Chapter 81_ Easy Clears (4)

It has been more than two months or it has been almost three months since Lexus became a king and brought great changes in the kingdom. Rhode, one of the top assassin players, his assasination prey were always important nobles, blood gangs, knights and other noble figures.

Currently, he was in a quest that paid a hefty amount of money and sent him to kill the young king. Although the target was rumored to be a legendary Sword Saint, he didn't falter as he was an assassin.

Not a knight or a swordsman that has to fight his enemies head on but utilizes all kinds of tricks and sneak attacks as his advantage. Not to mention that it was the Yatan Church that wanted the teenage king's head.

He was the one of the best assassin players in the empire out of millions of people. In real life, he had been trained and properly brought up by a former assassin. He knew all the tricks and ways to kill, torture and assassinate people.

He had never failed at any mission assigned to him. As he was walking stealthily by the perimeter of the forest, he suddenly lost control of all of his senses.

[You have been detected as a hostile force and a target that isn't allowed by the Undefeated King, all stats will be reduced by 30%.]

[The senses of eye sight, smell, touch, hearing and taste will be forcibly blocked by the Tree of Penance.]

The moment he entered the territory of Reinhardt, he suddenly felt nothing. He couldn't see, smell, hear anything. Emptiness! He felt that the world around just suddenly turned night after being robbed of his sight.

He shivered. He couldn't feel anything and it reached to the point that he doubted if he was even alive. All that remains was his consciousness but he wasn't in his right mind anymore after being caught off guard.

It wasn't just him. Some thieves ordered by the corrupted nobles wanted to steal the fruits from the gigantic trees only to find that they were unable to even get near the branches. The lowest branch of the gigantic trees were protected my magic formulas and magic circles created by three legendary great magicians such as Braham, Mumud and Lexus.

There's only one way to pass through the magic circles, it was to reach the same level of a legendary great magician. To have the intelligence and intellect to solve the puzzles in the magic formulas. However it wasn't easy. The magic formulas constantly changes as it was managed by Intellectual King Solomon.

With these arrangements, the magic circles below the gigantic trees here were designed to be impenetrable unless they can outsmart Intellectual King Solomon.

Overall, although many people were blinded with greed and evil intentions towards Lexus and his territory, these people couldn't do anything at all because of the magical trees he planted, right after he ascended the throne.

The magical and mystical forest were great benefits for him.

•~×~•

'Hmmm~ I... I'm already as strong as Greed from 10 years from now. Well since I have plenty of legendary skills and some were myth, maybe I'm already stronger?'

With one hundred swords that emerged with fancy golden lights flying around and thirty golden red hands, holding different kinds of swords ranging from long swords, short swords and even greatswords, Lexus thought while crossing his arms.

There were close to 1,000 lizardmen that were being slaughtered one-sidedly even without Lexus personally doing anything. With Control Sword that allows him automatically move the swords with the delicate control of Solomon and the thirty golden red hands, some of the lizardmen hurriedly raised their shields to save their lives, but others were sliced apart.

Kieek!

Kyaack!

The screams of the lizardmen filled the village as blood splattered. Although some enraged ones desperately tried their best to at least get near of him, the God Hands simply casted Limitless Missiles, instantly killing the lizardmen with a magic spell that completely ignores magic resistance and deals 10 times of the magic power of Lexus.

The 11th island was easily cleared and Lexus continued up to the 20th island. However, the 20th island was different. Thousands of eyes floated in a huge circle in the sky like the sun, watching Lexus.

[You have entered the 20th island.]

A huge shadow from the sky started to darken the surface of the island. It seemed like night time.

"Personally seeing... It's really creepy."

Lexus looked up and amusingly spoke. A huge circle was hiding the sun. It was a circle made of tens of thousands of eyes.

"Although I'm already aware about this... I don't like to look at the Hell Moon at all."

Lexus couldn't help it and frowned with disgust. He had his urge to vomit. The appearance of the circle was that bizarre. There were countless things like blood vessels on the surface that squirmed as the eyes blinked. The bloated eyeballs stimulated human fear but for Lexus, he didn't fear it. He was simply disgusted to the limit.

[A mission will be created.]

[20th Island]

Avoid the gaze of the hell moon!

First Clear Reward: 130 Challenger Points.

[The mission will start 30 minutes from now.]

Looking at the mission, his expression of disgust turned into a smile. This mission might be hard for other challengers but for him, it is so easy and he wouldn't even take a second to clear this mission.

[A helper fairy has appeared.]

A system that didn't exist until after the 19th island was launched.

"Hello Challenger."

Was it a height of 50cm? A little male fairy appeared in a burst of light and greeted him. His behavior and tone were extremely polite, but his expression was full of playfulness.

"What a surprise. I have forgotten about this one."

As Lexus was looking at the fairy with curiosity since this was the first time he personally saw one, the fairy introduced himself.

"I am Bini, a fairy of love and justice, who has been asked by Sage Sticks to help the challengers."

"Sticks, huh?"

"Yes, Sticks is anxiously waiting for a great challenger who can defeat the Behen Archipelago."

Looking at Lexus, Bini leaned forward.

"That's strange. You don't look surprised at all."

Bini flew around and rotated around him as he examined Lexus while holding his chin.

"It also looks like you already knew about Sage Sticks. Human challenger, you're strange."

Lexus didn't reply as he simply shrugged off his assumption. It's not like Bini was entirely wrong or mistaken.

"Well anyway... My role is to help the challengers overcome the trials. I only help the challengers who have reached the 20th island by themselves! So please pay attention to me from now on!"

Bini took out glasses and started to explain.

"In order to escape the 20th island, you have to avoid the hell moon's gaze. There is a theory that the hell moon has 66,666 eyes. There is no place on this island where the hell moon's eyes can't reach."

Looking at Lexus who simply looked at him with silence and didn't interrupted his explanation, Bini was elated and continued explaining.

"The hell moon is hostile to all living creatures. The hell moon doesn't recognize any stopped being as a creature. Just stop when the hell moon's eyes are open. And exactly once every five seconds, you have to slowly move one step while all of the hell moon's eyes are closed."

To simply put, it was like Red Light Green Light. A familiar game to some people in the modern world.

"Okay. Thanks for your explanation. I can handle the rest."

As Lexus nonchalantly replied, Bini hurriedly explained only to stop midway.

"In 12 hours, the sun will come up! Once the sun rises, the hell moon will hide itself! Move during the day and fight with the hell moon at night! You only have to suffer for a few days! It will be difficult with sleep deprivation, but it's possible..."

Bini suddenly shivered, looking at the dark smile on his face. Before he could regain his senses, Lexus grabbed the diaper Bini was wearing. Bini was very embarrassed because half of his butt was exposed.

Before the fairy could complain, both Lexus and Bini disappeared from where they has just been. It was the use of a magic spell to cheat, Teleport.

•~×~•

Sticks tapped his staff while watching the magic ball. His eyes deep inside the robe contained tension.

"Medicine. My medicine."

He swallowed his medicine first to prepare for what would happen. It was a homemade medicine. He took a deep breath to maintain his composure, before turning his eyes to the magic ball again.

'Can he even break through the 20th island?'

Honestly, the possibility was low. So far, there has only been one person to pass the 20th island. It meant the difficulty of the 20th island was extremely high. Extreme patience was needed in order to avoid the gaze of the hell moon. At the same time, they needed wisdom to prevent the raids of monsters.

'Don't be disappointed. Empty your mind.'

But why? His expectations kept growing. The white haired man, so far he had exceeded Sticks' wisdom.

"Start!"

Gulp!

It happened when Sticks was looking at the red eyes of the hell moon and gulped.

"He's gone!!"

It was a perfect invisibility that was incomparable to stealth techniques. The white haired man suddenly disappeared and avoided the gaze of the hell moon.

"This...! This isn't invisibility magic!"

As expected from a sage. Sticks quickly figured out why the man couldn't be seen anymore. It made him even more surprised.

"He used.... teleport? Isn't he a warrior?"

He was just at the beginning of the island but in just an instant, he was already at the other end of the island where the gate to the next island is there.

Flop!

Sticks once again experienced a big shock, grabbing his chest and collapsing. He took the medicine prescribed by a professional pharmacist.

•~×~•

In the novel, Greed has also used an extraordinary method to clear the mission. With an item he created, his stealth was maintained just by wearing it. However, it didn't consume any mana because it wasn't magical invisibility. Unlike an assassin's stealth skill, it could be seen through. It had the disadvantage of being ineffective against those with sharp senses.

But this disadvantage didn't apply on the 20th island. The hell moon only depended on sight and the hell moon wasn't able to find him. Greed was able to easily break through the 20th island by avoiding the monsters scattered everywhere.

Lexus could also imitate how he cleared the 20th island but he also has own trump card. Although he could turn invisible and escape from the hell moon's eyes, don't forget that he was a legendary great magician.

With that, Teleport was the perfect counter for the 20th island where he didn't have the need to rush forward with his movement buff.

[You have entered the 25th island.]

Hours later, Lexus killed thousands of monsters on the four islands and finally reached the 25th island. The 25th island was quite small and shabby and there were palm trees all over.

Sticks was waiting for him.

"You... You are undeniably a legend... If it's you... Contaminated Hall of Fame... Arrived... Ugh! Kuk!"

Sticks was sweating and breathing in an uncomfortable manner. His state was so serious that it was hard for him to speak. Sticks fell over while talking and Lexus saw Sticks barely breathing in a scruffy robe.

[A quest has been created.]

[Save Sticks!]

★ Hidden Quest ★

Sticks' illness has worsened after watching your surprising performance.

Fortunately, it can still be treated with medicine.

After learning the method to prepare the medicine from Sticks, take care of him!

Quest Acceptance Reward: 'Recipe: Elf's Miraculous Medicine' will be acquired.

Quest Reward: Affinity with Sticks will rise to the maximum.

Quest Failure: Sticks' Death.

[Would you like to accept the quest?]