Chapter 85: The Silver Spears
As the tal gates closed behind us, I leaned my back on the cold wall of the shadowy hallway and took a few deep breaths.
"What the hell was that Kai?" Erik shouted wide eyed. "Did you use magic or sothing?"
I shook my head. I wasn't stupid enough to do that. "I used my stat points." I said as I moved away from the wall and headed to the room we were given.
"You what?" Vincent asked wide eyed. "Wait, what did you dump them into?"
I pushed the door to our room open and lowered myself on one of the benches. "Dexterity, Wisdom and Intelligence." I said with a faint smile. I summoned my interface as I spoke. As lines of pale blue text appeared before , the others imdiately crowded around .
'Kai Friseal – Level 80 Soul Keeper | Exp: 1800/70000 - - Souls 100/100 864- - Mana: 1940
Fallen Grace Lv. 5 | Death's Scythe Lv. 5 | Dark Bolt Lv. 5 | Soul's Respite Lv. 5 | Explorer | Crystal Sage
STR: 10 – CON: 10 – DEX: 100 – INT: 100 – WIS: 91'
Silence covered the room as the group read the text. It was Joshua who broke the silence with a shriek. "No way, how many god damned stat points did you even have?"
"Plenty." I said with a chuckle. "Anyways, I didn't use any magic." I added, glancing at a dumbfounded Erik. He kept wordlessly staring to the pale blue text until I closed the interface.
"Erik?" I waved my hand in front of his face. "Snap out of it."
"Oh, uh, sorry." He mumbled and glanced at the others. "I can't be the only one who thinks those stats are ridiculous." Joshua shrugged, while Vincent nodded. "Yeah, they're a bit... unbalanced."
"What do you an?" I asked as I took my sword from my inventory and carefully cleaned the few drops of blood still remaining on it.
"Well, usually stats are distributed more or less equally." Vincent explained hesitantly. "You have no constitution and no strength at all, but your dexterity and two magic related stats are basically through the roof. Why?"
"If I tried to be a jack of all trades, I'd fail at everything. The entire reason there are parties is so that everyone can specialise on only one, maybe two things. Am I wrong?" I asked. We'd talked about this with Asher plenty. And I knew that despite his smug attitude and controlling behaviour, he was the most knowledgeable person around when it ca to ga chanics.
"You're not wrong but... Don't you think it's a bit risky? Not increasing your constitution, I an." Erik asked.
I chuckled. "No, I'll be fine, don't worry." I lowered my gaze to my sword. "Let's focus on winning the tournant." I said with a smile.
"How co you're so invested in this?" Erik asked after a mont of hesitation. "You were against even joining it."
A smile flashed across my face. "It reminds of good tis. Co on," I said as I got up. Before they could ask what was going on, soone knocked on the door. Shortly after, the sa Ereth who brought us here gently opened the door.
"Your next match will begin shortly. Please, follow ." When he glanced at , our eyes t. I nodded, then looked at the other three. "Let's go."
"How...?" Vincent began to ask, then gave up and shook his head.
The Ereth led us to the huge tal gate. As we walked, he once again stopped by my arm. "The crowd liked your last performance. Keep that up," He said with what I assud was a smile. It was almost impossible to tell what he was thinking. "And you'll win our leader's favour."
I flinched. "I hope they like what they see." I said, forcing myself to keep a calm voice.
He smirked, then left standing and headed back. As he disappeared in the shadows of the long hallway, I rushed to where the others were waiting.
"What was that all about now?" Erik asked. "What's going on?"
"He just told to keep the crowd happy. So," I glared at him and Joshua. "No sitting on people's backs, ok?"
Vincent rolled his eyes with a sigh as Joshua grinned. "I'll try my best." He said jokingly. "Let's see who we're up against now."
We didn't have to wait long, as the tal gates soon opened, revealing an empty arena. As soon as we stepped out of the shadows, the crowd started cheering.
"And once again, we welco Team Torchlight and their Pale Demon into the arena!" The announcer's voice prompted only more cheering. "And their opponents, the Silver Spears!"
The gates across the sandy arena slowly creaked open. Four won stepped out of the shadowy hall. They wore white clothes, just like everyone else in this city. They all carried spears and I could see daggers hanging in their sheathes on their hips. As they walked across the sands, I narrowed my eyes.
"Astrid?" I whispered, looking at one of the won. She'd cut her hair short and was definitely wearing make up, which threw off a little, but it was definitely her. "Wait, wasn't she a dagger user?" I asked, glancing at her spear.
Erik and Joshua shrugged, while Vincent nodded. "Yeah, and she was sowhat good with it too. How do we take them on Kai?"
I glanced at the other won. Astrid was not the most dangerous person here. My eyes t with our other opponent, the one who seed to be their leader. She wore her green hair in a ponytail. Tall and confidant, her posture was enough to make be wary of her.
"I'll take the green haired one. Rember, fight to live." I warned them.
"And now, the last match of the day is upon us!" The announcers voice was accompanied by the cheering crowd. "Let us see, which team will erge victorious! Fight!"
I lowered my body and dashed forward, leaving a trail of sand behind . As my sword's blade clashed with my opponent's spear, a smile slowly ford on my face.
I could win this.
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