Chapter 204: Storming The Castle [1]

The dark castle, the first time we made it here was a fucking nightmare. There were hundreds of guards, reinforced ballista, and a crack ton of traps don’t get me started on the defenses… This whole place is made from different types of rare materials, which makes able to be resistant to both physical and magical attacks. It’s mostly impossible to reach the top with brute forcing your way, I know cause I tried

[You’re doing this solo?]

He finally arrived on the battlefield whilst he kept hovering around the sky and waited for the event to finally commence. Apart from using his eye to peek at the numbers of the enemy, he swaps his training gear for his armor. He seized the cloth which covers his gift and reveals a blade fully submerged in a frozen state. It glows vibrantly and matches the color of the night sky whilst he gazes at the information concerning his gift

[Northern star – A silver blade engulfed within an unbearable cold that’ll make anyone easily lose their grip. This blade was said to possess a mind of its own, but over time it disappears after having not found a wielder. Though this blade lies sleeping it was said to be forged by a well-known blacksmith and reinforced by a magi craft meister

(Breath of the north) Passive: Every slash I dealt will create the [Shiver] status effect that’ll grow in size. Stackable until it reaches its max stack which is [10]: Once it reaches its maximum stack the enemy will be slowed and they’ll gain a dps frost damage

(Option 1) Frigid arts: The player will be granted access to utilize the sword art within this blade

Cost: 90 mp or 90 chi

Duration: 30 minutes

Cool down: 1 hour

(Option 2) Northern slash: Performs a single attack that will bring forth the wrath of the north and with it the snow. Anything touched by this attack will add five stacks to the weapon’s passive. Anything directly hit will be afflicted by [Freeze]: Slow and briefly stuns the target

Deals 200 magic damage and attack damage

Cost: 140 mp or 140 chi

Range: Vast

(Option 3) True form: This can only be activated once and within its activation, the weapon will awaken. It has no such requirements the only drawback is if you’re seen to be unfit to be its master. Once you’ve been evaluated you can no longer use this sword. If you chose to disobey you’ll receive a penalty every time you choose to use the sword that doesn’t see you as its wielder

Cost: None

Duration: 10 minutes

Judgment: Once the true form has reached its limit you’ll now be evaluated by the blade for your worth

Rarity: Epic (Ego)

Attack damage: 100 (- 80)

Attack speed: – 20

Dexterity: – 40

Weight: Spd – 15

Durability: 100/ 74]

’An ego weapon? It seems that old hag picked a pretty good present when I was about to leave. So your name is Northern star? I don’t know if I can be your master, well it doesn’t matter if you’re not going to approve of me. Now that I’ve mastered the Cromwell arts I can finally make use of Genis’s dagger, so it wouldn’t be a big deal,’

[System: The visual effects within the Rising knight armor are affecting the player’s figure in any way possible]

[Split personality: The current personality has been swapped with file name [Radiant knight]: [Zen Bleightrol] has been summoned and now influences the decision of the player. Its alter ego [Radiant knight] awakened a few seconds later than the controller. Your murderous state has dialed down and you feel that your body is unaffected by your anxiety]

{(Hahahahahaha!!! It’s finally time for our return, justice will never die as long as I remain. Come now Zen let’s prepare for the battlefield and merged with thy original)}

[System: The personality of Zen Bleightrol and Christoper Morris has been merged into a single person… Heroism and the thrust for justice are detected and yet the player doesn’t hesitate to kill. This changes the player from being a chaotic neutral to a person who chaotically does good deeds. The player has been detected to have a mind befitting of a hero… You can no use the effect of the Rising knight armor]

Apart from his personality, his appearance changes from a dreadful demon that hovers to an archangel. His dark and suffocating aura was changed to a vibrant aura that sparkles in the dead of night. He stares back at the field where all the players were ordered by the guild into a formation. One of those people holding a torch that came to be a speck of light in his position was his team. He smiles and he quickly turns back to his mission which leads him to his current challenge

[Time limit: 0 hours: 0 minutes: 10 seconds]

Those last ten seconds felt like a minute and the players below him were shaking in their boots. Some of them were grinning once they heard about the boost of the rewards and a few were loaded with potions. A few players were unfazed and kept their ground without a hint of fear. Different they were all of them had the same goal and that was vanquishing the army of the other side

[System: The time limit has reached its end!!! The barrier which divides the opposing forces are no longer active

Hidden event: The war between the Treasure hunters and Vandrake the corrupt has begun

Mission: Decrease the numbers of the enemy to fill the war gauge, there are a few cases where you can earn a ton of gauge. In this case, if you kill a higher-ranking member of the opposing side you’ll gain a ton of gauge

High-ranking members: Elite, Knight, General, Tactitionist, Aces, Vandrake the corrupt

End: This will either end once 24 hours have passed or the eradication of all the players or someone has claimed the head of Vandrake]

{(Their footing up a good fight, now shall we Mr. Thief? Justice awaits us on our destined journey, we’re fated to battle the enemy lord. Let’s gather the power of the three of us and vanquish thee~)}

He was immediately met by a bunch of flying monster corpses that moves from Vandrake’s will. These creatures weren’t something he ever came to face in this biome which led him to conclude it as a trespasser. Either way, he needs to kill these monsters in hopes of making his way through his goal

“Haste,” In a flash both his body and wings were affected by the boost given by his skill, and he killed those in his way

[Morris there not giving up in this chase… Use the passive ability of my blessing and increase your accuracy]

’Man, it feels like I have some fighter jets up on my tail… They’re getting troublesome, it seems that I need to use a few of my stamina. I call upon the power of the eye which enhances my vision, precision, accuracy, and trajectory. I asked for the power of the eye of a ranger!!!’

Once he enhances his vision, he calls forth his staff and changes into a hand cannon where he charges his spells. In terms of technique, he had the upper hand due to his wings wasn’t damaged compared to his adversaries. He flies up and those that came after him in the front were shredded by the tip of his feather. He descents and fires a volley of magic orbs fully compressed to a single ball and explodes

“Interchangeable Cromwell arts, Piercing jab,” He goes down with a trail of light that came before his enemies and they were filled with a bunch of holes in their body

After he was finished with those mobs that came for his life he notices a different atmosphere that came from the wind. It was getting more and more violent and he feels a shadow that blocks the glow of the artificial moon. In his back was a gigantic monster that was comparable to a mini-boss in terms of its size and power

[System: You’ve come face to face with the mini-boss of the cage biome [Sparreolous the lord of the sky] in its corrupted form. Due to the corruption, its speed has been doubled and it can maneuver very well compared to its minions. We advised you to take caution in this fight, the monster is within its natural habitat which is the sky. Because of that, the monster gains a 30% increase in all of its stats]

There were no such obstacles he could use to escape from this hideous transformation of a monster and all he could only do was fly. He dodges its attack and counters with his own but soon he realizes that he couldn’t land a dent. He needs to go so close to its body but that means that his wing would’ve been damaged in the process. He wasn’t near the castle and this pair of wings was his only ticket to an easy entrance

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