Elemental Warriors Online

Lucky!

Ben could not begin to lament how much he regretted offering to help Kabiru and his stupid hawk clean the temple. Two hours in, both Kabiru and Monkey collapsed under the premise of hunger. Ben tried everything he could to have them both go eat, but to no avail. they stayed where they were, spread out on the ground.

Apparently they had to stick to their promise of not eating anything. So in a nutshell, Ben was left to complete most of the work. First Ben had busied himself cleaning the polished floors, he had no supervisors but Ben would never do anything half assed and take credit for it. After he had cleaned the floors, he discovered much of the temple was now empty, every other player had gone out to level and play the game to the best of their ability and to their own enjoyment.

The only other people in the temple were priests and their acolytes, and a few NPCS who came here to pray. After cleaning the floors, Ben moved to the altar where he woke up from. Apart from the nine huge statues of these unknown Gods, right at their feet, were extra smaller figurines of other minor gods. There were tens if not hundreds of them. Ben busied himself with cleaning them paying attention to the detail in which there were created.

It was a solo and meticulous work, but it made Ben have an appreciation for the effort spent into making them. The works were incredibly detailed, most if not all of them were made from varying precious materials. Some were made from the same limestone material, like the rocks used to build the temple. others were made from obsidian, metal, gold and other precious metals. But one of them caught his attention.

It was a figurine made of metal, wood and other precious stones. The god it depicted had three heads, one was a fox whose head was made with some sort of yellow stone. Its eyes were inlaid with rubies and it looked like it was on fire. The next and middle head was a dragon, its own head was made of some black glass like material and its eyes were studded with emeralds that glowed under the light of the setting sun.

And then the final head was that of a lion. The lion was made of white polished wood. Ben was not sure what kind of wood it was, but it sparkled and gave off a luster no different from a diamond. Its eyes had a sapphire jewel socketed there, it looked like something a rich man would use to ask a woman to marry him. The lion’s mane however was made of scales, overlapped into each other to give the image of a spiral.

The body of the figurine was made with polished wood, only this time the wood was the normal brown Ben was familiar with. But the figurines’ left leg was made from a sort of red metal, it had cloven hooves like a goat’s. it seemed like it was a replacement for a missing limb. Come to think of it, there was something strange about this figurine, it had multiple crisscrossed scars allover it’s body. It looked like a wounded animal, but the fierceness was still there. In Ben’s opinion every single one of the animal’s head showed a face of unrelenting spirit. Like someone who would never give up regardless of whatever situation they find their selves in. Ben could not imagine how hard it must have been for this god.

He looked like someone Ben could relate to. A person who had experienced the ugliest side of life, but refused to give up. It was like looking at a mirror and seeing yourself with another face. With all of its scars and disproportionate body, in a realm that emphasize divinity he was sure to be an outcast. Ben had cleaned enough of the other statues to know that they were made with almost zero to no physical defects. Except for those meant to look terrifying. But none with scars like this. Ben placed his hands on the statue and whispered to it.

“I hope you are happy and find what you are looking for. I know what its like to be an outcast but never give up. There will always be someone who would be there for you.”

First he had no idea what pushed him to do such a thing. But he felt a kind of connection, like someone who had gone through a battlefield right by your side, saving each other more times than you know. A sense of camaraderie. the system alert he immediately received was enough to shock him into a stupor.

[[SYSTEM ALERT:]]

[For being the first to sincerely pray and wish Hephaestus the Greek God and an aspect of creation well, you have received the greater blessing of Hephaestus the God of creations. (+50% to all crafting skills and professions gained.) (+50% affinity for fire, water, earth, metal, wind and wood elements with equal resistance.) (double exp gain for the next week).]

[[SYSTEM ALERT:]]

[HEPHAESTUS HAS OFFERED TO BE YOUR PATRON GOD (note if you choose him as your patron, you are unable to change your allegiance to him. You would be subjected to the wishes, quests and desires of your patron God.]

[DO YOU ACCEPT THIS HONOR:]

[YOU HAVE ACCEPTED HEPHAESTUS AS YOUR PATRON GOD:]

[HIDDEN PROFFESION [ DIVINE CREATOR UNLOCKED] ACCEPT:]

[PROFESSION ACCEPTED.]

[YOU HAVE GAINED PROFFESION SKILLS] [ DIVINE ENCHANTING], [DIVINE FORGING], [ ENERGY MANIPULATION], [BREATH LIFE].

[YOU HAVE BEEN GRANTED THE UNIQUE TITLE [ DIVINE CRAFTSMAN]: +70% to all created equipment’s, +30 luck to all equipment’s forged. +20 to all stats and elemental resistances. +100% to crafting speed.]

[YOU HAVE UNLOCKED THE FAITH STAT: the faith stat is governed by a player’s devotion to its patron God or gods. It increases by completing missions for the temple, or divine mandate from the player’s patron. There’re other scenarios to increase or decrease the faith stat. The faith stat governs the strength of all divine skills and professions’. higher the faith stat, the better the effect and rewards.]

[YOU HAVE RECEIVED THE MARK OF HEPHAESTUS: increased relations with all lions, dragons, foxes, goats and iron creatures or species. Grant player access to the divine spell [ fire hammer], [ iron titan], [ divine aura]. You now have the protection of the God Hephaestus which grants you authority over his existing temples, it also gives you authority to build temples in his name. And your moral faction has been set to Neutral, Permanently.]

[FOR BEING THE FIRST PERSON TO RECEIVE THE GREATER BLESSING, MARK AND PROTECTION OF A GOD, YOU HAVE BEEN GRANTED THE TITLE {CHOSEN ONE}: + 400 faith, + 20 to all stats and improved relations with all temples, pantheons and Gods. You are now being watched by the Gods. But beware you might end up being nothing but a pawn for their amusement.]

[YOU HAVE UNLOCKED THE LUCK STAT: the luck stat governs loot drop rate, chance of monster encounter and quest receiving. It also occasionally determines critical hits and skill cool down. You have received the attention of the goddess of luck. +10 luck.]