Lazy day

[Congratulations Hermes, you are now level 9]

An internal arm pump and he turned on his heel and sprinted back home, he hadn't bothered to gather the slime cores, it took longer to stop and grab them than just kill another one and he'd wanted to be done as soon as possible. The rain looked to be heading back again and he was glad to be calling it a night early, it couldn't even be 5pm yet but he had admin to take care of after all.

"Okay System, Interface"

Hermes: Level 9

Exp: 000/900

HP: 290/290

MP: 70/70

Strength - 11

Endurance - 10

Agility - 11

Intelligence - 14

Wisdom – 12

Free Attribute points: 4

Free Skill points: 7

*Transfer energy – 678

Skills:

Dimensional Transfer LV 4

Storage space LV 1

Flame LV 1

Grim touch LV1

Radiance LV1

"Alright, Attributes first. My skills are likely to stay low as I need to keep upgrading Dimensional Transfer so Wisdom is out, no point in unlocking new spells if I can't buy them and the regen is trash anyway"

"Endurance is great but I'd rather dodge than tank a hit anyway so agility wins out over that."

"Agility is great and works well with Strength, I should go for a hard hitting fast moving build but magic keeps saving me at every turn so I can't ignore it"

"Right now it's the highest stat though and my strongest weapon is the mace so these four points are going for my physical build, I'll make it up to Intelligence later"

Strength – 13

Agility -13

"And no real choice to make with Skill points is there"

{Dimensional Transfer – lv 5}

[Able to transfer himself from Eden to Earth freely using the world's own mana to achieve the transfer, due to the relative sizes of the two planets transfer locations are unpredictable]

[Able to transfer himself from Earth to Eden freely at a fixed transfer energy cost of 945, due to the relative sizes of the two planets transfer locations are unpredictable]

[Able to transfer anything from Earth to Eden at a cost of transfer energy based on the relative value of the item (Combined perceived, physical, data intensive and compatibility) all items from any location will arrive at the Beachhead and be placed in storage]

[All humans transferred will receive the System interface and arrive through the Beachheads primary column]

{Abundant vitality} – [When HP is full, transfer energy will accumulate faster reflecting the HP regeneration rate.]

{Mana overflow} – [When MP is full transfer energy will accumulate faster reflecting the MP regeneration rate.]

"No change in the description, well no surprise, System: Time from now until I can transfer from Earth to Eden, time from empty until I can transfer from Earth to Eden, Time from empty until I can transfer someone else from Earth to Eden"

[0.55 days]

[1.96 days]

[15.80 days]

"Uh still so long, if nothing changes it'll take 18 days every transfer without even filling the coffers which, given this place, I'd really like to do"

He was laying on his bed at the moment looking at the bath and wanting some soap to go with it.

"I'm spoilt, what would Tom say"

"Okay, Dinner time!"

As he ate his casserole he considered his options.

"If I head home now I can come back tomorrow morning and even have enough energy spare to bring some other bits over but I don't think that would change much, I've got food and wood for now, I'm not desperate, If I do head home before I can bring Melissa back I should at least be building up the cash"

"I've got two more skill points and it takes 6 to improve my Transfer skill again. The exp I get from the quests in goblin forest should be enough for 1 level at least so let's stay here for now"

He sorely wanted to tell the guys what had happened these last couple of days but knew he had to make better progress than this before going back.

"I told them up to a month, if I go back now they'll think I'm slacking off"

A leisurely meal and another relaxing soak in the tub later he felt totally relaxed.

"It's still light out but I was up early, I need a rest, I'll work hard tomorrow"

He made some plans for the next day and did some organising, the last into storage was the quiver of arrows which, now that he looked at it properly, had a faint violet glow.

"The top is glowing, is it magic? I don't see a gem"

Emptying the arrows he found there was a fair sized purple gem inlaid at the bottom of the quiver, where the arrow heads would rest. There were about a dozen arrows and they looked well made with slick black feathers he thought he'd seen before.

He placed the now empty quiver in to the Colony storage and read the description

[Quiver of Soul Siphon]

[Gives any arrows placed within the Soul Siphon trait]

[Soul Siphon - User absorbs an additional 2% or released mana as Exp]

"Okay, I absorb 10% as is, so instead of 10 exp, I'd get 12. Not bad at all, now I just need to learn how to use a bow, maybe Melissa can teach me."

She took archery in school and kept it up as a networking activity and for personal interest, he always thought it was funny how the reps she hosted would be used to golf and strip clubs but ended up there instead, as power plays go he thought it was a pretty dominating choice.

"Wait a minute, I get 10% but they'll only get 1%, this could triple their levelling speed! While they're low level, a bow is the perfect choice anyway, this could work out."

With even more motivation to go to the goblin forest in the morning he stored everything and went to bed. He'd almost died multiple times again today and needed some rest.

"I'm not going near that mana vent until I'm stronger, the bow rewards from the goblin mission will make dealing with the grey monsters much easier… I just hope they can't swim"

With the light still streaming into the log cabin, he fell into a deep sleep allowing exhaustion to take over.