lvin led Nolan and the others to an atrium just behind the first tower that was facing the gates.
Entering, Cedric and Liana’s eyes couldn’t help but wonder across the vast, echoing hall. Again, nothing new to Nolan.
"Welco to the Atrium of Founders," lvin said to them.
Lined side by side were statues of the first Guardians, their stone faces stern and resolute. The air was cool and slled of polished stone.
A handful of people were scattered across in groups or alone, all wearing the sa navy blue uniform of the Cerulean Guardians.
"You can look around while I take him for his test," lvin turned to Cedric and Liana who seed lost.
"Oh okay." Liana nodded, mirroring Cedric’s reaction.
"Follow ," lvin muttered, referring to Nolan.
They both walked off, leaving Cedric and Liana to wonder round the vast space. Eventually, they stood in front of a door.
lvin knocked once and opened it. "Did I disturb your alone ti again?" he said, walking into a room that was dark despite the sun still up high in the sky.
Nolan was a little happy as he followed lvin into the dark room. Why else? There was sothing he could gain from this.
Two things actually.
"What do you want?" A raspy old voice ca from within. "You took all the way to that village and I did what you asked, so what now?"
lvin closed the door as Nolan entered and moved in the darkness, walking to the edge where the black curtains covered the window and he opened them.
The rays of the afternoon sun finally ca in and illuminated the room.
An old lady sat behind a wooden desk with an exhausted look on her face, arms crossed. She wore the sa guild uniform, but the cuffs of her jacket were golden, sa as lvin’s.
In the guild, little things like the color of cuffs and coats differentiated ranks and positions.
For Master-ranks though, their uniforms were entirely black with golden buttons, epaulets, shoulder tassels and cuffs, accompanied by a trench coat.
Elite-ranks had gold designs, Ace-ranks had silver, Guardian-ranks had bronze, while the last two had no special colors on their uniforms, just black, without a trench coat.
For each head of a particular section of the guild, they had Silver-Grey coats. Though there were three exceptions.
A Deep Red Coat for the Battle Commander.
A White Coat for the Special Advisor/Strategist.
And lastly, a Sun-gold for the Guild Master.
"You ought to be an active mber of the guild, yet you just stay here and do nothing," lvin said to the lady.
Nolan’s eyes went to the Silver-Grey coat resting behind her chair. This was Lady Eva. She was the head of recruitnts, yet she dropped it all in lvin’s hands even though his unit was the raid team.
"You do the job better than . Besides, you’ve got an eye for talents," she replied flatly, her eyes landing on Nolan. "So, I ask again. What do you want?"
"Check him." lvin leaned on one of the shelves in the room.
Without waiting for anyone’s permission, Nolan pulled the chair in front of Lady Eva and sat down.
"I thought I finished this at the village?" Lady Eva eyed lvin.
"Don’t bla . Cyndy brought them, and he’s the only one with an ability, so that’s why I’m here," lvin raised a hand.
Lady Eva’s eyes lingered on lvin for a while before returning to Nolan. "Place your hands in mine," she said, extending both hands across the table.
Nolan hesitated for a while, not because he was contemplating, but because he was finding a way to change his current ability back from the ice to the fire, which he eventually managed to pull off.
[Switched Ability!]
[Ice Affinity > Fire Affinity]
He placed his hands in hers and after a few seconds she said, "An elental ability?"
Nolan nodded in approval.
She gave a single nod and released one of his hands. "Do sothing with it."
Nolan raised the hand and fire appeared on his palm. It wasn’t that big, but it was remarkably stable, even if it was an F-Tier ability.
Lady Eva closed her eyes and after a few seconds she opened them and turned to lvin. "Novice at most, with ability alone. But there’s still so room for growth. Keep him."
lvin gave a curt nod.
Though while they spoke, Nolan smiled. One of the two things he could gain by coming here was... her ability.
The reason he left the guards and their telekinesis was because of her. Her telekinetic ability was far greater than theirs.
"Copy"
[Divine Control (S-Tier) copied!]
[Add to library? Y/N]
"Y"
He had successfully gotten the first one.
The system screen appeared in front of him again.
[Innate Ability: Ability Grading - Lets you tell the level of an ability by touching the user when they are using it.]
[Copy? Y/N]
’Ah, right.’
He had seen her use an innate ability, so it was now sothing he could copy. But it was useless to him, so he dismissed that one.
Skills, Talents and Innate abilities can only be copied when witnessed. Unlike normal abilities that can be copied by touch even without witnessing them, though witnessing alone still works.
"All right, we can go now," lvin said, pushing off the shelf.
Nolan nodded and withdrew his hands as he stood up. In just one glance, he spotted the second thing he ca here for on the shelf.
Turning, he used his new telekinetic ability to make a book fall from the shelf lvin leaned on.
"Boy, what were you even thinking leaning on this?" Lady Eva complained.
"My bad," lvin waved without turning.
As she bent to pick up the book, Nolan retrieved a small red dice from the opposite shelf with his new telekinesis and followed lvin out of the room.
[Artifact obtained!]
[Dice of Luck]
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