Father and son Dialogue

The pitiless rain fell down, slowly soaking Red Cloud City. The roads looked like shallows river. It was already night, and the coll wind shift its direction as the droplets of rain was splashing to the windows. Despite being nighttime, Red Cloud city wasn't dark in the slightest as the whole city was covered with glimmers of light. There were tens of thousands of lamps in terms of scope, shining brightly in each of the houses within the city.

At the southern corner of Red Cloud city stood a magnificent palace high on a small hill overlooking the whole city. It had four sides and four towers on each side with tens of soldiers on night watch.

The walls were made with some special white stone said to be the hardest stone throughout the whole archaic continent. The palace had a unique architectural structure which was like no other house in the city.

It was like an old country palace and gave off an ancient feeling. It took a small army of servants just to upkeep such a large abode. It was worthy of being the City Lord's mansion as it was the symbol of status and power, it set him above and separated him from the other people. Despite the rains fall, there were still two guards standing in front of the entrance like statues without moving an inch.

In the meantime, Within a room in the City lord's mansion, a little boy around the age of five was standing next to a window with a clear set of black pupils quietly observing the rains fall and the glimmers of the lights throughout the city.

While he was standing, he could hear the sound of the rain as it splashed against the window. He could also see the curtain of water in the streets by looking down. Most kids would want to return warmth and the comfort of their bed in a moment like this, but this kid just stood there quietly observing everything and even immersed himself into the moment.

"Creakkkk." At the same time, a middle-aged man opened the door and walked inside. The young boy standing next to the window looked quite similar to the middle-aged man that just walked in the room.

" I had a feeling you would still be up at this time." Said the middle-aged man while moving closer to the boy.

" Sorry dad, but some reason I couldn't fall asleep at all," I said in a childish voice. Despite trying to stay calmed and composed like a wise old man, my childish voice always gives me away.

" What do you looking at.?" Said my father, as he was trying to initiate a conversation with me

" Nothing, just watching the rains wash away the city clean," I said softly.

" Well, it does sound like something a kid would do." Said my father sarcastically.

" Here, that's for you." Said, my father, while handing me what seemed to be a magic staff with a small ball of white crystal on top of it. However, it wasn't just a simple magic staff. As my father pulled the handle with the white crystal on top, a long silver sword like a traditional Japanese sword used by the samurai in the feudal era came out from it. In my father's left hand was a wooden sheath with some complicated inscription engraved on it, in his right hand was a curved, single-edged blade with a circular guard, it has a long grip that accommodated one to hold it smoothly without being bothered by the small white crystal at the end of its handle. It was truly marvelous.

" Is that for me," I said excitedly while trying to grab the sword from my father's hand. However, before I can even grab it, my father lifted the sword high up, which was out of my reach as I was still too short compared to the height of my father.

" Not too fast, promise me you will only use that sword to practice when you have broken through the 2nd rank warrior or mage. From now on, you can use the magic staff to practice your fire spells. Because it's too early to said whether you only have one attribute or not, I made the blacksmith embedded this all attributes white crystal catalyst on it rather than the red fire crystal catalyst. Usually, people in this continent can only be a warrior or a mage, but for some reason, you can use both battle qi and mana at the same time." Said, my father, while being lost in thought because of my peculiarity.

After lecturing me and made me promise to only use the sword when I break through the 2nd rank warrior, my father places the sword on my bed.

" Father, do we have to use to magic staff to cast a magic spell. I've seen You always used your right hand to cast a fireball while practicing with me. I also can cast a small fireball with my hand, so why do I need this magic staff." I said with a puzzled expression on my face. I've never seen my father used a magic staff in practice nor anybody else. As for the sword, it's a different thing.

" Well, because it was just practice, not a real battle. A Mage can always cast a magic spell without a magic staff, however, by using a magic staff as a catalyst device to transform the energy into magical phenomena, the power increase by 10%. It is a huge boost of power." Said, my father, while smiling.

" It's my fault, I've been very busy lately and didn't have time to properly explain these things to you. Now that I am are here, you can ask me anything you want to know." Said my father with his eyes filled with anticipation.

" Which is stronger, a mage or warrior,'' I asked my father in a low voice. my question may seem stupid, but it is what a kid in my age would have asked as I was trying to act like one lately. I'm tired of people in the city looking at me like I was some sort of freak when I took a stroll outside.

" It is kind of hard to tell because it all depends on the warrior or the mage's control of power. What a warrior walk is the path of close fighting combat direction, cultivates the acme, and having a formidable strength that is so overwhelming that it could shake the mountains. Also, they have exceptionally strong physique because the focused on strengthening their body and their internal organs. Also, a warrior can be a swordsman or an archer etc. Mage walks the mage direction, they bend the law or the element of nature, cultivates to the pinnacle, casting a powerful spell that can cause Earthquake and avalanche. Also, every time a mage breakthrough a new level, his body intensity or strength will promote. It won't be as strong as a warrior but close. Although the practical way is different, they both reach the same goal or conclusion from different approaches. At some point, they will take the first step to transcendence. It also said that when a mage or a warrior breaks through the Saint stage, he will receive the baptism of heaven and earth giving them a long life of 1000 years. There will be no clear distinction between a mage and a warrior when they break through the Saint stage." said my father slowly as he was trying to make sure I understand everything he was saying.

" Also, as a mage get stronger, the power of magic spells become more powerful as well. There are things that I can't tell you now, you will just have to wait till you get strong enough to find out by yourself" Said, my father.

I walked towards my bed to sit down, and my father followed me by sitting next to me.

" What about the warriors, is there a big difference between their ranks. Also, how does a warrior knows when he has Broken through the next stage." I asked with a confusing look. For a mage, it's all about the amount of mana and the level of spells one can cast. Does a warrior advance to next stage just by increasing their Battle qi as well?

" Well, it isn't just about the increase of the battle qi. It is one factor but not all. It's about mastering the four principles of Battle qi. A low-level warrior which is the 1st rank to the 3rd rank has the ability to build up a shroud of battle qi aura around their body. It can make their body stronger, harder and slow down the effect of aging a little. The amount of shrouded battle qi depends on their rank. For example, a 3rd rank warrior will have more battle qi than a 2nd rank. More battle qi means a stronger body and more stamina. A mid-level warrior which is the 4th rank to 6th rank warrior has the ability to boost their battle qi making it stronger. The low-level warrior's shrouded battle qi is like a small protection membrane while the mid-level warriors boost that power tenfold with a huge increase of shrouded battle qi like a whole body armor. As for the high-level warrior which is the 7th rank to 9th rank, they have the ability to release their battle qi from their body after boosting it. The can shroud or cloak their weapon with the battle qi like an extension of their own body or even use it to control an object from a short distance. The 10th rank warrior known as Grandmaster rank, they have the ability to nullify their battle qi. It's like they closed every single pore of their body, preventing not even a bit of energy or their aura to leak out. It is very effective for concealing your aura or make yourself almost invisible, and also a great way to recover from extreme fatigue after a long fight. After mastering this four principles of the battle qi, then you are ready to set foot on the first stairs of the ladder of transcendence."

" It might seem easy but it's very hard to master those four battle qi principles, also from the low-level warrior to mid-level, there's a bottleneck which can only be broken to comprehension and enlightenment. There is a huge gap in power between a low-level warrior and a mid-level warrior."

My father took his time to explain everything to me attentively. From his explanation, being a warrior isn't as easy as I thought. However, I am different from the others. Also, I have a huge advantage on them which is the gaming system within me. With it, I won't encounter any bottlenecks, and I have full confidence that I won't lose to anyone whether is cultivation speed or skills. I already have a head start and a cheat system.

" Ok, I think it's time for you to go to sleep. However, before I go, I just want you to know that I am very proud to call you my son. The road to the peak is long and filled with many trials of tribulations, but I'm certain you will become very powerful one day. You have a strong heart and patient for a kid of your age because the slow repetitive training and study that most children would despise doesn't bother you, in fact, you even immersed yourself into it. Red Cloud city has maintained its prosperity even when exposed to the threat of magical beasts because of people like you who work so hard in their training. I know that everything you do and your hard work would bring you a step closer to your goals, but you have to take a break and have fun sometimes."

" I think I'm done for tonight, goodnight son." Said, my father, while kissing me on my forehead like a small baby and left.

After my father left, I just sat there thinking about everything he just said to me. I was feeling tired so I went back to sleep. I took the sword magic staff that my father gave me and tried to put it next to my pillow.

Suddenly

[ Ding...….would you like to bind this weapon to your Gamer's Godship as your primary weapon."

The voice of the woman rang out from my Mind.

"Yes," I said bluntly. I don't have a weapon yet plus it is a gift from my dad.

" Ding...successfully binding the weapon to host Gamer's Godship."

" Ding...…Weapon's name?."

"Harmony," I said with an excited voice.

"Ding.....weapon storage window unlocked ."

Suddenly the sword magic staff disappeared in my hand, and a second after that, a small blue screen appeared in front of me with the picture of the sword magic staff at the top, on the bottom, there was some information.

[Harmony]

[ Sword and magic staff ]

[Iron grade weapon ( upgradable)]

[ 10% increase of power]

After looking at the weapon in the weapon storage window, I tried to take it from the storage which was a success than I put back again and went to sleep.