Ruins.. there were two types of them. Inheritance Ruins and Spatial Ruins. Spatial Ruins although were seen as a source of great fortune for Knights, they were regarded as terror to civilians. Once upon a time, there was a strange phenomenon where the gates leading to these ruins burst open, releasing the terrifying alien race onto humanity. Many lives were lost. However, a brave band of warriors known as the Anti Race movement began resisting the invasion. When they finally succeeded, they were celebrated as global heroes and became the first Knights. It wasn't Theo's first time exploring a ruins, howevever, the ones in the past had a different feel, compared to the one he was currently exploring. Although regarded as a ruins, it was actually an independent world. However, there was no sun or moon and the skies were riddled with tiny glittering stars. Chop! Chop! Chop! Graham sliced trees after trees as he led his squad in a steady advance.Everybody was stern, their ears
When Theo got into the ruins, he couldn't find a single trace of the Moon Shatter snake.Summoning the Heaven cleaving axe, he began chopping down all the trees in sight, in a bid to create a large commotion and get the dire beast's attention.His efforts paid off because moments later, a tail whipped towards his direction, aiming to smash him into meat paste."Hmph!" Theo swung towards the tail that was missing some part of it's original length, perfectly slicing it in halves.Coupled with his raw strength and the power of a mid grade primary rank armament, slicing off the tough scales were no hassle for Theo.The Moon Shatter snake hissed in annoyance.It attempted to flee, but would Theo let it go?Not a chance!Swinging the axe like a sling, he whipped it towards the fleeing serpent.The axe shot out like a bullet, smashing the serpent's head into blood and gore.And just like that, the mighty Moon Shatter serpent died.Theo walked over and began inspecting the corpse.The Moon Sh
"Fortune Dragon?" Theo repeated.-[It is a Fortune Dragon! it's a real fortune Dragon!] Izreel's tone excited. "Is the fortune dragon amazing?" Theo enquired sceptically. -[Amazing? you have no idea. They are the offsprings of the great Wish Dragon! they understand the great mysteries of the world. No fortune can hide before their discerning eyes. By just moving an inch, they can discover millions of treasure troves!] "Ole dragon say, aren't you exaggerating a bit?" "-[t is no exaggeration. There is only one per universe. Ah! your luck is too good to stumble on the temple of a Fortune Dragon!] "Hehe. Maybe lady luck keeps favouring me because of my good looks?" Theo smiled shyly.-[You wish! do you know that you are half as handsome as a pig?] Izreel scorned. "Atleast, i am twice as handsome as you ever will be"-[What did you just say brat?!] "Nothing! i was just tripping for your suaveness and awesome bearing"-[Tsk. What a glib tongue]Theo walked over to the huge gate. Howe
Star Dust Auction. It was one of the Trade mark business establishment of Star Dust corporation, a powerful force at the state level.It had many branches spread out far and wide, and one just happened to be located at Small flower Town.Steppin Heights was the most busiest neighbourhood in the town. However today, the population was more than doubled.This was because Star Dust auction house would be launching their bi-annual auction.Many people began to flock towards the huge auction building in a steady stream. Theo happened to be among the crowd.He wore baggy clothes and a hoodie to conceal his face. Wrapped around his neck was a yellow snake.Which was actually Gusu in disguise."Honestly, what's the probability of me getting anything precious in this auction?" Theo whispered softly to the Fortune Dragon."Not saying anything!" Gusu huffed."Fine. Here you do!" Theo fished out a a worm stuck in a skewer stick.Gusu became elated, chomping down on it."Glutton" Theo mumbled.It'
The whole hall fell silent. The words "ten thousand dynocores' kept ringing in the ear of everyone present."Tsk. I have bidded already, why haven't you announced the result?" that same old croaky voice snorted with displeasure.Benito finally got a grip of herself."Strange painting going for ten thousand dynocores""Going once.. going twice..""Fifteen thousand!" Theo hurriedly screamed at the top of his lungs.He didn't quite believe Gusu at first, but after witnessing somebody bidding heavily on the strange painting, he had to reconsider.The crowd who were about to recover from their shock, fell into another mire again.Damn! was money that easy to find?! At a secluded corner in the hall, an old lady with a hunched back scanned the whole hall grimly. Besides her was a teenage boy with sinister eyes."Grandma, i thought we are the only ones aware of the Ancestral painting?" the sinister youth frowned.His name was Nero.Granny Busiwa squinted her eyes."It is not entirely impossib
Everybody fell into contemplation. They thought the allegations were somehow possible.But who would be so suicidal to engage in such act in the Star Dust auction."Why are you being a sore loser huh? just say you can't bid any further. Why bother trying to accuse me?" Theo snickered in response.Lieutenant Baltimore's expression went frosty. Theo's words were quite on spot. However, how could a venerated Spartan like him give in."Surely you jest. I am just worried that the Star dust auction house will be scammed"On the stage, Benito frowned. She was in a tight spot. Although the first party's conjecture had a little bit of accuracy in them, she couldn't tell the other party to reveal his wealth as proof right?"That shouldn't be your concern but that of the auction house. If they find me to be a fake, they can just re auction the items. I'm sure many will still be interested in bidding for them" Theo replied calmly.Lieutenant Baltimore could not find any other words to refute. He
"Huh?" the Spartan was confused.Apart from some miscellaneous stuffs, he didn't find any traces of magic pills.He tactically signalled to his superior, the result of his findings.Lieutenant Baltimore frowned. How was this possible?!He was quite confident that the cloaked figure before him was the one who bid for the batch of pills.He wasn't ready to give up yet. Failure to retrieve those super grade pills would spell certain doom for you."Arrest him" he snorted coldly.Two of his subordinates moved to restrain Theo. But would the latter agree?"What are you doing?" Theo, under the disguise of Gusu's voice bellowed."You look like a suspicious fellow. I am obviously detaining you for questioning" Lieutenant Baltimore replied shameless.Theo sneered."Aren't you overstepping your boundary? only the LEA Agents have the right to detain civilians and charge them for their crimes. Although you are a Spartan, that doesn't gives you leeway to run amok as you like"Lieutenant Baltimore's
Those from the Blood Drip gang began to slowly back off. The strength Theo exhibited, scared so senseless. "I admit, you do have some tricks. Why don't you work for me? then i'll forget this ever happened?" Joro said calmly. Theo didn't bother mincing words, sending a fire blast his way. "Hmph" Joro waved his fan. A huge wind erupted, tearing the fireball into shreds. "That's an intermediate tier weapon, right?" Theo fixed his gaze on the fan Joro held. "Don't even have thoughts about it" Joro remarked coldly. "Tsk" Theo spun his axe, swinging it towards Joro. Boom! The axe moved so fast that it blasted through the air. Joro knew he could not survive if the attack landed on him, so he attempted to block it with his powerful fan. Oof! Joro felt a powerful force ram against him, causing his blood to churn and internal organs to shift. Although the fan absorbed most of the attacks, the few that got transmitted to him made him stagger."Your fan is pretty amazing" Theo clicked
After going through a long winding path, the trio finally arrived at a sky reaching castle. Currently, the trio were a stark different to their previous selves. After battling several undead creatures, they were extremely wreary and battered. "What is that castle? is it the last check point in this damn place?" Theo gasped in exasperation as he peered at the tall tower. The tower was pitch black in color, excluding a ghotic air around it. Surrounding the tower was a large wall made out of broken bones and skulls. The gate was extremely antique and left wide ajar. "Be careful. I sense a powerful source of necromancy mana from that tower" Scarlet warned solemnly, taking cautious steps towards the ghotic looking tower, while Theo and Lorraine followed from behind her. When they were a short distance away from the tower, Scarlet fingers weaved through a series of handseals. A black miasma shot out of her nostril, materializing into an Undead Orc.Unlike regular Orc, this one had oil
Rattle. Rattle. The two fearsome Undead swordsmen unsheathed their blades, swinging a sharp blade arc towards Lorraine. "Hmph!" the latter snorted. A white light flashed before her, materializing into the form of a large serpentine creature. Long thin threads shot out of Lorraine's finger tips, boring their way into the neck of the large serpent. "Go!" Lorrain gave a soft flick, causing the puppet Serpent to lash out at the aproaching Undead swordsmen with it's mighty tail. If it's attack landed, the two undead swordsmen would definitely be smashed into meat pauy. "Return!" Scarlet did some swift hand signs, causing the undead swordsmen to vanish into a pue of black miasma. "Girl. You hid yourself quite well" Scarlet forced out a smile. Like Necromancy, there existed another similiar principle.. Puppetery! Puppet Masters were extremely feared due to their ability to control refined puppets. Even the weakest Puppet master could control two puppets simultaneously.They were li
Passing through the bridge made of bones, Theo couldn't help recalling a popular saying in his former world. 'Courting Death!' Yep! he knew this. However, just like Lorraine said, there was no rewards without some risk. Since it was a relic ruins, there was bound to be many good stuffs. "Can you see through the mist?" Lorraine squinted her eyes after they reached the other side, which was shrouded by a dark mist that reeked of death. Activating the Eye of Illusions, Theo was able to see the dark mist clearly. "Careful! there are matrix tags lying around" he cautioned. Matrix tags were special items. Since Runesmasters were extremely rare, that was where matrix tags came into play. It was common knowledge that only runesmasters could draw out runic matrix formations. Matrix tags were special items with a runic matrix formation sealed within. Although it was a one-time use, it was extremely expensive. Counting the number of matrix tags, Theo sucked in a mouthful.Twenty! "Just
The underground cave was unnaturally large, like it was a world of it's own. Along the way, the duo didn't encounter any dangers, causing the previous vigilance they had adopted, to dampen a bit.After two hours of non stop walking, they had to come to a stop. Because ahead of them laid a wide chasm."Now what do we do. It's a dead end!" Theo slapped his forehead in persipation."Strange. Have you noticed an oddity?" Lorraine said as she gravely stared down at the wide chasm."Nope. Did you discover something?" Theo turned towards Her."While we we were covering the distance, i managed to glean out some information from my close observations. The underground cave wasn't formed naturally. It was artificially created"Theo sucked in a mouthful."Artificially created? i can't even begin to imagine what sort of existence would be capable of achieving such a feat"However, Lorraine shook her head."It was collectively created by a group of experts""If my guess is on point, this must be a
"S-Sir, this isn't right no? we clearly helped you beat that Scorpion-Man" Amira smiled, tossing a mana replenishing pill into her mouth without any hesistation. It was obvious she was taking counter measures incase of a conflict erupting. "How do we know if you are not members of the alien race adopting human form?" the second Spartan questioned suspiciously. "We can prove it. Here! i am a member of the Silver Moon Knight guild" Amiqa brought out an identity token. "Telekinesis" the first Spartan who happened to be the leader made a grabbing motion, causing the identitity token to fly into his grip. "Psi magic!" Amira and her group looked at the first Spartan with trepidation. Psi magic principle was an esoteric and rare magic principle. Like RuneMasters and Illusionists they made use of arcane energy. With Psi magic, one could inflict damage on opponent using their mind to deal either physical or mental damage. They were extremely formiddable and were not people to be trifle
When the intermediate rank mages heard these words, their heart sank to rock bottom. Finished! They were finished! "I and Jamaal will try and stall for a bit. Lead the intermediate rankers away to a safe place. We will meet up if fate so wills it" Amira solemnly instructed Nicola who nodded. "Stay safe!" after saying these words, she began leading Theo and the other intermediate rank mages away. Scriii! The Scorpion-Man was displeased when it saw some of it's meal jumping out of the plate. He swung it's sharp tail at the fleeing group. "Your opponent is me!" a bright light flashed as a whip type magic armament appeared in Amira's grip. She flung the whip towards the tail smashing towards Nicola's group. Like a snake on a tree, the whip elongated with bizarre elasticity, wrapping around the tail. Amira gave it a powerful tug, making the tail miss the fleeing group by a few metres. "Scorching Bones!" Amira casted a skill with a stern face.The whip wrapped around the Scorpion-
Theo clicked his tongue in annoyance. Following Izreel's attention, he attempted to bond with the black sword using primal points.-[To proceed recquires 20,000 primal points to bond with item] "Twenty thousand?!" Theo's eye lid twitched. Indeed! there was nothing perfect in this life! He only had a little over hundred primal points. He needed 8000 primal points to experience another level up. Such a large sum was far stretched for the current him. Helpless, he could only stow the black inheritance sword away as he brought out the super grade sachet of pills. He had previously consumed one pill, causing him to level up twice! doing the maths, he managed to amass 10,000 primal points! Staring at the six purple colored pills, he resolutely threw me into his mouth and sat down cross legged. He could feel a powerful wave of energy slam against him. He released a low grunt and bore through the pain. If an outsider saw this, they would be left questioning the essence of life!Just
Nicola continued calling out names. The mages who came out would battle amongst themselves, revealing their skills and techniques. Finally, it was the last round. "Theo an Zeil!" Theo leapt onto the fighting area, sizing up his opponet. Zeil had a fat build with a somewhat naive expression. However, this wasn't enough to make Theo go eary on him. Nicola slammed her mace down, signalling for them to clash. Tap! Tap! Theo struck first, relying on his base speed, he threw a heavy punch towards Zeil. "Iron Skin!" Ding! Theo felt a sting in his knuckles. Relying on the rebound force, he distanced himself from Zeil, whose body was coated with a skin layer of magic iron. Theo face twitched. He was confident in bagging a victory since Zeil was merely at the third level of the intermediate rank. Who would've expected that he would be an earth attribute mage. After having learnt his lesson, Zeil didn't remain passive. He bounded towards Theo, sending an hammer strike towards his bel
"First round. Please if you hear your name, step out. Zaik and Bull" Nicola read from a long paper slip containing about forty something names divided in a meticulous sequence.Beside her were Jamaal and Amira who sat at the judges desk, acting as the judges for the duel.Shortly after her announcement, two mages walked out onto the middle region of the hall. The rest of the mages who came to try out the recruitment watched from the viewers platform from above."Who do you think is going to win?" Jamaal casually asked his colleagues."I'll go for Bull" both women chorused.The two mages stared at each other intensely, their eyes releasing sparks. Bull had a stocky build, wielding a spear with intricate glowing patterns on it's surface.It was obviously a magic armament.As for Zaik, he had a slender figure, reaching just Bull's chest level. Behind his back was a sheathed blade and a clown mask concealed his face."Start!" Nicola pounded a mace on the desk.Fwoosh!Zaik drew out his bl