Chapter 17_ Qualification Test (3)
"Great Sage...I'm depending on you, partner."
As he slashed, Lexus said with a smile.
« Undestood. Commencing implementation of optimal strategy. »
Hearing its reply, it reassured him and unhesitatingly leaped forward and thrust his sword.
The tactical conditions for victory. In this situation, they were:
1. Eliminate and massacre them all.
2. Complete his first class quest of the legendary class Undefeated King's Successor.
That was all. Plain and simple. It doesn't matter what the process or the obstacles are. Knowing the greatness of the Undefeated King very well, only success matters.
If it were an ordinary person, it was right for Lexus to be at a disadvantage. That is, if he were an ordinary person. No one would ever think that a single person would take the initiative to seek out trouble against the combined efforts of 100,000 players. After all, this was simply an overestimation of one's own abilities.
However, Lexus dared to do just that because he judged himself that he has sufficient strength after analyzing and confirming the ability of all players involved.
[Strength Augmentation has been activated. Your attack power, defense and movement speed will increase significantly for 20 seconds.]
Then, as the rating of the skill was normal, it was easy to raise its level and with title effect of Peerless Talent, the skill greatly benefitted at this moment.
[The level of Strength Augmentation has risen.]
[All stats related to your skill increase.]
[Strength increased by 10.]
[Stamina increased by 10.]
[Agility increased by 10.]
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[Strength Augmentation - Lv.2]
Rating: Normal
[By willing it, enhances allies for battle, increasing their strength, defense and movement speed.
* Grants a 20% increase in damage, defense and movement speed for 30 seconds.
Skill Resource Consumption: 400 Mana.
Skill Cooldown Time: 100 Seconds.]
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While the performance of his buff skill has just been strengthened, a player yelled loudly which Lexus heard clearly.
"Let's all run together!"
Fifty people rushed at the same time towards someone's words. A user with a dagger in hand and running fast appeared to be a member of the assassin class.
Lexus, who had understood this at a glance, blocked the assassin user's dagger with Brilliance, and when the player was about to move his left hand, he grabbed the Blight of Misery he was holding and stabbed him in the abdomen without mercy.
[You hit the vital point. A critical hit will occur.]
[The user 'Jiboy' was killed.]
Unlike players, NPCs didn't receive any penalties for killing players, and it was a common sight to see some NPCs kill players without any reasonable reason. NPCs were extremely hostile towards them. Every day, new players would be captured by black magicians and warlocks, and they would be experimented on.
Having been kidnapped due to their naivety, stupidity, and greed, the players believed that they were receiving a hidden quest. They did not resist. On the contrary, they even cooperated with their captors. In the end, they discovered that the black magicians intended to cut them into pieces. They even wanted to capture their souls and research the secret behind their immortality.
This caused many players to experience such grief that they preferred death over continuing to play. Some of them began committing suicide, while others were captured by NPC aristocrats who intended to make them their slaves.
As an NPC, Lexus didn't feel any guilt over his actions. Some players were at Level 50, while the others present were all Level 30 or 40. The level gap between them and Lexus was significant, and equipment that could ignore an opponent's levels were extremely rare at this stage in the game.
Just as the healers were about to replenish the health of the frontline players, Lexus suddenly appeared before them. Lexus channeled his concentrated sword aura, instantly devouring the group of panicked healers. The damage dealt was over -2,300, and some even received critical damages of over -2,400. In the blink of an eye, a majority of the healers died.
Lexus believed that he could usually deal more damage than 2,000, but he guessed that there must be some kind of party buff involved; not to mention that the players around had different varieties of classes, such as a knight who has a skill to cast a buff to increase the defenses of others.
Suddenly, Lexus' senses gave him a strong indication of danger. Following his intuition, he looked in the distance and saw a magician player casting his spell.
Immediately, a blazing ring of fire emerged out of thin air, expanding outward in every direction as it headed toward Lexus. What made matters worse was that, in addition to a single fire spell, there were countless other types of magic being fired at him by numerous magician-class players.
Suddenly, tens of spells were launched at Lexus.
The remaining Shield Warriors, Guardian Knights, Spear Warriors, and Swordsmen charged towards Lexus. Meanwhile, the Assassins entered Stealth, waiting for their chance to strike.
Faced with the attacks of dozens of mages, Lexus dared not be careless. He was assaulted first with the sensation of scorching heat.
As Lexus's speed was extremely fast; his movement speed was already quite high and it was the highest compared to the agility stats of all players here, and with the increase in movement speed due to strength augmentation, it had reached to an astonishing level.
He welcomed the oncoming blaze head on and rushed forward. His Blight of Misery and Brilliance also emitted a heat that was much fiercer than the spells.
Boom!
The fireballs suddenly expanded oddly three times, before they rapidly collapsed into a tiny point, unleashing astonishing brightness and an ear-splitting noise.
The explosion was so loud that Lexus felt he was deafened. The dazzling light lasted only one second before infinite flames spewed out and swept across the area, accompanied by terrifying waves of air.
"What the! ? That's not possible!!!"
The magicians screamed in disbelief. Thousands of spells were fired at a single target, and they were stupefied as they saw Lexus unharmed. In the face of thousands of magic attacks, there should have been no one capable of such an attack without injury.
Seeing their expressions, Lexus wanted to make fun of them. To be honest, he felt that they were stupid if they were judging the situation using common sense from the modern world when the virtual game of Satisfy was a fantasy world where magic and skills existed.
[The level of Sword of Ember has risen.]
[All stats related to your skill increase.]
[Strength increased by 10.]
[Intelligence increased by 10.]
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[Sword of Ember - Lv.2]
Rating: Epic (Growth)
[A skill based on 'Ember Combustion' and the fundamentals of Madra's swordsmanship created by the outmost perfection. Depending on how it's used, it can be applied to various situations to its explosive power and potential.
* Concentrates the intense flames of the sword along the edge of the blade that deals damage that is equal to 300% of your current magic power.
* This is still an incomplete skill. However, there is space for improvement because of its uncontrollable nature.
Skill Resource Consumption: 500 Mana.
Skill Cooldown Time: 30 Minutes.]
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Ignoring the notifications, Lexus whispered softly, but all the players heard him clearly.
"Hmmh.That was definitely dangerous but its simple to cut such an overly impulsive attacks, right?"
The players were stunned when they heard that. Cutting through thousands of magic spells? Was that even possible?
"Kill him! Don't be afraid; we have more men on our side!"
A player loudly screamed and took the lead. Hearing that, they charged once again.
"The duration of the skill, Sword of Ember is five minutes while I can only use it again after thirty minutes."
Lexus muttered under his breath as his eyes scanned over the priests, shamans, and other healing classes. However, due to the healers being relatively spread apart, there were those who managed to remain unscathed after Lexus' attack earlier.
Lexus immediately charged over. He chopped down one of the shocked healers, killing him instantly. Lexus then continued to brandish his sword at the two remaining healers, reaping their lives with a few sword strokes.
[The level of Advanced Sword Mastery has risen.]
[All stats related to your skill increase.]
[Strength increased by 10.]
[Stamina increased by 10.]
[Agility increased by 10.]
[The level of Sword Aura has risen.]
[All stats related to your skill increase.]
[Strength increased by 10.]
[Agility increased by 10.]
One against one hundred thousand? Did he really think he was Superman?
This was what they had in mind, but the scene before their eyes, proved otherwise. Everywhere he went, the white-haired swordsman reaped their lives and easily cut them in half like a knife through butter, with no resistance at all.
Their numbers were beginning to dwindle. The players were now beginning to lose their sanity. It had been more than an hour already, yet Lexus wasn't showing any signs of fatigue or exhaustion. On the contrary, as time passed, he was getting stronger and faster.
"Monster!"
At this sight, the players were instantly afraid. They had already lost thousands of comrades. The scorching flames that surrounded his body greatly enhanced his battle prowess. Just by closing in on him, the durability of their equipment constantly decreased. Faced with such a situation, their confidence sank into a bottomless pit.
[A Sword Saint is the ultimate swordsman that can cut anything and you had perfectly reproduced that unique ability with your skill and capability.]
[Qualification to become one has been met. The title, 'Sword Saint Candidate' has reached Stage 5 as an achievement award.]
[Sword Saint Candidate]
[Stage 5 (Transcendent)
* All stats will become 5 times greater.
* There is a very low probability to see the future that depends on the user's magical power.
* There is a high probability of predicting the target's attacks and movements.
* 'Super Sensitivity' will be opened.]
The title with at least five stages is required to become Sword Saint, the strongest swordsman. As it suddenly reached the last stage, a notification appeared.
[A hidden event quest has been created.]
[Sword Saint]
Difficulty: Legendary Class Change Quest
Quest Detail: Win against a legend.
Reward: Become a Sword Saint.
It was a simple and clear quest, assuming that he could meet a legendary person. But the degree of difficulty was high enough to be described as impossible.
As his rampage continues, the players weren't able to stop the massacre. At this moment, a legend about the White Reaper had became known.
Then notification windows popped up in Lexus' vision.
[The title, 'Confront 10,000 Enemies' has been acquired!]
[The title, 'Confront 10,000 Enemies' has been upgraded!]
[The title, 'Confront 20,000 Enemies' has been acquired!]
[The title, 'Confront 20,000 Enemies' has been upgraded!]
[The title...]
[...]
[The title, 'Confront 100,000 Enemies' has been acquired!]
[The title, 'Confront 100,000 Enemies' has been upgraded!]
[The title, 'White Reaper' has been acquired!]
[You have completed the first class quest.]
[One of Undefeated King's Descendant's hidden pieces 'Sealed Ability' will be awakened as a bonus reward.]
[Undefeated King's Rage has been acquired.]
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[White Reaper]
[The one who reaped hundreds of thousand lives in the battlefield.
* The more enemies you have around you, the stronger you becomes.
* Proportionate to the number of enemies, attack damage and defense will increase by 0.5% per enemy.]
[Undefeated King's Rage - Lv.1]
Rating: Legendary
[Succumbs to one's inner demon and becomes a terrifying killing machine and providing 80% damage reduction and 50% status resistance.
* Unleashes a powerful battle trance, and no damage can kill you during this mode. Grants 50% bonus lifesteal, 150% attack speed, attack power will increase by three times and your evasion by 99% for 20 seconds.
* Grants passive effect that every time you have deafeated an enemy, you can permanently obtain 1% of the party's largest stat.
Skill Resource Consumption: 10,000 Mana.
Skill Cooldown Time: 12 Hours.]
(#A/N: For those who had played Dota 2, just think of the skill as the combination of Ursa's Enrage, Troll Warlord's Battle Trance and Sven's God Strength.)