Chapter 187
The next morning, Alice’s mana had regenerated enough for her to start doing things again. The first thing she did was filter all of her class mana, and then finally start looking through her System messages. She was no longer as exhausted as before, so it was a good time to pick new Perks and see what levels she had gained during the battle.
You have leveled up!
Scientist: 68 -> 70, Scholar 67 -> 68, Explorer of Magic 87 -> 88, Kinetic Manabinder 54 -> 57, Careful Enchanter 36 -> 38
Her rewards for participating in the fight had been quite generous this time. Most likely, it was because Alice had experimented with different ways to use her mana during the fight, giving her a lot of experience points for all of her related classes. She didn’t get a new Achievement, which was a little sad, but she was still happy with her progress during the fight. More importantly, she had two new Perks to choose. One for [Scientist] and one for [Kinetic Manabinder]. Alice scanned her Status Screen again, and fell into thought.
If she had enough time, she might be able to get three new Perks, instead of two. [Legendary Organic Mage] was probably pretty close to level 10 by now, and she was very interested in seeing what Perks came out of that class. She was currently in the middle of a city, so it was certainly possible to find and heal injured people. She had recovered a good chunk of her mana while working on her Magic image at night, so she could spare a bit of mana to finish pushing the class to level 10.
The other exciting thing to think about was the magic image she had been working on in [Magic Modelling]. She wasn’t quite done with it yet, but she could probably finish it in three or four hours of work. In other words, as long as she didn’t need to pay attention to the road as the group travelled, she would finish it today.
Two new Perks, followed by finishing the next step in a research project, and also unlocking a third Perk. Today promised to be a very exciting day. After she finished scanning her improvements, she started looking through her [Scientist] Perks. The first thing to check was whether she wanted to combine Perks, or make a completely new Perk.
{Mana Measurement} doesn’t really need to be evolved into a new skill. It does exactly what it’s supposed to. {Sample Collection} is basically just a storage Perk… but it’s totally fine if it remains as a storage Perk. Having a portable inventory I can bring with me is far too convenient to give up. {Safety Analysis} is far too useful to give up. {Shared Memory}… isn’t the most useful of Perks, but I still do get occasional use out of it. I wouldn’t mind combining it with another Perk, but I am also not sure if it would impact my mental health. Being able to share my memories of Earth with Cecilia and chat with her does wonders for my mood. {Advanced Mana Measurement} is just an upgraded version of {Mana Measurement}, but I very much appreciate being able to measure mana near me. As for {For Science}, the Perk is far, far too useful to give up.
Alice started scratching her head as she looked through her Perks.