The Butcher of Gadobhra

Chapter 69.3: Dawn of War (3)

More decisions. Suzette had wanted a nice easy dungeon run and a couple of hundred EP in Agility. Now she needed to spend 1800 EP and another 15 CSP. Not a bad thing, but she felt rushed. The morning was coming up fast.

Taking a deep breath, she quit thinking about hidden classes, going to a higher tier, or things she couldn't contol. There were a lot of things in her life that she couldn't control, she was used to it. Ignore those things, simplify the problem, enjoy life. She whispered that mantra a few times and got to work. She liked magic, so she'd concentrate on magic

She started off by putting the 300 skill points into Light Affinity and bringing it up to level four. That was a priority. Spells were costing more and more. This would bring down her cost by another 5%, and up to a 20% discount total.

Next up was 200 in AGI, which would put her at ten with the bonus from her class. She crossed her fingers that would work out like they hoped. But she was confident that she was interpreting the cryptic hint from Hermes correctly.

1500 points was a huge reward! She toyed with taunting Timmy with their achievement of killing a level 10 elite. It would be so fun to see the look on his face! But it was more fun just to keep it a secret. Instead, she contented herself with putting 1300 EP into CH to raise it up another two levels. Eat that Mr. Shinypaladin! After getting her class, she'd be at 14 CHR. She wondered if she could smile and convince him to scrub the kitchen floor for her?

It wasn't that she really disliked Timmy. She just hated who he worked for. If she was a few decades younger she might even be attracted to him. He wasn't bad, except for his overblown arrogance. He was so certain that at some point he was going to be invited up to her room for some fun and games. She wondered how that would go over with Ozzy? :) "Don't mind us Ozzy, I invited Timmy and his crew upstairs, we'll keep the noise down." Ozzy would probably just give her a small smile, let her make her own bad decisions and go sleep in the basement.

She'd tried making him jealous before, and it had never really worked. He thought it was her choice who she slept with, not his. And it was, of course. But dammit, he could at least be decent enough to be upset about it. She hoped that if she ever saw him with another woman, she'd be as good about it, but she doubted it. Even that story about him losing his kilt to those hussies at the keep had upset her.

And to be honest, even saying "another woman" was wrong. He wasn't hers. Just an old friend and sometimes lover of convenience. He was too polite; she was too afraid of committing. She'd have to think more on that. Having him nearby kept the demons in the back of head calmed down.

She pushed off thoughts of talking to Ozzy for later. She needed to put these points somewhere. The second and third tiers of extra mana were 5 and 10 points each. That would give her another 350 mana. She bought both levels. She had two points she needed to spend. Tired and wanting to be done, she tossed them to Hedge Wizard for two more random cantrips.

Checking through all her core skills made her notice something odd. She'd increased five different skills with CSP: AGI, DEX, INT, RAD, and CHR. Wasn't there something that had said you could only increase three skills? She'd done it, so obviously it was OK. Done! She wasn't even going to look at them. She'd have to ask Ozzy about the limit, maybe she was mis-remembering.

Thinking about Ozzy again made her remember how beat up he was. They'd talked about getting breakfast altogether, but he could barely walk. Maybe she'd cook him up something good and go feed it to him.

Betty was up already and helped her get a platter together: 4 eggs how he liked them, toast, bacon, more bacon, and some hot tea. She carried it outside to where he would be sitting by his flaming hellhole.

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