Chapter 65. Smelting and Forging
Rhys returned before long with a scorched earthenware bowl. He held it up. “Here we are. Now we’ve got all the pieces assembled.”
“Except the fuel,” Bast pointed out.
Rhys turned and gestured toward the trash pit.
Bast sighed. “I was afraid you’d say that.”
“Wanna help me sort it?” Rhys asked, rolling up his sleeves.
Sighing again, Bast shook his head. He gestured. “Get a pile over here, and let’s get started.”
Rhys pointed his hand at the trash. He called it to him as though he were going to absorb it, but stopped just before it actually absorbed into his body. The trash gathered behind him and piled up there, waiting to be sorted.
Trash Manipulation 7 > 8
He raised his eyebrows. He hadn’t used the skill that much, but it had leveled anyways. Was that because he hadn’t used Trash Manipulation to move the trash, but instead relied on his trash absorption to find a new way to move it? His mind instantly went to Enlightenment. It leveled up every time he comprehended something new, regardless of if it was related to Enlightenment itself, or maybe even his path. Maybe this was a form of enlightenment, to utilize a different method to achieve the same end.
Interesting. It implied that levels didn’t simply come from using a skill often enough that it leveled up, but also from understanding the skill better, or discovering a new way to use that skill. It made sense, since this System seemed to lag him. He developed a skill, then the System rewarded him by naming it, rather than the System giving him a skill, and then him struggling to understand it. Once he had it, the System would level it with use and empower it, but it made sense, too, that understanding the skill better or discovering a new way to achieve the same effect would also give him levels.