What about you?"

"Three months. Well, 90 days, for 4500 Points. I won't be coming for The Boys."

This seemed to interest Sarah as her eyes focused on me, and she asked, "Why?"

"I'm going to spend a few days with you in Winterhold to start off."

She smiled teasingly, "Afraid to miss me?"

Rolling my eyes, I replied, "To make sure you get the spell books you need, as well as to study magic a little. It might be useful to me."

"That should only take a few days."

I nodded, "My end goal is to get the Skeleton Key. Considering how strong I am, taking it shouldn't be hard, but it might get Nocturnal's attention on me, so I plan on stealing it right before leaving."

Sarah's teasing expression quickly turned into worry as she asked, "Are you sure? Nocturnal is a Daedra, if angered they can be very strong."

"I know. But they are from another plane, I should be able to fight her off for a moment. Besides, this is only worst case scenario. She shouldn't see find anything wrong with me, and even if she does, I don't see a reason for her to try to kill me immediately."

She still looked worried, but she asked, "What will you be doing before that then? Three months is quite a lot of time."

I smiled, "I will be exploring Skyrim, and studying its Word Walls."

Although the Skeleton Key was the ultimate goal of my visit, I considered the Word Walls basically as important, and finding them would take much more effort and time than the Skeleton Key.

The Skeleton Key being held by Mercer Frey, all I had to do was find him and kill him to get the key. But for the Word Walls, I not only would have to travel all over Skyrim to find them, but I would also need to go through dungeons and fight dragons to find them.

I considered all this trouble to be worth it however as I estimated that three months of studying Word Walls would give me more results than spending 6 plus years in The Boys.

After all, I had already immensely improved in the ways of the Force, on both sides, and while I could feel that progress was still largely possible, it would also be slow, and not provide as great of a boost as it did in Naruto.

That's why I wouldn't be spending any time in The Boys. I might as well keep my Points, either in case of injuries, as we would be heading to Bloodborne, which was very dangerous, or simply for later.

As for Cursed Energy, the main reason I had taken it was to resolve my physical/spiritual discrepancy, and that had already been solved by buying those massive reserves of Cursed Energy. As for mastering Cursed Energy, while that would result in a power up, three months should already give me a good enough boost.

And so, Sarah and I both paid for our time in Skyrim.

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Winterhold hit me much harder than it did in the game as I appeared. Probably because this wasn't her first time here, Sarah directly started heading for the College of Winterhold, but I couldn't help but lag behind and look around.

The city was covered in snow, and unlike in the game, this was an actual city, with fortifications and plenty of houses and commerce.

However, the city came to an abrupt end with an obviously newer fortification, this one made of wood, and leading to a fall several dozens of meters deep. It was as if a piece of the city had been torn off.

And in a sense, it was, as if I remember right, which I do, this was caused by the Great Collapse, which was a series of storms, possibly stemming from the previous eruption of the Red Mountain.

The actual reason did not really matter to me though as I appreciated the view. The ancient city and the abrupt fall into the glaciers below truly made for a stark contrast.

Yet, amidst all this destruction, still stood one giant castle, standing proudly on an eroded pillar of the earth that looked like it could crumble at any minute, and only connected to the city by a thin bridge.

The reason it was so striking was because it should never be standing, especially during the Great Collapse, and was the reason why some inhabitants of the city believed that the mages of the College of Winterhold were actually the ones behind the cataclysmic event.

Personally, I never bought into that, as there was a much simpler possibility that made more sense. The castle was enchanted and protected with magic, which was what allowed it to stand. Besides, it was also inhabited at all times by not only an Arch-Mage, which is someone who stands at the top of a magical field, but also several Master Mages.

So the castle being the best protected from the calamity wasn't really much of a surprise.

"Are you coming?"

I nodded at Sarah, who had stopped to let me look around for a bit, and together we walked to the bridge connecting the college to the city.

"Roar!"

…or we would have, were it not for the dragon's roar in the sky.