Mike still wasn't in a very good mood. He had come here, ready to put all of his hard work and training to the test, and so far he was failing hard. It was pretty disheartening. Sure, hearing about the storage room (aka loot den) cheered him up a bit at the thought of getting some nice gear, but it still didn't make up for his lost stats. Turning on Zandaka, he began to Meditate. This way, he'd have his buff up before the battle, without going into it with his MP too low. As he meditated, he began to think about his Spirit Blade skill; as far as he could see it, Spirit Blade was one of his most important skills, right up there with Zandaka. It was basically a skill that summoned a weapon that kept getting stronger. No needing to worry about getting disarmed, or it's durability. In fact, the only problem with it was the massive mana drain. However, he had noticed that Zandaka's cost went down as he leveled it, so he had to hope that the same was true for Spirit Blade. Mike had no doubt that if he could overcome the mana cost, that it would be better then any weapon he would find. Especially since item drops only seemed to happen with bosses