“So this is the training ground? You did pretty well in making it how goes the private rooms?” Stroking his new beard Urist asked a dwarf in a brown robe standing next to him.

“The construction is going well boss. We have finished up fifty rooms given a few more days we should have enough rooms completed for everyone's enjoyment.”

“Good. Afterward, we’ll turn the dorm rooms into a military barracks. Then we’ll expand the facilities in the left-wing for more production. Finally, we’ll make a hallway from the residential wing leading to a food hall where we will eat from now on. When we have finished we’ll move onto the next steps. After you guys finish the rooms I’ll reward each of you with a wine bottle for your efforts.”

When the earth mage heard that last sentence he had to hold back his drool, “Many thanks, boss. I’ll leave you to your test.”

“Mn. I’ll be stretching my body now take care.”

“Yes, boss.” And with that, the dwarf walked out and to get this morning’s breakfast. 

After resting all this time I’ve finally got the go-ahead to move my body. Man seeing Valkus going outside and adventuring really has my blood boiling. Through I should go see my skills before I do it for real. I’ve been so busy even though I’ve upgraded the Civilization and Armament stone to Tier 2.

Having made up his mind, Urist left the training ground and headed to the armament stone to see the sharp red stone had turned sightly crystalized. Putting his hand on the stone information began to appear in his mind.

Position: Civilization Leader

Age :27 Days

Exp:6244

Knowledge: Otherworldly(Tier 1) (Tier 5 - locked), Survival(Tier 5), Forging(Tier 3), Planting (Tier 2), Cooking (Tier 4), Fishing (Tier 2), Seven Strike (Tier 1)…”

Skill Slots:

Head: [Origin Flame(Tier 2)], [Map (Tier 1)],[Mana Seed (Tier 2)], [Empty]

Body: [Dwarven King Bloodline (Tier 1)], Rat King Bloodline(Tier 1)], [Strengthening (Tier 2)], [Berserker's Fury (Tier 1)], [Empty]

Legs: [Explorer (Tier 1)], [Forest Feet (Tier 1)], [Empty]

Available skills: 

Head: Abyss Water, Quick thinking, Energy Control, Leadership, Increased Senses, ...

Body: Stone Skin, Iron Fingers, Flame Body, Shadow Body, Hardening, Bladed Body, ...

Legs: Air plates, Weight Control, Flexibility, Quick Burst, Heroic Leap, Earthquake,... 

Some things had changed since the last time he checked it. Despite not putting any experience points to upgrade his skills; Origin Flames, Mana Seed, and Strengthening had gone up a tier. And that wasn’t all, he already knew he had the Dwarven and Rat king bloodline but he didn’t know that he had gained a locked skill: Berserker’s fury. 

He thought momentarily on the skill and could feel some pull in a part of his brain that desired to be unleashed and cause bloodshed. He decided not to act on it or test it out for fear of being put in bed once again. He really wanted to actually train and not be nagged on by Uria about the news she learned in the forum chats.

Although the info she brought him was incredibly useful, which allowed him to know information such as the waterways being poisoned, the spot for the most dangerous animals and other civilization events. Just that information alone was the tip of the iceberg.

When he heard that the waterways were poisoned for many races he was glad he didn’t just decant the water. Thanks to another dwarven civilization that had a dwarf use item identify on the water for curiosity sake they found trace amounts of angels release. 

Buying a report on the item they found out that if a little was taken into the body it was no problem. But if someone drank from the water for a half a month straight they will show signs of insanity. If they keep drinking for another week then they will start to lose themselves. And after a month they become deranged animals that foamed from the mouth and became cannibalistic in nature and lost forevermore. 

Terrifying. Absolutely terrifying. If I hadn’t listened to my ridiculous fear of decanted water we could have been wiped out long ago. Blah enough of that bad mood, time to train. 

In the training room once again, Urist went over to the left side where there was a temporary armory where items were stored. He grabbed a training spear made out of heavy wood and took a quick look at the items Vaikus had brought in a few days ago.

Thanks to Uri for identifying the items we figured out that the items Bronze Gauntlets increased strength, the blue colored tunic increased Defense and feathered leather boots Increase Speed. Two of the items with the exception of the boots and knife gave a small boost to the user. Uri said the boots had (S+) and the knife Strength (S+) and Speed (S+).

When they found out these were magic items they talked for a bit about how to best use these items and decided on letting the rune smiths study the engravings or give them out as rewards. For they were out here on display to put forth the idea as an incentive to train hard and gain accomplishments. 

Walking to the center of the room Urist cleared the thoughts from his mind and started pondering the First strike of the Seven. Although he had been lucky in using it in the life and death battle against the rat king, he felt that he hadn’t fully mastered it. 

A lucky fluke that saved us. I need to turn this fluke into consistency. Then I’ll have the power to protect everyone.

Inhaling Urist proceeded to take the stance that the secret spearman Mo had taught him.