(So I coped entire post, then refreshed, but accidentally copied something else. Too lazy to rewrite it, but I know what I did, so basic summary, deal with it, I am too lazy to rewrite all of that). Morning was gone now from day 3, and Ren made pretty good progress, and some not so good. He failed to contract a Frost Elemental the first time, but the second time he managed it, contracting with [url=http://th01.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/f/2010/036/1/5/Air_elemental_by_javi_ure.jpg]Shimo the Frost Elemental[/url], who looked like she was made of chilled mist with a aura of frost about her, [url=http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120311052732/elderscrolls/images/7/7f/MAGINVIceSpellArt.png]a new mark appearing on his left hand[/url] where the Water Element mark was, appearing next to that. After that he tried to create a Rune, but somehow he messed it up, putting too much power into it as the rune literally exploded, blinding him temporarily, so he had to wait until that wore off. The rest of the morning was spent on the auction. He managed to find a two book Demonic Compendium Set and a Novice Casting Amulet that was part of a poorly planned experiment. Both of them were at a pretty decent price, one 175,000 and the other 250,000. Add 15 Blank Runestones and the Intermediate Ritual water Magic book Ren had bought 570,000 Yen worth of stuff, the final total of all of the charges, quick delivery being the only extra one, was 575,000 Yen. Ren used 75,000 Yen and sold that beginner water magic tip book as well as the Minor Recovery Potion and all of his Small Recovery Potions for a total of 675,000 Yen, allowing Ren to keep both the Items and 100,000 Yen. After getting his purchase he saw a note saying that he had been signed up for the Auction's point program that gave points based upon 5% of your purchase. Ren currently had 28,500 on his account and to get to Bronze, cause his was currently a Tin membership, Ren needed 100,000 points. After that, the morning was gone. Ren first learned the Intermediate Water Rituals book, looking at his new window as it updated the Talent Skill. So he decided to go into his backyard, open the first copy of the Compendium Set, open a Training ID, and grind Mana Shield, Meditate, and both Summon Skills while he read. The problem was getting his Demons to agree with this plan. To have them spar while Undine kept them both healed. --- Ren Negotiation (Garm): 39 - 40 Negotiation = -1 Ren Negotiation (Lilim): 4 (Critical!) --- Ren knew that Garm loved battle and that he would fight with anything. Getting Undine to do this, on the other hand, was a much harder task. Well, surprisingly not that hard actually. She was just glad to be getting a constant stream of life force from Ren and was eager to honor that part of their contract. Ren was surprised that Lilim was so easily convinced, but just rolled along with it for now as the plan commenced, Ren noticing a new Skill called Demon Negotiator that appeared, finding it useful, and then closing the window before he got to reading. --- Focus: 8 - 48 Focus - 5 Skill Bonus = - 45 --- Ren was able to keep reading while Meditating, planning to keep doing this through the afternoon as his focus on the book was uninterrupted as Undine kept healing the two battling demons, acting as a 'support' for both sides in the fight. --- Reading Speed: 54 - 53 Knowledge = 1 Comprehension: 62 - 45 Demonology = 17 --- The material was somewhat easy for Ren to leaf through and he understood it pretty well as he did so. By the time the afternoon was over he had about halfway finished the first volume, getting a +1 Bonus to Demonology upon hitting that point. That was a good eight hours or so though, and he figured that going into the evening with this strategy. Although they weren't going to do it anymore than that. Ren gave them each a Tiny Soul Gem as a gift of thanks. Not as a treat like a pet, but just to thank them for all of their hard work. Garm called Ren an odd human while Lilim blew him a kiss before he dismissed the both of them and Undine as well. He was just tired, so he wanted to relax and read while watching anime in the background. --- Multitasking: 73 - 48 Focus - 5 Skill Bonus = 20 --- It was a little difficult to switch between watching anime, this being Japan and Ren being Japanese so no subtitles were necessary or there, but Ren managed to get it done somehow as he read the rest of the evening away. --- Reading Speed: 20 - 53 Knowledge = -33 Comprehension: 62 - 45 Demonology + 10 Multitasking Penalty - 25 (Epic) = 2 --- Ren tore threw the remainder of the book. Unfortunately due to having missed a couple things he didn't really get some things here and there as the evening finished. Somehow by pure chance though he managed to get what he missed and understand it later in the book. When done with it, he had gotten all he could out of it, a total of +2 to Demonology from a day's worth of reading. This progress compared to the last two days seemed small, but Ren wanted to take it easy for today as he knew that tomorrow was going to be a very long day, or more accurately two days with what he had planned.