Beyond of the Scale

#38 - Time to shine... or not.

Hello, dragons! I know it took me a while, but that's just how I am, here's another chapter, I changed the name of the same skill once again, this time I liked the result: I changed it from codex matrix to cortex, it's shorter and more practical, for me it's better, I think this name defines the skill better, there will be no more changes to the name of this skill.

Enjoy reading!

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When I open my eyes, sleep fading away and energy returning to my body, I realize that I am in Lilia's house. I had been here before we went on the farm mission, but I didn't stay long enough to see her house, so now I can get a better sense of her safety. The walls and floor are made of wood, finely crafted by someone skilled. Every detail exudes care and technique; the ceiling has unrefined wood supports that work to hold the tiles above, these tiles don't seem to be made of ceramic or any other material I know; the windows don't have glass, they are the old type with little wooden doors that open outwards, the material of the window doors is carved with engravings that are very pleasant to look at, they are very pretty flowers; about the furniture, I will just summarize it as comfortable. I don't know if the others are like this one, but they certainly are.

Now, after walking around the house to get to know the place, I can't find Lilia anywhere in the house. Could she have left? But without telling me...? That's right, I was sleeping, it makes sense that she didn't tell me. It's a shame that I can't leave. I can only stay here inside without doing anything. Well, it's better than being trapped in that crystal. It makes me shudder to even remember it. Well, thinking about it, I could use this time to study how I could alter the crystal to be more comfortable.

Acesso o ⟦cortex⟧, e minha tela aparece, exibindo as mesmas opções de antes: Loja de Habilidades, Forja de Habilidades, Evolução e Mutação. Já tinha revisado a opção 'Evolução' anteriormente, onde vi minhas fases passadas, como 'bebê dragão nulo', e as possibilidades futuras. Mas todas ainda estão bloqueadas, aguardando meu nível máximo. Porém, isso não me importa agora; meu foco está na Loja de Habilidades.

A huge list of skills to buy are at my disposal, limited only by evolution points; adding everything together so far, I could have 19, but the first few times I leveled up, I spent 2 points to buy ⟦roll⟧ and ⟦drill⟧, not counting another 3 points to take care of the wolf cub with ⟦heal⟧, ⟦rest⟧ and ⟦recovery⟧ plus 1 for the attempt to protect Lilia from the Purge's advance with ⟦particle shield⟧, emphasis on the attempt, adding it all up it cost 6 points out of 19, leaving 13. Maybe that's enough.

In the skill shop search bar, I search for 'inscription' and it found two results: 'Magic inscription for donkeys' and 'Magic inscription: beginner to advanced', the first one costs 1 point and the second one costs 3 points, I can't spend so many points like crazy, so I look at the second option with terror, but the first one has the possibility of not being good or being literally for donkeys with a language only in brays. "1 point or 3 points? Do I risk paying little for something of questionable quality or do I risk not being able to buy anything else by paying a lot for a guarantee?" I ask myself internally, is it worth spending so much just to make the crystal comfortable? When I need it, I won't have it...

I groan in frustration. "I'll go with the guarantee!" I put on the crazy and spend 3 points. I close my eyes, preparing myself for the pain that will come with the invasion of knowledge, but it never came, when I open my eyes, a book is lying in front of my paws, its cover is made of leather with bronze edges, on the front cover there is an image of a pestle with a crystal inside and a magic circle made probably from the crystal powder in the mortar, right above it says "Magical inscription: from beginner to advanced" and on the back cover is written the names of those involved.