"Thank god." I sighed a sigh of relief.
The noble wasn't a dick, like in generic fantasy novels. I was just happy to not be antagonized by a low ranking noble, let alone a duke.
"Yeah, that was scary. I also commend him for not fighting against Osiric more and being persistent to win. We also got to see how wide a gap of 2 levels in a skill is." Emma answered, also relived about the incident.
We were walking towards our room, Osiric had said that he needed to talk with the noble because the noble wouldn't stop asking him how he got that strong.
That incident also fully allowed us to see the difference between level 4 and level 6 swordsmanship skill. We couldn't see it properly, due to them moving faster than sound and due the dust flying around the yard, but we did know that none of Rid's attack was landing.
Osiric wasn't even trying at that time, that was the difference between their skills. Though Osiric's talent, instincts and intuition also played a major role. This also made us more motivated to train, since after we reach F-rank we have to start fighting intermediate class monsters - who all move fast, or even faster, than Osiric.
"That fight really puts into perspective just much we have to train, right?" Emma asked me.
"Yeah," I replied, "without our new senses, instincts, and intuition, we won't even be able to react to a single attack done by Rid, let alone Osiric's."
With new found determination, we slowly went back to our room.
...
After 2 hours, Osiric came back. He looked exhausted. Looking at him made me and Emma look at him, wide-eyed. We even stopped the conversation we were having.
"Umm..." I thought about it for a second, "what just happened?" I questioned him.
"I was questioned for 2 hours straight, without any breaks. The noble got excited and started getting really annoying." Osiric continued, "I am not physically exhausted, but mentally I am. Let me rest for a moment."
There was an awkward atmosphere inside the room, I knew I couldn't do anything about it - since if I was him I would've done the same. Me and Emma could only give him a wry smile.
He then came out of his room after 1 minute, perfectly fine. I was a little shocked, since if I was there I would've been inside my room for an hour and Emma would be in her room for a day straight.
We then talked with each other for a while, before we decided, more like I, that we go to the fiber message center.
...
"This feels amazing Tyler, it even increased my strength about 8 points." Emma said as she was getting blasted by mana.
We were all sitting in our own reclinable chair, which was really soft and comfortable - I mean most of the things in the world was better than what we could find back home, except the internet and some special materials.
"I agree, it feels so good. I feel like a massive load has been lifted from my body; I feel so light as well." Osiric said as he relaxed, "Oh! look at that, my strength just increased by about 20."
We stayed in that place for about 30 minutes, after 30 minutes it was about 9 o'clock. We then returned back to our room and spent the next hour talking. We really had a fun time, we forgot about all the suffering we had gone through last week and just focused on the present, and planned to do so for the foreseeable future.
It was about 10 o'clock, I started feeling a little weird because I could accurately measure time without having a watch. I knew that it was common sense that you could measure time accurately in this world; since you were born with it.
I quickly tried to ignore it, I could see Emma also being weirded out a little while Osiric was fine.
"So what do guys wanna eat today." I asked them since we're about to go and get something to eat.
"I don't feel anything, how about you Emma?" Osiric turned to Emma and asked her.
She put her hands on her chin, thinking about it, "How about a burger?"
Me and Osiric both gave her a thumbs up, since a burger would be the best right now.
We then went out and found a store and bought some cheap burger and ate it on the way back to the spring.
We also bought a white steel sword, spear, and bow. We also got some new armor. Osiric had ordered it himself last night.
The stats are as follows:
[Status]
White Steel Sword
Stats:
Attack: 300
Durability: 1000/1000
Mana Conductivity: G+
[Status]
White Steel Spear
Stats:
Attack: 350
Durability: 1500/1500
Mana Conductivity: G+
[Status]
White Steel Bow
Stats:
Attack: 290
Durability: 700/700
Mana Conductivity: F-
The weapons were all good, the armor wasn't that much of an improvement, since the armor provided by the guild was strong enough for us. We didn't need to get a new armor until we reached F-rank.
Mana conductivity of the weapons were also very good, mana conductivity means how efficient the mana is and how powerful enchantments can the weapon be enchanted with.
We were happy with these weapons.
Since we didn't have anything to do, both me and Emma asked Osiric for a spar. This time Osiric said that he would not be wearing a blindfold, we were happy that he had deemed us worthy of that.
That boosted our determination more, and that's how the race for being a real F-rank began.