We spent three hours climbing the steps, well, I was climbing, Rosa was just floating. She''s lucky I don''t get tired or I would''ve been jealous. We finally reached the summit after another five hours of climbing and looked around. There was a huge cave to the right of us, I can see a lot of books, and furnishings, the cave is probably where the second trial master lives.
(???) "Welcome."
A woman who looks like a 25-year-old walks out of the cave, she has pale blue hair, snow-white skin, a light blue dress, light blue sandals, and draconic eyes with light blue irises. Let''s check her status.
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<td>Name: Crya</td>
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<td>Unique Race: Pure Arctic Dragon</td>
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<td>Species: Ancient Dragon</td>
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Level: 92
HP: 658000/658000
MP: 323000/323000
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</tr>
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<td>
Endurance: 75400
Attack: 122800
Defense: 67300
Magic: 82000
Dexterity: 123000
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<td>
Innate Skills:
Ancient Dragon Aura
Ancient Dragon Scales
Ancient Dragon Eyes
Sub-Zero Body
Humanization
Telepathy
Flight
Dragon Breath
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Skills:
Water Magic Mastery (-)
Air Magic Mastery (-)
Ice Magic Mastery (-)
Claw Mastery (-)
Physical Attack Resistance (S)
Magical Attack Resistance (S)
Thermal Fluctuation Immunity (-)
Poison Immunity (-)
Instant-Death Immunity (-)
Mental Status Immunity (-)
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Titles:
Origin Dragon
Master of Ice
Underdog
Ice Queen
Ruler of Blizzard Mountain Range
Trial Master
Goddess Candidate
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What the fuck!? Level 92!? She can kill us with a pinch of her fingers! No wonder it''s impossible for spies to get in, nothing is getting through this level of security.
(Crya) "My name is Crya, but you probably knew that since the Golem there should possess Appraisal. I am the second trial master."
(Lilith) "I am Lilith and she is Rosa. How can you tell I was the one with Appraisal?"
(Crya) "My Ancient Dragon Eyes let me some of other creatures'' status, mainly their race and species, level and stats, and skills. I can''t see names or titles."
(Lilith) "I see. What is a dragon as powerful as you doing as a security check for a country of monsters weaker than you?"
(Crya) "Well, most of Unique''s inhabitants are indeed weaker than I, but their king is stronger. As for what I doing as a Trial Master for them, well, I lived on this mountain for centuries before Unique was founded, their king asked me to do this in exchange for giving me free delicious food and other things I want."
(Lilith) "The king of Unique is stronger!?"
(Crya) "Although I say, King, Unique isn''t ruled as a monarchy, the country is governed by a council, the King is just the strongest of them and he is also the founder of Unique so he gets special treatment."Stolen from its rightful author, this tale is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings.
(Lilith) "How old is he!?"
(Crya) "You shouldn''t say that in front of someone obviously far older than him. Now let''s get into the test."
Her eyes glow and she stares at us, I assume she''s checking our souls to see if we have any malicious intent.
(Crya) "Okay, you both are allowed to enter Unique. Congratulations. It has been a long time since I last saw a person from another world, I placed a mark on you two that will give you freedom to any place in the country. Now go along now."
I was shocked that the soul search also gave away that I came from another world, I won''t make a comment about it since there isn''t a need to. A teleportation circle appears on the opposite side of where the stairs we came up from were. We walk into the circle and get teleported down the mountain, at least they don''t force us to walk down the mountain.
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<td>Congratulations! You passed Unique''s Trial! You gain 10 levels and a free gift!</td>
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Level Up! Black Witch reached Level 42!
Level Up! Reaper Doll reached Level 45!
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These messages appeared after we got out of the teleportation circle. Two chests materialized in front of us, this feels just like when we beat the boss of Novice''s Cave. We open the chests and find these inside them.
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Mithril Kodachi
Pour magic into it and its sharpness increases. Attack +450. +50 per 100MP.
Magic Core C-Rank
When equipped increases the power of spells by 80%.
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I finally acquired a kodachi and there is a new Magic Core for Rosa. I equip the kodachi with its sheath on my waist and Rosa swallows the Magic Core, we see her old core come out and shatter. Let''s check our status, I noticed that we surpassed Level 40 and there wasn''t an evolution indication meaning the requirement is higher now.
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<td>Name: Rosa</td>
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<td>Unique Race: Black Witch</td>
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<td>Species: Slime</td>
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Level: 42
HP: 10200/10200
MP: 25500/25500
Experience: 98000/107000
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<td>
Endurance: 2130
Attack: 0
Defense: 1980
Magic: 12000
Dexterity: 2400
</td>
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<td>
Innate Skills:
Slime Body
Presence Erasure
Dimensional Stomach
Magic Affinity
Size Modification
Magic Body
Humanization
Flight
Witch''s Eyes
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<td>
Skills:
Stealth (S)
Dark Magic Mastery (-)
Four-Attribute Magic Mastery (-)
War-Class Magic (S)
Life Magic (S)
Electric Magic (S)
High Electric Magic (B)
Poison Magic (S)
Dimension Magic (S)
Enhancement Magic (S)
Alchemy (High)
Physical Attack Resistance (S)
Magical Attack Immunity (-)
Instant-Death Immunity (-)
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</tr>
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<td>
Titles:
Dumb Courage
Dependant Leech
Parasite
Pure Mage
Underdog
Battle Champion
Nuke
Perfect Mage
Destroyer
Master Adaptor
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</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<td>Name: Lilith</td>
</tr>
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<td>Unique Race: Reaper Doll</td>
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<td>Species: Spirit Golem</td>
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<td>
Level: 45
HP: 18600/18600
MP: 11200/11200
Experience: 134000/152000
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</tr>
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<td>
Endurance: 3200
Attack: 2200 (+150) (+450)
Defense: 3370
Magic: 3250
Dexterity: 6580
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Innate Skills:
Language Translation
Appraisal
Assassin''s Touch
Golem Body
Body Regeneration
Doll Face
Magic Scythe
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Skills:
Kodachi Skill (S)
Kodachi Arts (F)
Dagger Mastery (-)
Scythe Mastery (-)
Hand-to-Hand Combat Mastery (-)
Enhancement Magic (S)
Dimensional Step (High)
Physical Attack Resistance (S)
Magical Attack Resistance (S)
Acid Resistance (S)
Heat Resistance (S)
Cold Resistance (B+)
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<td>
Titles:
Reincarnated from Another World
Assassin
Titan Killer
Underdog
Doll
Battle Champion
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</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
Nothing new except for Cold Resistance, just an overall increase in strength. I can''t expect much if we haven''t evolved, let''s go look for a town, we don''t have a map but hopefully, there are roads to follow.
While traveling, I thought of something I want to try, I grab my kodachi and cut off half of my right arm and then regenerate it. I pick up my severed arm and take out my magic steel dagger and ask Rosa if she can use her Alchemy skill to combine them.
(Rosa) "Okay!"
She stretches out her hands at the two items and begins.
(Rosa) "Alchemy!"
A magic circle appears under the two items and a bright light swallows them. After it was finished a glowing white dagger was what remained.
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Reaper Doll''s Magic Mithril Dagger
A magic dagger created using the mithril of a reaper doll, it can be summoned back to its owner even if separated. Attack +350.
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It worked! Fusing my arm and my old dagger, created a far superior dagger and it''s linked to me. I think about the dagger and it teleports from the ground and into my hand. Perfect. If I turn into a stronger metal in a future evolution I''m doing this again.
We see a carriage coming along while we were walking and it stopped near us. The driver looked human but had wings and feather hair.
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<td>Given Name: Flynn</td>
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<td>Race: Harpy</td>
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<td>Species: Humanoid Monster</td>
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A harpy. He walks toward us.
(Flynn) "Hello. What are two cute girls like you doing out here?"
(Lilith) "Hello. We just arrived at Unique after passing the trial back at Blizzard Mountain and we''re just headed to wherever the first town we could find was."
(Flynn) "You''re outside monsters! You must be very strong to have passed the first trial. Well since you probably have no idea where you''re going here''s a spare map I keep just in case."
(Lilith) "Thank you."
(Flynn) "No problem, you wouldn''t have a map with detailed information on Unique, soopens mapthis is where we currently are, follow the road northeast and you can find a town called Hart, keep going east from there and you''ll get to the capital of Unique, Monstro."
(Rosa) "Thank you Mr.Birdman."
(Flynn) "Haha. No problem.pats Rosa''s headOh yeah, what kind of monsters are you two, I can''t tell if you''re a humanoid monster or one that acquired Humanization."
(Lilith) "I''m a spirit golem and she''s a slime."
(Flynn) "A slime with Humanization! Those are absurdly rare! Out of the million intelligent slimes living in Unique, a thousand can take on a slimy humanoid shape, while only 5 actually have Humanization. You are one special girl."
We say goodbye to Flynn and follow the road northeast to get to Hart.