Chapter 3 - Clichéd Encounter
Class": [Supreme General]
One of the most coveted classes within Gaia's Paradox, a well-rounded class with extremely formidable crowd control and High DPS within an Area of effect.
"Battlefield Scan: Scans the area within a radius of 5 km., Can distinguish between allies, enemies, and neutral forces within the area."
"General's Aura: Within a designated 1 km radius, weakens opponents: (30% stamina reduction) (10% vitality reduction) (Maximum duration per enemy unit: 60 minutes)"
"Supreme Gaze: When the Supreme General is engaging opponents in 1 vs 1, any opponent attempting to attack the general that is not the locked target will be mini-stunned for 0.5 seconds) (10% Damage reduction)"
"Ultimate skill, Battle cry: Activation Duration (1 minute), Effects: Boost Morale, increases ally damage and attributes by 80% within the duration, Regenerates ally's health by 1% per second (60% total)
Aside from the 4 skills in the arsenal of a Supreme General, a maxed out character like Feihren has 3 vacant skill slots which allow him to select skills from other classes that he meets the requirements for, with the exception of Ultimate skills. At the moment, he hadn't applied any skills to these free slots.
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A calm and composed figure could be seen on the river bank. Not a single motion can be seen aside from his casual breathing.
"Should we approach him? He does not seem to be hostile?" A burly man asked in a quiet voice.
"What choice do we have? We are heavily outnumbered and I can feel that we are still being tailed and chased by our enemies." A petite looking guy in his middle age replied.
A strong looking woman with a heavy build shrugged at the suggestion of the two people hiding with her, saying, "What good is a random stranger to our plight? We better just keep still and hide, what's the point of dragging some stranger into this kind of mess?"
The other two sighed as they remained still and continued hiding.
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'Hmm, they're not enemies?' Feihren thought as he saw that the 3 dots on his map turned gray (neutral) while the other 17 things approaching were still showing up as red.
'It seems like they're not together'
Feihren stood up and casually stretched, then proceeded to lie down on the ground with his eyes shut.
The 17 people arrived from the eastern side of the river. By opening one of his eyes, Feihren casually inspected this new group of people who had just rushed over.
"Medieval troops?" A barely audible voice drifted from Feihren. He expected it to be some gang of thief's or even a pack of wild beasts, but military personnel, in the middle of the wilderness? Something feels amiss here, and the fact that they are wearing heavy plated armor. Feihren wondered,
'Is the setting of this world… medieval times? Holy cow, don't tell me there are wizards and magic here too!? And there might even be some sort of demon lords and loli's?'
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At a reasonable distance, a troop of cavalry halted as they neared the Jujelei River.
The scouts crossed the river first as the other knights rested and let their horses drink from the river.
The leader of the group, Knight Commander Marvin Mendi, had fixed his gaze upon the only figure he could see on the other side of the riverbank.
"Is that someone there?"
As soon as Marvin let out that inquiry, several other knights turned their heads in the direction of his gaze. One of them asked, "What do you think is he doing there sir? Do you think he belongs to that group of people from the Shodan continent that we were looking for?"
"I do not think so. He seems to be aware of our presence, so if he was one of our enemies, he would have easily distinguished us even from quite some distance. So if he was with that group then he would have been hiding by now, but he seems calm and relaxed" Marvin replied, while still thinking about who the other party might be "Send some of the scouts to that man and ask him the usual questions. Do not act hostile." Marvin is of a high rank, but is in no way a cocky person.
A knight jokingly replied, "If he was really one of the enemies, then by all means, he's the cockiest guy I've ever met."
"I'd respect him for being that stupid" Another knight snorted. Marvin paid no heed to the joking comments and shushed the entire cavalries' collective noise.
Around 20 minutes passed before the scouts that they sent for that stranger reappeared. Shockingly, the scouts brought the stranger back with them. They seemed to carry a hint of pride in their faces as they walk towards the commander.
Marvin sighed inwardly 'Bringing someone unknown in your own camp is pretty dumb! What are these scouts thinking?' But none of these words were said aloud, and he just proceeded to ask the scouts about what they had learned about this mysterious stranger. Looking behind them, the stranger seems to be nonchalantly checking out the surroundings. Neither hostility nor killing intent was emitted by this middle-aged man. Marvin let out a soft sigh of relief.
"Commander Marvin, this man stated that he's a retired general, now living a nomadic life near this region. I doubted some of his words, so we brought him back here for you to verify his story."
'A retired general? He doesn't look that old, does he? And even if it's true, I doubt he still has the prowess he once had since it seems he has been living in the wilderness. But just in case…'
'Lesser Magic item: Assess'
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"Identity": [Gama Feihren]
"???: Supreme General"
" Title: ??? Paradox ???"
"Health: ???"
"Ability: ???"
Marvin was extremely confused. What's with all this unrevealed information? He has used this magic item quite a few times before. Even though it is not of the highest tier, it was still in the (Uncommon) tier which is difficult to find and has great effectiveness. But this time it seems to have failed… On top of that, Gama Feihren… Supreme General? How can a title be a paradox?! With all the information not being revealed about this guy, it was hard to assess who he really was. But one thing was easy to decide, he should definitely not provoke this man.