I''m sorry this chapters so short though on the bright side I will have another one done by monday ... Probably
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After renting a room in the Dragon Bone Inn, a cheep inn situated in the rougher part of town, I made my way to the local training yards near the Adventurers Guild to find someone to teach me a martial art in addition to my magic. I figured with my claws could be an efficient weapon with the right training.
As I reached the trainers a fight was happening in the arena. Two middle aged men with wildly different styles were having what appeared to be a friendly but fierce bout. One of the men was wearing nothing but a pair of training pants and a long black belt he was fighting mainly with his legs with a few punches here and there. The other man was wearing causal clothes like any one would wear; in fact it was kind of odd, how can a fantasy world have t-shirts and blue jeans? Well the man in the causal clothes fought by grappling and throwing with punches going towards vulnerable spots. He had a set of training katar''s on so I knew it was a martial art that could work with my claws.
The bout was soon over ending in the first man''s win, and soon all the viewers of this bout had all but dispersed. I walked over there and struck a conversation with the two men.
Alex "Well fought you both are great fighters."
Man 1 "Yes we know we wouldn''t be masters of our respective fighting styles if we weren''t now would we."
Man 2 "Oh just take the complement like a man Jacob he means no harm if he wanted to eat you you would be frozen solid by now"
Jacob "I''m surprised the guard let him in town you know how they are Tim all smiling eye''s at first then the fangs come out."
Tim "You will have to excuse Jacob he doesn''t like anyone not even me I mean we get on well enough but that''s beside the point what can we do for a young Immortal like yourself"
Alex "immortal?"
Tim "Yes Immortal those that can not die and live in a higher realm then us mortals. The king of Dromia has requested us masters to teach the new beings whatever they so desire as long as it benefits us that is. Some like me will teach anyone for free but only the basics while others like Jacob will teach you every thing he knows but you must physically learn it over years of hard work. None of the instant transfer of skill I like to use. While some wont teach you at all if it doesn''t benefit them to do so."
Alex "So you will teach me how to fight like that?"
Tim"sure the basics but you''ll have to figure the rest out on your own; come here let me lay my hand on your head"
I did as he said and knowledge of the forms and exercises of the martial art was beamed in my head
<table><tbody><tr><td> New skill learned Danzan Ryu/ Katar lv1 </td></tr></tbody></table>
ahh so it was a form of Danzan Ryu modified for the Katar, make''s sense.
Alex "Thank you I think I will go back to the inn now."
Tim "Wait don''t you need a set of training katars first."
Alex "No I''m going to modify it for my dragon claws"
Jacob "Preposterous no one so new to a form can modify a masters teaching it''s impossible."
Alex "Why?"
Tim "Only masters in a skill or an ability may make a new skill based on the one before it the Goddess have put this limitation exist for all beings even Immortals. I have tried in my youth to do such a thing and though I could see how to change the skill Judo to Judo/katar I could not do so. I came to learn the Goddess was preventing me from doing so till I became a master in both Judo and Katar "
Jacob "Yes we all know the story, the point is kid it just isn''t done at your skill level."
Alex "Ok I guess I will take those training katars then."
Tim "Here you go kid now we got to get training our regulars so see you later. Feel free to use the training dummies in the back."
Jacob "Yeah Git!"
Tim "Jacob!"
Jacob "WHAT!"
Tim "Wanna have another match? I''ll beat you this time!"
And just like that the two masters went off to have another bout. I went back to The Dragon Bone Inn to see what I could do with my Abilities but first I stooped by the Market to pick up some materials. At the market I saw a vendor unlike the rest he was mainly selling loot he got from the local dungeon, rusty daggers, monster cores and core fragments, tattered armor and the like, he wanted 2 silver for the lot of it. I obliged him even though it meant I could only stay two more day''s in the inn.
In my room with my new found junk I decided to use Synergy to deconstruct the metal bits that were too damaged. I was left with five small bars of copper and two slightly rusty copper daggers. While I practicing deconstructing I noticed a draining sensation coming from somewhere near my heart. That''s when a system noticed appeared.
<table><tbody><tr><td> Dear players of the fantasy simulation some of you have expressed disappointment in the lack of visible stat''s especially the hp and mp so from now on you will have access to these stats at all times thank you. Also all players will be given an identify skill to make it more rpg like</td></tr></tbody></table>
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After that announcement I could see to meters in my vision one red the other blue.
[Hp 100/100]
[Mp 400/500]
I used one hundred mana on five daggers so that means each use of synergy cost twenty mana. I combined the two rusty daggers into one dagger I then used identify on it.
<table><tbody><tr><td> Copper Dagger
Damage 1-3
Durability 10/10
Quality Poor
Value 25 Cp </td></tr></tbody></table>
I looked at my materials to see what might combine with the copper dagger, to settle on monster cores. After looking through the monster cores I settled on a fist sized one that was pure green. After using Identify on it I found it was a slime core. I used synergy to combine the two to find one hundred of my mana gone, it must take more amounts based on what your trying to do.
I was left with a copper dagger that was sickly green. I used identify on it.
<table><tbody><tr><td> Acidic Copper Dagger (Living Weapon - Young Slime -)
Damage 3-10
Acid Damage 5-6
Durability100/100
Quality Poor
Value 5 Gp
Growth Potential Low
Made By a Synergist of Low Skill This Magic Weapon Has the Power of a Slime, Corrosive Acid. This Weapon Will Grow in Power With Use, But Due to the Low Quality of the Base Material and the Low skill of the Synergist, the Growth Potential is Stunted.</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><tbody><tr><td> This is Adessa I Have Moved What Should Have Been Skills to the Skill Tab. Even a Goddess Makes mistakes Some Times ;)</td></tr></tbody></table>
Alex "Abilities"
<table><tbody><tr><td> [Darkvision]
[Low Light Vision]
[Ice Breath]
[Magic Sight] </td></tr></tbody></table>
Alex "Skills"
<table><tbody><tr><td> [Danzan Ryu/Katar lv1]
[Synergy lv3 - Unique - ]
[Identify lv1]
[Dragon Magic lv1]
[Elf Magic lv1] </td></tr></tbody></table>
I guess their still working out this whole game thing. More importantly though that is an awesome Dagger.
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Hinyn "Hon you see the same thing I''m seeing?"
Hyp "Tatooine?"
Hinyn "Yep."
Hyp "Yep."
Hinyn "The site said this was not Star Wars."
Hyp "It isn''t But they used locations from famous movies. So even if this is Tatooine there is no galactic empire at least not the kind your thinking of."
Hinyn "How do you know this?"
Hyp "I read more then you while you were talking to the family."
Hinyn "Oh ok first things first we need to set upour home server. Uhh How do we do that?"
Hyp "We can call up our menu with a gesture like swiping a smart phone. We should link our home servers together, Its this worlds version of a marriage."
We did just that and went to our home server. Blue particles appeared surrounding us then my vision went dark then we was in a white void. Hyp went to work creating our space while I greeted the girls who were panicking being left alone.
Hinyn "Were you scared all alone baby''s?"
The two boxer mixes jumped all over me whining, wanting to be loved on. After the girls were comforted I looked up to see Hyp putting the finish touches on our little world It was a recreation of our house on earth complete with a back yard. Soon there was no whit left and the whole space looked like a nice country home.
Inside the house was all our old stuff recreated from memory my books and computer his computer as well as everything else we owned. Wait if we have a computer does that mean there''s internet. I immediately logged on to my computer and brought up the internet to find no websites made yet except by the aliens. It looks like people are going to have to recreate the internet.
Hinyn "Hon I''m going to visit Luna why don''t you go see your daughters."
Hyp "Ok lets go"
I brought up the the family list i saw on the main menu and clicked Luna''s name. Soon I was in a quaint little town where I saw my daughter playing with a Pokemon she always liked, Evee. Luna who looked to be about fifteen years old and thinner then she ever been, looked up at me, barely recognizing me and exclaimed "Mom!", and ran over to me.
Hinyn "Hi sweety are you enjoying your self."
Luna "Yes I have an evee I always wanted one! I Was just about to go adventuring. where''s Alex and Justin?"
Hinyn "I think they are both In the fantasy world I''m going to visit them want to come?"
Luna "No you go ahead I want to stay here."
Hinyn "Can I have a hug before I go?"
Luna "Sure."
I hugged my daughter goodbye and went to see my two sons.