The sea rocked back and forth as a wooden sloop floated on top of it. Cuddled beneath a blanket were the bodies of the ship's passengers. The sun was high in the sky. The light shone into Lance's eyes. Slowly stirring him awake. "Mmh. Oh~" The first thing his eyes saw was the lovely nude form of his first harem member and childhood friend, Mary.
He wasunsure why he had never noticed how pretty she was before. Her candy-red hair lay on her soft, pale skin. And her amazing pale breasts, adorned with cute pink nipples, were truly captivating. With a smile, Lance put his half of the blanket over her as she lay in the boat. The extra layer made her body's curves that much more noticeable.
With a smile on his face, Lance grabbed his clothes from the bucket he threw them in. He slid on his clothes while checking the notifications he received overnight. He opened his first notification.
[Congratulations! The quest you gave to Beatrice Eneverdean has been failed. Typically, you would not receive any rewards from her failure. However, since you presented the quest as a bet, you will gain five levels of gambling skill. This will not affect your current affinity for the skill.]
A small noise played before the next prompt spawned in his vision.
[Your gambling skill has increased to 1,2,-5. Known as the true man's sport. Gambling can bring life's highest highs. It is also responsible for some of life's lowest lows. At the Dabbling and Novice ranks. Each level of Gambling adds 1% to your Luck attribute.]
Lance paused as he put his shirt over his head. A skill that could add to a primary attribute was intriguing. He wondered if there were other skills that would do the same thing for other attributes. As he buttoned up his shirt, he went to his other prompt.
[Congratulations! You have gained your first slave. As a Celestial Dragon, you gain more from ownership of another than the average slaver. As a Celestial Dragon, your slaves can lead to bonuses for you that can be purchased with Slave Points. Acquisition of new slaves will award a lump sum of points. Slaves you own will generate points over a period of time. A new menu has been added to your character menu.]
Even better news! His quest to form a personal harem seemed to be a boon for his lineage! He wondered why he was the only dragon who was out on the seas doing what he planned to do. He followed through and opened the new menu. Once the menu was opened, it showed an additional prompt.
[Slave Acquisition: Mary Marzipan. Slave Points acquired 13.]
[You can access the character sheets of slaves you own. Once your Slaver skill level is sufficiently high, you can access their character sheets. You can even deny and allow the ability to let your slaves invest their own points of various kinds.]
[You have gained the Slaver sub-skill. Sub-skills are tied to other skills. Slaver is tied to your command skill. If you level a sub-skill above the skill level of the main skill.]
[Due to your Natural Leader ability, your 10% cost reduction to Command Tree upgrades is also applied to Slave Tree bonus costs.
Owned Slaves
[Mary Marzipan]
Slave Points/Weeks [1.5]
Total Slave Points per Week: 1.5
Slave Point Bonuses
[Tier 1] Buy an Attribute Point: 20sps
[Tier 1] Buy 10% skill progress: 40sps
[Tier 2] Buy 10% exp of current level: 100sps
[Character Sheet] [Skills] [Abilities] [Techniques] [Slaves]
Lance's eyes went wide as he looked over the screen. This was a game changer! No wonder his father had such high numbers! Other nobles were employing slaves to improve their statistics! And it looked like it was just the basics! He wondered how to get more Tier 2 perks.
Just as his mind began to wander toward other possibilities, He felt something grab onto his still naked ass. Looking behind him, he saw Mary grabbing at his cheek. "Woah! Well, good morning, Red. Did you enjoy last night?" Her hand fell to the boat as she took in a deep breath.
"Mmh, I never thought I'd get to feel that good." She moved to sit up. Letting the blanket fall to the floor of the boat. Not attempting to hide her body from Lance's gaze. Which he enjoyed. "What's for breakfast?" She asked before opening a lockbox within her grasp. She got a peek at the swirled fruit inside the lockbox before Lance leaned over to shut it.
"I've got some food over here. But it was supposed to last me just a few weeks. It won't last the two of us very long." While Lance was slipping on his underwear and pants, he saw a large ship sailing by in the distance. "Hmm…that looks like a good place to resupply." Taking out a spyglass, he extended it and looked through it. Seeing the black sail on the boat. Hosting a pair of crossed bones with a sideways skull on it. With a heart painted on the side. "Get your maid outfit on. We have a pirate ship to subdue."