"Hi, hi! Shinto-sensei!! You're here!" Frey sent a whisper.
"Ah, hello, Frey... What's up with the honorifics?" Shinto replied.
"Hmm, why not? I'm calling you sensei since you'll be teaching me! Is it too uncomfortable? Should I address you as 'master' instead?"
"...no wait, I don't mean I'm uncomfortable... Its..." Shinto hurriedly sent a message; however, just as he sent it, a reply instantaneously came back.
"Ah, I've decided! Master Shinto sounds better! Shinto-sensei sounds like a mouthful... Oh and Master Shinto too... Hmm, I'll stick with Master!"
"Frey..."
"Hmm? What is it, Master?"
"..." Shinto sighed, "Okay... Whatever, where are you now?"
"Hmm? I'm in town right now! Watching some fight that's been going on for a while now."
"A fight?"
"Yeah, some guy is fighting against another dude who has been provoking him!"
"How long has it been going on now?"
"Dunno, when I got here, they were already fighting, and it doesn't seem like they'll stop anytime soon..."
"I see, anyway, I'll head to town. Wait for me there."
"Alrighty!" Frey ended the whisper as Shinto averted his Gaze away from the screen; quickly, he opened up his status window.
[ Player Profile ]
Player Name: Shinto
Level: 7
Rank: N/A
Class: Shadow Diviner (???-Unknown Rarity)
-Class Attribute-
*You are a diviner between light and shadow, thus you will receive certain class bonuses when in different environments.
-During the night or in darkness, you will gain a boost to your vision and your stats relating to mobility and support will be increased by 25%.
-During the day or within light, you will gain a boost to defense and your stats relating to combat and defense will be increased by 25%
*As a diviner between light and shadow, abnormal status conditions do not work well on you.
-Titles-
[Altric's Discoverer]
*You are now eligible to find the meaning of 'truth.'
-Stats-
HP: 102/102 | MP: 84/84
Strength: 1 | Stamina: 8
Intelligence: 10 | Agility: 10
Shadow: 4 | Divinity: 2
Wisdom: 1
Stats Point: 45
After confirming his status window, he nodded his head, 'Alright... I've levelled up quite a bit from last night. Though, it still bothers me that the class rarity isn't stated yet... I wonder when it will?'
Thinking to himself for a bit, he suddenly thought of another matter. 'Ah speaking of which, don't these types of classes have some class quests that unlock class abilities or something? I should check on that...'
Belatedly noticing this fact, Shinto moved his eyes over towards his quest logs. As he glanced at it, he saw that the list was empty.
'Huh? There aren't any quests?' He stared blankly at the empty list, 'Do I have to do something to get the quest? Or is there no class quest in the first place?"
Shinto sighed inwardly to himself as he came up with plausible theories in his head. 'Sigh... The last quest I took up was that Girzo or something quest which got me this class... Do I have to go into another Altric Dungeon to obtain the class quest?'
Thinking about it, Shinto turned his head to face the east where the mountains of Galveln stood. 'Hmm... For now, I should focus on levelling up. My current stats and abilities should suffice for the early parts of the game. So I'll worry about the mid-game later.'
Averting his eyes away from the east, Shinto gazed around at his surroundings. "Now then... If I remember correctly, I came from that way." Taking a step forward, he headed back to town.
...
Making his way into town, Shinto could hear the bustling streets as he looked around the area. Compared to yesterday, There was quite a lot of players and NPCs alike here.
'Hmm... Is it because it's morning?' Shinto thought to himself as He walked through the streets, heading towards the town's centre.
Stepping foot into the town's centre, Shinto could hear loud cries and shouts coming from the middle of the area.
"YEAH! GO! GO! GO! YOU CAN DO THIS!"
"AH WATCH OUT!"
"COME ON, PLACE YOUR BETS FOR ROUND 3!"
"...?" Shinto raised his brow as he looked over towards the direction of the cries and shouts. As he peeked through a small gap within the crowd, he could see a battle on-going there.
'Is this the battle that Frey mentioned?' Shinto walked closer to get a better look at the battle.
His eyes looked onto the two stars of the show. One was a blonde-haired man wielding a sharp sword and wearing silver armour. The armour resembled that of those typically worn by knights walking around town.
The other party was a brawler. He stood bare-chested, revealing his bulging muscles. The pair were at each other's throats as they battled it out.
The blonde-haired man dashed forward as he raised his sword into the air. Swinging it swiftly he brought it down over the brawler. In that instance, the brawler lunged forward as he clenched his fists. He simultaneously dodged the blonde-haired man's sword as he threw a fist at the man, knocking him back.
"Gah...!" The blonde-haired man stumbled back as the brawler followed up with multiple chains of attacks, a crimson red aura shot forward towards the man.
Looking at the battle, Shinto sighed to himself, 'It's over.'
Following up with his red aura, the brawler grabbed onto the man's head as he raised his shin. He then proceeded to slam it into his opponent's chin. Soon after the blow, the brawler raised his other leg. He paused for a split second before dropping it onto the man's head, knocking him out.
"YEAH TAKE THAT! I WON THE BET HAHA!" The crowd cheered.
"...Damn it. I thought that swordsman would win since he had a good start! But then such carelessness... Ugh!" Some people in the crowd wailed as they lamented their loss.
Watching till the end of the battle, Shinto took a glance at the blonde-haired man who had fallen onto the ground. The player's name was lit in bright green, [ Ethaniel ]. Soon after confirming the man's name, he looked over towards the brawler who had given Ethaniel some beating. However, he was too late as he had already left the scene.
'I wonder what caused this scene?' He thought to himself. He saw that Ethaniel clenched his fists as he slammed them onto the ground after the brawler said his parting words to him. 'From the looks of it, it was unsightly with how the brawler mercilessly fought. Was it because the man provoked him. Or... Was it the contrary?'
As he was locked in his thoughts, Shinto heard a sudden loud familiar voice from a distance.
"Ah! Master! It's you!"