CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
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The tavern was bustling with life as usual, make and female dragons drank and ate as they raised their voices while some sat and spoke in whispers. Damon, Fabien, Mirana and Leonard were seated at the table that was fixed at a dark corner of the tavern, Fabien had chosen the spot with a reason that said he wanted to avoid the crowd as much as possible and Damon wanted the same thing too so they had chosen it. Mirana and Leonard had however complained and stated that they wanted to party with crowd and have fun before the sun rose into view the next morning, Lena on the other hand had told them to enjoy themselves as she claimed she had important matters to attend to and also had things to report to the war council concerning the teams progress for the day.
"I really can't wait for tomorrow, I'm so fired up."
Mirana said as she laughed and drank from the wooden cup before her, she gulped down it's contents and smiled with satisfaction before wiping her mouth clean with the back of her hand. Leonard laughed mockingly as soon as he Mirana emptied her cup, he laughed so much that his voice began to sound hoarse and his throat began to scratch.
"Look at you, you're chugging down the ale like a reptile how embarrassing. Hahahahaha."
"But Leonard, aren't all dragons reptiles?
I mean it's basic knowledge isn't it?"
Damon asked in confusion, he really didn't understand why Leonard referred to Mirana's drinking style as that of reptile when she was actually a reptile. Mirana let out an unexpected round of laughter as she slammed her palm against the table and clutched her belly with her other hand, she was laughing so much tears were beginning to stream down her face.
"What a shame, the lizard doesn't know he is a reptile. I can't even believe he is on the way team, how shameful. Hahahahahah."
"But Mirana Dragons are actually just like lizards you know, the only difference is your ability to breath elements such as fire and water and your size alongside a few bodily features. With those out of the equation you're also like a lizard."
"What do you mean I'm also like a lizard?
You yourself are nothing more than a naughty and stupid human who just stumbled upon the the powers of a dragon out of luck. The rest of you are nothing but trash."
Mirana shouted as she tried to pounce on Damon partly out of anger and partly out of being drunk, Leonard was quick to grab her by the waist and hold while she struggled. It was a really funny sight to see and it actually made Damon feel welcomed even if it happened to be nothing but a little bit.
Fabien are his food with his eyes closed and with a frown on his face, it looked like he could no longer contain Leonard and Mirana's barbaric nature but there was nothing he could do about it.
{+0.5 HP recovered}
Damon smiled as the system message popped up, he was slowly recovering his HP thanks to the wierd brewer herb he had gotten from the barkeep.
"Consider it a well done gift for the effort you put into this."
The barkeep had said and Damon had tried to refuse it saying he wasn't the one who had hunted the hobo-goblins and he didn't really deserve the gift but the barkeep had remained adamant and when Damon tried to give it to Leonard instead he didn't accept it and so he had no other option than to take it.
He wanted to check the system and see what he had gotten from all the wobbly slime bunnies he had bested but at the moment he sort of felt like it could wait, he needed the happy atmosphere afterall.
Once he had finished the brewed herb, Damon grabbed the wooden cup and headed towards the bar behind which the barkeep was standing talking to two male dragons.
"Thanks for the herb miss..."
"The name is Naomi and there's no need to be so polite around me, I'm still so young so don't address me like one of those old ladies."
Damon looked at Naomi as she pointed her thumb at her chest. If Damon hadn't taken close observation he would have thought she was an old female dragon but he had actually taken close observation and her face still had the spark of youth about it however, her young youthful looks were beginning to fade away due to sitting behind the bar and taking on such strenuous tasks all the time. It was making her look old.
After thanking Naomi once again Damon proceeded outside the tavern and rested his against the buildings wall, he raised his head and looked at the dark orb in sky which was just as large and looked exactly like a black hole. He wondered why most of the games features had abruptly changed upon his first log in but there was nothing he could do about it, even the system he currently had in his possession was still like a child he was raising due to the fact that he had just began to add a few features and tweaks to it making it organized and capable.
'System'
Damon called telepathically, the system answered with the familiar bright screen system interface. To avoid begin suspected of being and crazy person who had escaped an asylum, Damon resulted to giving the system commands telepathically which as at that moment was the perfect mode of communication without being found out, suspected or accused.
He was currently at level four and he had about eight stat points, he wanted to distribute them evenly as it happened to be the most logical thing to do. He had been forced to increase his speed and strength under the little pressure placed on him by the slime bunnies and so balancing out the rest of his stats was the right path to follow.
There was also the basic skill reward which intrigued him the most, he wondered what it was and couldn't wait till he returned to the inn to check so he focused on it the icon that represented the skill and information on it came spilling out.
{Basic skill:One fold}
One fold is an upgradable skill that is peculiar to sword wielders alone}
{When used it creates a powerful after swing s***h that destroys it's target based on how much it had been upgraded}
{Cool down time: 5 mins}
"Five minutes?"
Damon muttered in surprise as he read through the displayed information, although five minutes wasn't too long to begin with, it still affected the user of the skill based on the nature of the fight the user find's themselves in. Still it was a pretty useful skill but how could he upgrade it, he was still in dark about how defective the system turned out to be and so he wasn't quite clear on how to go about upgrading his first skill.
Just then multiple notifications popped up all at once catching Damon off guard, he scratched his head before proceeding to read them all.
{Independent feature creation mode has been turned on}
{Skill points feature has been created}
{Skill card feature has been created}
{System shop feature has been created}
{System workshop feature has been created}
{Multiple system features have been created by the system to aid the players growth and to speed up progress in completing the quest}
Damon was bewildered by the sudden notifications that had just popped up, in all his years of playing games this was a new one for him. Even after reading a lot of webnovels and reading a lot of mangas this was still new to him.
Just as he was about to get more information on the new features that had been created out of the blue someone emerged from the corner and Damon jumped in fright.
"What are you doing?"
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