Splitting Edge

After purchasing in the shop function of the system, Alex stayed away from the dungeon for several days taking his time to have fun and explore Orario. Following Kronos' advice to play around for a few days, Alex strolled around Orario or to be exact, leaving various marks of his [Flying Thunder God] in random places throughout Orario for his convenience in the future.

Going around the walls of Orario, he saw a familiar white haired boy in the distance which immediately caught his attention.

"Oh isn't that Bell? What is he doing in a place like this?"

Alex wondered as he saw Bell. He was about to go and greet him but stopped as Alex saw he had someone with him. It was a very beautiful woman with long golden-blonde hair, gold eyes, and a slender body. She wears a white one-piece dress with gold lining.

"Isn't that the Sword Princess?"

Ais Wallenstein is a first class adventurer and an executive of the Loki Familia. Among the small fraction of first class adventurers, she is considered one of the strongest. The Sword Princess of the Loki Familia was so famous that it would be impossible for Alex to not recognize her.

Stealthily hiding not wanting to interrupt them as he saw Bell having an interesting expression, Alex observed them out of his curiosity. It didn't took long for him to show a cringed expression as suddenly Ais was beating Bell up.

Alex was about to rush and stop her but stopped as he guessed her intentions after watching the continuous beating that Bell suffered. Seeing that it was just a training all along, a sudden idea came into his mind.

One of the ability of the sharingan is to copy anyone it sees. Activating his sharingan, a single tomoe appeared in his eyes staring intently at Ais who was beating Bell.

"Nice moves."

Alex murmured as even with his sharingan, he could barely see Ais' movements but thankfully he could still see it as Ais was obviously matching her strength with Bell. Her movements was so fluid yet so brutal and for him, to have this kind of fighting style would greatly help him a lot.

After watching for a while, as if her movements immediately registered in his mind because of his sharingan, a notification appeared in front of him.

[The skill, 'Basic Sword Mastery' has been obtained.]

[Basic Sword Mastery Lv.1]

Rating: Normal

[Allows the user to freely handle swords. Increases sword damage by 5%.

Type: Passive

Skill Proficiency: 0%

Cooldown Time: None.]

As if he suddenly felt an enlightenment and his body was itching for a fight, Alex instantly disappeared from where he was hiding to where Kronos was located.

He immediately told Kronos that he planned to go to the dungeon wanting to test something and it might take long for him to return. Not wanting to stop Alex, Kronos simply smiled and told him to beat all the monsters he encountered to the point they will be scared of him.

Saying farewell towards Kronos, he immediately activated [Flying Thunder God] towards the guild to see his advisor. With his sudden appearance, many people in the guild were surprised and immediately entered some discussion about this.

Not paying attention in their murmuring, Alex stopped in an empty countertop. He pressed the small bell placed on it.

"I am coming!" Soon enough, a voice was heard deep within the guild. Turning towards that direction, Alex saw his dungeon advisor running towards him.

"Good day to you, Miss Rose."

"Oh Alex, good day to you too."

Rose greeted him back as she saw him being polite to her. Alex then spoke to her that he wanted to enter the dungeon after taking a few days break and wanted to take some mission at the same time which his advisor accepted.

Now that he had lost his 2 million points or valis after buying the [Dragon Heart], Alex decided to take some missions to earn some more. Missions are quest like orders given out by the Guild. The Familia or Adventurers that receives them must do as written.

"As you are still on the upper floor and I wanted it to stay that way, this is the only mission available at this moment and I can't give you anything else other than this."

Alex nodded to her words and picked up the paper of the mission. As soon as he picked a mission issued by the guild, a system notification popped up.

[Quest Triggered.]

[War Shadow Hunter]

Rating: E

[A strange phenomenon has happened lately in the upper floors which increased the numbers of the deaths among the adventures. Some say it's an enhanced species while some says its an irregular.

Quest Clear Conditions: Find the source of the scourge before further damage is done.

Quest Clear Rewards: 1 Skill Point, 100 System Points.]

Alex stared absentmindedly as he murmured to himself.

"So this is how to trigger the quests."

"Is there a problem?"

Hearing his mumbling, Rose asked Alex which snapped the latter out of his daze.

"Ah, nothing. I'm just encouraging myself."

Saying that with a smile on his face, Rose felt that he was lying but decided not to pursue the matter. Finishing his business in the guild, Alex once again turned into a crimson flash which surprised Rose again.

"There he go again. I can't really get used to this."

She spoke with a slight dejected expression as she had completely forgotten to ask Alex about this ability. She then glanced around seeing the people in the guild speaking to their selves about Alex turning into a crimson flash.

Not knowing the commotion that he had caused like always, Alex instantly appeared where one of his daggers was placed in the sixth floor.

"Now then."

Knowing that his weapons have low durability left, Alex browsed in the shop function and saw a dagger with the same appearance of what he had. Taking a liking into it, Alex decided to press it in the hologram in front of him.

[Assassin's Decree]

Rating: Uncommon

[Durability: 42/42 Attack Power: 22~30

* The damage of stabbing attacks will increase by 21%.

* Physical defense penetration will increase by 23%.

Restriction: None.]

[Price: 2,300 Points.]

"Oh, it's actually an uncommon dagger which has higher quality than my current dagger."

Also the price was set higher but unlike before, Alex didn't brainwash himself to linger on his money this time. Buying at least, 50 daggers for a total of 115,000 points which was sent into his inventory, Alex was about to close the shop but saw something intriguing.

[Splitting Edge]

Rating: Normal (Growth)

[Durability: 20/20 Attack Power: 11~20

* The damage of slashing attacks will increase by 10%.

* One option is added every time the rating increases.

A short sword made by a Legendary Blacksmith with skills and a commitment beyond human limitations. A blade of steel that was hammered more than million times in a short period of time, it is beyond ideal and has a divine power.

However, it is limited by the typical form, causing its power to be sealed. It will gradually find the right form and release its true strength in the process of being cut, hit and reworked.

Restriction: None.]

[Price: 5,750 Points.]

"A growth weapon!"

At first, Alex inspected it as the short sword had the similar appearance of his current short sword. Aside from that this weapons is a growth weapon, it also has a better option effect than his current short sword that has low durability left.

Seeing that he could still afford the price, Alex decided to buy it. Just like on the icons, the weapons he had purchased looked somewhat similar to what he had before.

He lifted the Splitting Edge after instantly marking it with his skill formula of the [Flying Thunder God], he turned towards his audience. "Sorry to keep you waiting. Shall we begin?"

Turning around, Alex saw a group of war shadows had appeared. Gazing at them, a single comma like pattern appeared in his already red crimson eyes.

When he was buying earlier, several frog shooters and war shadows had been spawned in the surrounding area. Though they wanted to charge at his limp body immediately, they were all forced back by an invisible pressure. It was unlike anything the monsters had experienced, and they felt a fundamental feeling of fear within their core. It was almost like the boy before them contained the spirit of an Ancient Dragon.

When the boy addressed them, the pressure suddenly increased as they looked into the red crimson eyes. Within his pupils, they could see the silhouette of a fierce warrior shrouded by the shadows. They could even vaguely see an illusion of a great army standing behind him.

Without waiting any longer, Alex charged at the monsters who stared in his direction in reverence and fear. He swung his sword in wide arcs, trailing a white light that carried a deadly momentum. The sword began to hum as it cut through each successive body. As if possessing a life of its own, it began to resonate with the aura of its new master.

The sword became light in his hand and he charged towards the war shadow who seemed reluctant to fight back. It got on all fours and tried to lunge at Alex in a manner similar to his first encounter. With his sharingan, Alex was able to easily keep track of the movements of the monster due to the increase in his attributes. He was easily able to intercept its path and bisect the the war shadow at the waist.

With the fall of their brethren as a catalyst, eight war shadows began to charge at Alex while the frog shooters shoots their long tongue towards him. Even without looking directly at them he was able to vaguely feel their presence.

Looking at them, Alex found that fighting them were no longer hard at all as he was already familiar with their movements. Glancing at his partner who was firmly holding on his shoulder, he decided to see what's the capabilities of a Legendary Celestial Cat.