The Emperor Class

Following the scream of the Scead, the other beasts fled in all directions. Dreu could see the beast riders struggling with the reins but the beasts were unresponsive to their efforts. He then took a moment studying the aftermath of the two beast charges. Countless knight corpses were strewn everywhere along with two of the dead Scead. Among the surviving knights, the men were either badly injured or badly shaken, if not both. Dreu then turned his attention to Zhao who was busy doing a few practice swings with the spear. Despite the footman wearing a helmet, he could almost envision a smile on Zhao’s face.

How did the spear do that? I thought you said the Scead’s scales were nearly impenetrable. You stabbed the spear into that Scead like it was a knife in butter.

What do you know about the spear?

I was told the spear was gifted by a powerful goddess to a now deceased warrior. It no longer possesses any powers so it was left in the warrior’s tomb.

The powerful goddess is Xyheia and the warrior was the previous emperor. He was slain in battle at the hands of the Right Arm of Xemir. From what you said, it seems like the powers died with him. As shown earlier, the spear is still powerful without those powers. I wonder why it shows up now that it has lost its powers. What plan does the goddess have in mind?

Is there an inscription on it? Anything that stands out on the spear?

Zhao examined the entire spear and shook his head. After Dreu shared the worthy successor part of the description, the footman simply nodded.

The inscription will appear for the worthy successor. I am not surprised I’m not that individual. However, I do believe that you’ll find a successor one day.

Zhao offered to return the weapon but Dreu told him to hold onto it for now. He stated that he couldn’t use a spear well and, for the time being, it served a better purpose in Zhao’s hands. They needed all the advantages they could get to survive the demon invasion. The footman could always return it once the successor was found. Then, Dreu remembered to check his prompt window.

< Lvl 5 Footman (Zhao):

Description: Serving as a basic infantry in the armies of the Emperor, the footman is a versatile foot soldier with expert training and the proper equipment to fully utilize its training. In addition, the footman has actual combat experience on the battlefield and has unlocked two skills accessible to the footman unit class. The footman has unquestionable loyalty to the Emperor and will fight to the end if ordered to.

Recommendations:

-Strong against weak monsters.

-Best used in numbers and in close formation.

Skill:

-Fury (Lvl 1): Active. Grants +100% attack for 5 seconds. Limited to 3 uses per day.

-Leap (Lvl 1): Active. Grants the user the ability to triple their vertical jump distance for one jump. Limited to 5 uses per day.

Status:

-Gain +25% attack from spear gifted by the emperor. >

Dreu puffed out his chest upon seeing the level of his second footman. He didn’t expect Zhao to reach level 5 already. However, his chest deflated as quickly as he puffed it with the knowledge that he did nothing to make this possible. While he was safe in the center of the human formation away, the knights took the brunt of the two charges and his footman got the kills during the chaos. When he first learned the nature of his powers, Dreu felt the thrill of eventually commanding a powerful army of footmen against all those who opposed him. Gradually, he recognized that he was still as weak as ever. He had an ax and a shield he took from a dead adventurer which he had yet to use against any demons. His army of footmen never materialized as he was limited to only one at a time. His lack of understanding about the class meant he didn't even know how to level up his ability to summon two footmen. If it weren’t for the knights and Zhao, he would be dead already. For once, he felt completely useless compared to all those around him.

Was the emperor class wasted on nobody like me? I was just a laborer before all this with unrealistic dreams of becoming a knight.

Dreu, this isn’t the time to ponder about your self worth. Please leave immediately through the opening behind you with the survivors. I will hold off the incoming demons.

At the mention of an opening, Dreu turned around to see two of the Sceads plowing through demon infantry. Like the knights, the demon infantry could do nothing to stop the beasts from crashing into them. Unlike the knights, their formations were far looser allowing the Scead to plow through them much more easily. Dreu also suspected that the demons were more hesitant to attack the creatures due to them being on the same side. He then turned to see the incoming demons mentioned by the footman. He watched a mass of demons riding creatures, similar to the horses Zhao described to him, and advancing on their position. At the head of the demons, a demon in black armor wielded a halberd and was mounted on a black horse that was easily doubled the size of the other horses. Realizing what Zhao was relaying to him, Dreu turned to the knights who had yet to recover from the earlier attack.

“Let’s break through that opening!” he shouted at the knights as his hand pointed at the opening in the demon formation.

The remaining knights, at the mention of an opening, turned to see where Dreu was pointing. The sight brought out a roar from the knights. The boost in morale resulted in the knights reorganizing themselves. The wounded were helped to their feet while the battle ready men formed a diamond shape around them. Dreu found himself leading the march and, to his amazement, the two beasts were still plowing through the demons and further disrupting the demon formation. Therefore, only a handful of demons stood between the humans and their way out.

Time to put the ax to good use.