3 Ending the Quest
[Player Zeke Elwood's Current Attributes:]
[Health: 1,063]
[Mana: 858]
[Strength: 19]
[Speed: 19]
[Intelligence: 29]
[Endurance: 26]
[Luck: 17]
[Beginning Transmission]
"Why does the quests have to always involve goblins?" Zeke asked as he made his way to the location of his next opponent.
The day is about to end and, he thought it would be best to finish another quest before he goes to sleep. He'd probably need the extra experience points after all. As he found his next opponent, he used his newly bought skill that allows him to see the basic information of his enemies.
Unlike the first two fights, this enemy is heavily guarded by smaller goblins. Plus, they also aren't inside any enclosed space so, the poison would be easy to avoid. That's why he expanded the area of the poison even more. He began by buying a skill named [Spell Detonation].
[Skill Name: Spell Detonation]
[Rank: F]
[Skill Type: Active]
[Mana Consumed: 10]
[Information: Allows the caster to delay the activation of another spell. This will happen on the area marked by the detonation.]
Through this, Zeke can enclose my enemy inside an area filled by poison clouds.
"Even if this Goblin Commander is a strong monster, it won't last if I just fill a large area with my Poison Cloud." Zeke thought to himself. Plus, he is confident because there's another skill backing up this first one.
[Skill Name: Poison Brewer]
[Rank: F]
[Skill Type: Passive]
[Mana Consumed: None]
[Information: The owner of this skill amplifies all poisonous attacks by 5%. The percentage goes up with the rank of the skill.]
After finishing his preparations, he began activating the skills, making sure that the goblins are already fast asleep when he did.
"Poison Cloud." Zeke began by placing three layers of poison cloud within the area where the commander is. After this, he ran out of range and activated the next phase of his plan.
"Detonate." He said, which made the poison clouds around to start getting thicker and thicker.
Because of his minimap, he can see every enemy that is within range. There is a green layer enclosing multiple red dots – around fifty to be exact. You'd expect nothing less from a Goblin General. Then, there are two large red dots with one of these coming towards his direction.
He smiled as he looked at the dots dying out one by one. As this happened, one of the big red dots, the one which isn't moving much, also disappeared. This is followed by the other big red dot which slowed down little by little until, it also went out of the radar.
After all the red dots finally disappeared, Zeke dove into his skill, raising [Lesser Poison Resistance's] rank in the process. He thought how he might need to fight within the poison cloud in the next trials and so, he needs to make sure that he'll survive in the process.
[Poison Cloud has ranked up from E- to E.]
[Poison Cloud has ranked up from E to E+.]
[Poison Cloud has ranked up from E+ to D-]
[Lesser Poison Resistance has ranked up from F+ to E-.]
[Lesser Poison Resistance has ranked up from E- to E.]
[Lesser Poison Resistance has ranked up from E to E+.]
Zeke began having difficulty in breathing again. This time however, he felt a little bit better. The burning sensation is still there but, instead of magma flowing inside his body, it felt more like acid, the really strong kind. This is due to [Lesser Poison Resistance] and his [Endurance] attribute kicking in.
[You leveled up! You are now level 20.]
[12 skill points are given as reward.]
[12 attribute points are given as reward.]
Zeke finally went out of the Poison Cloud, seeing how his health has now fallen below half. Then, as he tried refocusing on his surroundings, the other game notices appeared.
[Congratulations! You have cleared the Third Trial.]
[Fourth Trial: Eliminate the Goblin Shaman.]
[Congratulations! You have cleared the Fourth Trial.]
[Fifth Trial: Eliminate the Ravage Wolves.]
"Wait what?" Zeke went and viewed the details on the quests. It turns out that, within the area that he surrounded with [Poison Cloud] is also the area where the fourth objective is.
"That explains why there are two large dots." He thought to himself.
With all of this happening, he felt the tiring first day of the trial finally take its toll. He bought another skill which detects nearby enemies before he went to sleep. Then, just like this, the strongest gamer on earth cleared four trials in a single day.
…
…
…
"Okay, what should I start with." He said to himself, looking as to where he should spend all the attribute points and the skill points that he collected.
The events last night have given him an idea. If it works then, he may just be able to clear the remaining trials in a single day.
"Well, that is if all the trials are connected to monsters that are inside the forest." He thought to himself.
Zeke began by eating more fruits. This time, he knows what is edible due to the analysis skill he bought. Plus, he bought a skill that enabled him to fly. This made maneuverability around the forest even easier for him.
This is also the first time that he got a view of what the world outside the forest looked like and, honestly, there wasn't much to see as the whole forest is actually in the middle of the sea meaning…Zeke wasn't sent to a forest, he was sent to an isolated island.
The only reason he didn't see the ocean is because, the area he was dropped to is actually in the middle of the island. The area itself is covered by a thick group of trees. Meaning, you won't be able to know that you're in an island unless you get out.
Zeke didn't stay in the air for long. He dropped back into where he flew from as, the mana consumption of [Fly] is actually a lot.
"I'll need to start at the edges. Then make another layer inside the forest." He thought to himself, as he placed the [Detonate] versions of his [Poison Cloud] near the edges of the island.
He continued this for the whole day, raising the rank of both [Detonate] and [Poison Cloud] in the process. On the third day, he did the same, covering the middle part of the forest with his skills until, he finally finished on the night of the third day.
"Let's see how this works out shall we." He said detonating the whole set of poison skills as he floated up in the air. Together with this skill is another passive that he bought.
[Skill Name: Darkness Veil]
[Rank: F]
[Skill Type: Passive]
[Mana Consumed: None]
[Information: Strengthens the caster's skills and physical abilities as night comes. The rank goes up with every activity that the caster undertakes during the night.]
Currently, [Poison Cloud] is already on rank C with Zeke having a hard time strengthening the skill further. After all, the number of usages of a skill before it ranks up also gets bigger along the way. Hence, he is stuck with a rank C poison but, with [Darkness Veil] in effect, and with [Poison Brewer] also working its way, he is sure that every monster inside the forest would die before the night ends.
"This doesn't even pose as a real challenge." He told himself, bored of the fact that the game got easier as he went along.
Soon enough, his whole minimap is covered by a green color with red dots both small and big appearing on it. There are even dots bigger than the ones he has seen thus far.
"Those must be the real bosses." He told himself, watching these dots continually move while he hovers safely from the sky.
Soon after, the small dots died one by one. This happened faster than it did on the first day and, he knew that this is because of all the skills he had which ranked up along the way. This is followed by the bigger dots dying out.
If you think about it, from the perspective of the monsters, there is some weirdo who suddenly thought of committing genocide on the island. Its not just the monsters that are dying after all, even the animals and the trees are all dying from the poison.
Just as Zeke thought of how easy things are going, a rock came flying at his direction, forcing him to dodge as more of them came.
"Ohh so something survived that?" He said as he saw one of the boss-looking dots resist dying from the poison. Where is that thing? He said, moving down to the forest as he followed the direction of where the rocks were thrown from.
"Damn that's huge." Zeke said, seeing a monster wearing an armor appear. It's much bigger than the Goblin General and it looked nothing like your regular goblin. It looked more like an orc and, a really strong one at that.
[Name: Mu'll Thas'rak]
[Species: Orc]
[Specification: Orc Lord]
[Rank: D]
[Health: 20,000]
[Mana: 10,000]
Zeke saw the monstrous amount of hp almost being completely depleted but then, it stopped, making him think that there must be a bug in the system.
"Why isn't it dying?" He said to himself. Then, as if the monster noticed him, it rushed at his direction, picking up its sword which is its real weapon.
"F*ck." Zeke remarked as he dodged out of the monster's range.
"I take back what I said, the game developers actually did a better job than I expected." Zeke thought to himself, smiling as he used another spell.
As he flew around, the Orc Lord continued trying to hit him. However, Zeke managed to dodge every blow and, as he finished placing enough spells, he made another one, a small fireball as he floated higher into the air.
"This might be too much but, meh." He said, shooting the fireball into the Orc Lord.
The flame grew in an instant, being fueled by the earlier spells that Zeke released which are actually three activations of [Combustion Air].
He saw the flame consume the Orc Lord who kept on screaming. However, he worried about the fact that it is still standing. But this didn't last long. Soon enough the Orc got consumed by the flames, creating a forest fire as the winds blew the flames into every direction.
After every red dot finally got removed from the map, multiple notifications appeared in front of Zeke. The final set being:
[You have successfully completed all the trials with earning a rank of SSS.]
[You will now be transported to the Council Room of the Three Main Deities.]
