Chapter 507 - Club Of Hearts
Ren had finished up with the maids after making sure to thank them all properly by giving them as much pleasure as they could handle, then logged out to take care of business. No one was in his room, and he was a little surprised by that; then he shrugged his shoulders and went to the bathroom to take care of things. When he was done, he went back into his room after prepping for fun again, then climbed back onto the bed and logged back into the game.
Ren slept for the hour that he needed, and while the maids slept for the second hour that they needed, he read his stat boost books. He had 4 of them now. One for Intelligence, one for Wisdom, one for Strength, and one for Agility. He gained a point in each stat and the books went blank.
It would be great if I could spend a few hours in Lara's closet so I could abuse the crap out of these books. Ren thought. “Lara!” He gasped, slid out of bed and equipped his Travelling Clothes and put on his Dire Wolf Hooded Cloak, then Teepo landed on his shoulder.
Ren went downstairs and ran to the Library, and Artemis came out of the warehouse and joined him. She waited outside the Library as Ren went inside, and he waved to Rosie and passed by the reception desk. He quickly walked to the side hallway and went into the back storage area, and saw Lara as she sat behind her desk with her feet up.
“It's about time you remembered me.” Lara said angrily.
“I'm really sorry.” Ren said.
“What's your excuse this time?” Lara asked.
“I died saving the world.” Ren said.
Lara started to laugh at the joke, then her laugh cut off like a switch had been thrown as her eyes went blank for almost 10 seconds. She blinked her eyes after that and stood up, and her face was full of shock and awe. She walked around the desk and put both hands on his chest, ran her hands up and over his shoulders, then wrapped them around his neck. She bent over slightly and kissed him passionately without saying a word.
Ren felt her desire for him as it went sky high, and he wondered what was going on. “L-Lisa?” He used her real name to get her attention when she broke the kiss, and Lara kissed along his cheek and then kissed his ear. “Wh-what's going on?”
“I saw...” Lara stopped talking and leaned back to look at him. “You really did save us all from a horrible fate.”
“I thought so.” Ren said. “But...”
“I also saw what happened with Jennifer tonight.” Lara said and gave him a tender kiss. “You helped her see what an ass Billy is for treating her the way he's been treating her.” She said and kissed Ren again. “If my prediction is right, she is going to need your help tomorrow night.”
“When Billy logs back in.” Ren said, and Lara nodded. “Thanks for the heads up.”
“Anytime.” Lara said and kissed his chin.
“Is that why you're so turned on right now?” Ren asked, and she nodded.
“I just wish...” *kiss* “...I had someone...” *kiss* “...like you when...” Lisa stopped talking and looked at Ren, and saw his wide eyes. She tried to pull away as she unwrapped her arms from around his neck, and he gently caught her and held her close.
“I'm not going to ask why you never said anything.” Ren said.
Lara shook her head several times and tried to pull away again. “No, I... it didn't happen.”
“Lara...”
“No.”
“Lisa!” Ren nearly shouted, and it startled her. She was the one that had wide eyes this time, and he held her with one hand as he used the other hand to caress her face. “I'd kill whoever it was for touching this beautiful face in anger.”
“R-Ren... I...” Lara sighed and closed her eyes as Ren touched her face. “I didn't want you to know.”
“Why?” Ren asked. “Were you afraid I'd think less of you?”
“I... I didn't want...” Lara tried to turn away, but he held her in place. “I'm damaged goods.”
“I want to laugh at that, but I don't want you to get the wrong idea.” Ren said. “You know me in real life, Lisa.” He said and used her real name again. “You know I'm damaged goods, too.” He pleaded. “I'm more damaged than practically everyone else in the whole world.”
Lara blinked her eyes a few times, and then she took a deep breath and let it out. “Ren, I...” She shook her head slightly, because he wasn't saying that she wasn't damaged or belittled how damaged she was. He was only stating that they both were and that he was fine with that. “I love you.” She said. “I love you so much.”
“I love you, too.” Ren said, and they kissed. They stayed that way for several minutes, and then Ren broke the kiss. “Come with me for a few minutes.”
“Okay.” Lara said and took his hand as she followed him out of the back room, through the Library, and outside.
“Hi.” Artemis said to her, and Lara gave her a brief nod as Ren stopped beside the Library.
“Give me a minute to work my magic.” Ren said, and Lara nodded and let his hand go. He opened the plans for the Instant Tower, then the plans for a nice single storey house. He replaced most of the Instant Tower with the house plans, and left the part that embedded in the ground. He added the maximum amount of runes that he could for Enchantment enhancement, then added in his recipe for the Holy Relic.
The Sanctuary enchantment doubled in effectiveness because of the added runes, which doubled the Sanctuary's area from 10 feet by 10 feet to 20 feet by 20 feet. It also allowed the use of 2 spells instead of one. Ren already knew the spells he was going to use, and activated his Craft Wondrous Item ability. He added the materials needed, which wasn't a lot because the house was a lot smaller than the tower, and added the money and Mana it required.
“You never did decide if you wanted your own house or not.” Ren said as the cube formed on the golden platform. “Now you don't have to.”
“Ren, I... I've accepted too much from you already.”
“No, you haven't.” Ren said and held the cube up. “Now be a good girl and accept this, too.”
Lara looked at the cube and then at his face. He had a huge smile, and she nodded. Ren walked over to the lot behind the Library, put the cube down in the middle of it, then walked back to Lara.
Ren activated the cube and the nice one storey house popped into place, and he stepped close to it. It asked him for the two spells to use inside, and he chose Permanent Widen Effect as the first one, and Permanent Regeneration for the other. The house glowed for a moment, then Permanent Widen Effect was applied and the Sanctuary effect filled the entire house, then another popup appeared that asked what the next 2 spells would be.
I could keep going on and on with Widen Effect, couldn't I? Ren asked.
“Only if you want to stand here forever and keep picking spells.” Teepo chittered in laughter.
Ren picked Full Restoration and Energize as the next two spells, which closed the infinite loop he could have started by picking Permanent Widen Effect again. That would have doubled the available spells and given him 4 more to choose, then he could pick it again and it would have given him 8 more, and so on. Like Teepo had said, he could stand there forever and keep picking the same beneficial spells over and over. That was not what Ren wanted, though.
Using the exploit for an advantage is one thing, abusing it for no reason except that you could was another. With that thought, he looked at the 3 city model plans he had, and saw that they were greyed out and couldn't be selected or edited.
“Lara, guess what?” Ren turned and looked at her. “You were right, and they greyed out my model cities.”
Lara walked over to him and put an arm around his neck and stood beside him. “Making all 3 cities at the same time was a great idea.” She said. “I thought you were going to make one and enlarge it, then another, and another.”
“Ha.” Ren said. “I wonder how many I could have made before the system itself had to step in and stop me from overloading everything.”
| System and Administration Query Response (Player Version) | |||
| A total of 5 cities could have been created before causing catastrophic failure of the main server. |
