For the last few months Ajax started to settle in with his new routine as well as his time at the academy. One thing he wasn’t too happy about, but that he could understand, was that he wouldn’t always have a dungeon delve during his free period of every cycle. He did however get two more delves with the crafting team.

During these delves he learnt that his strongarming of the Silvertongue house hadn’t gone quite as well as he had expected. Because Nina was going to be focused on raising a bond in the near future her skills wouldn’t progress for a good long while before they have explosive growth once she starts integrating the furnace salamander into her creating style. That wasn’t to say that he wouldn’t be getting a good weapon, it just wouldn’t be quite as good as he hoped.

Name : Ajax

Level :33

Experience : 29760/61600

Traits: Divine Witness

Health: 2430/2430

Mana: 2460/2460

Stamina :1940/1940

Vitality : 243

Strength :204

Endurance :194

Dexterity : 204

Intellect : 246

Wisdom : 246

Mind : 246

Perception : 194

Stat Points :0

Skills :

Common :[Mathematics Lvl 30] [Stealth Lvl 37][Drawing Lvl 35][Athleticism Lvl 38] [Running Lvl 38][Reading Lvl 24][Writing Lvl 24][Cooking Lvl 30][Sewing Lvl 20] [Cleaning Lvl 20][Haggling Lvl 23][Gardening Lvl 24][Axes Lvl 45][Hammers Lvl 45 [Deception Lvl 28][Sword Lvl 45][Shield Lvl 45][Bow Lvl 45][Spear Lvl 45][Throwing Lvl 37][Persuasion Lvl 23][Unarmed Combat Lvl 36][Knives Lvl 45][Skinning Lvl 37][Tanning Lvl 20][Dismantle Lvl 42][Climbing Lvl 31][Tracking Lvl 35][Heat Resistance Lvl 21] [Poison Resistance Lvl 28][Pain Resistance Lvl 25][Trapping Lvl 26][Cold Resistance Lvl 15][Conversationalist Lvl 5] Uncommon :[Meditation Lvl 50][Sense Mana Lvl 50][Expel Mana Lvl 50][Sprinting Lvl 40][Mining Lvl 21][Lumberjack Lvl 10][Smelting Lvl 15][Blacksmithing Lvl 10] [Chanting Lvl 11][Mana Farming Lvl 21][Increase Price Lvl 15][Lower Price Lvl 15][Danger Sense Lvl 33][Leatherworking Lvl 25][Alchemy Lvl 30][Mana Milling Lvl 21][Precise Cut Lvl 37][Precise Blow Lvl 37][Judge Threat Lvl 32][ Piercing Shot Lvl 38] [Berserker Lvl 17][Cooperation Lvl 27][Berserker Style Lvl 11][Unnatural Balance Lvl 3] Rare : [Manipulate Mana Lvl 40][Water Aspect Mana Lvl 40][Fire Aspect Mana Lvl 40] [Air Aspect Mana Lvl 40][Earth Aspect Mana Lvl 40][Inject Mana Lvl 41][Spot Weakness Lvl 31][Residue Recognition Lvl 23] [Light Aspect Mana Lvl 40][Shadow Aspect Mana Lvl 40][Mana Skin Lvl 25][Teamwork Lvl 20][Beekeeping Trailblazer Lvl 7][Curse Resistance Lvl 154][Dungeon Crafter Lvl 1][Battlemage Style Lvl 1] Epic : [Mana Augmentation Lvl 30][Mana Conjuration Lvl 25][Lightning Aspect Mana Lvl 23][Metal Aspect Mana Lvl 23][Ice Aspect Mana Lvl 23][Magma Aspect Mana Lvl 23][Holy Aspect Mana Lvl 15][Void Aspect Mana Lvl 23][Curse Slash Lvl 11] Legendary : [Mana Syphon Lvl 27][Enigma Lvl 10]

New :

Conversationalist 0 -> 5

Dungeon Crafter 0 -> 5

Unnatural Balance 0 -> 3

Battlemage Style 0 -> 1

Upgrades:

Mathematics 26 -> 30

Stealth 35 -> 37

Athleticism 35 -> 38

Running 36 ->38

Reading 22 -> 24

Writing 22 -> 24

Cooking 29 -> 30

Haggling 20 -> 23

Gardening 20 -> 24

Axes 40 -> 45

Hammers 40 -> 45

Deception 27 -> 28

Swords 40 -> 45

Shield 40 -> 45

Bow 40 -> 45

Spear 50 -> 45

Throwing 30 -> 37

Persuasion 20 -> 23

Unarmed combat 35 -> 36

Knives 40 -> 45

Skinning 34 -> 37

Tanning 19 -> 20

Dismantle 40 -> 42

Climbing 30 -> 31

Tracking 30 -> 35

Heat Resistance 19 -> 21

Poison Resistance 25 -> 28

Pain Resistance 20 -> 25

Trapping 25 -> 26

Cold Resistance 5 -> 15

Sprinting 35 -> 40

Mining 19 -> 21

Smelting 10 -> 15

Mana farming 12 -> 21

Increase Price 10 -> 15

Lower Price 10 -> 15

Danger Sense 30 -> 33

Leatherworking 21 -> 25

Alchemy 10 -> 30

Mana Milling 6 -> 21

Precise Cut 35 -> 37

Precise Blow 35 -> 37

Judge Threat 30 -> 32

Piercing Shot 35 -> 38

Berserker 10 -> 17

Cooperation 20 -> 27

Berserker Style 10 -> 11

Manipulate Mana 36 -> 40

Inject Mana 40 -> 41

Spot Weakness 25 -> 31

Residue Recognition 20 -> 23

Mana Skin 20 -> 25

Teamwork 12 -> 20

Mana Conjuration 25 -> 27

Lightning Aspect Mana 20 -> 23

Metal Aspect Mana 20 -> 23

Ice Aspect Mana 20 -> 23

Magma Aspect Mana 20 -> 23

Holy Aspect Mana 12 -> 17

Void Aspect Mana 20 -> 23

Mana Syphon 26 -> 28

Beekeeping Trailblazer 1 -> 7

Enigma 1 -> 10

Curse Resistance 12 -> 15

Curse Slash 1 -> 11

Looking at his new Status Ajax was both very pleased with his progress as well as a little underwhelmed on different sides of it. During the last months his magic had seemed to have mostly stagnated with the few ranks he was gaining coming from the innovation of researching the exposure of the curse mana to different Epic affinities.

For as much as his magical side had stagnated however as Ajax learned to control his intent better his physical side had finally started to break past its bottle neck. Anthony Gatecrasher had followed through on his promise and just yesterday Ajax had finally managed to gain [Battlemage Style] and he could now use this as a base to fuse it with his [Mana Syphon] in order to hopefully create an Epic style unique to him.

His other great strides had been made in his crafting and gardening. Taking care of the plants and injecting mana into them on a regular basis had paid off in spades with the plants even radiating a very tiny amount of mana by themselves. This hasn’t had any visible effect on the bees just yet but Ajax was looking forward to the honey that he would be collecting.

The biggest difference Ajax had experienced since arriving in the capital was just how much his social circle had expanded. He would now regularly hang out with Benedict, Lexi or Annabeth on his days off. He had spent lots of time in professor Vilethorn’s classroom as well learning as much Alchemy as he could. Occasionally he would have dinner with Luna and Hatchet though despite all of their attempts he had yet to unlock any more conversational skills.

His relationship with his grandparents hadn’t moved at all in terms of familiarity choosing to keep it to a strictly business arrangement. He knew that they respected that but he also had the feeling that they were making the preparation to go beyond sooner than the initial timeline he presented them with.

Unknowingly his grandparents were going to profit from their approach. In order to try and make it easier to get closer to Ajax and their daughter's family the couple had bought up all the farmland that surrounded Ajax’s own lot. With the bees pollinating any crops they planted there with pollen that had traces of mana they were sure to have a richer yield than expected. Not only that but they had also bought the two houses across from the plots that Ajax had purchased in the city as well.

All of this led Ajax to be extremely surprised when he received a letter from his parents letting him know that they would soon be on their way to the capital. Apparently Judy and Alana had gotten to work with another company in the capital and that networking as well as the profits they made had sped up their timeline considerably. Not only that but Tom had been given special permission to transfer over to the capital on account of Fluffy’s growth and the fact that she started to require higher level cores than were coming out of the dungeon to continue her growth.

The final piece of the puzzle was surprisingly Kate being called to finish her required tenure at the Healing Union in the capital on account of her discovery regarding alcohol being used as disinfectant. While those may be all the official reasons given, Ajax could see that his grandparents had put their feet on the scale to get his family to the capital faster.

With the letter arriving today and it mentioning that they would set off in a week’s time this meant that they were only a week or so from arriving. While both houses had already been built for a while since he wanted to get that done in advance they were not furnished yet.

Ajax now faced another problem as while he had gotten some furniture that would be enough for himself he knew next to nothing about actually furnishing a house. Not only that but of all the people he knew they were all of too high social standing to help him decorate a house for commoners.