It has been a month since Frederica's incident, and I've dedicated it fully to gather materials and not do much alchemy at all, as I wanted to gather a lot of materials to mass produce items and get tons of EXP that way.
In this month, we have hunted only another group of bandits in the Canyon, which were the last remnants of this large group of interconnected bandit groups, it was composed of 22 men, which all became my EXP and delicious Blood Spirit Orbs.
I didn't got a single new Familiar from them, however, as I've been rather unlucky in that department, but my stats had risen nicely as I gained another level by hunting these men and additionally hunting monsters that wander around the Canyon, such as Big Horned Rabbits, Dark Crows, and packs of Gray Wolves.
Through the month I've been training every skill possibly, but I've prioritized my Summoning Skills and magic practice, while exercising as much as I could to enhance my physique-related skills. My physique in specific has been enhanced after devouring many Blood Spirit Orbs, especially those from former humans, while monster blood spirt orbs only gave a lesser amount.
In my free time, I've also been Synthetizing Familiar Cards together to try to get new Familiars, and after trying out every possible combination, I was able to get two brand new Familiars out of it, which would be three if we added the large Rhinoceros Beetle to the mix.
They all ended being F Rank, but I am still unable to Rank Up the other Familiars below F Rank as I can't find Bug, Fish, nor Lizard-type monsters to feed them their Spirit Orbs, but I believe I'll be able to find some in the Lowlands.
< Health Points: 150/150 >
Buff: +5 Health Points, +5 Vitality
Skill: [Harden] [Seismic Wave] [Spinning Shell]
< Health Points: 50/50 >
< Intelligence: 120 >
Buff: +5 Agility, +5 Intelligence
Skill: [Gust] [Slicing Wind] [Hawk Eyes]
One was a giant Turtle of almost two meters of height, with a stone-covered shell, and the other a large, one meter and a half tall falcon with green feathers and bright golden eyes. These beasts were big, and as their ranks increased, Familiars would simply continue growing in size.
The Turtle was as rather fantastical tank with its high HP and Vitality, but it also offered a good amount of offense and was rather smart as well.
Its skills were useful as well, [Harden] doubled its HP and Vitality for 30 minutes, with a cooldown of an hour afterwards, while [Seismic Wave] used the turtle's enormous weight to hit the ground, generating a mini earthquake which might bring foes out of balance or could even luckily throw them inside a pitfall.
And lastly, [Spinning Shell] enhanced the turtle's Agility and Dexterity and made it spin, being able to easily hit foes from afar with great speed, and due to its weight, it could easily kill most monsters below F Rank with a single hit. Shell was an overall useful unit, and at F Rank, it easily overpowered the other Familiars on strength alone.
And then there's the Wind Falcon, this Familiar is slightly similar to Huginn, but has some differences, Falco specializes a lot more into elemental magic damage with Gust and Slicing Wind as its primary methods of attacking, but it is also good at scouting with Hawk Eyes, which allows it to see even farther than what Huginn can do, so it is a better scouting unit than him.
Well, Falco is literally blind on night, so Huginn takes over his duty at this time, as he can see through the dark.
Aside from Familiars, my Level has reached 8 and I've grown slightly stronger from a month ago, and I might be close to reaching Level 9, I've used the 20 Skill Points I had accumulated into [Hard Worker] making the Skill reach Level 3, increasing my total EXP earned by +60%.
Skill Proficiency: 0/30000
A special Skill that only those that endlessly work hard can acquire. Skill Requirements to unlock the Skill to be exchanged for Skill Points has been filled. Learnable only through Skill Points.
Increases Skill Proficiency and Experience Points earned by +60%. The harder you work, the more payback you will receive, but the greater the challenge will become.
Now I need 3 more levels to get 30 Skill Points and level up Hard Worker to Level 4, which might grant an additional +20% bonus, being up to +80%. , I plan to slowly upgrade the level of this Skill using Skill Points so I can, in exchange, level up faster.
However, aside from all of this level up business, there's something even more important that has happened in my life, the birth of my siblings. My mother had finally given birth a week ago, she did it rather well and without any complications, as my grandmother helped her.
I healed her with First Aid + Healing and Restorative Spells so she wouldn't die out of exhaustion or pain, and the children were delivered easily.
I… was rather shocked when I saw them in the flesh, it was certainly a different experience than what I had imagined. In my previous life I never had a family, even less siblings. Having two siblings now was a rather big responsibility, but I couldn't help but feel happy about being given the chance to have siblings.
The children ended being twins, and had brown hair like my mother, with bright green eyes, one was a girl and the other a boy, although as babies, they looked identical. The girl was named Anna and the boy was named Allan.
Since that day that I've been helping my parents take care of Anna and Allan, but as babies, they don't do much other than sleeping.
Though, every time I see them sleep peacefully, I can't help but feel a soothing feeling in my heart.