Chapter 33 - Blessing or Curse
I first looked at Rory and was surprised to see that his hair has changed in color. It was a mix of blue and orange. His sword also multiplied, it was now two. The sword in his right was colored blue while the one in the left was colored red. They looked the same but I can feel that the blue one has a cold feeling coming out from it while the other one was the opposite.
He was also naked when he came out. I can see that he was taller than me, having a height of 5'2 feet. It made me jealous seeing that he was still taller than me. I can also see that he has three tails, one of them was colored blue while the remaining two was orange. He also has gold and black marking over his body. He has a tattoo of a snowflake that is colored black at his right shoulder while he has a tattoo of a sun that was colored gold at his left shoulder. He still has tan skin making him manly with his tattoos combined.
I then looked at his status to see the changes.
Name: Rory
Race: Cold Fire Humanoid Cat (Adolescent)
Class: ------------
Title:
• Fire Blade Servant (Level MAX)
• Loyal Servant (Level 3)
• Blessed by Xitchuli (Level MAX)
• Loyalty (Level 1)
Level: 100
Status:
Health points (HP): 3040 / 3040
Mana points (MP): 3040 / 3040
Strength (STR): 304 [+106]
Vitality (VIT): 304
Dexterity (DEX): 304 [+106]
Intelligence (INT): 304
Wisdom (WIS): 304
Skills:
Active Skills:
• Power Slash (Level 2)
• Holy Fire Magic (Level 4)
• Frost Magic (Level 3)
Passive Skills:
• Holy Fire Body (Level 4)
• Multi Task (Level 2)
• Intermediate Blade Arts (Level 4)
• Frost Resistance (Level 3)
Perception Skills:
• Dark Vision (Level 2)
Unique Skills:
• Change Form (Level MAX)
Rory has a new title again which was called 'Loyalty', I then appraised it.
Loyalty (Level 1)
One of the Seven Bushido Virtues. Gained because of showing a fierce loyalty towards your master. A warrior serves his master to do his every order without questions and doubt.
The title gives you a portion of your master's power.
Gain 2 skills of your master randomly. Level of skills are dependent on the master.
What!?
This must be the reason to how Rory learned Frost skills which also led to his evolution turning him into a 'Cold Fire Humanoid Cat'.
The next thing I checked is his swords.
Loyalty and Charity, Twin Soul Swords (Level 100):
The right sword is called Loyalty and has the power of Ice while the left sword is called Charity that has the power of Fire.
+35% STR
+35% DEX
Bonus skills:
• Will level up your fire skills into 1 level per 10 levels.
• 50% Increase in Ice and Fire damage.
Amazing swords! His Soul Sword now has a different name.
After I was done checking the status of Rory, Rory then opened his eyes. His eyes was still the same which was colored red.
"Good morning, master Ave." Rory said as soon as he opened his eyes.
"Please use your 'Change Form' skill and turn into human. Then make clothes because your currently naked." He then followed my orders. He transformed into a human and then made clothes made out of fire and ice. His flames was colored blue now and has a mix feeling of hot and cold. The feeling of cold and hot was interchanging with each other making an unpleasant feeling.
He made a chest plate and pants made of ice. The pants was also covered by poleyn and greaves. He then made shoes that was covered by sabaton. His arms was covered by a vambrace and gauntlets that was also made by ice. He then used his flames to make a cape. Overall, he looks like a knight but without a helmet.
After I was done checking Rory, I then moved my eyes towards Rai to see his changes. He still has his eyes closed.
I can see that he was still fat which makes it funny. He is 5'3 feet tall now and was still pale. He has yellow hair and a bit of blue hair too. The hair was colored yellow on top but went blue when it goes down. He still has hair that was up to his waist. His tail has turned to three too which has a single blue tail while the other two was colored black. The back of his hands has two different tattoos like Rory. On his right hand has a tattoo of a black snowflake symbol while his left hand has a mustard color of lightning symbol. He still holds a hammer that looks the same as before but blue Lightning was coming out of it now.
I then checked his stats to see the changes.
Name: Rai
Race: Cold Lightning Humanoid Cat (Adolescent)
Class: ------------
Title:
• Blessed by Thoran (Level MAX)
Level: 100
Status:
Health points (HP): 6910 / 6910
Mana points (MP): 1520 / 1520
Strength (STR): 532 [+159]
Vitality (VIT): 532 [+159]
Dexterity (DEX): 152
Intelligence (INT): 152
Wisdom (WIS): 152
Skills:
Active Skills:
• Heavy Smash (Level 7)
• Heavy Punch (Level 7)
• Stomp (Level 7)
Passive Skills:
• HP Regeneration (Level 3)
• Frost Lightning Body (Level 1)
• Intermediate Hammer Arts (Level 1)
Unique Skills:
• Change Form (Level MAX)
His Strength and Vitality attributes was huge! But his other three attributes was at smaller value. Rai is like a tank and a huge damage dealer at the same time. He can be helpful when we can't dodge an attack, and he can then block it for us. I'm curious about his Lightning Body that has turned into Frost Lightning Body. It was the same with Rory, it was like both of them was influenced by my evolution. I'll ask Akira later about this but for now I'm curious about Rai's title.
Blessed by Thoran (Level MAX):
Hit by lightning when born and was then blessed by the God of lightning and hammer, Thoran. Blessed to have the body of lightning and a Soul Hammer.
Your Hammer Arts and Lightning skill are linked together making it have the same level.
Oh? So he was hit by lightning when he was a new born. I wish I was also blessed by a God. Ughh, I'm being jealous again. He also has a Soul Hammer which explains why he has a hammer when he was still a ogre. Being curious about his Soul Hammer, I checked it up.
Lightning Soul Hammer (Level 100):
+30% STR
+30% VIT
Bonus Skills:
• Will level up your Hammer Art skill into 1 level per 10 levels.
It was like Rory's sword but was focused on VIT than DEX. Looking at his weapon makes me jealous again. He can actually level up his Hammer Arts with this equipment while I have to train hard every time just to level up my Gauntlet Arts or wait for Akira to give me a an upgrade.
The next thing I checked is his skill 'Frost Lightning Body'.
Frost Lightning Body (Level 1):
Has a body that can consume Lightning and Ice. Immune to both elements. If hit by the two elements above, it will heal your body instead of damaging your body. Can use Frost and Lightning inside and around your body only.
Cost: 1% MP per use
It was like my poison body but with higher mana cost.
When I was done checking Rai's stats which only lasted a few seconds because of my Parallel Thinking skill and Thought Acceleration skill, Rai opened his eyes. The color of his eyes was still the same. He just bowed at me when he saw me but I was not mad. He was still sad about killing his own kind I guess. Rory was looking at Rai with angry eyes when he saw Rai not giving me a proper greeting. He was about to speak but I signaled him to stop which he followed.
"Rai, please make clothes and transform into your human form." I said to which he only responded with a nod. I need to speak with Rai when I have time so that I can mend our bond.
Rai made a short that was covered by a cuisse and also a poleyne to cover his knees. He then made boots and only made a sleeveless blazer that was open making his tummy exposed. All his clothes was made by blue lightning which directly come out of his body.
Afterwards, I talked with Akira since I have some questions that I liked to ask.
'Akira, why do they got the same tattoo that my jacket has?' I asked.
'Hmm, there evolution must have been affected because of your Ice King title. Since you as there master have the power to control ice, you must have influenced them in having their power mix with the ice element. I don't think it's bad and it only gave them benefits anyway.' Akira explained.
'Your right, Akira... Oh! One last thing, why do I have no blessings received like Rory and Rai?' I asked because I was jealous of there blessings.
'Oh that... well... it's my fault stupid cat, why you don't receive one.' Akira said while laughing.
'What!? Why would you do that!?' I said furiously since I can't get blessings rendering me to get some benefits.
'Well you see, I don't want you to receive any because the Gods and Goddesses might notice my presence inside of you so I blocked every blessing that you should've received until now stupid cat.' Akira said as if it was common sense.
'How many blessings should I have received if you didn't blocked it!?' I shouted at him madly.
'About 5...'
'YOU BASTARD!! TAKE THOSE BACK!! I WANT IT!!' I felt like I want to punch Akira now.
'I can't do that sorry... Oh and look at the time... I need to go now. Bye!' He cut me off before I can even complain.
"YOU BASTARD! HOW I WISH I COULD KILL YOU RIGHT NOW!" I didn't notice that I was already shouting making Rory look at me worriedly.
"Master Ave are you ok?" Rory immediately came to my side and tried to calm me down. I breathe heavily to calm down my anger.
"Yes, I'm ok now Rory." I said to Rory when I calmed down.
Nixie was woken up because of my outrage and looked around to see who disturbed her sleep.
"Wha.. What happened?" She said while looking at my direction.
"Nothing." I said to Nixie with a shy voice.
All this time Rai was only silent and was not making any kind of sound.
"Oh ok.... haaaa.... Good morning Ave, Rory, and Rai!" She yawned and said 'Good morning' to us after stretching.
Now that I'm done checking everything, I did not took out the ogre corpses since it might sadden Rai and Nixie again. I'll use Consume on it later when I'm alone.
"We'll be going to the Orc's cave later but for now I want you Rory and Rai to get used to your new body. I'll be going outside for a minute and return later." I said while going outside.
"Master Ave, let me accompany you." Rory said while running towards me.
"It's ok Rory, I want to be alone for now." I said to Rory and went outside without waiting for Rory's reply.