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Better Boots
While Jake was working on his elixirs in a trance-like state, everyone else around the globe also progressed. Parties dove in dungeons, hunted down more and more powerful beasts, and crafted items more potent than anything they had ever created before.Every single day, more D-grades appeared. In these last two weeks, the daily rate of advancement had easily reached the triple digits. At this point, Neil and his party had also all managed to reach D-grade and begun hunting as a group to get in a few more levels.Sultan had spent fewer days within Haven, but had gone hunting with the one remaining slave who remained under his charge to get some more levels in too. Miranda had taken charge of the other, and she would also join the Treasure Hunt.There was some bad news, though.Miranda was in her office in Haven, Phillip in front of her, sitting slumped over on a chair."I guess I’m just not really that up to it anymore," Phillip said as he sighed.Miranda also sighed as she sat togethe
Bow & Blade
Jake had wanted to get transmuting right after he regenerated his resources, but found that the bow looked a bit… sluggish? It was no longer glowing, and the gems also looked completely inert. He came to realize he would need to give the poor bow a break before he began changing stuff. So he put it in his spatial storage and found that it could luckily still restore its mana within there.He considered what to do, and with his proximity to the Fort, he decided to check there first to see if Arnold was done tinkering with his Nanoblade.The trip there was swift, as he used One Step Mile to cross the plains. Of course, it wasn’t as fast as when he’d gone to save the hawks, but it was still a nice, casual speed faster than the fastest fighter jet of old Earth.Once more, the Fort had expanded. He saw that more buildings had popped up in the brief time he was not there, but the biggest change had happened at the central Fort. The courtyard was no longer used as a big smithy, but was inste
Scorching the Plains
Trying to explain to two anxious hawks that their daughter was just relaxing with a Primordial that also happened to be a living natural disaster wasn’t the easiest. They seemed more than a bit worried, but Jake kept assuring them it would all be fine. It did help that Sylphie was still on top of his head, looking to be asleep.Anyway, the two of them got the gist of it quite quickly and overall seemed to approve of the entire situation, even if it wasn’t optimal. They did get that Jake and Sylphie had now "solidified" their relationship, which appeared to be the most important aspect to them. In the end, they waited in silence for Sylphie to also wake up.Jake himself had a few other things he had to go through during this wait, so the silence was welcome. One of which was a notification—or rather, notifications. Ones he had gotten during his time in the space with Stormild, but hadn’t yet checked, as he knew what they were about. They were the most random levels Jake could remember
A Higher Power? No Thanks
Jake had signed quite a few contracts during his life. It had been a staple of his pre-system work, and of course, when you made large and important purchases such as a car or a home, you had to sign. So he knew a bit about signing stuff, and there were a few things one always had to remember.First and foremost was, naturally, to spend an unreasonable amount of time practicing your signature… solely not to be embarrassed when you signed like a kid during an important business meeting, or when the judgemental lady from the bank stared over your shoulder. All of this while being fully aware that having a good-looking signature was just a stupid social construct created by archaic and unreasonable expectations in a world where digitalization had taken over… so why even bother improving your handwriting?Anyway, the second thing one had to remember was to always read the contract closely. Jake’s mom had always told a horror story of how her father’s brother’s best friend’s sister’s husba
Union Oath
Jake felt it before he saw her. A new presence emerged a split second before she was fully back. A small bird appeared back on top of his head, having shifted from a sitting to a standing position."Welcome back, Sylphie," Jake said with a smile as he inspected the hawk.[Sylphian Eyas – lvl 100]Well, okay, not a hawk but an eyas, I guess. Level 100 and still a little kid, heh, Jake thought, chuckling internally.Hawkie and Mystie also jumped over, and he ended up sitting surrounded by the two hawks as they both inspected and made bird noises at their daughter. Jake kept smiling as she happily narrated something, and both of them kept making questioning screeches. While Jake was okay-ish at speaking bird, he wasn’t fluent at all, so much of their conversation was lost on him. He could only really read intent and emotions.Jake waited for them to finish, trying to piece together what it had been about. Luckily, he didn’t have to, as someone else clued him in."So, I went ahead and got
Sylphie Gets a New friend
The group of four—three hawks and a human—arrived safely back at Haven. Sylphie stuck to Jake the entire time as he carried her on the flight. She was awfully quiet the whole way, and he was pretty worried about her.Once they got back, she didn’t leave him but stayed cradled in his arms. Jake just sighed as he went to his porch and sat down. The two parent-birds joined him, also looking worriedly at Sylphie. Nobody said anything, Perhaps it was just Jake being callous, but he believed this was something she had to work through herself. Whatever she was working through.In the end, she looked up at him questioningly. Jake wasn’t sure what she wanted but just rubbed her feathers a bit. She blinked and made a quiet screech. Shaking his head, not understanding what she wanted, Jake could only keep petting her in reassurance as she figured stuff out."Just do whatever you think will make you happy."That was all the advice he gave her. She ruffled a bit at his words and seemed more conten
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