BXBX NOVEL Chapter 131 - A Dragon's Appraisal
"Thus allowing it to become the core theory of training in our Vaenam Kingdom military and Department of war in the hidden Dragon Academy." said Dante
"Clap! Clap! Clap!"
"An excellent explanation! I would expect nothing less from the Most talented Dragon son in the history of the Hidden Dragon Academy!"
As Dante said, the Battle formations we use in the Department of War share some strong similarities and principles to the typical Array formations used in the Department of Weapons and Arrays.
It\'s just that unlike the strange formulas and acute accuracy trained in the Department of Weapons and Arrays, in the Department of War, you will be constantly trained in the large group battle drills and army management, as well as battle tactics.
This is all to ensure the excellent deployment and use of your future battle formations!"
As Mr Kriel carried on with his explanation, Dante slowly zoned out.
As the Dragon Son of War, Dante had already been briefed on all this information beforehand, so it was just difficult for Dante to pay attention to as most of the information being said was something he had already been taught before.
Regardless of Dante\'s waning interest, Mr Kriel continued his lecture explaining the future course and its aim and development for another whole hour before he finally stopped.
"Well, that\'s the overview of the entire course that you need to know for now.
I won\'t bore you guys and keep you here any longer. But just remember one thing before you leave.
Your first practical lesson of the year will be at the training grounds early tomorrow. Don\'t be late.
Class dismissed!"
After saying this, Mr Kriel calmly packed away his things and soon left the classroom.
As soon as Mr Kreil left the room, the place erupted in noise.
Instantly, all the students around all started talking to each other about everything that was said during their first meeting with Mr Kriel and even Dante\'s row was no exception.
"Yo, Dante did you hear that?" asked an excited Lennox
"We\'ll soon get to learn all the secrets of the Kingdom\'s legendary battle formations! Maybe one day I can even get to control a general level formation with hundreds of soldiers fighting under my control!"
Lennox could barely contain his excitement as he seemed to already be lost in his own thoughts.
Even the cold-faced Klent wasn\'t spared from this buzzing atmosphere, as a bright gleam of excitement and anticipation was clearly visible in his eye
Dante just laughed as he said,
"Now let\'s not get ahead of ourselves. You heard what Mr Kreil said. We\'ll probably have countless training sessions before we even get the chance to control a 50 man battle formation, much less the legendary thousand man battle formations."
Hearing Dante\'s words, Lennox\'s shoulders sank as some of the excitement visibly disappeared from his face.
"I hear what you\'re saying Dante, but can\'t a man dream?"
Dante just smiled as he patted Lennox on the shoulder.
"Now don\'t be so quick to feel down. It\'s only our first day in the academy. There\'s still a lot we haven\'t even seen yet"
"So how about it? You down to explore?" Asked Dante
Lennox\'s down mood didn\'t even last for a second longer, as soon a wide smile appeared on his face as soon he burst into laughter.
"Hahaha! Of course you\'re right Dante, There\'s still much more that we haven\'t seen about the Hidden Dragon Academy.-
so what are we waiting for? Let\'s go!"
As Dante got up, he turned towards Klent,
"Klent, you know I was speaking to you as well. Are you going to come with us?"
Klent just smiled as he shook his head.
"Unfortunately, I have something to deal with today, but next time I\'m sure I\'ll be able to come along with you guys."
As Klent said this, he got up and after saying goodbye, headed out of the class.
Dante paid little attention to Klent\'s exit until his moonlight sword passed by Klent\'s old rusty sword.
Instantly, his Moonlight Sword started acting strange glowing and buzzing loudly.
Although nobody else could understand what was going on, Dante himself had a clear idea of what his sword was trying to say.
\'That Sword! He\'s just like me!\'
Maybe it was because, before its recent transformation, the moonlight sword was just too weak to notice, but now the Moonlight Sword could easily tell the sword for what it was.
A sword with a mind of its own. A sword with its very own soul!
Dante instantly stirred his dragon soul to get a better look.
instantly, his normal blue eyes morphed into a pair of glaring serpentine slits, and what Dante saw shocked him.
A strange film of unknown energy was coated around Klent\'s rusty old sword. If it wasn\'t for his moonlight swords reaction, he would have never have bothered to examine this boring old sword.
Dante exerted some effort from his dragon soul and peered through the coat of energy around the sword.
Instantly, all the blood in Dante\'s body seemed to boil. Scales started forming on his arms underneath his robe.
luckily Dante managed to control himself and quickly suppress his reaction.
You see, all Dragons have an innate ability that they were born with and that is to instantly know the value of any treasure they see.
Maybe it\'s because of the horribly greedy nature of a dragon and them never wanting to be scammed, but somewhere along the lines, Dragons evolved an innate appraisal skill that allowed them to instantly identify the value of a treasure.
This ability was something that couldn\'t be ignored, as the appraisal was practically flawless!
When given a random treasure, a dragon could instantly identify its value down to the very last gold coin.
But this ability did come with some drawbacks,
The only ability that came with identification process was to determine the item\'s exact value and worth, meaning that a Dragon\'s appraisal would not allow them to know an item\'s specific purpose or function unless they had the already required knowledge to do so