28 28 Direction (2/2)
”Donis, master.”
”Donis, I shall remember your name. Now go, the weapon you choose is yours to keep.”
”Master, may I actually keep both? I really really like them both!” beamed back Donis.
Ronoroa just laughed harder and nodded to the boy. It's been a long time since he had seen any kid such as this. The amount of potential in him was tremendous if what he said was true. Yet Ronoroa didn't quite believe him, no kid could so accurately hold either of those weapons on their first time. He felt something was wrong, but there was no need to make a scene out of such a small event.
'If he continues to say he's never held a sword I'll just get old man Lorenzo to check him out for me. God knows that man loves his gossip, and this'll be far too juicy for him to pass up,' thought Ronoroa to himself.
***
At Donis's home.
Donis was happily swinging his new swords around, entranced by the feeling of such familiarity. The comfort of the grip, the feel of the steel. Everything just felt so natural to him he couldn't get enough.
After inspecting the weapons, he wasn't disappointed, but more bored by their stats. Sure he got them for free, and they're just training weapons, but he wanted really cool and strong weapons that he saw Ronoroa hold.
'Breathe Donis, everything in due time, don't try to get ahead of yourself just yet. These were free, when we graduate, or start working, I'll be able to get some better weapons,' thought Donis to himself as he swung at a nearby tree trunk.
-Khopesh Training Sword-
[Level: 1]
[Damage: 9]
[Grade: Basic]
[Runes:]
[Enchants:]
-Fascine Training Sword-
[Level: 1]
[Damage: 8]
[Grade: Basic]
[Runes:]
[Enchants:]
'Wait, don't I actually already have a sword skill learned from when I was younger?' thought Donis as he quickly opened the greyed out skill column.
Perusing through the multitude of seen skills, he soon found it and was surprised he actually had two sword skills, with one ready to be learned.
[Flashpoint Strike]
[Intermediate]
[Cost: 30MP]
Blue flames envelop and then condense into a razor thin veil over the sword for a singular strike, exploding forth.
[Air Pulse]
[Novice]
[Cost: 12MP]
An air infused attack that locks on and pierces the target from long range.
The [Flashpoint Strike] was still completely greyed out, but the [Air Pulse] had a light sheen over it, so Donis tried to will the [System] to learnt the ability for him. A feeling of euphoria enveloped Donis once again, the pseudo memories filling his mind on how to cast the ability.
Looking back at the ability in his status window, he noticed it now had scalable levels since it was learned.
-[Air Pulse]-
[Novice]
[Cost: 12MP]
[Level 0/30][0% EXP]
An air infused attack that locks on and pierces the target from long range.
Donis unable to withhold himself from trying the skill, began guiding his will and controlling his mana throughout his body how the pseudo memories showed him. Donis charged the [Air Pulse] into the Fascine sword, looked at the wooden stump he had been hacking away at earlier, and released the building pressure.
A golden light shot out from his sword and hit the stump, splintering it lightly. It cost almost nothing, had decent damage without being level one, and was completely un-charged by any specific mana type. Shivers ran up and down Donis's spine. He knew that this was definitely the right direction for him. To become a battlemage, he'd need a sword in hand.