Saintess Summons Skeletons

“First the new skills keywords, then the other bonuses. Let's have a look. I’ll take anything useful at this point, I’ve already gained much from this. I won’t even be mad if it’s all bad keywords.”

Not too much at least. Well. Maybe a little. I can’t wait to see what I got! I’ve been waiting for this far too long!

She sat at the table. Trying to calm herself, she was wary of losing herself in her excitement.

Her nails tapped in rhythm on the wooden table. Self conscious about her weird habit, she grabbed a spoon to fiddle with instead. Waiting for her pulse to calm down. She was following her own mental guidelines she had prepared for the event.

No impulsive decision.

No impulsive decision.

No impulsive decision.

What was it again? Know yourself and the battles…

Available Active Skills :

[Dispel ] : Dispels [ mist] : in a thick mist. [ soul] : to the necromancer’s lifeforce. [Mass ] : Dispels all magic in a [Consecrated ] : Creates a [ grip] : its clutches.

Available Passive Skills :

[Holy Wings of ] : Take to the [ undeath] : to eternal life.

The wooden spoon in Sofia's hand gave in under the pressure, reduced to splinters.

You have acquired the passive skill : ‘Holy Wings of ’

You have acquired the passive skill : ‘ undeath’

Sofia abruptly stood up, knocking over the whole table and her used plates. It was growing. On her back, from her shoulder blades, two pointy bones started poking out, breaking skin. They kept growing and growing, new bones came out that weren’t even physically linked to the first, this whole thing made no sense. Then it stopped, all the bones were out, it was hard to call these things wings, the skeletal part of a pair of wings yes, but no one would be able to fly with that. They were still folded behind her back, not taking much space, like this they would be hard to see from the front.

Sofia spread her wings. That's easier to control than a tail, so far. When they fully opened, they revealed their holy nature. The same holy light that Pareth used as a sword, the same that her skill [Heal undead] invoked, the yellow light of the gods, this was what enveloped her skeleton wings. It wrapped itself around the bones, twisting its form into a thin veil that also drew the middle parts of the wings. The light ‘skin’ itself showed signs of undeath, as it took the appearance not of perfectly healthy dragon-like wings, instead missing bits and pieces, appearing tattered, distorted. Dragon zombie wings?

The cabin was barely able to contain her full wingspan, under the imposing wings of bones and light, the rather dark cabin interior had become bright as day.

Sofia laughed. Quaking, she screamed. Closing and opening her wings, she broke out in a victory dance. Messing up the cabin even more.

Even after she was done, even after fixing everything, straightening the table and sitting back down, she couldn’t wipe the smile from her face.

[Holy Wings of undeath] : You grew holy wings of undeath, your anatomy forever changed. These are your limbs, take to the sky, blessed one, there is no need for explanations, and no going back.

“Okay, wow. I need to calm down. Business first, fun later.”

Active Skills (6 / 6)

[Holy Skeleton] - Level 93 (Lv. 99) [Heal Undead] - Level 56 [Summon Blood] - Level 17 [Lead the Dead] - Level 14 [Angel’s bolt] - Level 100 [Maiden Banshee] - Level 100 (Lv.99)

Available Active Skills :

[Dispel ] : Dispels [ mist] : in a thick mist. [ soul] : to the necromancer’s lifeforce. [Mass ] : Dispels all magic in a [Consecrated ] : Creates a [ grip] : its clutches.

The two level 99 skills went up to 100 by themselves. Nice. Too bad Pareth’s skill isn’t 99 yet… But it’d be a waste to spend one of those level 100 boosts on it since it’s so close, and I only have three. I guess Alith really doesn't get a free pass for the trials despite what the skill says about linked levels. I hope Pareth won't be stuck like that too…

Alright, I definitely have enough keywords to make something decent. But no free spots. The immediate outliers are [Summon Blood] and [Lead the Dead], their low level says a lot about how little I use them. I still need [Summon Blood] for Pareth’s ritual and as a money making tool… I’ll get rid of it later but it’s still good to have for now, even at low level. The higher levels only serve to make more blood anyway. What am I gonna do with all this blood, flood a dungeon? I guess [Lead the Dead] has to go. It was good when I made it but now what am I gonna use that for? It’s been useless ever since I escaped the Church.

You have lost the active : ‘Lead the Dead’

Now what do I make?

‘Consecrated’ sounds very strong as a keyword, maybe ‘Consecrated soul’ could do good things although it’s hard to imagine what. I like the sound of ‘Mass grip’ too, could be some way to immobilize opponents, I sorely lack that. Fighting the Siren queen would’ve been a lot less stressful if I could have restricted its movements.

I guess Alith already has her banshee shriek that she never used... Can't really rely on it.

What about ‘Consecrated grip’ instead? Single target but stronger? Yeah it has to be one of these two, either ‘consecrated’ or ‘mass’ ‘grip’... I’ll be able to boost it up to level 100 too and have it ready for the next fight.

Hmm…

“Can’t I take both?"

“Does that work? Can I cheat like that?” she mumbled.

“So, if I take a front keyword and a rear keyword it combines into a skill and I can’t add anything to it anymore. But what if…” Sofia whispered to herself, as her nails tapped on the table top. I’ll start with the one that I want more, just in case.

You have acquired the Active skill : ‘Consecrated ’

Alright for now.

You have acquired the Active skill : ‘Mass ’

What the hell, it works!

Active Skills (6 / 6)

[Holy Skeleton] - Level 93 (Lv. 99) [Heal Undead] - Level 56 [Summon Blood] - Level 17 [Angel’s bolt] - Level 100 [Maiden Banshee] - Level 100 (Lv.99) [Consecrated[Mass ] ] -- LLeevv

Well, it’s a bit fucked. I’m surprised the scribe isn’t doing anything about it. And now for the final touch!

You have acquired the Active skill : ‘ Grip’

Ah, yup, it’s working just fine… That means I can probably do it the other way around too and stack two end words… Shit!

“SOUL GRIP!"

“I could have made ‘soul grip’! ‘Mass soul grip’ even! That sounds so fucking strong!”

“I'm so duuuuuuuuuumb…” she lamented, sulking with her face squished flat against the table.

It’s all Alith’s fault that I’m becoming so impulsive like that! She’s a bad influence for real…

Sofia snuck a peek at the sleeping ghost on a tidy bed. “Can’t you wake up already…” she mumbled in a tired voice. It took her some time to focus on her task again.

She tried to access [Consecrated [Mass grip] ]’s description.

[ERROR]

So it didn’t actually work?

[Please try again later.]

That’s… reassuring. Kind of. Time for a toilet break I guess. When was the last time I even…

 

Active Skills (6 / 6)

[Holy Skeleton] - Level 93 (Lv. 99) [Heal Undead] - Level 56 [Summon Blood] - Level 17 [Angel’s bolt] - Level 100 [Maiden Banshee] - Level 100 (Lv.99) [Graveyard of the righteous] - Level 1

Does this still have anything to do with what it was?

[Graveyard of the righteous] : Create a 3 meters (3*Skill Level) large and wide consecrated graveyard around the Saintomancer (Must be solid ground).

The skeletons of the righteous dead are buried in the graveyard, their arms and upper body may surface to grab the Saintomancer’s enemies, incapacitate them and - or drag them underground.

The skeletons have the relative strength and resilience of a level 1 (1*Skill Level) Paladin and cannot inflict any direct damage.

Requires an 8 seconds (10 - class level/50) channeling to deploy. Costs 100 mana per second to maintain.

Ok. That’s absolutely insane isn’t it? Useless against flying enemies though. But I can see this being extremely useful. If we go back to Zangdar for examp… no. Actually, no way. What if there’s an Alpha in there? Hell no, ain’t no way we’re going back! I’ve died enough times.

The skill description is still unclear about how many of those skeletons there are but I assume it scales with the size…

Finally summoning skeletons again. Ah. Took me long enough, what would I be now if things had gone to plan and I was a simple necromancer?

I kinda like it, being a Saintomancer.