Reign and the others were looking at the items they had gotten after defeating the field boss. After more than a month of not getting any A-rank items, they had finally managed to acquire 3 of them.
[ Rank A Rocky Cuirass ]
Def: 65
Vitality + 6
Endurance + 6
Description: A Cuirass that was made almost entirely from a mysterious rock. The armor has incredible defensive capabilities and can defend the user against most dangers. By channeling mana and activating the skill laying dormant in the armor the user will be blessed by an earth spirit which will infuse the power of the earth in the armor, increasing its defensive capabilities by a notch.
[ Rank A Boots of Earth ]
Def: 36
Endurance + 6
Vitality + 6
Strength + 2
Description: Boots that have an incredibly high affinity with the earth element. Wearing the boots will allow the user to have a stable footing anywhere they go, except for water surfaces. By activating the skill hidden inside of the boots the user will be able to form a connection with an earth spirit and his defense and attack power will be increased by 50% while standing on the ground. The skill is usable twice a day and lasts for 5 minutes.
[ Rank A Bone Belt ]
Def : 15
Vitality + 5
Endurance + 5
Strength + 5
Description: A belt made from the spine of a strong monster. The belt will increase the defense of the user while simultaneously having an “enchant” function. Using the function will allow the user to choose a body part the belt shall enchant after which the bone belt will fuse with the body part, increasing the strength and toughness of the said body part.
[ Rank B Earthen Scaled Grips ]
Atk: 10
Def: 25
Vitality + 4
Endurance + 4
Description: Gloves made by using the scales of a monster with high earth affinity. The gloves offer great protection while the rough scales on their surface will allow the user to tear enemies apart with them. Channeling mana to the gloves will increase the toughness of the scales which will, in turn, have an increase in their defensive and offensive capabilities while simultaneously supporting the user’s arms to give them a higher toughness.
[ Rank B The Ruby Eye ]
Spirit + 7
Willpower + 7
Description: A ring made from the life crystal of a strong monster. The crystal will nourish the wearer and increase the power of the soul ( spirit and willpower ).
“The items are good, well the armor of course goes towards Tank, I think you should also switch out your current gloves with these,” Reign spoke as he passed Tank the items, Tank simply nodded as he equipped both of them before speaking out,
“The boots would go best with Wolf, you guys usually dart all over the place when fighting, and it’s not fair if I got them.”
“Agreed.” Everyone said simultaneously as they passed the boots to Wolf who didn’t stand on ceremony.
“Laura should get the last two,” Shadow speaks out as he looks towards Laura who had a surprised expression on her face.
“B-both, I can’t-”
“You can, you are still lacking in items compared to the rest of us, the belt will increase your close-range fighting while the ring will improve the power of your long-range attacks, you don’t need to be shy about it, everyone gets what they deserve, you are our healer, we need to take good care of you,” Reign tells her as he gives her the two items. Laura bashfully accepts them before thanking them all, being a part of such a group gave her a feeling of safety, similar to when she was together with her family at the beginning of the game.
They all went to sleep after that, Greenie was still meditating, and judging by the mana fluctuations he was close to breaking through and receiving the inheritance of the Vajra Ogres, how much would he receive was completely dependent on him though as Reign and the others could not help him in any way right now.
In the middle of the night, everyone was suddenly awoken as a strong wave of mana came from Greenie’s room. Everyone got up and met in front of his room, they didn’t know what to do, was the wave of mana a sign of success or failure?
Reign walked towards the door and slowly opened it up, Greenie had previously mentioned that while meditating he was pretty much cut off from his surroundings and something like opening a door wouldn’t disturb him.
Greenie was floating in the air while an ethereal figure was looking at him. Reign wasn’t able to make out the appearance of the person, but before he could do anything the figure raised his hand and told him to stop.
“Don’t worry about your friend little one, he is in the middle of inheriting the memories.” An old, ancient voice was heard in Reign’s head as the ethereal figure stared at him.
“A lot of time has passed during my slumber, so many young ogres have been born, and so many are talented, I will entrust him to you little one.” The figure said while slowly becoming transparent. Reign looked at him with a nervous face as he asked.
“Are,” Reign nervously gulped, “Are you perhaps Vajra, sir?”
“Hohoho, figured it out did you?”
“Thank you for looking after Greenie.” Reign slightly bowed in respect. He had previously heard from Eldar that Vajra was a Supreme God, one of the few in the whole universe, he was a being with immense power who was respected anywhere he went. He didn’t know why he was here right now, but looking at the gentle expression he had while looking at Greenie, Reign knew he must have helped him somehow.
“Hahahaha, you are interesting little one, unfortunately, I have to leave now.” Vajra laughed heartily while his figure was becoming more transparent by the second. ．
“What is your name little one?” Vajra says as only his head was now visible.
“Reign, sir.”
“Wha-” Before the surprised voice of Vajra could be fully heard he was gone, Reign was perplexed by the reaction but he simply shrugged it off, perhaps Vajra didn’t hear him and that was why he had such a reaction?
It didn’t matter right now, Greenie was slowly floating down, his red tattoos were slightly longer compared to before as he opened his eyes.
“Master, I succeeded!” Greenie jumps from the bed as he looks at Reign with a happy face. Reign smiled in return as he congratulated the young ogre.
“Go and sleep Greenie, we’ll talk in the morning.”
“Yaaawn, yes, I do feel sleepy master, good night.” Greenie yawns as he slowly walks towards his bed, before Reign managed to leave the room he speaks again.
“Master, I, I received a true name from him.”
“Oh, well I guess that’s a good thing, Greenie was starting to sound weird, after all you’re no longer green, not at all.”
“Master, you are not upset?”
“Why, because the name I gave you changed, no matter what changes you’re still you, that’s all that matter.” Reign smiled at him before leaving the room.
“Thank you, master.” Greenie slowly closed his eyes as he fell asleep on his bed. The constant meditation and the inheritance had tired him immensely and he was truly exhausted right now.
The others were waiting for Reign in front of Greenie’s room. They all flocked towards him as they were concerned about Greenie. They all sighed in relief after Reign explained to them what had happened, they also showed looks of astonishment after Reign mentioned how Vajra was there. They had met gods, but compared to Vajra even Miriam was just a child, to actually have such a figure looking after him, what kind of inheritance had Greenie received.
“Oh man, now I won’t be able to make jokes with his name.” Shadow sadly said. True names are completely different compared to normal names. They didn’t know of it before but a true name was something that bound the person and the being that had named them together. They still didn’t understand what exactly that meant, but Eldar told them it was too soon for them to know and that they would learn more after becoming Transcendent.
To transcend was usually a hard thing to do and most of Earth’s inhabitants would never be able to do it, but it seemed that it wouldn’t be a problem for any of them as their strength and potential were incredibly high. Not only them, but the whole Earth was also surprisingly full of people with high talents, something that would usually only occur with huge planets that were familiar with mana.
The Alliance tried to check why exactly Earth was like this, but the higher-ups had given an order to stop any further probing, it seemed that Earth had a big secret that they didn’t want to leak.
In the morning everyone got together to eat. Greenie drowsily came out of his room as everyone congratulated him. They ate in silence before slowly moving to the living room to talk with Greenie.
“So Gre-”
Bang!
Bang!
A multitude of hard knocking sounds could be heard coming from the main gate. Everyone looked at each other in surprise as nothing similar had ever happened before, people would usually wait in front of their building or just knock silently if there was anything to report.
After opening the door Reign could see a sweaty Cameron who was panting.
“Reign, something’s happening in the Newbie Forest!”
Reign and the others looked at each other with surprise after hearing his words. Reign moved to the side while telling Cameron to enter.