Once Sam had returned to the dragon temple he handed over the hallow draconian cores and the draconian blood jars to Jim and said as Jim was busy getting out of the ground from when Sam tossed him
"Give them their cores and show them around then go to the healing pools"
Jim bowed and started handing each of the sisters a hallow core while Sam sat on the steps to the dragon temple and said
"In a moment you all will gain a Draconic Element and after your core stabilizes you will absorb it and I want you all to picture it in your chest as did the others"
The sisters looked at each other as Jim started pouring the jars of blood on everyone's cores and Sam felt the ground start to shake violently as Ellen's orb started glowing a bright white light as it there was a shooting star in her core before the light faded and Sam walked up and stared at her core and found a new element symbol he hadn't seen before in the shape of a winged maiden holding a star in her hands
Sam then saw a notification pop up because of this new draconian Element
[Your Follower Ellen Rose has awakened the new Holy Draconian Element and has gained the skill
[A new Draconian Element has been created]
[In the future new followers can awaken the Holy Draconian Element]
Sam smiled a little before he patted Ellen's head and said as he left to go to his private quarters
"Congratulations on awakening a New Element Ellen. Jim here will be your tour guide and lead you to the healing pools after you have been shown around the temple"
Ellen blushed a little before she and the others began to absorb their cores after following Jim's instructions before they started the tour while Sam entered his room and emptied the sack given by Ares onto his table to find a set of pale blue daggers, a Pendant and a ring and what intrigued him was that they were a set item and that they were all made from a single faction
[MoonStone Dagger]
[Attack power: 800~925]
[Durability: 1,000/1,000]
[Requirements]
[Strength: 1,000]
[Intelligence: 800]
[Agility: 920]
[Skill(s)]
(+5% Strength and Agility under Moonlight)
(Flash step under the Moonlight while being undetected by most creatures)
(Stamina cost: 870 per step)
[Item description]
(A dagger forged from Moon stone by a master craftsman with the symbol of the Hephaestus Faction)
[MoonStone Ring]
[Defence: 67~85]
[Durability: 400/400]
[Requirements]
[Intelligence: 1,000]
[Dexterity: 600]
[Skill(s)]
(+5% Strength and Agility under Moonlight)
(Cast a shield of wind to block Non-Physical attacks)
(Stamina Cost: 1,000 per second)
[Item Description]
(A ring made from MoonStone by a Master Jewel smith with the symbol of the Hephaestus Faction)
[Moons Tear]
[Durability: 200/200]
[Requirements]
[Intelligence: 600]
[Skill(s)]
(+5% Strength and Agility under Moonlight)
(Staying under the Night sky will hide your physical presence from the normal eye until you are detected)
Sam was impressed by the gift that Ares had given him but was also disappointed as he looked at his stats and saw he could only equip the the pendent
[Sam Stone]
[Level 41]
[Stats]
[Health:14,843/14,843]
[Stamina:20,121/20,121
[Strength:1,195]
[Agility:630]
[Intellect:915]
[Dexterity:1,485]
If Sam had focused on hunting then he might have gained the stats necessary to use the daggers and the ring but Sam had to prepare Cindy's new teammates for their upcoming test while also preparing the competition he had been preparing in secret
Just then a knock was heard on Sam's door and Sam opened it to find Mary standing in the middle of the hall with both of her hands behind her back before Sam asked Mary
"What is it?"
Mary then pulled out a small wrapped box and said as she handled it to Sam before she left to go train in one of the dojos
"This is a gift for letting me join the clan"
Once Mary had left Sam opened the gift to find a small bead and picked it up and found a strange yet very nice smell to it before he got a system message
[You have collected a
Sam was shocked as he had read about monster cores as they were said to grant levels or even skills to whoever consumed them and smiled before he put the items on his desk and the core in his inventory before he saw everyone was gathered in a single dojo sparring before he clapped his hands twice and said as everyone lined up
"I would like to announce that we will be having a combatant competition in three weeks"
The newer people who have only been here for less then a week or so were frightened while the others who have been in the clan since day one were calm as they waited for Sam to say as he pulled out the dragon index and activated a hologram of the Earth Titan for everyone to see
"The top three winners will win Pet eggs for the Earth titan beast that you see before you"
Harry and phill immediately were in awe when they saw the hologram of the earth titan and asked Sam in unison
"What can we do to win!"
"What can we do to win!"
Sam chuckled a little and said as he cracked his neck
"You have to fight me in combat of course"
Harry, Phil and the others were in despair while the newer ones were confused as they saw this as an opportunity to get a summon creature under their control as most hunters wouldn't even get a chance but this was until they heard Sam say as he transformed into his Drake form
"Take a lesson from your seniors as this competition will be anything but easy for you"
One of the quintuplets named tabatha looked at Sam in shock and said
"Master stone were you that Drake that closed up the portal outbreaks last week or so?"
Sam was a little confused by this question but nodded before he saw all five of the quintuplets run up and hug Sam's arm while he was in his Drake form before he heard one of the sisters named Katy say as she and her sisters were crying profusely
"You were the one who saved us when you guided us to one of the portals and dealt with that Orc Necromancer! We owe you our lives!"
Sam then remembered the small group of hunters and civilians that he escorted to safety and lightly shook them off of his hand and said as he changed back to his usual form
"Just don't betray my trust but first both teams will train in separate dojos for their training while I have other matters to attend to"
Everyone looked curious before Sam said as he put Sato on his shoulder and opened up a gate to the Ash forest just outside of the earth worm pit
"Myself and Sato have a dungeon to clear again"
But just as Sam was about to enter the gate he realized that Harry and phill could use the experience before he closed the gate and said to Harry and phill
"Harry and phill, you both will join me so collect what you need"
Harry and phill looked at each other for a moment before they grinned and ran to their dorms to collect their things while Samantha ran out of the dojo saying
"I'll pack some provisions for the trip! It won't take long!"
Sato immediately jumped off of Sam and followed Samantha along with Kinna and Dina following behind
Sam chuckled a little before he turned to everyone and said before he left the dojo
"We'll be back before nightfall so train and study hard for the tests and the competition"
Everyone bowed before Jim's team went to the empty dojo next door while Sam put on his armour and grabbed his sword and saw Samantha waiting in the great hall with a large duffel bag in front of her
Once Sam was in the great hall he heard Samantha say as she opened the duffel bag to reveal some of the necessary items for the journey
"Master I packed some provisions for the journey"
Sam patted her head and saw Sato next to the duffel bag drooling before Samantha hit sato with a ladle and said
"Bad sato! You just ate and These aren't for you"
Sam laughed a little and calmed sato down before he saw Harry and Phil coming out of their dorm fully suited in some heavy looking armour while they both carried a hammer with a 8ft handle called the
Once they entered the great hall they got on one knee in unison and said in unison while they gave a small smile
"We are ready master"
Sam picked up the duffel bag and placed it in his inventory before he opened a gate to the earth worm site and said as he was about to step through with sato behind him
"Let's go then"
Both of the brothers got up and said goodbye to Samantha before they join Sam and immediately saw Sam hiding behind a tree looking at the pit before Sam whispered to them saying
"Seems we have another party looking at the dungeon"
Harry and Phill got behind either a boulder or a tree and looked at the pit where they saw 3 Earth worms circling around the pit before Sam said as he sat down on the ground holding Sato's tail to keep him in place
"Well you guys can handle them"
Harry and phill looked at Sam and then back to the three Earth worms before phill asked Sam
"Are you sure that we can handle them?"
Sam looked back at their levels and saw that they were all level one and that they were still infants and said
"Well if you both can't beat these little worms then I'll just send you back to the temple"
Harry looked at phill and said as he held his fist up to his brother
"Brother you forget that these is what we have been training for"
Phill smiled and fist bumped his brother and nodded before he jumped off of the rock and used
Sam was happy that they already had a great sense of teamwork but that was to be expected from brothers who did everything together and who kept no secrets from each other
Sam let go of sato and made it down to the edge of the pit and could hear the spiders making some insect noises before he looked at Harry and Phil who where waiting for Sam before he said as he dropped into the pit with Sato jumping in behind him
"Let's go and have some fun"
The two brothers took a deep breath and jumped in the pit together where they were all immediately surrounded by spiders and while Sam wanted to use his dragons breath he also wanted phill and Harry to gain some EXP so Sam gained some distance from them and yelled as he watched over Sato who was killing the spiders left and right with a single slash of its claws
"I'll leave those to you both while I watch Sato but I'll make sure to keep my eye on you"
Harry and phill were back to back while being surrounded by the spiders before Harry said jokingly
"You know brother this reminds me of that bar fight we were in all those years ago"
Phill smiled and said as he killed a spider who jumped at him
"Less talking and more fighting! Let's show the master what we can do when we're together!"
Sam then monitored Harry, Phil and Sato and saw sato was growing bigger and bigger with every level he gained as well as Harry and Phil's fighting style together showing no flaws with no openings nor a second that they stood still for a second and by the end of the fight Harry and Phil were breathing heavily while they both had reached level 8 which my not seem like much in Sam's eyes but he was impressed nonetheless as there were a few hundred spider corpses surrounding them
Sam then looked at sato and saw he was the size of an RV before he checked Sato's status
[Sato](Hell Fire Wyvern)
[Level: 12]
[Health: 4,560/4,560]
[Stamina: 2,245/2,340]
[Stats]
[Strength: 825]
[Agility: 240]
[Intelligence: 400]
[Dexterity: 600]
[Skills]
(Fire hell flames that has a 100% chance to inflict burns on the target for 3 minutes)
(Cooldown: 30 minutes)
[Must be fully grown to ride]
Sam thought about giving sato the monster core Mary had given him to sato in hopes it would speed up his growth but was scared of the side effects that could happen
Sam's train of thought was broken all of a sudden by Harry and phill who asked Sam as they were resting on the floor of the dungeon
"When will the dungeon be finished?"
Sam pulled out his sword and said as he walked down the tunnel to the boss room
"This way now remember your training"
They all followed Sam to the final room where he found a manticore yet the one in front of him was much smaller and less intimidating then the one Sam had killed but Sam eased up when he saw it was an infant at level 18 and said as he stood to the side
"Go and kill the manticore with sato"
Harry and phill were only level 8 while sato was at level 12 so the odds in Sam's eyes seemed fair but just as Phil was about to protest against this sato jumped over them and bit into the manticores neck while he used his claws to slash at the rest of its body while the manticore roared in pain
Sam felt his heart beat quicken as he watched sato savagely attack the infant manticore but while Sato attacked the manticore Phil and Harry were stood still before Sam grabbed them both and yelled as he threw them at the manticore
"Don't just stand there! Attack it!"
Minutes later into the fight sato spewed a black and white fireball at the manticore and burned it to ash before he let out a roar as if he was celebrating his victory while sato gained another 7 levels and Harry and phill gaining 5 levels each
Sam smiled as he saw Harry and phill laughing and smiling at their success in the dungeon till he said as he opened a gate
"Well done all of you but let's go home since we're done here"
Once everyone but Sam went through the portal he felt something behind one of the pillars and closed the gate as he drew his sword and yelled
"Who's there! Show yourself!"
Sam then saw Ellen come out from behind the pillar and said as he put his sword away
"You should not be here! It is dangerous!"
However sam noticed something was wrong as Ellen's eyes were like metal before Ellen turned into a puddle of liquid that looked like mercury before Sam saw it was called a Mimic and just as Sam was about to fire a dragon's breath at the mimic a message appeared
[Would you like to tame the
Sam smiled as he thought of a fantastic idea as he opened a gate and let the mimic follow him through where Sam saw Samantha playing with sato in the great hall before she noticed Sam and asked as she sat on satos head
"Master! Look at how big sato got! He's huge!"
Sam chuckled and waved for sato to drop Samantha and said once Samantha was on the ground
"Yes he got pretty big but I have a surprise for you"
Samantha notice the small puddle following Sam and asked as she poked it with a wooden spoon
"Master is this puddle following you?"
Just then the mimic transformed into Samantha as Sam said
"Say hi to your new friend. Go on and given him a name"
Samantha looked at the mimic who looked exactly like her and held her hand out before the mimic followed her actions and once Samantha and the mimic touched hands a feint golden light glowed off of them to symbolize the connection between a pet at its master
Samantha hugged the mimic and said happily
"I'll name you Mindy"
The mimic opened its mouth and surprised Sam and Samantha by saying while it's voice was a little distorted
""M…ind..y""
Samantha immediately dragged mindy off to show her sister while Sam felt a little hungry and went off to the cafeteria for a snack where he saw three of the quintuple sisters studying on one of the benches before they all got up and bowed to Sam before he said
"You guys don't have to bow every time you see me"
Katy, one of the sisters said as she kept bowing to Sam along side her sisters
"Your our savour so we feel comfortable with it"
Sam sighed and said as he waved them off
"Just dont over do it cause I'm not the type to be wanting to be worship"
Katy and the others resumed their studies while Sam grabbed one of his pre-made Smoothies in the walk-in fridge before he sat at the bench and. Asked one of the sisters
"What do you know about mimic creatures?"
Katy and the others thought for a moment before Tabatha said with pride
"A mimic can copy the appearance of an individual or an object with a single glance"
Sam smiled and asked coldly as he stabbed one of the books with a knife
"Then where is your sister Ellen? And how did I see a mimic take the form of Ellen?"
The three sisters froze before Sam changed his eyes and spoke again but with a dark and bitter tone
"I will not ask again"
Katy and the others felt like one wrong word would send them to the afterlife but the first to speak was Katy as she said while avoiding eye contact with Sam
"W-We C-Can't say"
Sam got up and grabbed Katy's hair and whispered in her ear
"Either you tell me or I'll kill your sisters in front of your eyes"
Tabatha rolled up her sleeve to reveal a marker and said
"Master please stop! We can't tell you because we are marked with a Seal"
Sam saw the marker and said as he let go of Katy
"Who do you answer to? And where are your sisters"
Just then Ellen and the last sister entered the cafeteria and saw Sam before they tried to run away but were blocked by a rock wall because of Sam's
"Take a seat"
Once all of the sisters were seated Sam placed his hand on Ellen's shoulder and said
"Who do you work for? What do they want?"
Ellen tried to speak up until the marker on her neck glowed red and prevented her from speaking
Sam sighed and said as he grabbed the knife that was lodged into the table
"I do hate when I have to use violence to get my answer but as far as I can tell you all have become a threat to my home and to my students so I'll make it simple. You either speak or you won't be able to ever again"
All of the sisters tried to speak but once again the markers prevented them from doing so before Sam asked as he had a theory
"Nod yes or no, did someone put you up to this?"
The sisters nodded yes immediately before Sam continued on with his questions
About an hour later Sam heard some pounding on the earth wall and made it disappear before he saw everyone on the other side before Sam got up and grabbed Ellen and said as he walked towards them
"Cindy! Watch them and if they so much as move from that table, kill them"
Everyone was stunned and confused by this order given by Sam before Sam revealed Ellen's marker on her neck and said
"These sisters were sent to spy on the clan and I intend to fix that"
Jim then want over and looked at the marker and said
"Wait a minute… that's an obedience Marker! Those come from the Hunter Headquarters if they employ a criminal to do their dirty work! All of them have one?!"
Sam opened a gate to the tower and said as he looked at Harry and phill
"If they try anything or attempt to leave then I want their heads on a pike"
Harry and phill were reluctant to kill another human but knew better then to disobey Sam's orders so they stood on opposite ends of the table before they all saw Sam begin his hunt for the mastermind