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Chapter3
The Manly Class
Don left Hiritol wearing beginner clothes and a tattered leather vest he picked up off a skeleton he found in the sewers. It still smelled foul but he didn’t have enough money to buy anything decent. The path to the mountains was a four day walk and he was without a party. Don already decided that he would go it alone though. The entrance to the tomb was too far out of the way for any party to be going there. That and it was guarded so only those with a purpose could enter.
Don started running as fast as he could. It still took two days in the real world to get there. He had to avoid areas he could get killed or risk death. Dying in royal road meant access to the game was lost for 24 hours, your character lost a level and 5~15% mastery for each skill, as well as being brought back to the last safe zone you were in. The monsters in the mountains ranged from level 60 to 220, and rarely traveled alone. Although it went against his man code to avoid conflict, his one exception to the rule was to avoid death when nothing could be gained from it. So unless he was sacrificing himself to save someone or something similar, he wouldn’t willing do something that was almost guaranteed to kill him.
Don arrived at the tomb of the great Blade Master Bourrick. It was not a grand entrance so it didn’t stand out much, but it did have a manned outpost there. When Don approached the men took out their weapons.
“Halt, authorization is required to enter.”
Don said, “I am here on behalf of the intelligence guild to test myself to get the blade master class.”
The armored guard nodded, “Very well.”
Don asked, “Why are you guys here anyways?”
“To protect the sanctity of this tomb in honor of those who reside within.”
Don thought, ‘Those?’ before saying, “But why are you protecting it?”
“We are protecting it from grave robbers. That is why only those who are authorized my go inside.”
“I see, thankyou.” Don passed the men and entered to tomb. It was well lit and dry, a well maintained place. Don decided to try his adventurer skills.
“Detect.”
The walls around him shimmered lightly. If there was something in the area that was hidden, it would glow. However because his proficiency was low, the glow would be almost unnoticeable so he had to pay attention. Don explored the tomb leisurely. He had just logged in so he had 24 hours to explore. While leveling Don gave stats mostly to strength, with the rest to agility and intellect. Because of that he had some extra mana to use skills like scan and detect a few times before needing to recharge.
Don reached a narrow hallway that looked suspicious, he didn’t know if traps would be that early in a tomb but he could afford to check.
“Detect’
The area shimmered without showing anything down the hall, but the wall just to his left shined very dimly for an instant. Don turned to face it and used detect again. He saw the same thing. The wall hid a secret. Don pushed against various parts of the wall but nothing happened, He went around a corner and used detect again, this time a single brick, opposite the wall dimly glowed for a moment. Don pressed in on the brick which sank a few inches. A rumbling sound came from the wall which lowered, revealing a staircase. Don boldly went in, it was definitely the manliest thing to do.
The lower part looked similar to the first part. After walking for a bit he heard a screeching sound. Some large purple monkey looking creature rushed at Don as soon as it spotted him. Don stared it down before looking behind it and shouting, “What is that?!” While pointing behind the monster.
The long limbed purple monkey turned around to see what was there, only to be slashed repeatedly in the back by Don.
Critical Hit!
Bluff mastery increased by 12%
Bluff cost no mana and was a very useful skill if you knew how to use it.
The monkey jumped forward after the Don’s attack trying to get away but Don’s first two strikes were to both its legs, it couldn’t run, only fight.
Don said, “Scan.” A screen appeared next to the monkey revealing some info about it.”
Rayshic lvl 50~
Health 1500~
The info revealed by scan increased as more of the same monster was scanned, and how much detail was given was determined by scan’s mastery level.
The monster seemed to be the one that dropped the knife, maybe not this one, but somewhere down here. Don charged forward slashing as much as he could with each step while moving up, down, left, and right to make his strike come from everywhere. Don didn’t even worry about defense because as long as he could push his opponent, his opponent couldn’t attack. After two minutes the Rayshic was dead, Don got a level, and moved on.
Although they were plenty strong if given the chance to attack, there were too few of them to cause Don a problem. That being said, it made it harder to encounter one and find that dagger. But Don was not in a great hurry. If he had to kill everything in the dungeon so be it. Of course he wished there were more, this place would make a good hunting grounds if it weren’t for the fact ten minutes or more would pass between fights.
Even through boredom Don remained vigilant. Whenever a hallway looked suspicious, he used detect. Ever since going into the deep region he had encountered half a dozen traps, though he had not managed to disarm any, they were too high a level for someone with his shabby skills to disarm. And when he failed to disarm it the thing went off. Hallways were blocked with fire or endless streams of arrows or needles. Don felt cheated because there was the possibility that the rayshic with the blade was beyond those passages.
He encountered another rayshic, it threw itself at him pinning itself to both of Don’s arms and taking a bite out of Don. Don ripped the thing off before yelling at it with all his might as he fought it off.
New Stat: Perseverance
Talking a strong hit gave him perseverance. It was a stat that reduced the amount of damage attacks did to him. Don yelled “Scan.”
Rayshic lvl 60~
Health 2100~ Mana 300~
ATK 40~ DEF 10~
He had scanned enough of the monkeys to get more info with each scan. Because each scan only revealed an approximate level he couldn’t determine which ones were stronger but this one was clearly the strongest he faced so far. That bite took out most of Don’s life. It may have been the one he was looking for. Don readied himself and started his fastest striking pattern as he dashed for the howling monkey. It ducked and weaved expertly but it couldn’t get closer. It tried to go around but the narrow hallway was not its friend. However Don couldn’t strike it either. It was a stalemate unless something could be changed. Don yelled, “You! Come out now!” The monkey turned around to see what Don was pointing and shouting at, giving Don the opening he needed. He stabbed the monkey with both swords at once in a technique he had practiced for hours against the dummies when he got bored.
Critical Hit!
You have leveled up!
Skill level up: Bluff [2]
The monkey died, dropping only a tooth, the common drop for these mobs.
Don moved on. After twenty minutes further into the tomb he found another suspicious hallway. Although he thought suspicious, it looked in fact just like every hallway so far with a trap in it.
“Detect.”
The roof of a part of the hallway glowed lightly. Don had seen the same trap in another hallway. The area under that section of the roof was pressure sensitive, should it be stepped on the roof would come down, crushing the unfortunate trespasser. However Don knew that like all the traps he encountered in this place so far, it wouldn’t simply deactivate some time after triggered. The roof would stay down, effectively sealing off the passage permanently. Don approached the area in front of the trigger. He used detect again, looking closely at the wall where he saw in the dimmest of glow of a false brick that could be removed. Behind it was the trap mechanism, several ropes that were hooked between the trigger and whatever was holding the roof up. Don had to cut the rope that triggered the trap without himself triggering the trap. Don choose a rope, and sliced it.
Skill level up: Disarm trap [2]
Don let out a deep sigh of relief. Just to be safe he threw some junk on the trigger but nothing happened, he tentatively stepped onto it, and then through it, down the tunnel. The passage turned a few times then came to a fairly large room with a door. After looking around a bit Don tried opening the door.
The door is locked.
A key is required.
Don was now slightly confused. There is no way he would be given a quest to fight a monster that is behind a locked door. Don brought up his quest log to see the details of his quest.
Retrieve the Blade
Within the tomb of the Great Blade Master lies a raysic holding onto a blade. Obtain it and receive your reward.
Difficulty: Unknown
Requirement: Above average abilities
Reward: Blade Master Class
“Raysic? Not Rayshic?” The monster’s names were so similar he thought they were the same, but he had been hunting the wrong monster. It was likely that what he needed to fight was in the original part of the tomb. But then that bared the question. What was behind this door?
It took Don no effort to decide that the manliest thing to do was open it. After leaving with the class Don wouldn’t be able to return anyways so it was now or never.
Don had never picked a lock before, but he knew how. It came instinctively to him because he knew how locks work.
Don first put his tension wrench into the lower part of the lock and turned it left then right. It wouldn’t turn clockwise at all but it could slightly turn counter clockwise, meaning that was the direction the key turned it. He then slide the pick inside to feel the tumblers. He felt six tumblers, the lowest two were the same height. This would not be easy.
A keyhole is held in place within the lock by tumblers, or tiny pairs of cylinders columns in a line, that are pushed down by a spring from above. When a key is REPLACEed the tumblers rise to the point where the cylinders allow movement.
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Don turned the tension wrench until some of the pins became harder to move, these were to ones to raise first. However for this lock, there were two that were the same. Don turned over his pick to the flat side and lifted it parallel upwards until he felt the bottom of both of the pins and rose them together.
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The tension wrench was able to move the lock just a bit, the two pins were now above the cylinder keeping them up as long as Don kept tension on the wrench. Don found the next hardest one to move and tapped it up until he heard another click. Three more to go. Don attempted to raise the next hardest to move tumbler when his pick snapped. Don froze for an instant afraid to move. While carefully keeping tension on the lock he slowly moved over to get another pick. Don felt grateful the wrench didn’t snap and that he didn’t lose tension. Had he slipped the lock would have returned to normal and all the tumblers would have set back into their original position. Don carefully reREPLACEed the pick and started back up with the fourth pin.
After three more clicks Don used the tension wrench to turn the lock all the way until the door had opened.
Skill level up: Unlock [2]
Don got up and entered the door. Through it was a large room with a large statue of a man wielding two swords. Below the statue was an ornate sarcophagus. Don walked up to the thing and saw words that were inscribed in a plaque before the statue.
-Here lies Palutos, master of masters and teacher to the Blade Master Bourrick.
Any who wish for his wisdom may kneel at his tomb.
Don looked around for a bit and began to realized where he was. It seemed the Bourrick didn’t have the tomb built solely for himself, there were many famous masters entombed as well within. The section Don found was likely the secret area where many such masters were buried. That explained why this tomb had good security and wouldn’t allow grave robbers to enter.
Don figured the wisdom of Palutos was a buff or something, so he knelt before the stone coffin. Suddenly Don heard a strange voice.
"Adventurer who kneels before my tomb, does thou wish for the wisdom of Palutos? Within thee I see the qualifications, do you wish to take up the mantel I left when I died, do you wish to become a master of the sword arts?"
Hidden Class!If you accept it, you can use exclusive skills related to the nature of the class.
Do you want to convert now?
Don got up and stared at the statue in disbelief for a moment. Then he said, “You’re Bourrick’s master?”
The voice replied, "I taught him everything that he knew, though not everything I knew.”
In other words the master of a famous Blade Master. Don thought that nothing could be manlier.
“I accept.”
A light shone over Don and his stat window appeared in front of him
New Stat: Charisma
New Stat: Charm
Status WindowAvatar DonAlignment NeutralRace Lunar ElfTitle NoneLevel 37Class Blade DancerFame 20Infamy NoneHealth 1760Mana 430Strength 139Agility 101Wisdom 21Intellect 39Vitality 60Affinity to Nature 0Charisma 80Charm 80Leadership 0Perseverance 1Fighting Spirit 52Endurance 65Attack 78Defense 12Magic Resistances None+ Charisma stat is added extra 80 points.
+ Charm stat is added an extra 80 points
+ Enables you to equip certain items specialized for the class.
+ Increases Attack Power while dual wielding swords.
+ Enables you to learn secret skills based on your level in Blade Dancing Mastery.
New Skill: You have learned Blade Dancing
New Skill: You have learned Cross Body Parry
New Skill: You have learned Fiery Dance
New Skill: You have learned Illusion Steps
Quest Failed: Retrieve the Blade
Cannot take class quest if one already has a class.
Don did a double take at the screen before mouthing, “Blade.... .Dancer?!” The class he had just received was a secret dancer class. Don shouted, “HEY! WHAT GIVES?!”
No answer. Don walked up to the coffin and yelled, “HEY! DON’T IGNORE ME! What is This?! You were a Dancer?!”
Don threw open the lid of the coffin. A skeleton in leather with two beautiful black ceremonial swords in his bone hands laid there. Don was so mad he shouted, “I Swear! If you don’t answer, I will take All your Stuff!”
Still no answer. Don was a man of his word. Don lifted the body out of the coffin and removed the leather armor from it, as well as the swords.
Infamy increased by 20 (+20 INF)
Don was tempted to leave the body out but stealing from the dead and disrespecting the dead were two different things. He placed the naked skeleton back in the coffin, closed the lid, and left. Thanks to his automapping skill he knew all the places he had been and was able to return to the first part of the dungeon where he spent the next fifteen hours fuming while killing Raysics. They were the same as Rayshics, but light blue. He killed every blue monkey in the dungeon, but none dropped the ceremonial blade that would let him convert to a blade master.
Once someone had a class, no guild would bother to give a quest that rewarded one with a class. The only way to change after that was to meet the requirements of another class and have an NPC ask you if you wanted to change. That was how, if he met the requirements, a warrior could become a Knight. And because Don somehow met the requirements, that was how he became a blade dancer.
After Don killed off all the Raysics he returned to the lower level again to find another tomb in the hopes some other dead master would offer him their class. However it seemed that Palutos was the last one he hadn’t sealed with a failed trap busting. The hallways that were blocked off with traps likely lead to the other masters meaning he couldn't reach them. The trap would reset after he left, but now that he no longer had a quest, he would not be allowed to re-enter.
Don left the tomb a broken man. The guards who were stationed at the time said, “What’s wrong?”
“I got tricked into becoming a dancer.”
They looked at each other then said, “As in, Blade Dancer? You made it to the lower tomb?”
“Yea.”
“So why are you so distraught?”
“I wanted to become a manly blade master, now I’m a dancer.”
The men looked at each other and shook their heads. Then they said, “If you want to see the power of a blade dancer, go to the top of Mt. Ketsdale. Rumor has it there is an old blade dancer there. You don’t seem to understand what you’ve gotten your hands on. Go there and find out.”
After that they returned to their normal positions. Don couldn’t imagine how a dancer could be manly. Though he hadn’t really looked at it yet. He hadn’t even looked at the skills.
“Show Dance skills”
Blade Dancing [1] 0%
Dancing with swords attracts the attention of enemies.Cross Body Parry [1] 0%
Can only be used with equipped with two swords
Uses one sword to parry an enemy's attack while using the other to strike in the same movement
Mana Cost:15Fiery Dance [1] 0%
Can only be used while dancing
Evokes the spirit of fire within your dance. Swords deal fire damage in addition to regular combat damage.
Mana Cost: 20 per secondIllusion Steps[1] 0%
Can only be used while dancing
Uses misleading dancing steps to go in a different direction than you appear to be going
Creates an after image.
Mana Cost: 30 Duration 5 steps
Don looked through the skills carefully. He decided he may have misjudged the class. Normal dancers relied on the Charm and Charisma stat to distract monsters and make them lose their will to fight. They could only equip dresses and knives, so were weak in attack and defense. However Palutos was wearing beautiful leather armor, and obviously he could use swords. Don opened up his inventory to see the looted equipment he stole from the tomb.
Twin Ornate blades
Durability 100/100
Damage 25~27 (Each)
Black iron blade made in a set. A copy of the original weapons used by the Blade Dancer Plalutos. Not as strong as the originals, these were made for decorative purposes.
Requirements:
Level 50
50 Strength
50 Agility
Equips:
+10 Charisma
+10 Charm
When both weapons are equipped +25% AttackPalutos’ Armor.
Durability 60/60
Defense 20
Armor made with leather from beasts with vibrant hides. A copy of the original used by Blade Dancer Palutos
Requirements:
50 Strength
50 Agility
Equips:
Effects of Dancing skills increase
Elemental damage does not affect the durability of armor
Don took them out again to get a good look. Now that he was in the sun the truth of the armor was shone. Its surface shined many different hues when reflected. Like glossy fur of many colors. In battle it would definitely attract attention. In other words it was the male dancer equivalent of a dress.
From the weapons and skills Don judged that a blade dancer wasn’t as bad as he thought. The armor was good and the swords were excellent. He was lucky they were only copies instead of the originals. The copy’s stats and therefore requirements would be much lower than the original’s. He leveled up to 43 while in the tomb so he would be able to equip them very soon. However that didn’t change the fact that in order to make the most out of the class he had to dance. Besides the fact that he considered dancing unmanly, he couldn't do it if he wanted to. In his whole life he had never learned how to dance.
He decided for now he would give the class a trial run. At the very least he would find somewhere to hunt till he hit level 50. Then after equipping Palutos’ stuff Don would check out the the peak of this Mt. Ketsdale the guard spoke of.
Next Chapter 4 The First Dance
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