Chapter 31

Another training session with Artemis ended in a draw. We were pretty exhausted. Today we were only engaged in hand-to-hand combat. And so we usually combine it with sword fighting.

It's been three weeks now, and the storm continues. And the most important thing: no one knows when it will end. The island itself is protected by a special field, and the maximum that will be for the city is heavy rain and that's it. Although, nevertheless, to be precise, it is a "wave" of storms. Two or three days almost a hurricane at sea, and then a day, maybe two, just a strong wind.

During these three weeks, I have made progress in the study of the ancient Greek language. This Donna helped me in this, and, oddly enough, Diana and Artemis. True, Diana rarely appears in the library because of her own affairs, so Donna and Artemis together "enlighten" me. And now I can calmly read most of the text, and what is not clear, I ask my "teachers". True, I write disgustingly on it, according to Donna's words.

By the way, Donna, it turned out, did not sit here forever. She was guilty of something a year ago, and the queen herself sent her here for a dozen years to work as an archivist.

She was very bored alone, but I appeared and she began to talk to and even lecture, since she herself was one of the youngest Amazons on the island. She was "only" two thousand years old.

During this time, my relationship with Temiskira has also grown:

Residents of Themyscira 1500 (friendliness)

Artemis 1900 (strong interest, respect, friendliness)

Diana 1600 (interest, respect)

Hippolyta 900 (interest)

Donna 800 (interest, friendliness)

In addition, my stats and I have increased:

Name: Isaac Dinklage

Life: 495

Level Granted: 13

Exp: 8800/9550

Title: Tough cop (newbie), Russian hitman (ordinary), Racist, Nice guy, Philosopher.

Parameters:

- Strength: 55

- Dexterity: 20

- Stamina: 45

- Intelligence: 37

- Intuition: 35

- Luck: 18

- Free points: 70

A couple of levels after fighting Artemis and training, which greatly increased the intelligence, I am honored.

By the way, I realized something based on training with Artemis. She is much stronger, more experienced, faster, and so on. How did I win?

Thanks to luck and its underestimation of the enemy. As she said, she "became decrepit" during her peaceful life. So she fought me carelessly. She didn't take me seriously at first, and the Berserker regime helped me a lot.

Special skills:

"Cooking - level 12",

"Playing the guitar - level 13",

"Search for problems - 17 lvl.",

"The master of drinking people - level 7",

"Casanova - level 13",

"Chuck Noris Leg Level 10",

"Possession of cold weapons - lvl 8",

"Troll level 6",

"Shooter - 7 lvl."

"Schuller level 2",

"Naruto therapy level 16",

"Stealth - Lv. 3",

"Hand-to-hand combat - 17 lvl."

"Regeneration - level 3",

"Berserker Mode - Level 1",

"Carpenter - 5 lvl."

What I can't figure out is the 10 free points that came to me as a "gift from the system." I certainly don't mind. But it seems to me that it is not just that. And there is something behind this. Chuika tells me that it's not just that.

+ 1 to Intuition.

Well, here's the confirmation.

Most importantly, half of the intuition I've gained in the past three weeks has been with Artemis. I once asked her why she should train me, given the fact that I defeated her, albeit by sheer luck.

In response, she blushed a little and replied, as if not forcibly, that she was ashamed that a man defeated her and that she wanted my skills to match the victory over her, and she was still bored lately, and la-la-la, and la -la-la. In general, I understood from her behavior and the table of relationships that she is a tsundere. Well, the main thing is that he doesn't want to kill me. Anyway, nobody wants to kill me here. The maximum "aggression" towards me here is manifested only from some Amazons, and even then this is an unhappy grumbling that a man is here. But before ... Well, some more simply indifferent to my person.

We sat down on the steps until the rain passed. After, I think, we will have a couple of sparring sessions and disperse. Artemis leaned against the pillar and thought hard about something.

But I was bored and I took out the cards, which, incidentally, I did and began to play solitaire. There is no one to play with. They don't know what cards are.

- What are you doing? - Artemis looked in my direction with interest.

- I play cards with myself.

After five minutes of silence and my single game, Artemis sat closer and was already burning me with her eyes.

- What?

- Can only one play this game? Will you teach me?

Hmm. And although she is an Amazon, she knows how to make the eyes of a cat from Shrek no worse than any other female outside the borders of this island. Yet it is probably in their genes spelled out. Or they are doing this to each other here ... So do not mess around ... Although there are a lot of lesbians. I know this from conversations with Diana, Donna and Artemis. I have studied their culture and society well. At least I know him better than other people.

- Well, will you teach?

- I'll teach. With the help of cards you can play not only "solitaire", but also "fool", "goat", "preference", "poker", as well as ... - I read her almost an hour-long lecture about this kind of gambling game. He even talked about "card debt" and "honor". - ... So that's it.

- Let's play? - these brown eyes looked at me with wild passion.

- Okay. Now at least he will have someone to play with during his leisure time.

Attention!

You have received an assignment.

"Player"

You have a unique opportunity to defeat the famous Amazon champion Artemis not only in battle, but also in a game of luck. Do this ten times and get a reward.

Done:

0 out of 10

Reward:

+ 1000 experience,

enhancing relations with the Goddess Fortune.

+ 1 to luck

Failure / Refusal Penalty: Brand Loser or - 1000 Relationship with Artemis

Accept the assignment?

Yes/ no.