That night Elias and his family ate in silence, not even Nina tried to break the silence with her jokes. The entire family was suddenly thrust with a new reality, a reality where they had to give up their son and brother to the church.
They knew it was a good thing for their family, their lives were about to be changed as the church does not hold back when taking care of the child of light's family but still, they felt a sadness looming in their heart.
Elias lay on his bed, arms supporting his head as he stared at the ceiling.
"Two days till Eldoria, just like the game. I have two days to prepare for Eldoria, I have no time to waste.
I'll have to increase my stats as much as possible before then"
'Stats menu'
And as quickly as Elias willed, the stats menu appeared before him displaying all his stats.
[ FWP: 100/10,000,000,000
Name: Elias Ashdown
Class: Swordsman, Farmer
Title: Farmer, One blessed by Fate, swordsman, Child of light, Child of Destiny, Mage, loved by mana.
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Health: 2000
Mana: 400,000
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Strength: 23
Agility: 18
Speed: 20
Stamina: 78
Intelligence: 43
]
"Hmm these stats are too high for a beginner, it probably has to do with Moera and me being the 'child of light'
What is that mana capacity though? It's ridiculous! It was abnormally high before, but it even increased.
I feel like I'm hacking right now, well I'm not complaining, it just means I have good luck"
Elias closed the status menu and soon fell asleep.
The songs of the morning bird as well as the cold touch of steel woke Elias up. He groggily stood up from his bed and wiped his eyes clean, trying to see who woke him up.
Not breaking his momentum, Elias put his weight behind his next attack as he swung his sword with all his might.
"[Use skill : Slash]"
Once again Godfrey was caught off guard, and he watched wide-eyed as Elias' blade came for his life
"Shit, I went too far! But I can't stop my sword now. Please dodge this, I'm begging you!" Elias desperately cried as he felt his sword clash with his father's
Elias' attack landed with a thunderous sound, the impact and shockwave of his swing caused a large amount of dust to rise.
Elias stared at the space where Godfrey once stood wide-eyed, desperately hoping to see Godfrey still standing.
In Arcane Days, this did not happen, he was not even supposed to be able to land a hit, let alone beat Godfrey. He began to panic, as he knew not what to expect.
The dust cleared but instead of seeing Godfrey or at worst Godfrey's decapitated body, Elias saw an empty space. No one was there
"You are still a hundred years too early for me to be wary of your attack " Godfrey's voice shot from behind Elias.
Elias immediately turned around, and a feeling of relief washed over him as he saw Godfrey, alive and unscathed. He dropped to his knees, he had almost killed the family he swore to protect, such a thing would cause anybody to panic.
"Good form, and you certainly have the strength to maximize the effect of your skill. Just look at those poor trees"
Elias turned around to see what Godfrey was talking about, and he saw tens of trees sliced in half, the ones at the far edge that weren't cleanly sliced were broken apart and disfigured
He looked at his hands and wondered if it was really his strength that did that, it was yet another occurrence that never happened in the game.
"Must be a perk of being the child of light. I'm almost discouraged to teach you what I am about to" Godfrey said
He paused before continuing, "Although your swordsmanship isn't bad, it is basic and crude...unrefined, and that is my fault.
I only taught you the basics and look what you can do with it, I am almost scared to imagine what you would be capable of when we are done here."
Elias stood up and dusted his knee off, "Done here?"
"I am going to teach you some sword moves that should at least give you an edge in Eldoria. It is a set of ten but because we are short on time, you will only be learning two" Godfrey declared
Elias squeezed his brows together and raised his hand, "Three, I'll learn three of the ten" he confidently declared
[+50 fwp]
In the game, Elias successfully learned two of the ten moves but since he had been constantly reminded that this was real life, not a game, he decided not to follow the game's storyline.
Godfrey smirked, "Very well then, raise your blade. Let's begin"
Elias nodded and attempted to reach for his sword, but there was nothing, his silver sword was nowhere to be found.
"That is right, you cannot hold your sword, because I took it," Godfrey said, swinging the silver blade around
"Never lose your weapon in battle. You lose your weapon, you lose your life" he said as he tossed the sword to Elias
"H-How?" Elias was puzzled, he had no idea when or how Godfrey took the blade away from him
"You are about to learn son, now come"