Cauldr and Muscle Memory

"Oi, you think you can come here, insult me and order me around!?" Ethan heard the voice of a man, it was deep and rough, and he didn't sound too happy right now. Footstep can be heard as a man walked out of the tavern with a bottle in hand. He was looking at the man on the ground with indifference in his eyes.

Once Ghost was up, he took a good look at the man. He was in a silver plated armor with lining of gold. Unlike him, the man on the ground was in the same clothes as he was, leather jacket and pants with black boots. He didn't need too long to guess that the man in armor was the captain and also the floating name comfirmed his guess.

[Knights captain Cauldr: lvl ???]

As he looked above the head of the captain, he got curious and looked at the man on the ground.

[Player: Asmo: lvl 1]

'So, there is a way to know who is a player and who is an NPC', He continued to observe the scene in front of him, honestly he was just curious of the power of the NPC in this world. 'Like the creator said, they do act like living being.'

Cauldr began to make his way towards the downed player and once he was just in front of him, he grabbed him by the collar and lifted him. As he looked right into his eyes, "Listen to me kid. You are neither rich, nor powerful enough to order me around. So either you come back when you have calmed down or i might just teach you a lesson right here, right now." Ghost saw for a moment, the eyes of the player, he was afraid.

Cauldr dropped the man and went back inside the tavern. The man in question just stood there shocked and afraid. Ghost didn't wait anymore and went inside. The inside of the tavern was just like one would expect, a bar with bartenders, multiple tables and a lot of barrels and drunk people.

Cauldr was already back at his table doing a contest against a dwarf and he was winning. There was a lot of people cheering them and some were quite anxious. He looked around the room and quickly found why they were anxious, people were betting either on Cauldr or on the dwarf.

Ghost approached the table they were at and waited for them to finish. As he was watching, he could see that Cauldr noticed him, and he was annoyed but that didn't stop him from finishing his drink and loudly dropping it on the table. " I WIN!" Everyone inside the tavern errupted into cheers and screams. Cauldr looked at the dwarf and lifted his hand. "Come on, pay up!"

The dwarf begrudgingly took a bag full with gold coins and threw it at Cauldr, who caught it in mid-air. "Thank you kind sir" Cauldr then walked off the table and went to the bar. Ghost followed him and sat right next to him. "Do you know how many of you, I had to deal with since this morning?"

Ghost wasn't surprised by the question, he already figured out that a lot of people already came and asked Cauldr for help since it's the first quest they are given. "Probably a lot" The indifference in his voice could be heard by everyone. "A lot, is an understatement. I don't know where you all come from but i know that a lot of people are not happy with your presence. Immortal adventurers are not something people are comfortable with."

"Maybe, but right now that doesn't concern me. All i want is a weapon."

"Oh but that does concern you, after all you are one of them. And tell me why should i give you a weapon? Like all the others, you could be a threat." Cauldr had a little smirk.

"Or i could be just what i am, an adventurer taking mission for the right price." Ghost looked at Cauldr and he saw him grinning.

"You are the first one that is not completely crazy. Until now, other guys like you came and decided it was a good idea to order me around or insult me of name i didn't even understand. Anyway, right now the kingdom is under constant attack of monster, so having more people to help isn't bad. Come with me." As he said this, Cauldr sat up and began to walk out of the tavern.

Ghost followed him, once out of the tavern, they began to walk in the direction of the castle. The castle was magnificent, a european style castle with high tower and immense wall with moat. They passed the drawbridge and soon arrived in a training yard. "Pick a weapon on the wooden rack over there."

Cauldr made his way to the middle of the yard and waited for Ghost. On the wooden rack were multiple types of weapons, european style weapon like the claymore or simple one-handed sword. But there also were more exotic weapon, like katana or kusarigama. He was a little surprised since untill now, this country looked like a european country of the middle age. He began to look for a weapon and he tried some of them, even the katana, which was quite cool.

[Beginner's blade (rank E): lvl 1

attack: 10

defense: 2

bleeding: 3% / 2 second ]

Ghost saw that with every bladed weapon there was a bleeding effect, and with the contendant weapons, there was a chance to stun the opponent for a moment. He liked the katana but something was missing, like it wasn't made for him. He felt that with every weapon untill he took the greatsword in hand.

[Beginner's greatsword (rank E): lvl 1

attack: 16

defense: 8

bleeding: 1% / 2 second ]

He took the greatsword and swung it a couple time to test it. He felt satisfied with it, but he also felt like he knew exactly how to use it.

After choosing his weapon, Ghost walked towards Cauldr who was waiting for him. Once Cauldr saw him arrive, he took his shield and sword and got into position, Shield first and sword ready to strike right above his shield. "Show me what you can do, if i deem that this weapon is not suited for you then change weapon and we will go again."

Ghost got into position too, but unconsciously, he took a position quite weird some would say. He grabbed the blade with his right hand, just under the hilt and put his left hand on the handle. The blade was pointing downwards, when Cauldr saw this he sighed. 'Another beginner's thinking that they can do whatever with a sword and it will work.'

After a few seconds of staring, Cauldr decided to attack first. He took a quickstep forward and slashed downward. Ghost reacted on instinct and rotated on his left foot, backwards. When his right foot firmly planted behind his left, he pivoted his sword with his right hand and struck at Cauldr's leg. Since Cauldr was in full armor and was a higher level than Ghost, it did nothing. The sword just stopped on his leg.

When cauldr saw how Ghost moved, he was shocked. He thought that Ghost was just a kid swinging his sword around but it seems he was wrong.

When Ghost saw that his strike did nothing, he put his right hand on the handle and retracted his sword before slashing down. Cauldr blocked the strikes without problem and used this chance to shield bash Ghost.

Ghost slid on the floor a couple meters before falling to his knees. The force behind that strike was immense. even if he manage to protect himself by putting his right forearm against the blade to block, he still felt the shock. Right now, he couldn't even feel his arms. "I must admit, you surprised me there kid. But still, there was no way for you to beat me in a contest of strength. My level is higher than yours and even if you have some skill with the sword, it is useless against me right now."

Cauldr got near Ghost and sheated his sword and shield before helping him stand up. "You can keep the sword if you really want to be an adventurer then go to the guild and register there." After helping him stand up, Cauldr walked away while waving his hand.

[Quest:

-First step (Complete):

As a new adventurers in Arkadia, you need a weapon to defend yourself but you also need to know the world that you are in.

objective: Go see the knight captain Cauldr 1/1

reward: weapon(rank E), 500 exp.

failure: none ]

[Level up lvl 1 > 2: 5 Stats point]

[Status:

Name:Ghost

Race: Human (Awoken)

Level: 2 250/500 exp

condition: Good

Health: 100%

mana: 100%

Strength:11

Dexterity:11

Vitality:11

Agility:11

intelligence:16

5 points left ]

Ghost noticed that his level up gave him 1 point in every stats. He didn't wait a long time before distributing his points. He put 3 in strength and 2 in dexterity.

[Status:

Name:Ghost

Race: Human (Awoken)

Level: 2 250/500 exp

condition: Good

Health: 100%

mana: 100%

Strength:14

Dexterity:13

Vitality:11

Agility:11

intelligence:16 ]

[Quest:

-Adventurer's guild:

Cauldr told you to register as an adventurer, the adventurer's guild is one of the biggest organisation in all the world. It is a neutral organisation with the only purpose of helping people and slaying monsters.

objective: register at the guild 0/1

Reward: 500 exp

failure: none ]

"Really? an adevnturer's guild?"