Titan: A LitRPG Adventure (UnderVerse Book 4) by Jez Cajiao (beach books .txt) 📗

Perception, jumping it from twenty-eight to thirty-five, leaving me with twenty-five points to use.

I put six points into my Constitution, pushing that from thirty-four to forty and boosting my HP to seven hundred and eighty. That left me twenty points, all of which I slammed into Dexterity, taking me from thirty, to fifty.

I’d spent the last few weeks and months fighting the same way, but when I’d first arrived, I’d been alone, so I’d made Bob to be a Tank for me, and god, I missed his bony bonce.

I’d finally recently concluded that I just couldn’t step back and let someone else take the hits for me, though, so I’d basically become a tank hybrid. I wore medium ‘scout’ armor for the legion, and I fought head-to-head, but I blended magic and melee to the best of my abilities, using the one thing I’d always had in abundance.

Sheer unbridled aggression.

I felt the essence approaching my head, and accepted my choices, praying that I’d recover in time.

Name: Jax

Titles: Strategos: 5% boost to damage resistance. Fortifier: 5% boost to defensive structure integrity, Champion of Jenae

Class: Spellsword > Justicar> Champion of Jenae + Imperial Magekiller

Renown: Unknown

Level: 22

Progress: 174,936/420,000

Patron: Jenae, Goddess of Fire and Exploration

Points to Distribute: 0

Meridian Points to Invest: 0

Stat

Current points

Description

Effect

Progress to next level

Agility

41

Governs dodge and movement.

Average speed + 310% (+10% increase in darkness, -20% in daylight)

88/100

Charisma

21

Governs likely success to charm, seduce, or threaten

Success chance +110%

91/100

Constitution

40

Governs health and health regeneration

HP 780 (200+600-20), regen 25pts per 600s (+10% regen due to soul bond, -20hp, each point invested now worth 20hp)

81/100

Dexterity

50

Governs ability with weapons and crafting success

+ 40% chance to wield weapon successfully, + 40% chance of crafting success

7/100

Endurance

40

Governs stamina and stamina regeneration

STM 800 (200+600), regen 30pts per 30s (Each point now worth 20STM)

51/100

Intelligence

54

Governs base mana and number of spells able to be learned

MANA 520 (100+420), spell capacity: 27 spells (-20mp due to soul bond)

36/100

Luck

23

Governs overall chance of bonuses

+13% chance of success in areas luck affects

53/100

Perception

35 (30)

Governs ranged damage and chance to spot traps/hidden items

+250% ranged damage, +35% chance to spot traps/hidden items

9/100

Strength

25

Governs damage with melee weapons and carrying capacity

+15 damage with melee weapons, +150% carrying capacity

15/100

Wisdom

43 (33)

Governs mana regeneration and memory

+495% mana recovery, 6.45ppm, 330% more likely to remember things, (Includes +50% increase in mana regeneration due to Essence Core)

41/100

Chapter Thirty-Four

I came to on the floor, with Jian crouched next to me, one hand under my head, the other trying to slide something soft under it. I blinked, trying to make sense of what had happened, as the world crashed in around me.

I jerked upright as an enormous ‘BOOM’ went off practically inside the room, and I heard the screeches of terror from a gaggle of gnomes who were all trying to hide under the bed in the back.

I shook my head as I realized that they’d managed to lift it off its restraints, and it was now balanced precariously on the pile as they all tried to crowd deeper under it. Unperturbed, Jian let out a sigh of relief.

I twisted around, seeing him and the rest of the room, and the world came back into focus.

“Jian!” I grunted in shock. “Who’s flying…” I started to ask, as Jian grinned at me and Tenandra spoke up.

“I am now integrated sufficiently to assume control of the ship’s functions Lord Jax,” she said calmly, and I twisted around further, to see her standing on the control console, legs braced apart and staring straight ahead, in classic ‘How to be a Ship’s Captain’ style.

She wore her navy-blue suit and glittering buttons, the blouse so white it almost hurt to look at it, and her foxlike ears and tail flicked nonchalantly as she passively made sure I was watching how gracefully she managed the ship.

“So, you don’t need Jian?” I asked her, and she shrugged.

“He is useful, but no longer necessary,” she admitted.

“Status Number One…” I muttered, accepting the hand Jian offered and letting him haul me to my feet. I noticed that nobody got the joke, and I tried again. “What the hell happened after I put my points into place?” I asked the pair of them, getting a look of surprise from Jian.

“Is that what you did? You grabbed your head, screamed something about spiders under your skin, and collapsed!”

“I… uh… no time for that now. How long?” I asked again, frowning at him, and he shook his head.

“It’s okay! You were only out for twenty minutes, that’s all! They’re still out there, but we’re keeping them at a distance…” he said, as another rush of wind and rain buffeted the ship, causing it to roll slightly before righting itself.

“Thank fuck,” I grunted. “Jian, you’re not needed out there for now, so stay and help Tenandra. You’re still the pilot; Tenandra is there to work with you. Now, I need to get out and deal with those fuckers…” I flexed my fingers and rolled my shoulders, the feeling of being a stranger in my own skin slowly settling down.

I walked unsteadily to the door, shoving it aside as I went out, my naginata helping to brace my steps as I grew more accustomed to my improved body. I slammed the door closed and looked around the deck, seeing a small group of the hardiest gnomes working frantically from under Grizz’s Iceshield spell.

I nodded in approval as I watched the rain spattering against the outer edge and freeze again, forming a secondary layer that seemed to help, as the normally clear bubble grew misty and opaque, hiding the windswept outside world from them.

I stomped across the deck, occasionally slipping slightly from the moss and fungus that coated it, but more and more, the storm driven wind and rain was scouring the deck clean, and I could see the original ship being exposed again.

“Jax!” Yen called, making her way over to the railing and reaching down to take my hand and help me up onto the upper deck. “You look like shit!” She shouted above the howling wind and I nodded to her.

“You too!” I