This was the first time Ark had seen a martial arts dojo here so he turned around and walked there. In Schudenberg, there was a place where hired mercenaries could learn warrior skills. But it wasn’t like this place which had a sign saying the training ground. In addition, this was the magic kingdom so it was a place more interested in magic than Sword Mastery.
“Welcome!”
A hobbit ran and greeted him when Ark entered.
“Is this a place where martial arts is taught?”
“That’s right. Swalla swalla, everyone here, swalla swalla, can become a great warrior, swalla swalla. And not just warriors, swalla swalla, even magicians can train.”
“Magicians? What kind of techniques are you teaching?”
“Huhuhu, swalla swalla, you’d be surprised when you see it. Swalla swalla.”
The hobbit smiles with satisfaction. When he entered an auditorium, a statue of a big, burly hobbit could be seen.
“This is the founder of our dojo, Ramja. Swalla swalla, I’m his descendant, swalla swalla, we train in the methods of our founder, swalla swalla, in order to do that, swalla swalla, we have start of the art equipment.”
The hobbit indicated to a wooden doll in the training area and said.
“This wooden doll, swalla swalla, uses magic, swalla swalla, moves automatically, swalla swalla, when practicing against the wooden doll, swalla swalla, your combat ability will rise naturally!”
Ark still couldn’t understand all of the language so it was difficult to understand the words. Although the language understanding was low, he was able to interpret the general principles of the training method against the wooden doll. When the wooden training doll was turned on, it would move and start a battle against the player. Players would score points if they avoided the doll’s offensive and managed to attack it. The player was considered to have mastered the relevant training if they got over 300 points in the time limit. When mastering the training, a bonus of +1 points will be applied to stats and the player will be qualified for the next stage. The wooden doll had 10 stages of difficulty. However, if a mastered stage was challenged again then the bonus wouldn’t be applied.
‘Stats can be increased for free?’
Ark felt refreshed as he grasped almost all of the training system. The wooden doll had a total of 10 stages of difficult! If he mastered all stages then wouldn’t he get 10 extra stats? 10 extra stats was like gaining 1 level. Currently Ark was level 366. At this level, rising one level within 7~15 hours wasn’t a small amount.
‘Then all warriors who start in Bristania receives this bonus? Okay, I can’t miss this opportunity to gain stats. I have to break through the 10 stages quickly!”
“How do I use this?”
“Here, swalla swalla, put a coin in, swalla swalla.”
The hobbit pointed to a coin slot near the wooden doll. The training wasn’t free!
“People who challenge the wooden doll, swalla swalla, invest 100 gold, swalla swalla.”
Ark then realized the training dojo wasn’t as superficial as he thought. With a price of 10 silver for one stat, that was like the value of a gum. However, if the stage failed than 10 more silver was required. So if someone failed 10 times that would be 10 gold and 100 times was 100 gold wasted. With the degree of difficulty, it would be easy for people to lose 100 gold to the hobbit.
‘But…….’
Ark had survived so far using martial arts.
‘This is a good opportunity to examine my skills.’
Ark stood before the wooden doll and inserted the coin. Sseon sseon sseon sseon, there was the light sound of music and the wooden doll started to move.
-You have mastered the 9th stage on the wooden doll. Stamina increases by 1.
-You have mastered the 10th stage on the wooden doll. Strength increases by 1.
-You have completely mastered sparring against the wooden doll!
Pa pa pa pang~!
After the 10 stages were mastered, a cannon salute instantly appeared from the head of the wooden doll.
“Awesome, swalla swalla!”
When Ark perfectly conquered the wooden doll, the hobbit’s mouth dropped with amazement.
“In such a short time, swalla swalla, the people who cleared, swalla swalla, didn’t, swalla swalla, numerous warriors abandoned the ordeal halfway, swalla swalla, only a few have mastered it, swalla swalla!”
‘Certainly it was more difficulty than I thought.’
While Ark was resting, he stared at the wooden doll. The first 5 stages were so easy that it was slightly regrettable. Just by avoiding the fist of the wooden doll which flew in a straight line and counterattacking, he was easily able to reach 300 points. But the situation completely changed once he reached stage 6. The wooden doll spouted 6 arms and they all attacked at the same time. Since Ark had rushed it, he failed stages 6-8 four times.
‘If I hadn’t practiced against the Mould Zombies then I wouldn’t have been able to master the 10 stages. I learned taekwondo so it would be a lot more difficult for general users.’
A person who wasted 100 gold would understand when to stop. Anyway, he challenged again after failing four times and Ark managed to broke through the 10th stage. He had invested 1 gold and 40 silver, and gained 4 stamina, 3 agility and 3 stamina. In addition, the mastery bonus gave him a +5 to strength, agility and stamina!
‘It only took 30 minutes.’
It was just like picking up stats freely.
‘I really can’t ignore low level towns. This is Bristania, not Schudenberg. Who knows what else will be different here? I have to carefully check through every village I visit from now on.’
Ark was thinking that when something interrupted him.
“In the end, swalla swalla, you will be the last, swalla swalla, graduate.”
“What do you mean?”
Ark asked and the hobbit pointed to the training area with a sneer.
“As you can see. Swalla swalla, in the past we used to get a lot of visitors. Swalla swalla, but now the number of people training, swalla swalla, the customers are few, swalla swalla, and have no guts! As expected, a dojo shouldn’t be built in the magic kingdom, swalla swalla, I’m almost bankrupt, swalla swalla.”
The hobbit sighed as he looked at the statue.