Chapter 73: Chapter 73 - 73. A Call For Help

'Oh? What about the Fast Slash?' "A so-so skill. Not much use actually in my opinion. A level-up Power Strike is still better. The Body Double, on the other hand, is very useful. Not an offense or pure defense skill, but it could be very useful when used right. As for the skill book, you can get them another way. Also, since you have that Containers of Souls, you don't really need to rely on the skill books anymore. It is better to use the adventurer points for other items." Jack nodded. Afterward, he thanked the lady at the counter and then left the Adventurers Association. He spent the remaining day doing the quest. The quest was suggested for three people of level 10. He figured that since he had two classes and both were higher than level ten he should be able to solo it. He did manage to complete it, but not as smooth as he had imagined it to be. During the escort, he and the merchant were ambushed by four thugs in the slum. Under normal circumstances, it would be a piece of cake for him to take care of those four thugs. But he had to keep the merchant safe as well, and he couldn't be in four places at the same time. So he had to go back and forth when dealing with the thugs that came from four directions in order to keep the merchant safe. He finally managed to kill all four thugs, the merchant received quite some damages though. He lost more than half of his HP bar during the endeavor. Jack was berated the entire way due to that until they reached their destination, then the mission was completed. He still received the same amount of experience and adventurer points as indicated when he took on the quest, but the monetary reward was halved due to unsatisfactory customer. Since he had killed four thugs, he inspected the Container of Souls in his bag. There were four souls accumulated. Each thug gave him one soul. That meant he had to kill one thousand times just to get one skill point for his basic class's skills. That sounded like a lot of work. Peniel who sensed his thought, told him, "Higher grade enemies will give you more souls. Those four thugs are only low-level common humans, it is understandable to only get the lowest soul point from them." With that explanation, Jack felt better. He should be able to collect soul faster once he got stronger and challenged higher grade or higher-level opponents. He then went and picked another quest the next day. This time it was a simple delivery quest. It provided him with five adventurer points. He completed it in half a day. He was on his way back to Adventurers Association to cash in the quest when he received a message from Bowler.