Chapter 30: Chapter 30 – The Mage class
Adam wanted to console her. He wanted to give up the pretence and let her be able to show her sorrow rather than bottle it up. He wanted this even if it meant that her secret would be exposed.
These were the irrational thoughts that crossed his mind when he saw the sorrow in Luna's eyes.
He thought of it but he wouldn't do it. If he did, he would only endanger the life of this girl. This was the last thing he would let happen.
"I can't guess. Tell me." He played along with this brave girl. He had noticed how much hope she had been given when she found out all seven elements could provide a special constitution.
He couldn't begin to comprehend how hurt she was at the moment. She wasn't like him who did not have any negative views towards the element of darkness.
Elaine had grief all over her face. Unlike her sister who kept a straight face. She was the one who went through everything with her sister. She knew exactly what she was feeling. Fortunately, Mrs Bren was behind her and could not see.
"Mage class with the element of wind. Just as young master and Mrs Bren had predicted." She widened her smile but the look in her eyes remained unchanged.
Adam sighed inwardly. She had the element of darkness and this was a scar that wouldn't easily heal. She would face many challenges in the future as well because of her element.
Her choice of declaring the wind element was a smart one. Yuki had warned them that the best choice would be to completely hide that she had a special constitution. The darkness element was seen as cursed whereas the light element was seen as blessed.
If she declared the light element, she would gain fame and be put under a spotlight. For someone in her position, this was a disastrous outcome.
"Congratulations you two! You are now official adventurers! Come here and take these two recording crystals from me." Mrs Bren's joyous voice broke the solemn mood that was hovering around the trio.
The two girls regained their composure and then walked to her. They were both handed a crystal each.
"Your young master can explain to you how they work since he has already used one."
"Thank you, Mrs Bren." Both girls said respectfully.
"Mrs Bren isn't the Guild master going to interview them?" Adam asked puzzled.
"Oh no, of course not. He is a very busy man you know? It was just a special case for you since he had wanted to see who he was giving the token to." She replied.
"I see. I had wanted to inform him about these two. I wondered if it was alright for me to take them into the dungeon?"
"That should be fine since you already have the token. I will also inform him about this just in case. Don't worry about it. As long as you don't misuse it, I am sure the Guild master will not revoke the token." She smiled. She was very satisfied with how considerate this young boy was. Kids his age would not worry about these things.
"Oh and also… Ard, the man in black armour is holding onto your reward for the three goblin corpses you slew last time. Make sure you collect it from him. I also heard that you came out looking quite 'unique'. Make sure to not overdo it okay?" Mrs Bren had always been very kind to him. Since she had been dealing with him for years now.
"I shall go collect it the next time I visit the dungeon and I'll try my best to stay safe. Thank you again, Mrs Bren." He nodded his head in gratitude.
"Oh also, you three can go back now. Fen said that she will be spending the next few days reading through our archive for profession classes. It is quite a lot to read after all. She said she will leave and be back in time for dinner today. She also gave a special message for the two little ones to take good care of the young master in her absence." She said in her active voice that betrayed her age.
"We will." The two girls said.
"Alright. I guess we will leave for now then. Goodbye Mrs Bren, I hope you have a great rest of the day." The two girls bowed to her as well.
"You too." She smiled and replied.
"Let's go." Adam didn't say much but he offered his two hands forward in front of the girls.
Elaine instantly grabbed his hand while Luna was stunned. She had a very rough day today and now she was finally given a ray of hope. She looked at his outstretched hand like it was the spider's thread that would lead her out of her hell.
She slowly took hold of his hand and interlocked fingers with him, just like her sister had. The warmth coming through his hand reassured and comforted her hurting heart.
'It is good enough that I have him. He is willing to keep me by his side even though he knows I will bring him trouble. I never thought that we sisters would find someone like this. I only hope that this is not a dream.' Luna thought to herself. Elaine on the other side had similar thoughts.
While the girls were lost in thought they were led out of the guild building toward the lodge.
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The girls came back to their senses only after arriving at the lodge.
Luna by now had completely forgotten her earlier sadness. She was happily holding onto Adam's hand as he inquired about Yuki's whereabouts from a few girls in the lodge.
"Young master, the mistress has sent word. She says that she will be busy for another hour. She has asked you to wait patiently in your room. She says that you can begin your training for the day if you wish to do so." A girl with pudgy cheeks reported very respectfully to Adam.
"Thank you for the hard work, big sis. I shall be leaving then." As he finished he turned around and walked toward the direction of his room.
"Think nothing of it young master." The girl bowed and watched until he turned a corner and disappeared. She only got back to work once he was completely out of sight.
Back in his room, Adam started asking the girls questions. He did not know exactly what happened when they went inside the celestial enlightenment room and he wanted to compare it to his own experience.
He began with Elaine. Her explanation was very straightforward.
"I went in. Placed my hand on the glowing stone. A bright light flashed and sent me to a dark world. Then an ancient voice gave me two choices. I was to choose between the Ranger and Tank class. Young master already told us that you have the Monk and Ranger class so I chose the Tank class. That's when the bright light flashed again and I was sent back to the room with the stone. When I looked at my hands, they had bright orange flames on them. After that, I came out."
Though her explanation was short, Adam learnt so much from it.
Firstly it seemed that everyone was pulled into another world. For Adam, it was his soul world. He didn't know if this black world was also Elaine's soul world. But there was no way to tell, so he would have to wait and see if Luna could shed more light on this.
The second point was that the choices that a person received were very naturally put forward through a voice.
The Last point was the element which was activated could only be told from the manifestation that it would display.
This was completely different from how 'digital' and systemised his choices had been.
He looked at Luna this time.
"I wasn't able to tell you this before. So I will say it now. I don't care that you have the darkness element. Nothing has changed. I would like to know what happened when you went into the room but I will not force you to tell me."
"Young master…" His simple gesture of lending his hand had already blown away all the sadness she felt. His words now only further reassured her and her sister that they had made the right choice to follow him.
"I am fine now. I will recount my experience inside the room." She then started recounting her experience in detail.
Everything was the exact same as Elaine's until she was sent back out to the room. Only her choice of class was different.
"I was offered the choice of Ranger or Mage. For the same reason as my sister, I thought I would be more useful as a Mage. That is why I chose it." She continued with her story.
"After being sent out… I noticed a glow coming from my hands. When I raised my hands I saw dark dots that glowed with a pure black light were encasing my hands. They hovered around my hands. They were completely black with a hint of purple. Any light that touched it would be sucked in and even the air around it was vibrating like it was terrified by the dots." A hint of resignation was in her voice when she recounted her elemental manifestation.
"Most definitely that should be the darkness element then. None of the other 6 elements has those characteristics. It seems really formidable. Fiends who are born from the darkness element are ferocious and can attack someone who is 5 levels above them with ease. I expect nothing less." He said excitedly. It was honestly a great boost to his team.
The only problem they would face was if other people saw her when she used her spells. As a mage, she was a class that invoked their element to attack. Unlike all the other classes that had to wait until level 30 to gain skills that would utilise the elements.
Of course, there were some like the Lava golems who were born with bodies that showed their elemental affinity and could begin to use it whenever. This was what made them formidable. However, this was a very basic usage without any skill.
"So what skills did you both get?" Adam asked.
"A passive body skill," Elaine said, matching the excitement in his voice.
"A passive body skill and two spells. My spells include one emission spell and one territory spell. I believe this is the same for all mages regardless of their element?" Luna looked toward Adam and questioned. She had not taken a look at the recording crystal but he had.
"Yes." He replied. He obviously knew the basics of all five classes since he had watched the whole recording crystal the last time. He began giving an explanation of it to the two girls.
The emission skill was a fireball or flamethrower for the fire element, a water ball for the water element that could be solidified into an ice ball to attack, the air element would create wind blades or a gust, the earth element would create pebbles or jagged rocks that would be used as projectiles, The metal element was very similar to the earth element wherein different shaped small projectiles would be created of different metals and finally the light element would project rays of light that would have a very low healing effect on allies but burn any enemies it touched.
No recordings on the darkness element were made.
Territory spells were very simple manifestations of the element that could entrap or guide monsters in a specific direction. For mages who took time to cast spells, this was a way to even out the odds. For example, the fire element would conjure a wall of flames. This would consume less magic power than emission spells but they would be used constantly.
Just like emission spells, no recordings for darkness element territory spells were made on the recording crystal.
If the Mage class did not have territory spells they would be a fish on a chopping block for their opponent. Especially since their passive body buff was nowhere near even the shaman class. They had the weakest bodies of all the classes. Even their agility was basic at best.
Adam was very satisfied with this new lineup. Elaine would be a fortress at the front who would block all attacks while Luna could bombard and entrap the monsters. Adam could freely flit about the battlefield and bare his fangs at will.
This was the best possible outcome for him. Every member of the team would be able to show off their class's full might and even compliment each other.
The problem he faced with not having enough freedom to execute different moves in the battle had been solved.
They were also training within the dungeon. Here they would be alone. They did not have to worry about Luna's secret being exposed for now. It was a problem Adam left for his future self.
He wished his future self the best of luck.
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