8 Alec Terrel (2)
On a big hologram, a big silhouette of a man sitting on a chair can be seen. Even just his silhouette was radiating massive pressure. The old man from the store was Conversing with that person in hologram.
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"So what you are saying is all three of those things were brought by three boys in a span of two weeks?"
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"Yes sir"
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"So who were they ?"
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"Sir, all of the boys are students who are going to enroll in Hexagon hero academy this year ."
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"Ohohoho"
"Quite interesting!!......"
"So who are they ?"
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"The first one was the child who picked 'Hoax Mask'. His name was Kalki Hertz and he was the first one to visit. The second one picked up the skill book 'Overpowered' and his name was Ryan Kadireig. The last one was picked 'that demonic Katana' and his name was Alec Terrel.
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"Isn't Ryan that kid who scored the highest practical score since the founding of hero academies?"
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"Yes sir"
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"What are the ranks of other ones?"
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Kalki's rank is 93 and Alec's rank is 843".
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"Hmm….. quite interesting"
"So what is your opinion on them, Rec?"
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" Kalki was the first one to come and from his get up and action it was clear that either he was very good at pretending or it was just a big fluke."
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"So what do you think it was?"
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"Pretending, sir"
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"Interesting"
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" Ryan came second and I am quite sure it was just his luck and the last one was quite an interesting case. He came for the skill that Ryan picked but after he wasn't able to get it he accidentally picked up that stick ".
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"Rec, you know that there are no accidents and surely not with that stick. That stick pick his owner by himself"
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"Yes sir!
Do you think he will be able to awaken that stick ?"
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"Maybe, maybe not"
"It looks like I have to go back to the academy. Things are gonna get interesting soon."
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"Sir, don't you find it suspicious that the other two knew about the shop this early?"
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"Nah! It doesn't matter even if they knew a little bit about the shop. after all they will never know about the whole Until we allow them ".
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"Should we fill the left space with other treasure now ?"
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"Only put one instead of three this time"
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"Yes sir".
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'This dungeon is taking a whole lot more time than I expected'.
It's already been 3 days in this damn 'Deakon forest'. According to the novel the art was in the middle of the forest inside a dungeon near the waterfall. So I found it early on the first day but till now I am not able to clear it.
The real problem was that I only had 5 days left till the opening of school and the travel from here to there was gonna take 10 hrs. So all in all, I only have 4 days maximum to get the art.
This dungeon being the inheritance dungeon was a little more special than others. It has mana of D rank but monsters are only at F rank. It has 3 levels, the first contains the horde of monsters which checks the persistence of the person, the second contains the maze for checking the mental capabilities of the person, and the last is the illusion showing the person their worst dream.
Well, right now I am in the maze part of the dungeon with no idea what is the right path. In the novel, it was stated that the finger of statues on each end carries a ring of one of the color codes of the rainbow. So, I have to find those statutes that have rings that contain one color among rainbow colors in the pattern of VIBGYOR.
'But it was not easy, yeah it was extremely f**king hard like seriously who else knows what indigo color is like? Well yeah if you are a big brainer then maybe you know but I am sorry I am not that great '
Cursing in mind and after moving in the wrong direction for the past 7 hours due to a sh*t color I finally cleared my second trial too. Well, it's not like everyone is a big brain who will complete these things in under 1 hrs or something. After all, I'm just an extra who is trying his best to survive future events and taking some villain's power-up things.
Looking at the door in front, I can clearly hear him saying 'danger on the other side!' or 'Do not go here!' Something like that ..... not really though but the huge door in front of me sure gave the vibes of those gates inside which you are bound to get fu*ked up. After staring at the door for a few minutes and doing some unnecessary exercise, I decided to move forward. Just as I try to push open the door everything around me changes.
The scenery was completely different; everything around me was barren land. I saw two couples running somewhere and as I tried to go closer to them I got stopped by an invisible wall. The only thing I was able to see was a man and woman running and woman carrying something in her hand. Suddenly a huge number of portals opened in the sky and thousands of demons came out from them.
The running man suddenly stopped and spoke to the woman. The man turned towards the demons and now I was able to see his face. He was very handsome but the thing that caught the attention was his pair of bright red eyes. He floats toward the sky and starts releasing his mana, and the whole sky turns red…..
I opened my eyes and looked around. I was lying inside a dome-shaped room with every wall having a pattern of lightning on it and in the middle of the roof, a huge dragon was shown with his mouth open and lightning surging around his body.
I dusted myself thinking about the unusual illusion I saw and moved towards the stage like a design made in the middle. At the stage, a big mana crystal with some words crafted on it can be seen. On the bottom of the crystal, an orb and a manual were placed.
I started reading the words on crystal and some revelation shocked me.
' To the one who reached the end of this dungeon, maybe you will become the next inheritor, or maybe not. But I, the first inheritor of lightning dragon art, shall reward you for reaching this place.
I was the one who reached the pinnacle of sword art; will give you the masterpiece of my life. The art that I inherit as the lowest one and advance it to the highest level an art can gain, I present you with that. I hope you will surpass me and reach the new heights that I wasn't able to reach in my lifetime.
Before taking art, first, you should transfer some mana on the orb, if lightning dragon found you suitable then the art will automatically be passed on to you but if not then the orb will disappear automatically without giving you anything.
Secondly, the art was created only for sword wielders, and if you're not one I hope you should start using it because unless you are a sword or a katana user you can't take it.
Also, you will not be able to take this manual outside. So, if you didn't get anything it's your bad luck. '
~ Zeus
I read the whole thing with a lot of different emotions. I was sure that 'he' did not take the manual because he used a spear the whole time. Even though Zeus' way of speaking was quite annoying, for me everything was a reward. I knew I would be able to inherit art, the reason being my future knowledge of novels.
In the middle part of the novel, it was revealed that high-level magic arts can only be equipped by those who either didn't have any art or have similar elemental art. That's why I chose to come for lightning dragon art instead of wind dragon art. I picked the orb and transfer my mana to it
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[ Do you want to replace 'thunderbird art' with 'lightning dragon art' ?]
[Y/N]
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I clicked yes and the orb disappeared in hand leaving behind a notification.
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[Congratulations!! You have learned the 'lightning dragon art']
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Without focusing much on the notification I picked up the manual.
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[ Do you want to replace the 'Precise sword style' manual with the 'lightning blade style' manual ?]
[Y/N]
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I clicked yes and the manual too disappeared similarly. I spoke ' status' in my mind.
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"Status"
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Name - Alec Terrel
Age - 16 yrs old
Talent - Gold
Rank - F+
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Strength - F
Agility - E
Stamina - F+
Mana -E+
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Charm - A-
Mind - E
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Art - Lightning dragon art (Divine)
Stigma - *unawakened*
Manual- Lightning blade style(5 stars) {Novice}
Skills - 1• Jump (D grade) {active}
× [2• reminisce (B grade) {active}] ×
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