Arpada walks to his bed and sits on it while breathing heavily, he squinting his eyes and curiously reading his system window and so he say– "Tamer's skills slot".
[You succesfully reached level 5 and unlocked a new tamer unique skill].
He then remembers that after reaching a certain level, the user will unlock his unique skills.
"What does that mean? Slots?" He is talking to himself and clicked the information about his new skill.
Gluttony jump besides him and it seems to be curious too.
[ Tamer's skill slot (S) 0% ]
[ Skill info: One of the unique skill of a tamer that allows to utilize the skills of the beast.
*The tamer can choose five (5) skills from the beast and change it after the duration runs out (Duration: 24hrs)
*The rank level of the skill can be inherited but not the proficiency percentage.
*Warning: When the user change the skills it doesn't consume mana but 1% max hp of the tamer.]
*Beast unique skill can not be chosen.
"This skill is insanely good but insanely dangerous too." Arpada said. "A double-edge sword skill, what a good-for-nothing." He added.
Gluttony tilted its body and creates a question mark above its head.
"Well, as you know Gluttony. Max Hp means you are shortening your maximum capability to live, for example if I can live for 100 years then using max hp means I will only live for 99 years below." He explained.
But this potion is also a double-edge sword and picks up the exp buff potion.
"Either I survive and gained experience points inside or lose my insanity after in it." He said and his attention was caught by the book.
"If this book informations are accurate then maybe the odd plant he mentioned could be also true!" He excitedly said and got an idea.
Arpada taps his window system and browse Gluttony's skills list.
"I need 5 skills with the best compatibility to create a good combination." He said. "This means I can choose or create my own class base on the 5 skills" He added.
Arpada continuously browse and getting frustrated by it.
[ Gluttony skills ]
[ Unique skill:
Absorbtion (A) 40%
Other skills:
Pain nullification
Poison nullification
Agility up (C) 66%
Dash (C) 78%
Mimicry (A) 87%
Absolute Shadow
Dagger Mastery (E) 0%
Concealment (D) 3%
Fire manipulation (E) 0%
Paralyze (A)
Poison (B)... Scroll for more.]
After he study each skills, he finally choose his 5 skills.
[ Absolute shadow, Dagger Mastery (E), concealment, paralyze (A) and Poison (B). Are you sure about the skills?]
[ Yes or No ]
Arpada clicked [Yes] and he feels the energy flowing through his body.
[Tamer's skill slots (S) 10%
Absolute Shadow - Being one with the shadow and travel through darkness.
Dagger Mastery (E) 0% - Enabling to wield daggers proficiently.
Concealment (D) 0% - Hides your presence within the duration. Duration: 10 seconds.
Paralyze (A) 0% - Apply a status ailment "Paralyzed" to the target within 10 seconds. (It can be nullified, recover, and resisted.)
Poison (B) 0% - Apply a status ailment "Poisoned" to the target within 7 seconds. (It can be nullified, recovered and resisted.) ]
"With this I can be an assassin, I badly wanted fire manipulation and agility up but I can only use 5 skills. I also need poison nullification to use that plant, increasing my VIT" He said.
He looked at the potion and drop a sweat remembering about it again. "I will be back in that world and kill definitely kill that beast next time but for now I need to increase my skills." He said.
Arpada picks up himself and command Gluttony to take all the equipments at the floor, then he walks outside the door while Gluttony mimic a bag-like appearance and attach itself on Arpada's back.
"Let's go now and make you stronger." He said. "Your level now is near level 20 right? You're way ahead than me." He added.
***
Arpada went to a weapon shop and walks straight to the owner to ask some dagger with the the highest attack.
"Are you a new adventurer?" The owner asked while the sounds of metal clashing to each other could be heard as he searching the weapons in the wooden crater.
"Yep" Arpada said and analyze the room.
The store is cemented not like other houses or shops nearby and surprisingly refreshing despite having a high temperature workshop on the next room.
"I think this one fits you." The owner said as he pass the red-blooded color dagger.
Arpada saw a red orb and inscription at the pommel.
"M.T." as he reads.
"That cost 1 Gaurum." The owner said.
Arpada was shocked about the price and asked "Why it is so expensive?".
"What did you expect when you said highest attack?" The owner sarcastically replied to him.
Arpada drops a sweat and just sigh about it. "Here." He said.
Then walks outside the shop–
"He really brought it?" A small musculine man that holds a hammer asked with a low tone of voice and he appears to be a dwarf.
"Yes, you said that dagger worth a Gaurum." The owner said.
"Honestly speaking, that dagger cost more than Aurentum if he mastered it." The dwarf said.
"What!?" The owner is flabbergasted.
"I did not created that weapon, you know. It is created by two people." The dwarf said. "I hope he could bring back its power and unleash it once again." He added.
"What are you talking about?" The owner is interestingly confused.
"There once a wielder of fire dagger that sliced two tentacles of the kraken at the south-west region. Kraken are suppose to be healed, right? But it got curse by the flame of that dagger, unfortunately that person got betrayed and devoured by the kraken." The dwarf explained.
"Then it is actually an artifact?" The owner said. "Wait– that means I just sold a priceless weapon?" He added.
The dwarf suddenly laughed and said "As if its that dagger, but it is similar to the appearance yet its power is surprisingly weak. So don't worry about it and get over.".
The dwarf went in to the other room while the owner are overthinking about it.
***
Arpada visits the armor shop and bought a mask with a wind attribute that change his voice.
"Are not you rather getting more attention with this?" Norus asked.
"I plan to become an adventurer this time." Arpada explained.
"Oh! You are undercover?" Norus said. "That is a typical action of nobility to uncover the shady things around haha." He confidently added.
"It is none of your business, but it is somethig like that." Arpada said as he thought that is also a good excuse.
He went to the door and wave to Norus before totally going out. Norus wave back at him and said "I'm glad I didn't make him an enemy."
***
Arpada left the potions at the inn for Tyson's order.
"I will be gone for days, so let them know." Arpada said.
Sandra nods and said "I don't want to ask about your situation but you're still such a young boy, please always take care of yourself."
Arpada smiles at her and calmly said "I will."
***
He leave Porto City– then use Gluttony once again as transportation heading to the nearest hunting area.
Arpada opens a scroll and an image of map was shown.
"So Nikola went to the Sol village and there he found that odd plant." He said. "We will stop at this area first.".
He setup a camp in a safe place and check his dagger's information.
[Dagger of Underworld]
[Crafted by a master blacksmith and an attr–]
Suddenly, a window disappeared and saw Gluttony absorbing the dagger below.
"Gluttony! Why would you–"
Gluttony dissolves the dagger completely and makes Arpada surprisingly speechless.
"I let you eat other stuffs but that one cost 1 Gaurum!!" He said then a sound of metal could be heard– its Gluttony, mimicking the dagger but in much refined than before.
[ Dagger of Slime Underworld ]
[ It inflicts a fire curse every cuts that halt any regeneration or recovery to the target. ]
[The status of the dagger changes depends on the slime progress.]
[Attack: 50 (+59)]
"Its totaly attack is 109 now." Arpada said.
"This is basically cheating, as long as Gluttony getting stronger then the additional attack will also increase." He added.
'Boing!'
"I'm sorry for earlier, I hope you understand."
'Boing~ Boing'
Arpada equipped Gluttony as a dagger and said "I don't think this is how a tamer class works, but it still works anyway."
Location: Goblin's forest
"As the location name indicates, this is simply a goblins territory." He said to Gluttony.
'Boing'
He hears a footstep nearby and search for it– then he saw a group if goblins, some are taking a rest and the others are just sparring with each other.
The sound of wooden sword could be heard as the goblins slashing to each other.
Then Arpada used concealment. He sliced the throats of the goblins sleeping nearby, reducing their numbers without the other goblins awareness.
A hobgoblin appears and notice someone nearby, it sniff arounds and smells the blood of dead goblin that makes aware of the situation but, suddenly Arpada jump from its shadow and slicing its head, a poison and paralyze inflicted.
Arpada was astonished by his own skills and unstoppably massacred the goblins nearby.
A great number of blood spattered on the ground makes the other goblin petrified in their position, the hobgoblin could not even move a finger and slowly turning its skin to putple cause by the poison.
Arpada slowly walks towards to the two remaining goblin at the site then slash the one he passby while the last one clumsily run away.
"I can't let that one live." Arpada said. "Gluttony!" He shouted and throws the dagger.
When the dagger almost hit the small goblin, it suddenly deflected by a double-handed sword.
Then a shadow suddenly casted in Arpada's face and saw a giant green creature falling down– it crashed besides the sword causing the ground to shake and suddenly moves in an insane speed moving his legs to kicked Gluttony.
'Boiiing'
It hits Gluttony so hard and went flying– it crashes to the trees causing a terrifying destruction to the nature as the trees fall down in different directions.
The creature picks up its sword pointing to Arpada and sticks it to the ground.
Arpada is astonished at the situation and felt an insane bloodlust coming from the creature then realize its appearance.
"A giant green skin creature, wearing a brown mane and using a double-handed sword." Arpada said.
"That is definitely the Goblin commander." He added.
A loud roar coming from the goblin commander inflicted a [Fear] o him, causing him unable to move.
"How will I deal with this guy?"
To be continued...