Chapter 12 …And all for one.

  I placed my hand on the stone, it glows a bright white, blinding me for a second. Her words play through my ear as the system gives me a notification.

  [Memory lock at 5% integrity!]

  [Memory lock at 1% integrity!]

  [Memory lock failure!/ memories fully unlocked.]

  “The pathless choice, your growth will be slow, but you won't have any constraints, your skills will be easier to obtain, but you won't be as good as any dedicated class is at their own jobs. Not without a lot of work….”

  The glow stops as a small screen pops up.

  [Class is set to pathless. You are a jack of all trades, master of none, better than the master of one. All skills will be acquired and improved at a 200% rate, after accomplishing great feats or leveling up you will gain stat points and sometimes skill points, skill points can upgrade, fuse skills or even unlock more difficult to acquire skills. +2 skill points and +20 stat points for unlocking the class. Each level will increase all base stats by 1.]

  [Status]

  Class- pathless Lv 1 0/1000 xp

  Name Xion

  Fox-kin

  Age 15

  Strength 51

  Agility 67

  Intelligence 138

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  Endurance 58

  Mana 87

  Stat points 20

  Skill points 2

  Skills

  Archery, appraise, swordsmanship, beast style flow, mana manipulation, basic omni magic, acrobatics,stealth, dodge.

  New class skill, mimicry, gain skills even faster when being taught or observing from a superior in that respective skill, able to learn class skills with a lot of practice.

  The elders mouth is still wide open when I take my hands off the stone.

  “I-I- uhm. I always thought you might be special Xion.”

  He ends up blurting that last bit out. As I look back Jean has his mouth wide open. I stand with my hands on my hips and a haughty expression on my face.

  “I told you so Jean.”

  Man it feels good being right. The elder comes to his senses after my quick exchange. He whispers to me,

  “Come see me in three days, alone.”

  Afterwards he addresses the small crowd of parents and the newly appointed adults.

  “We have observed children become adults, and with the new year be merry for the next day, so the new adults may have some time to bask in the next step of life.”

  The woman lift their veils and the men all throw their hats into the air, I'll worry about what the elder wants after the festival.

  The entirety of my party, the tails of fortune gather around me, Alice gives a small grin, Jean is sputtering at how im impossible and Sarah tells me that im awsome. Derek simply gives me a thumbs up in approval.

  “Next month we'll set out, until then, let's get our affairs in order, say goodbye and make sure our gear is ready, tonight though, let's party!” We head into the town's tavern and get a drink each, me and Sarah go for some cheap wine while the others get a flagon of ale and begin to drink. We all sat down, a few of our parents came by to congratulate us on such good classes, a few of the other new adults looked at us in envy, there was only one other combat class besides ours, he was simply ‘spearman’ he was the son of one of the hunters. As the night went on we continued to drink. Alice ended up in a bar fight with the hunters son, she only took one hit where he was left lying on the floor, covered in bruises groaning, some of us were laughing while his father simply held his head in his hands in disappointment.

  As the night went on, some of us clearly couldn't hold our liquor. Jean was passed out while Alice was swaying in the booth, before falling onto the table face first. Derek and I were neck and neck with our drinking competition, Sarah cheering us on as we finished our 8th glass. Derek swayed as he looked like he was ready to puke, before falling on his face onto the table, dead asleep.

  “Yeah baby! I'm the best!”

  I drunkenly shout.

  “Where's my prize?”

  I mumble.

  Sarah looks up smiling after checking to make sure Derek is OK.

  “Everyone else seems to be sleeping…. Guess I'll be your prize tonight…”

  A blush creeps up her face as she puckers her lips and moves towards me, she gives me a light kiss as she goes for my tail, trying to catch it while it's swishing in happiness.

  “You're really pretty Sarah…” my words slurring.

  “I've always been envious of your looks Xion… you're so cool…” she catches my tail, I give a small,

  “Eep!”

  As she begins to cuddle with it, using my tail as a pillow.

  “So soft…”

  She mumbles before beginning to lightly snore.

  The room starts to spin, guess ive drank a bit too much…