Chapter 4
The Way of the Sword
Crane had decided he wanted to experience dangerous battles on the frontlines of combat and put his strength against another until one fell. He wasn't sure whether he wanted to be a knight, barbarian, or some other sword user yet so he wanted to start small and become a swordsman for now. He stood at the counter of the Warrior's guild and waited for a response.
The man behind the counter said with enthusiasm, "So you want to be a warrior eh?" Then he got a good look at Crane. "What is this?! You look like you've never held a sword in your whole life yet you think you can just waltz in here and become a swordsman? Get out. Come back in a few years when you've got some hair on your chest!" Crane had expected this response but knew how to deal with it. He was aware you can't get something for nothing and asking an NPC for a profession without having the prerequisites for it was likely to get you laughed out of town.
Crane closed his eyes and bowed his head before the man and said, "Sir, my whole life I have looked up to swordmasters and knights as the greatest masters of combat, I have been waiting my entire life for this moment. Please give me a chance." Crane could not see the man's face but he knew it would be priceless, he had stolen that line from a book in preparation for this and had little doubt it would work.
Crane looked up with a solemn expression at the man's face. The man said, "I may have misjudged you boy. Wait here."
The man got up from his chair and went into a room in the back of the guild. After about five minutes he returned to the counter and said, "Do you really intend to become a powerful warrior?"
"Yes sir."
"Hmm, I can't in good conscious let someone who's never held a sword in his life become a warrior, what if I could offer you training?"
Crane tilted his head, "Sir?"
The man answered, "If you want, I can give you a quest that will reward you with the warrior profession. Or, if you're willing to go the extra distance, I can give you a letter of recommendation to deliver to an upper tier swordsman instructor, you can train and become immeasurable stronger than you would otherwise. Are you prepared to do what it takes to become the greatest swordmaster you can be?
Crane had steeled his resolve and answered without pause. "Yes sir."
"Alright then. This here is a letter of recommendation. Take it to Captain Elestas. She resides in the base and will tell you how to become stronger." He handed the envelope and a military pass to Crane who bowed to him in thanks and left the building.
It had worked out better than Crane had hoped for. Crane headed for the entrance to Yarsan's military base. Unlike most of the city's gates the gate to the military base was usually shut to discourage tourism. Yarsan as a member of the Kallamore Kingdom had a royal army under the command of the King, although only in Yarsan were nobles required to serve a term, in the entire Kingdom only Nobles and natives were allowed to join the Royal Kallamore Army. But Crane was obviously neither a nobleman or a native so he wanted to find the Captain, learn from her how to become strong and leave as soon as possible. Crane walked up to the soldier at the gate and showed him the military pass.
"What's a scrawny foreigner like you doing here?"
Crane said he had a message for Captain Elestas and the soldier started laughing. Crane thought he wasn't going to let him in, but he opened the gate and gave Crane a wicked smile and said, "The Captain will be out in the east yard about this time."
As Crane walked through the open courtyard he observed various the people inside. At first he just assumed that the guard called him scrawny as an insult, but when he realized that the average frame of a Kallamore soldier was twice his own, he realized that to the guard it was a fact.
Crane arrived at a vast open area twice the size of a football field with groups of twenty or more men spaced periodically over it who seemed to be practicing combat drills. Crane walked up to a soldier and asked where Captain Elestas would be. The soldier pointed to a figure standing on a raised wooden deck overlooking the groups.
Crane walked nervously up the deck stairs. When he got closer he saw a woman, late thirties with excessively sharp features and short hair wearing shining steel armor. She noticed him approach and he noticed her hand move to the hilt of the sword on her waist.
He stopped in his tracks and said. "My name is Crane, and I have a letter for you." He held and the letter and waited.
Captain Elestas stared at him, scanning every feature before walking over to him and taking the letter, keeping her opposite hand on her sword. She opened the envelope and read it slowly. After standing there for a few minutes, Elestas addressed him. "So you would like to walk down the path of the sword, but have no experience whatsoever?"
"That is correct."
"Are you willing to do whatever task is asked of you?"
Crane knew that she was implying hardships he could not yet imagine. He had read of the adventures of many people, but those books did not include the training that those people put themselves through to attain their strength and skills.
"Yes."
Crane was ready to take on any quest no matter how difficult. He would not back down.
"Very well, consider yourself drafted."
*Ding*
You have have joined the Royal army of Kallamore.
You are now apart of the Kallamore 717th Infantry
You are entitled to receive basic training
You will receive a monthly income of four silvers
The blood seemed to drain out of Crane's face as he registered what the Captain had just said and the message that had appeared. At no point had anyone said anything about joining the army. Crane simply could not register what had happened. Usually for something like this, the officer first offered a job, a screen came up, and the user choose to accept or reject the offer. But somehow that entire process had just been skipped.
"Excuse me mam but-"
Quicker than he could see, Elestas's sword left it's sheathe and stopped at Crane's face.
"From now on you will refer to me as Captain Elestas, do you understand?"
Swallowing hard, Crane nervously answered, "Yes Captain Elestas."
She removed her sword and said with a smile, "Did you have a question?"
"Yes Captain Elestas. Why was I not given a choice of denying your offer?"
She held up the letter and said, "Because he knew you would. The is a letter recommending I draft you into the army, insure you receive standard training, and if you last through the training, provide you with a Warrior class that will lead you to an upper tier warrior class. All that is needed for me to draft someone is their willingness to follow orders, which you have confirmed."
He had been tricked. Elestas had gotten him to accept becoming a soldier without knowing it himself.
She smiled at Crane the way a spoiled child smiled when given a brand new toy and said, "Your training begins now. Follow me."
She walked off the deck followed by Crane and lead him to the nearest group of soldiers. When she approached they stood up straight and faced her, perfectly still.
Elestas called out for one of the men to come forward and said. "This recruit just joined your unit. It'll be your responsibility to make sure his is up to par." Crane stood up straight and waited for the Captain to leave.
The man he had been entrusted to looked only a few years older than himself. But he held himself with composure and stared at his new ward. "And you would be?"
Crane quickly answered, "My name is Crane, and I-"
"Hold it, from this point on, only speak when spoken to, answer only what has been asked, end each sentence with the word sir, and do everything I say without complaint. Is that clear?"
Something in his gut told Crane he was not going to be making any friends in the army. "Yes sir."
"Good. You will call me Pike. Everyone does. The supervision of your training will be left to me."
Pike motioned for another member of the group to step forward. "Barrows, can I trust him to you?" The one called Barrows nodded.
Pike nodded back to him, "Good, listen Crane, from now until I say so, you will follow Barrows like a shadow and do what he does, and what he tells you to do. During your training Barrows will correct your form. Before that however you must be initiated into this unit. Barrows, your sword." Barrows turned his blade upside down and handed it to Crane by the hilt. After Crane had taken it in hand, Barrows backed away with the others and formed a large circle around Crane and Pike. Pike raised his sword, took in a breath, and lunged at Crane.
Crane had not been prepared for an attack and could only stand motionless with his own dumbfounded expression when Pike's strike left a clean cut on the hand he was holding his sword. The unexpected pain caused him to unconsciously release his grip. His health bar diminished slightly and he winced. He knew the pain was far less than a real wound of the same caliber would give but it hurt all the same.
Pike returned to his initial position and started speaking. "Do not release your sword in combat. Do not let your opponent hit your hand. Now pick up your sword."
Crane bent down to pick up his sword. When he gripped it he looked back to see Pike had already rushed to within two feet of him and had raised his foot to kick Crane's shoulder. The impact was hard enough to send Crane back four feet. His health bar reduced far more than the cut and he now only had half of his health remaining.
Pike had already returned to his starting position when he started to say, "Do not let your guard down. Do not look away from your opponent. This is the way of a warrior."
Although the kick was unexpected and made his entire body sore, he had not released his sword. Crane stared down Pike as he got up. Each time Pike was in his starting position he had the same stance, so Crane imitated it. Pike did not move and Crane could only stand there. Five minutes passed without either of them moving, Crane could feel the pressure building around him. Without any indication Pike lunged forward again. Crane raised his hand to his shoulder with the blade at the downward diagonal, a defense stance saw in the picture of a book. He was going to move to the side and try to catch Pike's sword on the opposite side to parry the attack. But when Crane tried to move he realized he couldn't. Pike stabbed Crane in the shoulder, pulled out his weapon and returned to his starting position. "Do not forget to mind your condition in battle. Tension can rob you of speed and your life."
Crane's health had dropped to less than a fourth. Pike didn't hit any vital points but he was a much higher level than Crane and his attacks did a fair amount of damage to him. One more hit would kill him for sure. Crane harden the grip on his sword and took a relaxed stance with his sword's tip resting on the ground. As he did he felt his awareness increase. He felt could see Pike more clearly. It was not that his vision suddenly improved, it was more like it had been cloudy before this point, and now he saw clearly. He could see Pike breathing, until he stopped. Crane raised his sword just as Pike leaped through the space between them. Crane felt his sword hum as Pike's sword grinded on it and the hilt's met each other with Pike's face only two inches from Crane's. Pike looked at Crane and nodded, releasing the pressure of his sword against Crane. "One cannot fight with a wandering mind. Only with a clear head can a swordsman show his full strength." Pike turned to the rest of the group and dismissed the lot.
Barrows motioned for Crane to follow him and return his sword. He lead him inside a building within the base where a man in a white robe met him. "Hello Barrows, what can I do for you this evening?" Barrows stepped aside so that the man could see Crane's bloody shoulder. "Ah, I see, Healing Hand." Light in the shape of a large hand looked like it grasped Crane's entire torso before disappearing. His wounds had vanished and his health became full. Crane thanked the man and asked for his name. "I am Priest Lot, of the Church of Magni. Members of our order volunteer to assist the Kallamore army as a token of goodwill." Barrows was off again so Crane thanked the Priest once more and hurried after Barrows.
Barrows stopped at an iron door and pulled out a key, unlocked it and opened the door to reveal the armory. He gestured to Crane to pick something from inside. There was a high variety of swords, spears, and axes to choose from. As Crane was looking through a barrel of them, Barrows opened a trunk in the back and started to rummage through its contents. Crane wanted to use identify on each sword but doubted Barrows would give him the time to do that, so he just picked up and gave a once over of each sword. When Barrows returned to Crane, he saw that Crane was holding a longsword with a wide guard. Crane looked up at Barrows and showed him his choice. Barrows put down what he had gotten from the trunk and took the sword from Crane's hands and examine it. He then looked carefully at Crane's arms and put the sword back into the barrel. Barrows then moved to a barrel in the corner of the armory and grabbed the handle of a thin bladed sword with a guard over the grip, and passed it to Crane and saying, "This one." Crane looked down at the sword and said "Identify."
Training Rapier
Durability 35/40
Damage 4~6
This sword was made for swiftness as opposed to strength
Options: AGI +5
Requirements:
None
Crane thought that Barrows must've felt that this was an appropriate weapon for Crane. Barrows then picked up the leather uniform he got out of the truck and passed it to Crane. He equipped it on himself and from his inventory screen looked at the item's stats
Infantry Uniform
Durability 25/35
Defense 7
Leather armor made from various hides. Printed with the insignia of the army of Yarsan.
Requirements:
Membership in the Kallamore Army
After Crane equipped the items, Barrows left the room and waited by the door. After Crane exited as well Barrows locked the door and started walking down the hall. Barrows and Crane reached what Crane believed to be the West Courtyard, where Crane saw a similar raised Wooden deck overlooking a large field, but instead of the field being filled with groups of people, the entire field was filled with hundreds of soldiers organized into columns and rows.
There was someone one the deck shouting the numbers one through twelve and a direction in random orders. Each time a number and direction was called the entire group of people performed an identical movement in the direction. What impressed Crane the most was the elegant beauty of the forms. Each movement could be performed from the end stance of any other movement. This was likely the Kallamore Kingdom's royal swordplay. Barrows and Crane passed the group and headed towards the face of the towering cliff. They reached a door at its base, but before he opened it, Barrows turned to Crane and said, "Party."
Barrows has invited you to join his party
Accept
Yes|No
"Yes"
You have joined Barrow's party
Barrows nodded then continued to lead Crane into the cliff. The passage lead down a flight of stairs to a dome shaped room with several doors spaced in the walls and a bearded man at a desk by the stairs.
The man looked up to Barrows and said, "You have come for the extermination yes? Those rats are spreading everywhere."
Barrows nodded and a Screen appeared before Crane.
Extermination
Giant rats have found their way into the depths of the cellar and need to be taking care of.
Progress
000/200
Requirements:
Membership in Kallamore Army
This quest quest has been accepted by party leader and has been distributed to you
Barrows walked to the door furthest on the left and entered, followed by Crane. After the door shut behind him, Barrows sat down, leaning his back on the door. "You need to get used to that sword. Return when the rats are taken care of."
Barrows was not being lazy and Crane knew it, this was for his sake. Crane walked down the hallway and spotted the first rat. As was scurrying down the hall, Crane observed that although it had the proportions of a normal rat, it looked to be at least three feet in length. Crane already had his sword out and slowly approached the rat. The rat hissed and ran at Crane. Crane raised his sword and the rat leaped at him, and dropped onto the rat, slashing its face. But he lacked the strength to make it a fatal blow. The rat circled back but Crane never lost sight of it. He saw it was trying to get past him on his side so he reeled his sword back and stepped away to give the rat an opening. When it took it, Crane slashed through the rat's side. The rat fell down and slide a few inches, motionless, dead.
You have leveled up
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After the nobleman Torres's quest, Crane was at the point just before a level but had done nothing with it. Crane then remembered that he still had unused stat points from his first level up and wondered how to spend them. He would not be able to cleanly kill the rats without more Strength, but the sword given to Crane by Barrows implied that Crane should fight with speed. At this conclusion Crane decided he would divide his ten points evenly between them as well as for all levels at this time.
From that point on Crane developed his sword skills with each kill. The area was vast and the rats usually came in pairs or sets of three, but the narrow hallways prevented Crane from being surrounded completely. The rats were large and slow, but they gave little experience. That however was not what he was there for.
Crane gripped the sword tightly as he faced down a pair rats. He had begun to understand the properties of his sword. It was better for stabbing and thrusting than cleaving. It could also be used to make small precise cuts which although not fatal, can cripple his target.
Crane still had to work on his aim though. When he would try to stab he would often hit air, when he would attempt to cut at a rat's leg to slow him down he would occasionally miss. He was getting better, but if he ran into a group of more than three rats, he would run away.
A rat from the pair ran at Crane's leg. Crane stepped back and moved his sword into position. When the rat jumped Crane extended his arm and pierced through the rat. It fell limp as the the other rat ran at Crane and met a similar end.
Skill Level Up: Sword Mastery [2]
Increase Attack power with sword (+20% ATK)
Increase Attack speed with sword (+6% ATK SPD)
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Three and a half hours had passed and Crane had forty rats to go. He had leveled up two more times and gained another level in Sword Mastery. As he thought, the rats were probably about the same strength if not just a bit stronger than rabbit, giving very little experience when killed. Crane found several areas with stored supplies, which was likely the area's original purpose. He used the bandages, herbs and rye bread there to bring himself to full health when he needed it.
Crane knew where the last ones were because they were all gathered in a single large room Crane had discovered and ran from earlier. Crane stood in front of the door and took a deep breath. He went over each piece of advice given to him by Pike earlier as well as what he had learned since. Crane quieted his mind and moved his hand to open the door.
*Ding
Quest complete: Extermination
You have eradicated all the rats from the cellar.
Return for your reward
Crane froze with his hand on the doorknob. He had checked the quest status not ten minutes ago and confirmed he was at 160/200.
Crane opened the door to find Barrows walking towards him. As he passed through the door he said, "Too long."
Crane followed him back to the main room where the bearded man greeted him. "Thank you for your efforts. Now we can store supplies there again."
You have leveled up
Crane nodded to the man and followed Barrows up the stairs and outside. He took Crane to an empty spot near the wall and took out his sword. Crane followed suit. Barrows then took a stance and said, "Mirror me." Crane took a mirror image of the stance as Barrows slashed his sword and said, "One." Crane mirrored the slash and Barrows continued.
The Twelve forms originated from the powerful knights the King of Kallamore descended from. Each had a different strike pattern that started and ended in one of three positions, which one you choose to end it in is what determined what you next move could be. Each strike had three variations that each served a different purpose. The first variation was a basic attack that targeted an opening. The second variation used a circular wrist flick motion to parry or divert an attack at the attack's weakest point and then counter attack. The last used the circular wrist motion as a feint to invite the opponent to parry the half strength strike with his full strength which left an opening to attack. The three had a rock-paper-scissors relationship with attack beats feint, feint beat counter, and counter beats attack.
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For the next several in game weeks, Barrows fashioned Crane into a respectable fighter. Crane fought monsters outside the city gates along side Barrow with Pike and the rest of his unit and inside the various monster filled chambers in the depths of the base. Barrows drilled the twelve forms into Crane until Crane could perform each one without instruction. After Crane had reached that point he participated in the mass training sessions in the west courtyard aside Barrows. However Barrows never spoke to Crane on any matter that was not related to training. Crane felt that if he was violently killed before Barrows, the man wouldn't bat an eye. Barrows did everything in his power to strengthen Crane but it was solely because he had been commanded to do so. Whenever Crane attempted to start a normal conversation with Barrows, he said nothing. It was almost as if he were thinking that the idea of conversing with Crane was beneath him.
During the second month after Crane joined as an infantry of Kallamore Kingdom, Crane was doing solo form practice when a message appeared on his screen.
You have learned new skill: Twelve Forms
Crane stopped practicing and went to see Barrows about what it meant. Barrows pulled out his sword and performed each of the twelve forms, however with each slash of his sword, there was a flash of light. What Barrows had done was not a movement, but a sword skill. A skill Crane could now use.
"Skill Window"
Skill WindowIdentification [2] 6%: Enables you to learn the true value of unidentified items.
Mana cost: 30Sword Mastery [5] 59%: Increases attack power and hit rating for swords.
+50% ATK +15% ATK SPD while using a sword.Twelve Forms [1] 0%: Increases strength and speed of body while fighting using the twelve forms.
+10% STR +10% AGI
Mana Cost: 20 per second
From that point on Crane participated in sparring matches with Barrows. Barrows did not go easy on him, and only stopped before the final blow. During that time, Crane had to go see Priest Lot at least twice a day. But Crane's skill proficiency for the twelve forms and for Sword Mastery increased little by little with each match. After two weeks of blood, sweat, more blood, and a lot of bandages, Pike, by chance, witnessed a sparring session between Crane and Barrows. After Crane had been beaten to the ground, Pike spoke to them. "Barrows, you have done satisfactorily, you are relieved. Crane, tomorrow you are to be in the observation room at sun up. Because you no longer embarrass yourself while holding a sword, you will be tested to see if you are ready to be given the Warrior class." Barrows had left the moment Pike said Crane was no longer his problem and Pike left and he finished talking. Crane could only stand there wondering what had just happened.
The next morning Pike lead Crane to the room inside the fortress that had a second story deck overlooking it. "Above us are five instructors of the five different upper tier Kallamore warrior classes, Captain Elestas among them. We will spar here and they will observe you. After that they will decide whether you may convert to a Kallamore warrior and depending on how you turn out, decide which of them will be your instructor. However if you show that you are not worthy a being a warrior of Kallamore you will be dishonorably discharged and thrown out of this base.
Crane raised his sword and said, "Yes sir."
With a slightly please look, Pike raised own his sword and calmly walked over to him. Crane relaxed his body and took the initiative to strike first using the twelve forms skill. The form of his attack was flawless but Pike had sidestepped and parried it. Crane moved from that position into another strike and from that into another, smoothly and continuously striking Pike who parried, blocked, or dodged each strike with practiced ease. The reason behind the continuous attack chain was because Pike was better than he was. If Crane had given Pike a single moment, Pike who had seen each of Crane's textbook accurate moves a thousand plus times, would take the pace from him in an instance. Even though Crane was using the twelve form which increased his strength and speed, Pike was defending without using any skills, buffs, or even breaking a sweat. Crane had little choice but to use the speed of his thin blade to try to overwhelm him until Pike made a mistake.
The look on Pike's face told Crane he was amused. Not impressed by Crane's growth, his form or his speed, but amused by his choice of tactics against Pike. Pike and Crane knew of course that a single serious attack with Pike's higher level strength would blow past any defense Crane could use. To prevent Pike from using a attack Crane must force him to defend. Pike was amused because among the dozens of options Crane had, even though he would soon run out of the mana necessary to continue the the use of the twelve forms, he choose to fight in the only way he stood any chance of defeating Pike. Pike was amused, because that meant Crane was fighting against all odds with the intention of winning.
Crane made a precise slash to Pike's neck, a standard form six attack. Pike raised his sword in a movement that looked like it was suppose to repel the slash, but before the swords met, Pike tucked in his hand, pulled his leg back lowering his stance, and thrust his sword at Crane's neck as Crane's sword passed over Pike's lowered head.
Crane froze his position when he saw Pike's thrust but Pike's sword had stopped just before piercing Crane's neck. Crane heard applause from the upper balcony as Pike removed his sword from Crane's throat and bowed to them. Crane did as well.
Crane could not see the people but he heard footsteps from the stairs that lead up to the balcony and saw four people, Captain Elestas among them. Elestas spoke first with a slightly disappointed tone. "That was some impressive sword play. If you had more experience it might have turned into quite a match. I did not tell you last time we met but I am the Knight Instructor, and this man here, the Barbarian Instructor." Crane looked at the large broad shouldered man and wondered to himself how well he could do as a barbarian.
Crane didn't mind the hardships he'd deal with under Elestas if it meant becoming a Knight of Kallamore, considered to be the strongest knights on the continent, and the man next to her didn't look so bad either. A knight or Barbarian would be just fine with him. But there were two more and one seemed to be missing.
The other two men were clearly a spearman and paladin respectfully. The spearman who had the largest mustache Crane had ever seen remained quiet while the paladin said, "You have proven your worth and may now become a Kallamore warrior, after that it will be clear what kind of warrior you shall become, I do hope you get faith."
Crane was a bit confused by what they were saying and asked, "Sir, what do you mean it will become clear? Is there a great difference between a common warrior and a kallamore warrior?"
The paladin replied, "Of course! I had forgotten you were indeed a foreigner! Yes, although a Kallamore warrior and a common one are the same in most ways, a kallamore warrior has two clear advantages. An increase in stats at conversion for one, and as for the other. Many advanced warrior classes have an added stat which determines you class's attack skill's power. Mine for example is Faith, and Elestas's is honor. When you convert to a kallamore warrior the most fitting stat will be assigned based on the class with your highest potential, that is why I stated 'I hope you get faith', then you could be a warrior under me until your skills improve and then you too would become a paladin. In most cases this also allows you to build up the stat even before becoming the class, granting an obvious advantage. This is truly the secret to why the soldier of the Royal Kallamore army are the strongest in the continent."
It sounded a lot like cheating to Crane but at least he had not gone through two and a half months of getting the crap beaten out of him for nothing. Elestas brought out the helmet he saw almost every soldier in the base wearing and gave it to Crane. He looked at it and said in a low voice, "Identify."
Kallamore Warrior's helmet
Durability 50/50
Defense 10
Made through the secrets of Kallamore royal blacksmiths, this light helmet is the symbol of a Kallamore Warrior.
Options:
Grants option to Change Class to Kallamore Warrior when first worn
Requirements:
Membership in the Kallamore Army
Crane took in a deep breath and put on the helmet
-You can convert to a Kallamore Warrior!
If you accept it, you can gain a bonus stat determined by your abilities. Warning, after accepting this class change you lose the ability to convert to a class that was not used by the royal family of Kallamore.
Do you want to convert now?
Yes|No
The last line looked dangerous, if Crane converted he could not change to a class not related to the royal family. The only classes related to the royal family were in the Royal Kallamore Army, meaning if he ever left the army he would never be able to change classes again. But Crane had steeled his resolve, he would not have come this far without the will power to move further.
"Yes.'
Crane was engulfed in light. After it died down, a row of messages appeared.
New Stat Finesse
You have learned new skill: Flurry
You have learned new skill: Dash
You have learned new skill: Power Lunge
Elestas came over and said, "Well, show us you stats and skills already."
"Show Stats and skill window"
Status WindowAvatar- Crane.Alignment- NeutralLevel 32Class- Kallamore WarriorTitle- NoneFame- NoneHealth- 1660Mana- 1020Strength- 80+26Agility- 85+31Wisdom- 50+20Intellect- 50+20Vitality- 30+16Luck- 0+10Leadership- 0+10Finesse- XX+10Attack- 32Defense- 7+ All stats are added 10
+ While using a sword you receive +50% bonus to Attack
+ Decreases Mana Consumption for Sword Skills by 50%
+ Can learn skills that use the Stat Finesse
+ All stats increase by 20% while wearing Kallamore Warrior's helmet
+ All stats decrease by 20% while not wearing Kallamore Warrior's helmet
Skills WindowIdentification [2] 6%: Enables you to learn the true value of unidentified items.
Mana Cost: 30Sword Mastery [6] 6%: Increases attack power and hit rating for swords.
+60% ATK +18 ATK SPD while using a sword.Twelve Forms [3] 77%: Increases strength and speed of body while fighting using the twelve forms.
+30% STR +30% AGI
Mana Cost: 10 per secondFlurry [1] 0%: Rapid series of thrusts
3 thrusts per second
Mana Cost: 15 per secondDash [1] 0%: Move a great distance in a single step
Mana Cost: 10Power Lunge [1] 0%: A strengthen piercing attack that covers some distance
Mana Cost: 45
Crane was surprised to see the jump in his stats. Not only had the class given +10 to all stats but +20% more while he wore his helm! The crowd gathered around, looking at what stat the foreigner had gotten, and they all smacked their foreheads with a, "Oh, no, not that one." when they saw the stat, 'Finesse.'
From the stairs emerged an older gentleman with balding hair and and a scar across his forehead.
Crane froze in place as he walked towards him.
"I told you would would meet again kid, I'll be your instructor."
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