The Ruined Death Knight

Chapter 77 - Skills Of A Guardian

[You learned the spell: Earth wall]

[You learned the skill: Silent Steps]

[You learned the skill: Leap]

`Now that I got them in my skills list I should be able to purchase them any time I want. Though all together coster 10 000 XP in total, it´s still worth it.´

"Can I ask you what you meant by that?" The general looked at me with a frown.

`I guess they would be confused by my action. Let´s see if I can get something else out of their pockets.´

"I mean every word that I said, General. If I were to bring any of those three scrolls to my master he will be displeased." Cause he already has them, hehe.

Nikzel frown grown much worse after hearing it.

"Is the runesmith a magic caster..?" He mumbled to himself low enough for no one to hear.

"If that were the case what will happen to our deal?" 

"Well, since those three are no use to my master would it be possible to show me some other scrolls to choose from"´I asked with a vicious grin hidden behind my helm.

`Since I am already in the store, I might as well pick whatever is left!´

As I was already picturing what else I could gain, him shaking this head made my grin fade away.

"Sorry to tell you, but that wouldn´t be possible. Though those three scrolls contain information of the lower tier, we can´t let it casually spread to the public. After all, we can´t have people use random magic on the street."

The following three scrolls that he bought together were originally two that allowed for the civilization to learn. Those were the scrolls that contained the knowledge of [Silent Steps] and [Leap]. Two skills that were focused on mobility.

He threw the spell [Earth Wall] in the mix to show this generosity to the runesmith. Though this lower tier, it was a much-used spell to all magic casters of the earth element.

That´s why when this mercenary ignored the spell [Earth Wall] he felt that he was just committed. Finding a scroll that´s isn´t from the army is after all extremely rare.

Since for most magic caster´s sharing their knowledge was one of the biggest taboos. Only the most desperate magic caster make scrolls just for sale.

The most common use of the scroll was for masters to give their disciples their spells without showing them their grimoire.

"That´s too bad...canceling the deal would be problematic too," Danzel said with this usual cold voice.

`They even more of a cheap sake that me, dammit! I guess I can´t get anything else out of them.´

Though I could try and make them give me resources such as gold or even crystals.

The current me what no use from those.

"I will have to go back and ask my master what he might want other than these scrolls."

"I guess it can´t be helped then, Archman. Show him towards the prepared weapon before he leaves." Nikzel said

Following the soldier named Archman, Danzel left towards the weapons that he was going to take back.

With the on his office closed, Nikzel preview's face turned serious.

"Tch, mercenary..."

Moving this hand to this chest, he took a purple crystal in this hand.

"The mercenary just left the room, make sure you follow through everywhere. And whatever you do, do not engage. I understood?"

After some moments of silents, a low voice came from the gem.

"Yes, general."

As he said that, the light of the gem died out, showing that contact has broken.

"Sigh...I can´t believe that I would be ever used those guys again..."

Collapsing to this seat, he looked towards the window.

"If you think that you can hide from us, you sure are naive..." Nikzel said while pouring himself some wine in this glass.

***

"Dammit, they didn´t even let some room for me. If I weren´t for the fact of me being undead I would even think that they want to work me to death." Closing the hidden door of my hideout, I crumbled by the number of weapons they gave me to carve runes on.

I purposely went out early to look around and maybe find a hidden gem amount the items that the merchants were selling, but with those guys in the army filling the ring of spatial storage at max I had no place to put the things that I wanted to buy.

"Sigh...I guess I can drop this stuff here the next time I won't go shopping." I said slightly dejected.

Most of the stuff that I wanted to buy wasn´t anything fancy too. They simply were books of a different kind, such as what monsters exist out there, basic knowledge of magic, and such.

Of course, those books cost three to five gold coins each, which were for the common people absurdly expensive.

For me though, who had gold to throw away, the price was nothing.

"I am not even motivated to carve this rune on these guys' sword anymore." I looked at the lien weapons with hatred.

It´s because of you guys!

Falling down to the bed, I looked at the seeling thinking what I should do.

"Ugh...I guess I could check the mission again."

Summoning the status window, I clicked towards the class advancement mission for more details.

"Class skills huh? Let´s see which one it means." Pressing the words class skills with my skeleton finger, another window with further details came in front of me.

[Class Skills: Undead Guardian]

[Piercing]: Incomplete!

[Shield Bash]: Incomplete!

[Armor Preserve]: Incomplete!

[Dash]: Complete!

[Gale Mana Blade]: Complete

[Sense Danger] Incomplete!

[Riposte Defense]: Incomplete!

"Uwah...that´s a lot to level up..." Looking at the number of skills that I needed to level up, I had to put the class advancement plan to hold. Though the skills [Piercing] and [Shield Bash] were honestly dirty cheap to level up.

The other three skills weren´t.

"At least I got two skills out of the list, but..." 

Looking at the XP required to get those unfamiliar skills I almost wanted to close the window and pretend that I didn´t even saw them exist.

[Riposte Defense]: As a guardian, your pride lies towards blocking your enemy's attack and letting them despair by the fact their attacks don´t go through. By guiding your mana towards your arm and shield. You can move your arm equipped with a shield at a faster speed with quicker reaction times. Last 5 seconds.

[Armor Preserve]: If one defense is broken, it´s better to have another one in hand! By guiding your mana through your armor, it becomes tougher for a short amount of time. If the attack was completely blocked off, the energy that was generated and your mana will be realized upon the attacker, creating a knockback effect. The best defense is more defense!

Both of the effects of the skills were better than I had ever thought. One would help me block the enemy's attack more easily while the other skill would be my saving grace from attacks with a chance of counter-attacking them by surprise!

Overall those two skills were amazing and what my class missed for so long. After all, a guardian who only used a sword was a waste of the class itself.

My mind went on the battle one month ago against this two assassin that ambushed me on that abandoned path.

If I had the skills [Armor Preserve] back then, the first attack that broke my ribs could have been prevented! Not only that, the attacks of the shadow warping assassins would have been so much easier to block or fend off with a shield and the [Riposte Defense] skill in my hands!

Though the skills use some mana, I had mana to spare in that fight back then. Crushing them would even be so much easier than almost having my damn skull destroyed!

"If only they didn´t cost so much..." Danzel said while glancing at the cost price of both of the skills

[Armor Preserve]: 10 000 XP

[Riposte Defense]: 5000 XP

"Sigh...I guess I would have to give up." He sighed while turning the status window off.

"The skills are so expensive. Upgrading the [Wind Blade] into [Gale Mana Blade] was a pain in the pelvis already. But having a second skill that cost this much will make my wallet bleed a hard time."

I shook my head while standing up from the bed.

`I will have to change my plans now. Working towards my class advancement will take far longer than I originally had wanted. I will simply get them to level 1 and upgrade them in the future.´

"Dammit, I wanted to see what is next after the guardian class, but I guess that would have to wait."

Turning my head towards the weapons that Archman gave me, I stand up and began carving runes.

"I will have to increase my XP income, I just got three more months...."