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Suzuka Gozen, the only daughter of a great Japanese businessman.

A model figure, flawless face, vibrant red hair that looked like a lion's mane.

From the moment she was born, she was treated like a princess by all her father's employees. Everything she ever wanted was delivered into the palm of her hand, Suzuka was not a spoiled brat who threw tantrums about something small. She had her pride, it was obvious from an early age that Suzuka was a genius at everything she did.

When Suzuka was just a child, she lost her mother at a young age. As a result, she spent most of her time at home without engaging with the outside world.

She tried, but most people who tried to approach her only wanted the money her father had. Whether man or woman, both had the same goal, even more so if any man was lucky enough to win the heart of the ice princess.

That was her nickname, Ice Princess.

Since she spent most of the time showing no emotion on her face or in gestures, she looked more like a robot than a human.

Not that she cared what other people thought about her. Suzuka's only interest was gaming, when she discovered that the first virtual reality game was coming out that had the premise of being a game with ultra realism.

Suzuka's father was a big shareholder in Warlord, like the good father he was. He revealed some things to her.

After Suzuka heard what her father said, she went back to her training in swordplay, archery, etc. ...

Already playing Warlord. Her name in the game was Suzuka, nothing complicated, not even chuunibyou, just the name her mother gave her.

Suzuka put into practice everything she had learned from her training, and that is why she chose the warrior class.

In Warlord, it didn't matter whether you were a mage or a warrior, you could use any kind of weapon from another class.

She was just that, a shortbow that she spent a sum to buy and a katana that she bought.

She quickly raised her levels, when she realized that the monsters were getting too weak for her level and didn't give as much exp.

So she began to venture further and further.

Her father had said that deeper and deeper into the starting area she would find stronger monsters, but all she found were the bodies of giant wolves and blood, lots of blood.

Suzuka thought it would be a mission involving the main quest of the game, but stopping and thinking for a moment, she realized that it might be that player who had killed the Goblin champion who might be in that area.

Thus, Suzuka remained alert in case she was caught by a group of monsters who were fleeing from this person.

Even though she didn't know it, Suzuka ended up passing too close to a hound and his prey.

He would probably make her get out of there and leave him with his prey, but if she decided to stay and try to cause him some trouble ... she would become the prey of our hound.

Fortunately for her this did not happen ...

She thought quickly about her situation and got out of there as fast as she could, not wanting to get involved in an unnecessary fight knowing she would lose, he probably got several items that could put him in an advantageous position in this fight, and a player letting a boss loose?

He didn't have to think too hard to know that this person was a monster in combat.

Walking away, Suzuka would begin his own hunt.

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After making his decision to return to the city from the beginning, Ares walked with his soldiers setting up a circle around him as they killed some monsters that attacked him. Ares became a beggar when he thought it would be a good idea to spend his gold to speed up the incubation process of what was inside the "Unknown Egg" and finally bought a lottery ticket.

Now the "Egg" had only 1 days to hatch. Being that he spent 200 gold coins to speed up that much.

He stood still as he looked shocked at the item he had won, it looked like a black dagger. But from the description of the item, it was far from being a dagger.

Even the system in his head seemed shocked that he would get it, there was a little pop in his mind, but nothing noteworthy.

The description of the item was as follows:

[Ice Dragon Sword]

- Spiritual Weapon Description: The Sword imbued with the breath of the ice dragon, Velchisus. The blade of the sword reveals itself when the master wishes to fight.

- Rank: Ex+

- Requisite: Level 1 or higher.

- Physical Attack: 888

- When equipped: Strength + 100.

- All stats + 30%.

- Attack Power +30%.

- All stats when attacking +20%.

- Special Skill: Ice Dragon Roar. Fires a beam of ice from the "Forgotten Land" in a straight line. Ignores 90% of physical and magical armor.

- When acquired, belongs to the player. ( Non negotiable. )

- Durability: Unbreakable.

[ System Note! When equipping this sword the host cannot use any type of "sword" as a penalty! ]

[System note 2: On the other hand, this sword is a spirit weapon, the more it 'eats', the stronger it becomes. ]

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'Strong ... that's very strong ...'

That was Ares' thought.

'But that penalty ... And if I find a weapon as good as it in the future, no, that ability to eat makes it unstoppable.'

( The system hates to interrupt you, but there's no way there's a sword that's good enough like that. )

'Yes, I know. But do you mean it's a spirit weapon or the power of eating to become stronger?

( Both, spirit weapons are very rare, the amount of them in just one universe is minuscule, it's not easy for someone to be able to craft a spirit weapon or even get their hands on one, so congratulations. )

Ignoring the last part which was obviously debauched, Ares looked at what appeared to be a black dagger.

"Desire to fight hein...''

As soon as he had that thought, what appeared to be a dagger began to rapidly change its shape.

In its final form, it was a large sword with blue stripes with a deep black.

Its blade was a serrated blade that resembled a dragon's tooth.

It was like that until its guard, it had a large black handle.

( Image Here. )

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'It's beautiful...'

That was Ares' first thought upon seeing the blade.

Brandishing the great sword with only one hand. It would be impossible for anyone to attempt to handle it if not for Ares, who became the master of it.

Not only that, anyone would be cursed by the blade and with was extremely heavy for anyone who tried to pick it up.

Swoosh!

Swoosh!

With each swing, it seemed as if the wind was bending to the will of the sword.

The sword seemed weightless in Ares' hand, it was too perfect, with no visible flaw in it or even in its blade.

Stopping his waving, he placed his hand on the blade, just touching it lightly, his finger had a slight cut, it was extremely sharp, of all the blades he had ever wielded in his life, none was this sharp.

Now he wanted to test it on something, then. He looked up a nearby tree.

Swoosh!

With a swing toward the tree. It sliced through like a sharp knife cutting a piece of paper in half.

Making a loud noise as it fell, Ares looked in amazement at his new weapon.

And, it was about time for him to enter the city. No longer rolling, with a thought from Ares, the Dragon Ice sword returned to its first form and stood next to him.

Taking back his whip sword, Ares manifested a book with a skull in his hand.

This book was his second ability that he acquired when he reached level 9, the Book of the Reaper.

[ Book of the Reaper].

- Skill Rank: E

- Effect: This book contains the power of Osiris. He can seal the dead.

- Legion of the Dead: [6/6]

- The dead, sealed in the Book of the Dead, can display even more power with Osiris' power.

- He increased all abilities by 5 percent.

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It was because of this ability and book that he could go anywhere without walking around 5 bull-sized wolves and a skeleton soldier.

Of course, people started to look at him strangely thinking that he was trying to show off.

By keeping the wooden mask in his inventory and the grudge glove, it would be very easy for anyone to realize that he has a person with a great outfit.

Until they compared it to the death of the champion goblin with a player with great equipment, it wouldn't take long for people to suspect that he was the one who killed the champion goblin.

Once inside the city, the first thing he did was to look for some places to sell everything he wanted.

First, to sell the goblin skins that he got by killing a giant black rabbit. The npc was a woman who expressed great happiness when she saw the goblin skin that was without any damage. +15 silver coins.

The second was at the blacksmith, the claws of this giant rabbit that was quite sharp, the npc seemed quite happy to see that claw. From what he said, a claw of the black rabbit was very rare.

Madame Roux's third and last restaurant. Apparently, the fact that he managed to kill a rabbit without damaging its meat ended up creating a mission scenario.

''Really, a fresh rabbit meat.''

The Npc was excited to see that rabbit meat Ares had.

"I haven't seen fresh meat of that quality in a long time.'' Madame Roux said.

''I can give you three silver coins per piece.'' Madame Roux continued without any sign of stopping, ''Mr. Adventurer. Do you want to help my restaurant?

''Sure, why not. What should I do?'' Ares asked stoically.

"I sell meat, so naturally I need you to bring me more." Answered Madame Roux.

[ Quest Alert! ]

Help Madame Roux create a new dish.

Madame Roux is delighted with her rabbit meat. She needs your help to complete her dream of creating the best restaurant in Warlord.

- Get fresh rabbit meat. [0/6]

- Get black rabbit meat. [0/2]

- Reward: A new dish on Madame Roux's special menu.

Do you accept?

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'I do... Hm? I've already killed one of those black rabbits, but it didn't give me any meat, maybe it's a rare drop? Or is it just from the quest?' thought Ares as he remembered that muscular rabbit he killed some time ago.

''Is this black rabbit tall like a bear with red eyes and muscular?'' asked Ares to Madame Roux.

''Yes, that's the one! 'Have you by any chance found him, Mr. Adventurer?'' replied Madame Roux.

''Yes, not only did I find him, I defeated him, but he didn't give me any meat, only his claws.'' Ares said.

Madame Roux looked shocked at Ares.

She had not expected that the young man in front of her had actually managed to catch one of these monsters.

'There were certain rumors that the goblin champion had been defeated, was it him?' thought Madame Roux, her assessment of Ares growing.

Since her restaurant was full at this hour, she pulled him into a room where she could talk to him without anyone listening to them.

Ares was confused to have his hand suddenly pulled by her, almost as his other hand went into 'Sword of the Ice Dragon'.

Feeling that she did not intend to do him any harm, he eventually left her.

''It was you who defeated the goblin champion?'' Madame Roux got straight to the point.

''Yes, it was." Answered Ares, since she was an Npc, he saw no harm in revealing that to her.

"Proof, please show me some proof." She asked.

Looking directly into her eyes, Ares removed the champion's mask while his hand held the Ice Dragon Sword.

Looking at the mask, Madame was even more shocked, a new adventurer able to kill the goblin champion so easily?

If it was really that easy, the city guards would have killed him long ago.

''and? What do you want with the mask of the goblin champion?'' Ares asked, his eyes looking at Madame calculatingly at her.

Madame Roux felt as if she was facing a wild animal waiting for her prey to make a wrong move to jump on her.

''Nothing, there is a rumor that someone defeated the champion goblin and since you said you hunted in the Black Rabbit area, I thought it might have been you who defeated the champion goblin.'' Answered Madame Roux as sincerely as possible, not wanting to cause a misunderstanding between them.

Continuing to look at her, Ares realized that she was not telling a lie.

'But how did this rumor reach the city so early? There was no one in that area, neither player nor NPC, so how?' Ares thought to himself.

''Okay, okay. What did you bring me here for anyway? And why were you so shocked when I mentioned that I defeated a black rabbit?'' Ares asked.

''Ah! sorry and that I was very excited to find out that someone was able to defeat the black rabbit I couldn't help myself.'' Madame Roux laughed with embarrassment.

''Cof cof.'' Letting out a small cough, Madame Roux handed Ares a bag with some herbs inside.

''Keep this, it will help attract the black rabbits, they only come out at night, so keep the herbs to attract them.'' Madame Roux said.

"Okay, thank you.'' Answered Ares taking the small bag.

[ Special Herb Bag ]

- Item Description: A mixture of different types of herbs, carefully picked. Able to attract the black rabbit that has a passion for these herbs.

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Leaving Madame Roux's Restaurant, Ares bought some food, plus fifty iron arrows and an iron bow, now, he would wait until nightfall to catch this black rabbit.

Sitting in a place away from the players, Ares was calmly looking at the sky eating a warm bread served with cream while thinking, 'I forgot to ask if she bought rare herbs.'