Chapter 71 The Holy Sword Resonance (1/2)

”...”

Rhode didn't know how to react when he saw what was happening.

Goddamn!

There were two Stone Statues roughly two meters tall. Rhode clenched his teeth and took a deep breath. He knew right away that this palace was somehow connected to his Summoning Swordsman class.

According to the legends, the Summoning Swordsman was an ancient mythological class. When the player chose this class, he or she would be labeled as its only successor that appeared on the continent once again.

Wasn't the class description and prologue meant to give the player a false sense of superiority, thinking that their chosen class was the 'one and only' unique class?

Now, it was hinted that the Summoning Swordsman class wasn't created specifically for the player, but it was actually connected to the Fascarl Kingdom.

Though currently, it wasn't the time to be thinking about these things.

”Mr. Rhode!”

Marlene's voice sounded behind him. When he turned his head, he realized that a golden barrier had divided the both of them.

Marlene stood at the other end of the barrier, staring at Rhode with uncertainty in her eyes.

Ah... so it is a solo test... What a waste. I can't even bring a helper along.

Rhode didn't dwell too much on it since it was meaningless to spend his time deliberating on the inevitable. The only thing he was concerned about was how to get out of this place alive.

Four against one? Do you want to bully me with numbers?

”Hmph.” Rhode snorted inwardly.

He took half a step forward while raising a sword in his right arm. At that very moment, strands of light streamed down from the sword's hilt to his hand, then to his entire body, and finally down to his legs. A beautiful formation expanded below Rhode. Floating around him was a green and red card, seemingly intertwining both elements of wind and fire.

”———!!”

The Flame Killer and Spirit Bird made a majestic opening scene. Both of them roared to flaunt their strength at the two Stone Cheetahs.

But that wasn't all.

When he completed the Pavel Cemetery dungeon, the EXP he received took him straight to level 10; just a tad bit would enable him to level up once more. After killing the three black-cloaked men, the EXP he received was pretty good, especially the leader who appeared quite young. Altogether, he earned 2000 EXP for killing them, and it brought him directly to level 12. Two levels in one go.

It might seem as though killing them was quite profitable, but...

Rhode glanced at the wound on his left hand and sighed.

He wasn't able to easily shrug off that kind of injury.

[EXP 6000/2500, Level Up, Talent Tree Unlocked, Level 10]

Level up!

Rhode immediately wanted to make a choice, but the next system prompt shocked him.

[EXP 3500/3000, Level Up, Talent Tree Unlocked, Received 2 Skill Points, Level 11]

[EXP 500/4000, Talent Tree Unlocked, Received 4 Skill Points, Level 12]

Obtained 2 Skill Points?

Rhode wanted to rub his eyes. He thought that he was dreaming, but the fact was that the system wouldn't lie. Indeed there was a '2' in front of him.

Huh?

If I remember correctly, players only get 1 point per level. Why did I get 2?

Did the system change? Or is there a bug?

Although his mind was filled with doubts, Rhode didn't hesitate to add his newly obtained Skill Points. What happened later can be discussed afterwards. But if he died now, he would lose any chance to do anything. So no matter what, if these 4 Skill Points were real, then he should just use it!

[Used 1 Skill Point to level up. Soul Resonance LV2 (Every 10 levels, the character's max number of Summoning Spirits will increase +1)]

[Used 1 Skill Point to level up. Soul Resonance LV3 (Every 10 levels, the character's max number of Summoning Spirits will increase +1)]

[Summoning Spirit +3]

[Available Summoning Spirit 4]

[Used 1 Skill Point. Summoning Master First Talent has been unlocked: Integration LV1 (Fusion of two Spirits to create a new Summoning Spirit, will consume 1 Spirit)]

[Received Permanent Skill: Integration LV1]

[Used 1 Skill Point to level up. Integration LV2 (When using Soul Core, it will not consume the Spirit)]

[Soul Core detected. Use Integration?]