As Eredeti was practicing his swordsmanship as a shadow was secretly looming on top of the barracks carefully hidden from the view of the knights walking by. As this shadow looked at Eredeti with little to no interest that was quickly fading. 'Why did the order put so much value on him? He's merely at the knight high rank at best! Honestly it pisses me off, thinking that I have to watch such a boring person especially since the only time I can is when he leaves the castle' The person thought. As he quickly lost interest his mind began wondering else where as he looked around the barracks finding anyone of interest. However Eredeti didn't stop practicing his swordsmanship instead he trained even harder 'I can't depend on this foreign form unless I can truly make it my own, in order to that I have to train even harder!'
Eredeti gained inspiration once more and slashed constantly at the wooden post carefully not using his newly gained skills. Even though Eredeti felt the gaze leave him, he still felt it right to no openly show all of his abelites, as Eredeti looked around at the other knights training especially the ones yielding magic. He saw an assortment of magic flying and could even see a few use something that could only be described as the slash skill. At this sight Eredeti realized that magic wasn't that special and even if he did use it, it wouldn't gather much attention. At this thought Eredeti started to implement magic into his training, while using the extremely offensive attacks he learned from the visions. Every time Eredeti would strike he would pour mana into his blade however his curiosity of his unused skills set in as he looked at them in his status, it was almost as if they were screaming at him to be used!
So who was Eredeti to deny their wishes as he thought 'if other knights could use magic in all shapes and sizes it wouldn't be weird if I used a new skill or two right?' Eredeti quickly activated his third skill charge as he rushed forward with mana surging in his arms and legs reinforcing them and strengthening them. However Eredeti realized that without a shield or something to use this skill with it would end up practically useless, it felt similar to the dash skill yet instead of a sudden burst of mana it was more evenly spread to his arms and legs. So as Eredeti started to walk towards the abundant amount of gear and weapons on the stands and picked up a shield for himself that looked rather old and used or rather absued from the shape and condition of it. The instant Eredeti returned to a wooden post that still had a mannequin as he readied himself and once again activated charge once more as he felt the mana surging in his body spread to both his arms and legs, feeling the burst of power form within himself he charged at the wooden post and smashed it with his shield. With a burst of straw and wood the post shook as half of it flew 3 meters away before slowing down, Eredeti who saw this scene felt rather satisfied with his new profound skills.
Although Eredeti was hesitant at the begging he sighed in relief after realizing that the gaze he felt from before did not return. However when he looked at his final skill he had received he felt rather conflicted 'How the hell am I supposed to test this?!' Eredeti thought. At first Eredeti thought that he should just slightly cut himself at first however when he slid his short sword across his finger it made a slight scratching sound however when Eredeti saw their wasn't even a scratch on him he was dumbfounded. Of course he knew the more his Endurance increase so would his durability however this ability instantly made a short cut to an immense increase in his endurance although it wouldn't directly aid him in healing and the likes it would at least make it 3 times harder for something to break through the skin. Unless someone used brute force they would find it rather difficult to cut through his skin unless the weapon in question had a slightly above average cutting force to it. This made Eredeti nearly laughed as 'I'm finally getting stronger!' Although Eredeti didn't find himself in many situations to advance to the next level he still learned the hard way that strength represent everything in this world and only strength could protect himself and those around him. Take the country Zoldivolk for example if the kingdoms forces were weak they would have been forgotten in the pages of history and trampled on by the numerous countries that waged war against it. Even the citizens of this country had evolved and were considered above average in almost every aspect when compared to other human nations whether it was survaiblity, adaptability or even the life span, everyone in this country were considered above average.
Thus Eredeti realized that in order to survive the upcoming mission of exterminating the dragon Baloug he had to become stronger! However where would he gain this strength he couldn't exactly go around massacring random knights and civilians to level up or absorb their souls yet he didn't have the time to go look for an encampment of monsters either. I guess I could just ask around if anyone needs a job to be done especially the rather uncivilized one's. At best Eredeti decided to just ask one of the knight's he met earlier today although he only ever seen one of them without their helmets on. So the first thing Eredeti did was to find Alex the Knight he met before, as this point in time 2 hours passed by when he first met Alex and as the sun was slowly starting to leave the sky he hurriedly went to the first knight that was in the area.
Eredeti walked up to knight as he was about to swing his sword and tapped his should "Excuse me, I don't mean to bother your training however I need to find someone" Eredeti said "It's fine I was just about to head to the rest area anyways, now who is it your trying to look for?" The knight said. "Its someone who goes by the name of Alex, Do you perhaps know him by chance?" Eredeti asked "Hmm Alex you say? Well that does limit the list of people however I know of 3 Alex's in the castles guard, do you mind telling me his appearance?". "Very well, he has blonde hair and blue eye's about my height" Eredeti replied. The knight pondered for a little while until he spoke once again "I think I know who your talking about, although we haven't had many interactions he seems like a pretty good kid, the last time I seen him he was heading to the washroom however I doubt he's still their he's probably already left by now". "Thank you sir?" Eredeti asked "Just call me Jones" "very well, Thank you Jones" Eredeti said before he quickly left once he entered he also realized he probably smelled by now and should probably head back after seeing the young knight. However after looking around for a bit a realization has dawned on him.... he had no clue where the washroom was even after searching for 10 minutes he still couldn't find any sight of the washroom and he realized the size of the barracks was rather large. 'Well damn' Eredeti couldn't help but sigh in his head even after all this searching he could only find rooms and storage rooms, with no confidence in finding the washroom anytime soon he decided to just ask someone and besides Alex could very well not be there any longer.
Eredeti went around asking various knights who were out of their armor and were instead in a uniform. He asked over and over until he found one person who knew Alex's current whereabouts he finally sighed a sigh of relief. "Alex? yeah I know him he's my roommate, Why do you need him?" The knight said "Oh nothing much really it's just due to previous engagements we left off where we were in the middle of discussing something that was left unfinished and I was rather interested in continuing where we left off" Eredeti replied. "Hmm I see well he should be in room 207 you can find him by taking the next right and then taking the second left" the knight said. "Thank you very much I've been looking for him for nearly half an hour" Eredeti said as he went on his way. As Eredeti finally reached Alex's room he knocked twice as he heard a voice come from within "Coming!" Once Alex opened the door he saw a knight slightly taller than him and asked "So? what do you want?" Alex asked