Kingdom of Twilight, Royal Capital, The grand swordsmanship competition
The final winner of the competition can be seen standing on the stage taking her rewards for winning the competition. It can be seen from her face, that she is not happy from the outcome of the competition. In the end, she left the stage in annoyance.
But the commoner spectators, can still be seen whispering and talking on some rumors very vigorously: -
"Man, this time the competition was too boring!"
"yeah, I think we have wasted our money this time!"
"Even, Ms. Tia was annoyed!"
"It's obvious she will be annoyed; all participants were too weak to even withstand a single strike from her."
"They were all newbies, how did such weakling got selected for this competition!"
"I will demand the staff my money back!"
Outside the arena in a luxury carriage-
"I didn't know! there were all weakling's in such a big competition! I thought since it is such a big competition, I can meet someone to fight...damn it!"(Tia)
"Milady, please maintain your noble image!"(Tia's personal maid Ruby)
"Yeah yeah.... but where is that guy, who always comes to these big competitions, what was his name, I forgot!"(Tia)
"Milady, his name is Zeo, and I will send someone to figure out where is he, so don't worry!"(Ruby)
"I am not worrying about that guy, I am worrying about my swordsmanship, father said that only by fighting someone stronger, can you become strong but there is no one strong in the younger generation than me, only if I can get the chance of fighting the young masters of other duke house's, I wouldn't have to come here!"(Tia)
"Milady, you also know that Duke Ricard will not permit you to get on bad terms, with other ducal houses."(Ruby)
"Damn it!"(Tia)
'How do I tell you milady, you are called battle maniac by those heirs of the noble houses because of your personality of challenging anyone without thinking'(Ruby thinking in her mind)
"Hey! what are you thinking!"(Tia)
"Nothing! Milady Nothing!"(Ruby)
'Tsk, why didn't that guy come today? Even though he always participates in these types of competition'(Ruby in her mind)
10 years ago (Tia's Pov): -
I was wandering around the streets of the royal capital with some guards of my family, then my maid suggested that we should go to the nearby arena to see the swordsmanship competition.
I thought it would be a good way to pass some time, afterall I only get to come out of the mansion very few times. So, I agreed to go there.
During the competition I noticed a young boy, he was wining every match, of the competition very easily, his swordsmanship was better than the guards following me. I know my guard's swordsmanship because I beats them every day, when training.
Seeing his fluent swordsmanship, I thought, why not try competing with him? and as I expected, we fought for around half an hour and I was even half exhausted. That was my first time getting so exhausted, because due to my high mana purity, even when fighting advanced warriors, I never get exhausted, even in continuous fighting of 4 hours.
When I asked answer for this from my teacher he said: -"Maybe that kid's body strengthening magic was at a higher level, afterall it's difficult to increase that magic, because you have to train continuously day and night to upgrade that magic"
After that day I fought with that guy several times, years passed and it was already a kind of daily routine for me to fight him, it helped me to upgrade my swordsmanship, since that guy's body is so strong and even my sword cannot pierce it, I didn't need to hold back when fighting him.
Every time fighting him, I get exhausted, which normally takes days for me to get exhausted.
As usual I was waiting for him to come today too, I had to try my new sword on him. Yet, even after finals that guy didn't came today. Tsk, I am angry.
"Since he didn't come, I will have to test my new sword on the guard's, after reaching the mansion, inform the guards to come to the training grounds."(Tia)
"Yes Milady"(Ruby)
'looks like several healing mages will be needed today, to cure the injured guards'(Ruby)
Poor guards on the patrol duty of the Duke's mansion, they were oblivious of their doom.
Richter City: -
A certain someone with black hair and golden eyes: -
'hmm...why do I am feeling as if someone's talking bad behind my back, about me?'
Any way I have already prepared for the dungeon, now the only thing that is left is to upgrade some of my stats so that I can have fewer difficulties. But I can't do that in this inn. I should find a place with few people.
After finding for a few hours, Zeo found an abandoned cave in the forest near Richter city. It was a small cave hidden behind a huge tree. Well, all trees in this world are huge. And not to mention the world tree of elves, it's even bigger than 10 km in height. That thing is too big. Anyway, let's just focus on our main work here.
'let's get started now'
'Let's get started'
[Name: Zeo]
[Class: Intermediate Swordsman Lv-6(1300/4000)]
[HP:3000/3000] [MP:1000/1000]
[STR: 300] [SPE: 267] [AGI: 219] [DEF: 286] [INT: 186]
[Mana Purity: Lv-3(0/10,000)]
[Titles: Abandoned, Second, B rank Adventurer, Lunatic]
[Skills: Body strengthening Lv-5, Mana manipulation Lv-2, Dash Lv-4, Persistence Lv-3]
[Resistance: Disease Res. Lv-4, Physical Res. Lv-5, Magic Resistance Lv-4, Poison Res. Lv-2]
[Condition: Good]
[Evaluation: Cause of fear for ordinary people because of your personality]
[Available Exp: 15,000]
Hmm, by killing monsters on the way to the Richter city, I got a good amount of Exp, some of it was acquired when I killed those knights and with adding the exp from mission I have already collected 15,000 exp. First add some in my class.
[Intermediate Swordsman Lv-6 has been upgraded to Advanced Swordsman Lv-7]
A huge amount of knowledge and battle experiences started to pour in Zeo's mind. After about half an hour he finally digested all the information and tried to use the sword. And he discovered all the knowledge he got can be used easily, as if he has been training it for years.
"As expected of the system, the upgrade also helps in getting muscle memory too."
The World of 'Hero's Path' have several classes like swordsman, mage, Knight etc. You can choose any class at the starting of the game.
The realms of every class are divided like this: -
Lv-1 to Lv-3 is Beginner
Lv-4 to Lv-6 is Intermediate
Lv-7 to Lv-9 is Advanced
Lv-10 to Lv-14 is Master
Lv-15 to Lv-20 is Grand Master
After that comes the 'King' realm but it is only mentioned in myths and legends. There is no known person in king realm in this era. There has been Legends of these people from ancient eras. But it has never been confirmed.
Even the present King of Kingdom of Twilight is only at Lv-18 and he is a grand master rank mage. Kingdom of Twilight is the biggest human kingdom in this world. Well, there has been rumors that the Elf king is at Lv-19, but no one knows the truth.
"Well, I have entered the advanced very easily, compared to other people, some people even train their whole life, yet they never get to this realm."
Now for the rest of the Exp points Let's add them in mana purity.
[Mana Purity Lv-3 is upgraded to Lv-4]
[Warning! This will cause extreme pain in the body!]
Suddenly, a huge pain started to rise within his body. As if his body was being cut by countless knifes. Zeo gritted his teeth and endured the pain. After about 5 minutes the pain finally disappeared.
"huff...haa...huff... damn it!"
Panting, Zeo started to regain his breath and then he started to inspect his body
[Due to mana purity being upgraded HP and Mp capacity of the body increased!]
[Body strengthening magic is upgraded to Lv-6]
[Mana manipulation is upgraded to Lv-4]
[Persistence upgraded to Lv-5]
[All resistances have been upgraded by one level!]
[Acquired, Pain Res. Lv-3]
Hmm, increasing mana purity helped me quite a lot, it upgraded several of my skills. Oh, I got a new resistance too, good.
This is the reason why mana purity is important, it helps you in upgrading your skill levels, even if you don't put any exp in your skills.
'wait a minute, what is this pungent smell?'
'hmm, it's coming from me? oh! I am covered in the impurities released by my body!'
'let's take a bath in a river, I can't go back like this.'
After that, Zeo took a bath in the nearby river and changed to another clothes, which he placed in his storage ring as extra clothes.
'it's good that I have extra clothes otherwise, I would have to steal clothes from a farmer'
After upgrading my mana purity, I can feel mana in my surroundings more easily than before. I can even use it more easily than before. If not for the fact, that I do not have more exp, I would have upgraded my mana purity once more, although it would have hurt like hell.
Let's take a look at my status again now: -
[Name: Zeo]
[Class: Advanced Swordsman Lv-7(0/8000)
[HP: 4000/4000] [MP:1500/1500]
[STR: 350] [SPE: 321] [AGI: 289] [DEF: 339] [INT: 256]
[Mana Purity: Lv-4(0/20,000)]
[Titles: Abandoned, Second, B rank Adventurer, Lunatic]
[Skills: Body Strengthening Lv-6, Mana Manipulation Lv-4, Dash Lv-4, Persistence Lv- 5]
[Resistance: Disease Res. Lv-5, Physical Res. Lv-6, Magic Res. Lv-5, Poison Res. Lv-3, Pain Res. Lv-3]
[Condition: Excellent]
[Evaluation: A lunatic with abnormally high body strengthening magic]
[Available Exp: 2300]
Well, you can say that the only talent Zeo have, is that his body strengthening magic is too high. Even advanced rank Martial artists have only Lv-3 or Lv-4 in body strengthening magic, even though most of the time they use their body to endure the attacks.
Atleast, I also have something good. All my stats also increased, that's unexpected. Maybe because of that body cleansing they also increased. It means every time I will increase my mana purity; my stats will also increase.
It's already getting dark let's return to the city first. Tomorrow, is the day to steal the chance of the main protagonist. A creepy smile appeared on his face.
"Heh...I am looking forward to it!"