ONLY PASSIVE SKILLS

[Royal Town Estesia]

Royal Estasia is known as the innermost place in the Sappharix Nation. Leaders, Hidden Elders, Legendary Heroes, and many prominent figures reside in the Royal Town Estesia.

Apart from that, the second branch of Stone Pagoda is in the Royal Town Estesia. From Legendary or Mythical items, everything was available in this place. Nobles and rich people spend their leisure time spending their money to collect treasures and artifacts.

In short, one can say that the Royal Town Estesia is a place of rich and strong people. The Poor and weak have no place in this place. People use magic to do their daily work so, there was never the need for servants.

[Rosewarth Ancient Castle]

Berserker Rosewarth, the oldest and strongest man alive, resides in the Rosewarth Ancient Castle. The Ancient Castle is the tallest and most secure building in the Sappharix Nation. Elite Heroes handpicked and trained by Berserker guard the castle.

No one knows what Berserker Rosewarth looks like other than the few family members and the elite guards.

A trace of shadow entered the training chamber in the Ancient Castle. Inside the training chamber, a young man was meditating in front of a broad sword. Glints of blue sparkle burst out from the broad sword from time to time but, there was no sound.

The shadow stopped in front of that young man.

"There is a door, you know," the young man spoke without opening his eyes and continued to focus on his training.

"It is better this way," a shrouded figure emerged from the shadow, "Too many eyes these days."

After a few minutes, the young man got up and opened his eyes, "You came here in person," he stood up and sat on the chair beside the giant painting of an unknown swordsman, "So, what happened?"

The shrouded man knelled in front of the young man and spoke, "Trouble is brewing in the outer regions and a piece of news from Valliant."

"Humm, trouble?" the young man arched his brows out of curiosity, "How messy was it to even catch your eyes?"

"First the piece of seal reacted, second the invasion of the Saviour Cult, third two new class of Heroes and fourth Valliant nearly got killed by one of the new awakened kid," the shrouded man ended his report.

"Looks like it's time to go for a walk," the young man grinned, "Tell me, Shade," the young man stretched his hands, "How many years passed since I last got out?"

"It was 80 years ago," Shade the shrouded man spoke, "But, how did you even manage to keep your youth?"

The young man was Berserker Rosewarth, the creator of the Rosewarth Family.

"Hahaha, curious, aren't you?" Berserker laughed loudly, "As I said before, it was a gift from my master."

"Then, your master must be strongest of all," Shade inquired.

"Strongest? oh no, no, no," Berserker spoke in a serious tone, "His strength was boundless."

"That strong?" Shade spoke.

"Enough about that," Berserker poured himself a cup of tea from the teapot on the table, "A ten-year-old kid beat Valliant, you kidding?"

"That's the truth," Shade continued, "He even defeated the Scarlet Maiden and helped her to awaken the legendary Origin Class."

"That kid," Berserker looked in Shade's eyes and spoke, "What's his name and Class?"

Shade answered in an emotionless voice, "His name is Lucas and, his Class is..."

Before Shade could answer, Berserker, spoke in a wavering voice, "Weapon Master."

"How did you....," Shade stopped his sentence midway as he noticed Berserker's trembling body.

"The news," Berserker clenched his fist and asked Shade, "What's the news from Valliant?"

Shade answered, "He wants to meet you and told me to tell you two things in case you refuse his audience."

Berserker held his breath and spoke, "Tell me those two things."

Shade nodded and spoke, "Silver Moon and Weapon Master."

[Clank] The teacup fell from Berserker's hand and shattered on the floor. Hearing the name Silver Moon, drops of tears fell from his eyes as old memories began to unfold in his mind.

"Leave," Berserker wiped his tears and looked at the sky from the windows, "Tell Valliant, I will meet him and tell him to bring that kid to me at any cost."

"Understood," Shade turned into a shadow and vanished among other shadows.

Berserker kept looking towards the sky, "Master....."

[Aldenland Town] [Rosewarth Castle] [Training Hall]

Lucas's nightmares stopped. He focused on improving his newfound powers.

But, no matter how much he trained, his evolution and growth stopped. He faced an unbreakable wall in front of him, "No, not enough."

Lord Rosewarth noticed Lucas's frustration and decided to give him some advice.

"You finally met your strongest enemy," Lord Rosewarth stood beside the door of the training hall, "The famous unbreakable wall."

"Yes, you can say that," Lucas laid on the ground out of exhaustion from hard training, "I need something more, something different."

Lord Rosewarth closed the door and laid beside his son, "More and different?"

"Yes, I have mastered all aspects of the essence but, it's not enough to face what's about to come," Lucas sighed.

"I know," Lord Rosewarth smiled, "I saw you using other class skills."

"No, not skill," Lucas stretched his fingers, "In fact, I don't even have a single active skill."

"What?" Lord Rosewarth jumped up in surprise, "You are kidding, right?"

Lucas grinned a little, "Nope, I just changed the form of the essence and made it look like a skill."

"Then that's how you managed to use different class skills," Lord Rosewarth spoke in a surprised tone.

"That's right," Lucas continued, "All of my skills are Passive Skills and, these skills remain active 24 hours nonstop."

"What Passive Skills?" Lord Rosewarth spoke curiously with a surprised face, "There is no skill that remains active forever."

"Well, I got it, so this is your first time hearing about this skill," Lucas looked at his father with curious eyes.

Lord Rosewarth nodded his head. Lucas explained his skills to his father.

After a few minutes, Lord Rosewarth asked Lucas, "What do you need now, Lucas?"

Lucas clenched his fists and looked at his father, "I need new power, something different from essence, something that rivals the power of essence."