Endless Pen
Directly after this prompt, another appeared where there were three checkboxes, with one already checked and greyed out, indicating that it couldn't be changed. Leaving only the checkboxes for Warrior path and Management path available. The accept button was greyed out as well since he had to select one of the options available before continuing.
Although he was unable to close this prompt, Ivan could still share the one before with Celine. After all, the decision would impact her the most, so it was only right for him to ask her opinion.
"What do you think? Which one should I select?", he then asked her.
Without hesitation, she gave her answer, "Just select both."
"Are you sure? There has to be a reason that the system gives one the option to choose.", Ivan hesitated.
"Yes, I am. And I know the reason as well. After all, where I come from there are other servant races and it is common knowledge how their training works.", Celine answered and then started to explain, "First let's start with servant races. I don't think you know anything about them since there are none in this realm, correct?"
Ivan nodded. Before this, he had never heard about something like this before. The only other races he was aware of, were the monster races.
"So a servant race is a race that has been modified to be the slaves of a master race. Mostly this is the result of some crazy experiments. And most races are old since much of the knowledge is lost and the other races would often attack any experiments in this direction.
Each member of a servant race has to obey each member of the master race, with no option to resist as long as the new command doesn't go against an old command. Each command is ranked according to the time it has been given.
It is common to give the babies the command to completely obey the person who holds their special sign. This way, they can later be traded, without anyone having to fear them going rouge because of some old command since every command giving from the person holding the sign has priority.
So although I call them servants, they aren't that different from slaves. With the only difference being that slave seals can be broken and the slave thus freed, while for a servant this is impossible."
She took a deep breath, before continuing, "Of course, my circumstance is different. According to the description of the draconian race, you are my only master and it has nothing to do with your race. Not only that, I can feel that I have more freedom than I have heard members of servant races have.
For example, can I sense that if it is to save your life, I am able to ignore your orders. And that I can resist suicidal orders as long as the goal can be reached in a different way."
When he heard this Ivan let out a breath of relief. He didn't like the thought of her being just someone who would follow orders.
"Then as long as I don't give you any commands, you are free to do whatever you want?"
"Basically yes. But there is a drive to serve you, so as long as you don't resist, I will do just that.", Celine said and smiled at him. "It isn't that different from being a blood servant."
"Anyway. A servant can be trained in three main paths. And these paths are the ones displayed on that prompt. Besides them, there should be others, which can be unlocked later. The more paths a servant has unlocked, the more valuable and stronger the servant is.
That's because each path unlocks a number of skills, the system provides. And these skills are usually high-grade ones, where the skill book is unbelievably expensive."
"So it is a way to get free skills?", he asked in surprise. If that truly was the case, then her having all three paths would mean that she would be able to learn skills from all these paths, right?
"Yes. But of course, there is also a drawback. It's not possible to just unlock these skills. Instead, the servant has to rise his or her level, which is done by doing actions related to the path. Each path has it's own experience bar and only if all the bars are full, the servant can level up and thus unlock a new skill."
"Wouldn't that mean that someone with more paths would level up slower? Then wouldn't it be better to have fewer paths than more?"
"While it is true that the level up progress is slower, there are synergy effects for having multiple paths.
Not only would it unlock more extra paths, but also some of the skills from different paths can be combined. I have heard that many of the skills from the management path can also be used to increase one's combat power.
All in all, the benefits should overwhelm the faults.", Celine finished explaining.
"Alright. If that's the case and you are sure about it, then I'll select the other two paths as well. Alright?"
"Yeah.", she agreed and looked at him with expectation in her eyes. Getting free rare skills was a huge benefit. And since each servant would have its own skill tree it wasn't possible to guess which skills would be in hers.
Having gotten her agreement, Ivan selected both the management and warrior path and then confirmed his selection. As soon as he did that more prompts appeared.
<< Congratulations, you have selected a path for your servant.
Since this is the first time you have done such a thing, Your servant has unlocked the skill tree "Primary Servant", which contains special skills, not belonging to either of the three categories. These skills can not be unlocked by skill points and have instead be unlocked by collaborative quests between master and servant.
Have your servant Celine Lafair gain level 20 to unlock the first quest.
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This was a happy surprise. Although he didn't know what skills would be available in this skill tree, he was sure that they would be something great.
<< Congratulations, you have gained a warrior path servant.
You have gained a warrior path servant and every servant has to start with some skills, so a random skill of the first level will be unlocked.
Besides skill, equipment is also a must for every warrior so one random warrior apparel will be rewarded as well.
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<< Congratulations, your servant has unlocked a random skill "Mind communications" >>
<< Mind communications (Servant)(D)
What could be more important than the communication of two warriors during battle? But with the loud noises of the battlefield, speech is hard to make reliable. As such the perfect way to communicate is to use one's mind. Not only is it not influenced by outside noises, but it also allows for a more efficient form of information exchange.
This is the servant version and can only be used between either the servant and master or the servant and another servant of the same master.
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<< Congratulations, your servant has unlocked the random apparel "Basic Sexy Warrior armor." >>
<< Apparel "Basic Sexy Warrior armor"
This apparel for a servant can be accessed through the servant menu and be equipped by either the master or if permission is given the servant.
This armor is the basic form of the famous combat armor of the "Three Pleasures Sect". This armor is known for its especially good design. Not only is it sexy and capable of displaying the figure of the wearer, but it is also comfortable to wear and provides a high degree of defense. By using powerful array techniques the armor is capable of completely shielding the body of the wearer while maintaining a free look.
Remark:
Because of limitations in this realm, some array functions have been disabled and will only reactivate if the servant is in a higher realm.
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When Ivan read this description, he wondered how it would look at Celine. But before he could think about it more, another prompt popped up.
<< Congratulations, you have gained a management path servant.
You have gained a management path servant and every servant has to start with some skills, so a random skill of the first level will be unlocked.
Besides skill, equipment is also a must for every manager so one random tool will be awarded.
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<< Congratulations, your servant has unlocked a random skill "Superspeed calculations" >>
<< Superspeed calculations (Servant)(A)
What could be more important for a manager than being able to speedily do calculations? If not how would one detect that others are embezzling? Not that this is the only use of course.
This skill passively increases the calculation speed drastically.
This is the servant version and can be used by the master as well.
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This skill truly was something awesome. Although it was under the management section, in truth it was something that would be useful in all areas. And the best thing was that he too would have the skill.
<< Congratulations, your servant has unlocked the random tool "Endless Pen" >>
<< Tool "Endless Pen"
While calculating income and expenditure nothing could be more annoying than the pen running out of ink.
The 'Endless Pen' puts a stop to this problem. Condensing the ink out of the air, it holds an endless supply of ink and will never run out. Thus preventing any annoying breaks in the thought process, leading to having to repeat calculations.
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This was something, where Ivan was completely unable to evaluate the worth of. Luckily he didn't have to and could instead read the next prompt.