Dang he's stupid

Arjuna guided Alanis the elf to the archery guild. Alanis was extremely familiar with the place, as she had hanged around the place trying to find an opportunity to meet with master Sninkkaakac sadly he was one of the most anti-social archer masters in the entire empire, refusing invitations from nobles and other prominent figures.

The moment Arjuna stepped into the simplistic and wooden archer guild. Master Sninkkaakac rose his head from the railing on the second floor that he was leaning on. He said in his gruff and loud voice

"Arjuna get over here, you're 26 seconds late!"

Arjuna responded instantly with the response that had been ingrained in him.

"yes! coming!"

And he hurried up the stairs to the second floor with Alanis right behind him. She was wearing a large cloak that covered her entire body and face to avoid any unwanted attention for her race.

Sninkkaakac waited for the two to climb the stairs with his arms crossed and a grumpy expression on his face. In reality, he was excited to see Arjuna again, the one person in the guild who wasn't a total disappointment in terms of skill and talent.

He curiously looked at the hooded figure behind Arjuna

"whos that?"

He suddenly stopped and took a closer look at the hooded figure. Arjuna watched as a green glow appeared in his eyes as he peered into the face of Alanis that was covered by the cloak.

He muttered in confusion

"an elf? what are you doing here?"

Alanis said in a polite tone Arjuna had never heard before

"yes, master could we please talk somewhere more private? I fear that if anyone were to hear our conversations we would all have to face the consequences"

Sninkkaakac nodded and pointed to a door behind them

"Sure, that's a private room that we can use"

So Alanis and Arjuna went into the room with Sninkkaakac carefully closing the door shut.

The room was a simple room with wooden floors and two couches facing each other with a table in the middle. A single window was the only other thing noticeable about the room and Arjuna could only see the blue sky from it.

The three of them sat down, with Sninkkaakac on one and Arjuna and Alanis on the other. Alanis looked for another seat to sit on but seeing that she had no other place to sit she embarrassedly sat on the edge of the couch.

The two looked at each other in the eyes and at that moment a notification came up in front of Arjuna.

[you have brought together Alanis the elf and Sninkkaakac the nightfall Archer]

[you have helped Alanis meet Sninkkaakac the nightfall Archer you affinity with her has risen]

[your relationship with Alanis has changed according to your actions!]

[your relationship is now: (rivals)]

[for witnessing a destined conversation you have gained a (10% exp boost for 1 week)]

Arjuna gapped at the rewards in front of him. The most important part was the exp boost. The ones his master got were so unfair he was already 20 or so levels in front of him.

Arjuna was so caught up in the notifications that he didn't notice Sninkkaakac and Alanis looking at each other awkwardly not too sure of what to say. They were both giving Arjuna glares that screamed "introduce us!!!" but he was too preoccupied thinking about what to do with the EXP boost.

Finally, after Arjuna determined that he would go out to hunt hopefully with Alanis or somebody and grind nonstop for the entire week. Just like his master and his hellish training week.

He looked up and saw both Alanis and Sninkkaakac glaring at him. He soon realized what was going on and introduced Alanis to Sninkkaakac

"master Sninkkaakac this is Alan..... Alan right?"

Alanis quickly replied

"im Alanis"

Arjuna countied without missing a beat

"that's right, this is Alan she wanted to meet you"

Alanis resisted the urge to punch Arjuna who was screwing her name up. But she needed to keep appearances in front of her savior. She said in a gentle and mild manner to Sninkkaakac.

"I'm ALANIS, a pleasure"

Sninkkaakac nodded

"yes, yes let's skip the formalities, why did you want to meet me?"

Alanis smilled and took off her hood, showcasing her elven features.

"you saved me when I was a child when orcs attacked my village you said to me that if I trained hard enough that I could become a nightfall archer"

The moment Alanis said "nightfall archer" Sninkkaakac's eyes changed. If people thought he was scary and imposing when he was just walking around. Then they would have shat their pants seeing the gnome in front of Arjuna and Alanis.

He looked at Alanis then back at Arjuna and said in a cold voice devoid of any emotion

"and you told this human? of my existence?"

Alanis backed up in fear shaking her head in denial

"no, no master Sninkkaakac you see I...."

Alanis stopped thinking about why she told Arjuna about the existence of a Nightfall Archer. It was usually something that was kept secret so why did she tell him so freely?

Arjuna interrupted Alanis

"I was curious, I wanted to know about your backstory"

He stood up and looked at Sninkkaakac who had dark shadowy wisps of energy floating around him and countied

"and I don't think it's a bad thing to be curious"

Sninkkaakac said in a deep voice

"sometimes curiosity can get you killed"

Arjuna countered

"and other times it can get you a pot of gold"

The two stood off, a gnome who was only 3-4 feet tall with wisps of darkness around him, and a human around 15 years old with no special energy around him, just a bow and arrows on his shoulder.

Oh yeah, and a scared elf in the back hugging the wall out of fear.

The gnome and human looked at each other. Until Sninkkaakac gave off a light smile and let the wisps of darkness disappear. The heavy atmosphere seemed to lift like dark clouds getting chased away by the sun.

And Sninkkaakac laughed

"out of all of the humans I know, you are one of the ones I think I can trust with my secret"

Arjuna opened his mouth, even as Alanis shook her head furiously trying to get him to stop.

"yeah I want to become a nightfall archer too"

Silence descended on the room as the dark whips descended again and Alanis buried her face in her hands in exasperation.

Sninkkaakac said coldy

"you what?"

Arjuna replied normally

"Yup, I want to be a nightfall archer"

Sninkkaakac stated

"its a class only for elves and gnomes"

Arjuna argued back

"and who said that? the founder of the class?"

"yes the first Nightfall archer said that during the great calamity, a human is physically incapable of becoming one

Arjuna replied nonchalantly

"well frick that dude I'm going to be one"

Something seemed to break as Arjuna just casually dissed the first Nightfall Archer. Alanis prayed that his death wouldn't be painful and Sninkkaakac opened and closed his eyes as if he didn't believe what he just heard.

Arjuna stood there looking at both of them slightly clueless.

After a few minutes, Sninkkaakac gave off a laugh. It was a weird laugh, it was like the laugh a person gave as he watched somebody stupid do something even stupider than he ever thought possible.

"fine then," he said in a deep baritone voice that seemed to echo in the room

"I intended to only pass a few of my skills to you, but now it seems you want the full package, prepare for the worst training you will ever receive in your life"

Arjuna smilled

"that's fine, just give me 8 hours of sleep and I will do anything"

Sninkkaakac looked at Arjuna with a serious expression.

"fine, go and hunt a leader ranked monster by this week"

A notification came up for Arjuna

[new mission]

[class change quest]

[warning failure of this quest means loss of any opportunity to switch to the class of (Nightfall Archer)]

[mission details: hunt a leader ranked monster within a week]

[rewards: (+exp) (+ slight affinity with Sninkkaakac), (next class change quest)]

Arjuna looked at his mission and then back at his 10% exp bonus for a week and smilled.

"How convenient he muttered to himself"

Sninkkaakac wasn't finished he looked at Alanis who was still praying that Arjuna would be guided by Psykhe

He pointed to her

"you elf, join this twat and make sure that he actually does his quest"

He thought for a moment and added

"you also have to hunt a leader ranked monster"

Alanis's face was covered in despair and she thought about fighting a leader ranked monster.

Sninkkaakac shook his head as he walked out of the door completely normal with no dark wisps around him

"you two can work together to defeat them"

After the door shut and Alanis and Arjuna were alone. She turned to Arjuna who was grinning at the convenient quest he got, she said in an amazed voice

"I can't believe you actually did that"

Arjuna gave a nonchalant shrug

"whatever alan lets go and get that leader ranked monster"

And saying that he walked out of the room. Leaving a pissed off Alan, I mean Alanis in the room. She rose and followed him angrily making sure to put her hood on.

"MY NAME IS ALANIS"