Lone: The Wanderer [Rewrite]

It took three days of travel but Lone had finally arrived at the abandoned urd where one of his three Farwind safehouses resided. Of course, the urd was overrun with monsters again, but that didn't bother him since they weren't likely to pay attention to him as he tunneled through the walls.

'Why did I say it was fine to make them isolated in the stone hundreds of metres away from the urds again?' Lone asked as he swung a perfect duplicate of the white wooden pickaxe he had once borrowed from a kind-hearted dwarf.

Soph giggle through their telepathic connection. 'Because any other scenario and I would have been able to teleport us in. You said you'd be happy to recreate the wall behind you as you level Mining Mastery, so no complaining!'

'I did say that, didn't I? Past me was an idiot. This shit is damn-near as hard as bedrock. I need to make a better pickaxe, or better yet, learn how to apply Strength...' he sighed.

'Well, at least your applied Agility let you get here in a few days instead of a few weeks,' Soph comforted.

Lone nodded at that. 'Right you are. By the way, how're you doing? I didn't expect you to sleep for almost three days straight. Reminded me of Kyuubi for a minute there. Got me worried too. You okay in The Summoning Room? I know you aren't the biggest fan of that space.'

'I've, uh, grown accustomed to it. We keep making it a more liveable space for Kyuubi since this is basically her permanent home. It isn't so bad now. I never really noticed since I was the one setting up the decorations, but yeah, it isn't so bad. Uh, if I ignore the endless darkness past Kyuubi's bedroom, that is,' Soph replied, a strained smile likely on her face.

'Now that sounds like a person who's almost earned Fear Resistance to me,' Lone joked. 'What about Minor Time Control? Did it level when you used it?'

'Yeah, actually! It levelled once. Sophie and I are both hoping its once per use. If it isn't it'll never reach intermediate rank and become more useful,' Soph answered.