>>6067764Another portal opens in your dorms, but this one has the presence of mind of letting you step through it before entering. Maybe they want to let students make sure they have all the buffs necessary before stepping in. You're as ready as can be, which is to say not very much, so you enter the portal.
On the other side of the portal, you find yourself in an enclosed room similar to the first 'tutorial' dungeon you did with Table. Stone blocks, torches and pebbles here and there. Not much else to work with, and even though the torches give lights, there aren't that many of them and it's still pretty dark; at least it would be if not for Bright Sight.
Your opponent doesn't seem to care either, but for a different reason. It's the catgirl, her eyes are sharp and she looks so much more focused than she did when you met her in the middle of the night. She looks at you with disdain.
"Paired up with the human? That's an odd choice... no offense," she says, suppressing a yawn.
You feel like she just insulted you, did she always act like this? Not like you ever talked to her that much.
Whatever, you get ready. Unnatural check tells you her body is enhanced somehow, her legs and arms specifically. Her eyes aren't though, and you wonder if she could still see in the dark with her cat eyes.
You cast Analysis, a spell that's free for...reasons you aren't sure of. You think it has something to do with how it uses info that's already there, so it's not as costly as other stuff? You aren't sure, and you're not complaining.
Analysis results:
Name: Rin
Race: Beastfolk/Cat
Mana: 600/650
Divination: 3
Life: 3
Intangible: 1
Material: 1
Summoning: 2
That's... a lot of mana, like ten times yours. You knew the difference was high, but isn't that... a lot? And beast folks aren't even renowned for their high mana, so are you just THIS behind? You got about 20 mana in a month, so it would take you... maybe a few years to catch up with her? Is that even correct? No, it's not. Because your mana regeneration doesn't increase with your maximum mana, and it becomes harder and harder to pin down the UM as your mana increases. Sure, you could beg Table for mana every day, but is that really a solution? You've also read that using other people's mana is less efficient than using your own... ugh, what a pain.
You'll think of this later, right now, you have a duel to lose. The Catgirl, Rin, gets on all four. It looks like she's about to leap at you from a few meters away.
Mana: 40/40
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