“Ah Frost, long time no see…”
The wrinkles on Karl’s face look like they could fold a person to death…He smiles, “I never would have thought that after all these years, Dragon City would still remember a half-person like me.”
Frost gives him a huge smile, “Karl, how could Dragon City forget you? Look, we found a talented young person to be your disciple and also join you as a guardian.”
I walk up, and cup my fists, “Good evening instructor…”
Karl stares at me for a while then says, “This little guy doesn’t look like anyone special. Frost, you randomly gave me some trash bronze, and want me to turn him into some gold?”
Frost covers her mouth while laughing, “Not at all, you just haven’t seen what he can do. How about this…You! Show us some moves!”
I nod, unsheathed my sword, and perform a few moves. It’s a style where you attack while defending, and you can go forward or retreat. As long as my sword is unsheathed I will be invincible. This is a nameless style that I made myself, and under the stare of Karl I feel that my skills are shameful compared to his….
“Oh?”
Karl thinks for a while and says, “Looks like…It’s not bad. You aren’t too bad. Boy, from now on you are my disciple…”
I proudly say, “I would like to experience your skill, or else how can I call you my master?”
“Fine!”
Karl smiles, raises his hand and unsheathes his sword behind him. With a bang it penetrates a huge rock! Damn, using qi to drive the sword, this old guy…That’s a stage that I could never reach; also, even about the qi, I have never seen anyone in reality that can use qi with a sword. That’s really incredible.
I step up; put one knee on the ground with my sword, and say, “Instructor…”
Karl puts his dried up old fingers on my shoulder and smiles, “Okay, hand over 100 gold coins, then you’ll become my disciple. Also, in the future you will be a silver-rank warrior!”
“Okay…”
I confirm and hand over 100 gold coins to him, and immediately after, I hear a ring——
Ding!
System Notification: Congratulations! You’ve been successfully promoted to the next rank and receive the title of “Tomb Guardian of Dragon City”. All skills can go beyond the previous maximum level 4 and now the highest they can go up to is level 7. Hidden resistance +10%, hidden attack damage +5%, new skill 【Fencing Specialization】!
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Very nice, I got the second promotion. It was pretty easy, but that promotion fee of 100 gold coins is too high! What a ripoff!
“Okay, my mission is complete now; I’ll be taking my leave.”
Frost lightly laughs and disappears elegantly out of the Dragon’s Tomb. Karl looks at Frost’s shadow and sends a cold glare, muttering, “Luo Lin’s dog, hmph…”
I’m shocked but I still walk up and ask, “Instructor, do you have any new skills you can teach me?”
All coldness in Karl’s eyes disappears and he smiles, “Of course, but it’ll be a bit expensive…”
“Sure…”
With a whoosh, a window appears, and 3 skills are available for me to learn——
【Fierce Ice Blade LV-1】(A-rank): Condenses ice on the sword to attack the target, causing large damage and also slows the target down. Level 1 raises attack damage by 2%, ignores target’s defense by 1%, and slows for 1 second. Consumes 30 MP. To learn this you must pay 300 gold coins and 3 points of charm. Cannot be learned together with [Ice Blade].
【Flame Blade LV-1】(B-rank):Condenses fire on the sword to attack the target. Level 1 raises attack by 3%. To learn this you must pay 10 gold coins. Cannot be learned together with [Ice Blade] or [Fierce Ice Blade].
【Ice Blade】(B-rank): Condenses ice on the sword to attack the target. Level 1 raises attack damage by 2%, and slows the target for a short amount of time. To learn this you must pay 10 gold coins. Cannot be learned together with [Flame Blade].
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I think for a while. Even though there seems to be a chance I can learn two of the skills, in reality I can only learn one out of these three skills. [Flame Blade] and [Ice Blade] are both normal skills, you need to pay 10 gold if you want to learn them, but this [Fierce Ice Blade] should be an original by Karl, and the attack effects are quite a bit stronger than [Ice Blade] because of the defense ignoration. It is indeed good…but just a bit expensive!
I look in my bag; I still have 400+ gold coins. It’s enough, so I’ll learn it. With good skills you can win anything!
Whoosh!
After spending 300 gold coins and 3 charm, [Fierce Ice Blade] appears in my skill window. It even consumed charm… Which means that whoever doesn’t have charm won’t be able to learn this skill.
My sword trembles, and I silently cast [Fierce Ice Blade]. Instantly, ice starts gushing out of my sword, and I stab out. A simple attack but it has plenty of killing power. A level 10 [Fierce Ice Blade] would raise my attack damage by 20%, and ignore 10% defense, so it shouldn’t be too far from the level 10 [Wind Blade] which increases damage by 30%. With this, I have two attacking skills, nice!
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I wanted to chat a bit more with Karl, but he says no more and goes back into his small house on his wheelchair. Damn, this instructor is so cold!
Whatever, I’ll find some monsters, and raise [Fierce Ice Blade] to level 4 first!
Outside of Ba Huang City, Vampire Bats fall one after another under my attack, it seems like with [Fierce Ice Blade], I can instantly kills them…The skill bar slowly fills, because it has a 6 second cooldown. I have plenty of patience, and I’ll slowly grind….