Yes, yes it was

Along their trail they had made camp within a glade, giving Angelo time to make them both a meal. He went to look for some edible plants, but after several minutes, he found this wasn't as easy as he thought, even with the use of Observe. Fortunately, once he picked an edible herb, he unlocked a new skill to help him recognize edible herbs and reagents used for alchemy, chemistry, and the like. They were highlighted within his field of vision, making them very easy to spot, it reminded him of some of the easy mode additions some games had when it came to collecting items for a quest. He made use of all 5 of his raw boar's steaks, making some jerky, steaks, and meatballs. His new skill had leveled twice, allowing him to also find a few more edible items, fruits and berries, which he added to make this meal more well rounded.

New skill gained!

(Passive) Gathering lvl 3 - Toggled - Range 40 yd

This passive ability allows for the recognition of reagent and edible - herbs, fruits, and berries, without the use of Observe.

This ability can be toggled to display the location on your mini-map of nearby herbs, fruits, and berries within 40 yd.

Mini-map? I really should have checked if I had one before, he thought before saying, "Mini-map." After he said it a mini-map appeared in the upper right hand corner of his view. He tilted his head slightly, it even had a arrow marker showing which direction he was headed and a compass showing which way was north. He decided to zoom out and try to see what was ahead, but even though it was expected, he could only see darkness on the map for where they were headed. He was a little surprised to see a golden dot within the darkness, perhaps it was Cindy's place? He let out a breath before looking to Cindy, who was enjoying her meal. He decided not to think about it now and ate with her. After they had finished eating, she leaned slightly against him and said. "Mm, thank you for meal and escorting me home." After she spoke a new quest appeared.

Cindy's Way Home

- Escort Cindy to her place without her dying

- Kill 3 Bandits

Reward: 300 xp and Uncommon Boots

Accept or Decline?

He didn't need to think about it, hitting accept. "My pleasure, Cindy. Things just don't seem to be going your way lately, huh?" She looked up to him then back down. "Well, yeah, but I get to spend time with you, so, it isn't so bad." He blinked, he wasn't sure he heard that right, but, before he could ask she looked back up to him, leaning in and kiseds his lips gently. She pulled back after a moment with a playful smile upon her lips. "Mm, you have very sweet lips, Angelo." He could feel his dick semi harden from just that one kiss. "So do you, Cindy." He felt the urge to do more, but the knowledge of bandits lurking about, staved his hand. Cindy leaned in to kiss his neck, only pausing a moment before planting a few more upon his neck. She straddled his lap, leaning in close to look like she was nipping at his earlobe, she whispered into his ear. "There are two bandits behind you, and I believe at least one behind me." Her hands ran down along his sides, gripping his hips gently, his dick fully hardening which made her smile. "Mm, I want to play with that later, but how do you wish to play this?" She asked, before biting his neck playfully. He felt a pleasurable tingle rush through him, but his eyes focused on the one bandit he could see and used Observe.

Observe:

Class: Bandit, Lvl: 10, Height: 5' 8", Weight: 155, Name: Bandit

Age: 25, Body type: Fit, Nature: Hostile, Mood: Annoyed, Excited, Hp: 180

He kissed her neck gently. "I would much rather continue this with you, but we should act like we didn't notice them. We'll get up shortly and continue our trek to your place. They will attack us after a few minutes. Without their element of surprise, it will be easy to take them out with my spells." He whispered into her ear before flicking her earlobe with his tongue, her body quivered before leaning her cheek against his temple. Her score ticked up to 180 as she said. "Mm, sounds good." Two new exclamations flashed that he let pop up.

Mr. Obvious has increased to rank 2 - Wisdom bonus has been increased to 2.

Mental Spark has increased to rank 2 - Intellect percentage increase has increased to 20%.

These increased his bonuses from + 1 in Wisdom to + 2 and his Intellect bonus of 3.9 to 7.8. His mana increased to 345, his mana regen increased to 4.497 per minute, but with his current 3% food buff it brought him up to 15.875 per minute. This was more than enough mana to easily take them out with one Ignite each, and a single cast of Alluring Spores. Well, if they grouped up. Most of the time his foes weren't very complicated. This should be easy, right?

Name: Angelo Gallo

Title: The Gamer

Lvl: 12 XP 503/2,400

Hp: 252/252

Hp regen: 3.366 per min

Mp: 345/345

Mp regen: 4.497 per min

Money: $43,278.22

Dick size: 9 inches

Inventory slots 10/20 (Pages of Wolf Riding 5/5, Wolf Pelts x 4, Spearhead x 3, Goblin Loincloth x 4, Fikle's Gloves, Cindy's Promise, Hearthstone, Fantom, Angelo's Scimitar, and Gaia snack)

Unspent skill points: 0

Str: 30 + (3) End: 25 + (2)

Int: 39 + (7.8) Wis: 30 + (2)

Agi: 25 + (24.5) Cha: 30 + (0)

Lib: 30 + (0)