[ Congratulations ! Restoration reached level 5 ! ]
[ Level up conditions changed . ]
[ Restoration ]
[ Don't use energy for 10 minutes . 10 times effect when meditating . ]
He quickly opened his growth interface , only to find his war body at level 4 and and Restoration at level 5 . War body only had about a 100 out of the 10000 experience for the next level but Restoration even had 3800 out of the hundred thousand experience needed .
' Wait isn't this a god damn cheat . '
[ Yes . It is . By the time your masteries reach level 4 , it will probably be at level 10 . ]
Sam nodded . He had felt a darkness inside him slowly fill up . It was only a little , but by his estimate , it should be 5 weeks . ' Fuck me . Why am I calculating . Leave it to the great Scout . '
[ calculating ... ]
[ If going by the rate of accumulation last week , you need to meditate for exactly 28 days 17 hours and 43 minutes . ]
' For fuck sakes . Magic is hard . '
[ It is hard for you . Usually your accumulation will be much much faster , but it is being divided between 11 elements by itself . You only focused on darkness , thus , you didn't feel the other elements . ]
[ If you only had the darkness element , just in these 6 days , you would have become a level 3 magician . ]
' Easy for you to say . From what I collect , all darkness magicians can do is weaken opponents ? ' Sam asked .
[ If you weaken something a certain number of times , you will kill it with just one tap . ]
' Well you aren't wrong . ' He smiled as he put a deck of cards in his pocket .
#__________#
" Another Wednesday , another day for you guys to feel bad about yourself . Welcome our new talent , Sam , who likes to have no family name for some reason . Well , I'll give you a shortcut from now on since you focus on more than one thing . " These were the first words the unsuspecting Sam heard on entering the colloseum followed by the word ' Synchronization ' Echoing in his mind .
[ I guess he knows you know about body synchronization . ]
' Yes . ' Sam said as he looked at the spirit which was already on it's tower today for some reason .
" The monsters you people have been fighting till now are nothing more than normal monsters . Above them are what we call nobles followed by Lords , great Lords , Kings , emperors and so on . The reason monsters are so powerful is because of these existences . However , as their souls are stronger , defeating a noble of a tier lower gives you a point of soul strength . But when on the same tier , the nobles give 10 times as much soul strength . " He explained making some of the awakened pale . They easily understood the monster hierarchy . Each tier higher , is 10 times stronger than a creature at the same level as them .
" Now , I'll give you a chance . Fight a Lord , which will instantly increase your growth level or fight against 50 flame tigers . The decision is yours . "
Sam sighed . He saw this coming the moment he mentioned the hierarchy of monsters . ' Is soul strength like the the experience I need ? '
[ Exactly the same . It was changed to make life easier for both of us . ]
Sam nodded as he understood . Experience was indeed a much more suitable term .
' What do I do ? ' Sam asked , still staring at the tower .
[ You can ask to fight 5 nobles which will be much more efficient , but if you fight a Lord , you will a get a reward for defeating something stronger . ]
Sam nodded again .
Tow others , it may seem like he was continuously nodding his head , but for some , they understood he must be having an internal conflict .
[ A Lord is basically 2 tiers higher than you , without being 2 tiers higher than you . You can fight him with your current skills if you somehow bide for time . You completely restore energy in 19 minutes . which means a complete recovery in 20 minutes , however a Lord will never give you the time to slowly restore energy . ]
" You want me to put my life on the line ? " Sam said , without an emotion , still as calm as ever . Without waiting for an answer , he asked " Sure , but what do I get ? "
Everyone was startled by this question . They never expected a teenage boy to bargain with this spirit who seemed uninterested in anything they offered . They were waiting for another firm rejection when the spirit started laughing .
" What do you think my tier is , boy ? " The spirit asked .
Sam thought for second as he looked down before he stared at the tower again " Supreme or master ? " Sam said in a questioning , yet provoking tone .
There was no voice for a few seconds before another laugh came from the tower .
" Your clothes seem to be restricting you . How would you like a robe I used to wear in my younger days ? " He said .
" As long as it is good enough for an intermediate . " He paused for a second before saying again " Peak , of course . "
After another short silence there was another laugh " You are more and more interesting boy . Fine then , a peak intermediate robe it is . If you can win against your next enemy , that is . "
Sam looked towards the gate as he got ready to fight but he looked at the tower once more " Black , right ? "
In the silence that covered the whole colosseum , even the gate stopped opening .
The crowd did not understand all this talk , but they knew Sam had asked something worth a lot . Now he was even specifying the color he wanted .