Chapter 36 - 36 : Dragon Rider (2/2)
”nnn...good morning”
Arthur noticed her so he kissed her like usual, he already said he would kiss her every morning so he was keeping his promise, Lucy stretched her petite hands and held his warm cheeks and kissed him back.
Only after a moment did she notice Mary sitting on the opposite side of the camp, but that didn't stop her from kissing him, however a tinge of red appeared on her cheeks, she felt a little embarrassed to do that in first of Mary, her friend.
After they kissed, Mary looked up to Lucy with a red face and said with a low voice
”G-good m....morning Lucy”
”En! Good morning Mary~~hehe”
Lucy still didn't calm down and was happy to have a friend.
While lost in thought, Lucy remembered she told Mary that she would give her the equipment so she turned her head to Arthur and said
”Arthur, give me the storage ring that has the weapons and other equipment, I want to give Mary some”
In fact, Arthur had gone through his black storage ring and managed to get some of the weapons he found there into a single storage ring that he also stored in there, he did that to various other things like clothes, furniture, books, gold...
So basically, in his black storage ring, he has several storage rings inside, each containing the same type of thing, of course, he couldn't rearrange everything like the gold for examples but he nevertheless organized most of the things except some scattered things.
The gold was the biggest problem as there really was a lot, even after taking some and dividing it in several other storages, the gold didn't seem to lessen so he could only give up.
”mmm”(Arthur)
Arthur nodded his head, he waved his hand and a storage ring appeared, he immediately put it in Lucy's hand.
In fact, even if she told him to give her the whole storage ring he still wouldn't mind since she wanted to give good weapons to Mary then he wouldn't oppose her, in any case, he was happy to see his wife this excited about having a friend.
There was no need to thank Arthur as it was needed between them two, Lucy soon injected mana to the ring and began seeing the good axes there.
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Soon enough, Lucy got up from Arthur's lap and headed to sit next to Mary, then she waved her hand and several big axes appeared from the storage.
”Here, these are all the good ones I found that suit you and are on your level”
Mary was surprised to see the axes, each and every one of them seemed extremely powerful and good, her eyes couldn't help but gaze at them seriously and try to pick one, she was really feeling excited, she even began fidgeting and shaking a little as if she didn't choose quickly they will disappear.
Lucy, seeing the state of Mary, could only giggle and pat her shoulder while saying
”Hehe, no need to feel pressured, if you want, you can take them all, after all, we don't need them, they are only laying on the storage so having someone use them is better”
Mary didn't reply as she still felt nervous, all axes were really excellent, and after 5 minutes or so, she finally picked one.
Surprisingly, it was also a work of 'Juda' the famous blacksmith, but Mary didn't know about him, still, the axe really pleased her.
It was just like the spear, and each time she waved it around, flames would come out, plus Mary had a good affinity with fire, so combining her fire skills with this would be extraordinary.
She felt extremely happy as she tested the axe, compared to her old axe, this one is several times better, though it was big and overbearing in appearance, it wasn't that heavy, it was manageable and easy to handle and that only made her appreciate it even more.
Realising she became too caught up with the axe, Mary snapped out of it and turned to Lucy and bowed her head while saying
”T-thank you, Lucy, really!! I like this axe a lot, it's so good!”
As for Lucy, even though she wasn't the one receiving the item, she was pleased with Mary and didn't regret giving the axe, in fact, she wanted to give her a better one, but the ones still in the storage and way too strong for Mary so she didn't take them out.
”Hahaha, I Told you there is no need to thank me! We're friends now so of course, I would help you get stronger, hehe~~”
Mary nodded then excitedly said
”Right Lucy, let's spar, with this axe maybe I have a chance against you...”
Though she said that, Mary didn't believe it, but she only said that to joke around.
”Alright, let's see how you do with your new weapon, but wait I still have to give you other things”
After that, Lucy handed Mary some good leg guards and a good armor which was slightly better than the previous ones, then they began sparring.
Mary felt ecstatic, the axe was beyond her imagination, it's power was really insane and every time she attacked with it, she couldn't help but feel more and more excited, but even with a new weapon and a high strength, Lucy would block her attacks bare handed, her skin was not even scratched.
Mary even used the [berserker mode] but the situation was still hopeless and Lucy was able to win easily, even a full swing of the axe while using a strong skill and being in [berserker mode] was stopped by Lucy's hand as if it was a baby's punch.
She felt 1 part depressed and 4 parts admiration for Lucy, she really idolized her, for them beastmen, they took pride in strength, and seeing someone with this much strength, she couldn't help but deeply admire her and feel proud to be her friend.
Arthur's POV
It has been 5 days since Lucy gave the weapon to Mary, they would spar every day, Lucy did that to train Mary and would sometimes advise her, Arthur couldn't help but shake his head, he taught Lucy and here she is teaching someone else even though she is not that good at close combat.
It was only due to her high stats that she is very good at it, as for him, he was more than good at it, he got all the people's talent and experience in fighting, whether it's with magic or close combat, so his fighting style is nearly perfect and flawless, as for his sword mastery, then that truly was godlike.
He was now trying the necromancer skill, he never used it on fighting, but he remembered getting a notification saying he could now summon the earth dragon, but surprisingly he can't summon Yamak.
He concentrated for a second and then the ground in front of his changed, it was as if it was a dark pit, though it had some kind of ominous aura, very soon a bone dragon came out of it, it was extremely huge, heck! it looked very terrifying, it was the bone earth dragon, it cost him 50.000 mana to summon him.
He looked at the big dragon and appraised him
RACE Dragon ORIGIN UNDERWORLD
LVL 150 NAME NONE
Strength 10.000Intelligence::4.000
Agility: 5.000Wisdom:1.000
Vitality: 15.000Dexterity:7.000
Health 20.000Health regen 12/s
Mana 5.000Mana regen 1/s
Stamina ?????Stamina regen ?????
You have summoned bone dragon : It will follow your orders until it dies, once dead, you can summon it again after 1 day.
Maximum bone dragon number : 3
'!!'
Arthur truly didn't expect to be able to see the status window of the bone dragon, plus why is it this strong? originally the young earth dragon was not this strong, does the summoned monster have a connection with his own stats?
Confused about this matter, he summoned skeleton warrior, and it was indeed the case, this time, the skeletons had special black armors, though they were beyond weak for Arthur, they still felt slightly more powerful than the ones in the past.
The bone dragon howled, then it obediently waited for Arthur's orders.
Mary who was chatting heartily with Lucy, became dumbstruck as she saw the bone dragon, her eyes almost popped out of her head
”Y-You're a..n-necromancer too?...”
She really couldn't believe what she was seeing, adding to what he already got, he can summon this beast, this is beyond common sense.
Arthur didn't reply to her, he smugly grinned and jumped on the dragon to ride him and see if he's decent in flying or not.
Just as he hopped on the dragon, a notification came 'ting'
You earned the title: Dragon rider : When riding a dragon, the flying speed of the dragon increases by 25%
The dragon soon flew towards the sky, he really had a huge frame and looked terrifying, if one saw this bone dragon, he would definitely pass out or piss his pants, the dragons were known as strong existences and none would dare anger them.
The bone dragon's speed in the air was not bad, it truly was decent, though compared to the dark cloud it was far lacking Arthur delighted, he had another method to fly, if he ever can't use the cloud then he can use this bone dragon, plus it's good for fighting, this kind of dragon can probably fight against a bishop.
That day, Arthur decided to travel on the dragon, Mary and Lucy also got that title, Mary was beyond happy, tears of joys even came out of her eyes, it was truly a rare thing to get a title, plus one like this is certainly a good one, I mean 'Dragon Rider' is sure a cool title.
Just like that, they continued their journey towards the east on the back of the bone dragon for some days.....