The Male Warrior adventurer and Vole Aytsok are shocked.
Armoured Short Stout knight "Boy where did you learn that spell?"
Uther: "I'm sorry sir the spell looked familiar".
Vole Aytsok: "Even some of my stones are gone!"
Vole Aytsok: "Boy i dont know how you did it, but you owe me 20
Looking wide eyed Male Warrior adventurer: "Sir knight Im sure Uther didn't mean to steal your stones, he must have a gods blessing to be able to cast the Guardian's ultimate skill."
Uther thinking to himself, "the guardians ultimate skill??"
Uther: Sir do all of the ultimate skills have incantations like Aegis?
Vole Aytsok: "Yes... whatever you did to cast it, I must thank you".
Vole Aytsok: "Finding another Guardian to cast two simultaneous Aegis's is extremely difficult in this country due to the loss of
Male Warrior adventurer: Uther you never did tell us what class you are.
Uther: I don't know, warrior maybe?
Vole Aytsok: "Once this giant is killed by the kings army i will take you to have your class appraised at the academy."
Uther: Sir i already know my element therefore please let it just be class appraisal....
Vole Aytsok: Alright little one..
The two adventurers pay Uther his share of the reward (50 copper as he should've been carrying their bags).
Female Cleric Adventurer: We'll be seeing you around uther!
Male Warrior adventurer waves and smiles, hides a grimaced expression."Who is that child?"
The next day 500 of the kings army came and slew the rampaging giant and his nest.
Vole Aytsok knocks on the barn door.
Vole Aytsok: Rise and shine!
Uther wipes the sleep from his eyes and nods.
He meets the appraisal wizard at the academy sheepishly.
Reading on Amazon or a pirate site? This novel is from Royal Road. Support the author by reading it there.
Appraisal wizard:" You know i dont often have non-students come to me to be appraised was your father an adventurer?"
Uther: No sir he is a merchant.
Vole Aytsok : *Grinning* This young man is thinking of enlisting in the army but has never been appraised!
Appraisal wizard: "Well come to machine, it has been calibrated that when you put your arm in it will show what your class is."
(The machine looks like a big circle on a stand the machine is teal with rune carvings).
Uther puts his arm in, but the machine does not show anything.
Appraisal wizard: Are you sure you have a class? Not everyone does unfortunately and you may be one of the unlucky ones.
Uther: Well i remember learning concussive blow and deflection.
Appraisal wizard: "Hm then surely this should show you as a warrior although those are very basic skills that anyone can learn."
Appraisal Wizard: "Let me ask my master, he has a special treasure (monocle) that can see the classes of anyone but it is cursed and can only be used by people who are 95 years old and over thus we find it difficult to trust the outcome however my master has been keping himself sane with magic, he can help im sure of it".
They both head to the masters chamber, he is a withered old man laying on his bed who is blind.
Vole Aytsok: "are you sure he can help us? he is blind!"
An unfamiliar voice rings out "The treasure shows even to those who cannot see."
Augustus Lovak (Appraisal Wizard's master): "Youuuu knooooow it takes every oouncee of my concentration to uphold the keeps barrier, but I do sense potential in this boy"
He takes out a golden box and within the golden box is a golden monocle and he looks at the appraisal wizard.
image [https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9cd0bc_b94c3f92c1bb44e5a34655d4e38004f7~mv2.jpg]
Appraisal Wizard - Lvl 80 class Wizard
Vole Aytsok - Lvl 100 class Guardian
Uther - lvl 9 Class ꋫꋣꅂꃴꁄꋫꃴꃴ (The floating shimmering symbols float)The symbols of an unknown language appear as if mocking him, they turn into smiling mouths and laugh.
Augustus Lovak: "What is the meaning of this?!" He gasps
Appraisal Wizard: "What is it sir?"
Augustus Lovak: Get out you have no affinity and you will never have a class! leave!
Appraisal Wizard: "Im sorry about him i think his age has unfortunately caught up with him and using the artifact uses a hefty amount of mana."
They leave.