Chapter 20 – Descendant of Darkness
Upon entering the second hall.. the decorations were completely different.. white walls with some engravings of flowers and stars..
The hall was empty except for one place.
Everyone's eyes turned toward it in anticipation..
Everyone wanted to know the type of weapon in question..
It wasn't a sword.. it wasn't a spear.. and it wasn't a bow..
It wasn't a weapon my eyes had ever seen before.. rather, it was...
Water.. yes, water..
Inside a glass container..
{ The Waters of Provision }
The name was shining above the container.. and before I started reading the weapon's description, my eyes were staring in absolute strangeness..
"My Lord? What is this?" Suman asked.
It wasn't as if he couldn't read the description as we all did.. but even the description seemed somewhat vague..
{ The Waters of Provision merge with their master's body to grant them shared combat properties }
The name seemed vague.. and the description was vague as well..
It wasn't long before we started discussing the weapon itself..
"Perhaps it's a weapon more like a shield?" Lois wondered..
"I believe it increases body capabilities.. undoubtedly it is a physical weapon."
"A physical weapon?" Jo asked..
Monali answered him calmly.
"A physical weapon is closer to a power that grants you something doubled from everything. Your strikes increase and your capabilities as well.. even some weapons of this type double the attributes that the user possesses."
It seems like an excellent weapon for me.. is there anything better than a weapon that increases all your stats and protects you as well?
"Well.. we won't know all its characteristics until it is obtained by one of us."
"One of us?" Monali asked.
"Yes, of course.. one of us will get it.."
"No, My Lord.. the strongest weapon is always for the Lord.."
Suman shouted, protesting my words.
"Hahaha, no.. the weapon will go to whoever is most suitable for it.. this right room.. we will each enter it individually.. and it will tell us which of us the weapon suits.. and they will obtain it."
"But My Lo—"
"Don't understand the matter wrongly.. I am not trying to give up the weapon. If the room tells me that the weapon is suitable for me, I will obtain it without a doubt.. but... if the room tells someone else that the weapon is more suitable for them.. then it will be theirs."
After I spoke.. everyone fell silent and accepted that..
then we left the water in its place and started entering the examination room one by one..
Of course, Jo was excluded from obtaining the weapon, haha, for owning the Axe that Doesn't Break as a weapon.. and similarly, Monali stepped back because she possesses her arrow as well.
I cannot say that her behavior wasn't a good one.. in fact, I liked that..
Although that weapon could be suitable for any of us because it is a support weapon more than an offensive one.. but she chose it to be for someone else.. I consider that a truly good act..
Here I am, the first to enter.. the examination room was nothing but a small room.. its walls consisted of several mirrors from all sides.. at the top there was glass and in its center was a crystal.
As soon as I stood in the middle, the door closed.. and the crystal began to emit a silver flame.. the beam hit me from head to toe..
I didn't feel anything.. but I was able to see the beam penetrating me completely as Casper the Friendly Ghost does in that old cartoon..
It didn't take long.. until the beam began to withdraw back toward the crystal.. but the door hadn't opened yet.. instead
The mirrors immediately turned into a transparent blue color.. on each side, there was different information.. my stats.. my attributes.. the Rank I am in, and the amount of Accumulation I possess..
Everything I already knew was present and displayed before me in those mirrors.. except for two places..
One of them contained something new
{ Ability Accumulation }
{ Ability Accumulation is the combat energy that is stored in the master's body and used to create their special strikes }
{ Combat Accumulation is unlocked upon opening the Rank and equipping a weapon of the Valuable class and above.. at that moment you can replace natural accumulation with combat accumulation }
This is a very great matter!! I must obtain a Valuable weapon first and then start converting that accumulation I have into ability energy..
Returning to the second new screen that appeared instead of one of the mirrors.. it was what I truly wanted to know..
{ A number of Customized weapons are compatible with the Lord by a ratio of 60-75% }
{ The Valuable weapon is compatible with the Lord by a ratio of 90% }
90% seems like an excellent ratio.. as I expected, it is truly suitable for me. I can even after using it use another customized weapon and increase my strength..
"So.. do you want to know what happened, haha" My steps were boastful and so were my words.. then I stood before the quartet.. I didn't tell them the ratio.. instead, I made the matter like a riddle.. I won't reveal it until everyone examines their capabilities.
Several minutes passed.. then Lois finished the examination..
The weapon was suitable for her by a ratio of 90% as well..
Which made me immediately.. release the secret and tell them that I was also 90%, haha..
As long as one of them is like me, the secret should not remain imprisoned in darkness..
Then came Suman's turn.. he entered then came out after moments.. his expressions were somewhat sad..
"My ratio is 100%"
I could hardly believe it truly.
"Why is your face sad then, haha? I thought your ratio was 20% judging by your dead expressions."
"No, My Lord, but.. I didn't want to take the weapon from you."
"Hahaha, don't worry, I am happy that it is yours as if it were mine.. congratulations to you.. come on, go and get it."
Everyone congratulated Suman on that achievement.. that person who was the least of the quartet in strength and capabilities.. here he is jumping high and may become the strongest after obtaining the new weapon..
Three days have already passed.. I haven't seen Suman since he obtained the weapon.. he decided to disappear in the forest and discover his new weapon alone..
I didn't have anything to do really.. except for two matters.
First: building the weapons store inside the city.. and then I placed the 9 weapons inside it..
I haven't opened the store yet.. I decided to wait a bit.. until the quartet and their leader obtain their Ancient weapons..
Waiting for the end of 3 days, which is the deadline set by the Forge to re-purchase new weapons... but the price is truly exorbitant..
Especially since the Forge itself.. does not work with money only.. but with Accumulation.
To open a new weapons bundle.. I must pay 90 thousand Dinars and 50 thousand Accumulation points..
The matter seems as if the 90 thousand is the price of the customized weapons, which number 9 in each bundle.. as for the 50 thousand accumulation points, it is the price of the Ancient weapon.
It seems an exorbitant price.. but what do I know of its true price in the outside world..
This time.. the quartet accompanied me as well, haha.
All of them wanted to see the new weapons. Specifically, the new Ancient weapon..
After paying the price inside the Forge exclusively.. it didn't take long until the melting happened again..
Inside the first room.. 9 diverse customized weapons emerged.. after reviewing them.. we all headed toward the second hall..
Over the smooth surface.. carried over two ancient pieces of wood.. a spear with a triple head.. each head has a different color.. black.. white.. silver.
{ The Spear of Three Directions }
{ A weapon of the Ancient weapons class }
{ The spear possesses 3 attributes when equipped by a suitable Master by a ratio exceeding 75%. When the Master is of a lower ratio, the attributes decrease gradually.. until the ratio reaches 50%, then the Triple Spear becomes a spear with the combat power of a customized weapon }
Oh.. so that's how it is.. this talk didn't appear with the water although it was a customized weapon as well.. perhaps because the water was as we all expected.. a support weapon.. it is capable of adapting to all people..
This makes the matter difficult then.. the Master must be truly suitable to benefit from the weapon.. the truth is that my stupidity is the reason for my lack of understanding of this rule until this moment.
Hahaha.. since activating the Unique Seer with all the people inside the village.. its instructions about weapon compatibility with the fighters were clear.. the suitable weapon opens the Master's horizons..
This is exactly what was displayed now with the explanation of the spear..
Again we returned to the examination.. Lois entered..
"40%" she said angrily.. her steps expressed her dissatisfaction truly..
I followed after her as well..
Then...
"10%" I whispered, but they heard, haha. Again, joy returned to Lois's features, hahaha.
That girl, she is like an enemy truly, haha.
It is a dilemma indeed.. Lois and I are without weapons and this weapon is not suitable at all..
Perhaps you wonder why everyone doesn't try, maybe they get a suitable compatibility..
Well.. they did.. everyone's marks were bad.. except Jo, and it was only 60%.. but he refused to use it instead of the Axe that Doesn't Break..
After 21 days
Here is the set time, my friends.. finally.. the new city has finished construction.. and it's time to move..
The other joyful thing.. is that Lois and I.. finally got our Ancient weapons...
Lois got her special weapon with a compatibility ratio of 86%.
As for me.. I got this wonderful one with 100% compatibility.
{ Descendant of Darkness }
It's time now.. to increase my strength and trai—
{ Ding.. Ding.. Ding }
{ The Minor Secret Disaster has been activated }
{ Insects of the Underworld }
{ Occurrence time: after 30 days }
Again!!!! Damn the System!