Chapter 19

Chapter 19: Cats have nine lives. So too, apparently, do forks.
Gerald becomes suspicious of a black cat that was in the village while it was still inhabited by skeletons and wasn't attacked by them, and kills and absorbs it. From this he gains the 'nine lives' trait, which effectively allows him to avoid eight lethal attacks in total before the skill disappears.

The perspective switches to The Necromancer in his lair. He is annoyed by the loss of a village, but it doesn't affect his plans.

The perspective switches back to Gerald. Now travelling again, he obtains permission from Ferdinand to attracts some monsters to them, allowing him to obtain some skills and traits, most of which are mostly useless to him.

He also gets the skill mana control from training with the magic missile skill, and gets telekinesis to advanced proficiency.

They make it to Liensport City.

Meanwhile, Joe is literally climbing mountains to get to where they are.