Re; Hell Gate

Chapter 16 : A Life In the blink of An Eye

You looted Wooden puppet Lord

+40 Silver

Pestilence Cloak(Rare) : +2 Intelligence / +2 Strength / +4 Dexterity

x4 Red Potions (10 Health)

x2 Blue Potions (10 Mana)

Ring of Eternity : +4 Vitality / +5% chance to deal critical damage.

The cloak was grey leaning a bit toward black, its appearance was not bad, even Leiu who usually didn't like cloaks felt like this cloak has a nice appearance, plus it kind of suited him with that black hoodie.

Speaking of appearance, Leiu's features were not bad, he may not be called a very handsome man, but he was not ugly either, he had a somewhat long black hair, it didn't reach his shoulders, but it can be considered long.

A small yet pointy nose and two deep black eyes that appeared cold, and thin pale lips, his appearance was just like real life, except that he was a bit taller in the game.

The Steel Sword still had 6 Durability, but that didn't matter as it will be replaced if it's destroyed, after rechecking his loots, he discovered that his Sword Mastery Level increased too.

Sword Mastery(Basic Lv8) : When wielding a sword : you deal 8.5% more damage.

But he was not finished after checking all that, he still had the 10 unallocated points, he knew that those points are meant to be used on his stats, he had the freedom to put them wherever he wants.

'Put 3 points into Strength, 3 Into Agility, 3 into Dexterity and 1 into Intelligence'

He was not like that kind of people that dumb all points into a single stats, he wanted to have a balance between them all as he didn't know if the Dark Knight Class is relies on magic or melee.

After doing that, he finally checked his status window.

TITLE : Invincible
Level: 19 Class: NONE
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Strength: 40
Intelligence: 36
Agility: 42
Wisdom: 30
Vitality: 36
Dexterity: 42
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Health: 32/32
Mana: 34/34
Stamina: 35/35

'Wonderful'

As he gazed at his stats, he couldn't help but unconsciously nod, after all, the progress was very good.

Leiu's main focus was on Agility and Dexterity, the first increase his speed and the second increases his chance of critical damage and also increases his accuracy which is something he needs in fights, it's very crucial.

His Wisdom is lacking but he didn't need it now, only mages would raise Wisdom along with Intelligence.

So, with a ring in his finger, a grey cloak and a dark hood, he advanced toward the last Trial.

He already noticed a door not far away, god knows from where did that door come from but it was evident that it will lead to the next Trial.

With resolute mind, Leiu crossed the door with the Steel Sword unsheathed and held in his hand, ready to strike at any moment.

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As Leiu crossed the door, he was surprised to see that he reappeared inside the room, or more precisely, the room that looked like an office.

The third Trial will begin in 18 minutes and 4 seconds

Since there is still time, Leiu decided to roam the manor a bit more, but it seems that the system or whatever is controlling this manor doesn't want him to do roam.

He couldn't leave the room as the familiar repelling force kept him inside, so the only thing he could do is relax on that sofa.

He already examined the desk but there was nothing inside it, neither on top of it, the only noticeable thing is that painting.

Since Leiu had literally nothing to do, he just sat there to calm his down and predict what's the next Trial would be, he tried beginning the trial but it didn't begin, it seems he had to wait...

He gazed at the painting for 5 minutes until he got bored, it was an extraordinary piece but anyone would be bored after looking at it for some time.

Time passed slowly as Leiu sat there silently, he almost fell asleep, it's a doable thing in this game, you can even have sex or take a bath, which is amazing.

Of course, anyone who tries to rape or assault a woman would be struck by the system's lightning, killing him instantly.

Even if you try to assault a female NPC, the same thing would happen, however, killing them is still possible, that is, if it's related to a quest, after all,  you can't just go around massacring every NPC you meet.

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The third Trial will now begin!

Leiu was standing when the message popped, he didn't dare act overconfident as he doesn't know what's going to happen, there was a high chance that he will get teleported again.

Just as the message popped, Leiu's vision darkened and he lost consciousness, when he opened his eyes again, he felt that he was in a different body.

Just from the surroundings and the height of the person, or rather, the height of the man, he knew it wasn't his body.

Furthermore, he couldn't control the body, he was just sharing the vision with the man, that's it.

He also couldn't see his appearance, so with nothing to do, he just gazed through the eyes and saw what was the man was doing.

Time passed quickly as many things blurred past Leiu's sight. He saw a large silver dragon that used lightning, a cloaked skeleton that attacked the man and even four gigantic beasts that ganged up on him.

There was something that was clearer than everything else, it was a war. Hideous-looking creatures which had more than two arms attacked the man. The world was filled with darkness, you can only see the spilling blood of these monstrosities.

With only a dark blade in his hand, the man massacred them endlessly.

Feeling sorrow and grief, anger and rage toward those creatures, a thirst for revenge was created. The man secluded himself for who knows how long after the long war.

He invented skills and techniques, many magic attack and powerful spells, when he came out from that seclusion, he roamed the deserted land, killing countless of those creatures, sparing none.

The man became more and more powerful, his skills got better to the point that he became invincible, literally.

With nothing to do, he secluded himself in a dark place and just trained there, bored of the killing, he wanted to change or stop the massacre, his thirst for revenge that ignited him back then had long since disappeared.

Suddenly, his vision changed as he found himself in a similar desolate land but this one made him feel the chills. Contrary to the first life he saw, this one was much more chaotic. He witnessed the owner of this body kill countless humans.

He spared no one and used weird cards that were too powerful to be resisted.

After some time passed, Leiu found himself in a world of darkness and before he could react, two figures appeared before him.

The first was the man from the painting, who was the first person he shared whose life he had witnessed. As for the other, he wore a weird attire and had tattoos under his eye. Even his pose was extremely eccentric.

"You're the first of us three. Don't forget."

It was the only thing the first man said before he vanished into nothingness.
As for the second man, who wore weird white clothes, he crossed his arms and gazed at Leiu before talking

"Blossom into the strongest existence so we can have our rematch!"

It was the last and only words he heard from him before Leiu found himself alone in this darkness.

Congratulations! You have successfully passed the third Trial!

+1 Level

You earned the title 'A life in the blink of an Eye' : You experienced a life in a short amount of time, you saw all the experiences of the person and shared his/her feelings.

A life in the blink of an Eye(Epic) : +10 Wisdom / +10 % experience when killing monsters.

You witnessed the life of the Dark Lord: +1 all stats.
You witnessed the life of the Joker: +1 all stats.

Sword Master(Basic) has levelled up : Lv8=>Lv9 : When wielding a sword : you deal 9% more damage.

You have successfully finished all the 3 Trials! Congratulations, you became a Dark Knight.

Dark Knight : A Unique class that only one person managed to acquire, it focuses mainly on the dark arts with many secondary skills, the main weapon can either be a one-handed sword or a two-handed sword depending on the user: +11 Strength, +8 Agility, +8 Dexterity, +5 Intelligence, +5 Wisdom, +8 Vitality, +10 Health, +5 Stamina, +5 Mana.

You obtained the skill 'Dark Arts'(Unique) : It is composed of various skills and not just one, the further you level up the more you obtain ;

⚫ Darkness(passive)(Lv1) : At night, you deal 15% more damage

⚫ Dark Empowerment(Basic Lv1) : For 30 seconds, you gain 20% physical and magical damage reduction and deal 10% more damage

Cooldown : 10 minutes / Cost : 15 Mana

Sword Master(Basic Lv9) has transformed into => Dark Arts ; Dark Sword Arts(basic Lv1) : When wielding a one-handed or two-handed sword : you deal 10% more damage.

There was too much information, so it took Leiu a couple of minutes to read them, well it took less than 30 seconds to read but to understand them fully, he needs more time.

Next thing he did was open his status window.

TITLE(S) : Invincible / A life in the blink of an Eye
Level: 20 Class: Dark Knight
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Strength: 52
Intelligence: 42
Agility: 51
Wisdom: 46
Vitality: 45
Dexterity: 51
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Health: 43/43
Mana: 40/40
Stamina: 41/41

Leiu smirked as he gazed at his stats, he could feel the power surging in his bones and muscles, 12 instant increase in strength can be felt as it strengthened him.

His stats now can be considered high, well, if he doesn't play in a day or two, people would surely surpass him, it said that killing bosses would usually give unallocated points, so raising stats is not hard, even training or doing push-ups would help.

It may not increase them by a lot, but little by little the stats would increase, there were too many ways to do that, so he should not slack off.

The good thing is that most people right now should not have stats similar to him unless they earned a lot of titles, have a lot of good items or did similar trials which is unlikely.

Just by reading the comments on the forum, he was sure that Unique jobs are almost non-existent.

What's more is that the quest classes for normal classes are so easy, to be a swordsman, for example, you only need to slay 5 forest wolves.

The current Leiu had the confidence to deal with a dozen of them, much less 5. His level increased too, which is fantastic.

There was a guide, it didn't give a lot of information but it definitely said that mounts can be used when you reach level 20, they are not pets, which unlike mounts, can help you fought.

Mounts can only be used to travel or move at high speed, that's it!

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Now he finally had his class, the trials are off and the system already showed him a message telling him he could teleport out of the manor, but he was still hesitating a bit as he noticed that the repelling force had now disappeared...