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The next day I continued to study the information. It is very interesting and besides, intelligence and wisdom swing. There is still gold, enough for life, but the knowledge that will help me save my life, well, if not life, but experience, will be very useful, besides, it will allow me to complete some kind of quest that was previously considered impossible. By the way, on the topic of quests, it will be necessary to go through the forum and shake the locals. In order not to waste time reading the book, I cut invisibility by cd¹ until mana ran out, the recovery rate of which is not very high. So I sat until lunch, waited until the mana was restored, and after lunch, I went to warm up.

To begin with, I went to the hunters guild to find out what tasks there are. Whatever one may say, but the capital must be increased. Today's task was deer antlers. A pair was bought for five gold pieces, while there was no limit on them, since they were ordered by the master of the local mayor to decorate the chambers. Knowing from the previously read literature their habitat and understanding how far it is, I was going on a camping trip with an overnight stay, since a week was given for everything. To do this, I had to go through the shops and buy according to a hastily compiled list. As a result, the za'atar came out to almost seventy gold pieces, but I was pleased. I bought boots made of durable leather with a bonus to speed +5, agility +5 and armor +5. I changed my pants for a better version with an armor indicator of as much as ten units and agility plus five. A good jacket with twenty units of armor, no additional parameters, but having a whole bunch of pockets, through which he stuffed potions of mana and health. A thin long stiletto with a damage of three hundred and fifty units, it will be he who will have to serve as a tool for killing deer. The rope is seven meters long. Also purchased were a tent, a cooking pot, spices, and a zero gravity stone, which, when placed in the inventory, cut off the carry weight by a factor of three - a decent indicator, but there was a defect: after activation, it was discharged for three days, then it needed to be recharged. Enough for my needs, and then we'll think of something. Given the stone, I can carry five hundred and thirty kilograms. Also purchased were a tent, a cooking pot, spices, and a zero gravity stone, which, when placed in the inventory, cut off the carry weight by a factor of three - a decent indicator, but there was a defect: after activation, it was discharged for three days, then it needed to be recharged. Enough for my needs, and then we'll think of something. Given the stone, I can carry five hundred and thirty kilograms. Also purchased were a tent, a cooking pot, spices, and a zero gravity stone, which, when placed in the inventory, cut off the carry weight by a factor of three - a decent indicator, but there was a defect: after activation, it was discharged for three days, then it needed to be recharged. Enough for my needs, and then we'll think of something. Given the stone, I can carry five hundred and thirty kilograms.

Leaving the city, I went along the highway to the north. After walking seven kilometers, he turned off the road and went deeper into the forest. I had twenty-five kilometers to go through the forest, so I would arrive by midnight.

After about an hour of my journey, I met with wolves, there were not many of them: four pieces, dealt with quickly. I took only the bubble that fell out and two pieces of meat - I'll make dinner. To my delight, no one else came across, so along the way I decided to focus on the development of agility and endurance. He ran, driving his endurance up to eighty percent, he did not dare to lower it lower, after all, it was an unsafe zone.

As soon as he switched to walking, turned on invisibility, the movement speed decreased slightly, but by the end of the journey he raised invisibility to the second level:

“The unique skill “Fade into the shadows” has been increased to rank 2. The hero becomes invisible, dissolving into shadows for 7 minutes. Rollback 14 minutes. Cost to activate 25 mana. Maintaining 20 mana per minute."

I would like to pump the fetters of frost, but you can’t pump them on wolves, since they are in a pack, which means that as soon as I come up and give casts to one, the rest will immediately get aggravated. Pumping passively, as invis will not work, for fetters, a goal is required, so the deer walking alone will be the test subjects.

Finally reaching the deer habitat, he found a large fallen tree and pitched a tent in its rhizomes. I collected more dry wood to light a fire, thick branches to keep it up at night and a whole bunch of dry spruce paws to give light if any predator comes in. I decided to cook meat, I always liked to mess with it, but for some reason only for myself or my family. Even at the very thought of cooking for sale, I was turned back, apparently, a cook is not my calling. To begin with, I rubbed the meat with salt and pepper, moistened it all with lemon juice and let it brew in a pot. I chose a couple of hardwood sticks and, using them as skewers, fried the meat. I had a delicious dinner and lay down to rest, tomorrow the hunt will begin at dawn.

I got up at about four o'clock in the morning, warmed up, finished the remnants of dinner and went to track down deer. Found in about half an hour: three females and a male with beautiful, branched horns were lying. This example of nature is exactly what I need. Sneaking up to them on the ground is possible only in invisibility and from the leeward side. So I decided to be more aggressive. Knowing the habits of these animals, I, under invisibility, approached a distance of several jumps and threw a freeze on the deer. He still did not understand what happened, how he died from a stylet that entered his eye. Eyes are generally one of the weak points of any creature, the exceptions are trolls, ogres, various slugs, arachnids and undead.

I collected loot, got horns and a liver, the liver is a good reagent. Before lunch I found two more deer, such a formulation of the question did not particularly please me. Of course, fifteen gold is a good reward, but my plans are too big, I'll have to figure out how to get out. For starters, I remembered everything I had read about deer. They love salt, we can’t use it yet, only if we put it into fishing or look for salt deposits, which is impossible. So, there remains another place of rendezvous - a watering place.

On the map, he quickly found a river flowing nearby and walked along the coast until he reached the animal trail. On it, and decided to ambush. I found thicker bushes that come close to the path, and hid there. As soon as the males approached, I threw the camp and killed. All females fled. I was not afraid to scare away the next herd of deer with the remains, because after collecting the loot they dissolved without a trace. Then things went faster, and by the evening I managed to farm two dozen horns. Worked at this pace for another three days. Until a single deer appeared on the trail. Inspired by previous successes, out of habit I threw the camp and rushed to the deer, but was thrown back by the horns behind the bushes and very painfully sat down on the tree. The stan just didn't pass. The deer, getting angry, rushed at me and I gave him a drape. In speed, I decently lost to him, but had an advantage in maneuverability. Therefore, as soon as the deer overtook me, I rushed to the side. As a result, the deer got tired of the chase and he sedately retired to a watering place. I didn’t intend to forgive the pain in my ribs, so I chose a fallen tree, sharpened the branches on one side and pulled a rope in front of it at a distance of three meters. Fortunately, he managed before the return of the elk. Having waited for him in the same place, he threw the camp, which did not pass as expected, and ran towards the trap. I tried to choose the most direct road so that the deer accelerated and, as soon as this happened, jumped over the rope and sharply to the side. The deer's legs were cut with a rope, and he ran into stakes, from which he could no longer get off. In the loot was the head of a deer, apparently like a stuffed animal. As a result, the deer got tired of the chase and he sedately retired to a watering place. I didn’t intend to forgive the pain in my ribs, so I chose a fallen tree, sharpened the branches on one side and pulled a rope in front of it at a distance of three meters. Fortunately, he managed before the return of the elk. Having waited for him in the same place, he threw the camp, which did not pass as expected, and ran towards the trap. I tried to choose the most direct road so that the deer accelerated and, as soon as this happened, jumped over the rope and sharply to the side. The deer's legs were cut with a rope, and he ran into stakes, from which he could no longer get off. In the loot was the head of a deer, apparently like a stuffed animal. As a result, the deer got tired of the chase and he sedately retired to a watering place. I didn’t intend to forgive the pain in my ribs, so I chose a fallen tree, sharpened the branches on one side and pulled a rope in front of it at a distance of three meters. Fortunately, he managed before the return of the elk. Having waited for him in the same place, he threw the camp, which did not pass as expected, and ran towards the trap. I tried to choose the most direct road so that the deer accelerated and, as soon as this happened, jumped over the rope and sharply to the side. The deer's legs were cut with a rope, and he ran into stakes, from which he could no longer get off. In the loot was the head of a deer, apparently like a stuffed animal. Fortunately, he managed before the return of the elk. Having waited for him in the same place, he threw the camp, which did not pass as expected, and ran towards the trap. I tried to choose the most direct road so that the deer accelerated and, as soon as this happened, jumped over the rope and sharply to the side. The deer's legs were cut with a rope, and he ran into stakes, from which he could no longer get off. In the loot was the head of a deer, apparently like a stuffed animal. Fortunately, he managed before the return of the elk. Having waited for him in the same place, he threw the camp, which did not pass as expected, and ran towards the trap. I tried to choose the most direct road so that the deer accelerated and, as soon as this happened, jumped over the rope and sharply to the side. The deer's legs were cut with a rope, and he ran into stakes, from which he could no longer get off. In the loot was the head of a deer, apparently like a stuffed animal.

“The deer hunter achievement has been obtained - you have killed more than 100 deer and the boss³ of this location. Reward: Deer damage increased by 5%."

Wits +1, Wisdom +2.

According to the results of the hunt: I was filled with experience from the bottom of my heart, so I was able to take the sixteenth level, pumped three dexterity, one strength, two into constitution, thereby catching up with him to fifty-one and receiving the "Big Man" achievement, which gives five physique points, which are so were frozen. Raised inviz to three and stun to four. And now their descriptions looked like this:

“The unique skill “Fade into the shadows” has been increased to rank 3. The hero becomes invisible, dissolving into shadows for 9 minutes. Rollback 13 minutes. Cost to activate 25 mana. Maintaining 20 mana per minute."

Chains of Frost spell increased to rank 3. Cast time 1.8 seconds, stun duration 5 seconds. Cost 70 mana, cooldown 58 seconds.

Having hastily turned the camp, he went to the city, reached it without unnecessary incidents and, falling into the hunters' guild, saw Bora downcast.

What are you sad about, buddy?

- We have an ambush with the mayor, he needed the decoration of furniture from horns. The deadlines are running out, but the horns have brought nothing at all - fourteen pieces! This is another hero who distinguished himself, brought as many as five.

- Well, this is not a problem, are you ready to go broke?

- Did you bring the horns? If so, then you are our savior! And now I don’t have to worry about money: the mayor pays for the horns.

- Brought-brought. Do not worry. Here, hold it, barely dragged it.

Having laid out all the antlers from the inventory, except for the head of the main deer, he was honored to see Bor's surprised face for the second time. He scooped up all the horns, which turned out to be two hundred and forty-five pairs, the conveyor destruction of the elk ones was well adjusted for me. Bohr gathered up all the horns and, closing the doors, took me to the manager. The manager turned out to be a plump little man in his fifties, but behind the external softness one could see a steel will, and his hands, scarred from swords and claws, did not let him be deceived. When he saw us, he asked softly:

- How can I help?

Bor, throwing out the horns to him on the table, said:

- It's not us to him, it's him to us: all the horns that you see, he brought.

- This changes the essence of the issue, sit down, young man, Bor, and you go and work while we communicate.

As soon as the door closed behind Bor, a voice turned to me:

“So this is your job?”

- Yes, mine.

“It’s a decent amount, so I’ll write you a check for one thousand two hundred and twenty-five gold pieces, all rank and rank.” Bor brought you to me, because he simply does not have the right to dispose of such amounts. And on behalf of the guild, accept gratitude, you seriously helped us out. Do you have any questions for me?

"Reputation with the Hunter's Guild has been upgraded to Friendly, and all items will now be bought from you for 5% more and sold for less."

Quickly running through the message with my eyes, I decided to find out what I could get behind my head. Taking it out, he showed it to the manager, asking a question:

- Yes, tell me, please, how much can it cost?

- Has anyone seen her?

- Not.

“Then I can offer five hundred gold pieces, but on the condition that you forget that it was ever sold.

Is she that valuable?

- Rather, like a hunting trophy, they will pay for it, but given the anonymity, as you understand, buying a trophy is an unpleasant stain on the reputation of a hunter.

“Well, then I intend to agree.

“Here's a check for five hundred gold pieces. And remember, not a word about the trophy!

- What trophy? I asked with a smile.

He answered me with a knowing smile and escorted me out the door.

It was already well past noon, but I wanted to do one thing, so I ran into the tavern and got my cloak and gloves. Then he ran to the Magic Academy. Going there, I saw the same sweet girl and asked who to contact about enchanting things and binding them. With her light hand, he was sent to one of the portals, going there, he felt the same feeling of disorientation, but since he was ready, he endured it easier. There I found the master who carried out the binding, and asked how long the binding would take, it turned out that it was instantaneous, but first the integration. He also told where to spend it, and he was sent to the corps of illusionists.

I thought for a long time about the ability that I want in the cloak, and decided that it should be an ability from the magic of illusions: with the hood on and with my desire, people get the appearance of emptiness under the hood, or rather, an inky haze from which two eyes look, burning red, albeit childish, but the image is our everything.

Having entered the building, I found the master of illusion there and described my desire to him, while indicating that I had no desire for someone to be able to look under the illusion: another magician or someone with the help of an artifact. For which the price of seven hundred gold was broken to me. Hearing this price, I was somewhat stunned, and before I had time to change my mind, I gave the cloak to the integration. I was ordered to take a walk for a couple of hours, as the illusion will be made by the archmage of the illusionists himself, and he is now busy, and the alchemists will work before his work to shield the illusion from looking under it.

I had no choice but to go for a walk around the city and make up for a missed lunch. So, after sitting for two hours in the tavern, I went back to the guild, where I had to wait another half an hour. But when the cloak was taken out, I realized that now I would not part with it, activating the ability, looked in the mirror and almost recoiled: the reflection evoked awe. The master, seeing my pleasure, made me even more happy, saying that there would be no more such people. Each illusion of this rank is individual, so you don't have to worry about imitators. When I said the first words of gratitude, he added with a laugh that this was a gift from him personally, at my request, ultrasound and infrasound could be added to the voice. Here I specifically fell into a slump of happiness and, promising to put down good wine on occasion, ran away to tie things.

The binding really took place instantly, which I was incredibly happy about. Immediately after binding, I put them on:

“Equipped an item from the Shadow Assassin Legendary Set — Wolf Gloves, a scalable, indestructible item. Legendary gloves that allow you to climb walls at an energy cost of 20 per second. Complete with boots from the Shadow Assassin set, they consume half as much energy. Included boots, belt, gloves do not consume energy at all. Claws are integrated into the gloves, it is possible to use them as weapons, the claws are called by a mental command, the damage is equal to: dexterity x5. The set consists of: cloak, mask, jacket, pants, boots, gloves, bracers, knee pads, belt.

“Equipped an item from the Shadow Assassin Legendary Set - Wolf Cloak, a scalable and indestructible item. A legendary cloak that saves from heat, cold and rain. Integrated illusion of disguise. The set consists of: cloak, mask, jacket, pants, boots, gloves, bracers, knee pads, belt.

Having spent almost all my savings, I returned to the tavern and, having scored for dinner, fell asleep, because I could not rest normally during the hunt and was very tired.

Characteristics at the end of chapter 4:

Level - 16

Life 5100/5100

Energy 208/208

Mana - 280/280

Strength - 54 (50 frozen stat points)

Agility - 58 (15 frozen stat points)

Intelligence - 56 (15 frozen stat points)

Wisdom - 61 (15 stat points frozen)

Constitution - 51 (15 frozen stat points)

Free Attribute Points 90

Secondary characteristics

Wits - 2

Skills:

Chains of Frost Rank 3

Shadow Disappearance Skill Rank 3

Kd - formed from English. cooldown - the cooldown time for a character's ability in video games. To do something on CD means to do something as often as possible. Use the ability on CD - use the ability immediately, as soon as the cooldown time of the skill passes.

Farm - from English. farm - farming. This is the name of monotonous actions, most often associated with the killing of game mobs, which are performed in order to obtain the necessary resources.

The location boss is a mob that differs from the rest in its higher characteristics, most often, by definition, it is hostile to the player.