Rise Of The Hoarder Chapter 177 Lara's Growth

“Okay, that’s enough!” I declared.

At that very mont, the final Demon turned to dust and dropped its Core before vanishing. The one beside the monster was none other than the feminine figure of Lara.

“Haa… Haa…” She heaved and breathed heavily.

Sweat was all over her face as the woman collapsed on the ground in exhaustion.

I couldn’t help but smile in satisfaction, feeling a little proud of Lara’s achievent in such a short span of ti.

Focusing on the resting woman, I saw her brief Status Window.

[SYSTEM INFORMATION]

Na: Lara

Race: Human

Sex: Female

Level: 41

Alignnt: Chaotic Neutral

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She had gained quite the Level, compared to the asly number of 17. Feeling like a proud parent, my grin expanded even further. Thanks to my supervision and a careful matchup with the Demons she faced, she was able to co this far..

‘Well, this should be good enough…’ My thoughts trailed.

I moved closer to Lara and appeared directly in front of her. She seed to notice my presence and fidgeted a little, though not making any big movents as a result of her tired state.

“Well done, but we’re not done yet,” I said softly.

Her face turned, allowing to see her very beautiful look— well, it was sared in sweat and dirt at the current mont. Plus, a look of fear enveloped her face.

“W-wha-…? There’s more…?” She huffed, straining with every word she released.

“Of course!” I declared, rising from my squat.

While she had Leveled Up nicely and was at an adequate level, strong, by the current standard— Lara still lacked other things.

“You need Skills!”

Thanks to her current Level, she could learn 5 Skills. Of course, I already knew the ones I would pick for her.

The last two were newly obtained Skills gotten from the Caster Hobgoblins. I also learned these Skills and maxed them out since the Demon Cores were more than enough for .

Of course, I ensured Lara didn’t achieve the sa level of mastery as . Her Skills all stopped at Level 5 at most.

Using this ans, she wasn’t going to be better or equal to at anything, Levels or Skills.

So might have called it selfishness, but I was fine with that. In the first place, the only reason I kept her around was for my benefit.

I wasn’t too focused on Lara that I neglected my own growth too. Even as she fought, I ensured I used the new Demon Cores gotten from the subjugated monsters wisely.

“Okay then… let’s look at what I’ve got now…”

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Basically, gave the ability I had been missing for so long… the power to control the MP I had and allocate it accordingly. In the past, I could only infuse any item I had with mana— but this was a different ball ga entirely.

I could strengthen myself with Mana, just like the Demons did. I could also infuse all my other Skills with mana, giving them greater effectiveness.

As for , it was the most powerful offensive Skill the Hobgoblin Casters had. It was also the only Magic-Related Skill that stood on its own. The rest of the Magic Skills they displayed was probably due to the last Skill I learned.

allowed them to cast Basic Spells. Unlike that worked as a Skill and could be used imdiately, the latter needed the knowledge of Magic. It also required a long ti to cast based on the Spell being used.

‘This is more like a Skill for the Job…’

Still, I had already learned it so there was no turning back. At the mont it was useless to , though. After all, I had no knowledge of spells. Chanting nonsense wasn’t going to get anywhere. I probably needed a grimoire or spellbook.

‘Well, that can wait until later…’

With both myself and Lara considerably powered up, it was about ti already. The sun had already set to a considerable extent and the skies turned dark orange. Before long, nightfall would creep upon all of us.

I was going to let Lara get a good night’s rest and keep watch— maybe practice a few Skills while I was at it. But, once it would be ti for to sleep, I was obviously going to make sure to keep Lara in [Subspace]wotho the others.

There was no way I would leave myself so vulnerable with her right next to . This way, I could reduce or possibly eliminate any chance of her betrayal.

‘Whew, that’s enough thinking for now…’ I thought to myself while staring at Lara.

She was hungry and tired— the sa as .

I brought out dinner and we enjoyed it under the soothing evening breeze. After eating, the young woman slept off. I was going to be on watch so she had no reason to fear.

“It’s not healthy to sleep right after eating though…” I mumbled a complaint, staring at the duvet-covered woman.

Still, she must have been well aware of this as a dical practitioner. Her exhaustion must have been really deep.

‘Welp… she did a good job. What a strange feeling this is… I wasn’t the one who killed the Demons. Yet, what’s this satisfaction that’s welling up within ?’

I truly couldn’t understand… at least not at the ti.