Arnos was sweating, he had ran 50 laps but for some reason at 50 laps he didn't stop and continued. He wanted to see how long he could run for.
80 laps was the total. Arnos decided to eat a small sandwich and just go eat at the town.
He went to do a quick training match. He selected Level 5 knight because he had faith that this time he will beat the system.
"Level 5 knight processing, sparring match begins."
And just like before the dummy grew much taller while holding a huge metallic blade. The dummy swung the blade but last second went upwards and did a spin.
Arnos luckily just evaded the attack. He replied with his tralent dodging the incoming attacks and using his skills. Then it happened the Cyclone Twist. The dummy went into rapid speeds and destroyed everything in its way.
Arnos escaped with Shadow Vanish and did a quick zig zag pattern and appeared behind the dummy and went for its throat.
"Attack processed, attack may severely injure knight, Level 5 Knight passed."
Arnos was sweating, he was glad that he could beat the knight. He then remembered the other mastery he lost to.
'Tsk, I'll try fight the Crossbow Mechanic again. Oh, gosh this is gonna be challenging.'
"Level 3 Crossbow Mechanic selected, battle initiates."
Like before the dummy turned into a version like the Crossbow Mechanic.
Bolts flew towards his direction and the dummy suddenly used a skill, a skill Arnos hadn't seen before.
7 repetitive shots flew out, they some how formed a straight line. The attack seemed like a hundred bullets flying at you at once. Some reason the dummy stood out in the open like it was waiting to be killed.
"I won't fall for that again."
Arnos used presence seeker to find the real dummy. He then used Leap and Shadow Vanish. Arriving behind the opponent, something seemed wrong. The dummy turned around with the crossbow that it once had, had formed into a sharp blade.
'What the actual fudge? Sure it's a mechanic but are they really that OP?!'
Arnos doges and uses Triple Slash. The dummy gets hit.
"Attack processed, opponent may still be able to fight. Sparring continues."
Arnos was very confused it seemed like his attack wasn't strong enough. Instead of complaining he did a quick turn and ran while sliding his tralent through the dummy.
"Level 3 Crossbow Mechanic Passed."
"Awesome! Now I'm feeling really hungry, I'm going to head to the town now. I can't be bothered lifting some weights. I'll just do a quick 50 push ups."
Arnos finished doing his pushups and went to wear his Silent Walker gear. He equipped his tralent although the tralent was well hidden. He packed some things for his trip in his void pouch and departed. The reason he was wearing his gear was because after what happened last time. He wanted to keep a low profile.
It was about 11:30am, a lot of people were chatting, some kids running around and only a few who stared at him.
He went to a nearby bar. There was a lot of noise and nobody really bothered looking or talking to him. Arnos sat at the front.
"Hello! You must be new cause I haven't seen you before. What can I get for you?"
"What's a good meal that has a lot of food?"
The bartender was surprised of how young the person behind the hood sounded. Recovering from his shock he said.
"Uh, sure we have the breakfast platter. Eggs, meat, bread. There's different sizes too, small, regular, large and huge. There are also some coffee, water, beer, wine, juice, anything really."
"Okay, I'll have a glass of apple juice please. Also I'll have a huge breakfast platter. Thanks."
"Oh also, do you know if there's any fun activities to do around here?"
"Uh well there's an auction today and also a sparring competition. The match starts at 1:00pm and continues all the way to like 5 or 6. The winner will receive 200 gold coins."
"Oh, thanks 200 gold coins? That's not really a lot."
The bartender looked at him up and down and shook his head.
"What do you mean it is a lot. You must be a noble or something? Well I'll go get your food ready."
Being honest Arnos didn't really know because Master had left him with 500,000 gold coins. So he wasn't quite sure himself.
The food and drink arrived. The breakfast platter like they said was huge. The people around him were curious to see if he could actually finish it. He ate it all quickly and efficiently.
Arnos payed for his food and when he took out his void pouch the people who saw immediately adverted their gaze. They were afraid to offend this young man. Void pouches for this small town was very expensive and hard to buy.
Arnos didnt know what was the point of going to the auction house since he already had a weapon and a certain gear but he decided to check it out anyways.
The house was packed with people. People were bidding left and right.
"Big Blade, SOLD! 50 gold coins!"
'Ehhh, such a small price. Why didn't they go higher?'
"Next up we have this rare blue flame crystal bracelet. What it does is it-" The auctioneer was interrupted.
The bracelet was very nice so Arnos just called out without thinking. "100 gold!"
The room turned to see who would bid such a high number at the start. They saw a guy in a hood and then looked away. In the back corner a boy suddenly shouts.
"110 gold!"
'What? I thought no one went over 50? Huh but I want it.'
"200 gold!"
"250 gold!"
"Young master if you keep shouting your father will be very mad. Remember this is just a small town. Don't waste your money on these little things."
'Oh my gosh this guy is really starting to annoy me.'
"500!!!"
The room went eerily silent.
"500! Going once, going twice. SOLD! To the man with the hood. Please collect it after the auction."
There wasn't really anything else that caught his eye so after the auction he went to back to pay and collect the bracelet.
"Uhh sir you see I may have to give this bracelet to this Young Master. He really wants it."
Arnos was pulling out his void pouch when he heard that. The so called young master saw that and froze.
"You-you know what I don't need it. Hmph." And he just left.
'That was weird.' Arnos thought after he left the auction house. The bracelet was very nice. It had this pure blue flame he could see. The auctioneer had forgot to tell him what the bracelet did but it didn't matter. He was happy that he got it.
He was really pumped for the sparring match. He didn't really care if he lost or not, he just wanted some experience with all the other masteries.
He headed to the stadium. It was humongous, at the front he registered.
"Hi sir please write down your name and age thank you. Then slip it into that box over there."
Arnos received the slip of paper and thought about it.
'If I put my real name and some how I win. Some people might come after me or I might be known. I don't really want that, I want a low profile. I'll just write uhhh.'
Arnos thought for awhile and got a name he could use. Silent User.
"Gosh that sounds stupid. Ehh, whatever I'll just do it."
He wrote down Silent User and his age which was 16. He went to go warm up and get ready for when his first real match comes.