Luke harbored some concerns about the reception of his job offer among the residents of the slums as based on his experiences on Earth, he knew that not everyone living on the streets was there due to a lack of employment opportunities and that some chose that lifestyle out of an aversion to work.
Despite these apprehensions, he was pleasantly surprised to find that his proposal was met with gracious acceptance by the people he approached who were more than elated to work for a mer-man if it could ensure them being paid a living wage.
In just a matter of hours, Luke successfully recruited over 30 individuals, meeting the target he and Furlo had previously set as he then led the group and navigated them towards Furlo's dungeon, marking the beginning of their new venture.
Some of the slum people that he guided seemed to be extremely moved by his actions and swore to repay his kindness a hundredfold someday, however, Luke did not take their words to heart.
The world was wide and he had already gotten his reward which was why he expected nothing more.
If fate permitted, he would surely meet Furlo and the slum people again, or perhaps this might also be their last meeting ever.
[ Skill Scroll ] ( Epic ) - ?????
[ Player level insufficient to inspect the scroll, do you wish to learn it anyways? ]
[ Yes ]
[ No ]
After completing his obligations, Luke brought the reward of his skill scroll out of his inventory and into his hands as he tried to figure out what exact skill it taught.
Unfortunately, his level was insufficient to inspect the skill scroll which meant that if he wanted to learn it he would have to take a shot in the dark.
Luke had no idea about the tier system of items in Terra Nova Online as he had not officially came across that information yet, however, according to popular gaming logic, since there were ( common ) and ( rare ) grade items, ( epic ) grade had to be somewhere above them both.
In the skill scroll shop that he visited, there was not a single skill that was ( Epic ) grade or above which meant that it had to be fairly rare.
Furlo had advised him to not learn or waste time mastering trash skills, however, since this skill seemed to be rarer than usual and since he had no skills whatsoever at this point, Luke decided to take a gamble and learn this skill anyways.
"Yes"
Luke pressed 'Yes' and immediately a stream of information surged in his mind.
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( Cut-Scene, An unknown battlefield )
On a barren battlefield, amidst the bloody desolation, stood a solitary figure.
All around him, his comrades seemed to have been impaled by a shower of arrows as his own army seemed to be in a disarray with many soldiers breaking rank and retreating at the face of the charging cavalry.
He himself remained motionless, his gaze fixed intently on an approaching army, an embodiment of calm defiance against overwhelming odds as he gripped his sword hard.
Luke, who was translucent and floating in the air as he observed the charging army felt pity for the calm swordsman as he seemed to be destined for a painful death.
"A knight never retreats, because he fights for more than just a cause….. A knight fights for his honor" the man murmured as a golden light enveloped his body and seemed to enhance all his stats.
[ Knight's Honor ]
Luke watched in horror as a charging horseman tried to impale the knight with his long spear, however, despite the speed of the horse, the Knight magically sidestepped the spear thrust at the last second and gripped it's handle to pull the swordsman down from the horse's back.
*Slash*
Contrary to Luke's expectations it was the horseman who lost his life and it was not just him who did as the knight went on a rampage and sliced the feet of the next horse, forcibly bringing it down on its knees and killing the rider.
One after another the knight expertly killed over a dozen enemies as he swam through their ranks like butter and induced the fear of mortality amongst their ranks.
For five full minutes, watching the knight fight was like watching a Spartan battle in the popular Earthen movie '300' as no matter how many opponents came his way, they were all sent to the afterlife.
For these five minutes his strength seemed to be comparable to that of the horse and his speed was arguably even better.
Despite being on foot, he was not at a disadvantage at all and dominated the battlefield alone.
However, once the five minutes were up, his strength faded and his movements became sluggish as it was then that the enemy sliced and diced him up bit by bit until he eventually met his end.
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( End Of Cut Scene, Luke's POV )
[ System Notification - Congratulations Player 'SkyLion' you have learnt the skill ( Knight's Honor ) ]
[ Knight's Honor :- A skill that is restricted to only the warrior and knight class.
When facing a sea of enemies while you are alone, this skill can be activated to improve all stats by 50% for five minutes.
Warning - Once the five minutes are up, you will feel severely fatigued. ]
Information about the skill move 'Knight's Honor' flowed into Luke's brain as he was shown a battle scene to inform him of how the move actually looked.
It was a unique way of teaching a skill and Luke was in awe of the power it brought, however, it wasn't a cool combat skill that he was hoping to gain.
"Oh well…. I guess I'll have to fight monsters without relying on a combat skill, but hey at least I can buy a great weapon with the money I have" Luke thought as he simply shrugged off knight's honor as a basic move, when it was considered THE core move of most knights and warriors across the continent.