Are you SHOCKed I ABSOPTION'ed it

SKILL SELECTED!

UPDATING BODY!

I felt a tingling sensation spread through my body when you sit in the wrong position and your leg falls asleep. Just over my whole body, I manage to trip and fall which only makes things worse.

I hear my father laugh, “Well that is either the footwork skill or the shock absorption. I am leaning towards the latter.”

“Shock absorption.” I grunt as I slowly bring myself back to my feet shaking my body to get the sensation to go away. We head in side and my father points to a dinning room chair.“Sit, I have a surprise for you.” He goes to our chill box which we have because his job pays quite well. I watch him pull something out of the chest. My eyes light up seeing a cake, he would always do something special on my birthdays but never a cake. He always seemed to have something against them, too unhealthy, too sweet, too expensive despite us having more money than anyone else in Brookshire.

I take a careful scoop of the cake not wanting to waste a bit of this gift, my eyes widen at the sweet taste. Very clearly umbers mixed with some kind of cream. Umbers were quite nostalgic as the other kids and I would climb trees for the untouched umbers in the trees.“It’s really good dad, try a bite.”

I hold out the fork for him but he shakes his head, “No, I got it for you. I have tried plenty of cakes and I am not a huge fan.”

I roll my eyes, “You just want to have the perfect diet.”

My dad grins, “Ha, you got me. But seriously I am good. Hmm, you know you do have pretty good etiquette. Maybe I will see about getting you enrolled in the heartcastle academy.”

“Do you really think I have a shot?”

My father looks serious, “Yes, you do. You are talented and I am sure you will learn rapidly at the school. Don’t worry they don’t have a large focus on reading books, after all many would flunk out otherwise. But they do reward those that do and put them on the track for leadership.”

I had been thinking about being an adventurer but this would help me take over for my dad which I had been considering… eventually doing. “Hmm, I don’t know if I will try to go for a leadership role. But I think it will still be worth going even if I just focus on the martial aspects. Ok I will do it, just let me know what you need me to do or what to prep before hand.”

Over the next couple weeks we trained with some special training based on my skill. My father would hit me with a large stick while I blocked and absorbed the impact. Unlike an active skill it was harder to improve by using a passive skill. It still helped us understand my limits and how positioning could affect the absorption. It seemed solid wide stances were the best but keeping things a bit relaxed so the impact passes through as best as possible.

I thought about going to the tavern and seeing if I could level my other class but I felt it would be a poor idea to get a reputation of sleeping around if I am going to be interacting with higher society. I might not wait for marriage like I previously planned but that doesn’t mean I need to sleep with anyone.

The sparing is where I saw the most progress. I didn’t really ever hit my father unless he wanted me to. However on the 13th day since I got my class I was aggressively attacking him with the glory stance, I had found that my shock absorption helped with my own attacks as well to an extent. I saw him try to slam his shield up in a small gap I left. Unfortunately for him I put my own shield in the way absorbing the impact and throwing him just slightly off balance. My blade swished through the air as he tried to dodge and I left a cut on his cheek.

My father huffed, “Well you win that round lad, you are just going to get harder and harder to fight.”

LEVEL 3 ACHIEVEMENT GAINED!

LEVEL UP!

SELECT A SKILL

Shield bash: use stamina to enhance your shield bash. Small stun chance.

Defensive footwork: passively helps you maintain and memorize how to move to assist your fighting when on the defense.

Rebound: Use stamina to send the vibration of the attack back to the one who created it.

Telling my father the skills he said, “Shield bash is a simple but effective choice. It kind of takes the place of the power strike option you had before.

Defensive foot work will make you hard to hit and when you are hit it will be at the best angle to block an attack.

Rebound is a move you could center a build around. I don’t know if I recommend it but I would build tanky if you do grab it.”

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Character sheet

Class: Pervert Lv 0

Class: Warrior Lv 2

Skills: SHOCK ABSORPTION

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