Chapter 63

Among the armors that was neatly piled, Zephyr took the other parts of the set of the Leather Armor of Maximof. Equipping the armor, shoulder guards, and many other set parts. As it was from the same set, the other parts also had the same effects.

It was a simple choice why he chose that set as it was basically because it was an epic equipments. Unlike the rest of the items that were all unique rated, Zephyr deliberately chose a lower rating as he feels it won't be fun if he would become so strong.

If he wanted to have a higher rating equipment, he could just equip his Aetherius Set which was considered in the top as it was a Mythic equipments. Turning his attention back to the other people in the smithy, he saw Ericson handling a knuckle at Agur.

Even seeing it, Zephyr didn't probe about it as it was not his habit to meddle to another person's affair. However, seeing that Zephyr was already done and now had turned his attention to them, Ericson explained to Zephyr out of respect.

"I got this item as a reward from my class change quest. However, it was already broken and I asked Mister Agur if he could help me to repair it."

He then sent the stats of his item at Zephyr.

[Martial Asura's Knuckles(Broken)]

Rating: Common (Growth)

Durability: 5/149 Attack Power: 45

Critical Hit Chance: +3%

* Attack speed is increased by 5%.

* There will be additional damage when 5 combos succeed.

* The skill 'Swallow' will be generated.

Swallow: This equipment can merge with the other equipments at the same time advance its rating.

User Restriction: Zeke's Successor.]

Zephyr's interest was pique. A growth type item became stronger the more it was used. It could accumulate experience and increasing the rank. Their stats were high compared to items of the same rating, and their stats increase with every rating was also great.

Moreover, it was an item exclusive to the Zeke's Successor class. Even seeing the stats for the first time, Zephyr could guess that this knuckles was used by the Martial Asura himself. However, he did not knew what was the reason for it to become this damaged.

He could also see that this item was originally a legendary item but got degraded. However, seeing the durability, if used and not repaired, it will be destroyed anytime leaving nothing.

Agur on the other hand froze in the moment he held the item. He then mumbles in a shaky voice.

"M-martial.....Asura?"

Agur's reaction didn't escape Zephyr's perception. It was the same reaction he had when Zephyr told him about being a Sword Saint and Legendary Archmage. He became interested in the prestige of the Martial Asura as even a Legendary Blacksmith who only care in smithing would react like this.

Agur then turned his face at Ericson. At first, he was only interested in him for being Zephyr's companion. After a while, he also spotted the Heroes Badge on Ericson's chest which made him think that Ericson was also special.

If he had not seen the badge, he would not agree to his request to repair the knuckles. But seeing the knuckles, he was so shock as a possibility came to his mind. With a serious expression, he asked.

"Boy...Are you perhaps Zeke's Successor?"

Ericson was taken aback from hearing it in the mouth of a blacksmith of a crappy smithy. However, he immediately regained his composure as he respectfully nodded.

Agur then facepalmed himself as his body was shaking. Zephyr and Ericson could tell that the dwarf in this moment was brimming with intense excitement.

"Hahahahaha! I didn't think that I would be able to serve a service to the successor of the Undefeated Martial Emperor."

As a blacksmith, it was his honor to be able to help to an important person. Ericson on the other hand was intrigued on hearing the term Undefeated Martial Emperor as this was the first time he was hearing this as he had known it was Legendary Martial Asura.

Unlike Zephyr who had known some of the history in Tensura, Ericson still didn't knew anything about the History in Tensura. Seeing his confusion, Agur explained.

"Zeke is known as the Legendary Martial Asura who had reached the peak of martial arts. However, he was more famous of the title 'Undefeated Martial Emperor' as he had never experienced defeat."

Ericson widened his eyes hearing it. For someone who never experienced defeat in this world was definitely someone who is so strong. Agur's grin widened seeing Ericson's expression as he continued.

"Even the Legendary Archmage Ian who is the strongest magician of all time was still defeated by Zeke. Well Sword Saint Izroth was included though."

"Wait! I heard that Sword Saint Izroth is rumored as the Humanity's Strongest. How come he was defeated?"

Ericson asked in an uncertain voice as aside from that, the Sword Saint was also judged by the system as the strongest Legendary Combat Class which confused him if Izroth was defeated by Zeke when the Zeke's Successor Class was still in second place in the class rankings.

Zephyr was still expressionless even hearing that even the Humanity's Strongest was still unable to win against Zeke as he had known the reason. Hearing Ericson's remark, Agur slowly explained.

"Well that was simple. Zeke was never a human to begin with. Just like you, he was a Nero."

Ericson became silent after hearing that. He had forgotten about this as he was used to being a human. He forgot that his race wasn't a human in Tensura but a Nero.

Nero was a race of a demi-human. It was a non-human races that possess human-like characteristics. The differences between a Nero and humans may be obvious as they had cat tails and cat ears.

The Nero race was also famous throughout Tensura because of the Martial Asura as Zeke was also a nero. Because of this, it became a tradition within the race to have intense passion for practicing, mastering, creating and expanding their Martial Art techniques.

The race was shown to be highly revered and take immense pride in their physical martial prowess and are stated to constantly, obsessively work on further refining their skills as martial artists.

Knowing all these, Zephyr came into a conclusion that the minimum requirement to qualify to be the Zeke's Successor was to be a nero. He also concluded why the class was only in the second, was because it was simply not Zeke.

It was a player who was able to use the previlages of Zeke's legacy that was left behind. To simple put, the player was not the same as Zeke who can remain undefeated.

Unlike the Sword Saint Class that possessed the characteristic to be able to cut anything, Zeke's Successor was the class left by the person who reached the peak of Martial Arts.

After explaining, Agur then immediately left the two as he very ecstatic on repairing the item of the Undefeated Martial Emperor. As a legendary blacksmith, it didn't took long for him to finish repairing.

[Martial Asura's Knuckles]

Rating: Uncommon (Growth)

Durability: 246/246 Attack Power: 245

Critical Hit Chance: +15%

* Attack speed is increased by 25%.

* All attacks will deal 10% splash damage to enemies in the vicinity.

* There will be additional damage when 5 combos succeed.

* The skill 'Swallow' will be generated.

Swallow: This equipment can merge with the other equipments at the same time advance its rating.

User Restriction: Zeke's Successor.]

Seeing the difference from the previous state of the knuckles, Ericson was impressed while Zephyr was indifferent to it like he didn't care at all.

As a newbie, Ericson didn't really understand the attributes and skills of the weapon. But he had already seen other uncommon weapons and compared to them, the Martial Asura's Knuckles was 3 times stronger and comparable to a rare item.

Furthermore, the options effects were overpowered. One increases his attack speed, it also let him deals AOE damage and the other one increases his damage when executing 5 combos. This effects both greatly increase the rate that he could kill monsters.

After equipping the item on his fist, Ericson could feel that his speed and power had greatly increased. Without caring about the ecstatic expressions they had, Zephyr's voice snapped them.

"Old man, I have something to ask."

Agur then turned attention to the expressionless person who did not care about the gauntlet. Agur was intrigued of what question that Zephyr was going to ask.

"What is it?"

Zephyr immediately cut to the chase and didn't dally.

"I want to know more about the dragons."

Both Ericson and Agur became silent after hearing Zephyr's remark. After a while, Agur pointed his shaking finger at Zephyr and frightenly mutters.

"Don't tell me...."

Seeing his remark, Zephyr nonchalantly said.

"Don't misunderstand me. I have no intention of fighting a dragon."

Hearing that, Agur breathed of relief. He thought that Zephyr had become overconfident after becoming a Tier 2 and wanted to challenge the absolute transcendent of Tensura which tensed him up.

"You almost gave me a heart attack."

For Agur and everyone in Tensura, it was a common knowledge that dragons were the beings that even surpasses the power of the gods. Contemplating for a while, he then decided to feign ignorance about this matter.

"I'm sorry but I think I can't help you in this matter."

Zephyr nodded and didn't complain as he concluded this as the system itself was preventing Agur from spilling any more informations as he had already told Zephyr some plenty infos.

Seeing that they had already sorted everything, Zephyr then bade farewell to Agur as he proceeded to the next destination.

Agur then nodded. "I wish you success on your journey, Young Heroes."

Leaving the smithy, Ericson could not help but ask Zephyr.

"Brother Zephyr, where are we going next?"

"I wonder."

Zephyr vaguely replied with his monotone voice. Ericson didn't ask anymore questions seeing that Zephyr was lazy to answer. After following Zephyr for a while, Ericson wondered why they were currently in front of the mansion of Lord of the White Tiger City.

As they were approaching the gates, he could see the guards immediately opened it the moment they saw Zephyr. They also bowed towards them but Zephyr ignored the guards.

Ericson was impressed at Zephyr as the latter could freely enter the mansion. He had heard before that players cannot freely enter the mansion of the Lord of White Tiger City but this concept did not apply at Zephyr.

After being informed about the arrival of Zephyr, Marquis Phillips immediately greeted Zephyr. He was surprised what Zephyr's purpose on visiting him but flinched when he sensed that Zephyr had now become a Tier 2.

The knight on the side also felt the same. No matter how much of a heaven defying monster Zephyr is, becoming a Tier 2 in such a short amount of time was unthinkable as it should atleast take a year for a Tier 1 to advance to a Tier 2.

He then soon calmed down and noticed that Zephyr has a companion. His eyes was then glued on Ericson's chest which made the eye of Marquis Phillips lit up seeing Ericson was also a holder of the Heroes Badge.

He then politely said.

"What can I do for you, Esteemed Heroes?"

Hearing that, Zephyr didn't dally.

"I want to know more about the dragons."

Hearing that, Marquis Phillips shared the same disbelief that Agur previously had. Well it was natural as for him, even he was the Sword Saint himself, it was outrageous to face a dragon no matter how strong Zephyr would become.

Well it was a natural expression of the NPCs as it was a default setting that dragons were cannot be raided which means they were invincible in the eyes of every inhabitants of Tensura.

Moreover, there were no records of dragon slaying as Zephyr was the first. Zephyr found their reactions interesting when talking about the dragons.

He was only going to ask for the information about the dragons to find a vessel for a dragon's spirit yet they misunderstood him for wanting to fight one.