Chapter 109: *An unexpected guest*
Axel smiled; he was also very satisfied with his Stats. After thinking about the 50 points available to distribute, he said to him, "Don’t put all your available points in your Perception; split them evenly this time—put 10 points in all your Stats."
Axel explained to him his logic in front of his stunned expression, "Every time we loot a dungeon, you earn points to distribute, so you will always be able to increase your Perception points. This time, as you have 50 points, it’s better to share them equally, babe."
Kevin nodded; indeed, everything that Axel had said was true, so he increased all his stats by 10 points. When he looked back at it again, especially his level... Damn, this dungeon had helped him gain 14 levels... 14 levels at a time—it was amazing.
Axel then said to him, "Babe, let’s go see Tony tomorrow, and if you’re feeling well enough now, I would like to know what Liam can tell us about wolves... I guess he wanted to warn us about the marriage part, but maybe there is something else..."
Kevin simply replied, "Okay, let’s go wash up and we will go see him."
Axel smiled at him tenderly and kissed his forehead before saying, "In fact, I was rather thinking of inviting him to dinner to thank him for replacing me tomorrow, and that way, it will prevent you from moving too much today... You should rest as much as possible to be in perfect physical condition for tomorrow."
Kevin nodded and said, "Alright, honey, we will do whatever you want."
After washing and dressing up, they joined Alan and Erik, who were in the living room. When they asked them if they could invite Liam to dinner tonight to thank him, Alan immediately went to get him, and Erik left to buy some food to prepare their dinner. Kevin let him handle everything; after all, Erik was used to cook too; he would take everything they needed, he was sure of it. If it had been Axel or Alan who had gone to buy food, he would have made a list for them... well, just in case.
While they were away, they saw that the phoenix egg had been placed in a corner of the living room. The egg was still surrounded by the blanket, and they had placed 10 lava stones between it and the blanket. You really had to get close to be able to see that there was an egg inside the blanket; they had done a good job. Since everyone could see the blanket but not what was inside, they would just assume it was there in case someone had to stay overnight and use the sofa as a bed.
Since they were alone for the time being, Kevin and Axel took the opportunity to update their inventory. It was really cool to be able to do it together, and since Axel now had unlimited access to the Inventory menu, he had no reason to keep money in his magic bag. Kevin took out the 15 low-grade Healing potions that he would sell to Uncle Douglas, and they decided to sell the rest of their potions, except the high-grade potions, to their Store.
Once everything was done, Kevin looked at it with delight.
[ INVENTORY ]
- 1,173,820 gold coins
- Magical crystal, legendary grade, small size × 3
- Magical crystal, high grade, large size × 2
- Bloodstone, legendary grade, small size × 2
- Bloodstone, high grade, large size × 10
- Bloodstone, high grade, medium size × 30
- Bloodstone, high grade, small size × 200
- Trinium, high grade, 12.5 kg
- Nerudium, high grade, 3.4 kg
- Mind Protection potion, high grade (duration 2h) × 4
- Purify potion, high grade (effective against poison of maximum level 5) × 8
- Elixir of Long Life potion, legendary grade (+ 100 years) × 2
- Darkness talisman paper, small size (2,000 particles) × 10
- Darkness talisman paper, medium size (5,000 particles) × 10
- Darkness talisman paper, large size (10,000 particles) × 10
- Teleportation Talisman paper (no distance limit, can stay open for 1 hour) × 4
- Artifact, high grade sword
That was it; finally, all the rewards they had obtained so far were in their inventory. They had decided to keep the weapons and items they used to fight in their magic bag, because apart from Axel’s artifact sword and their respective necklaces that they always kept around their necks, if ever they were to lose them, they would only have to buy some more.
Besides, when Kevin would be busy with Alan crafting potions or whatever, he would take the opportunity to take a look at their Store and buy much better items for himself.
The higher the Stats of his items would be, the more powerful he would become. They had all seen how important it was to have good weapons and items to fight in this purple dungeon; it was a lesson he wouldn’t be able to forget.
Axel’s attention was then attracted by the arrival of Erik, who wasn’t alone. He immediately warned Kevin of this unexpected guest, "Babe, Erik will be here soon, and he brought Ian back with him... Tonight, you can forget he is your alchemy teacher and just call him by his name... He is a really good friend of Alan, so don’t worry, okay?"
Kevin nodded and said, "They must have met at the warehouse... No wonder Uncle Douglas is always the one in the know; he is the one who, in the end, has the most interaction with everyone."
Axel laughed and told him, "That’s so true. And like he is someone kind and a caring person, it really helps him a lot to build a good relationship with everyone. I remember that he was the one who advised me on my first weapons, and it was also he who took the time to explain to me how to integrate with the other fighters and how to earn money quickly."
Kevin smiled at him, and they both stood up to greet them. Axel put an arm around his shoulders just as Erik knocked before entering and telling them he had brought someone with him.
Erik hadn’t intended to bring anyone back, but he had met Ian when he was buying ingredients to cook them a good meal, and they had started talking. Erik had told him that Kevin was awake and that they were inviting Liam over to dinner to thank him for replacing Axel tomorrow.
Ian had told him that he knew about the dungeon, and after helping him choose Liam’s favorite wine, he asked if he could just drop by to see how Kevin was doing. Erik hadn’t seen any reason to refuse, so he had invited him to stay with them for dinner, and Ian had accepted.
