[Declan LVL 50 – Martial Artist]
'Martial Artist?' Shiro thought, seeing the class. There were times where there would be a different class compared to the base systems.
These classes are similar to hidden professions but are rather taught than discovered. Example being the martial artist class.
Her guess was for Declan to have learned martial arts as a child and when he classed up, he chose Martial Artists as his class.
Interested in his capabilities, Shiro crossed her legs and narrowed her eyes just ever so slightly.
Helion, who was beside her, paused seeing this as he understood this pose. It was the pose she pulled when she observed him make the blades for her friend. A pose which tells people that she's curious or interested.
'Perhaps it's a habit of hers?' He thought. Her aura was creepily calm and silent as she was entirely focused on the thing that interested her.
Declan stood in the centre as his eyes were deadly focused.
Cocking up his arms and legs for maximum explosive potential, he punched out as soon as the arrows were shot towards him.
The first hit connected with the side of the arrow, pulling back, he hit another arrow with his elbow.
She watched with great interest as his hits were accurate and powerful.
Declan was similar to Lyrica, his attack domain was on the verge of forming as he was able to deal with the initial levels easily.
However, as the arrows increased in speed, he had to compensate by guessing the directions.
This gave him a few close calls but nothing major.
However, to Shiro, it was like watching everything in slow motion. Her eyes were tracking everything with ease, but her body was another question.
Seeing and reacting were two different things that were both important.
If you can see but can't react, you lose. If you can react but not see, you also lose. The delicate balance between sight and reaction was compulsory for any good fighter.
This is what she was seeing in Declan right now. While his sight may not be as good, there was a balance between sight and reaction.
As for Shiro, she was like stuffing an F1 race engine in a small family car. The engine was powerful but the body of the car can't keep up.
Force it and the car breaks.
[Say Helion. When you see him fend for himself, what do you see?] Shiro asked wanting to get a third party opinion.
"What do I see? Well… I see that he's struggling. The arrows are getting closer and closer to him the longer he survives for." Helion said as he was able to track the arrows quite accurately.
[What else do you see?] Shiro asked wanting to test Helion a little.
"What else do I see? I see the area around him shrink. I see him locking up his punches for maximum attack." Helion replied putting his hand on his chin.
Shiro smiled hearing the answer. From what she could see from her surroundings, not many people were able to see the detail of Declan locking up his arm.
[Can you see his mistake?] Shiro asked.
"Mistake?"
[He shouldn't be locking up his arms at this stage of the defence. His task is to survive, not kill. He shouldn't be locking up his arms for that amount of time.
During a defence like this, the best thing to do is to try to conserve your stamina. That being said, his endurance is ridiculous.] Shiro said as the smaller the attack domain becomes, the more tenacious Declan became.
He was sweating bullets but his eyes were energetic as ever.
'Hold up… Is he developing a technique right now…' Shiro narrowed her eyes as she observed everything.
If his main task was to get number 1, he would be conserving stamina. But the longer he goes, the more forces he is using. He was actively pushing his limits higher and higher the more stamina he uses.
He was forcing shut his attack domain to make it stronger the closer it got to him.
Narrowing her eyes, Shiro had a grin as it was not often you see a person like Declan. Like an overlaying ocean current, he was making an area where the arrows couldn't penetrate no matter the direction.
The first layer rotated clockwise. The second anti-clockwise. For any arrow that passes the first layer, they'll be stopped by the second.
If it passes the second, it will break due to the colliding forces of both layers.
[Nevermind. It wasn't a mistake. But rather, I was looking at it from the wrong perspective. He is discovering and refining a technique to repel the attacks.]
In a few short moments, he was able to completely secure the area with a 3/4th of a meter around him.
Seeing that he succeeded, he couldn't hold back a grin.
"HAA!!!" Stamping down, he caused a shock wave to spread out as it pushed to the arrows away.
"I got what I want. You can carry on with your event." He said simply before leaving.
"Erm.. so it seems that Declan has forfeited. Therefore! His time shall not be recorded!" The announcer shouted out.
Shiro and Helion looked at each other.
[Did he just pay 30 D ranked mana stones just to have arrows fired at him?]
"…It's either that or he just wanted to brag and look cool." Helion replied with a huff.
Shiro shrugged with a slight giggle hearing Helion's jealousy.
[Don't worry about it. Since you make weapons, your physic is pretty good. Just strip your shirt and get the same results.] Shiro replied with a smile.
"Then that I shall do!" Helion said as he took his shirt off. His refined physic was in view as Shiro wasn't too surprised. But the shock factor was still there.
His muscles had a slight bronze colour as she could tell they were powerful.
Helion's number was 29 as he was 3 spots in front of her.
When it was his turn, he walked out with his muscles proud.
His goal for this was rank 3 – C ranked materials. He wanted to work with them so he could complete one of the requirements for his class up.
"Fuuuu….." Breathing out, Helion had fire flare up around his body as if he was a warrior of fire.
The fire wrapped around his shoulders, arm guards and neck.
His eyes glowed orange as he made a fire war axe. The axe had two sides while one was an axe and the other a hammer.
"Since this is still my physical ability, it shouldn't be against the rules, right?" Helion asked.
"As long as it isn't an area of effect then it is fine." The announcer nodded.
"Then that's good." Helion grinned.
Slamming the pommel of the axe into the ground, more fire erupted up as it covered Helion's body.
What was half armour was now full armour.
Arrows shot towards Helion as he twirled the war axe in his hands and smacked away the arrows with ease.
Shiro raised an eyebrow seeing Helion's actions.
First off, what he used first was what was known as the Elemental True Armour. When a person reaches a certain proficiency with their respective elements, they gain an armour with that element.
The armour itself takes a lot of MP per second as Shiro also had her own one with the Nano Tech.
But the drain for the Nano Tech True Armour was ridiculous. Just wearing it for even a split second now will drain her.
But the truest surprise for her was how early he managed to unlock the True Armour. The normal average of unlocking the Elemental True Armour was around the late 3rd class. For Helion to get it during his second class up… Only genius could be used to describe him.
The Elemental True Armour boosted one's stats along with their perception. Knocking down the arrows is an easy task for Helion right now.
Stopping at 1 minute and 50 seconds. Helion took 3rd place. Removing his armour he turned around and was about to wave to Shiro when an arrow pierced his pants and almost entered a certain hole.
"PFFFF!!!!" Shiro laughed out loud as that arrow could have gone up his rear.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAA!" Shiro was clutching her stomach as she almost fell off her chair.
If it wasn't for the fact that he looked so refreshed having gotten 3rd just to get his rear stabbed, Shiro wouldn't have laughed this badly.
"Ah Shiro. Don't laugh." Helion said, embarrassed.
[Im soryr itsj ust too funnu] Shiro typed out with difficulty. It was hard for her to type with her laughing so hard.
Helion sighed as he let his guard down a little too much. Now there was a hole in his pants where the arrow struck.
Thankfully, there was still a few more contestants before it was Shiro's turn, giving her time to settle down.
When it was finally her go, she managed to calm herself down.
[Sorry about that. It was just a little unexpected.] Shiro smiled.
"Unexpected is putting it easy." Helion sighed.
Walking up to the stage, the audience started to mutter about Shiro.
"An injured kid is trying this? Is she going to be ok?"
"She even got an ice cast on her arm. Is she going to work with just 1 arm? What a waste of 30 D ranked mana stones."
"I know. How many takeaway's can I get with the E rank mana stone. Ha…."
Shiro only smiled hearing the comments as it was always fun to prove them wrong.
The rules of this survival were simple. No area of effects, no outside help and when the arrow strikes the torso, you lose.
Naturally, this means her cold aura wasn't allowed.
However, she took this into account. The main reason as to why she was confident was due to the Counter Weight Phantom together with her observational abilities.
Making an ice spear in her hand, Shiro twirled it a little as she got used to using the spear without her right arm.
In her prime, Shiro was a master of her dagger attack domain and several other weapon domains. The staff and spear were one of them.
Naturally, she couldn't form a domain right now due to two reasons. First, her right arm. Without the use of her right arm, she couldn't fully exert the power of her attack domain. The second reason was her body. Due to the different body shape, she had to figure out the best way to use her current body from scratch.
"Little Yin, don't poke your head out ok?" Shiro whispered as she could feel the bird respond positively.
Giving the announcer a signal, she focused on the devices firing the arrows.
*Click click click click
Out of the myriad of noises blocking her senses right now, she was able to filter out the mechanisms working in the devices and guess which one fires first.
Before it even fired, Shiro crouched low and twirling her spear.
*Phew
The arrow was shot right after and she caught it with her spear.
Yin Style Phantom Arts: 3rd Phantom – Counter Weight Phantom.
Giving the spear a light twirl, she redirected the arrow towards the second arrow that fired.
Pivoting on her leg, she used the other end of the spear to redirect another arrow.
Her mind was working like a machine right now as she put it to overdrive. She was listening out for the machine click, seeing the arrows, reacting and redirecting the arrows, repositioning herself before doing the same thing again.
Little did she know, tiny circuitry patterns were showing up in her pupil and hair. However, they were barely visible.
To the people watching, they were shocked speechless. Shiro was looked like she was in a dance.
With only one arm, she was able to redirect every arrow coming at her from every direction.
She didn't do fancy flips, or anything like that. She just pivoted on the spot whilst twirling her spear.
The ice itself left a slight blue trail behind it due to the speed she was twirling it.
Helion sat on his chair in shock. This was the first time he saw her perform and he knew her experiences were vastly more superior than his.
He may be a genius for unlocking the Fire Elemental True Armour, but in an even playing field with Shiro. He would, 100%, get destroyed by her.
Mentally counting down, Shiro decided to stop at 3 minutes. Any further and her body wouldn't be able to keep up with her, even if she did predict a few moments before the arrow was fired.
Flicking one of the arrows up, she let it hit her torso gently. The devices stopped as Shiro blocked the remaining arrows.
"AN AMAZING PERFORMANCE BY THE YOUNG LADY SHIRO!!!! With an astounding display of precognitive foresight and body control! Shiro was able to deflect arrows into one another! With a final score of 3 minutes and 22 seconds! She defeated the previous score by a whole minute! We still have a few more contestants till the end. So unfortunately, you are not the winner just yet." The announcer called out as Shiro nodded and walked away.
Sitting back down, she saw Helion's speechlessness and chuckled.
[Are you alright?] She asked.
"No. I'm just rethinking my life choices and the fact that I, a level 50, was outperformed by a 13 year old level 28…" Helion muttered causing Shiro to laugh slightly.
'If only he knew that I'm only a few weeks old.' Shiro thought but didn't want to break the poor man's pride.
There weren't any more changes a Shiro kept her number 1 spot.
Receiving her 10 C ranked mana stones, Shiro couldn't hold back the grin and the sparkle in her eyes.
"Wow, you must really have wanted those mana stones." Helion said seeing Shiro about to drool.
[Yeah I did.] Shiro typed out as stored away the C rank mana stones. Keeping 4 out, she put them in her pocket as Yin chirped happily.
"Oh were they snacks for your pet?" Helion asked seeing Yin.
[4 of them were. The rest are for me.] Shiro smiled.
She wasn't lying. Just that they weren't used for any other purpose other than filling her stomach.
"Heh~ Is that so." Helion nodded in understanding.
It wasn't uncommon for people to keep a few mana stones on them as they never know when they want to commission a weapon or armour to be made.
Yin popped his head out the pocket and swallowed one of the finger-sized mana stone in one go.
Shiro was surprised how it didn't choke on the stone but what did she know about monster physiology.
[Yin LVL 5]
HP: 5,000/5,000
MP: 10,000/10,000
"…"
'Did the little guy just almost catch up to my MP in one go?!' Shiro thought in shock.
"Hey, little Yin. Why don't you eat another mana stone to level up again?" Shiro asked.
Yin made a painful expression as it pointed at its bloated belly.
…
'He wasted the C ranked mana stone!!' She thought realising this fact. A low level monster couldn't possibly absorb everything the mana stone gave, therefore, it was surprising Yin didn't explode into chunks.
"Greedy little fellow. I'll confiscate your stones for now so you don't waste them." Shiro said storing away the stones.
Yin wanted to grab them but was too bloated to move. It was as if Yin transformed into a grenade.
To Helion, Shiro fed a stone to Yin who became bloated. She then opened her mouth a few times before closing them again.
"Anyways, I'm going to go back to make a new weapon using my new materials. If you need anything commissioning, just come to me." Helion smiled and patted his chest.
[Alright. I might need you for something else, but not right now.] Shiro smiled.
Helion felt excited on the inside but curbed it once he remembered that she was 13.
"Sure. Just look for me and I'll help if I can." He said before walking away.
Now that she was alone, Shiro decided to explore a little before going home.
Before the faction recruitment, she had a few goals in mind.
1) Reach level 30+
2) Complete E rank raid
3) Raise Lyrica's level to 20+
These are the three tasks she wanted to complete before the faction recruitment. Not only will it give Lyrica the edge in the recruitment, but she will also have a head start.
By doing a raid ahead of time, she is able to get a feeling for how the quests are.
As for why she wants to reach level 30, it was because she gets her first mini class up.
Since she chose to become a Snow Girl ★, she has smaller level ups that allow her to eventually reach 5 ★'s if she wished.
The tests are given at level 25, 30, 35, 40 and finally, level 45 which brings up to 5★'s just before her level 50 class up
Walking back to the adventurer's guild, Shiro looked for the receptionist.
[Hi, I'd like to update my status.] Shiro smiled.
From what she's read, once she classes up into D class, she'll gain access to more missions, raids, commissions and information access.
"Alright. Can you give me your ID card and place your hand on the crystal please." The woman said as Shiro nodded.
"It says here that you registered a two weeks ago when you were level 20, is that correct?"
Shiro nodded as a response since her only free hand was holding the crystal.
"Alright…. Done. You're now a level 28 D ranked adventurer. You now have access to D rank quests and E rank raid party leader status. With this, you're able to lead an E ranked raiding party." The woman said as Shiro nodded.
[Name: Shiro
Estimated Age: 13
Rank: E+ -> D-
Class: Ice Mage
LVL: 20 -> 28]
Seeing her updated ID card, Shiro thanked the lady before walking over to a terminal.
The terminal was easy to use as she had to scan her ID card to gain access to the quests.
There were several types of quests ranging from the easy collection to the hardest Raids.
One could also find commissions from other cities but they were extremely dangerous.
Clicking on the raiding tab, Shiro searched for an appropriate raid.
[E rank raid – Knight Garden LVL 20]
No noobs under level 18!
Adventurers: 29/35
[E rank raid – Knights Garden LVL 20]
Need healers and tankers!
Adventurers: 25/35
[E rank raid – Goblin Castle LVL 20]
Just need to fill numbers! We got D class helpers! (Must be level 15+)
Adventurers: 34/35
…
…
The list went on as Shiro looked for a suitable one. She needed to make sure the raiding party wasn't too high levelled due to backstabbers. And that the party wasn't too low either to not party wipe.
[E rank raid – Spiders Whispers LVL 20]
New party mostly made up of level 20's.
Adventurers: 22/35
Finding this one to be quite suitable, Shiro decided to apply for this along with a letter.
[I'm a level 28 ice mage with 20k MP. I want to bring my friend who is a level 15 Elven Swordswoman. I can guarantee her combat abilities myself and I will also look after her in the raid. This is to just give her some experience.]
Shiro sent over as she waited for the reply.
After the Shadow Temple, Lyrica managed to level up to 15 by the end of the trip. Boosting her stats by a decent amount.
Since the raid party request was put up not too long ago, the time to wait for the reply was short.
In just a few minutes, Shiro already received a reply.
[We don't mind that she's a level 15. However, she'll have to take care of herself. Not only does she need to do that, we'll also need to conduct a little test on her if that is fine. Since she needs to that the basic survivability even with you looking after him her. We'll also need to sign a contract saying her death is not on us. It'll be on you as you were the one to bring her to the raid.]
Seeing the reply, Shiro nodded in understanding. It made sense. Having a level 28 on the team helped a lot and can help boost the survivability. Even compensating for a level 15.
However, if the level 28 focuses on keeping the level 15 alive then it may put the entire team in jeopardy. Therefore, a test was needed to make sure the level 15 can survive on their own.
[Yes, that isn't a problem. Can you give me the time and date of this test?] Shiro asked.
[We'll do the test tomorrow as we are still waiting for people who meet the bill. The time of the test is 1 pm in the afternoon and the venue will be the training facility just down the block of the adventurer's guild. Can you give us a basic description of you and your friends as we know who you are tomorrow.]
[My name is Shiro and my friend is Lyrica. I'm 5ft 3, black hair and blue eyes. Lyrica is an elf around half a head taller than me. She has blond hair, green eyes and a pretty good figure.]
[Ok, see you tomorrow and we hope your friend can match up to the bare minimum. Since an adventurer like you will be a great asset to our party and help boost the survival rate.]
Saving the information to her phone, Shiro walked out of the guild.
Another thing she wanted to do today was to buy the level up requirements for Lyrica's weapon. Get it to level 15.
The requirements needed to level up Lyrica's weapon was;
5x E rank Mana Stone
2x LVL 15 Sword type weapons
The E rank mana stones were easy. So was the level 15 sword types initially, but due to this city being quite a low level city, the lower level equipment had priority. Therefore, what would be a easy weapon to get became hard to get.
Walking to the auction house, Shiro smiled remembering how she scammed them last time.
Entering the auction house, she walked to one of the terminals and scanned her ID card.
Searching up level 15 sword type weapons. Shiro frowned seeing none being available.
'Do I have to get Helion to create them again?' She thought. The most important fact was the materials as she didn't know what he needed.
Not to mention, he was probably making his C class weapon with his newly acquired materials.
Sighing to herself slightly, she walked over to the blacksmiths area and looked for anything that fit the bill.
Level 10 spear, level 12 bow, level 8 dagger, level 20 rapier….
There was a myriad of weapons as only a few matched the requirements. Shiro knew that the higher grade the weapon used for upgrade, the better the stat increment.
However, due to the fact that her Nano Growth Infuser was just a prototype. White weapons do an ok job while green would do it perfectly.
Seeing a level 15 green cleaver, Shiro waited in line.
[Can I have that green cleaver.] Shiro asked.
"Gimme 100k USD and it's yours." The man said as he knew the swords were in demand.
[Sure. Give me the crystal and I'll pay.]
"?!"
"I've changed my mind. Gimme 150k." The man said surprised at the fact that she didn't even bat an eye at 100k.
Shiro only smiled before looking down on her phone.
[No thanks. I'm not that desperate. 100k was me being nice. Since you don't want it, I don't want your sword either.]
She turned around and started to walk away when the man tried to grab her to make her stop.
Dodging out of the way, Shiro looked at the man blandly.
"Ahaha. I was wrong. 100k no problem." The man smiled shamelessly.
[I gave you the chance and you didn't take it. 50k, take it or leave it.] Shiro grinned.
The man was about to reject when he realised she might leave for good. The cleaver had been there for a while now. Even if the blades are in demand, a cleaver wasn't the best blade.
"Ah ok. Sure. 50k USD no problem." The man hurriedly pulled out the transaction crystal.
Shiro nodded as she transferred 50k over. Storing the sword in her inventory, Shiro walked away calmly.
The man thought he got a good deal while really, Shiro was the lucky one. She made sure to put pressure on him by agreeing easily to his first price and left as soon as he changed the price. She made sure her demeanour was unchanged as it put the pressure on him that she'll leave if he hesitated. With that blocking his rational thought, he would only hesitate for a moment before agreeing to her second price. 50k.
She smiled to herself as the occasional scam felt good on the inside.
'Hehe, who else to sc- persuade next.' She thought as she wasn't scamming. Just persuading in quick succession.
Her next victim was just as short-lived as her first. This time only worse as she managed to persuade the blade off him for only 40k.
She was about to head home when she and Helion came face to face again.
He had the face of a broken child who had his heart broke.
[Are you ok?] Shiro asked.
"Why didn't you come to me if you wanted the swords? I would have made you 2 easily." He said feeling a little betrayed.
[Because I didn't want to bother you. You also had your new materials so I wanted to see what you did with them first. Not to mention, I'd rather watch you focus and make a masterpiece than to make throw away trash.] Shiro typed out as it was the truth. Well…. It included truths.
"Ah I see… Then you should have just told me." Helion shrugged.
'Too easy.' Shiro thought.
'No, that's bad. Don't think like that.' Shiro reprimanded herself as it was a bad thought process to have with friends or friends to be.
[I still need to go back to Lyrica so I'll commission something next time.] Shiro smiled as she bid Helion a farewell.
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