Chapter Eighty Two

Joe woke up this time quite early in the morning, but not at midnight as he normally did. His fight with the giant must have exhausted him quite a bit more than he realized, and while it was still dark out, Joe was able to tell by the soft glow on the horizon that day was returning soon. He sighed, looked down at Kilniara softly sleeping against him, and smiled. He then frowned and realized that he would have to come to some decision about her. The relationship was happening much faster than he was used to and despite the month or two they'd known each other, his connection with her seemed genuine. The only issue he really had was her brother, who proved to be a poor… friend.

Joe put aside his thoughts on disappointment and turned to his mana training, quickly going through his sets even as he looked at his gains from the day before. His mana practice still consisted of his normal set of exercises: mana point manipulation, mana emission from both points and his personal well, and mana point movement. He also put a lot of effort into his various skills as well, wanting to work on his magic space and bag, the two job changing skills, and magic heal. He could really only work on four, but he did try to shift between the five skills equally, but found himself focusing more on the job changing skills and magic heal. So, yesterday's jobs, hmm… navigator, no change… oooh! Primate hit forty… and then… the other combat jobs both hit thirty five. Let's see Primate! And a new skill!? Disease immunity? Disease immunity!? Joe sighed in frustration before frowning and moving on.