the woman had now returned to the room after twenty minutes and had three small placards in her hand. she handed each placard to their respective owners and the three looked at their placards.
what Marv saw was a large letter 'E' next to his name and stats. the placard stated his race as angel and Marv took a moment to look at the woman. Alyssa's placard was written with an 'E+' next to her stats and Masha's had an 'E+' as well.
the woman coughed a bit to gain their attention and explained rankings to them.
"you see the way rankings are done is by calculation of one's overall combat power. from one star to one and a half stars is a rating of E while from any score higher than one and a half stars up to two and a half stars is E plus.
then from any score higher than two and a half stars to three stars is a rank of D. then from any score higher than three stars to three and a half stars is considered a rank of D plus. then any score higher than that until four stars is a ranking of C while from there until five stars are C plus. then any score higher than five stars until six stars is B. there is no score like B plus. then any score until six and a half stars is a rank of A. then any score higher than that until seven stars are considered S rank. however after S rank...there are two other ranks. one considered double S rank and the final one of triple S rank."
Marv paid close attention to the briefing and nodded his head in acceptance. Alyssa was nodding off while Masha was still drunk. after getting everything set in the order they were an official adventuring party now. Marv helped Masha up while Alyssa yawned and left the room first. after returning to the first floor Marv first went to the table in the corner and Alyssa followed him. Masha had already got comfortable with her head on Marv's shoulder.
Alyssa didn't like that.
but she kept a calm face and discussed with Marv about their actions henceforth. it was now afternoon and the group could accept missions but with Masha in the state she was, they decided to return the next day. however, before they left Alyssa ordered some food and the group ate their lunch paying three silver coins.
the group then left for the hotel district and found a hotel. they entered the hotel and ordered two rooms now. one was for the girls and the other for Marv. after everything was settled they then left Masha in her room and then left the hotel to go on a shopping spree. after all, Marv was still dressed in his simple clothes and it would probably be best to get armour for their adventures.
they came to a blacksmith shop in the centre of the city. they both agreed to look around and entered the shop. a bell rang to signify their entry and a tall muscular man emerged from the door leading to the back. he was bald and tanned he had a wide smile on his face as he asked Alyssa and Marv if there was anything specific they would like. he gave them a list of several of his best offers but they both decided to just look around for themselves.
Alyssa walked to the right side of the shop while Marv went to the opposite side. swords and armour pieces adorned the walls and heavier weapons were placed on the floor neatly in groups. Alyssa then found a set of armour inside a glass case that was hidden behind a blue cloth. when seeing Alyssa discovering the armour set the blacksmith walked over and asked Alyssa if she would like to know about the armour. when she said yes the blacksmith let out a sigh and then explained.
"This set of armour was discovered by a group of adventurers when exploring the dark crystal mines... they had managed to defeat the giant earthworm residing deep in the mines and discovered this set of armour in a hidden mine cart covered by rubble. however, when they tried to wear the armour it immediately became unbearably heavy when they tried wearing it. they could carry it in their hands perfectly fine but when wearing it...their stats were decreased by over half and they didn't want it anymore. they gave it to me a month ago and I decided to see if someone would come and be able to wear it."
Alyssa nodding her head slightly called for Marv to come over and he came running. he saw the armour and was slightly taken back. the armour consisted of two red gauntlets, a red chest plate with a white circle on its centre. small lines spread all over the chest plate stemming from the circle and reaching the shoulder pads. there were pitch-black greaves and a pair of red boots, the red boots had red and black flower patterns on it and were slightly pointed at the front.
the armour looked good and Marv immediately asked for the price of the armour set. the blacksmith just said if he could wear it, the armour would be his for free. Marv hadn't heard the blacksmith's story and decided to try on the armour.
the glass case was opened and the armour was waiting for Marv to try out.
Marv reached for the red gauntlets first and tried them on. however, something unexpected happened the second he placed the first gauntlet on.
[system detecting order fluctuations.]
[rebooting system...5...4...3...2...1]
[system configuration altered....]
[would you like to temporarily agree to alteration?]
[y/n]
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this being the second time Marv had seen this message he still wondered what triggered it. he knew that even if he refused whatever being was watching the main server would just force his system to be altered.
he looked at Alyssa with a depressed face, she didn't understand the meaning of his face and just smiled reassuring him to try on the armour.
with a sigh, Marv accepted the system alteration. however, he felt his body change instead.
[name: Marvin Rheede Lore]
[race: angel]
[special race skills: sacred rights]
[physical condition: fine]
[mental condition: distressed]
[level: 10(system alteration) 0.0%]
[strength: 100 (+0)]
[agility: 100(+0)]
[intelligence: 90(+0)]
[magic presence: 400 (+0) ]
[class: (special) demi-god]
-{skills}- (tap to see list)
[system alteration complete]
[player has unlocked the ability to gain experience to level up as a result of system alteration.]
[reason for locking this ability: none]
....
Marv looked at this and wondered...
{how the hell does this thing work!?!?!?!}