Half a day before the end of the first phase of the tutorial Oliver got out of his trans and started to freshen up.
There was still a way to wash yourself in the second phase but that consisted of medieval style washing, so he decided that it was a good idea to make use of this privilege while he still had it.
While he was preparing himself, he also decided to look at how much mana he had gained over the past 2 weeks.
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[Oliver Smith]
Age: 17
Rase: [ancient human (S-grade)]
Class: [archmage (S-grade)]
Titles: [victor of the obelisk (A-grade)]
LVL: [13]
EXP: [32.554.905/62,5 billion] (exp needed per level up goes up by 5X)
Health [3.160/3.160]
Mana [40.071/40.071]
Strength: 216 (growth:12)
Agility: 309 (growth:17)
Intelligence: 1539 (growth:37)
Dexterity: 316 (growth:12)
Stamina: 216 (growth:12)
Defense: 135
Luck: 10
free attribute points: 0 (growth:10)
Magic affinity: 322
Elemental affinity: [Lightning- 97%] [Space- 93%] [Fire- 53%]
Talent: [genius of magic (DIVINE-grade)] [fire immunity (SS-grade)]
SKILLS:
-Passive: [silent cast (S-grade)] [multicast (SSS-grade)] [meditate (SSS-grade)] [eyes of truth (S-grade)] [strength enhancement (A-grade)] [intelligence enhancement (A-grade)] [dexterity enhancement (A-grade)] [agility enhancement (A-grade)] [stamina enhancement (A-grade)]
-Active: [magic missile (F-grade) (10)] [lightning bolt (D-grade) (15)] [blink (B-grade) (10)] [lighting field (B-grade) (25)] [mana domain (S-grade) (7)] [fly (S-grade)]
Equipment: [Ring of storage (A-grade)] [sapphire wand (A-grade)] [speedster boots (B-grade)] [elemental robes (B-grade)] [neckless of protection (S-grade)] [pendant of luck (S-grade)]
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When looking at his mana Oliver felt satisfied, 40.000 should me more than enough to decimate the enemy in the first round of the second phase.
While Oliver was looking at his status and cleaning himself of, the rest of the world was in chaos, how could they not be, 12 hours ago they got a message that the first phase of the tutorial will come to an end in 24 hours.
The start of the first phase brought so many changes, how could everyone not be scared and running around like headless chickens to prepare for anything.
When he was done with cleaning himself Oliver sat down to watch some tv and relax with the time he had left on earth, sadly all the channels were occupied with the second phase, so he promptly turned the tv back off and started to watch some videos on his phone.
After another 12 hours of doing nothing, a notification could be heard all over earth.
[the second phase of the tutorial is about to begin.]
[you will be teleported to a space where you will get your rewards for the completion of the first phase, according to your accomplishments.]
After hearing this message Oliver got teleported to an empty space, there was nothing, Oliver waited patiently for the reward list to appear so he could choose one and get out of here.
To Oliver's surprise no list appeared, but a young man seeming to be 18 years old, sitting on a wooden chair in the complete nothingness.
Before Oliver could say something, the young man began to talk.
"Hm, I guess you're confused, I'll explain a little. I am the head administrator of the first phase, and I am here to bestow you your reward, I mean your accomplishments in the first phase are so astounding I don't know what to give you. That is why I'm having this little chat with you now. So, what do you want?"
Oliver, now kind of understanding what was going on thought that it would be better to reach for the stars in a situation like this, so he asked for the best thing he could think of.
"How many [upgrade stone] can I get?"
"Hahaha, I know what you are thinking kid, but those things are in theory priceless. They can upgrade anything, so it doesn't matter if you upgrade your [DIVINE- grade] talent, the value is going to lie way above that. So, what else do you want?"
After being a little disappointed, Oliver thought of something else he really wanted, a high-grade guard, a paladin specifically, it made up for his lack of healing and defense.
"What grade guard can you give me?"
"Well, normally I am only allowed to give out [SSS-grade] things, but for such an outstanding performance I can give you an [EX-grade] guard."
Oliver was surprised that his reward was this big, 1 [EX-grade] thing might not seem like much for everything Oliver did, but this was a guard, a worker that was loyal to you, even the [C-grade] guards that went up for auction in the past sold for around 100.000.000, and that is a big 'if' guards were almost never sold, you would be lucky to get a [F-grade] guard summon scroll while exploring, not to mention those of higher ranks.
"I would like that, the type of guard that I prefer is someone who is proficient in both healing and defends."
"Okay, let me have a look at what we have. Damn, you're in luck today boy, I actually have one with those specific traits, take a look."
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[Anna child of light (EX-grade)]
Class: [paladin]
Race: [human]
LVL: [1]
EXP: [0/250]
Health [250/250]
Mana [300/300]
Strength: 10 (growth:60)
Agility: 10 (growth:60)
Intelligence: 30 (growth:80)
Dexterity: 25 (growth:80)
Stamina: 10 (growth:60)
Defense: 0
Luck: 25
Magic affinity: 83
Elemental affinity: [Light- 99%]
Talent: [one with the light (EX-grade)]
SKILLS:
-Passive: [shield of light (S-grade)]
-Active: [light heal (A-grade)] [provoke (A-grade)]
Equipment: /
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"If you want, I can explain a little of how guards work."
"That would be nice, thanks."
Oliver didn't hesitate to ask for the young man's explanation, sure he knew the basics of guards, but he was never rich enough to own one, so he was mostly in the dark.
"Okay, the first thing you need to know is what guards are, as you would have already guessed, they are your servants who are totally loyal to you, but they still have free will, they feel joy, sorrow, happiness, and pain like everyone else. The second thing you need to know is how they become stronger, for the most part they are the same as everyone else, except for the growth stat, for them it doesn't rely on their class or other things, it purely depends on their own rank, their skills also work different, they get them naturally when leveling up, so they can't use skill books. The skills they get while leveling up also depend on their grade."
After the mysterious youth said all of that a screen appeared in front of Oliver.
[EX-grade] all stats growth + 60
Class specific stats growth + 80
[SSS-grade] all stats growth + 50
Class specific stats growth + 60
[SS-grade] all stats growth + 45
Class specific stats growth + 50
[S-grade] all stats growth + 30
Class specific stats growth + 40
[A-grade] all stats growth + 25
Class specific stats growth + 35
[B-grade] all stats growth + 20
Class specific stats growth + 30
[C-grade] all stats growth + 15
Class specific stats growth + 25
[D-grade] all stats growth + 10
Class specific stats growth + 20
[E-grade] all stats growth + 7
Class specific stats growth + 15
[F-grade] all stats growth + 5
Class specific stats growth + 10
"These are the growth rates per rank, at least the ones I can show you. You have probably already noticed that these are extremely high for their rank, that's because unlike you guys who only have a class at the EX rank for example, their whole being is [EX-grade] and it is also to compensate for the fact that they don't have free attribute point nor can they learn a lot of skills like you guys, players can also get attribute points through achievements and so forth which the guards cannot, so I think it all balances out in the end. So, do you want her as your guard?"
After looking through all the info, Oliver couldn't be happier with her as his guard.
"Yes, I would like her as a guard."
"Okay, here's her scroll, do note that you only have 1 guard slot."
[you have gained [Anna child of light contract scroll (EX-grade)]]
"I will keep that in mind thank you."
"No problem, I will be going now, take your time and just tell the system when you want to go to the second phase."
"Okay, take care."
"See you."
After saying his goodbyes with the head administrator, he tore up the scroll he had in his hand.
[Are you sure you want to add [Anna child of light (EX-grade)] to your guard list?]
"Yes!"
[confirmed, [Anna child of light (EX-grade)] has been added as your guard, you can now summon her at any time.]
Oliver's plan was to summon Anna here to get to know her better before entering the second phase, this is at least a better place than the busy earth base camp.
"I Oliver Smith summon Anna the child of light."
After he said that a gained golden beam of holy light reaching to the sky appeared a few meters in front of Oliver.
After the holy light diminished there stood a young woman around 20 years of age in its place.
Her hair was pure blond and long, her face looked gentle and her skin extremely beautiful, her clothing looked fierce, she wore a dark red fabric with golden colored metallic defensive accents.
On top of her forehead shown a little symbol glowing with holy light.
On top of all of that her body was even more amazing than her face.
Oliver wasn't one to get seduced but after looking at her he fell in a light trans.
He snaped out of it just as quickly though and the next second Anna, who was still kneeling down before him said something.
"It's an honor to meet you, my lord."
"It's verry nice to meet you too Anna, but you can cut the lord stuff, just call me Oliver."
After Oliver said that Anna stood up looking up at Oliver staid in his eyes, she looked to be around 10 cm smaller than Oliver.
"Understood, I look forward to serving you … Oliver"
Oliver could tell that calling him that was weird for Anna but just had to get used to it, they were going to spend a lot of time together and he didn't want to feel like some snob all the time.
"We are going to spend a lot of time together from now on, so try to speak a little more formally to me the next time, okay?"
"Okay, Oliver."
"Now that that is done you can go, I'll keep you summoned longer when we are in the second phase"
"I understand"
Now that that was settled Oliver made his way to the second phase.