-Drake POV-
Dragonic Mark (Beginner 0%)
-Proof of your contract with the dragon of darkness
-You can activate it once a day for 60s to have a huge stat boost
-When activated it might affect your avatars appearance a little
-Through continuous use the mark might advance to further stages
-To advance to the next rank only one new lv is needed
(Exp gain for this skill is extremely slow)
Drake carefully read through all the messages to get a better picture on what the contract has given him. He was about to thank the dragon for the contract but before he could the dragon took off and flew away as Drake slowly see the fading shape of the dragon fade away into a distant blur. Drake started walking back to town planning to test his new skills on the monster he will meet on his way back.
-Cynthia POV-
“I can’t believe I had to use dragon contract , especially after I swore not to use it on anyone. Worst of all I don’t even know who that guy is.”Cynthia was thinking to herself as she was flying.
Cynthia did had a nagging feeling that she recognized the guy but she was too upset about being pushed to a situation that she had to use the contract to try to remember who he looked like.
She flew behind a mountain deactivating dragon form and reverting to human form with partial form for wings and flew to a forest that she saw was near a town. In the forest she deactivated partial form and changed her equipment to her old beginner stuff she used to have. She even took of the mask to make her seem as if she is just a new player.These were precautions she took so that players will just ignore her thinking she was just another low lv player.
She walked into town unnoticed most of the players were waiting for the people who went to the mountains to meet the dragon to come back so a player with lv 1 stuff they give when you create your account was ignored.
As Cynthia walked further into town she thought to herself “ I should get a weapon to use soon. With so many players around it would be harder for me to use partial form whenever I feel like it “
-Drake POV-
Drake was testing out his new skill dark blade since it was the lowest mana cost skill he gained. He easily hacked through the monsters he encountered on his way back to town. It would however take Drake quite a while to reach town alone since there were a lot of monster on the path back to town.
-Cynthia POV-
Cynthia went into a armor shop and bought some generic warrior armor from the shop. After much thought she decided to disguise herself as the one of the 3 most overused classes in any game the warrior. She then equipped her new armor and went into a weapon shop and bought a normal iron sword. She could easily afford her purchases with the gold she has saved from some of her killing sprees in the past. She was however officially broke after her purchase. The final touch to her disguise was her mask which she equipped so that people will be unable to recognize her.
She wanted to test how well she would fare in sword combat since she will have to use a sword more often now with so many players around. She walked back out of town with her sword in hand. She went ahead and tried to fight a few wolves and with a single swing from her sword a wolf would die and after a few swings they would have all met their end. It was a little boring to continue killing monster she could easily kill in a single strike. She continued killing a few more wolves effortlessly when suddenly
“Excuse me?” a guy suddenly approached her.
“yes” she politely replied back.
“Do you know about the tournament that is gonna be held in the city as a celebration for the end of the demon invasion”
“No I wasn’t aware of such a tournament.”
“Could you take part in the tournament with me at the tag battle competition. You are a player right?”
Cynthia quickly thought to herself ”If the tournament is being hosted by NPC and they think I’m a NPC they wouldn’t allow me to take part….”
“Player what are you talking about?” Cynthia quickly decided to lie since if she answered truthfully some complication might arise.
“Oh you are a NPC actually I was looking for a strong NPC anyways. What’s your lv”
“NPC whats that?” Cynthia continued to feign ignorance.
“Nevermind that whats your lv?”
“ I’m lv 162”Cynthia replied seeing no reason to lie since a high lv NPC shouldn’t be too surprising.
“Actually the lord of the city is the one who created the tournament but due to the demons quite a lot of the high ranking knights has lost their lives and I was asked by the lord find someone strong enough to help check how strong people interested to join are and to decide whether they should be allowed to take part.”
“So you want me to help measure their strength and see whether they should be allowed to take part?”
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“Ya pretty much but it ain’t me it’s the lord who is looking for someone and they have to be strong.”
“Sure I don’t mind” Cynthia said thinking it could be fun.
-Drake POV-
Drake finally reached back to town. In town a NPC was yelling out something bout a tournament being held in the city.
“Tournament the perfect place to test my new skills I just keep getting luckier and luckier today” Drake thought to himself in delight
-Cynthia POV-
“Ahhh I’m glad you agreed to help. The adventurer I asked to help me fine someone strong assured me that you are really strong. If you don’t mind can I test your strength before I hire you to help judge applicants.” The lord told Cynthia when they met.
“That’s fine what do you want me to do?”
“Just have a quick spar with the leader of the knights one of the strongest we have in our kingdom. I’m not expecting you to win but at the very least put on a good show.”
-At the venue the lord brought her to for the spar-
“Lord are you sure she seems to be a little girl I don’t think she can handle herself that well in a fight.” The knight said since he was against fighting a girl.
“I’m pretty sure I can handle myself in a fight” Cynthia replied feeling a little annoyed at the knight prejudice opinion.
-10s after the match started-
“Ahhhh” The knight screamed out as he fell flat on his face.
“All I did was hit him softly with my sword…….” Cynthia thought to herself.
For a few seconds the lord was speechless with his mouth stuck open in shock. He finally snapped out of it after a few seconds and told Cynthia
“You pass with flying colours we would be honored for someone of you caliber to help us.”
“Thanks for asking me to help with this tournament I’m glad you find me worthy” Cynthia politely replied.
“Which kingdom do you hail from?”
“I come from a place called Roseinheim”Cynthia quickly replied being well aware he thinks she is a NPC she added “I was born from a family of commoners so Lord has probably not heard of me before." Once again she said it as respectfully as she could.
“I see. I’m sure you will make a name for yourself some day” The lord said with a smile. “ Back to the matter on hand. Since this tournament is for the citizen enjoyment as a celebration of the demons being eliminated I want only the strong adventurer to participate. Your job is to have a small spar with them and with your strength it would be best to not retaliate and just defend. You should pass adventurers who you deem strong enough to make this tournament a interesting fight.
“So my job is to act as a filter to get rid of the weaker players?”
“Yes and also at the end of the tournament the winner gets to pick one of the judges to have a friendly spar with. That being said that is your other job overseeing the match and making sure nothing bad happens.”
“I see so when will the tournament take place?”
“A few days from now I will contact you when it starts. Also we will provide you some weapons and armor the judges are supposed to wear. I take it you specialize in the way of the sword?”
“Actually my specialty is martial arts so I rather you give me a gauntlet type weapon.”
“I see so that wasn’t even the full extent of your powers….. Its surprising you aren’t well known by now” The lord said after finding out Cynthia wasn’t even using her normal fighting style.
“I have to go somewhere and will be back in a few days time.” Cynthia told the lord.
“Ok but please make sure you are back in a few days. Can you please tell me your name since we need to know your name.”
“My name is Dragonica”
Cynthia left the place as the knight captain who was still groaning on the floor was getting the medical care he needed.
Cynthia went to a spot no one could see her at and logged out.
Cynthia had played longer than she normally would. Thinking back she realized the next day was a Sunday and because she promised the NPC she probably have to break her rule about no games on Sunday. She felt a little troubled by it but decided that breaking the rule for only one day isn’t that big of a deal.
-Drake POV-
Drake went to the place where people were registering for the tournament.
“Excuse me I would like to register for the tournament”
"Are you participating in the tag match or are you participating single battles"
"The single battles"
“Please write your name here and pick a name from this list of names”
Drake looked at the list and saw 6 names.
“What is this list for?”
“You will find out in the when the testing phase for the tournament begins.”
Drake just picked the name Dragonica from the list since it started with the same letter as his name.
“Thank you for registering for the tournament. The date it will take place will be announced soon.”
Drake logged out.