Voidknight Ascension 4: A LitRPG Adventure by James T. Callum & K.H. Sohmer

Author:James T. Callum & K.H. Sohmer [Callum, James T. & Sohmer, K.H.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2025-03-10T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 40

Paths

Matt looked over at Raiko. “Why is he doing that? Is he having a stroke?”

“No,” Raiko said grumpily, “he just got something good. Really good.”

“I got a ‘Skill Talent’,” Xero told them excitedly.

As Xero explained what the Shardscript told him about it, Matt’s mouth hung open.

“Paths can do that?!”

“So it would seem,” Raiko said tersely. “Of course you would get a lucky break.”

Haman looked between them all quickly, then adopted Raiko’s grumpy expression to comical effect.

Xero grinned toothily. “I’m going to put it into my [Blade Rush] ability,” he said with all the enthusiasm of a child who had just unwrapped a stellar Christmas gift and was hunting for some batteries to put into it.

Matt sighed wistfully, thinking of getting his first Gameboy. His very first action had been to raid the kitchen junk drawer for batteries.

Good times, Matt thought to himself.

“So you can increase the efficacy of a specific skill,” Matt mused aloud. “That sounds pretty badass.”

Xero’s eyes had glazed over as he was perusing his skills. He clearly heard nothing that Matt just said.

“Possibly comparable to stat talents,” Raiko said thoughtfully.

“I don’t know if they are,” Matt admitted. “One makes you better no matter what. The other makes a specific thing better. However, if you were to keep putting it into just one skill, how much better would that skill get?”

“Only time will tell,” Raiko said, studying Xero intently. “It makes sense for a Samurai, which I’m fairly certain that’s what he is. Or some variation thereof.”

Matt could see the gears already turning in that head of hers. She clearly had something brewing already. Matt saw no reason to beat around the bush. “Got any ideas about Paths then?”

“More than I had before,” she admitted, her tone a bit distracted. Though not distracted enough to stop petting Haman’s tiny head. She did that as easily as breathing.

His grumpy expression had long since smoothed away to peaceful contentment.

“Do share with the class.”

Raiko shook her head, her dark locks bouncing across her shoulders. “It is only an idea. However, I believe that the Shard guides people to certain Paths. Before, when we were discussing them, I wondered if all Paths were mana types.”

“Honor could be a type of mana,” Matt pointed out.

“True. It likely is, but not in the way you think.”

Matt scrunched up his face trying to work out the meaning of that. Finally he said, “What?”

“I doubt Xero is about to blast Honor mana out of his palms like Sam might with Void mana,” Raiko said. “Void mana is largely a magical, outward force. Something like Honor? Seems internal.”

“That’s still not telling me much,” he admitted.

She glanced briefly at Matt before Xero leapt unceremoniously into the air. In one smooth, swift motion, he unsheathed his blade. It radiated so much pressure it bent back the surrounding grass in a perfect circle.

The drow held it aloft, charging some kind of energy, before he dashed forward in the blink of an eye toward the great tree then back again just as fast.

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