Chapter 4: Chapter 4

Five months have passed.

We failed to reach our goal of reducing the time to sharpen the magical aura of tier 1 and 2 spells. It takes me 14 seconds for the tier 1 and 25 seconds for the tier 2 while my friends take even longer than that. Everyone expected my grandmother will be disappointed with the results, but the opposite happened. She was happy and proud.

"Why is everyone sad? Everyone should be proud of themselves because not a lot of people know this, and even high-level mages and adventurers struggle or don't know that they can modify their spell's magical aura," she said.

"You said that we are going to hunt a golden brown bear, right?" Alice asked.

"Yes," she replied.

"What do we need to do to be able to hunt it?" Mark asked.

"Everyone has the skills and physical requirements. The problems everyone needs to solve are teamwork, strategy, communication and actual combat experience. Spend the next five weeks devising a plan, making a formation and choosing a leader. The test will start in the sixth week of the month," she replied.

She left us alone and went inside the house while we stayed here to discuss.

"What should we do first?" Jack asked.

"We should choose our leader first," Alice replied.

"I agree," John said.

"How should we choose our leader?" Josh asked.

"Voting," Alice replied.

"There are six of us and Felix is quiet," Mark said with a smirk face.

"Raise your hand to vote," Alice said.

Everyone nodded.

"Who votes for Felix?" Alice asked.

My friends raised their hands while I didn't bother to do it.

"Everybody voted for Felix. He will be our leader for this test," Alice said.

"Since you voted for me to become the leader, I will try my best to accomplish this task and complete our test. Before we discuss about our formation and strategy, Alice will be the vice leader of our group," I said.

"What is a vice leader? What are its role?" Alice asked.

"Vice leader is essentially the second in command. In case I am absent or late in our meeting, you will be the one who will start it and once I have arrived, you will report to me what everyone discussed in that meeting. In combat, you will report to me about the location of our members and enemy, condition of the members, whether they are engaged in combat or casting spells and relay my decisions to other members," I replied.

"Understood," Alice said.

"Next is our formation. Mark and Josh will be on the front lines. John and Jack will be in the middle providing support to the frontline. Me and Alice will be at the rear," I said.

"What do the front lines do and why are we positioned there?" Mark asked.

"Front lines are located closest to the enemy. Since you are located there, you will be equipped with armor, sword, and shield. Your primary job will be to distract the enemy, tank the enemy damage and buy time for us to cast our spells. Both of you are selected because of your decent mana coating of sword and incredible stamina, strength and durability," I replied.

"How about the middle line? How are we going to support the front line? Why are you and Alice at the rear?" John asked.

"You will be equipped with a bow and a staff. You are free to switch between these two weapons. Your primary job is to provide extra damage to the enemy and use spells that can protect allies, immobilize enemies, and slow down the enemy. Me and Alice are at the rear because we have the strongest magic firepower, great mana control and better magical aura sharpening than the rest of the group. My golem is useful, but it takes one minute to materialize since it has multiple layers and I am also responsible for protecting the rear in case someone attacked us from behind," I replied.

They nodded at my explanation.

I can't blame them if they did not understand what I said.

"What will we do if it doesn't work against our enemy?" Alice asked.

"We will use formation B. Formation B is where Mark and Josh will act as decoys to lure away the enemy and buy time for us to cast our strongest offensive spell. After we finish casting, I will give a signal, then both of you will lure the enemy to our position so we won't miss our target," I replied.

"What kind of signal will you use?" Josh asked.

"I will whistle loudly," I replied.

"Can you try doing it here?" Mark asked.

"Sure," I replied.

I whistled as loudly as I could.

"How do you produce that sound with your mouth?" Alice asked.

"I don't know. All I know is I could do it," I replied.

"Do we have any information about our enemy?" John asked.

"I will ask grandmother to lend us a book that contains information about golden brown bears," I replied.

"Felix! It's time for lunch," Mom shouted.

"Let's eat lunch first, then wait for me for an hour here while I search it in the library," I said.

My friends nodded, and we went inside to eat lunch.

After eating lunch, I followed grandmother to the library and waited for her to find the book I need. It took her 45 minutes to find it. The book is called "Bear Encyclopedia".

"Grandma, can you create a table and chairs for us outside?" I asked.

"Sure," she replied.

We went to the front yard together. With a snap of her finger, six wooden chairs and a rectangular wooden table appeared, then she went inside the house.

Everyone sat on the chair, and I placed the book in the middle of the table.

"I never expected that your family has this kind of book," Alice said.

"What kind of books do you expect from my family?" I asked.

"Slimes, potatoes and crabs," Mark said. Mark said.

"Murder and war," John said.

"Demonic rituals, sacrifice and summoning," Josh said.

"Powerful spells, relics, grimoires, and artifacts," Jack said.

"History of Magic," Alice said.

"We got a lot of books and what you just said is just a small portion of our book collection," I replied.

I flipped the book open, and the first page contained the table of contents. There were a lot of species of bears listed alphabetically.

"Did you guys find the golden brown bear?" I asked.

"Yes, it's page 550," Alice replied.

I turned the book to page 550.

It had a drawing of the bear and contained a lot of information.

The golden brown bear or commonly known as fried bear. It is a large powerful magical beast that reaches a length of 10 meters and can weigh up to 4000kg in adult size. You might see a golden brown bear bigger than 70 meters in a dungeon, since magical beasts don't die of old age and will continue to grow after reaching its adult size. The female is slightly smaller and lighter than the male.

Its diet comprises large fish, berries, grass, plants, and meat. They reach sexual maturity at 100 years and it can produce cubs throughout its life. They live in dens and females give birth to 2-3 cubs per litter, with an average interval of 8 years between each pregnancy. Cubs will stay with their mothers for 50 years before leaving.

Cubs that left their mothers are called juveniles. More than half of the juvenile population die before reaching the adult age because of starvation, hunting, lack of survival skills and competition with other golden brown bears. The ones that survive had the best survival skills, instincts, magic skills, and physique.

They are active in spring, summer and autumn. In autumn, where golden brown bear activity is at its peak, they would try to gain as much weight as they can before they hibearnate in winter. Some golden brown bears might hunt even in winter, especially the juvenile ones, as they frequently lose to the bigger adults.

Here are the spells used by the golden brown bear.

Fury swipes. It is an offensive spell where it would stand with its two hind legs and use both of its claws to attack the target.

Flying swipes. This is the same attack, but this time, the bear would charge its claw before attacking and the spell can travel up to 10 meters away, destroying everything in its path.

Beartress. This is a defensive spell where the bear would stand its ground, harden its body and remain immobilize during the entire duration of the spell. The spell lasts for 30 seconds and can be cancelled by the bear anytime it wants or it gets dispelled. It can resist tier three spells, but it is weak against spells that have sharpened magical auras.

Hibearnate. This is a powerful healing spell where the bear sleeps for a long time and it can even heal even mortal wounds. The drawback is the bear will fall asleep for three months or longer depending on the severity of the damage to the body.

Enrage. When the bear is badly wounded, it will use this skill as a last ditch effort to preserve its own life. Under this spell, the bear will gain tremendous boost to its overall physical and magical abilities but will lose all its decision-making skills and senses. This skill lasts 30 minutes and it can not be cancelled or dispelled.

"Is everyone done reading?" I asked.

"Yes," they replied.

"I will ask mother to summon a bear for us to practice with," I said.

"Aren't bears weak because peasants can kill them?" Mark asked.

"Yes, they are weak, but they are a useful target to practice with to improve our teamwork, communication, execution of our plan and maintaining our formation," I replied.

"Makes sense," Alice replied.

I entered the house and found mother resting in her room.

She noticed me and said, "What are you doing here?"

"I want you to help us by summoning a bear to practice with," I replied.

"You could have asked your grandmother to do it," she said.

"Her summon is too powerful for us and she does not hold back. We just want to practice our teamwork and see if we can execute our plan," I replied.

"I see. Where are you going to practice?" She asked.

"In the nearby dirt field where we always play," I replied.

We exited the house and everyone went to the nearby dirt field.

"I can help you with your practice for 3 hours today since I need to prepare and cook dinner," she said.

We nodded.

She summoned a forest black bear, and we moved to our positions to formation A.

She ordered the bear to attack us, but Mark and Josh attacked it to attract its attention and prevent it from attacking the rear. Both of them were making a lot of unnecessary and unpredictable movements that made it hard for us to support them.

Jack cast quicksand to restrict the bear's movement, but the front lines were also caught in it. Fortunately, John's casting speed was quick enough, and he was able to cast paralyze to prevent the bear from attacking Mark. Alice killed the bear with fireball while Mark and Josh suffered minor injuries from the explosion.

"That was quite remarkable," Mother said.

"It was, but we still have a lot to improve regarding our teamwork," I replied.

"Can you elaborate?" Mother asked.

"For starters, the front lines were making a lot of unnecessary movements that made it hard for the middle line and the rear to hit the spells, like the fireball that almost hit Mark. I understand that both of you are engaged in close combat, but remember that you are not alone in this fight and always be aware of your surroundings and teammates' position," I replied.

"Your attacks were not well coordinated and the attacks were not timed properly is that what you meant?" Mother asked.

I nodded.

"It was hard to fight in close combat because we were using a wooden sword," Mark said.

"Enemies don't care about how well equipped you are, and it highlighted our weaknesses," I replied.

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"Is that the reason you insisted we equip what we got from our previous trainings?" Mark asked.

"Yes," I replied.

"When will we use better equipment?" Alice asked.

"Third week because we will practice against a golden brown bear summoned by my mother," I replied.

"You sounded like a combat veteran, Felix," Josh said.

This was nothing compared to coordinating attacks from hundreds of players to finish a raid boss when I was a guild leader of United Weeb Alliance in Happy Quest Online: Global which is an open world MMORPG. I played as an assassin, so it was important for me to have quick reflexes, a great sense of timing and excellent observation skills to monitor the status of the enemy, cooldowns of spells, and equipment used by the enemy.

"I learned it from reading books in the library," I replied.

"How do I coordinate my attacks with Mark?" Josh asked.

"Develop a signal or sign to know when to switch positions of attacking and defending," I replied.

Mark and Josh spent the next 15 minutes developing a sign together while I gave advice to the rest of the group.

"Are you finished developing a signal?" I asked.

"Yes," Josh replied.

"Can you show it to us?" I asked.

"So I will turn my sword to this side to signal Mark to prepare to switch positions with me and vice versa," Josh replied.

"That is a simple yet effective signal. Great job," I said.

"Since everyone is ready, I will summon another bear for you to practice with," Mother said.

It went smoothly this time as I micromanaged the team. Mark and Josh became more confident with their attacks and made a lesser amount of unnecessary movements because of my instructions. The middle line was a lot faster to support the front lines as I advised them to predict the movements of the enemy and allies. Alice threw a well-timed fireball at the bear and this time, the explosion did not affect the front line.

We spent the next two hours killing forest black bears summoned by mom. After the practice, we helped butcher the bears, and we collected some bear meat, then gave the rest to the peasants.

We devoted the next two weeks to improving our teamwork, coordination, timing, building confidence and experience before facing off our primary target, which is the golden brown bear in the third week.

We assembled early in the morning in the nearby dirt field. I wear a black shirt, grey pants, a black belt with a brown buckle, brown leather boots and armed with a green wooden staff as my main weapon and a silver short sword as my backup weapon. Mark and Josh wear brown leather armor and they were armed with a silver short sword and silver round shield. John wear a red cloth armor, brown shorts and was armed with an orange wooden staff and a wooden bow. Jack wear a grey cloth armor, white shorts and was armed with a red wooden staff and a wooden bow. Alice wear a black cloth armor, red skirt and was armed with a white wooden staff and a wooden bow.

Mom summoned a golden brown bear that has a length of 100 meters.

"Is it just me or is the bear a lot larger than the book describes it?" I asked.

My friends nodded.

"Consider yourself lucky if you managed to scratch it," Mom replied.

"Mom, can you order the bear not to retaliate when we attack it?" I asked.

"Why?" Mom asked.

"I wanted to see how much damage we can deal to it," I replied.

"You wanted to see how tough it is?" she asked.

I nodded.

"Feel free to attack it," she replied.

Mark, Josh and I attacked the bear with our sword without coating it with mana and we managed to scratch it. When we coated it with mana, we dealt minor injuries to it. Alice and I threw a pyroblast to the bear, and it didn't even flinch.

"Alice, did you sharpen the aura of your spell?" I asked.

"Yes, because your grandmother said to always sharpen it. Why did you ask?" she replied.

"Well, it barely damaged the bear," I said.

"I think we are too weak to challenge the golden brown bear since it is a magical beast," Alice replied.

"The ones I summon are worlds apart from the naturally occurring ones because I am a Cherub ranked adventurer," mother said.

"What is a Cherub and is it a high rank?" I asked.

"Cherub is the second highest rank available when you become an adventurer, and Seraph is the highest rank. Your grandmother is a Seraph so don't piss her off no matter what and your father is also a Cherub," Mother replied.

"Can you order the bear to attack?" I asked.

"Sure," Mother replied.

The bear charged its claws and delivered a devastating attack that travelled 50 meters away.

"Then how powerful is the golden brown bear?" I asked.

"It is classified as a level 1 magical beast, meaning a platoon of highly organized steel adventurers or a squad of bronze adventurers can kill it. Against the average peasant adventurer, your group will be at least bronze with Felix as your highest rank and John with the lowest rank," Mother replied.

"Can you estimate what rank would we get if we registered?" Alice asked.

"Felix would be at least Silver, Alice, Mark, Jack, Josh and John would be bronze," she replied.

"You just told us that John would be in the lowest rank and yet there are five of us in the same rank," Alice replied.

"You might be in the same rank but there are different tiers, for example bronze 1,2, 3 and 4," she replied.

"I heard from my parents that bronze adventurers are mostly adults who have at least 6 years of experience, and yet why are we at the same rank as them?" Mark asked.

"The first five ranks which are: Aluminum, Copper, Iron, Steel and Bronze are classified as low-class adventurers due to them focusing on strength, survival skills, and basic magic and combat skills. They regularly do this type of quests which is harvesting, killing low level magical beasts and monsters and escorting merchants in low-risk areas. You are in the same rank as them because of what you learned from your training and your magic skills far surpass them, but lack experience," she replied.

"Can you tell us about adventurer ranks that are higher than bronze?" Josh asked.

"Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum are classified as mid-class adventurers. Diamond, Mythril, Orichalcum, Adamantite are classified as high-class adventurers. Dominion, Cherub and Seraph are classified as celestial-class adventurers," she replied.

"Can you tell us how to achieve those ranks?" I asked.

"You need to meet the skill requirements, finish the promotion quest needed to rank up, and gather enough quest points," she replied.

"What are the skill requirements and how do you earn quest points?" I asked.

"To meet the skill requirements, you need to survive or beat someone who has a higher rank than you for at least five minutes. To give an example, let's say Alice wants to achieve silver rank she has already gathered enough quest ponts. She needs to beat Felix or at least survive the battle for at least five minutes. The minimum five minutes does not change, even if you want to rank up to Seraph. Quest points are obtained through completing quests in the adventurer's guild. Depending on the difficulty of the quest, you might get low or high quest points. Some quests like emergency or special quest rewards more than every other quest and do not have any rank limitations," she replied.

"Can you spend quest points?" I asked.

"Yes, you can exchange your quest points for rare quality and above items in the guild shop. Don't worry, it will be deducted from your total accumulated quest points and will not affect your quest points required to rank up," she replied.

"What kind of items can you redeem at the guild shop?" I asked.

"There are a lot of items that can be redeemed, such as swords, armors, shields, bows, lances, axes, special potions that boost your strength for a limited amount of time, low to mid-level scrolls, low-level grimoires, and space-time storage ring. The higher the quality, the more expensive it is," she replied.

"What is space-time storage ring and what does it do?" I asked.

"As the name suggests, it is a ring with runes carved into it that gives it the power of space-time. It can store an unlimited amount of items, but because of its poor security features, it is not recommended to store high value items. The biggest advantage it has over similar storage equipment is its ease of access to the stored items, so most of the time it contains essential items like food, medicine and water. It costs 10 million quest points," she replied.

I looked at her hand and saw her wearing multiple rings on each finger.

"Why do you bother wearing them if they can steal the items stored inside it?" I asked.

"It is because I am powerful enough that no one would dare try to steal from me. Our family has special spells that make it harder for them to access the items stored inside it. Your grandmother will teach it to you when you bought one from the guild," she replied.

"It's getting late, so we would go home now," Alice said.

"Tomorrow we will switch back to the forest black bear and we will still use armor so we can get used to it," I replied.

They nodded and went back to their homes.

We went inside to eat dinner.

"How is the progress of your training?" grandmother asked.

"Its fine. We can kill a forest black bear but we can scratch a golden brown bear summoned by mother," I replied.

"I see," grandmother said.

"Is it fine to wear a t-shirt in battle?" I asked.

"Yes, because it is not made from cotton. The clothes we use every day are made from the silk of a blood demon spider. The silk of that spider is as tough as adamantite, fire resistant, water resistant, high magic resistance, flexible and lightweight," mother replied.

"It does not cover a lot of areas in my body, and when will I get one that could provide protection to my whole body?" I asked.

"After the test, you will get a shadow assassin armor set for kids, a black magician silk hat and a black short sword. The armor set consists of a black assassin cloak with a hood, black assassin mask, black long sleeve t-shirt, black gloves, black pants, black utility belt, and black boots. It is also made from the same material as your t-shirt," grandmother replied.

"Where did you get that from?" I asked.

"We got it from your ancestor. It was approximately 600 years ago. According to one of our records that he personally wrote, he got the idea from a MMORPG game called Happy Quest Online: Global," grandmother replied.

"Was he called Hentai_Master69?" I asked.

"You seem to know him. Where did you meet him?" grandmother asked.

It feels like grandma knew about my connection with him.

"From the same game 6 years ago. He abruptly left the game, and I was made the guild leader. Never knew he died and ended up here," I replied.

"Do you want to meet him?" grandmother asked.

"Is he still alive?" I asked.

"Yes, because our family has an unnaturally long life span," grandmother replied.

"Since he is still alive, then I would like to meet him someday and ask some personal details," I replied.

"It seems like you are quite close to him," grandmother said.

"He was our former guild leader, and I was his vice guild leader. Then he abruptly vanished 6 years ago. It looks like 1 year from my world is equal to 100 years here," I replied.

"Are you familiar with 10 stars swordsmanship?" grandmother asked.

"That name is nostalgic since I created that technique with him," I replied.

"Then you are the one called WeebMaster420 in the records?" grandmother asked.

"Yes, but please do not call me that. It's embarrassing," I replied.

"Can you show us the first step?" mother asked.

"I can't because 10 stars swordsmanship: Constellation requires you to stab the enemy 10 times in different locations in one second, which is impossible to do. I tried to practice it for one and a half year and I can stab two times in one second. So I changed it to a more realistic one, which is slashing the opponent 10 times in one second and the results are a lot better since I could slash 4 times in one second," I replied.

"It looks like you have the other half of the techniques since he listed 5. He also wrote that when you appeared, you will list the techniques that you invented and inherit the 10 stars sword after finishing the training," grandmother said.

"I will still stick to the River Secret style as I am not confident enough that I could kill a strong opponent with the 10 stars swordsmanship despite training it for almost two years now. I will list it once I have mastered it," I replied.

"Understood, then I look forward to your future growth and development. Eat up a lot and sleep early tonight so you can rest," grandmother said.

I nodded.

End of Chapter 4

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