The glow around Sato disappeared. He opened his eyes, processing the skills that he had just received. The skills... They were so strong! At this point, his ability to kill people has increased by two fold!
Unique Skills were something that every player yearned for, yet seemed almost impossible to learn or receive. There were 3 methods of acquiring a unique skill.
The first which was the most generic way, acquiring through Dungeon Instances. When a team completes the first clear of a dungeon, the final boss would always drop a unique skill book that could be learnt. Although, the unique skills that they drop aren't the strongest of them all. In addition, this route is not usually available for casual players since the large guilds have far more resources and manpower to achieve the first clear of any dungeons.
The second, which is how most of the top players receive their unique skills, is through the main story line quest. When reaching an important milestone, the player would be rewarded with something on a huge scale, such as a unique skill book. Players like TeaseMePlease and Mars had acquired theirs through the main quest progression. It is evident that their unique skill is more powerful than the rest.
The third and final way to receive a unique skill is through luck-based occurances. Stowed away in different locations in this world of Ronan, is treasure chests for players to find. Even though it is very rare, this route of acquiring unique skills is the most conventional way for casual players. The skill "Symbol Of Death: Magi's Blade" was found by Tyron's guild on an expedition into a Desert Terrain.
For Sato's case, he had gotten his unique skill through the second method, main quest progression. Sato shared his newly acquired skills to Gray. He fully trusted this man and would be willing to trust his life with him.
"That's a very strong unique skill." Gray raised his eyebrows when he saw Sato's.
"Yeah, with this, my survivability has also increased, " Even though Sato reached this point, he wasn't satisfied yet. "However, we got to do something about this war. It is progressing in the Human Factions favour."
Gray agreed with Sato. He had been monitoring the state of the war outside of the game too. At this juncture, the Human Faction had pincer the Undead Faction, trapping them in the middle.
"Before we discuss this, let me pass you these." Gray took out a set of equipments that are for Lv30 assassins. He had already prepared the best equipments for Sato way beforehand and was only waiting for his levels to catch up.
"Thank you, Gray." Sato didn't stand on ceromony now and immediately equiped it. He knew his equipments would surely need upgrades sooner or later. Gray had already told him that he wouldn't need to get new equipments for the Dark Knights Guild will prepare it for him.
"Back to business, I think the next best move would be to look for a partnership with a guild. A strong and powerful guild." Sato suggested.
"Which guild are you thinking of?"
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Back on the battlefield, Gray was in the midst of the GODs guild players, fighting against the remaining HellFire guild. After their escape, they soon found the GODs guild formulating their counter-attack plan in a secluded location.
It is impressive of Sato being able to convince the top guild to work with him. Although, it was like him to do that. Gray thought in his heart.
Back then, Sato had revealed his active skill Assassinate to the GODs guild, to which they all raised their eyebrows. When was there ever such a strong assassin-based skill in the game?
That was when it came to Mars, a way to finish off one of their biggest threats, the strongest player in the human faction, TeaseMePlease.
Now, the main character in this war, Sato, was standing in the middle of all the conflict. He looked extremely cold and deadly to those around, yet only he and Gray knew that he was putting up an act. Right now, any one of the big players in these top guilds could kill Sato off if they tried.
"What a dangerous assassin... Able to kill off the number 1 player in the world at 20% health."
"Did you see the player's level? It states level 30. I'm guessing he is using a masking item to not show his true level."
"I wonder how high-leveled he truly is? HappyBoy123? He must be hiding his name on the level rankings. If not, how did he kill TeaseMePlease?"
"Is this person GODs guild's secret weapon? How come I have never heard of him before?"
Everyone asked similar questions about Sato, yet no one, even Mars, know much about the Elven Assassin. All they know is that this player was not to be trifled with.
Activating Advanced Stealth, Sato left the scene quietly, heading back in the shadows.
"I done my job. Now, shall we proceed as promised?" Sato asked in the group chat.
"Yes. You may take all the kills you like that our players fight. We shall harbour you in our alliance temporarily for this war. However, I cannot promise you that if you take other alliance's kills, they may come after you after the war." Mars explained the agreement.
"Sure thing Mr. God of war. Text me when you require my aid." Sato ended the conversation, smiling.
The agreement he and Mars had agreed upon was beneficial for both parties, since the contribution points is allocated by the percentage of damage done to the enemies. Not only that, it would allow them to win the war quicker.
"Gray, I'm about to go on a killing spree. Be right back!" Sato spoke in the voice chat to Gray. He thought it was only right to tell him since he would basically be abandoning his boss/friend.
"Go for it, but be careful by yourself." Gray worriedly replied Sato. "I may not be able to reach and save you in time if you go too far."
"It's going to be fine! Afterall..." Sato activated Incorporeal Spirit before saying his last words, "I'm no longer the same assassin as before."