We go for a Swim

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"What's in it for us?" I asked, "Well, I can offer you transportation to your destination," His offer seemed pretty dumb, we already had enough money to be able to ride a bus to our destination. 
"Well, that seems like a pretty unneeded offer," I countered, He then snapped his fingers and said: "Oops, it looks like public transportation isn't working right now." I scowled, it was fairly obvious he meant to do it but there was very little I could do right now. 

"What's the offer?" I asked through gritted teeth. He then smirked, "I lost my shield in the nearby abandoned water park, while I was on a date with my girl." I scowled again, I was pretty much forced to agree. "Fine," I said, still glaring at Ares. He then stood up still smirking and walked out. I saw him get on his bike through the window, the bike briefly looked like a chariot with horses breathing fire pulling it. 

Bing!

Quest Created: Getting Ares's Shield

Task: Obtain Ares's shield and return it to him

Rewards:

1,750 XP

Level 5 Skill Disk

Failure: 

Unable to Complete Current Quest

Yes/No

I pressed Yes and got ready to head to the water park.

~Line-Break~

As we walked up to the water park I saw the run down slides, old gift shops, and empty and graffitied pools. I walked around the shops, seeing the different aisles. A glint in the light caught my eye. As I walked closer to it I realized it was a book, the glint was caused by a somewhat metallic shape of a sword put on the cover.

I picked up the book, I was surprised when I was able to read the title. The title was 'Swordsmanship Skill Book', I already had the skill but then something popped up.

Pick 2 of the Following Skills to add as Sub-Skills to Swordsmanship

Torpedo Blades Level: 1

Warning: Requires 'Water Manipulation Level: 3'

The user creates liquid swords to propel at an opponent.

Cost: 35 MP per sword created.

Damage: 100 HP per sword

Dragon's Dual Wings Level: 1

Warning: Requires 'Ice Manipulation Level: 1 and Ice Spikes Level: 1'

The user creates a sheet of ice around Dual Swords and spins, creating a tornado of ice shards. 

Cost: 200 MP

Damage: 300 HP

Soul of the Divine Level: 1

The user calls upon a deep passion within their hearts. Causing their blade to respond with that passion and harm even the most Divine beings such as Gods.

Cost: 250 MP 

Warning: The user must be in a state of high emotion or it will cause a heart attack.

Damage: Gives x100 damage when attacking a Divine Being.

Duration: Length of time the user has high emotions. 

I was surprised that there could even be Skill Books for Sub-Skills. Though these Sub-Skills could be skills on their own. I couldn't decide between them. Though over some quick debate I decided to go with 'Soul of the Divine' and 'Torpedo Blades', 'Dragon's Dual Wings' did sound good but the 2 others sounded better.

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