"You found it in a chest? In the mansion??? What was the color of the chest??" Sarah asked.
"Woah calm down, it looked like a random chest to me, as for the color it was a golden chest. Does it matter though?"
Her eyes went wide.
"Does it matter???? That castle is a dungeon. And the only reason you did not see any mobs was because of the meteorite that fell, it sent a powerful wave of magic power and disabled the monsters. Now listen, the color of the chest means the difficulty of the mobs 'you' fought. But this is the first time a gold chest appeared. Surely you did not just receive the time resonator right? Speaking of the Time Resonator, this is the first time I have heard of it... so I can't say about the skills associated with it." Sarah was looking at me in disbelief.
"I received other items as well..." I pull out the Dark Resonator and show it to her. Perhaps it's better to not tell her about the other items....
"So you received not one but two resonators.." "sigh" "Dark Resonator is a little different than most resonators. There have been cases of users going rogue, mad or even evil at times. But it is an epic and strong resonator. I suggest you use this as well. Of course after we reach the town.
Did she forget the goblin? it was looking at us from behind the tree... Maybe I should just step forward and try to kill it. "Time to try my new skill eh?"
I start hesitantly moving towards the goblin while gripping the sword in my hand.. By the way, holding a sword felt very comfortable for some reason... "Skill: Slowdown" I subconsciously say the 'activation' words and see the effects of the skill in effect. The goblin who just started to run away was moving in such a slow pace that it felt weird. Perhaps 3x is a lot more than i thought. I close my distance and begin swinging the sword.
Talent: Sword Mastery Active!!!!
Huh? Sword Maste- "Swishhhh Kshhhh before i could even finish thinking about the abrupt notification, my hands moved on their own and beheaded the goblin in one strike.
"Whattt?? Jayyy, what the hell are you? I thought you just became an iron ranker today? How did you get the 'Sword Grip' talent already???"
"I-uhh I don't know what happened, it seems like i subconsciously moved like that... And what do you mean by talent? I thought magic had 'skills'"
"Right I haven't explained that part yet... you know, you are full of surprises. So, if the skills are the strengths gained by Resonators, Talents are the strengths of the person. They have to train themselves to gain the talents, or they can use the shortcut of 'Talent Dungeons' though it's more dangerous. Now the question is, how do you have the talent 'Sword Grip'?"
""Sword Grip'? I-uh... Can you tell me more about it?" Of course I was hesitating to tell her that it's 'Sword Master' and not 'Sword Grip' that I have...
"Sigh" "Fine. "What you just used was the talent 'Sword Grip', it's the basic sword skill that someone who has used a sword for months can get. If they practice for years they can even get the talent 'Sword Hands' and only a few have acquired 'Sword Mastery'. Do you understand"
I knew it! If i told her about the talent, she might have gotten a shock or something for sure. I have been dropping those kinds of bombs on her in the first meeting, huh? Welp, let's keep it a secret...
"Maybe I learnt about using a sword sometime before my memory loss? Well at least I killed this guy.." I look at the goblin I killed. Then, all of a sudden, the goblin disappeared. Like- Completely disappeared!! After a few seconds 5 iron coins and a small shield appear. I keep looking with my jaw dropped.
"Oh you really don't know anything? Every mob disappears after it's killed and items appear as a reward. Look you got coins and a shield, though they are the lowest drops."
I pickup the coins and the shield, keep the cains in my pocket. I look at the shield and 'inspect' it.
Item: Goblin Buckler Shield,
Rarity: Common
Description: A shield used by goblins
Use: Deflects some amount of incoming physical attacks.
After thinking about it I decide to leave it, since the sword felt better without the shield. Come to think of it I never inspected the sword. Let's see.. 'Inspect'
Item: Aurora's Edge
Rarity: Rare
Description: Once it was a sword held by the strongest. The Sword Master's Blade.
Use: Activate the aurora effect to freeze enemies upon strike.
Status: Un-awakened (Will appear as a normal sword.)
I have no words. A gold chest gave me this much??