Chapter 8

✦Finished both my exams, now I am back to my normal posting schedule.✦

*Knock knock*

"Excuse me Azathoth-san, we are having breakfast in 20 minutes. You should get ready and go down to the dining room soon." Said a female voice.

"Mmmh... Okay!" Seal said as he lazily got up from his bed. He rubbed his eyes and stretched his body. It had been a while since he had a good sleep.

'Should I go to the adventurer guild today?' Seal thought to himself. He needed money so he could pay for the living expenses. Furthermore, he wanted to go to the labyrinth so that it might trigger some quests for him to clear. He wanted some more system points, and maybe some lottery tickets. It wouldn't hurt to save up on system points, would it?

10 minutes later, Seal left his room and went downstairs. The place was very lively, many people are chatting while laughing. He felt that the people there were friendly and nice. But he knows there might be bad people mixed in them.

"Yo! You must be a newbie, right?" A man called out to Seal.

"Yes. Do you need something from me?" Seal replied as he did not want unnecessary trouble.

"Oh sorry! I forgot to introduce myself, the name is Jacky. You can just call me Jack. I just want to welcome you." He held out his hand. Jack was a person with a slightly big figure.

"My name is Seal Azathoth. Nice to meet you!" Seal shook Jack's hand.

"Nee nee Azathoth-san, are you an adventurer?" Someone asked.

"No, I am new to this town but I am planning on signing up to be an adventurer today."

"Hey Azathoth-san, want to spar? I am an adventurer too, and I can recommend you to the adventurer guild regardless if you win or lose against me." Jack spoke up, excitedly. He had been longing for a battle ever since.

"I know that you look weak to the eyes of other people with your appearance, but it does not matter to me. I can see how strong someone is with a skill of mine." Jack proudly said.

Seal did not have his cloak on as the people in the inn are mostly males with few females. He found that it was a bother to wear a cloak as it affected his combat capabilities.

"Alright, I'll spar with you." Seal reluctantly accepted under the anticipating gaze of the onlookers including Jack.

"Hahaha!! That's more like it!" Jack cheered.

Seal just smiled at the scene. Now that he settled down, he wants to go to a clothing store to get some clothes. He was still wearing his school clothes that were dirty and ripped when he rolled around the dirt. Many people did not notice it as the cloak covered it.

Saying goodbye and leaving the inn, Seal walked towards a cheap clothing and armor store. He heard from Jack that the store was a part of the adventurer guild and that if you sign up for it, you would get a 10% discount. But Seal decided that he could not go to the adventurer guild looking dirty.

After 10 minutes of walking, Seal arrived at the store. When he entered the store, he saw many weapons on one side and clothing on the other side. Many people were shopping in the store. There was a burly man who looked like he was the one in charge.

"Welcome to my weapon and clothing store. What would you need today? If you don't need anything and just want to create trouble, get out. As I do not want unnecessary trouble." The man said.

"I'm not here to make trouble. I want to buy some clothes for myself, preferably light clothes."

"You have come to the right place! Young man, what is your budget?"

"My budget is 7000 luta." Seal got 10000 luta from Jack as he wanted to help Seal out.

"Hm... 7000 luta. That is a little tight. Ah! I got the things for you." He said while gesturing to Seal to follow him.

Seal followed him to a room that was supposedly the warehouse where the owner stored things. Entering the said room, Seal immediately saw a lot of items from armor to weapons to clothing.

"By the way, what is your name? My name is Frank."

"My name is Seal Azathoth. You can call me how you wish."

"Okay, Azathoth-san it is. Here are the clothes that I recommend." Frank said while holding out a fur coat and black pants.

Seal immediately used «Appraisal» on it.

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Name: Wolf Fur Coat

Type: Clothing

Grade: Common

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Name: Wolf Hide Pants

Type: Clothing

Grade: Common

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'Hm... Wait. What's that?' Seal noticed a box that was giving off an aura of some sort. But he could not tell what was in it.

"Are you interested in what is inside that box?" Frank noticed Seal staring at the box.

"Yes. May I see what is in it?" Seal knew it was something good.

"Of course, but the items in it are considered wastes. The materials used to make those are unknown. No one has been able to use them."

Frank led Seal over to the box and opened it. Inside the box was a jet-black dagger and a silver dagger. Both knives were 16 inches in length. Seal quickly looked at the 2 daggers stats.

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Name: Black Void (Evolvable)

Type: Dagger (Can change shape and size to fit user)

Grade: Phantom

Bound to: None (Drop blood on the handle to bound.)

Abilities:

Decimation Barrage (Active): Send continuous slashes 5 meters around the user that deal massive damage to anything the way. Lasts for 15 seconds, and requires a 5 minutes cooldown.

(Can only be seen with Unique Skill «Appraisal»)

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Name: White Moon (Evolvable)

Type: Dagger (Can change shape and size to fit user)

Grade: Phantom

Bound to: None (Drop blood on the handle to bound.)

Abilities:

Second Chance (Passive): When the user's life is almost gone, it will automatically activate and heal all injuries. All combat capabilities will be tripled for a short amount of time. Once used, it requires a cooldown of 1 month to recharge.

(Can only be seen with Unique Skill «Appraisal»)

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"How much for these 2 daggers?" Seal almost screamed out loud when he saw the stats of the daggers.

"Since these are defective items found from the labyrinth, I will sell them for 5000 luta in total."

'5000 luta? That's cheap. Way too cheap for something this good!" Seal was shocked inwardly. No wonder no one was able to tell the worth of these daggers. They're simply don't have the ability to do so! Well, he's not going to tell them about the stats of these daggers anyway. He was surprisingly lucky to be able to find these daggers. Was this because of the Luck stat?

"Sounds good." Seal hurriedly accepted the price before Frank changes his mind.

"Great! Do you need anything else?"

"No, thank you. I just want these 2 daggers and the clothes you showed me."

"Okay! That will be 6800 luta, 5000 for daggers, and 1800 for the clothes." Frank said.

Seal walked back to the counter to pay. After handing 6800 luta to Frank, he bid goodbye to him.

"Come back again if you have time! I will give you a discount on your next purchase." Frank said while smiling. He wanted to make friends with the youngster.

"I will pay a visit when I can." Seal also smiled back at Frank.

Now that Seal had gotten his clothes and weapons, he needs to go to the adventurer guild. Luckily the clothing store was affiliated with the adventurer guild, so it was not that far away. Soon, he arrived at the entrance of the guild. He heard continuous clamor and voice inside the building. When he entered, the noises suddenly died down.

"Hey, who's that?"

"I don't know but he looks new."

"He's handsome."

"Oh shut up. All you care about is the person's looks."

"Huh?! What did you say?!?"

"You heard me!"

Arguments started to appear left and right. But no one dares to physically fight as this was the adventurer guild.

Seal ignored all these arguments and walked up a guild receptionist. She was blushing, staring at Seal. She had a slender body with blonde hair.

"Excuse me, I'm here to register as an adventurer." Seal said.

"Ah? Okay, please fill out this form." The receptionist said as she began regaining her calm. She handed him a piece of paper that everyone needed to fill out. The form needed information about his first name, class, and other various information.

'Okay... The name will be Seal. Class? What class?' Seal did not fill anything out for class as he did not know it. He spent 5 minutes filling out the rest of the form.

"I finished filling out the form. I don't know my class so I did not write anything down for class." Seal handed the receptionist the paper.

"That will be no problem, we will check your status and class with a status plate after this."

"Okay."

The receptionist left the counter to go get a status tablet. Apparently, the status plate can let you see other information besides stats and class.

『Host, you can use the «Status Concealment» skill to fake your status.』

The system's feminine mechanical voice reminded him about his other skill.

'Alright, but do you know why my status does not show a class?'

『Unknown.』

'...Is there any way to make it look like I have a class?'

『It is very simple. The host can add a fake class when using «Status Concealment».』

'Great! Well, my class will be Magic Assassin as I can use both magic and dagger while also hiding in plain sight. As for my stats... I will keep it the way it is.' Seal decided.

The receptionist soon came back with a black rectangle tablet. That must have been the status plate that she was talking about, Seal thought.

"Sorry to keep you waiting. We were out of status plates back there so I had to go to the warehouse to get some more." She bowed and apologized.

"I don't mind it."

"Alright, please hold this and say Open Status." She said while handing Seal the status plate.

As soon as she said that, everyone stopped talking and waited to see the newcomer's status.

"Um, okay. Open Status." Seal said.

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Name: Seal

Age: 17

Class: Magic Assassin

Level: 4

Vitality: 2800

Strength: 2100

Agility: 2030

Intelligence: 2070

Endurance: 2110

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"What are those stats?!" Everyone yelled simultaneously.