“Paladins!”Hundreds of Zartian Paladins formed a line and swung their swords at the Undead. “Hahahaha! Got you, losers!”Frankenstein, standing at the back and on his own, was holding a skeletal staff while casting a wide-range Necromancy spell.The scope of his Black Magic was truly frightening: It encompassed almost the entire battlefield.Every corpse that was lying on the ground slowly stood up, turning into a zombie or a skeleton.It was a disaster as the Weiji Alliance was forced to turn around again and defend against the horde of Undead. Most of the Undead were weak, but there were thousands upon thousands of them. Every casualty, from both sides, had risen from the dead and charged at the living.“We’ll stay behind and fend them off!”Hector, General of the Krayten Combat Legion, bellowed atop his lungs. “We will stay as well!”The Paladin’s second-in-command also agreed. Although things were messy, the clustered forces split up.The Sun Armies and the Anurian Cavalry cha
Leiu and Seo broke away from the center of the bloody fight. Any nearby soldiers didn’t attack them after seeing Seo’s deadliness. But, the two were able to advance for a bit before the real danger came.Leiu saw a thick black fog spread from the front, but before it could reach them, Seo used [Storm], which blew away the fog.This was only the beginning, however, as a big group of Transcendents attacked.Seo shrouded herself with [Fog Masquerade] while continuously using [Lightning Shock]. Meanwhile, Leiu jumped out of the way of several arrows then raised his greatsword to block an attacker.The Player’s twinblade clashed against Kahra’s Greatsword, but when the Leiu applied more force, the enemy opted to jump back.Leiu couldn’t counterattack as several nimble and quick Players came from all sides.Dark flames wrapped around his blade as slashed at three of them. They tried to defend, but his Sword Essence was too potent, too destructive to block with a skill.Two of them were ki
‘Inos! Something is wrong! Where are you?!’The whispers muddling Leiu’s thoughts were getting louder and clearer, but they sounded like gibberish. An invasive yet powerful energy, one which felt completely alien, was swelling inside of his body. It wasn’t harmful, but Leiu knew this wasn’t something good, especially with Inos not responding.While running toward the Cocoon, he turned his head and saw Frankenstein fight Anne, Seo, and Menhit.‘I’m almost there!’The Cocoon was 200 meters away, at most, and there was nothing in his way. However, that didn’t last long as a swirling shadowy energy, a bit similar to the one used by Seo, materialised right outside the shiny barrier.Leiu stopped dead in his tracks and raised his greatsword to guard. Surprisingly, the new arrival didn’t attack him.With a frown, Leiu looked at the slim and pale-skinned man. He recognized him.“It is not too late to turn around and leave, Leiu.”“Why are you here?”Vins solemnly stared at Leiu, “I’m afraid t
Radiant Paladin Barand, James Silverheart, and General Hector were able to fight and kill a third of the Transcendents. The rest escaped to safety. After all, Players had to be out-of-combat for a short amount of time before they could use skills that teleported them to safety.Basically, the Transcendents were done risking their lives and opted to retreat. It wasn’t fighting for any longer, especially not against three ‘Bosses’ simultaneously.“I’m good… good!”Hector was barely able to stand. His body was riddled with wounds and his complexion was deathly pale.Barand cast a Healing Spell on him, but it wasn’t enough to recover from relatively serious wounds.The three had no time to chat. They joined the main fight, which was getting worse by the minute. The main issue was Frankenstein’s Necromancy spell, which remained active even after he left.It was a true nightmare. Any person who was killed would rise again and attack. Simply put, the Weiji Alliance had to kill the enemy twic
“Agh!”Frankenstein was on the cusp of reaching Leiu only for two more people to intervene.Menhit’s spear came arching downwards, hitting a barrier made of fog. The blinding Divine Essence alone was hurting the Lich.[Soul Grasp]The Elder Lich clawed at the air, in the Goddess’ direction, making her stumble and almost fall on the ground. She clutched her chest, more Divine Power emitting from her body in resistance to the Undead’s spell.Anne rushed from the side, Estoc in hand. She had crawled her way out of that illusory world, but not without sustaining a scary amount of injuries. Her movements were sluggish and slow, and her Sword Essence was weak.Despite that, she stabbed her Estoc toward the Elder Lich. Her attack, albeit weak and incapable of hurting the enemy, did break its concentration from Menhit.The Elder Lich blasted Anne with its miasma, but the young vampire was able to cut through it with what little strength she had left. With trembling arms, Anne raised her Esto
TITLE(S) : Invincible / A life in the blink of an Eye / Bounty Hunter/Goblin Slayer / Blight Extinguisher / Corrupted Justice / Adjudicator(M) (801/310)/ Blight Harbinger / Puzzle Solver / Dungeon Crawler / Against the Fate / Evil Crusher / False Human(U) / Godslayer(U) / Child of Darkness(Mythical) / Sword Saint Level: 698(50%) Class: Dark Knight(Legendary) / Night Adjudicator (Quasi-Legendary) - Strength: 11120 Intelligence: 5541 Agility: 10801 Wisdom: 3001 Vitality: 12771 Dexterity: 10029 Resistance: 999 Attack : 25600-27800 Defense: 23200-25400 - - - - Health: 31516/31516 Mana: 9664/9664 Stamina: 25065/25065 -- Parry rate (15%) Crit Chance : 20% Crit Damage : 195% - 20% Magic damage reduction. +5% bonus Experience - Courageous Soul (Passive) (Epic): Gain 10 Health every level up. Can only be used by Tank classes. - Buff 'Shadows(Inactive)' : At night or in shadows, you deal 50% more damage ; this buff can be stacked if you mount 'Milkan' every day. (
With the Headless Soldier and the Elder Lich either dead or gone, Leiu turned his attention to Vins but only for a brief moment.The slender man, supporting himself with a cane, didn’t look scared or regretful. Vins expected the Dark Knight to attack him as well, but that didn’t happen, surprisingly. He saw him transform into a bolt of darkness, speeding away toward the main battlefield.Within less than a minute, Leiu was there, looking at the two fighting armies, still killing each other.Before he did anything, the Dark Knight took a deep breath and gathered his Primordial Darkness. He knew that trying to stop them with words wouldn’t work, so he resorted to a more extreme measure.The battle was in the Weiji Alliance’s favor, but Leiu didn’t want to continue seeing them slaughter each other. The real enemies were out there, waiting for an opportune moment to strike. The less people were there to defend this land, the worse it was going to be for everyone.[Child of Darkness]Lik
The next day.“I heard you’re leaving. Do what you have to do and then come to Rachdale. There are important matters to discuss.”“Rachdale?”Leiu looked at the handsome man, leader of the Renaissance Guild. Emperor had come to him before he departed for the Pixie Kingdom along with Anne.The Weiji Alliance was still recovering, and though there was some objection, Menhit declared that they would temporarily stay in the Blackened Plateau.“Yes. Even now, the System still wants the Players to kill you. I have many things to reveal to you but this isn’t the right place to do that. And, to make things clear, we are not with the Earth Coalition.”Although confused by the man’s vague answer, Leiu simply nodded his head.He glanced at the clear sky, on which hung the waxing Red Moon. Soon… very soon, the Hell Gate was going to open.The gears of chains were in full motion. This brief war was only the beginning.“The Imperials are retreating to the capital. If the Council is not entirely st
Outside of Black Mountain City“The Red Moon hasn’t changed.”Vins remarked as he looked to the sky. “I thought you’ll come back once it is time.”“I didn’t want to come fetch you at the last second. Plus, it won’t be long before the Hell Gate appears.”Vins didn’t argue back, he solemnly nodded once. Although his relationship with Leiu was bad, there was no need to provoke him at any given opportunity.They were enemies, and the fact that Leiu actually came back to get him meant that, to some extent, his words had convinced him a bit, at least enough to let him come along.“In the meantime, we’re going after Void Rifts. I trust you don’t mind?”“I said I will help.”“Good.”…One week laterAstriaThe Phantom Ocean (South-West of Weiji)Amidst the raging and haunted waters, there was a sky-piercing and unshakable spire that was unaffected by the ten-feet high waves crashing into it.The spire was relatively big and ominous, even at a glance. It was pitch-black, merging with the dark
Leiu spent quite a long time in the Studying Room. Unfortunately, the available information about the Reverie Comos was lacking and unsatisfactory. It just told him what he already knew: The Reverie Cosmos was a separate plane of existence in Mundus, not unlike the Harrowing. It was accessible only to those with ‘high’ spiritual energy, which was simply not enough to go on.Although, even if Leiu knew how to enter it, he wouldn’t go there, at least not now.There were much more pressing matters than delivering Lost Witch to the Reverie Cosmos. The Hell Gate was about to open and he needed to be there when it did. Once he was done with his pondering, Leiu went to talk to Sumbus Darrar.“So?”The old man was in the ‘Living Room’, gobbling down the delicious feast without a care in the world.After wiping his oily lips, the Necromancer awkwardly laughed,“Her name is Emilia. She told me she doesn’t remember what happened… only that you killed her and then she woke up after we killed
“It’s over…”The Elven Chevalier had a look of relief and fatigue on her face. She kept holding on her blade as she stared at Tenebris.Unlike her, he looked absolutely miserable. Whether it was his dirt-covered pale-face, his sweaty and greasy hair, his trembling and bloodied hands, or his shredded clothes.“Hold on. I’ll heal you.”With slow steps, she approached him, unaware that a tiny pit of flesh crawled on the ground and leapt at her arm.“Watch out!”Tenebris saw it first, but his warning came too late. Kusomi, panicking a bit, tried to the flesh but it dug into her skin and then went inside her body.Her body instantly flashed with a silver light, an attempt to use overwhelming energy to force out the worm-like flesh.“Ah…”Kusomi fell to her knees and let go of her estoc, her body convulsing and her mouth coughing blood. The light emitting from her body grew dim and then disappeared.As her body wobbled and then fell to the side, the elf- with all the strength she could mus
[User, there is an increasing fluctuation of energy from the g-]Eva’s voice turned into silence, but more surprising was the abrupt change of environment.Sumbus, Leiu, and Voido, were standing in an endlessly dark world, but the ‘Darkness’ was completely different from the norm. It wasn’t Primordial Darkness or simply an overabundance of Darkness energy. This was something else entirely.Before anyone could speak, innumerable lightning bolts pierced through the ‘darkness’, shattering like glass and revealing an empty space not unlike space itself.There were star wars that were far, far away, but most noticeably, the majority of them were caught one supernova after the other.Leiu and Sumbus felt immense dread as an overwhelming pressure assaulted them, locking them into that empty space. Leiu tried to use the Darkness to protect himself but, surprisingly, it wouldn’t come out. It seemed unresponsive and ineffective as if something was sealing it away.Sumbus fared even worse as h
4 days laterSouth of WeijiThe Dead Marshes[The Control Command is 350 meters North-East of your current location]Thanks to Eva’s precise instructions, it wasn’t particularly hard to find the quest’s destination.Leiu was still in a gloomy mood, but he persevered and didn’t waste time staying in the manor.He was accompanied by the Void Incarnate and Sumbusu Darrer, respectively User #3 and #4 of System Epsilon.As it turned out, Eva, after asking them, had integrated the System into them. Only after the fact was Leiu made aware of that. [Title: Void Fragment(E) User #3: VoidoLevel: 835(2%)Class: ????-Strength: 9999Intelligence: 13999Agility: 9999Wisdom: 29999Vitality: 39999Dexterity: 9999-Attack: 19999-29999Defense: 59999-69999-Health: 99999/99999Mana: 29999/29999Stamina: ????/????-30% damage reduction against physical attacks60% damage reduction against magical attacks-Skills: Elemental Magic(Passive/Active MaxLv) - Transformation(Active/Passive MaxLv) - Voi
“Huff… huff..”Leiu was gasping for air aboard the ship’s deck. Anne was hugging him, relieved that he made it out alive.Sumbus was also sitting down, his complexion paler than usual. Before returning to the surface, Leiu closed the Void Rift with the Primordial Darkness. He had less than 20% health remaining and his mind was still befuddled.“I’m… okay, Anne.”“Drink this.”She forced him to drink three Health Potions, which did help with the physical wounds.“Leiu.”The Mermaid Queen stood a couple of feet away. Her heavy injuries notwithstanding, she was faring relatively well, at least better than him.[Lanna ‘Mermaid Queen’(Race: Astral Mermaid)(World Boss ‘S): Lv1027][Health: 220,729/1,500,000]“Lanna…”Leiu scrutinized her, noticing some similarities with the mermaid he had met in the past.Lanna had grown more mature and, clearly, considerably stronger. Admittedly, she and Leiu weren’t the best friends, but they did help each other in the ‘past’.“We could’ve killed Him.”
Tenebris sat up and proceeded to wear his bloodied and dirty clothes back.‘I’ll be damned. You actually went through with it. I’m impressed, Tenebris.’While pretending as if he didn’t hear the voice, Tenebris looked to the side. Kusomi also properly sat up and stoically looked at him.“It hurt a bit. Other than that… it wasn’t anything special.”‘Hear that, dumbass? No chance you’re getting laid a second time.’After being pressed by the voice, Tenebris eventually relented and had sex with Kusomi. It wasn’t anything dramatic, and from beginning to end, it barely lasted an hour.Although he got to enjoy the soft body of a beautiful elf, Tenebris wasn’t that happy. He had hoped the two of them would ‘feel’ differently amidst the action and pleasure, but no such thing happened.The virgin elf was inexperienced, so he took the lead, but having sex like that didn’t really mean anything. At least not to him. He should have trusted his gut and refused, but feeble hope and lust persuaded hi
With the help of the Dark Archmage’s spell, Leiu and Anne were able to dive underwater and breathe. The Void Incarnate, which wasn’t even a living creature, simply jumped down and transformed into somesort of a hideous hammerhead shark.Leiu really wanted to question it as it never said it could change its appearance, but now wasn’t the time.The four swam deeper and deeper until the Void Rifts were in sight. They let out ominous purple glows, all haphazardly scattered everywhere.Albeit not at full speed, Leiu was able to swiftly reach them and used Primordial Darkness to forcefully close them down. Oddly enough, no Voidspawn came out to attack him. Only Void Riftss were present, which, rather than fortunate, felt like a bad omen.Thus, as they kept descending closer and closer to the seafloor, Leiu got rid of any Void Riftss in the way. It was a tedious but not overly-taxing process.Eventually, however, they reached the two, aforementioned, big Void Riftss. They were massive, but
“When is the Hell Gate going to open?”After talking with Elena and the rest, Leiu left Black Mountain City altogether. He looked at his newest companion, the fearful Sumbus Darrar.Startled, the old Necromancer looked at the red moon hanging in the sky. Night has yet to fall, but the moon stuck out like a store thumb. It was still waxing, albeit at a very slow speed.“Two weeks, at most.”“And where’s the gate?”“I… I can only locate it when it is about to open.”As he saw the suspicious stare of the Dark Knight, Sumbus vigorously nodded his head while waving his hands around. “I swear, Dark Knight! I do not dare lie to you!”Seeing how the old man behaved, it was hard to think of him as the one from the legends. He was like an obedient dog, following Leiu and doing everything asked of him.In fact, he was sensible enough to notice Leiu’s relationship with Anne, so he treated the Vampire with the utmost politeness and respect.[User, a suggestion: Eliminate the Administrator in-]‘I