CH 26.5: Buff testing
Lily’s surprise addition to Claire’s lovers left them with a lot of cleaning up and getting her acquainted with the skills of each member. They discussed the twins’ skills with Lily and let her speculate on how best to use their skills. She came to a similar question as Elsie: whether or not combat tonics affected them.
Elsie volunteered to try it, seeing as her skill was still active from earlier today. They gathered before a training dummy, tonics spread out and labeled. Elsie cast her fireball at the dummy. It was an impressive size, slightly larger than the last time Claire saw it.
“Okay, right now my mana is recovering at 4 per hour, 4.8 with my skill. Roughly a 20% increase.” Elsie stated.
Lily handed her a vial. Mana rejuvenation was on its label. “This will speed up your natural mana recovery by about the same. It’s a 25% increase to your natural recovery.”
Elsie nodded and drank the liquid. If it worked, did it scale off her natural recovery or the 4.8 achieved through her buff?
Her eyes went to her sheet, hoping to see a changed number. To her surprise, it did. Her recovery was now 5.8 points per hour, meaning it scaled off her natural recovery, but was additive with her skill. Usually, one overrode the other. Her wide eyes clued her observers onto her findings.
”Did it change?” Lily asked insistently.
The girl nodded, her words caught in her throat. Her mind raced with the possibilities. Her boosted stats and recovery would allow her to hit much harder and recover faster.
She grabbed another vial, a Magic booster, and downed it. Just like with the other potion, her magic stat increased. 9 to 11 because of her buff, then 11 to 13 because of the potion.
Claire was going to ask about how it affected her when Elsie cast another fireball. This one’s size was larger than her last, and much larger than the ones she saw during their slime fight. Claire was amazed at her magic. The dummy was obliterated by two of her spells.
Elsie’s shocked face turned to her audience.
“It’s additive, I got buffs from my skills and the potions,” Elsie said. Claire was never good at math, so she was lost. Ana noticed her head tilt in confusion before she whispered.
“The 20% boost from her skill and the 25% boost from the potion combined. Her rate increased by 45%.”
Claire nodded in confirmation, thanking the girl for explaining it.
Lily’s eyes lit up with curiosity. She was checking Elsie’s stat sheet. She made sure the mage was correct before she went back to thinking. Her mind raced with the possibilities. Her own skill could add to the buffs even more. She was itching to experiment. She raced to her workshop, theories and questions already forming.
Claire and her party watched her leave, still in a bit of shock. The twins’ skills would be incredibly powerful when fully utilized. Add tonics, and now both sisters could have the firepower and healing of whole platoons.
Elsie walked up to Claire with a smug smile, “Aren’t I amazing?”
Claire nodded, she was amazed at her party. Both mages and her assassin. Their skills and power gave Claire hope that she could save Ryley. That she could overthrow Lady Lloyd. She was starting to see how it would be possible.