DRAGON: First Link

30.0: Advancement

"Muuh, why would you use the Slither against a very slow opponent? Stupid." Boxhead groaned as she took the mech's wiring from Cuishel's hand and did it herself.

After the fight between Grueth, the guild leader was back to her usual business with Sanders as its new recruit. Right now, the newbie was off to get his equipment repaired and enhanced by Sir Gwen.

"That's exactly the point, hime. Counter strength with speed." Cuishel gaudily commented.

"Now, what was your highest Mastery level again?"

"81, Uh, Enhanced Defense?"

"Pede kanang mag-Boulder, letse. Tank ka, TANK!!"

"Okay, okay!!" Cuish threw her hands up in resignation. "Why are you so agitated?"

"I dunno. Nainis lang talaga ako sa Grueth na yun."

"I think we just messed with the wrong guild." Joichiro raised the flaps of the tent and got out of it, a cup of tea in hand.

"Probably." Sanders followed him, a thermos in hand. "They boast a 230 strong member count that can topple all of us. And wait mister, why am I holding this?"

"But," Joichiro ignored him, and focused his attention to us. "I'm not afraid, at least, in terms of skills. Let's just say, Gaul's guild lord almost won against Anynomous. Almost. So, let's put it this way; the ten members of their higher council is five times weaker than the leader himself. The lower council of twenty-five, in which that girl you fought earlier is part of, are two times weaker than the higher council. The guild's minions, compromising the rest is just as strong as our weakest member here in terms of fighting ability."

"Si Ryd na yan, for sure." Sky casually commented.

"Hoi!!" Ryd stood, fists clenched.

"To be honest, Ryd is probably one of the strongest players here." Boxhead sided with Ryd. The latter looked at Sky with renewed arrogance.

"Uniqueness doesn't mean power no? Classes are grouped into four power levels: Normal, Rare, Exceptional, and Legendary. Unique is a special class that fits into any power levels. So to speak, a Unique Class can also be considered as a Normal, just like Mikaela's Illusion Druid." The chef butted in, shattering the building pressure between the two dense guys.

"So, basically speaking, you're accusing Mikaela as the weakest part of the group." Spectrum came out of the tent, carrying a tray of teacups.

"Well, yes." Joichiro looked at Mikaela na kakalabas lang din ng tent. "For now, at least."

"Training, huh?" his 'daughter' replied to the nonexistent question.

"It is the only way." His daughter added. "This game is on a different level from its screen ancestors. A class can never be the same with training. A class evolves along with higher ability levels. A simple healer class can evolve into something bigger, like a—"

"Caustic Monk."

"Yeah, and—your class evolve into one, did you?" Chio looked at Liam suspiciously.

"Yep, like poison and healing in one class." The monk scratched his head. "I kinda messed with sir Gwen's scratch chemical enhancers, and found myself the Concoction Mastery. Well, since my Healing Mastery is at its limit, the most logical path that I need to take is this."

"Weeeh!! OP!!" They chorused.

"Actually," Boxhead straightened, opening her menu. "I think my class evolved too, considering I left my Brawl Mastery stagnant at level 64."