The kid turned to look at his maid and found her already looking at him with a smile at the corner of her lips, her eyes were glittering with the shine of gold.
After all Sherry did seem interested with his Spirit Pendant ever since she saw it... she fell head over heels in love!
'Sigh... looks like I'm going to spend a lot of my money to please this girl.' He thought while changing his mind after buying her a Spear.
Serpent's Tongue (Unisex-Rare) Required Level 0 Required Class Any Required Basic-Attributes Strength +18, Vitality +16, Agility +15 Attack Speed Normal (Stage 4) Physical Attack +40 Number of Upgrades 7 Tradability Tradeable Refunded For 1 Gold Notes A Two-Handed Spear with a damaged shaft, can be replaced with a Bamboo shaft from "Bamboo Spear" for 230 Gold Coins.
Of course the kid paid that sum afterwards and watched the handle of this Serpent's Tongue Spear which does look unique indeed especially with its wavy-design around the long and sharp edges of the tip not to mention the dark-red metal which was used to make it.
Serpent's Tongue (Unisex-Epic) Required Level 0 Required Class Any Required Basic-Attributes Strength +25, Vitality +18, Agility +17, Wisdom +12, Intelligence +8 Attack Speed Fast (Stage 1) Physical Attack +65 Number of Upgrades 7 Tradability Tradeable Refunded For 1 Gold Notes A Two-Handed Spear with a Bamboo shaft.
But he was surprised to receive a System notification!
System : The dormant Energy within the fresh Bamboo has awakened the Darkness Seal.
'What the fuck is that? Did I start some Hidden Quest when I fixed this Serpent's Tongue Spear?' Right when Aaron had this thought, he received another notification for the System.
System : Quest Available.
Aaron opened the Pendant and Earrings windows on the Store Menu and bought Sherry two items before giving her the Serpent's Tongue Spear first while saying : "Let's see if you can use this Spear first."
"Alright!" Sherry snatched the Spear from his hands and started to inspect it first with her eyes practically shining with joy, afterwards the girl took her distance from the group before using it after getting ready with a pose.
*Hah* *Boom*
"Wha-"
All four of them were surprised once they found a thin laser-like beam of Dark Mana travel all the way towards the wall which Vogen just built a few hours ago and explode like a stick of dynamite!
Thankfully the hit was a bit weak after hitting the wall more than a dozen meters away from the teenager girl which gawked after seeing the trace of the explosion on the wall which left a mark a few inches deep.
Half-Blood's Nemesis Quest Type Main Story-Line Quest Requirement Seal the Dark Energy within 5 years and prevent it from escape Quest Reward Total control over the Seal Quest Difficulty Legendary-Rank Note
* Host is unable to sell or lose the Serpent's Tongue Spear.
* Host is the only one able to lend the Serpent's Tongue Spear and allow one person to benefit from some of its qualities.
* Host is advised extreme caution since lending the Serpent's Tongue Spear to the wrong person could lead to injuries or death in certain situations.
* Effects from the Serpent's Tongue Spear are slightly minimized when used against the Host.
* The person using the Serpent's Tongue Spear would be affected by the Dark Energy and accumulates until the mind and body gets possessed.
"Give me that!" Aaron immediately snatched the Serpent's Tongue Spear from Sherry's hands and stored it within the Inventory Space.
W-why?" The teenager girl looked like she was about to cry once she lost the best Spear she ever held in her life!
'I felt so strong!' She thought while remembering how invincible she felt when she made that thrusting motion with the Serpent's Tongue Spear.
"Less nonsense! Wear these instead." The kid rolled his eyes at Sherry before putting a pair of Earrings in her hand.
Moon Star Earrings (Unisex-Unique) Required Level 0 Required Class Any Health Points +80 Mana Points +80 Magical Defense +5 Focus +4 Number of Upgrades 5 Tradability Tradeable Refunded For 1 Gold Notes
* Equipping this Earring will revitalize the user in body, Spirit, and mind.
"For me?" Sherry quickly tried to wear them on her ear while asking once again without giving Aaron the chance to even answer her first question : "How do I look?"
"They suit your "Eyes" the best, you "Look" good." The kid looked at her eyes which regained their "Expensive" colored shine before giving her something else which also wasn't cheap to buy from the Pendant window.
Serene-Mind Necklace (Unisex-Unique) Required Level 0 Required Class Any Health Points +60 Mana Points +120 Magical Defense +8 Concentration +7 Accuracy +6 Number of Upgrades 3 Tradability Tradeable Refunded For 1 Gold Notes
* Equipping this Necklace alter the user's perception of their surroundings.
* Everything might seem slow but reality never lost its momentum.
Sherry snatched the gold necklace and wore it before raising the centerpiece in front of her eyes to look at its details.
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Aaron decided to buy Sherry a simple Spear which is much cheaper than what he paid when he bought Serpent's Tongue Spear.
Army Spear (Unisex-Common) Required Level 0 Required Class Any Required Basic-Attributes Strength +12, Vitality +11, Agility +10 Attack Speed Average (Stage 9) Physical Attack +32 Number of Upgrades 7 Tradability Tradeable Refunded For 1 Gold Notes None
Sherry accepted her new weapon since the Army Spear is still better than her own Spear, but thanks to the Moon Star Earrings and the Serene-Mind necklace she felt like beating both of big brother Pio and uncle Lucas if they sparred once again.
Once she raised her eyes to look at the two men, the teenager girl shivered once she saw them staring at one another like two tigers which wouldn't share the same mountain!
Of course Aaron has already noticed it when the air in the room chilled all of a sudden, but he was currently feeling hungry which means he wouldn't watch the action while standing on his feet.
"You go play with them if you want but I'm warning you three... don't take things too far and injure one another, I can heal you guys but my stuff isn't cheap."
*Humph*
Afterwards the kid started stuffing his mouth with food while the three of them took turns attacking one another.
'Now what the fuck was that? Why did the System turn its back on me all of a sudden?' Aaron thought while looking at the notification window in front of him.
Half-Blood's Nemesis (Phase-one) Phase Details The Dark Energy is still seeping from the Darkness Seal Phase Requirement Locate and remove the Mark from your body Phase Reward Take control over 5% of the Darkness Seal's power Note
* It's impossible for the Dark Energy to control the Host.
* But it's possible for it to attract and control others to attack the Host.
"Shit! This is the worst timing ever for this to happen... Especially with a Beast-Wave coming our way. I need to Level-UP fast and improve my Skills." Aaron muttered before quickly finishing his meal then clapping his hands for his three followers to wrap things up and follow him to the basement.
Like he anticipated, Sen sent Roger and Manji back with 10 guards following after them but this time they had already prepared a few carriages to transport the Mice back quicker.
"This time things would be much different!" Roger said while cracking his fingers before adjusting his Knucklers back.
"Indeed they're big guy," Aaron nodded before pointing at the three behind him, "These three are going to join you two and the five of you are going to form a team when you fight the Mice.
"But before that you guys should wear these items first because I might get a bit busy.
"Since I wouldn't be able to take care of all of you at once, you guys should learn to fight together and watch each other's back.
"I'd also recommend you use a triangular formation with Roger in the center with Sherry and Lucas flanking him while Manji takes the role of supporting you from behind.
"Pio's makes the perfect choice possible to fill the gaps which might happen with quick and sharp attacks.
"I'm going to allow more Mice to pass this time so take a few minutes to form the team and get a feel of where you're going to position yourself in the formation." Aaron explained his reasons but the group were excited to fight, especially when all of them received an upgrade to their weapons... certainly they need to assess who's stronger.
Each and every one of them did as they were told and they wore the different pieces of Armor which they were allocated.
"Whoa!"
"I feel like I can take 20 of the Mice on my own!"
"Humph. Only 20... how underwhelming!"
"Heh. Don't you guys think we should have ourselves a little competition?"
"You're on! My new Blade is thirsting for blood."
*Snort*
"How vulgar!"
"T-that's not what I meant!"
"I'm telling sister Betty"
"Don't!"
*Squeak*
Aaron killed 18 mice while the group of 5 killed 23 Mice in total, Manji and Lucas killed 6 Mice each.
Sherry and Roger each killed 4 Mice while Pio actually decapitated 2 Mice with his fast Blade in the first two swings!
Before waking up to the reality of things after his shock wore off a few seconds later, only to find almost all of the Fuzzy-Phosphorus Mice dead or dying which made him barely get his hands on his third kill.
Roger complained about having to keep doing the same journey back and forth after having so much fun killing these rodents with his friends, even Lucas's ugly mug doesn't seem so annoying to look at after all they went through!
On their return journey back to Aaron's house they had another payment from Sen which made the kid feel good after having to pay quite a hefty sum of his money to buy a few sets of Armor to boost the Defense and increase their chances of Survival when they face the Mice.
Of course Aaron wouldn't be worried about these guys if they were facing a few of these creatures but the danger multiplies whenever their numbers increase.
'Finally another Level-UP! This time it took me 5 activations of the Mystique-Door Skill while also allowing more and more of these Mice to come through... I'm only Level 4 now and it's already going to become at least twice as difficult as it was before to Level-UP once again.' Aaron thought while deciding to add 2 Skill Points to the Mana Points Boost because lately he noticed that while actively using his various Skills to kill the rodents... his MP bar was actually running low quite fast.
He does have to stop and refill it with Potions during the fight but it kind of became an inconvenience whenever it happened.
But he only increased the Mana Points Boost Skill twice in Level after adding all 5 of his Ability Points to the Wisdom-Attribute!
Mana Points Boost Increases MP permanently and Increases MP proportional to host's level Mana Points Boost Level 4 Permanent MP Increase 4% Proportional MP Increase Current level * 40
'My MP bar stands at 1268 without the benefits of the Candied-Apples or the Extreme Blue Potion! I'm getting there.' Aaron thought while exiting the basement which is full of more than 60 mice carcasses, he only killed a bit more than 30 of them while the team of five killed the rest on their own.
"They're getting better, their co-ordination has improved a lot once Pio got the hang of using his Katana." Aaron muttered to himself before imagining how difficult it'd be for him to Level-UP in the future with that group stealing his Experience Points!
The kid allocated the final Skill Point to the Skill which he's been the most interested in since the day he unlocked its leaf.
Magic Guard Damage dealt affects host's MP instead of HP. If host's MP reaches 0, host's HP takes the full amount of damage. Magic Guard Level 2 Mana Points Cost 20 Damage Displaced 27% Guard's Duration 168 Seconds Proficiency Points 62/100
"Now it's time for me to activate this Neutral-Class Skill after I've got my hands on a group of followers, not to mention that it's going to make things much easier for us when we're dealing with an increasing number of monsters." Aaron muttered before unlocking the Hero's Echo Skill.
Hero's Echo
Uses Mana to Endow one's voice with rallying-force.
Whoever hears it receives a boost of boundless courage and mighty power.
Enemies lose morale and receive a debuff to both Physical-Attack and Defense.
Hero's Echo Level 1 Mana Points Cost 80 Physical Attack +10 Allies, -10 Enemies Courage +5 Allies, -5 Enemies Physical Defense +10 Allies, -10 Enemies Constitution +5 Allies. -5 Enemies Duration 4 Minutes Cooldown 10 Minutes Proficiency Points 0/100
"Attention everyone! This is your boss speaking... you may take a break and resume work after 10 Minutes." Aaron didn't hesitate and activated Hero's Echo and his voice spread in the construction site like a carpet of wind sweeping every corner.
"Hooray to the boss!"