Chapter 286 - Escape (1/2)
[What class do you want to select?~]
”Metal”
[I see… Well then... in accordance with the powers granted to by the administrator I, the 27th archangel of Alfan grants you Mercury the class of Metal!]
Mercury waited for a few moments, but nothing changed so he asked Party
”Did I get it?”
[Yep, please confirm with your status~]
”Okay… Status”
Name: Mercury
Age: Error
Race: Null
Class: [Metal]
Class level: 1
Titles: [Last member of the ********* ** *** ******] [First of the ********] [Sinner of the ****** race] [Cursebreaker]
Strength [10/1000] - Constitution [10/1000] - Dexterity [10/500]
Intelligence [10/100] - Wisdom [10/100] - Carisma [10/10]
Class skills: [Metal assimilation, lv--] [Essence refining, lv--] [Essence consuming, lv--] [Essence shop, lv--]
Active skills: [Earth magic, lv10]
Passive skills [Cursebreaker, lv--] [Pain resistance, lv03]
”...Neat”
Mercury could somewhat figure out what his new skills did by the names but he still asked Party
”So, what do the skills do? Just to make sure”
[Hmm~ Metal assimilation allows you to turn metal into an essence which can be used by other skills, Essence refining allows you to turn essence back into metal, Essence consuming allows you to consume essence and change it into status points, and finally, Essence shop allows you to buy new skills and level up~]
”I see, thanks for the explanation Party”
[Erem~ You can always ask big sister Party anything you don't understand~]
”Will do”
Mercury walked on while talking to Party and soon he finally made his way to the armory, that was hidden behind a solid steel wall
”...Well let's see how this works”
Mercury put his hands on the solid steel wall and spoke out loud
”[Metal Assimilation]”
Then it happened, the solid steel wall that had stood for millennia without crumpling or rusting suddenly looked like it began to rust rapidly as it decayed away at lightning speed leaving only a small amount of dust that also quickly disappeared
”...Neat”
Mercury could tell, the dust and decay that wasn't the metal, those were impurities that were in the metal, even though the level of technology that was used to forge the steel door was high there still were a small number of impurities in it
'Well besides that the essence was good, a whole 1604 essence points… Not that I have any benchmark for it…'
[How was it?~]
”Well it was alright I suppose… But now for the real treat”
Mercury looked around in what he had thought was the armory and how right he was, only
”Son of a… Fine, I am not mad…”
[Says the guy pacing around the room like a mad man~]
The weapons were there and they in fact were in prime condition, only they were made of wood carved with some kind of inscriptions that faintly glowed in the dark room, what Mercury didn't know was that those weapons were in fact some of the most powerful on the continent and carved on them were some of the most powerful ancient magic formations and that anyone of those weapons could level the giant pyramid he was currently inside and Party didn't tell him as he didn't ask
”Shit… Wait, there's one in here…'
Just as Mercury was about to step out of the room he picked up something in the corner of the room
”Let's see… What's this?”
Mercury walked over guided by his earth magic, under the faint light he could see something glistening, he reached out and touched the metal, it was cold to the touch
”Well well well… Looks like there was something of value here”
Mercury picked the thing up, from feeling the shape of it and by the thing it was clear that it was a sword of some kind, as for what kind Mercury could not tell
[Are you going to absorb the blade?~]
”...Nah, I'll use this as my 'fuck off' signal to other people”
[You are not exactly the most social person are you?~]
”How should I know?”
[Right~ Well don't go swinging it around it looks very sharp~]
”I won't”
Mercury walked back out of the Armory but instead of walking back down to the entrance of the pyramid he continued on his way upwards
[Where are you going?~]