I wake up. My head is ringing like crazy. I went to reach for it to stop if from shaking but my hand didn't move. I look to my left and where my hand should have been… Was nothing… Shit! Where's my hand at!? Oh life god why! I don't have a hand anymore... The chi wave was so powerful I lost my hand to my own attack! Not just my hand, my whole arm, almost all the way up to the shoulder. I look around, I must have been knocked out of a long time. I'm in the tent right now. I hope I haven't been knocked unconscious for a few weeks.

My pets must have moved me into the tent. We figured out the Aegis could influence other rares mana. Doing so, the rares would not cause explosions. If we hadn't figured that out, I doubt I could ever use any of these void storage containers. Through more testing, we figured out that you could put rares into a non rare container. Then put the non rare container in the rare void storage container. So like a treasure chest can hold a rare ring inside a void bag.

I look around and see no one. I try to get up but my body is still too injured to move. Pokodo was probably casting heal and regenerate on me since I've been injured and I'm still this hurt... Something else might have happened. I need to get up though. I start casting heal and regenerate on myself to help ease the pain.

...I would be far more upset if I didn't have the ogre regeneration passive. At least my arm will eventually grow back. Blue magic is so powerful! I feel like my class master of learning, might be increasing the speed I would learn some of the blue mage skills at. I need to get up and check my surroundings. My whole body is in pain.

I still can't believe I beat a raid boss. The amount of preparation I just wasted killing it is insane though. Weeks of enchanting scrolls down into tier 4 scrolls to use for my explosive arrows. The tier 3 wind scrolls for knife cannons. The days upon days of channeling chi I just used. The arm I sacrificed… It was all worth it to save my pets and myself.

Exiting the tent I can see the capital. The entire time I've been unconscious we've been continuing to move forwards. I see Gem riding on the front of carriage. The tent set-up is on top of a cart that's being pulled by the carriage. I don't see anyone else though...Did Sock and Pokodo die!? I look to my left and see a terrifying sight. A wolf monster is walking beside the carriage! He sees me and yells out.

“Good morning master! It's nice to see you finally awake.”

Master? Wait! It can't be! Sock evolved into a human like creature who could also talk! I'll have to ask for the rest of the details later. Pokodo is riding on his shoulder. I look to my right and see someone different. It was the white mage, I completely forgot about him. He was the only guard left. The two who fled made no attempt to come back… SHIT! He seen my trump cards. If he tells anyone about them… I think we're passed that point though. If we're going to war, chances are I'll have to use them anyways… All this keeping them secret was starting to get annoying anyways. He might not even say anything about it. He turns towards me, he must have heard Sock address me.

“Hey welcome back. For awhile there we thought you weren't going to make it...”

He jump onto the cart the carriage is pulling and the one I'm currently standing on.

“I'm going to sleep, yell if we have any problems along the way.”

Really!? He's just going to act like I didn't just kill a raid boss with a single attack? Well more like several precise well planned out attacks that weakened the defenses of the beast I wanted to kill. Everything all added up to victory. Aegis must have just woken up himself. He sounded far more tired then normal in my head.

“Ah, welcome back to the living Kite. Good job with that basilisk. I had sock skin the scales off it to make a few sets of armor with. I had him grab some of it's meat to cook and for you to absorb later too. If you can enchant the scales with a magic defense spell it should be able to withstand all kinds of attacks.”

I'm kind of mad at him he wasn't more concerned with my injury.

“Hey asshole! Why'd you tell me to use my other arm if I was going to lose it not using you. I almost die and the first thing you can think about is collecting scales for armor!? I bet you made Sock feed you pieces of it while I was unconscious you selfish dick.”

Aegis must also be getting mad. He sounds far angrier defending himself.

“I would have blocked the majority of that spell you launched if you shot it out of me. Half of that spell wouldn't have even fired if it came from me because it was that big. You don't even realize you braced your other hand with me. Where does your lost arm stop? Right where I was bracing, you'd have been destroyed along with him if I wasn't in front of you. If you fired it through me it wouldn't have been strong enough to kill the basilisk. I wouldn't have told you not to use me otherwise.”

He still sounds a little sad but continues to talk.

“And… Of course I ate some of those basilisk scales… I'm a worry eater. Of course I was worried about you Kite. You just always seem to worried about the end results so I put that in mind while you were unconscious. Do you know how much mana I had to spend moving your body around while you were knocked unconscious.”

“...WAIT! You can control me while I'm unconscious?" I asked slightly scared.

“I didn't even know myself. Sock and Pokodo immediately knew I wasn't you though. It took some explaining and convincing that I was helping you for them to believe me. The two humans that were still around were convinced easily though… I think the white mage thinks you're a demigod. You might be able to use that to your advantage later on.”

Before we make it to the capital I need to talk with Sock. He's now as tall as Gobber. Slightly more muscular than Gobber though. He still has a wolf like head and he's covered in fur. I guess when he evolved he was completely naked. Aegis using my body, fashioned a set of gear for him out of the basilisk scales and some spider silk. It looks surprisingly good on him. I'll have to do some touch ups with it. Aegis doesn't have the tailor or tinkerer job. So it's extremely shoddy compared to what I could make. I'll ask him a few questions.

“Sock, did you get a class when you evolved?”

“Yes, I got the warrior class.”

“Did you get any titles or secret skills?”

“I got the valiant secret passive skill for warrior.”

“What does that do?”

“It increases my defenses the lower my health is.”

Wow that's strong. I'd like to learn it before we make it to the city. So the remaining time we have left I have him teach it to me. It takes far longer than normal since he's brand new too teaching and it's extremely hard to explain how to use a passive skill. 4 hours later we reach the gate and I learned the skill. I'll teach him new classes later when we're alone.

Secret Warrior passive skill gained Valiant- As your health decreases your defense increases

I managed to get a few levels from this trip. A few skills from this trip. And Sock evolved so far. If I didn't lose my hand, I'd say this trip was going perfectly.