{Bright}
- A teacher definitely posted this.
- I agree. The quest seems dangerous, therefore it can only be accepted by strong students and that's not all the abnormally high reward. The person knew I was in need of Points. I can't let this stay here.
{Bright}
- You are right. If picked by the wrong person they could die.
- Who cares about that.
{Bright}
- Then why are you taking this quest despite the risk?
- First reason is the Points. A reward of 5000 points will last me for a month. The second reason is to find out who is behind this. That's all.
{Bright}
" I thought maybe, just maybe this time he was doing it for somebody else but as I thought I was wrong... perhaps there is no way to change him.... perhaps I should just accept it."
Noah scans the quest and his watch goes through the verification process.... Accepted is the message that pops up on the watch
- Whoever is behind this. Will have nightmares of me pretty soon. Noah says with a smirk
[Quest]
There have been strange noises in the forest during the night. Please investigate
Reward: 5000 Points
{Bright}
- What are you gonna do now? It says that the noises have only been heard at night.
- For now, I will go buy a weapon at the forgery and I also need to put a rune on my glove.
{Bright}
- And after that, I will show you how to use the glove
- Yeah, that is a good idea.
Noah walks into the shopping area
{Bright}
- There are many people here even though they are supposed to be in class.
{Noah}
" That is because once you become a third year you are not obligated to attend class anymore. You can take quests instead of staying in class; sometimes some students can receive a mission from the principal and others drop out of school to become adventurers."
{Bright}
- I see since the Academy has a Blacksmith, a Tailor, and an Alchemy shop they can gather resources in exchange for points before setting out as an adventurer.
{Noah}
" Exactly, since outside of the Academy you pay with money and since they were kept inside the academy, the only thing they have is Points."
Noah walks into the smithy (It's the blacksmith worship for those that don't know). Plenty of weapons, armor, and items are displayed.
{Noah}
" They are all of good quality... but just like I thought they don't sell them."
- Welcome, young one. What did you come here for? A weapon, an armor, or an item?
{Bright}
- I get that you might need a weapon but you do realize that... you got no points, right?
{Noah}
"I know. I will have to go into the negative for a bit."
- First of all, I don't get any points.
- What?
- I lost all my points as a penalty recently. Noah continues
- Are you the one that attacked the teachers?
- Yeah.
- So you are the one they call Mad Lightning.
- Mad Lightning?
- That's what they call you.
- What? Why?
- Since, you know, you are crazy enough to attack teachers and you use Lightning magic. But to think that Mad Lightning really was eight, I am amazed. My name is Beragios. he adds while extending his hand.
Beragios is a thirty-year-old man bald man with a brown beard. He wears protection glasses on his forehead and doesn't even have a shirt on. All he has on is an apron, pants, and some boots.
- Hey, old man do you sell or make katanas? asks Noah
{Beragios}
" Old man!?"
{Dull}
- hahaha hahaha. I guess you don't really like your new nickname. says Dull
{Noah}
" Will you, shut up?"
Beragios starts thinking
- Katanas... They are the weapon that Ryoma's blacksmiths produce... Sorry, I can't make them, kid nor do I have any.
{Noah}
" That's expected. I will have to use another weapon then."
{Bright}
- Are you sure? All of your past life you mainly used a katana.
{Noah}
" Right. Because of that guy from the squad with the Ice constitution. I learned how to use a katana from him to pass the time and the more I learned the more I used the katana until I ended up only using a katana. But it's ok. For now, I can just use a sword."
- Then, I will take a look at the weapons. says Noah
- Go ahead. Beragios answers
Noah starts looking around the shop
{Noah}
" They are all of good quality but there is nothing special... I guess hoping to find the sword of the Alpha set was being too optimis-"
While approaching a barrel of swords Noah's glove and his shackles start resonating.
{Bright}
- No way! Already!?
Noah approaches the barrel of swords he takes out a one-handed black sword with a purple line in the middle
- To think that two of the items of the Alpha set would be in the academy... Is all the luck I didn't have in my past life starting to sink into this one? says Noah while smiling
- Did you find something that caught your eye? asks Beragios
- Yes! It's this sword! answers Noah
- Huuuh. I don't... recommend using this sword.
- Why?
- The blade is dull and no matter how much time I try to sharpen it, it doesn't work
- You are telling me that this is a sword that cannot cut?
- Yeah, basically.
{Noah}
" Bright... Dull... What is the meaning of this?"
{Bright}
- Noah... I think you might be right.
{Noah}
" What?"
{Bright}
- All the luck you didn't have in your past life might have been because it was sent to this one. The sword is only dull because it needs a glove to gain it's sharpness. Buy the sword and go to the forest. It's time you learn how to use the glove and the sword
{Noah}
" Ok"
- Yeah I will still take it.
- Ok. That will be 300 points
- What!? But it's not even sharp.
- Do you take me for an idiot?
- What are you talking about? I don't remember insulting you.
- You took the sword despite it being dull and cannot be sharpened. Obviously, it's a special sword, and you know how to use that special sword. 500 points take it or leave it, kid.
- Why did the price just jump?
- 600 Points.
- 500 Points.
- 550 Points.
- 500 Points.
- Fine. 500 Points
Noah pays for the sword and when he looks at his balance on his watch he sees -500
{Noah}
" I will get 4000 Points from the quest since you need to pay double the amount of negative points you have."
{Bright}
- They are trying to teach students the lesson of never having debt.
{Noah}
"That's not of their business."
Noah leaves and heads to the forest. He arrives there and looks around for any clues that might explain the strange noises but he doesn't find anything.
- Well, I guess that means I have no other choice but to wait for the night to come.
{Bright}
- Alright! While we wait let's start training to use the gloves and the sword.
- Wait. I need to first put the ruin on the glove
Noah channels his Aura toward his finger
Runes are simple to use. To draw a Rune you need to channel Rehter or Aura toward a finger or multiple fingers and after that, you need to draw the rune. The higher level of the Rune the more Rether or Aura you need because the Rune becomes more complex therefore you need enough energy to complete the Rune. If the Rune is incomplete or is wrongly drawn then it will not have any ability and it will disappear. But there is another way to complete a Rune and it is by writing. Because Noah was only able to create one Rehter circle instead of drawing his Runes he wrote them and each word completed a part of the Rune. It takes more time to complete the Rune but it is much simpler than drawing.
Noah writes the word "Seal" and the word " Energy" on the glove. The words combine and create the Sealing Rune on the glove.
{Bright}
" It's well done. The Rune didn't affect the ability of the glove."
- So, how do I use these? asks Noah
{Bright}
- The glove that you are wearing has the ability to decrease the weight of things it touches.
- How does that make me lucky to have it. It doesn't help with the problem which is the sharpness of the blade.
{Bright}
- Yes it does. I remembered something about Cain when Beragios said that the blade was dull.
- Which is?
{Bright}
- Cain was lazy but smart, incredibly smart.
- Ok. How does that help
{Bright}
- Pour some Aura into the glove and after that touch the sword.
- What? Why?
{Bright}
- Just do it!
Noah starts pouring out his Aura carefully toward his hand. Slowly and carefully because if he rushed it the Aura would have been absorbed by the shackle on his wrist. After the glove absorbed all of the Aura Noah poured towards it, Noah touches the sword, and when he does something falls creating a loud noise and lifting a large amount of dust.
- *coughs* * coughs* What the hell is going on? asks Noah
{Bright}
- Just like I thought. Why does this idiot do things like this?
After the dust clears up, Noah looks at what fell to the ground and sees the blade of the sword he lets go of the handle and approaches the blade
-It's... broken
{Bright}
- Look carefully at what fell. It doesn't have a handle
Noah looks at the "blade" that fell to the ground and he notices that not only it doesn't have a handle but the blade is also open on the top. Noah looks behind him where he let go of the handle of the sword and he sees the blade stuck into the ground.
- What the hell? he looks at the "blade". That means that this is the-
{Bright}
- The sheath of the sword. That's why the blacksmith thought the blade was dull. It was because the actual blade was still in the sheath. The sheath was glued to the blade because of Cain's gravity magic and since he made the sheath looks exactly the same as the blade no one would have known that there was a sheath.
- No but seriously what is wrong with that guy. says Noah with an exasperated facial expression. Now, what about the sword?
{Bright}
- The sword has the same ability that the shackles have. It can control its own weight.
- Is that so? says Noah while swinging his sword
Noah swings his sword and chains it with more swings and before he executes his last swing, he purs Aura into the sword but because of the weight of the sword even though he doesn't swing hard due to the weight of the sword, he swings down, falls from his hand.
*POOFFF*
{Bright}
- All you have to do is concentrate and redirect the Aura you sent in outside the blade to decrease the weight of the sword.
He grabs the sword and focuses. He feels the Aura that is inside the sword so he redirects it outside the sword which decreases the weight of the sword
- This will take some training to get used to. says Noah with a smile