"Well, that is all," Ryan said and then turned around just when they were about to reach their hideout.
"Wait, you need a place to rest, don't you?" Haruna said. "You can stay with us since fighting at night is too dangerous. If we give us some time, we can recover and organize our forces and fight together, you are planning to clear the dungeons, right? You certainly will need our help."
"I don't think so, you neither have the strength or the spirit to be of any help," Ryan said. "You already know that."
Haruna couldn't say anything to contest Ryan, while fortunately, Ryan healed the boy's arm that struggled against the survivors that joined the monster's side. She still was agonizing over the fact that she chose to watch and wait for a better chance to rescue her allies. While she chose the majority's safety over the life one, she still couldn't forgive herself for that. In the end, she just watched Ryan leave on Furball's back.
"While also agreeing that you did the right thing in choosing not to fight with those who are weak and have weak spirits, I must say that you might be trying to bite more than you can chew," Femradiel said. "The whole situation is on another level if compared to everything you faced until now."
"As long as we proceed carefully, everything will work out in the end," Ryan said. "While we are in a race against time, there is only so much that can be done on Earth. It is annoying to admit that, but Earth is doomed, the dungeon masters will eventually arrive and I can't prevent that, but I can prepare for it."
"How so?" Femradiel asked.
"By getting stronger like there is no tomorrow," Ryan replied, and as far as I am concerned, this is the perfect place for that."
"So, you are really planning to kill all the bosses?" Femradiel asked. "Even though the humans can cause dungeon breaks as much as they want?"
"I don't think that is true, if the humans on their side could cause as much dungeon breaks as they want, their level would be much higher, possibly, the dungeon would have reached the max level a long time ago."
Femradiel realized that was true… possibly, the dungeons could only grow so much in a short amount of time. Or maybe there could only exist a certain number of bosses at the same time, even though they were all copies from one original. Regardless, she realized that considering the monsters' strength, Ryan wouldn't have much use of Active Spiritual Recovery. So, for a while, she won't receive that much mana.
"I won't be able to recover much mana while you fight, so I would like to level up some of your skills and learn others to compensate for that during the times you will be resting between fights," Femradiel said. "Can I level up your Passive Recovery?"
"You can make my skills level up as well with the mana you receive?" Ryan frowned. "Wait, isn't that counterproductive for you?"
"Yes, I can." Femradiel replied. "And no, even in the short term I will recover the mana invested pretty fast. There are other skills that you might learn to increase your mana regeneration, but knowing you, you won't accept learning them. Unless, you decided to learn Hydromancy and Cryomancy later."
"There is that option as well, huh," Ryan rubbed his chin thoughtfully.
Ryan considered his options carefully. Given the set of skills he obtained lately, he didn't have much use for magic aside from defending. Besides, the cost in the mana of his most powerful crossbows was pretty high. If he decides to use magic and his bolts and arrows to attack at the same time, he won't be able to level up as fast as he wants his archer-related classes. It was high time for Ryan to confirm the path he wanted to choose…
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