“Noir.”Asther summoned his weapon which came out exactly where he wanted it to. The whole process still felt strange to Asther. Especially because he has been used to assembling his sniper rifle right before he kills someone. Not adding the fact that he also needs to make sure that this weapon is well secured and hidden in order for his cover to not be blown.These worries do not exist anymore because of how magic works in the world of Jhinn. That is why the necromancer also found it funny that it is this way. If he was in earth, something like this would not be possible at all. And now this begs the question of whether or not Jhinn is actually a pre-evolved world or, if it’s just that the people have learned to live so comfortably with their magic that technology never progressed much – Asther thinks it’s the latter.“Why are we up this early exactly?” Asther’s weapon asked as soon as he brought it out.“Oh don’t whine would you? It’s not that early.”“Not that early? Do you even kn
Asther already knows a lot of what he needs to about high ogres. Just like every monster that he has come across in this world, the necromancer would not engage a fight completely clueless. Even in a surprise fight, the necromancer would find a way in order to make sure that he at least has a certain level of understanding of his opponent before actually engaging in the real battle. That is the kind of person Asther is and, it is because of this personality of his that the necromancer is also able to dodge a lot of dangerous situations as well.With this being said, the necromancer already knows a lot about the high ogres. He knows that these creatures are capable of using complex and strong spells. At the same time, they have a thick skin which adds to their defense. Making it difficult for regular attacks to wound them. Of course this isn’t as strong as the defensive capability of golems and the other monsters in the canyon but, at the same time, this isn’t something to be trifled w
Asther began the preparations needed for the fight right away. As soon as he summoned the high ogres, he snapped his fingers, indicating that they should begin their transformation into bloodbornes.There are a total of ten high ogres that Asther is able to salvage. And, since this is the number of high ogres that he has, the transformation of these undead into bloodbornes isn’t that taxing for his mana pool. There is a certain threshold that has been depleted of course but, this only goes beyond half by a little. That is why it is something that is still acceptable where the said parameters are concerned.Plus, there’s the fact that Asther is wearing items that regenerates his dark mana for him. As soon as he depleted his dark mana, he took the ones on these items to bring his mana back to full. Taking away the slight inconvenience altogether. This is how strong the necromancer is.“You really thought this through didn’t you?” Noir commented as soon as Asther finished.“Of course I d
What surprised the necromancer the most about the attack is the recoil that it created. As soon as Asther fired, his whole body is pushed back by the blow. This is how strong the first round is and, the firepower that came didn’t fail to deliver as well.The missile flew towards the intended direction. Filled with an immense amount of dark mana and strengthened further by the skill that Asther added unto it. This same projectile reached the ground in not less than two seconds and, as soon as it made impact, this is the effect that came after.A large blast of dark mana expanded on the ground right away. Creating a dome of spiraling wind that is colored by the darkness and the crimson of the domain. The earth shook and the tremors are enough to almost make Asther lose his balance. Yet he didn’t.Asther fired the second shot from his canon. Almost as if the first shot didn’t impress him at all. And this might just be the case. After all, why would he be impressed if he already expected
“Alright, what do we have here?”Asther looked at the number of things that he gained in the fight. In actuality, it cannot even be called as a fight because of the way things happened. There is no difficulty in winning on the part of the necromancer. Things came to him so easily that, he doesn’t even think that any of the monsters of the canyon would pose a threat to him anymore. That is, aside from the actual guardians of the canyon of course.These would be the real deal. The real dangers to the mission which has a slim chance of spicing things up for him. Butt he isn’t betting on this too much as well. All because he knows that these same monsters would be a lot weaker when he finally faces them.Asther is sure of this because, he will receive a lot of new missions along the way. He will clear a lot of these as well. The necromancer will continue generating these missions like crazy and finishing them in the most optimal way possible. Making him a threatening wielder of the system
An atomic bomb. A bomb that breaks atoms and uses them to break down the atoms of all those nearby. Even if someone is not directly hit by the explosion, the wave that it creates is enough tot burn a person down. And the same is true with the chemicals that it fills the air with right after.All of these variables are the reasons why the said bombs are infamous. These are feared all around earth and, there is not a single person who’d be able to stand straight and face it once it comes. An atomic bomb…this is the kind of thing that Asther now has access to.[Material Name: Belvere Jade][Material Type: Pure Jade][Information: A jade that has been stripped of its deadly toxin, the jade still serves this purpose once a trigger has been used. These are merely dormant within the jades but, once a certain type of switch has been used, these would come to life.][Information: The gas that the jade secretes destroys the air to a molecular degree. It adds its own molecules to that of the mol
[Mission Name: Archaic Forging][Mission Type: Side Quest][Mission Grade: S+][Information: You have been granted the legendary item, a purification jade. This feat alone is not something that anyone could easily achieve and, hence, you are given a mission that is naturally aligned with getting the materials necessary in order to develop such a fine item.]The information handed to Asther by the System felt a bit more different than usual for some reason. No. It’s not for some reason. Asther knows that it’s definitely different and, he also knows who might’ve caused it. This is probably due to one of the gods meddling with the affairs. He isn’t sure if this is really the case of course however, it is also the most logical one that he can think of. That is why he decided to simply stick with this one instead of thinking of anything else.Besides, it’s not like he can allow these thoughts to thrive inside his head rent free. There is a more functionable way to use his brain cells. That
[Mission Three: Tools of Legends][Information: Crafting a material as precious as the purifying jade cannot be done using just some run of the mill materials. This needs to be done with the best of the best that can be offered by the world. Only by using materials of the said caliber will the greatest result ever be achieved.][Requirements: Find materials that are in line with legendary forging and forge items that would be helpful in the metamorphosis of the purifying jade.][Requirement: Use these items in order to create the proper tools needed in order to craft the jade. There is no limit to the number of attempts that can be done. However, since the materials for crafting itself is scarce, it would be difficult to go past ten attempts.]Just like the first two, the third mission that Asther has is also something that contains a lot of problems for him. It’s not like he can simply roam wherever he wants to in order to find the items that he needs. Of course he still needs to sti
[Notice: The quest, Defeat the Forest Guardians have been updated.][Forest Guardians defeated: 2/3]“Well, that’s a surprise.”Asther read this message as soon as he finished clearing up two more monster camps. The necromancer used the same combination that he did earlier on. He used the domain of the high ogre bloodbornes in order for his operation to go unnoticed and, as for the source of damage, Asther made use of something else this time around. He made use of his Direwolves and made these fight against the monsters over and over again.The necromancer did this in order to put a little test into practice. Surely enough, it yielded him positive results. But before we move on to this part of the story, let us first focus on the necromancer’s reaction to the news about his allies.Asther knew that this would happen sooner or later. After all, these are individuals that he trained himself. Apart from this, they are also partially blessed with the system. With the party function apply
The wyvern screamed from the amount of pain it experienced from the attack. This much is acceptable because, after all, it has finally been wounded. The wyvern probably never had any damage all of its life due to its thick scales. But there it is now, finally receiving the first bit of damage after a long time. And it isn’t even a slight scratch at that. The attack that hit it, dug deep into its flesh. Opening up a wound and leaving a burning sensation that drove the creature crazy.It began to flail its body around. The wyvern thrashed the pillars with the wild sweeping of its tail. This is accompanied by the swinging of its arms. Destroying almost the same number of pillars that its tail is capable of.This would’ve been the perfect opportunity to follow up the attack. If not for the fact that the frenzied state of the monster isn’t something that they can easily get close to. Nor would Claire and her allies chose to do so because of how dangerous it all looked. Since the monster is
Blood red wings that seem to burn under the sunlight. Gleaming yellow eyes which pierced through everything it gazes upon. Crystal like claws that are sharp enough to make anyone uncomfortable just from looking at them. Scales that seem sturdier than any outward armor that a golem could ever fathom. A tail long and whip like. With flames coming out of it.This is the full form of the wyvern that Claire’s team needs to face. Fortunately for them, they didn’t die from the attack that the creature made. This is because the saintess shielded them from the blow. Claire made use of her powers. Creating a barrier that can only be mustered by someone as her. A person that has been chosen by one of the deities. She used all of the mana of light that she can borrow from her generous benefactress, creating a type of barrier that can negate a certain amount of damage.Thankfully, it is strong enough to block the entirety of the blow. Breaking just as soon as the breath of flames ended and, leavin
The fight is finally reaching the part where Claire is intending it to reach. The final part. The climax, if it can even be called that. With less than forty enemies needing to be defeated, Claire’s team is now in a position where they can continue the fight with less tension. Of course they still need to focus on taking down all of their enemies but, since there are now less than when they started off with, it removes a lot of the problems that they initially had as well.These including the continuous use of earthquake to change the terrain in their favor. This also includes the fact that they needed to put out flames and magma which, will now be greatly reduced as well. With all of this being said, there is one more problem that can rise for the group. Actually, this is the only real problem and threat for the group. The guardian of the forest and the leader of this group of monsters. The Blood Basilisk.The group doesn’t know that this is the type of basilisk that they need to fac
The fight continued to move in the favor of Claire and her allies. There is nothing that their opponents could do about them anymore. Everything continued moving in the direction that Claire intended it to. Almost as if she has full control of everything that is happening at that moment. But aside from this, there’s also the fact that she’s doing her best in raising her awareness of the whole surroundings. Her level isn’t as good as Asther’s of course. She can never match the level of the necromancer. Nevertheless, she is still on a level which is acceptable. On a level where it can be said that they will not easily lose to the likes of the basilisks that they are facing.“What else do we need to do your highness?” The two soldiers asked as soon as they are finished with their task.“We need to reduce the number of basilisks as quickly as we can. Otherwise, we’d probably go through the same thing again.”As she said this, Claire watched Octavia hold back a total of twenty basilisks al
Just like the camp of the Direwolves, there are at least a hundred rampaging basilisk that are within the nest of the guardian. This much can be expected because it is the nest of the guardian after all. But even if this is so, there is not much difficulty on the part of Claire and her allies. Making them all feel that this is somehow unreal.Sure they don’t have the assistance of Asther’s undead anymore. This allows the basilisks to attack them more freely and adding to the number of the creatures that can come at them. However, the pillars that Parch created, as well as the disfigurement of the ground are enough to make the basilisks have a hard time attacking them.Unlike these monsters, the group isn’t that bothered with the terrain shifting in this manner. By this time they are already used to the tremors created by parch. And while the other thing that it creates is something that is relatively new to the group as well, the fact still remains that they are prepared for it. That
“Hey slowpokes hurry up!”Tyre commented as soon as he killed the first monster. He hasn’t done this before because it is always either Claire or Octavia that makes the first kill. That is why he feels proud of himself for being able to do this. Yet, this pride of his didn’t last long because of the events that happened next.Right as the first basilisk fell, the shadow of a person could be seen on the ground, coming from up high. Some of the basilisks looked towards this direction and saw Octavia. The female knight has already charged her claymore with dark mana. And without a moment of hesitation, she fired this at the basilisks.Five of the creatures are unfortunate enough to make contact with the spell. This isn’t able to kill them because of the same thing that Tyre had trouble with. They have armor that is thicker than normal. Nevertheless, the same attack is able to create an opening on their backs.Octavia isn’t able to make her secondary attack right away since the other basi
[Rampaging Basilisk]This is the class of the monster that Claire and her allies needs to face. They do not have any sort of system analysis which they can use to see the full details of the monsters but, it’s not like they need to. Yes this would help in making the fight more advantageous for them but, as it is, the fight is already going in their favor.Even without seeing what the basilisks are fully capable of, Claire knows the general capabilities of basilisks already. The same is true with her allies. And although there are added features to basilisk that aren’t part of the regular version, this difference would only cause a bit of problem at best. After all, Claire and her allies have their ego weapons which they can use. Weapons that would allow them to win easier in that fight because of the overwhelming strength contained on every weapon.“So, you think we should start the fight already?” Octavia asked.The group is positioned behind a bush. Unlike the other areas of fights
While Asther advanced with his plans on the canyon, his allies also did the same. Claire and the others have wiped out another monster nest during the time that Asther has been away from them. They can only cover this much because, only a day has passed since Asther left. Plus, there is also the fact that Claire is still trying to internalize everything that the necromancer told her. About him being chosen by the god of war who, is a benefactor of the demon lord. And how Asther has been given a mission to kill the same creature disguising himself as the hero.Yet this alone is not enough to make Claire forget her duties to the group. She is still able to lead proficiently. There are a couple of mistakes and errors along the way of course. However, this is not enough to make Claire forget about her duties and responsibilities. Allowing the said mistakes to only be minimal.Right after the hunt, the group went back to camp by foot. This allowed Claire to have time to think. To erase tho