Facing Fear in Leveling

"If you'll remember, the sword is mine."

"Possession is nine-tenths of the law and I've already possessed this sword, so it's mine," said Bane.

"That's not exactly what that saying means but close enough I suppose."

I was finally able to move, standing on wobbly legs I felt a deep sense of embarrassment. I came back to the dungeon, determined that I would get stronger, that I would take the dreaded step in evolution that I had been avoiding but then I got my ass handed to me once again. It was yet another reminder that I had put this off for far too long. 

[You have leveled up.]

"What?!

[Yeah, you can gain experience from the things that I do while using the sword because it is technically a part of you since you blood bonded with it. That's also the reason why I can enter it, because it's an extension of you. Personally, I think that should be cheating but the results still stand.]