"That was intense." I said while pouring the healing potion on the wound I got in the thigh.
We just fought a nest of water turtles which had great defence. There were 10 turtles which would have been an easy battle if not for their strong shells.
The turtles were slow, but they did put up a fight before getting killed. Dawn came close to me with a concerned look on her face. She is worried for some reason.
She slouched next to me and looked at my injured thigh and said "Sorry Alex, I should have been more careful. Thanks for saving me."
I didn't get this wound while fighting the water turtles, but when I saw one turtles flanking her and tried to bite her from behind. I just jumped in the middle of them and took the bite with pure instinct.
"No worries Dawn. Isn't this why we were partnered. To watch each other's backs?" I said waving my hand in dismissal.
She came close to me and rested her head on my shoulder mumbling "I'm sorry." I tried to console her, but every time I tried, she cried even more.
I just patted her shoulders not knowing what to say as she is feeling guilty because I took a hit for her. I could see her brother Max, sitting next to Reya who is also injured.
Myself and Dawn decided to leave since we have killed and collected the 13 monsters we came here to collect. For entire trip back to the Hunter's Guild, Dawn didn't speak a word.
Uncle Jon was surprised to see us early. It was just 12:20 pm when we entered his office to submit the crystals we have collected from the monsters we killed.
We already took the crystals before storing them in our hunter watch, so we can get back home soon. He was also worried seeing his daughter's face full of worries.
She didn't say anything except that it was nothing before confirming the completion of the mission. I immediately got 50000 credits transferred to my account.
With that I now have 70000 credits in my account which will be more than enough to buy a skill that I can use with my limited energy. Before that I want to checked my Status.
[STATUS
NAME: ALEXANDER SAAD
ELEMENT: AIR
GRADE: LOW-F
ATTACK: 9
DEFENCE: 9
ENDURANCE: 10
SPEED: 8
ENERGY: 10
SKILLS: AIR ARMOR]
I am surprised to see my attributes has increased within the 2 days of hunt. I never believed what others said that experience will increase the attributes soon, but looking at it with my eyes, I had to belive it.
The Hunter's Guild guide books tells that it is easy to bring any of the attributes to 10 and the difficulty only starts then.
Myself and Dawn went to the crafter shop near our home so they can repair the armor that has been damaged during today's battle. I could see Dawn still blaming herself for my injury.
I hope she will be back to normal after a few days. I tried to close the partnership we have since it was for completing the 5 missions which has been done, but uncle Jon insisted to continue it on the upcoming missions too.
I had to agree to it as my parents and my sister asked me to. We will be going on another set of missions after 3 days as we will have to wait for our armors to be repaired by the crafters.
I spent the 3 days trying to maintain a distance from Dawn as she started coming to my home in the guise of making plans for our next mission.
I had to stay inside my room for the whole day, but still she just kept coming at me every time I leave my room. I told her that I am planing on getting another low grade skill which will be beneficial with low energy consumption.
She tried to convince me to let her in, that she will assist. But I rejected it. It is my 1st Skill I'll be purchasing, not like the Air Armor the Hunter's Guild gave me.
So, I want it to be my own decision with no suggestions or assistance from others. She agreed to give me the privacy I needed, but still she didn't stop coming to my house.
It took me 2 days to decide on which skill I want to buy to increase my attack power. After much internal struggle, I decided to buy the skill 'Fury Slash'. This is a skill any awakened can use.
This skill will create an arc with the element energy the awakened has on their weapons which will be swung in the direction of attack. It will be causing both elemental and physical damage to the one who receives it.
This skill consumes 5% of the total energy which means I can use it 20 times without the Air Armor before my Energy depletes. It is also a mid range skill which I can use to fight the monsters that likes to keep distance from their preys.
I visited the Hunter's Guild and purchased it after getting recommendation from uncle Jon, thanks to Dawn who insisted and tagged along.
The Hunter's Guild has restrictions on skill purchase as newly awakened wants to buy skills that they can't use due to their little energy and are depleted in mid battle and get killed.
That is why the skills that are purchased from the Guilds are with sharing protection where it is forbidden and can't be shared by the people who purchase them.
There are still ways to purchase them without the Guild's approval. But it will be more costly as it is from the black market and can't be recognized as a legitimate purchase and government approved.
I didn't want to do illegal purchase and hence reached out to Jon who agreed with little persuasion from Dawn. I paid 57000 credits to get my 2nd skill.
I returned home immediately and started reading the skill so I can understand it and start practing it. To my surprise, this skill was easy to understand I don't think it will take me more than a day to practice it to the perfection for the System to recognize it as a skill.