Spoils of War

After Drake was finished celebrating his win he looked at the rewards he got from the basilisk. He opened up his menu and selected the skill book first. Like usual the skill book roulette wheel popped into existence and Drake spun the wheel, anxiously waiting for the outcome.

[System Notification: Player has obtain skill [Call of a Leader], an epic class skill]

Drake didn't know this skill and thus looked up the information in the system page. He read the passage,'Call of a Leader is both a passive and an active skill huh? That's pretty handy as a dual skill type. Let's see… When Player is stronger than other party members, passive call of the leader will boost all allies' agility by 10%. That's actually pretty good, speed is always nice, now the active part. Hmm.. So, basically when I activate it, the speed from the passive goes away but they gain 15% vitality and strength.' Drake pondered what this could mean for future plans when General spoke up.

General said,"My lord, I don't think we should attempt to sell this skill, as in the case where you do own a city, if an enemy were to own this skill we would be at a severe disadvantage."

Drake nodded and decided to keep it for now, maybe he could work into his moveset, even if just a little bit. Honestly drake preferred the speed boost more than anything so this skill might not get activated much. Drake shook his head and went to open the special skill prize.

[System notification: Player has gained a Special Skill prize. System will evaluate players' battles and experience to give the player a worthy skill. Calculating…]

Drake held his breath in anticipation, he hadn't gotten this in his past life, only heard rumours about it as it was very rare to gain a special skill from the system.

[System notification: Tabulated. Player has gained prestige to a high degree while being many times weaker than his foes. Player has received Semi-Legendary skill [Lightning Control] ]

Drake gasped when he saw the skill and thought back to his old life once more. No one then had this skill, however there was once a player, who upon defeating a semi-legendary mini-boss, gained a semi-legendary skill called "True Fire Control". It made his control over fire near impossible to defend against and his fire couldn't be extinguished by normal water, only a priest or holy water could cure it.

Drake was suddenly brought back to reality when another world alert appeared before his eyes.

[World Notification: Congratulations Player Drake Silver for obtaining the first Semi-Legendary Skill]

Drake's eyes opened wide in astonishment and he silently cursed his luck, surely this would come back to bite him. Just people knowing that he had semi-legendary skill was enough to invite trouble. He turned to Loco whose face was a mixture of fear and happiness. Drake said,"Let's go back to the village I've been staying in, there are some things we need to do there"

Loco was still a little too stunned to say anything and simply nodded his head. They were then warped out of the dungeon to the front of the dungeon entrance. They turned around to see the dungeon collapsing in on itself, Loco was a little worried until Drake said,"Don't worry, the rocks will fall and reveal it once again after about 6 months with practically the same monsters."

Loco and Drake then went to Roshad Village. Drake and Loco came into the town and someone noticed Drake yelling out to everyone else,"Drake is back! Tell the Elder!"

Drake walked with Loco to the Elders home in the middle of the village and the Chief was standing in the gazebo in the middle of the village square. Drake quietly went up to his master who was standing on the gazebo steps and did the royal salute before taking a knee. Drake tells the chief,"Master! I have returned after a hard fought battle with spoils of war!"

The Chief looked at Loco still standing there awkwardly and asked,"You helped him with this battle?"

Loco then answered,"Yes Sir, I met with Drake near a dungeon not too far from here. Together we cleared the dungeon of all its monsters. This was an epic class dungeon so-"

The chief loudly proclaimed,"You went to an Epic Class Dungeon!? Do you know how reckless you were being!? Please tell me how you managed to escape, I don't believe you didn't have to sacrifice something again you ignorant fools!" The chief was really angry with them for endangering themselves, but he was still happy they were back alive, and now was the time to assess the damage done.

It was Drake who spoke this time as he said,"Master, we did not lose anything, in fact we gained many things from our time in the dungeons, Both he and I gained new understanding of our battle techniques and even gained new skills. Then to challenge myself I battled the Epic class Basilisk that lived as the boss monster by myself and came out victorious, gaining a semi-legendary skill as a reward!"

The chief looked at Drake as if he had gone insane, flabbergasted he asked both men this time,"Is this true? Did the two of you take down an epic class dungeon?"

Both Loco and Drake answered,"Yes!" at the same time. The chief was too stunned for words and he stared at the two young men. He asked Drake,"Did you preserve at least one eye?"

Drake, a little confused, just said,"uh.. Y-yes master, I have 2 preserved eyes in my void box."

The chief didn't say anything at first and then finally said to them,"Follow me." The two young men followed the chief into the forest right behind the village. Drake and Loco would look at each other from time to time but neither person had any clue what was happening. After about 2 miles of walking and an uncomfortable silence the three walked upon a small clearing with a stone tower sitting in the middle of it. Parts of the clearing were scorched with burn marks and the ground was littered with small holes, like small explosions or meteors had hit this area.

The three of them walked to the stone tower's door and the chief knocked on the door. When the door opened there was a small old lady on the other side. She looked about 70 to 80 years old, hunched over with a cane and a slightly crooked smile on her face. She said,"Oh my! The great Isaiah has come to my abode! To what do I owe the pleasure?"

Drake immediately noticed that this old lady seemed to have a thing for the chief but quietly just chose to ignore it. The chief said,"Hello Minerva, I have my successor, Drake Silver right here" he points to drake,"And his friend " he points at Loco," and I was hoping you would make 'the potion' with the two preserved basilisk eyes my successor received after killing the basilisk in an epic class dungeon"

Minerva smiled her crooked smile and said,"Oh my! A basilisk at such a young age and without much power at all, and an epic class dungeon at that! Congratulations to the two young men it seems!" she said in a sweet motherly tone, which was then immediately replaced by a seductive one as she turned to the chief,"of course I can make it easily with two of the eyes. But the question is Isaiah, what will I receive?"

The chief suddenly stiffened and slowly said,"Fine, you win Minerva, create the potions and I will finally marry you."

Drake and Loco looked at each other and then at the situation with wild eyes, both not knowing what the hell was going on. Drake quickly said,"Master, I don't know what you're trying to do, but don't force yourself to marry someone for my sake!"

The chief looked at him and said,"No boy, this will be my fate for now, I can see big things for you in the future and as your Master I will give all I can. Minerva, Please make the potions."

Minerva asked for the basilisk eyes and Drake handed them over, trusting in his master. Even though those eyes could be made into very powerful potion materials, Drake hadn't planned to use them until he got to at least level 500. Drake was very interested in what would happen.

The group waited for about two hours outside the tower when suddenly Minerva opened the door looking much more tired than before. She walked up to the group outside and handed two vials to the two young men, saying,"Drink it".

Drake looked at his master for assurance, getting a stern nod. Drake looked at Loco and simply shrugged his shoulders, downing the vial in one big gulp as Loco did the same.

[System Notification: Player has unlocked Dual Bloodline! Player will now be able to obtain 2 separate Bloodlines!]

[Drake Silver] [Lv 18]

[Job: Novice Adventurer]

[Class: TrueCore Aura Master (Mythical Rank)]

[Bloodline: 1:??? / 2:??? ]

[Strength 28 / Intelligence 10 / Stamina 15 / Agility 15(+10%) / Defense 19 / Luck: ???]

[Equipment:TunnelWorks Uncommon Spear]

[Skills: True Strength, Attack the Strong, Body Double, Call of a Leader, Lightning Control]

[Titles: Commoner Of Roshad]