After eating their fill, grandma Olga began to tell the history of the dwarven side of their family.
Olga began, "Our ancestor wasn't the great smith Gordin Stonehammer. Our true ancestor was actually the great Dwarven king Hammond Mountaincrusher. He was a part of the heroes party of that generation. His skills were SS rank by the time of his rise to become the new king of the dwarves. His recorded skills of the SS rank were his Smithing, leadership, dungeoneering, enchanting, and enhancing. However he had two more skills, and these two broke the mold. They were officially recorded at SS rank. But that was due to how many people lost their minds when they read the original report. His first special skill was growth boost. Nothing too strange at first... only that the skill was at SSS and his stats had broken 3,000 on average due to it."
All the family members were in shock at this. Even Seth had to stand up and raise his voice to due shock, "What?! Aren't dragons around 3-5k on average? He was as strong as a weaker dragon on his own?"
Olga chuckled, "If only! I said his average were around there, some of his stats were closer to 4,000!"
Seth sat back down as he thought over his sword master status and his stats being around 500 on average. He had some training to do to reach higher than before if he was lacking so much compared to such legends.
Franz on the other hand was estatic and was on the edge of his seat in anticipation to hear what rank his ancestors other skill was and what that skill did.
Olga didn't disappoint, "And the other skill that Franz has inherited apparently, was Axe mastery. However no one was ready for what was originally reported for the skill. It went past even SSS rank. It was registered as Legend rank."
Everyone was in shock. Only the recorded Heroes of each race had a Legend rank skill recorded. And even innate skill holders were lucky to reach SS rank in their skills in their life time. Anyone else would never even reach S rank.
But to hear there was a rank beyond SS rank, hell even a rank beyond SSS rank? It made the family slowly turn their heads to Franz. If he had such a combination of skills, then he was a legend in the making. They would need ot ensure they supported his growth in the coming years to ensure he reached such potential and was not snuffed out by evil beings.
Franz however was even more determined, he looked at his grandma and said, "I have a lot to live up to I see. But I will reach such heights. And maybe even surpass them! I'll find that rank above Legend! You'll see! I'll be the strongest to make sure I can protect you all and my future family and friends from any threat!" And to make sure I actually survive the coming war without dying this time! Franz thought a bit selfishly to himself.
He was honest in wanting to protect his family, but that all flew out the window the moment you died, so he was going to be a survivalist.
His family smiled at his determination while his grandma did a full belly laugh in joy, "HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! I love you sonny! You have gusto! And i can give you tips to help grow your abilities further!"
Franz eagerly listened in as his grandma explained that training in with the guards and knights is a good way to start. But soon he would reach a wall. He had to evolve his class. As his current class as a Junior knight would cap his skill ranks at C once he reached them. He had to gain the necessary training to evolve into a true knight and choose his specialty.
An axe knight. An uncommon type of warrior in this kingdom given the ease and precision of swords and spears that are preferred for war and battle by the knights. It's not rare, but it is one of the lesser seen classes in the kingdom knight ranks.
Then she explained that to better gain ranks in his skills and evolve his class faster, would be to go monster hunting. "Experience hones the blade better than a month in an academy training field boy. You need to become a true user of the blade and become accustomed to taking lives when necessary. Otherwise your journey will end the minute oyu meet an opponent who isn't honorable, and who is ready to kill you, while oyu have frozen up due to their killing aura. Be ready for your first hunt in a week. Let's get your skills as close to maximized as we can. Then we can see how well you can do in the coming household tournament!"
With a grin grandma Olga then grabs Rinne and Matilda and heads to the forge, "And while you train up! We will be forging the best armor and axe you can have with your current skills and strengths! Look forward to it sonny!"
Marta runs after them to be a part of the girl group and Franz looks to his father and asks, "Was grandma always like this with you as you tried to get stronger for mom?"
His father sighed and nodded his head, "Sadly this is a scene I am more than familiar with my son. But enough of that, if we truly want you to become the best you can be, then let us focus on honing your axe skill and any supplementary skills that will help you with your class evolution!"
He leads Franz out to the training field with excitement at helping his son grow further than ever before.
While this happens through, Seth is thinking deeply, My family is ready to help me for now, but when I am older I can't rely on them for everything, I'll need to try and track down my friends from my squad after the tournament. I will have more freedom and coin to my name once I either win it, or at least make it to the semi final rounds. I will recreate me squad and help them become better than ever in this timeline. I won't let them all die in that blasted war! We will all reach legendary strength and become heroes to save this kingdom from our enemies. And to ensure everyone we care about is safe! But for now! Training!
With his plan in mind Franz readies his body, mind, and soul for the trials ahead to push his limits and even break through them.