As Dylan approached. He heard the conversation between the two of them.
"Orochi is late as always. We still need to find one member for our party."
The blue robe warrior carries an axe with a crimson blunt, fiery orange bug drawing, and a relatively sharp edge. The body of the axe was as dark as an ink yet as majestic as coal. Just by the look of the axe, Dylan had the impression that one needs a lot of strength just to hold it upright.
At a glance, the blue robe and axe on his body were at least bronze-quality equipment. His hands were also equipped with brown leather gloves with falcon drawings.
On his lower body was also a set of bronze-quality equipment. Dylan could only sigh inwardly enviously. This group was ready perfectly! A good party to join.
Opposite the blue robe warrior, a semi-bald guy with a ridiculous X scar on his cheek and a chiseled face similarly equipped with a set of bronze-quality lower and upper body equipment responded: "There is no way. Orochi is the strongest among us. We can only wait patiently. After all, we need someone with his skill and leadership."
"Kenjaku is also late. That bastard is the weakest. What right does he have to be 30 minutes late?"
The blue robe warrior chuckled at the scarred warrior's words. "He may be the weakest but he is our strategist. Only with the coordination of Orochi's strength and leadership and Kenjaku's strategies would we be able to succeed in conquering the dangerous zones."
"Hello..." Dylan interrupted the two. "I know it's not good to listen to other people's conversations. But the two of you aren't exactly talking with a low voice." he smiled. "I heard that you still need one member. Can I join your party?"
The scarred warrior and the blue robe warrior stop speaking and look at Dylan suspiciously up and down.
An ordinary sword, ordinary armor, regular black pants, and bronze-quality boots. Dylan didn't even have a helmet.
"You only have one bronze equipment and you want to join us?" The scarred warrior asked sarcastically.
The blue robe warrior patted the scarred warrior. "Easy easy... There's no need to be rude to the guy here." Then, the blue robe man arrived beside Dylan and measured him with a smile. "You only have one bronze quality equipment. Cloud Magic Boots or something, right?"
Dylan was surprised. He didn't expect the other party to guess the name of his boots. 'Is my boots common or what?'
"Do you want to accept him? Not to be rude... He doesn't look qualified to me." The scarred man crossed his arms overbearingly and looked down at Dylan. It was worth mentioning that the scarred warrior was actually 7 feet tall.
"My body might not be as strong as yours. My mana might not be that much. But I can use two skills that might contribute to your group."
At the mention of skills, the blue robe man and the scarred warrior were visibly startled.
"Real?" The blue robe one asked in doubt. After all, skills are quite rare. Not to mention, Dylan was a poor guy in their eyes. To acquire skills, one needs at least 100 gold coins to buy the cheapest skill stone.
The cheapest skill stone would only give random skills. It's not sure if it would be useful or powerful.
The scarred warrior let out a cold snort. "You can't even buy a decent bronze-quality sword, and you're talking about skills? Not to mention, two of them?" He shook his head. "I hate nonsense the most. Even our leader Orochi, a strong one, has only one skill. But he had hunted for 5 years continuously in the Red Swamp just to purchase one."
"Why would I lie? There's no benefit for me to lie to two strangers like you, right?"
Dylan said helplessly. Suddenly, a burst of steam enveloped Dylan's entire body. The grass on Dylan's feet slowly lost their vitality under the heat.
Fly!
Dylan jumped 3 and a half meters high, something impossible for normal warriors.
The blue robe warrior and scarred warrior almost immediately brandished their weapons guided by their instinct. However, they saw Dylan deactivate his skill. They calmed down, however, their face showed that they were dumbfounded.
"To be able to jump that high. That must be an advanced level skill." The blue robe guy was now completely convinced at Dylan's demonstration. He swallowed his saliva on his dry throat and asked in wonder. "Still, the hot steam of your body was enough to boil a normal person to death. It's definitely not an advanced skill, but also not enough to be considered a super skill. What level of skill was it?"
The scarred warrior, on the other hand, bowed to Dylan. "I apologize for my previous rudeness. You're worthy of my respect." Then he sighed. "One shouldn't really judge by appearance."
Dylan didn't answer the blue robe warrior's question. Why would he tell them information about his skill? Demonstration was enough. He only did it to make them believe that he was qualified to join their party.
As for the scarred warrior's apology, Dylan shrugged in response and said. "No worries. I understand your concern. I would also want a reliable member."
"I'm just curious. You obviously have two good skills. However, your physique is not up to par and you don't look wealthy... Just how?"
The scarred warrior caressed the X scar on his cheek.
The blue robe warrior was also curious. He perked his ears with a focused expression.
Dylan rubbed his nose and became silent for a moment as if deep in thought.
'He's not the type of person to fill silence. He actually takes time to think. It seems he's a wise man. He'll be a good addition to our party.' The blue robe warrior thought seriously.
A minute passed before Dylan finally spoke. At this moment, the blue robe and scarred man were listening intently.
"My physique is weak because I don't work out and I intend to focus my development with speed. Being too bulky is detrimental to agility. As for why I don't have much equipment? Because I'm poor..." Dylan sighed. "The two skills I have are completely there since I was born. You know, they're not acquired."
"So they're not from the skills stone. Then, they are innate skills. That's a rare case. People with innate skills are one in a million."
The blue robe sighed, not envious at all.
The scarred man nodded in agreement.
Innate skills: as a veteran player, Dylan knew it was a perfect excuse with someone poor like him, but he has two skills. Innate skills are skills that one is born with. They are not acquired outside but someone has from the start. It's more like a natural talent or skill that comes from their genes.
Innate skills are a little similar to Esper's abilities.
Espers didn't have their abilities at their birth. But rather after awakening from the Esper Awakening Ceremony Profession Altar.