Adam came back home after another nice , slow and relaxing run of 3 hours.
Because , he needed to torture himself even more and wore armor for a while.
And as it turns out.
Running in metal and leather that weights a lot is not a good idea.
Apart from the extra stamina usage, it simply smells. Like badly.
But he just didn`t really care about such minor details.
Home, wash up, eat and get back to training.
But this time, something change finally.
As usual, he just swung the sword a lot.
And then swung more. And then took a break for drinks and to turn on the TV
And then swung again.
At this point he knew the book contents well enough to repeat them word for word, so the book was tossed aside the other "other worldly" items as Adam labeled them.
But well, he did have a thought after 2 hours of almost mindless swinging.
'Wait. Maybe. MAYBE. the first page has a clue'
And he de-summoned his sword and went for the shelf with the book ,info pamphlet and the nameplate. In the book however something changed.
Instead of 5 pages, there were 10.
"Huh" Adam opened it up quite confused "When ..did this ..changed"
And now after the downwards slash, there was a section about "Thrust", which looked similar to the 1st move. Words describing the move, than drawings than a detailed description.
"Not today" and he slammed the book shut, put it away and dropped on the couch.
Because of course, after mindless swinging it was time for mindless watching the news.
And when that became boring, he grabbed the BasicSwordTechniques and read it again, then he grabbed the nameplate, and then the pamphlet and then bored he opened the system window. And it was just as boring as the rest. Nothing new on the status, quota was being filled up nicely, training sessions too.
Well one thing changed - the points.
'Ah f**k it why not' and then SHOP
In it started to look for anything interesting and well affordable.
Items filled with question marks? ' nope'
More swordsmanship books? 'let me finish one'
Random ingredients that look like would make great poison soup ' Hell nah'
HeavenIron GreatSword ? 'Way to expensive, next'
Essence of Mending? '.....' - 300 points and a small, very small bottle showed up
Soulbound Whetstone? 'sounds fancy'
Lens of Minute Inspection? 'thats literally a magnifying glass'
And then he found it.
The answer to his problem.
Light Infantry Armor - 600 points
[Balance : 625]
"F**K YES" - buy it
and well...nothing happened.
"Where`s my super suit?? armor i guess. WHERE IS IT"
The option disappeared from the shop, his balance got almost depleted but...nothing.
Adam punched the system window, and well, missed. since there wasn`t actually anything in front of him.
"AAAAAA"
and then he calmed down and looked at other tabs.
And in STATUS tab there it was under equipment with LowRankingSoldier Armor, there was small arrow.
*press*
-LowRanking Soldier Armor [selected]
-Light Infantry Armor
"That`s better *select*... now what" Adam quickly selected the new armor and closed the window.
"ARMOR"
*puff of smoke*
and there it was. Instead of a full metal armor with leather underneath, it was a full leather armor with chainmail elements, and on top of it only a few metal parts - leg graves, gloves and arm protection, smaller chest plate connected to shoulder pads and a helmet. The helmet was different too, without the face plate Adam`s face was almost fully visible.
Adam rushed to the bathroom and started posing
"I. Look. Amazing"
Even better than looking good, it was lighter. Much lighter.
Not only he could actually run in in, instead of just jogging slightly faster, but now a brand new possibility opened up - JUMPING.
Normally trying to move in full armor is a pain, running is really hard and jumping up is a dream. Adam`s new suit makes him faster, technically slightly smaller and much more flexible.
He went into the living room the test it out as fast as possible and started to try out different s**t
Vaulting over the couch, push ups in the armor, rolling and dodging around... every other thing he saw in games.
After that he summoned the sword and experimented with it.
Downwards slashes as usual, then on to thrusts and other slices. Then trying to run-and-slice, jumping and slashing, charging and stabbing...but he had to stop when his wall had enough and the drywall started to peel off.
"Ups" and he started to fix it with silver tape and some cheap paint "Meh, good enough"
After another while of "training" he got a system pop-up
[Large gate event - joined fight]
[There will be a larger gate opening in 20 hours from now on]
[Squads responsible for monster elimination : 36th, 41st, 37th and 39th]
[Commanding officer - Commander of the 41st squad John Tav]
[Commanders from squad 36th 37th 39th will be considered his underlings]
[Other soldier have the requirement to follow orders from their squad officer and the joined gate leader - John Tav]
[Additionaly this event will count towards Soldier Promotion]
[Good luck soldiers]
Adam smiled
"About damn time"