Sword Mage
Jade Spear City: Adventurers association main hall.
At a corner of the Hall, a group of four female level 23 Tier 1 Players gathered together. They were Bai Qingyuan and her teammates.
"Why is Xuan Yuan not out yet? with his strength, he shouldn't face any problem in the Trial!" Bai Qingyuan said worriedly.
"Maybe, he's delayed by something in the Trial, don't worry Qingyuan, he'll be out soon" Shen Rou said.
"Mrs. Xuan, why are you being so worried for nothing? Your Boyfriend is probably still having a big fight with a Tier 1 Swordman, he'll probably gain more rewards having resisted the Swordman for so long!" Yue Ying said.
"Oh!! That's Xuan Yuan!" Xingyao exclaimed as she pointed at an inconspicuous Swordman appear suddenly in front of the Trial Hall.
The four hurriedly made their way to him and surrounded him.
"Hey! what took you so long?" Bai Qingyuan complained.
"I'm sorry I made you guys wait" Xuan Yuan said as he gazes flickered round the group of Tier 1 females standing before him. He was surprised they actually managed to reach Tier 1. 'Was the quest not that difficult?' He thought...
The Promotion quest wasn't much difficult and it was just a formality to challenge players a bit before reaching Tier 1. The only thing was considering was just the Tier 1 Boss of the Final trial and players were not required to kill him, just resist for 3 mins.
But the Final Boss was the Tier 1 version of the Player. For Xuan Yuan who was equipped in top notch equipments the Tier 1 version of himself was bound to be frightening! For ordinary players like the four girls, there's nothing difficult as the Tier 1 version of them is just a bit stronger than their Tier 0 self.
"Since I'm the last one, I'll pay for the drinks. Let's head to the Bar!" Xuan Yuan said to the girls who smiled sweetly. It was to show them he bears no grudge about what happened in the past...
"Bro. Xuan..." Xingyao began
"Just call me Xuan Yuan" Xuan Yuan said.
"OK Xuan Yuan, for how long did you resist the Trial Guardian?" Xingyao asked. She was a swordman herself and managed to resist the Boss for additional seconds of 30 seconds and got a bronze rank chest with a Iron ranked Weapon inside. She wanted to know how Xuan Yuan fared before the Guardian.
"Me?" Xuan Yuan replied. "I just killed him"
"What?!!" The four girls exclaimed "You killed him???"
"Brother Xuan Yuan is really an expert, why don't join our team so you can give us some pointers?" Xingyao asked excitedly. The thought of training with an expert of Xuan Yuan's caliber thrilled her a lot.
"I'm sorry but I won't join the team, I have some things I need to do, I'll find time to train with you guys some other time!" Xuan Yuan declined.
"That's a pity" Xingyao sighed. She knew an expert of his caliber had much in their plates and won't have time to grind with noobs like her. "But you promises to train with us in the future, don't go back on your word!"
Xuan Yuan smiled and nodded...
After spending an hour celebrating, Xuan Yuan paid for the drink and departed alone.
"I can't believe a human could change so much suddenly! We were just ridiculing him just yesterday and now we dare not do so anymore" Xingyao muttered as she watched Xuan Yuan's figure disappear in the distance.
"Was he just pretending back then? It didn't seem so!" Yue Ying said.
"Even I'm surprised as to how he transformed so suddenly!" Bai Qingyuan added...
After he left the girls, Xuan Yuan returned to the Hotel he lodged at previously and booked a room again for 12 hours which was approximately the time left before he logged out.
He quickly settled down and crossed his legs once he entered the room.
After successfully creating the Mana technique, Overwhelming Sword, He received the Title, Sword Mage.
<Sword Mage, title> (Epic)
Increases Mana affinity by 100%
Grants user a Viscount title in any Kingdom or Empire on the continent.
User has a 20% chance to create a skill acknowledged by the God system...
As he examined the Legendary title, Sword Mage, Xuan Yuan was awestruck as he read each effects brought by the title. Apart from the Increase in Mana affinity, just the Viscount title granted to the user in every Kingdom or Empire is enough to make even superpowers go crazy and they'll try all the best to poach the owner of such a ridiculous title, even offering the seat of Vice Guild Leader to such player.
Having a Viscount status in a city means one's authority is second to that of Legendary Marquises. One will even get passive protection from the Guards while in the city. It's practically impossible to kill a Viscount in his own city talkless of any city on the continent. He now have a whole continent as his playground where he is guaranteed absolute safety. Furthermore a Marquis of a city was able to acquire some of the City's revenue.
The third benefit was the most frightening among the effects of the title. A chance to create a System acknowledged skill! In the Realm of Spirituality, active skills always have cooldowns. But for Player created acknowledged skill, there's no Cooldown at all. If Xuan Yuan was able to acquire a set of non Cooldown powerful Skill, he'd become invincible since he could just execute skills continuously while his opponents wait for cooldowns...
Xuan Yuan shifted his focus and closed his eyes as he immersed himself deep into his surrounding. His will silently flowed along with the Mana inside the room until the whole room. became imprinted in his mind with nothing that escaped his notice.