Re; Hell Gate

Chapter 10 : Unbending Will

Leiu Stamina was almost depleted, 2 points left, his arms and legs trembling, barely able to stand, however, he persevered and his strong will and decent stats allowed him to hold on for thirty minutes, continuously slaying anything that bore its fangs at him.

Leiu truly reached his very limits, no matter how strong he is, he couldn't fight anymore, it took him 4 to 5 strikes to deal with beasts now, and even more, his two remaining potions are gone and his health decreased to 6, wounds and injuries covered his body and even the gloves were destroyed now.

As he was about to fall on the ground, the howling and footsteps of the beasts disappeared, silence ruled over the place again, the darkness was gone and torches one after another start emitting light until all the place was visible.

Blue fire illuminated the place around him, finally ending the hell he was experiencing.

Leiu, with half-opened eyes, gazed at the surroundings, he was very surprised to see that he was in a somewhat gloomy and big manor, it was really confusing, in the beginning, he walked a lot, so how could he be in a manor?

It really looked luxurious despite it feeling a bit gloomy, a fascinating and big chandelier was hanging on the roof, it was filled with long black candles.

There were also wide stairs leading to the second floor apparently, apart from that, there were other rooms, since they were a bit far, Leiu couldn't see what's inside unless he went there.

There was no decoration or anything of the sort, there was also no sign of the beasts, not even one, and apart from the blood dripping from Leiu, there was also no corpses of the beasts or even their blood, which was supposed to be littered on the ground.

A red and smooth carpet was on the stairs leading up, the carpet extended from the door, which Leiu only noticed when he turned his head, all the way to the end of the stairs.

There was a very big door, which seemed to be the main door of the manor, it had some engravings on it, but Leiu couldn't comprehend them, so he didn't focus much on them. What was more interesting was the two sculptures on both sides of the stairs. They were in the shape of beasts, just one look at them and Leiu was sure that they were the same beasts that attacked him.

The manor had a weird feeling to it, cold, silent and a bit creepy. Leiu didn't roam around, he just sat on the ground and heavily breathed, his Stamina was almost fully exhausted and his health is in a critical state right now.

He had to rest, at least half an hour, as he sat up, a message finally popped up.

Congratulations! You have passed the first Trial. Reward : +3 to all stats, special item 'Sinister Hood'

Sinister Hood (Rare) : +5 Agility / +3 Dexterity / +5% damage if you attack an enemy from behind.

The second Trials will begin in 58 minutes 42 seconds. If you want to immediately begin, please proceed to the second floor.

Leiu was feeling too weak, but he managed to read those messages, he felt happy, at least, even if he failed the next trials, he already got the 'hood' and the stats, he didn't believe that they would take the rewards back if he failed, which made him feel a bit at ease.

Sinister Hood equipped!

A dark hood that covered most of his head appeared, the stats given by the hood were really generous, but that's to be expected right? After all, it's a 'Rare' item, and that 5% increase in damage, Leiu couldn't feel more elated.

It was only the first day, yet he got it, but albeit feeling proud and a sense of achievement, he knew for sure that there were some people similar to him, after all, this is a worldwide game, millions of people would be playing it, there is bound to be people who had access to Unique class quests too.

TITLE : Invincible
Level: 14 Class: NONE
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Strength: 29
Intelligence: 26
Agility: 34
Wisdom: 25
Vitality: 27
Dexterity: 28
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Health: 5/27
Mana: 29/29
Stamina: 2/30

It seemed that his health decreased yet again, but apart from that, his stats increased by a lot, seeing his status window, he felt confidence surging in him, previously he thought that all trials were made into one and that was fighting the beasts, but it wasn't the case, if the first trial was this hard, then what about the other 2?

Also, his Level is now 14, isn't that fantastic? Usually, Vitality has to do with health recovery, stamina recovery, and defense, so considering his Vitality increased, then his recovery of Health and Stamina should recover faster, right? In any case, he had 58 minutes, so it should be more than enough.

The problem is his weapon, the Steel Sword had 5 durability left, what would he do if it's destroyed, should he use the bronze sword? That's the only solution, however, that bronze sword is so useless, it wouldn't even hurt a dark wolf, much less one of those dark beasts.

While Leiu was resting, he opened the message log to see what he got apart from that level up.

Sword Mastery [Basic] Levelled up : Lv4 => Lv5 : When wielding a sword: deal 7% more damage

Sword Mastery [Basic] Levelled up : Lv5 => Lv6 : When wielding a sword: deal 7.5% more damage

Sword Mastery [Basic] Levelled up : Lv6 => Lv7 : When wielding a sword: deal 8% more damage

Through the consecutive battles, you managed to create a skill(Rare) : You can slash a second time with a fast speed naked to the eye, an invisible attack : the attack would deal 120% the damage of the first slash.

Cost : 3 Mana / Cooldown : 15 seconds

Please name the skill.

Leiu never imagined he would create a skill, but since he created one, shouldn't he give it a legendary name? Maybe it will go down in history.

'Name it 'Invisible Strike' '

The skill has been named : Invisible Strike.

Would you like to confirm the name Y/N?

'Yes'

Invisible Strike(Rare) : You can slash a second time with a fast speed naked to the eye, an invisible attack : the attack would deal 120% the damage of the first slash.

Cost : 3 Mana / Cooldown : 15 seconds

Leiu was overjoyed as he gazed at the message, a skill! It would surely help him a lot, the cost was not that much and the cooldown wasn't high either. Maybe when he used it earlier, it wasn't the actual skill but just an imitation, since no mana was used, anyways, since he got his first skill, he will surely try it later.

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