Chapter 31_ Great Magician (5)

His mood turned sour due to their interruption, causing Lexus to coldly look at them.

"There's no mistake about it. He looks the same in the forum."

"Then if we kill that NPC, I guess having a legendary item will no longer be a dream, right?"

Lexus narrowed his gaze when he heard that. Though he wasn't afraid, he didn't like it at all. After all, no one would like to be treated as a mob that drops items after being killed.

"But not even hundreds of thousand players were able to stop him, are we really gonna do this?"

"Idiot! Why worry about that. Those noobs were all below level 50. While we from my Yak Guild were over level 200."

Hearing the words Yak Guild, Lexus looked at the player who had said those words. Looking at the heavy armored player, Lexus murmured.

"If he's from Yak Guild, then I guess that should be Bubat, right?"

Bubat was a ranker on 25th in the unified rankings. He combined bold judgments and powerful CC to be called Satisfy's best initiator. The battlefield was always favorable to his allies when he was fighting in the lead.

With a roar, he took the lead and fearlessly rushed towards Lexus. The rare hidden class, Crusher. Just like its name, the Crusher class was designed to shatter formations. He used the 'Unconditional' skill to rush within 3m of the target and used CC combos to instantly destroy the enemy.

However he was surprised that nothing worked. His eyes widened as he met Lexus' cold eyes staring at him without any sign of vigilance. Bubat knew, that look didn't saw him as a threat at all.

"Bull Headbutt!"

Bull Headbutt was the Crusher's unique skill and had a higher concept than normal Blink magic. He leapt through space itself, so he could approach the target no matter what obstacles were in his way.

Kung!

Bubat emerged in front of Lexus and used a skill at the same time. He bent his waist. Then his hard forehead hit Lexus. The young legend saw it but didn't move and simply allowed the attack.

[You have dealt 1,130 damage to the target.]

[The target will become rigid for 0.3 seconds.]

[The target has resisted.]

'Resisted?'

While Bubat was being confused, Lexus thought.

'I wonder. Their level is definitely higher than mine so why am I not afraid of fighting them? Why am I not reluctant of fighting them? Why am I even looking forward of figthing them? Why?'

As Bubat linked another skill, Lexus realized why. He had realized at this moment that he liked the battlefield...He even admitted to himself, internally, that he might become a battle junkie in the future.

The world around Lexus flowed very quietly, as if it had been paused, even though Thought Acceleration hadn't been activated yet. Without Bubat having the chance to react, he pulled a sheathed red sword that emerged from Lexus' back.

The first strike.

His arm moved before he even intended to. With a light swing, he cut the arms of Bubat in half. The player who had been trying to find a gap in Lexus's defenses with a sense of urgency due to his ominous feeling.

[The title effect of 'One Who Met the Martial God' has increased the critical hit damage.]

Within 0.000001 seconds of his swing, his sword energy flashes black causing the destructive power of the strike to be equal to the power of 2.

Crack!

From a single blow he wasn't able to react, shock filled Bubat's eyes.

[You have suffered a devastating damage.]

[You have suffered 3,100,000 damage.]

[You have died.]

'Wha—'

If a ranker received damage from a damage dealer with a level in the mid-200s, they would suffer around 3,000 damage. Yet this was more than three million damage? In addition, this was the damage without using a skill?

'I knew I had reinforced my body with mana to be more durable, but the next thing I knew, my entire arm and shoulder had been sliced away.'

Unable to process what had just happened, Bubat turned away from the grey light. Without giving the grey light another thought, Lexus continued.

The second strike.

With his fast movement speed due to his high agility, coupled with the benefits of the enhanced agility thanks to the golden ratio, he stabbed the heart of the player who had been looking at his back. Then, Lexus swung his sword forward.

Clang!

[Critical]

[The title effect of 'One Who Met the Martial God' has increased the critical hit damage.]

[You have dealt 3,100,000 damage to the target.]

"Guh…! What was that black light just now?"

Ignoring the player that immediately turned into grey lights, Lexus swiftly slashed at the back of another player without looking, Lexus hit the target who had been frozen by the shock in his mind.

Clash!

[The title effect of 'One Who Met the Martial God' has increased the critical hit damage.]

[You have dealt 3,100,000 damage to the target.]

The third strike.

Without missing a beat, Lexus swung his still sheathed sword vertically and easily sliced another player like butter. Four, five, six, seven strikes…Lexus' sword moved without stopping. His sword's movements were clean, precise, and above all, beautiful.

As he spread his perception with his heightened senses because of Super Sensitivity, his head was cool as ice. He was able to see what he should do next without much thought. It wasn't impossible. It wasn't difficult. He just had to do it. His mind turned blank while his sword moved on its own, without any conscious thought.

[A trait of transcendence, has been established.]

[You are recognized by the Martial God and your mind transcends the body. As a legend who had forged your path, it is the ultimate attainment to go through countless battles of life and death experiences.]

[You are developing as a legend who no one has ever been able to come close to in this era.]

[The special stat 'fighting spirit' is opened!]

[Fighting Spirit]

[Additional stats will be given when fighting strong opponents. The opponent's stats will decrease when fighting against a weaker opponent.

* Every time fighting spirit increases by one point, your Strength, Stamina, Agility and Intelligence are increased by 0.05% when fighting strong opponents.

* The higher the number, the higher the effect.

* Stat points can't be distributed to this stat.]

As Lexus was surprised once again, notifications continued to appear.

[You are stronger than the opponent.]

[The stat 'fighting spirit' has caused the enemies' stats to drastically drop.]

The eyes of the players shook, refusing to believe the spectacle unfolding before them. Suddenly, Lexus experienced enlightenment. His movements became smoother as he continued to fight. They became cleaner and his attacks became deeper.

Left.

Kwajak!

Right.

Kwajajak!

Left again.

Kwa kwang!

Then so on....

Lexus moved so fast that only afterimages were left behind. His strength and agility stats that were in golden ratio started to work in perfect harmony.

'How high is his agility?'

In fact, it wasn't just a matter of agility. High speed that couldn't be controlled was akin to having a pearl necklace around a pig's neck. But the infamous White Reaper was in complete control of the speed that transcended common sense.

Anyone looking at him was likely to feel dizzy. The guild members who have magician classes tried casting magic in order to limit Lexus' movements.

A player hurriedly exclaimed, "Use the spells in your orb!"

They could use the spells stored in their orbs without any casting. But the magicians were reluctant to use it. It was a last resort. Now it was time to use their last resort.

Pepeng! Pepepepeng!

Kwajik! Kwajijijik!

Magics with all types of attributes immediately appeared and aimed for Lexus but he ignored all the magic and with his speed alone, he immediately disappeared from the players' view. Though the magic skills of the players hit him as he didn't bother to dodge, Lexus murmured softly that only him can hear.

"Not enough damage to bother me at all."

Lexus currently had 51,000 health and Lexus regenerates at least 385 health per second. Even if his health was reduced, it will only recover without being completely depleted as Lexus had high defenses together with the effect of Indomitable stat.

"Hyyst, we can stand here all day and you'd never beat me."

Lexus muttered but no one heard it.

Some of the players here had their names on the Unified Rankings, or were rankers for short. Some were even semi-rankers. Skilled people who challenged rankers. A ranker is the name given to the strongest players among the billions of people playing in Satisfy.

People dreamt of being a ranker and in reality, semi-rankers were already plenty strong. Some even said a few of them were stronger than actual rankers and there were many semi rankers and rankers right in front of him so some immediately knew what they had to do. A magician player used detection magic.

"…Eh?"

Sweat trickled down his cheek. The detection magic was telling him that the White Reaper was behind his back.

Suuk.

A blunt scabbard aimed towards his neck but the air split in half explosively without any resistance. The player was easily beheaded by the sheath held by the Sword Saint.

'What kind of strength…!'

The player was shocked; he couldn't catch up as the world spun around him.

Unknown to Lexus, many players who had been logged off by him, greatly regretted messing with him for no reason. Well, they weren't the only ones; there were still more to come and follow their lead in having the same kind of regret.

Believing this was a good opportunity to test something he recently acquired, Lexus unleashed his overwhelming magic power. An abundant amount of magic power filled his body.

"Eek…!"

The faces of the guild members turned white. The strong magic power felt like steel crushing their bodies.

"What? He's not a swordsman?"

A player exclaimed. The White Reaper in front of them was releasing a strong magic power that surrounded his body, which made the players think that he is one of the 10 great magicians on the continent.

Magic Missile.

It's a basic spell that level 10 magicians who just started the game could learn. Deals damage equivalent to 5% of the magician's current magic power to the target and the resource consumption is only 20 Mana.

The weak spell pierced through and struck the chest of the player in Lexus' sight. In the white light of the condensed magic missile, sparks of black appeared upon contact.

[The title effect of 'One Who Met the Martial God' has increased the critical hit damage.]

….

[You have suffered...]

[You have died.]

Seeing their companion died with just a simple spell, the level 200+ players widened their eyes. As they were in a party system, they saw the amount of damage that their guild master Bubat and guild members suffered.

"What the hell!!"

"Just basic attacks and magic missile?"

They were confused. The amount of damage was something they could only dream of achieving.

「 I am a legend. I am omnipotent. Trivial beings like you can never imagine, let alone understand me. It is normal. 」

Lexus then heard Braham's excited voice, claiming credit for what he had just done. Lexus didn't mind; he agreed that he could take credit for it. The spell had been originally created by Braham.

The only thing that made Lexus sigh was that it consumed more mana than Pagma's Sword Dance, Link before evolving in to Great Swordsman Pagma's Sword Dance, Link. A beginner level spell consumed mana that was equal to a legendary skill.

His recovers 3.575% of his maximum mana per second which solved his worries about mana consumption. What made the Magic Missile (Enhanced) especial was that unlike the normal magic missile that only deals 5% of the caster's magic power, the Magic Missile (Enhanced) deals damage that is double to his magic power which is 200% and ignores magic resistance of the target.

For short, it boasts tremendous power incomparable if compared to the normal magic missile, but consumes a lot of resources.

[Critical!]

[You have died.]

Another player died and turned into grey lights. This time it wasn't because of the magic missile, it was because of a streak of a purple lightning.

Shock Bolt.

It is one of the other most basic spells that level 10 magicians could learn. Deals damage equivalent to 8% of the magician's current magic power to the target and the resource consumption is only 30 Mana.

What made the spell better than magic missile was that it can inflict the abnormal status stun for 0.2 seconds making the target incapable of moving for a short amount of time. However, for the enhanced magic, the spell Lexus casted wasn't just a simple shock bolt.

[Shock Bolt (Enhanced) - Lv. 1]

[A shock bolt developed by the legendary great magician who has completely overturned the activation formula.

It boasts tremendous power, but consumes a lot of resources.

Calls a bolt of lightning to strike an enemy unit, causing damage and a paralysis effect. It deals damage equal to 2.5 times of your current magic power to the target. It also ignores the enemy's magic resistance.

*Target will be paralyzed for 2 seconds.

Resource Consumption: 500 Mana.

Skill Casting Time: 1 second.

Skill Cooldown Time: 10 seconds.]

"Da*n it...He's a monster!"

"He isn't even chanting the spells at all!"

Hearing their curses, Lexus inwardly chuckled. With the chant nullification effect of his upgraded legendary skill, Great Sage, Lexus didn't need to mention anything to activate it. With this effect, not even the disadvantage of being Pagma's Successor and having to constantly say the names of his sword dance skills hindered him at all.