Chapter 15: Purpose

[ Stone Hammer ]

Type: Weapon

Grade: Rare

Effect/s: (1) When equipped, the strength will be increased by 20%.

[ Sunset Dagger ]

Grade: Rare

Damage: 15

Effect/s: (1) Passive - When the clock ticks past noon, the Sunset Dagger receives +10 Damage every hour that passes by.

[ Fervent Glaive ]

Grade: Rare

Damage: 30

Effect/s: (1) Passive - After three successive hit on a single target, the target will receive a burn with 10 damage for 5 seconds.

Allen was sitting on a cliff that overlooked an entire forest in Haven. He calmly read the descriptions in his items with a sigh of satisfaction escaping his lips.

~ 2 days ago

"Have you decided yet?" Jake asked him. He was starting to get annoyed because Allen was taking all his time to pick the equipment and weapon he needed. "I don't have all my time for you."

"I know, I know," Allen said, placing a finger on his chin as he watched a weapon inside the glass casing.

It was a beautifully crafted glaive that had a silver blade decorated with red crystal engravings. But he was still hesitant on taking it. The sheer size of the weapon would hinder his movements. The blade alone was the two thirds of his arm.

The entire weapon's length was the length of his arm. He wasn't used to small weapons, or weapons in general. Something like this would need time to master, but time wasn't the most abundant resources he had.

"I see you're eyeing on that glaive," Jake said, leaning on the glass while crossing his arm. "You have the build to weild a weapon like this. Are you interested?"

"I-I'm not sure," Allen said, voice filled with doubts.

"This is the Fervent Glaive," Jake introduced. "Burns enemies, and is basically just a whiff under Grand grade. I don't have any Grand grades yet, but the quality of the weapons here are at the top of Rare grade."

Allen stared at the weapon and the tingling sensation of his instincts kicked in again. His body wanted to take this weapon, but it wasn't just this weapon that it wants.

On the adjacent stand, a dagger was calling to him. The dagger had an orange handle and the first inch of the blade. It had an hombre effect on its blade with a yellow color as it trailed down to the tip.

It was slightly curved to one side and the blade had sharp sharl-like fins on the outer side. The inner side of the blade was thin like paper but didn't have the eminences like the ones on the other side.

"You like this weapon too?" Jake smirked, taking his side off from the glaive's casing and standing in front of the dagger. "Sunset dagger, heavily relies on time. Strong after noon, but is almost a Basic grade before that time."

"One is something I'm not used to, but has incredible damage, and the other is something I could use but has its own conditions," Allen thought out loud. "Do you have any other weapons that are the combination of the good in these two?"

"My father's sword," Jake smirked. "If you can't find peace between these two, I don't think you'll like the others."

Allen pursed his lips as he exchange gazes between the two weapons. He also had to consider the fact that he can't carry all the items. His Inventory currently had only no spot left after the feathers, the two materials for the cloak, the Snake's corpse, and the lion were stored inside.

His eyes widened after realizing he had the lion's corpse in his Inventory. He was looking for an opportunity to peek in his interface's logs, but the boy with him had his eyes stuck on Allen.

Jake's phone ringed, making him excude himself and leave Allen to drown in his thoughts. He was confused as well as excited. He was debating on what to do.

A quick glance in his logs made Allen's take a deep sigh of relief.

'Quest [ A Collector's Start 2 ] completed. Crafting Table unlocked.'

Just like he wanted, another feature.

Beside the small Inventory icon was a hammer icon. When he taps on it, the entire interface opens a whole new screen. On the left corner were rows of tabs with the grades as its tags.

When he goes to Basic grade tab, three boxes were displayed on top of the screen. Three lines would come from each box, intersect and form one line that leads to a single box down below.

It didn't take hard thinking for him to realize that he was going to craft items in this feature. He would place the materials on each box and the feature would craft the item.

The Basic grade needed 3 items, the Rare grade tab required 5 materials, while the next succeeding grades were locked. He figured out that since he was still in Haven, the First World where only Basic grade and Rare grade beasts and materiald were found, the other grades weren't available yet.

When he went to his Inventory, a grin was plastered on his lips. Along with the Snake's corpse, the wool, and the spider thread, Allen had the lion's mane. This must've triggered the quest to be completed, that was why he got the Crafting Table feature.

Heading out of the Inventory, he saw that a red exclamation point marked the Quests tab. He went there and saw the new quest.

With a grin in his face and an excited tab on the hammer icon, Allen tapped the box and opened his Inventory. He selected one material for each box until he filled all three boxes.

The box below lit up with a dim white color before an icon appeared inside. Allen tapped the icon and the description of the new item displayed.

[ Cloak of Nobody ]

Type: Equipment

Grade: Rare

Effect/s: (1) Active - For 10 seconds, the cloak will hide the user's presence.

Allen gulped after seeing his new item. The type was new to him. He hasn't encountered such type before. All he knew were weapon and skill types, this new one was foreign to him.

It was then that the words of Jake resonated in his mind. Experience was the best teacher.

Allen had to renew his thoughts. Not all he learned before were right. There was so much more to being a Hunter than what he initially thought.

In his current position, he wasn't just a Hunter to earn for a living. He has the power to change the world, and his encounter with Jake made him realize what he must do to achieve his goals.

Fighting wasn't his forte. He earned a title for a reason. One identity wouldn't suffice him anymore. He was a collector, a dealer. He needed more than one persona.

A series of footsteps woke Allen from his thoughts. Jake stood in front of Allen, scrunching his face after seeing a new kind of flame lighting Allen's eyes.

"What happened while I was gone?" Jake asked, trying to ease the pressure inside the room.

"I have decided," Allen said confidently. "I'll take both items with me."