'What the hell? He takes control of that sword?' I exclaim in my mind, shocked at the display of power.
"Guys, this sword is a magic sword of fire Czern," William says as he walks back out.
"Anyways, I am going to go outside. I am so excited to try this out," William says with a grin filled with excitement as he runs through the hallway with the sword, with Lance following him.
"We should also get our weapons now," I say as I stand up.
"Yeah, only 10 minutes left. I think we need to pick one in 5 minutes. See you in training. Bye, guys," Jake says as he walks away.
"Yeah, see you, Kaian," Luke says as he also disappears.
I walk around for a minute and find a good steel sword. However, I still can't let that incident out of my mind. I look at my hand, and it looks like nothing has ever happened. That sword was calling me. It seems so familiar.
I try to pick up the sword, but I am unable to due to its weight. "If I am barely able to pick this up, this will be a waste of energy during combat. I should look for a strong wooden sword," I think to myself.
The wooden swords are just next to it. There are too many swords that look so similar. I see an [Arcane Sword (D)], a sword made of the wood of the arcane tree. It is light in weight and used for practice, and it has mana conductivity. "Hmm, that suits me," I think.
As I pick it up, I can easily lift it.
[Skill Mana Flow(E) acquired]
A notification pops up in front of me. "Hmm, so this arcane sword has something to do with it," I realize.
I click on the skill to see its description.
[Mana Flow(E)]
[Purpose: Allows the user to initiate the flow of mana and connect two things, increasing their efficiency, and power, and influence their properties. ]
[Cost: 5 mana per minute.]
So that's the reason. At least I got my first skill. It can be useful," I think to myself.
"Shit, I forgot we had to go outside," I panic. I run through the hallway, but I cannot make it in time. I try something. "[Use Mana Flow(E)], the cost will be doubled due to using it on a living being," I command.
I use mana flow on my legs and run. I cannot feel the mana in the surrounding, but I can see it through the system notifications being used up. I can run fast without worry. My speed has doubled without tiring myself.
Soon, I reach the stairs. There are still some minutes left. I deactivate the skill. It took me 20 mana points to reach here, but I did not use it for 2 minutes whole.
As I come outside the basement, I can see everyone is already there. Only Ranell has not come. I find Luke, Jake, and Hudson standing together. "Hey, guys, what weapons did you take?" I ask curiously.
"Oh, I took a normal lightweight spear," Hudson replies.
"I took a pair of shortswords, and they have magic," Luke replies with pride.
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"I got a magic sword, though it's an F rank," Jake says.
"Wait, what is F-rank? I cannot see any rank. I can only see it in tier?" Hudson replies, confused.
"Wait, what?" We debate amongst ourselves about what is happening.
A voice booms on us, "Looks like you have chosen your weapons. Time to begin your training. Hit the dummies one by one," Ranell says
As our talks die down, we head towards the dummies.
"Also, as some of you may notice, the system gives a different ranking system for equipment," he says, slightly glancing at our group and making all four of us nervous.
"The ranking system differs because it depends on the knowledge that you have. If someone thinks of it in tiers, then tiers will appear accordingly and others," he explains.
"The system just grades it according to what we know and believe in. In the eastern continent of Kazamor, where you are currently in, we follow the EDAS system which is based on uses and durability. It consists of Rustic, Sturdy, Fine, Masterwork, and Legendary."
"You all are using items below Rustic currently, except one of you here." he glances at William who has Czern in his hands.
One by one, people line up for training. During this, I hear the name of the last of the heroes, Oliver and Aurora, who are siblings."
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'So we have 10 heroes with different weapons' I analyzed as I looked around to see everyone getting ready
'Oliver is using a staff and seems to be the healer with only passive offensive skill while aurora has a crossbow which she can barely use'
'The trio is using what they would while Angella had a Bow and Emma is using a staff probabily magical one'
'And lance is using a wooden longsword and a dagger while William is using that accursed swo- wait why did I even call that sword accursed in the first place?' ...
Oliver used fire magic which burned the dummy while aurora barely fired the crossbow and the arrow pierced the dummy.
Luke, Hudson and Jake were also able to damage the dummy using only their weapons they seemed to have gotten control but the performance that stood out the most was of William's and Lance's.
Lance destroyed the dummy with water magic covering his sword.
And Williams was on another level entirely.
He easily destroyed the dummy leaving not a trace behind. I would be lying to say that I was not envious of him.
Finally, it was my turn.
As came in front of the dummy I felt many gazes some from my friend from the other heroes and even from Ranell I don't know how I could feel it without seeing if was it a hidden skill. sixth sense? or sometime else?
'Alright cool and calm take position and strike'
I activated [Mana Flow(E)] to enhance my strike.
[Mana Flow(E) has been activated Arcane sword had been enhanced]
[-5 mana points]
'Be cool take position and strike the dummy I can do it I thought as I tried to encourage myself
I blinked my eyes and stepped forward towards the dummy.
I moved forwards and used the [Arcane Wood Sword] to slice the sword towards the neck of the dummy.
*WHACK* , *SNAP* , *CRUNCH*
Three consecutive sounds followed after my strike and when I looked the training drumming was unharmed the arcane wooden sword was broken into two and there was a system notification in front of my eyes.
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3rd person
"Finally after that hellish travel we have finally arrived," Octavian said to himself as they could start seeing the capital's wall
There was a line in front of the gates which consisted of people and caravans.
"Yes my lord the city seems to be protected by a magical barrier," Linden said to
"Yes I sense two barriers one from an artifact and another from a mage's skill" Octavian replied back
"What's the rank of the barrier?" Linden asked
Octavian closed his eyes and after a few minutes opened them and said
"Its a sixth rank barrier but pretty weak for a sixth rank" He answered
"Can you destroy it?" Linden asked
"Who do you think I am" Octavian replied with pride in his voice and smirked.
"You just need to wait two hours to enter the city," Linden said pouring a bucket of cold water on Linden.
"Damn It!" Octavian said
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After 3 hours-
"I am still alive it was so damn hot people here need to know to offer at least a glass of water," Octavian said
"At least we made it, so do your work freeloader" Linden said
"Alright" Octavian replied as he closed his eyes again
After 5 minutes his fave turned serious and looked at the palace on the highland. He said "We were late the summoning has already happened"
"Shit! Was it successful?" Linden asked with panic visible in his voice
"Yes a total of 11 people were summoned, I can roughly sense their location" Octavian answered
"Linden send this information back to the top brass"Octavian Ordered
"As you command your majesty" Linden answered
To be Continued...