Conquering players in another world
Chapter 64

Chapter 64: Chapter 64

Aclysia returned to her research after they all calmed down. They left her to it and returned to Rave’s room, after a short trip to the washroom. John loaded the burrowed clothes into the machine, to return to Jimmie tomorrow. After a few more hours of hanging out, he put on his school uniform and got ready to head home.

"Is it really fine that she stays here?" John asked while putting on his shoes.

"Don’t worry about it, tiger. Dad won’t make a fuss once he learns where she’s from. If he even sees her. She’ll probably just sit there all night and check stuff out."

"Yeah, no idea how I would explain that to my mom," John sighed and scratched the back of his head. Taking Aclysia back home with him would be the start of a very odd conversation. How much would Brenda condemn him if she found out he had screwed three women in one day? Quite a bit, perhaps? He actually wasn’t sure and he didn’t care to find out.

"She ain’t part of the Abyss, so you gotta deal with that," Rave shrugged. "Just how the cookie crumbles."

"I guess." John let out a long sigh.

"Hey, this is fine with me. I can make her do my chores and stuff. Start the maid training." Rave got a little closer and purred, "She’d make for a good first gal in the harem, right?"

John could only smile at the reminder of how good life had been to him today. "Don’t you abuse the authority you have over her," he cautioned her. "Even if I told her you get one command that supersedes whatever I say, she is her own person."

"Oh, I’ll be nice to her," Rave licked her lips in a very overt manner. How John wished he could stay... he probably could from next week onwards. What mom was there to notice he wasn’t home at night when she was in DC?

John tightened his laces and got up. A quick goodbye kiss and then he opened the door. "See you tomorrow?"

"Totes’," Rave responded with a large smile. "Be safe, tiger."

He returned home without further incident. He awoke the next day without further incident. He went to school without further incident. He even apologized to Victoria without further incident. He gave Travolta the money and some other valuables.

One eventless day turned into two, two into three, three into a week. The day his mother left Springfield came about. He saw her off to the small airport in the city, then he returned to an empty house.

He bought some clothes for Aclysia that she could wear in public without attracting more attention than her beauty already did. The hair stayed white, with the kinds of colour people could turn their hair these days, it stood out but not to a degree that alarmed mundanes.

John aced tests, ignored glares by his former bullies, enjoyed the homelife with a woman who adopted ever more maidly standards, and just generally was having a good time. All throughout that, he grinded a few more levels out with Rave and Aclysia, sometimes Victoria. He even got Wisdom to 75, providing another upgrade in his MP regeneration.

Things were good.

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"I can’t believe it finally dropped!" John declared.

"Ya still on that?" Rave asked.

They had once again skipped school. After John had scored a perfect grade in every last one of his tests, he didn’t care much to attend. When he did, he just browsed through the books that were handed out, committed the entire thing to memory, and barely listened. That would be enough to get him through the year. For once he was thankful that his teachers didn’t care much about him. Ashcroft was a private college prep school and attendance wasn’t strictly mandatory. Because it was an investment to attend, teachers would still call parents if their children were absent for a while. That was, the teachers would call if they felt like it. John doubted anyone would really miss him.

The skipped morning went to grinding. The Tree of Life wasn’t that effective anymore. Seven kills were needed to get a single level-up. Still, because they didn’t need to slaughter Treants until it spawned and because they had become proficient at chopping down trees they repeated that particular boss fight ad nauseam.

Which finally had brought this item into John’s possession.

Item: Hoe of Hoe’s

Rarity: Uncommon

Description: This Hoe makes crops that are harvested from the ground that it worked have contain small amounts of aphrodisiac fluids, untraceable by scientific means.

Attributes: Horny Plants,

Durability: Complete

"It isn’t even that useful," Rave continued.

"Well, no, but it’s still worth money. Also, my inner completionist likes it to get every drop once." John defended his glee. Making money had become a lot easier after he had figured out how easy it was to put items on the Abyss Auction. Much like money, he could, upon granting access, just have the items be pulled from his inventory. He couldn’t even begin to fathom the magical network that had to exist for the service to work through basically every device. Then again, he could hardly fathom the expanse of the electricity grid either. These systems, grown over generations, were just that impressive. "Besides that, now the only item I haven’t gotten yet is the Branch of Knowledge. I really want to know what that does. It must be pretty good to be Epic."

"Nah, we all know Epic items always suck." Rave said while rolling her eyes in ridicule.

"We also know that a higher level always equals a better person." John teased the fact that he had reached a higher level than her.

"No, your powers are just pure BS. Ya have no chance at beating me."

"Want to test that?" John dared, as they stepped into the Protected Space that served as Collide’s HQ. The old arcade stood in the untended green area, a half-forsaken lot that John was starting to look at rather fondly.

"Oh?" Rave stared at her boyfriend and he stared back. At this point, he was confident that he could at least put up a good fight, thanks to all the Skills he had gathered. "No using Aclysia though!"

"I have been informed that I am a crucial part of Master’s battle strategy, Rave." Aclysia chimed in. She had been following them at a step’s distance, ever diligent and proper. Rave had managed to get the ’mistress’ out of her a couple of days ago.

"Yeah, she is my tank!" John protested.

"She is a tank alright." Rave stormed around on her heels and threw a punch at Aclysia. It hit the maidly woman straight in the chest. All Aclysia did was take a half step back to counteract the force of the impact. Rave, meanwhile, hissed, "Owww," and waved her wrists around. "Seriously, what are you made of, pure metal?"

"Not pure metal, no," Aclysia responded. Her sense of sarcasm was still rather low. That aside, Aclysia had double defences. When they entered a combat situation prepared, she could revert all the changes she had made to feel human to the touch and turn herself into a very aesthetic block of animated steel. This, combined with the Ironhide Attribute boosting her physical defense, made her practically impervious to any basic physical attack.

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