Anton’s father woke him up and when he checked the time it was four in the morning. That meant that just like yesterday, he wouldn’t have the chance to sleep again. He prepared everything that his family would need when they woke up. He did sleep quite a while, so he was fully rested. Once everything was prepared like the barrel full of water and their breakfast, he also made sure that some of the things that they needed to clean were done, there was nothing left to do, and everything looked peaceful so Anton gave in to the temptation of playing the game to continue leveling up his character.
He chose to play using the on-screen option since it would be easier to be aware of the surroundings if his consciousness were not virtually inside the game. Anton did take note of the time since he decided to play only for an hour so his father would not notice that his attention was split between the game and checking out the surrounding area. His character was now level twenty-two and the next thing that he would need to do was go to the palace and brave the Harem levels one and two then go to the palace cellar one to three to find the Arcane Sanctuary. He was excited to reach level twenty-four and learn the level twenty-four spells.
After an hour of playing the game, Anton defeated the Summoner and completed the Arcane Sanctuary. He reached the Canyon of the Magi but stopped playing. He did reach level twenty-three and added his newly earned stat points to vitality and skill point to Fire Ball.
The sun was already peeking over the horizon and Anders woke up by himself. Anton was glad that he stopped playing the game so he looked like he was concentrating on the surrounding area instead of “meditating” although even if his father caught him, he was sure that Anders would be all right with it. After a while, Anton’s father woke up Anna and they prepared themselves for the new day.
Everyone took a bath since they were getting used to taking a bath every day and changing to new clothes. Anton always repaired their old clothes immediately to make sure that everything would remain clean. One of the reasons why it was taking him so long to traverse the game was, that he kept stopping to pick up items to sell in Lut Gholein or the Rogue Encampment for gold since he would need it to repair all their real-world items.
Anton also had the theory that using water that he made from the spell Glacial Spike to wash themselves also brought benefits to their bodies. He thought that their skin was smoothening but becoming more resilient and all scars, and discoloration. and uneven skin tones were fading. Soon they would really look like people who had never done a day's work in their lives.
“Son don’t forget to repair my wand. I spent twenty-five magic missile charges yesterday when I was hunting and practicing.”
Anton took the wand from his father and repaired it. It did cost a lot of coins but again he never bothered to worry about the in-game coins since he could always collect them anytime he wanted. He gave the wand back to his father and Anders had a satisfied smile on his face when he felt that the wand was full of magic missile charges again. Anton’s father also told him and his sister that they should arrive in the next village the next day.
Anders planned to stay in that village for a day to purchase all the old, used, worn out, and even broken weapons and armor. He also planned to purchase used old and broken clothes and things made for the rich merchants or nobles. Anton’s father was excited while he was telling his plans to his children, and he saw that his father had woken up his merchant spirit.
He thought that Anders’s favorite spell of his was the ability to repair items. All the other spells brought momentary marvel on his father’s face but the repair ability genuinely excited Anders.
“Father don’t forget to purchase fresh fruits and vegetables while we’re in the village. My space will keep them fresh and fresh fruits and veggies will keep us healthy. Buy me some more soap and baking soda if you can please,” Anton told his father and Anders just nodded.
While they were traveling, Anton told everyone that he would be meditating because he was on the verge of learning new spells. He then maximized the game and planned to continue playing using the on-screen option.
Three hours had passed when Anton decided to stop playing. He completed Lut Gholein and killed Duriel. He also leveled up to twenty-four and decided to use Akara’s reset since during testing, it was easier to use the Blizzard spell for leveling up purposes. Once he was done with resetting his stats and skill in the Rogue Encampment which he wasn’t worried about since he could do a reset once every week, he was surprised to see that his stats went from missing the three stat points to the regular stats a normal character should have and he wondered when the game decided to consider him as an adult.
Anton put his stat points evenly to strength, vitality, and energy. The skill points were put on every skill available since he could use them in the real world except for the Shiver Armor and the Chilling Armor spell since they’re practically the same as the Frozen Armor spell. He had two skill points remaining when he was done spreading out the points, but he planned to keep them and put them later on Blizzard and Energy Shield once he leveled up to twenty-five.
He would need to practice the Blizzard Spell later in the afternoon after lunch by entering the game virtually for him to be able to use the spell well. He wondered if the water produced by the Blizzard spell would be better than the one produced by Glacial Spike. He was sure that it would be since during their testing which in retrospect was really dangerous and stupid since he didn’t know what the effect of the mana water on their body, mana water from higher level spells was better. In the meantime, Anton noticed that his father already stopped their carriage beside what looked like a nice-looking campsite.
Anders told him once that campsites that looked pre-made were scattered around the world and some of them even had wood for fire already prepared by adventurers so when they encountered one and they had the time, they should reciprocate out of respect for everyone who kept doing this good deed.
Anton helped his father and sister set up their camp for the night and when they were done, they gathered at the fire to eat dinner. While they were eating, he told his father and sister about the new spells he learned.
“I learned a couple of new spells. They’re called Blizzard which will allow me to summon a blizzard to devastate my enemies and Energy Shield which will grant me a shield made of mana to reduce the damage that I may receive, and that damage would then be directed to my mana pool.
“You have learned so many spells brother. I wish you could teach me.”
“I wish I could too but unfortunately, the gifts that I’ve received don’t work like that. That’s why I’m also interested in learning magic from a proper wizard so maybe someday we’ll be classmates under a wizard teacher.” Anton consoled his sister.
Anders then asked everyone to rest since they would be arriving in a village soon and they would be busy buying things from the villagers, so he wanted his children to be well-rested.