Chapter 974 Hunting And Exploring
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Ding!
[Your Party has defeated [Six-Legged Giant Lizards (Tier 4)] x14!]
[Your Party has defeated [Eight-Legged Giant Lizards (Tier 5)] x1!]
[You gained half of the earned EXP!]
[You earned 800.000 EXP!]
[Aquarina] has gained 2 Levels!]
[Undine] and [Leviathan] have gained 12 Levels!]
Oh? Seems like Aquarina gained two levels, nice. Also her Spirits are already midway through! If we fight yet another group of monsters this size, they might get to max level or close to.
"Nice, they got pretty strong." I ran towards Aquarina to help her gather the corpses. "I think another pack or two of monsters this strong and they might hit max level."
"Really? Well that's super fast!" Aquarina was surprised. "It wasn't so fast with us, was it?"
"I don't really remember, but Spirits tend to level up quicker thanks to the bonuses to EXP I give them with my Spiritual Blessing." I said. "It's a Skill that boosts their Stats and Skill earned!"
"Wait, what? You had such a Skill?" She was amazed. "So cool! Don't you have one that boosts our EXP though?"
"Nope, nothing like that, haha. Hey be happy with what you got already, don't be greedy." I winked to her. "Feeling better now?"
"Y-Yeah, while fighting I started to realize I was being a bit… A bit rude with you." She apologized. "Just because Pyuku got lost doesn't mean I have to act so selfish. You were just trying to cheer me up and I was just thinking about myself… Sorry."
"A-Aquarina…" I felt a bit surprised. "D-Don't worry, it's alright! I did felt a bit hurt but… If you apologize! It's fine."
"Sorry, really…" She hugged me tightly. "You gave your body to me last night and I was just ignoring that while acting like an idiot… I love you… Sowy."
"Hehehe, it's alright…" I giggled, giving her a kiss. "Don't feel so guilty, we sometimes get like this. It's normal. As long as you understand and apologize, then it's fine."
"You're always so nice with me…" Aquarina sighed, caressing my face. "Uwaah, I don't deserve you, Sylphyyyy~!" She hugged me tightly and started rubbing her face on my shoulders.
I felt overwhelmed by her love. One of the things I love about Aquarina is that she's always considerate and quickly realizes her mistakes.
She's someone that is constantly trying to be the best version of herself.
"Okay, okay, that's enough, no more weeping!" I said. "I want your Spirits to get strong anyways, so let's quickly pick this up here and there and let's keep moving."
With Glutton's help, all the materials were stored inside the Inventory, as we decided to continue our journey. Our friends were talking about how brutal and badass Aquarina was, she felt just a bit embarrassed about it.
"Your connection with your Spirits has become stronger." Nepheline commented. "Well done. If you continue like this, your Spirits might continue to progress and become stronger. The key to help our Spirits progress is to combine their actions with us, to make their abilities and spells our own as we fight as together as one. This is also something for everyone else to learn."
"Indeed." Shade nodded. "Also, if you can connect your souls with them more, and imbue them into their magic, your connection will strengthen and they will become stronger over time too. This is something called Spirit Soul Connection Strengthening, it's a type of Cultivation method. Usually you'll learn this on the Academy."
"Wow, sounds fun!" Said Mist. "Maybe my little Spirit can get stronger like that too!"
"I hadn't thought about that…" Zack was surprised.
"I want a Spirit even more now…" Zephy sighed.
"Me too, but with my Familiars I'm happy already!" Celica giggled.
"Eventually in the Academy you will get a Spirit if you can't get one until then." My mom stepped in to explain that. "There's a special area known as Spirit Sanctuary, where anybody can get a Spirit from it once you enter. Only one per person though. And if you already had one, you can't get another from there."
"Oh, I remember that." Uncle Arafunn laughed. "It is a big deal sometimes, like some sort of Ceremony for younglings to show off how talented they might be. The more talented you are, the stronger the Spirit that will appear for you will be… Or so I've heard. I already had one by then."
"Me too, but some others wait until this moment to get one. After all, there's a rare chance to get very strong ones." My mother added.
"Oh I got my first spirit from there now that I remember about it!" Father said. "Nepheline too, no?"
"Yeah, we both had little affinity with spirits back then." Nepheline nodded. "Magicians have better affinity from the start, for us, it took a while to assimilate the Elements into our Physiques through Cultivation enough for Spirits to feel naturally attracted to us."
I guess it could be said the System emulates this Spirit Soul Connection Strengthening that Shade mentioned before and makes the connection stronger while making the Spirits stronger even faster.
In a way, the System is a very overpowered cheat that can make everyone grow several times faster than normal, on top of their Cultivation!
It's a pity I can't level up myself… But well, there's Quest Rewards, Skill Evolution and Leveling, and my System Modification Spell to make up for it. And of course, my Infinite Mana!
"Now, should we move forwards?" Ninhursag interrupted our talk. "Aquarina, is Pyuku nearby? I can smell his scent, he smells like soap."
"Yeah, he's running on a straight line to somewhere…" Said Aquarina. "Let's chase him and fight monsters on the way then!"
"Sounds like a plan, we'll leave the hard work to you kids then!" Arafunn laughed, my uncle was quite lazy actually, he wasn't even running himself, just floating in the air. He relaxed as if sleeping while floating, folding his arms behind his head. "Now, let's go~ I'll take a little sunbath while we are at it."
"I can't believe you're my father's brother sometimes…" My mother facepalmed.
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