The next day, after morning sex, I went to my gravity training platform and started experimenting. I filled half the runes with mana and began push-ups. After 135 push-ups, Strength went up by one point; after 162, Endurance went up too. I trained for two full hours with short five-minute rests. In that time, I raised Strength by 3, Endurance by 7, and Agility by 5. For Agility and speed, I did shadowboxing, focusing on speed – and it worked. I also raised my Hand-to-Hand Combat skill, proving that combat skills could be leveled through training.
After the workout, I was completely drained. I sat down to meditate and strengthen my magic channels, resting at the same time. Half an hour later, I felt slightly better and went hunting – luck was on my side, and I caught a lustful deer. The cabin had a well that wasn't blocked, but the wooden bucket was falling apart – I repaired it with leftover boards from the other day. Lunch was shish kebab again. I fed Lisa a little, took her to the bathroom, and gave her another harsh shower – she winced under the cold pressurized water but obediently let herself be washed. In defense of my conscience (if I had one), I washed myself the same way – quick and toughening. Though that toughening didn't really apply to me anymore; my body had already surpassed human limits.
Speaking of which – I cast Minor Heal on myself, and my aching post-workout muscles calmed down a bit. I hadn't used that skill in a while. I cast it five more times, and the pain vanished completely – and I'd been suffering for hours like an idiot. I sat down to meditate on developing my spiritual core – in two hours, it progressed by 0.3%, and it would only get slower. I tested my gravity platform again – took my sword and dagger and ran through combat katas. Two hours later, Short Blades skill went up by +2, not counting Agility, Strength, and Endurance bonuses. Unlike primary stats, Short Blades gave a significant damage bonus specifically with that weapon.
After training, I used the healing skill a few more times. After the fourth cast, I stood there with my mouth open and eyes wide for a couple minutes, then started cursing myself elaborately. The reason was a notification:
You have raised the skill "Minor Heal" to level 2.
"Wait – you can do that? Is it possible to level active skills? Then why haven't my anti-tracking and fertility debuff skills leveled up – I use them constantly?" I went to interrogate the prisoner. She was surprised by my lack of basic knowledge, but after a slap, she obediently explained that active skills could be leveled by simply using them, if their rank allowed and if a higher-rank version existed. For example, there was a Medium Heal skill, and Minor Heal would become it after level 10. But there was no higher-rank version of my anti-tracking or fertility debuff – hence they stayed put. Neither archmages nor gods had created a higher-level skill for that "disgusting" (quoting Lisa) anti-life measure. And anti-tracking had simply fallen out of fashion – there were skills with much more functionality, so it had been abandoned.
After the interrogation, I sat on her face and enjoyed her tongue in my vagina – Lisa was skilled at licking and seemed to enjoy it. She brought me to orgasm in five minutes. Then, just as skillfully, she licked my anus, doing incredible things with her tongue. After that, I sat on her cock – standard procedure. She tried to move her hips to drive deeper, but through pain, I made it clear she was a living dildo and had to lie still and silent. This time, I didn't stop at vaginal sex – I also took her cock in my ass. I needed to develop other holes too – there were useful perks for everything. After sex, I reached level 11. I tied up my prisoner and went to sleep.
I spent a week in this rhythm – sex, gravity training, learning runes, and developing my ki core for two hours each day. After the week, I started planning my next moves. Killing the clan head was science fiction, and I wasn't ready for Turiy either. But I'd always loved – and been good at – causing trouble. The question wasn't strategy so much as my nasty personality. I began questioning Lisa about the city layout, business and strategic points, building blueprints, and nearby streets. Over a week, I extracted everything from her. Meanwhile, aside from training, I was poring over magic runes. The result was the simplest mine: four fire runes, eight compression runes, and two air runes. I arranged the weave so that mana was distributed unevenly – 80% to fire and air, 20% to compression. When that 20% ran out, the compressed fire and air would explode under tremendous pressure. I made the runes from tree resin – a local birch-like tree with a circumference of 7-8 meters and the height of a five-story building. Laira's nature was radically different from Earth's in many ways; I never saw a single familiar tree, though I gave some similar Earth names.
By the end of the second week, my results were:
Level 15
Strength +26
Agility +42
Endurance +61
Perception +8
Arousability +21
Fertility +64
Intelligence +16
Willpower +6
Core Formation 63%
Mana Channel Toughness +2
Magical Core Capacity +4
Hand-to-Hand Combat +14
Short Blades +18
Knife Fighting +8
Dominance +26
Vaginal Sex +7
Anal Sex +9
Oral Sex +6
Oral Elasticity +3
Sadism +4
Masochism +2
Carpentry +3
Mage Meditation +1
You have reached 75 in the Strength stat. Perk acquired: "Iron Muscles" – your muscle fibers are harder to injure, increasing endurance.
You have reached 150 in the Endurance stat. Perk acquired: "Shadow Recovery" – your endurance recovers 400% faster in shadows.
You have reached 50 in the Perception stat. Choose a perk:
Keen Sight
Keen Hearing
Sensitive Zones (you receive 50% more pleasure during sex).This time I chose Keen Hearing – a useful perk for an assassin.
You have reached 100 in the Arousability stat. Choose a perk:
Quick Reflexes 3 (you know about a strike before the opponent even thinks of it).
Wet Clit (you get aroused 20% faster, but gain 10% more experience per orgasm).The system exaggerated the perk's capabilities, but Quick Reflexes was still useful. I'd been getting more sexual perk options because I'd been actively having sex for two weeks.
You have reached 100 in the Intelligence stat. Choose a perk:
Perfect Memory
Lustful Mind (20% chance to gain +1 Intelligence after each orgasm).I liked this perk – it was the same as my prisoner's. Free Intelligence boosts, since I'd be having sex or masturbating anyway – why not get real benefit? And I didn't want Perfect Memory – I had my reasons. With Intelligence at 100, my memory was already excellent. I chose Lustful Mind.
You have reached 50 in the secondary stat Dominance. Choose a perk:
Overseer (sentient beings with high Submission obey your commands).
Commander 2 (during sex, if you dominate your partner, you gain 50% more experience).I chose Commander 2 – my level was still a bit low; extra percentages couldn't hurt.
You have reached 50 in the Fertility stat. Choose a perk:
Quick Conception (you become pregnant with high probability from any vaginal sex).
Easy Birth (during pregnancy, your pelvic bones become incredibly flexible for easy delivery).Easy Birth – who knows, if I ever need to give birth, why suffer?
You have reached 75 in the Fertility stat. Choose a perk:
Quick Conception (you become pregnant with high probability from any vaginal sex).
Easy Birth 2 (during pregnancy, vaginal elasticity is increased by 100, making delivery easier).Again – Easy Birth 2, of course.
You have reached 100 in the Fertility stat. Choose a perk:
Quick Conception (you become pregnant with high probability from any vaginal sex).
Quick Birth 2 (fetal maturation during pregnancy takes 3 months with no harm to the fetus).The system was really pushing Quick Conception – but on the other hand, it was nudging me toward pregnancy through the softer route, making it a walk in the park. How is it even possible to give birth in 3 months? No logical answer – it's the system! I chose Quick Birth 2.
Congratulations! You have raised Vaginal Sex to level 20. Choose a perk:
Cock Enthusiast 2 (you love having your vagina stretched by a cock; you gain more experience for larger cocks – +40% for each centimeter above 17cm).
Cum Receptacle (you heal health and restore endurance after someone cums in your vagina).
Womb (you love giving birth; you were made to bear children even from non-sentient beasts – wild animals of the opposite sex and semi-sentient beings do not attack you with intent to kill; Fertility +10000).I chose Cock Enthusiast – it was too much of a cheat perk.
Congratulations! You have raised Anal Sex to level 10. Choose a perk:
Super Metabolism (you digest everything you eat, leaving no waste – your ass is always clean).
Cum Receptacle (Ass) (you heal health and restore endurance after someone cums in your ass).
Sensual Ass (your anal opening has many more nerve endings than before – anal sex provides 500% more pleasure).I chose Super Metabolism – very convenient and timely. I was in a fucking medieval world and tired of wiping my ass with leaves; toilet paper hadn't been invented yet.
Congratulations! You have raised Oral Sex to level 10. Choose a perk:
Mouth-Vagina (your mouth becomes a second vagina, bringing as much pleasure during oral as vaginal sex).
Cum Receptacle (Oral) (you heal health and restore endurance after someone cums in your mouth).Here, honestly, I gave in to base desires and chose Mouth-Vagina. Cum Receptacle could theoretically help if I quickly blew an ally mid-battle, but first – I was a solo operator, and second – I didn't like it.
And so ended another stage of my time in the wilderness. Time to cause some trouble. I had over a hundred thin wooden plates with resin mine-weaves in my shoulder bag. In the morning, after long and wild sex, I snapped Lisa's neck, buried her behind the house, and headed toward the city of Djer. It was time for the Osm Clan to get acquainted with me.