Chapter 18: Chapter 18
Aarrghh!
'That hurts like hell.'
[Host, It's good that you are awake now.]
"System, it's good to hear your voice."
Alex remembered that dreadful dream he had. He wished that it is one but his mind kept telling him that it is not a dream.
[Huh? I don't understand what you mean?]
Alex sighed, "Nothing, just blabbering. Forget about it."
[Okay...]
"Where am I?"
[You are in the baron's castle.]
"Baron?"
[Did you already forget who the baron is? Maybe someone should check your head.]
"No, I remember who the baron is. I was wondering why I am here."
[Why do you think? If not for the one who performed well in the battle, who would the baron would preference?]
"Oh!"
'It looks like a lot of people took note of my performance. I need to be careful, or I wouldn't know how I die.'
[Host, would you like to see the rewards for the quest?]
"Sure, but before that, I would like to see my status."
[Sure, host.]
Alex rubbed his hands in anticipation.
'Oohhh, I can't wait to see what changes my status went through.'
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Name: Alexander {Von Gestar}
Age: 15
Level: 47 (Pseudo 1-Star)
Bloodline: None
Bloodline Powers: None
Talent: Light and Darkness Affinity (Blocked by Water of Oblivion)
Origin Skill: Moon's Blessing
Rank: None
Skills: Basic Sword Art (Lvl. 7); Basic Cooking (Lvl. 5); Basic Saber Art (Lvl. 5); AOE Buff-Debuff (Lvl. 1)
Weapon: ???
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'Wait...what?'
"System, how can my level is 47 after all that I went through?"
[There is a reason for it host. You should check your complete status before I can explain.]
'Okay, let's see...everything okay. Wow, Saber Art went to level 5 straight, and what's this?'
'There is a new skill and weapon with question marks.'
'What are these?'
[Host, that is the new skill you acquired after your saber accepted you as its master.]
"Wait, what did you just say?"
[The saber accepted you, that's why those two new things popped into your status. The saber gives it's master a skill after it accepts them. Yours seem to be something to do with allies and enemies. This is good for your ultimate goal.]
"What about the question marks?"
[Normally, weapons are given names by someone famous or their creator. Though this one should already have a name, it was long ago and it was kind of remodeled, so you need to give it a new name.]
"Oh really, I get to give a name to my weapon...hurray!"
Alex was siked about this news but something kept bugging him.
"That was well and good but how would that explain my levels?"
[The skill requires Mana or Aura energy to activate. The larger the area, the larger the consumption.]
"Hold on, what exactly happened?" Alex felt that his levels are low because of his skill but couldn't understand the question How.
[The skill can give a buff to allies and de-buff enemies and in the last battle, there were many and the area is large too. So the energy required is a lot to do that. Since you don't have either Mana or Aura, the experience that was collected from killing the beasts was converted into energy for activation of skill.]
Alex was surprised when he heard that experience can be used as energy for a skill activation, "Wait can you do that?"
[Yes host.]
An idea popped into Alex's head when he heard the affirmative.
"System, so I can use skills even without curing?"
[Yes host but I advise not to as it requires a lot of experience for even a Tier-1 spell.]
"What do you mean?"
[You can see that you achieved level 47 but it would have been level 60 if not for the skill.]
"Wait what? I lost thirteen levels for a single spell usage."
[Yes host. The experience to energy conversion isn't viable as a lot of it goes to waste during conversion. So I recommend using that in only emergencies and you know that the battle was an emergency.]
"I understand but hey, I get a trump card. I should learn some Tier-1 magic spells and only use them when I am in danger."
"Now let's see my quest rewards."
[As you wish, host.]
[Ding!]
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[Quest updated.]
[Quest: Survive the beast tide.]
[Reward calculated.]
[Reward: low-level saber technique; level increment card x 1; Note: level increment card can't be used after level 75.]
[Bonus reward Calculated.]
[Bonus reward: Horse Saddle (Mythic); Protector of Therin (Title);]
[All rewards were stored in the system inventory. Please check it later.]
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When Alex saw his rewards he was perplexed. The rewards are as said before but the rewards are little ...
"System, what is this? Why is the reward a horse saddle? I understand the title but a horse saddle, really?"
[Host, the rewards depend on what the host needs not what he wants and you should check the description before saying anything.]
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Protector of Therin:
You have defeated a lot of enemies and at the same time protected your allies and would be granted this title. This title gives you an increased attack and defense bonus of 30% in the territory of Therin town and a reduced bonus of 5% increase in attack and defense in the territories of the kingdom of Vasila.
All production jobs have increased success by 5%. This title can be stacked depending on the other title.
Note: The title is yet to be conferred by the baron.
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Horse Saddle (Mythic):
Can be used on all horse mounts. The horse mount would get a stamina bonus of 45% and an Agility bonus of 30%. You can't be dismounted easily as attacks from enemies would have reduced effect by 20%.
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'Seriously, the bonus sure looks ridiculous.'
'The bonus being in percentage gives a lot of edge over the opponents.'
"If the enemy is stronger I can easily run away.'
'The more powerful the horse mount is, the more powerful it becomes with the saddle.'
'Though the title is yet to be conferred, this is sick.'
'I mean that is a ridiculous increase in attack and defense bonus Though the bonus falls to only 5% inside the kingdom of Vasila, it still is a lot.'
Before he could speak a voice interrupted him.
"Oh, it looks like you are awake."
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