4 days. It took Lyrica 4 days to get an approval rating from Shiro.
If rated out of ten with 1 being a decent dagger user and 10 being someone on a veteran's level, Lyrica would get a 2.5. Shiro, on the other hand, would be too far up the scale.
*THUD!
The dagger embedded itself deeply into the cranial bone of a Murloc Shaman as Lyrica massaged her wrist.
The training Shiro gave her was to try to hit a stationary target whilst running around and doing flips. That was just stage one out of 4.
The next stage had involved her hitting a stationary target with Shiro launching magic at her, the 3rd stage had her hit a moving target and the final stage being all of the above whilst fighting a crowd of Murlocs.
This type of high-intensity training had allowed her to gain a much better grasp on daggers.
Shiro was about 75% sure that Lyrica could solo the obelisk guardian of the 2nd floor without much hassle.
Just in case, she had made a second dagger which included a magnetic component which attracts both daggers together. This was so that she could retrieve the dagger whenever she wished. In addition to this, the more mana she injected into the dagger, the stronger the pull.
Originally, this was a skill for an armour that was meant for tanks. But Shiro decided to add it to the dagger since she had a few ideas with what she could do with it.
[Go challenge the guardian. As always, I'll be watching. And remember, use every one of your tools. The magnetic function can be used in many ways that some may not even imagine.] Shiro smiled.
She had some ideas, but the satisfaction of finding out was something she wanted Lyrica to experience.
"Alright." Lyrica nodded as she too felt it was time. She didn't want to spend too long as she still had the final boss to fight. With a whip at that too.
However, this time she was allowed the leeway to use her dual-ended blades because she wouldn't have the time to get used to the whips. She was just going to test how far she could go with the weapon.
Walking up to the boss, Lyrica took a deep breath.
[Murloc Grand Mage LVL 20 – Elite]
The Murloc Grand Mage was just slightly larger than the Murloc Mage. It was roughly 3 times as big.
Shiro only yawned slightly as she could probably kill the Grand Mage in a few minutes. With a large body like that, it was basically a sitting duck for her special treatment.
Making herself an ice hammock, Shiro laid on her stomach as she watched Lyrica fight the boss at a leisurely pace.
Since the Grand Mage was a huge target, Lyrica needed to make sure she abuses this as much as she can.
'Keep moving, don't stay in one place. Strike at the weak points and maybe make it hurt itself with his own magic.' Lyrica thought as she dodged the mages first strike.
Dashing near the Achilles heel of the Murloc, she narrowed her eyes and slashed at them with her two daggers.
She only frowned as she saw them leave only a faint shallow mark.
Not staying in the same spot for longer than needed, Lyrica immediately made her way to the other leg and stabbed down with all of her strength.
The same situation repeated itself as Lyrica only frowned seeing that her overall strength was too low to penetrate the thick skin of the Murloc.
*BAM!
The Murloc stomped down with his leg as a shockwave was sent out.
"URG!!" She couldn't help but groan at the hit.
Sliding on the ground slightly, she stabilised herself.
Lyrica felt the temperature rise as she saw a huge fireball shoot towards her.
Taking a deep breath, she dashed around the impact zone as she had to grit her teeth from the heat.
While her clothes didn't burn, she did feel like she was being cooked alive.
Flicking her wrist, she flung a dagger at the leg as it embedded itself.
Stepping on the dagger, Lyrica jumped up onto the Murloc's knee and recalled the dagger using the magnetic feature.
Dodging a palm slap, Lyrica ran towards the hip tendon.
'If I can rip the hip tendon, I can destroy his mobility further to create more blind spots for me to take advantage of.' She thought.
Strengthening her grip on both daggers, she pushed power through her entire body as she used the skill, body reinforcement. A simple skill that boosts your physical potential in short bursts.
*PFF!!!!!
Dashing past the hip area, the daggers dug deep into the flesh as blood splattered everywhere.
During this, Lyrica had lost her hold on the dagger due to the force and the blood attesting against her grip.
Twisting her body, Lyrica recalled the dagger that was stuck in the Murloc's flesh.
Catching the dagger, Lyrica paused for a moment as she had an epiphany.
'The dagger faced almost no resistance coming back to me. During the moment it came back to me, it had cut open more of the flesh since it was in the way. While it took a little bit more MP, the force of the dagger was something I couldn't output easily with my current strength. Perhaps if I were to make use of the magnetic function of the dagger, I can deal more damage to the boss.' Lyrica thought.
Shiro grinned seeing the glint in Lyrica's eye.
Standing up, Shiro decided to focus more since it was finally going to become interesting.
Grabbing onto a branch, Lyrica swung herself upright as she wanted to test if she could propel the dagger away as well as pulling it back to her.
Injecting her mana with the intent of repulsion, Lyrica smiled feeling the daggers want to leave her hands.
'I'll need to time this correctly. Pull the dagger in and swing it before pushing it away to maximise the momentum carrying the dagger.' She thought. She was about to try out her new idea when a flipper slapped towards her.
Quickly using the branch to propel herself away, Lyrica frowned seeing the mage slap the tree away.
Even with the thick roots trying to secure the tree down, the mage was able to uproot it with ease.
Thankfully, the mage was now lying on his stomach as he couldn't move one of his legs due to the severed tendon.
Landing on the ground, Lyrica let go of one of the daggers and dashed toward mage.
Injecting mana, the dagger flew towards her as Lyrica narrowed her eyes to make sure her timing was right.
'Now!'
Twisting her body, she used the inertia of the dagger to slash towards the neck artery of the grand mage.
*PFFF!!!!!!!!
The power behind the dagger caused a huge slash mark to stretch across the neck of the mage.
'Bingo!' Lyrica grinned as her plan worked.
With her attack plan working out, it didn't take too long for Lyrica to kill the boss.
Not only was the boss unable to move, but most of his magic missed their target.
Landing the final blow on the boss, Lyrica sat down heavily and laid on her back.
*pa
A cold towel plotted on her face as she removed it to see a smiling Shiro.
[Congrats. Also, good job in figuring out the main form of attack with these two daggers. Inertia. Remember, no matter what, inertia can help boost the power of an attack several times due to momentum.]
Lyrica nodded as she decided to lay there for a second with the towel cooling her off.
"Hey Shiro. I'm just wondering, but where did you get the towel?"
[You'll be surprised at the stuff I have in my inventory. I just grabbed a towel I had inside and froze it before melting it again.] Shiro shrugged.
"I see… Don't most people store armour, weapons and other important stuff?"
[I do. But it's just that I also have a bunch of miscellaneous items inside.]
She wasn't lying. She did keep a few spare weapons in her inventory that she collected from bosses.
But most of the items inside her inventory were everyday items such as clothes, food, mana stones and survival kits such as tents. Weapons only made up for a small portion of her inventory.
[Make sure to rest properly. Next fight is the final boss.] Shiro smiled.
Sitting on a rock, she decided to make Lyrica her whip.
She was a little confused at the type of whip Lyrica should use. There were several types but the main ones were the un-barbed, barbed and the bladed whips.
The un-barbed were used mostly for torture so that was off the list. Barbed whips offered greater attack speeds at the cost of lower damage.
While the bladed whips were the opposite. They dealt greater damage at the cost of flexibility, weight and speed.
Depending on the situation, one would switch between the two whips.
However, Shiro finds that annoying and a hassle to switch between whip types during battle.
'If I build the blades into the whip, the whip itself should be able to extrude and retract the blade length at will.' She thought as this would essentially allow all three main whip types to be combined into 1.'
Making sure Lyrica couldn't see the forging process, Shiro made the whip behind her back.
'Each segment of the whip must contain a micro piston that can extrude and retract the blades. The activator switch should be near the thumb for easy access. Each segment should be able to retract and lengthen the whip as well.
'This way the whip is able to switch between long-distance and short-distance combat with ease. The best way to do this is to have the nanobots further compact and reinforce the whip when it gets shorter.'
Imagining the structure of the whip, the empty husk in her hand right now had neon blue lights stretch across the body as the internal systems were being added.
Making sure to add the disguise skill, Shiro smiled lightly.
[Orphenium Bladed Whip LVL 20 (Blue+)]
+25 Sharpness
+25 Bleed
+25 Attack Speed
+25 Status Chance
Passive Skill: Blade Control, Length Configuration.
Blade Control – Inject mana when pressing the button to control the length of the blades in each segment. The longer the blade, the more damage. But attack speed decrease proportionate to length.
Length Configuration – Inject mana to lengthen or shorten the size of the whip. The longer it is, the more damage. The shorter it is, the more durability.
Durability: 45,000/45,000
Standing up, Shiro walked over to Lyrica.
[Here, your whip for the next boss. Try to get a feeling for it.] Shiro smiled as she passed it over.
"At this point, I'm not even surprised at the fact that you pull so many weapons out of your inventory. You can pull out an armoury and I wouldn't care." Lyrica chuckled.
'Don't be so sure.' Shiro thought as she will eventually become a moving fortress with the amount of MP she'll have in the future.
As Lyrica held the whip, something clicked inside her as a familiar feeling washed over her.
Shiro paused seeing this change.
They looked at each other as Lyrica felt her mind blown.
"You've got to be kidding me…" She muttered.
[Give it a try. It's the only way we can be sure.]
Lyrica nodded as she walked over to the tree.
Lengthening the whip, she injected mana and caused the blades to lengthen.
Taking a deep breath, her aura became sharp as she flicked her wrist.
*HUAPISHHHH!!!!!
The whip carved through the air as it sliced the tree in half.
"Just… Don't say anything Shiro…" Lyrica said putting down the whip.
[Do you know how much I want to slap you right now? Who in actual hell has 2 hidden proficiencies?!?!] Shiro typed out as she was honestly surprised at the fact that Lyrica has two hidden proficiencies.
Even in her past life, having discovered a hidden proficiency out of hundreds of millions could propel a nation's status no matter how bad the proficiency was.
It was unthinkable to have 2, yet Lyrica had one of the most diverse proficiencies on top of that.
[I honestly don't know what kind of god blessed you or what you won from the gene pool. But I can say for a fact that so many would want to strangle you for your luck. You literally can't complain anymore about people being more talented because you are defying logic right now!]
Shiro said as Lyrica nodded.
"Though I feel a little off balance."
[Maybe two whips then.] Shiro said as Lyrica nodded in agreement.
[Just practice with one whip for now. I'll give you the second one in a second.] Shiro said as she planned to drink a potion to regain MP.
Watching her practice, Shiro couldn't help but have ideas about Lyrica's new weapon.
'She has a combination of two proficiencies. This means her weapon is most definitely a ridiculous hybrid. The main problem is construction. I can't continue to give her my Nano Craft weapons as they aren't the solution to everything. Maybe I should recruit Helion and try to help him become a better blacksmith.' Shiro thought as a blueprint of the weapon was coming to her mind.
A slim dual ended blade that can separate and transform into whips or two swords. A combination of Lyrica's 2 proficiencies that is unheard of in the world.
'Perhaps the weapon of the future Elven Sword Saintess.' Shiro smiled in anticipation.
Discord link in the synopsis
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Handing Lyrica the second whip, Shiro was able to see the attack domain slowly make its appearance.
With a whip in each hand, a cyclone of silver lights formed around her.
*Clap clap clap
Shiro clapped her hands as she walked over.
[Do you think you can solo the boss with this?] Shiro asked.
"Maybe. I'm guessing a 50-50 chance." Lyrica admitted.
Sure she has the hidden proficiency, but even her first one took her a while to get used to. To go straight into a boss fight with just a few hours of practice was insane.
[Just try your best. Try to flow into the state of your proficiency and push it further. Go with the flow.] Shiro smiled.
Lyrica nodded as she too knew this. But understanding it and performing it were two vastly different things.
To actually perform what she understands, she would need to train herself relentlessly and hone the feeling of her proficiency.
Flicking her wrists, she retracted the whips and prepared to fight the final boss.
Activating the obelisk, they felt their vision shift as they were in the middle of a huge island.
The Murloc King was a huge muscular Murloc with ripping muscles. The slight lack of fat on his limbs made his arms and leg grotesque when compared to the hulking torso.
It wore a cape and had two large swords strapped to his back.
[Murloc King LVL 20 – Elite – Boss]
The guards where basically the heavy troops with slightly thicker armour.
[Murloc Royal Guard LVL 20]
Jumping up high, Shiro made herself scarce as she watched the battle.
Lyrica closed her eyes as she surrendered a little of her control to the proficiency. Her aura changed as she unfastened the two whips.
The king flicked out his hand as 2 royal guards charged towards her.
*HUAPISH! PISH!
Two whip cracks rang out as Lyrica had managed to slice the eyes of the guards through their helmet. This caused them to fall over and clutch their eyes in pain.
'No need to kill them. Disable their sight and focus on the boss.' Lyrica thought as she flicked her wrist.
The whip shot towards the boss like a serpent hungering for pray.
*CLANG!
Even though Lyrica extended the blades at the last moment to increase their power, the king didn't even flinch as he blocked the whip with one of his swords.
Flicking her wrist, Lyrica retracted her whip and dashed towards the king.
She swung both her whips as they made a scissor motion.
*CLANG CLANG!
Seeing that the king decided to block, Lyrica smiled as she retracted the barbs in time for the whips to wrap around the sword.
Pulling the sword apart, Lyrica created a gap in the king's defence.
Kicking the king, she jumped back and unwrapped the whips from the swords. Twisting her body gracefully, she whipped upwards causing two deep lacerations to appear on the king's body.
The fight was rather one-sided as the king couldn't move as fast as Lyrica. Not to mention, the whips took less stamina than the dual-ended blades. All it took was a flick of the wrist and Lyrica could lash him several times.
A battle of attrition was also viable since she could slowly whittle him down until he had one HP.
More of the guards tried to attack her as Lyrica dodged and lashed at every one of them. With the whip, everything that was a few meters away from her was in her kill zone.
However, due to the fact that she can shorten the whip if she wanted to, Lyrica was able to adjust her kill zone whenever she wanted. A deadly combination with a hidden proficiency like the whips.
Time passed as Lyrica whittled down the king relentlessly. His HP soon hit 1 as she narrowed her eyes.
Lashing the whip, un-barbed, around the king's neck, Lyrica jumped onto his shoulders and wrapped it around a few more times.
The king tried to struggle but to no avail.
Lyrica stepped hard on the spine as she pulled back on the whip with as much force as she could muster.
The moment she picked up momentum, Lyrica extended the blades as they sliced mercilessly into the neck of the king.
*RIIPPPP!!!!!
The head flew off the king's shoulders and landed with a hefty thud.
"Fuu…" Breathing out heavily, Lyrica calmed the nervousness that had occupied her heart.
[Congratulations.] Shiro typed as she landed on the ground.
"UAHH!!! I WAS SO NERVOUS!!!" Lyrica shouted out as she dashed towards Shiro.
Hugged her tightly, Lyrica relaxed herself as she snuggled into Shiro's hood.
Yin slapped Lyrica's head with her wing as Lyrica was invading her area. Lyrica didn't care as she was having the time of her life.
Shiro decided to allow her to have her way since Lyrica did work hard to kill the boss.
Having relaxed for a while, Lyrica removed herself from Shiro and walked over to the boss's corpse. Her face was blissful as Shiro smiled wearily.
Upon collecting both the stone and the loot, they prepared to leave the Dungeon.
However, Shiro tapped on her shoulder and stopped her.
[Here's 5 D ranked Mana Stones. Advance your class now.] Shiro smiled. Most level 20 class ups only needed 1 D ranked mana stone and yet Lyrica's Elven Bladedancer needed 5.
The commotion caused by this wouldn't be small as it may attract some unwanted attention.
Therefore, Shiro wanted Lyrica to class up in the Dungeon.
"Eh! But it's still 5 D ranked mana stones?! That's like 150 thousand USD!" Lyrica said as she felt awkward for Shiro always giving her items to assist her.
[What are you being surprised about? I can go fight a D ranked Dungeon to get my stock refilled. If anything, I only use them to feed little Yin.]
'And to feed myself.' Shiro thought. After giving Lyrica 5 D ranked stones to class up, she planned to fight a D ranked dungeon to not only level up but to replenish her food supplies a little.
"But-"
Shiro cut her off with a snap of her fingers and did the silencing motion.
Understanding that Shiro can be stubborn for certain things, Lyrica accepted the mana stones. With her having fulfilled all the requirements to class up, Lyrica tapped the icon as a pink glow enveloped her body.
Pink and golden lights flickered off her body as they looked like flower petals that surrounded Lyrica.
The light stayed for a while as Shiro knew this would have been a bad idea outside of the Dungeon.
[Lyrica LVL 21 – Elven Bladedancer]
Seeing Lyrica's tag change, Shiro smiled.
[Congratulations. You've taken your first step into the D ranks.]
"Thank you. I have to say, I feel awfully light." Lyrica said as her agility had experienced a boost from the class up.
[Take a day or two to get used to this. It would be dangerous to challenge a Dungeon without having decent control over your body.]
"I know." Lyrica nodded.
[As for your weapon, I'll get Helion to make it.]
Leaving the Dungeon, they headed back to the dorm as it was already deep into the night.
###
The first thing Shiro did the next morning was to look for Helion.
Arriving at his workshop, Shiro was surprised to see the amount of people queueing up.
"Hm?... OH SH*T! IT'S HER!" Someone suddenly shouted as a silver ass plate appeared on almost everyone's asses. For those who didn't have an ass plate, they rushed forwards towards Helion as they wanted to get protection as quick as possible.
The ones at the front helped those without an ass plate as a unified community was working seamlessly.
Shiro was speechless seeing this.
'Only in danger would the human community work in harmony. Is this the same case?' She thought.
The queue was tense as they all stared at her with caution. By the time Shiro arrived back in the workshop, she was the only one left.
Helion had a grin on his face as sweat dripped off his forehead.
"Ah Shiro! I really need to thank you. Business is blooming now. Just making an ass plate earns me so much money." Helion laughed as he patted her shoulder.
[Meh. Like some flimsy plate can stop my attacks.] Shiro typed with slight disdain.
Helion shrugged.
"So what brings the infamous A*** Destroying Princess to my humble store?"
[I want to commission weapons again.] Shiro typed out as she pulled out a sheet of paper and started to draw out the blueprint she had thought up of.
The design was similar to that of the dual-ended blade Lyrica currently had. But instead, the blades are able to shift and extend into whips. In the centre of the weapon, the handle is able to disconnect and separate the weapon into 2 whips or 2 swords respectively.
Seeing the blueprint of the weapon come to life, Helion was dumbfounded.
"What kind of futuristic tech is this?! I understand what the parts do but how the hell am I supposed to make something like this?!" Helion cried out looking at the design.
[The mechanisms are based on this whip.]
Pulling out the NanoTech Whip she made, disguised as an Orphenium Whip, Shiro separated one of the segments.
Looking at the compact and intricate components jammed into the segment, Helion was astounded at the craftsmanship.
"How the hell did someone even make this?!" Helion asked as he inspected the weapon.
"No I definitely can't make this. This is something beyond me."
Turning over to Shiro, he gave her the weapon back.
"Tell me honestly. Did you raid a bloody military site or something? How the hell did you even get your hands on something so insane?" He asked.
Shiro only shrugged.
[So I take that as you can't make it.]
"No I can't just yet. Maybe when I class up several times and have the needed equipment. Otherwise, I don't see myself making anything close to that."
[In that case then just make me 2 whips and a dual-ended blade for level 25's. For the whips, I want a barbed and a bladed whip. The length should be adjustable if possible.]
"Hmm… I'll see what I can do. Seeing the whip has given me a few ideas about how to let it extend and retract." Helion said as Shiro nodded.
[Do you need any materials?]
"Nope completely free. But before you say anything, just think about how much I've earned from selling ass plates. I got more than enough material needed to make your weapons."
Thinking about what Helion had said, Shiro found it logical as it was indeed true.
[Alright Thank you for your hard work then.] Shiro thanked him as she left the store.
Her next step was her main task. To head to the mage's association and find out her elemental attunement.
Arriving at the mage's association, Shiro went up to the receptionist.
[Can I use the attunement hall? I was told I could use it today.]
The receptionist smiled wearily.
"I'm afraid today is limited to the top 20 and not top 10. You would have had the chance to use it yesterday."
[What?] Shiro paused as she realised this was true. During her spree of destroying- ahem. During her spree of ranking up, she had overlooked the fact that she could have entered the hall yesterday.
"But don't worry. The branch master had already foreseen this and reserved you a spot. The previous rank 10, Shane, wouldn't be allowed use the attunement hall today. You'll be taking his spot instead.
[Ah thank you. Can I enter the attunement hall then?] Shiro asked.
"Yes you can. But do note that in the future you have to make sure you come at the right date."
[Understood.]
The receptionist guided her to the second floor. Going through a series of doors, they came up to a huge open room.
She couldn't see the walls of the room as it felt like she was staring at the night sky. Stars were flickering as Shiro didn't feel like she was in a room.
"The attunement hall is simple. Sit in the centre and meditate. Slowly use your mana and the elemental attunement would show itself." The lady said as Shiro nodded.
Sitting in the centre, Shiro patted Yin's head before closing her eyes.
A pale aura erupted around her as the receptionist decided to leave.
Slowly, the mana started to change as the colours started to appear.
Crystal Blue, Deep Purple, Flickering Yellow and Silver Blue.
A total of 4 colours appeared as it fluctuated constantly.
Discord link in the synopsis
https://discord.gg/eFYFYcw
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