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Ida heroically manages half of the lavish alchemical feast, but when it comes to the Murkray tentacles, there's a need for heavy artillery.

Now Ida faces a choice: spend 1 action point and finish the job, or stop halfway under some pretext.

5 will remain.

"Master, I need help," Ida sighed wearily, placing her knife on the table. "Whether it's from fatigue or simply because I can't figure out the best angle, I can't properly cut the Murkray tentacles without ruining them. The knife either takes too much off or slips..." I don't understand!

No one knew what Lerad Frostbeard was planning to find with these excavations, but everyone tried to please the clan leader, and therefore there was a lot of activity around. The few warrior-scholars and invited fighters patrolled near the entrances to the tunnels; tents and even real houses stood nearby, and the number of workers exceeded one hundred. A stern-looking middle-aged woman with a rather enlightened face oversaw the excavation process. Her name was Clarissa. She understood the Scholars Clan.

Sage Utar raised an eyebrow, put the papers aside, nimbly jumped up to the table and began slicing the tentacles with such speed and grace that Ide could only dream of it. “Done!” announced the alchemist after a couple of minutes. And there was so much talk…

- Good morning, Mistress Clarissa,” greeted Aristarchus. “I am here on behalf of Lord Augur. I need to see what’s going on here…”

Aristarch travels from the settlement of scholars to the excavation site and ends up where he needs to be. For now, everyone around him seems indifferent to his presence.

Uh... So I posted this too early? :D

Once again, Utar managed to mildly irritate Ida, but she couldn't deny that the show put on by the teacher was beyond praise. Still, he didn't seem particularly eager to **teach**. "It was interesting. But I still don't understand how to properly grab those tentacles. Can you **explain**?"

Just a little bit.)

The journey cost Aristarkh 1 action point.

For some reason, Clarissa wasn't pleased with Aristarkh's mentor's name.

"Someone has quite a long nose..." the woman smirked. "Take care of yourself. I have nothing against it."

The scale of the excavations was impressive. A complete exploration of the location without outside help will cost Aristarkh 4 action points.

Sage Utar pondered deeply. “I no longer have Murkray tentacles. And new ones won’t arrive anytime soon…” The alchemist rummaged through a cabinet. “I can show you how to cut ice straws.” Utar demonstrates to Ide a master class on handling icicles, preventing them from melting and achieving exquisite precision.

"Do you still have those icicles?" Ida asked excitedly. "Can I try again?"

The scale of the excavations was impressive. A complete exploration of the location without outside help will cost Aristarkh 4 action points.

So it costs 4 action points just to explore this one cell?

Utar had a great many icicles lying in his cupboard. In alchemy, not a single elixir could be made without pure water.

Ida can spend 2 action points to gain virtuoso mastery in slicing ice straws.


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Does it really cost 4 points just to bypass this one cell?

This is a quest detour.

Ida carefully picked up the first icicle and began to meticulously cut it into icy straws, just like Utar did. Not as quickly or skillfully, but not terribly either. As well as her experience and dexterity allowed. Although the task was somewhat tedious, it should help her gain practice. And that's very important.

Not spending mana?

(spending)