After learning the skill, Logan was about to exit the field, however he got another system message he wasn't expecting.
System: Player has authority to add a nickname instead of real name to the Gold Challenge Memorial Board. Would user like to add a nickname instead?
Logan seeing this clicked yes and filled it in with his potential trademark of SG. He thought it would be fun to have an alter ego like Shi Feng's up and coming 'Black Flame'.
After returning the mask and exiting the field, Logan used his existence wipe technique and steadily walked right passed everyone who was waiting for him at the entrance. He didn't want to be named seen so soon, however adding to his mysterious vibe, Logan decided to buy the smile mask as a souvenir.
Paying a Gnome on the way out, Logan put the mask in his bag and left, going to look for things to do.
Gods Domain had officially been out for 4 hours now and everyone was excited on the forum, sharing their experiences and ideas. Some hidden experts had appeared and other exciting news was floating around.
This was normal. Everything seemed fine. This was until someone posted something that shook the very core of Gods Domain's players.
*Exciting News!!! SG makes his appearance in Star-Moon Kingdom!!! Gold Prize Race 10 second record time!!!*
Along with this head line, there was a video posted that cost 5 credits to watch. Many saw this post and ignored it, as many people had tried to use this name to make money in the last 3 hours.
However, there were always curious people and so eventually the post got a view. This person was in a super guild, however he was only in the position of the team leader of a 50 man team. The person who watched the video was at first expecting it to be another scam however after the 10 seconds had ended, he had completely blanked out.
When he came back to his senses he replayed the video at a speed of 10 times slower. Now starting the video, he was even more dumbfounded as Logan was still moving at a speed of a normal person.
After watching Logan a few more times, he finally decided to message the owner of this video to show proof that this was indeed SG. When the picture of the Gold Prize Leaderboard came, he was so excited that he directly contacted his boss.
This was how the world got to know even more about SG. However after the video was verified, the credits needed to access it were raised to 1,000. In fact this was still a very low price, so most people spent this money without hesitation.
Most people who watched at full speed were dumbfounded. Many people questioned if he was hacking however they were quickly shut down and reassured by the administrators.
The experts watching were shocked and in disbelief after watching it and some even had revelations, hurrying to practice their new insight on the field.
The various guild's higher ups had put an announcement out that stated if possible either make good relations or do not disturb.
Many Super Guilds also made this warning tried to friend request SG or tempt him to join their guild with money or benefits, however nothing worked.
The monsters in their super guilds were just as shocked as everyone else. The shear display of real life skill and body movement shown was terrifying. Among the select few Domain Masters and Neutralization grandmasters, their were 10 in particular who had knowing and fearful faces. They were thinking back to 11 years ago.
On that faithful day, they were completely destroyed by a monstrous kid who had the zenith of what could be called potential. They hurriedly contacted their students, family, and friends, ordering that if they ever were faced against this person that they would run, run as fast as they could. For even they themselves were not confident they could escape, let alone fight this man named 'SG'.
Back with Logan, now safely away from the Black Market and in the shopping center Logan put his mask in his bag and started looking around for anything interesting.
Every once in awhile Logan would stop in a shop to look around, or buy something that looked cool. Even if he was wasting money , he was effectively the richest man in God's Domain, even richer than super guilds at this time.
Finally after another hour of buying useless trinkets and little toys, Logan got bored and called Shi Feng for no reason. However...
*System message: This person is currently unavailable. Please try again later.*
"Hmm... I guess he is on that mountain or something... Hmm, he went westward right? I wonder if there are mountains eastward... Well, I got nothing better to do anyway!" Thinking this, Logan looked at the city map compass and started heading eastward.
About 15 minutes later, Logan has traveled almost 100 km away from previous location. Luckily he didn't travel in vain as there was a lonely mountain surrounded by dense forest. There were many players on the edges of the forest, however it seemed that no one dared to go more that 200 yards inside.
Wearing his cloak and mask, Logan approached a group of the players who seemed to be resting.
"Hay there bud! I was just wondering why no one is going deeper into the forest?" Logan said in a happy-go-lucky voice.
Turning to Logan one of the players said casually, "Ah, you must be new here. Any deeper than the 200 yard mark and a mysterious arrow appears killing the player instantly. Many hav-" however he stopped after looking at Logan more closely.
"SG!!! Are you SG!!!" He yelled, getting everyone's attention in the vicinity.
Logan played it cool however and said, "Huh! Do I really look like him?! I just found this mask in the auction house in the city! I thought it looked cool!"
"Oh. I guess I was mistaken. I guess it's cool, but you should watch out because it's pretty easy to get mistaken for SG." The man said in a slightly disappointed voice. Even if he said that, everyone wasn't totally convinced he was telling the truth, so they watched what he would do next.
Walking in front of the group like he was going to enter the forest, Logan turned around saying, "Well, I better get going! See ya around!"
After saying this, Logan opened an invisible portal behind his back on the ground the length of his body. He then crossed his arms over his chest like Dracula and proceeded to fall backwards. Right when he was about to hit the floor, his body seemed to mold with the ground as he disappeared from the players view's.
"!!!" Shocked at seeing Logan disappear, the players who were watching him gathered around the spot Logan disappeared from. When they arrived, they were shocked to see that there was nothing there. They searched the ground and some even tried doing what Logan did, however they were fruitless in their attempts.
After they were done testing, they immediately contacted their Guilds or Organizations saying they found were SG was. They were positive he had entered the forest, however none of them were confident enough to follow him.
They had seen what happened to people who tried to cross the 200 yard line. They were just normal players trying to find good leveling zones, not experts who were experienced in combat.
When Logan appeared in the center of the forest, he immediately dodged a black arrow with ease. Feeling in his domain, Logan found who had shot the arrow and used his NMN technique and Phenix Steps to immediately arrive in front of the bowmen.(AN: I'm gonna use this instead of saying notice-me -not every time. I write all my chapters on my phone, so it's a pain in the ass to do hyphens.)(NMN = Notice-Me-Not. PS = Phenix Step)
[Undead Archer] [Elite]
Level 10
HP: 3,000/3,000
The Undead Archer had a greenish grey cloak on and a brown mask on. It had a long bow that was made of bones with skeletal hands gripping it. It also had a small knife strapped at its waist.
Giving the bowmen a casual recoilless slice with his [Crimson Blade] at it's neck before it could react, Logan insta-killed it. The Undead Archer dropped a few silver coins and a bag of white powder named [Bone Dust]. Storing it in his bag, Logan continued to make his way towards the lonely mountain.
Along the way, Logan killed a few skeleton soldiers and skeleton wolfs, however all he got was some money and a bunch of bone dust. Well, he also got some experience, however it was only enough to make him 30% of level 7. (AN: This means he is level 7 and has 70% more EXP to go before he reaches level 8.)
Eventually he made it to the mountain, however it was almost a straight wall up with some little platforms and caves.
Remembering that there was usually treasure to be found in caves, Logan finally remembered his [Ring Of Treasure] and started to feed it gold.
The first level it needed 1 gold, then the next was 10, however at level 3 it was 100 gold and Logan couldn't afford that right now. Stopping to look at the ring, Logan was satisfied with the results.
[Ring of Treasure] (Growth)
Level 2
Luck +30
Additional Passive Skill: Detect. When in the presence of treasure (Money, Hidden Chests, Rare/helpful herbs/Fruits, and/or Rare and up material) a grid with a red light will appear from the ring. Detection radius of 250 x 250 meters.
Additional Active Skill 1: Gobble. To grow the [Ring of Treasure], feed it gold. When it's fed enough it will level up. If fed something more valuable, ring will exchange item into equal amount of gold.
Gold: 100.
Additional Active Skill 2: Midas Touch. When active, anything user touches with fingers for 40 seconds will become gold, living or not. Living targets will become stationary for 20 seconds and will not heal, however their defense will double.
Cooldown: 10 hours.
Now Logan was officially ready to start climbing the mountain.
Using his passive agility skill and his PS technique, Logan practically flew up the mountain. He would also check the caves to see if there was anything however he only found giant bone monsters which he easily killed. These monsters only dropped bone dust though, no more money. There levels however increased as he went up the mountain. When Logan was roughly halfway to the top, the monsters level had moved to 12.
These monsters also weren't much of a challenge, however Logan now could not kill them with a casual swing.(AN: All Logan casual combat moves are innately recoilless. This is his default technique he will be using from now on.) Even so, although it wasn't one swing, 2-3 was still enough, not to mention he could still one-shot it by either stacking a technique from his list of 100 or using a skill such as backstab.
When made it up to the top of the mountain, Logan was now 7% of level 8 and the last bone monster he killed Was level 14. (AN: If you think his attack power is to unfair, then just wait until later chapters. The gap of 1/5 the of his strength = Shi Feng's power in base strength is crazy. This is an OP fan-fic for a reason.)
When Logan got to the top of the mountain, he discovered a small cottage. The cottage was a small log cabin that had a red door and an Unwelcome mat. The knocker on the front door was made of bone and there was a sign on the front that said go away.
"Wow, what a welcoming little home!" Logan said sarcastically. However he seemed to not care and still knocked with the knocker anyway.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
After waiting a few seconds, Logan heard shuffling behind the door. When the door opened, a skeleton with a night gown opened the door. Looking at its name, Logan could see it was an NPC.
[Bob]
Race: High Skeleton
???
"Yo, whats up! I was just coming by to ask if you knew what all this bone dust does. I don't really need it, however I have a lot. By the looks of you, you probably like to sleep, so I was wondering if I could help you with that. Besides me leaving."
With his empty eye sockets, Bob said, "Bone dust is used for alchemy and if you want to help me sleep, then either go away or go get rid of the pesky dragon in the basement."
Lifting an eyebrow Logan said, "Hmm... May I see this dragon?"
The Skeleton grabbed Logan's arm and dragged him to a door with stairs at the bottom. Going down the stairs, Logan was amazed at how big the basement was. It was at least 10x larger than the house.
In the middle of the basement was a desk with a chair and some papers, however there was a little girl sitting in the chair.
Logan looked from the skeleton to the kid and lifted an eyebrow, "Look man, if it's your responsibility to look after a kid, then be responsible!"
Creation is hard, adding this to your library is the motivation for my creation. Give me more motivation!