Heracles thought to himself as he reads the book given to him, 'Dark Purple Stellar ore can only be found in meteorites that fell from the boundless sky! Its origin cannot be traced back, so it is only considered as the blessings from the gods above!'
Before he could turn the next page, Lara immediately called him out, saying, "Son, it's already late! You can read the rest of the books tomorrow, okay?" "Okay, I will continue reading, then, tomorrow! Good night, mom!" said Heracles as he closed his book,
"Okay, good night, son," said Princess Lara before leaving. After he closed his eyes, his consciousness began to fade until he was able to fall asleep.
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A week later, Prince Heracles was looking toward the window in his room. He was lost in his thoughts. 'It's been a week ever since master and Shirley came! I wonder what they are doing. Is my master still searching for some ores for me to use?' he could only wonder to himself.
He suddenly snapped out of it when his father knocked on his door. "Come in!" he shouted to let his father in. With a grim expression, Prince Lucas entered his son's room.
"Why do you look like that, Dad? Is there something that happened?" he asked with a worried expression. "Your master... He got attacked! He said to relay to you that your lesson will be delayed for a week. For now, he said to ready all your books," Prince Lucas said in response.
"What do you mean by attacked, Dad!? Is my master okay? Is Shirley hurt as well?" he could only ask. Prince Lucas said in response, "The most important thing for you to know is that they are alive. You don't need to know the rest because you are too young for this. Just do what your master wants you to do while you wait for him!"
"Okay," said Heracles with a downed expression. Prince Lucas decided to leave urgently when he finished talking with his son about this matter. He was eager to find the attackers who attacked one of his closest friends.
To Heracles' surprise, a notification from his system suddenly appeared out of nowhere.
[Heiden, your master, just got attacked by unknown attackers!
As his disciple, you have to protect your master's honor!
If you accept this quest, you will receive a new skill from the system!
Do you want to avenge your master?]
Upon seeing the notification from his system, Heracles became confused as to what he was going to do. He thought to himself, 'Do I ask for some advice from dad? I don't know he will accept it, though! Based on his behavior, he will immediately ask me to decline this mission to protect me!'
After some thinking, Heracles concluded the steps he was going to take. He said in a low voice, "System, I want to avenge my master! I accept this quest to do something for my master!"
[You have decided to avenge your master!
To finish this quest, the system decided to give you a little gift to finish this quest smoothly!
~ You have received a Legendary-tier skill!
~ You need to find the ones that attacked your master!
~ Interrogate all of them!
~ Kill them after you got the information you need about the mastermind!
~ If you finish this quest, you will be able to keep the legendary-tier skill!
~ You will also receive a thousand experience points!
~ If you fail this mission, the Legendary-tier skill that you received will be taken back by the system! You will also be stripped by your system and all your stats!
~ You have a week to do everything on the list!]
Heracles's knees suddenly gave out upon seeing his new special quest from the system. 'I-I h-have to k-ki-kill people!?' he could only think to himself. While he was trembling in fear, Lara knocked on his door. She said, "Heracles, can I come in?"
"O-okay, mom!" Heracles said as he forced himself to calm down. "Why do you look like that, son?" asked Lara upon seeing Heracles's expression. "N-no. I am just fine, mom!" he said as he forced himself to smile.
"You don't have to hide from this mother of yours. I know you are worried about your master! Your father is already investigating the whole thing! You don't have to worry!" said Lara as she hugged her son.
When he calmed down, Heracles said to his mother, "Thank you for comforting me, Mom! I will forge a sword now to lessen my worries! I want to create a sword. So that I can show all the things that I have learned to my master!"
"Is that so? Well, just tell me if you need anything. I will be there for you right away," said Princess Lara before leaving his once and for all.
'After some thinking, I want to avenge my master! As one of the princes of the Domain, I have the duty to protect my people! Even if I have to kill people, I will not back down from this path!' Heracles thought to himself as he walked with a serious expression.
Midway through his walk, Heracles suddenly realized something. He said at the next moment, "System, increase my strength stat for 40 free skill points! Add 30 to my dexterity stats and 15 free skill points each to my Intelligence and Mana stats!"
[Name: Heracles von Alcatraz
Class: Prince
Sub-class: Sword Vulcan
Title: Prince Of Alcatraz Domain
Level: 3
Experience: 700/800
Health: 160
Mana: 20
Strength: 78
Dexterity: 44
Intelligence: 22
Wisdom: 5
Charisma: 4
Free Stat: 0
Luck: {Reach LVL 50 to unlock}
Skills: Fiery Flame, Inferno Blaze, Heaven's Smash, Blacksmith's Instinct, Heavenly Fire, Alexander's Swordsmanship]
Upon seeing the new skills that he got, Heracles thought to himself, 'Alexander's swordsmanship? Isn't he the first king and emperor of the domain? What exactly is his swordsmanship? Well, I will find out about it later on, so there's no need to think about this! I have to create my sword before I depart from the palace discreetly!'