Chapter 28_ Great Magician (2)

Before Lexus finished off the guardian golem, he killed the scattered remnants of the vampires' familiars while searching and eventually found a deep cave. The entrance was covered by a rock wall, making it look like a secretive and suspicious...

Closing his eyes, Lexus reminiscent the sensation of activating the Undefeated King's Rage. Lexus understood the nature of the power. It was neither martial arts nor magic. It was a simple and savage force that could only bring destruction, a foreign and unusual force that humans could not handle.

「 Amazing.… You haven't reached your prime and can still wield that much power? Kuahahaha!!! Are really human? 」

Lexus heard Madra's laugh. Though Madra was aware that it was mostly because of stats that overwhelmed his level, it wouldn't benefit Lexus if he didn't grind his stats to an absurd amount compared to his level.

Having the ability to manually raise stats provided a great synergy for Lexus. Now that he could relax after dealing with the golem, Lexus could feel Madra's lingering powers coursing through his veins. His heart beat like crazy, and he gasped for air. He felt his stiff arms healing and strength returning to his legs.

「 What a peculiar… fellow. 」

Madra was really amused and satisfied to his successor who keeps surpassing his expectations. Madra had no body, but still possess a great fraction of a huge mass of his own power.

「 You won. 」

Madra murmured.

「 How do you feel? Logically, that vampire was not an opponent you could win against. You traumatized that opponent down using my skill. Are you proud of being my successor ? 」

Hearing him, Lexus simply smiled. It was because he was currently reading countless of skills he obtained from the vampires he annihilated.

[Blood Sense - Lv.1]

Rating: Epic

[Allows the caster to sense and accurately detect all beings with blood in 200 meter radius.

* Allows the caster to view the health values of an enemy.

* Allow the caster to gain bonus movement speed when an enemy's health in nearby vicinity falls below 60%, with the bonuses increasing as their health falls further.

* Does not apply to the undead.

Skill Mana Cost: 100 per second.

Skill Cooldown Time: None.]

[Blood Control - Lv.1]

Rating: Epic

[Allows the user to control the target's blood and convert it to absorb a certain amount of health in proportion to the targets' attack power.

* When a critical attack is successful, 2% of user's max health will be recovered.

* Enhances health regeneration by 10%.

Skill Mana Cost: 180 Mana.

Skill Cooldown Time: 1 Minute.]

[Blood Haze - Lv.1]

Rating: Epic

[Allows the caster to disperse into a flock of bats composed of the user's blood, nullifying all incoming physical attacks.

Skill Mana Cost: 200 Mana.

Skill Cooldown Time: 3 Minutes.]

[Bloodthirst - Lv.1]

Rating: Epic

[Allows the caster to cause fear. Anyone afflicted by that status will want to flee at all costs.

* Drives the caster into a bloodthirsty rage which causes him to attack faster by 60% and grants 20% bonus magic amplification.

Skill Mana Cost: 100 Mana.

Skill Cooldown Time: 50 Seconds.]

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There were so many skills to read. Because of it, Lexus wanted his Great Sage to fuse all the skills but unfortunately, it still wasn't possible.

« Notification. Impossible to calculate. Related sub abilities are not acquired. Reply impossible. »

And there's the limit of Great Sage. It's current level still doesn't allows him to fuse skills to create a higher one.

"Well, even Rimuru needed the unique skill Degenerate to do that."

Lexus murmured. He was not disappointed at all. Fusing skills? It was currently not within the current capabilities but Great Sage is already good enough and he was still fine with that. It may currently not possible, Great Sage is already broken as it is.

Then after the guardian of the labyrinth collapsed, someone's voice was delivered into his mind. The shadow was a long-haired, handsome man. The eyes that could be seen through the flowing hair were sharp.

The man who appeared had a transparent body and his feet were floating in the air. He was a ghost.

「 To think that someone wanted to touch my things. 」

Hearing the voice, Lexus recognized him. The legendary great magician Braham. Braham Eshwald. Though he was the legendary great magician, he was originally a vampire like Elfin Stone. One of the nine… No, ten direct descendants of Shizo Beriache.

He sounds irritated which made Lexus narrow his eyes then, a sharp streak of light struck his heart.

「 Dead already? 」

Braham murmured. It was an untimely blow. The speed was too quick. It struck exactly at the heart, so he expected Lexus to be fatally wounded.

"Why are you treating me as someone who is dead?"

Braham's eyes shrank when he saw Lexus' unharmed figure. He couldn't believe that he was able to avoid that blow that no ordinary human could react to it. Well he still didn't knew that the human in front of him had transcended senses.

「 You have survived my traps. I am sure that no ordinary people could survive that so are you perhaps a legend? 」

Braham easily solved the puzzled together. First, the one in front of him had entered a vampire city that is governed by Elfin Stone and had survived, no maybe even overcame it. Second, he survived from the traps and the golems from the labyrinth.

Then lastly, he survived from the blow that he personally dealt unscathed which no ordinary person could do at all. With all of this, only people who became a legend came into his mind.

"That's right. I am a legend because I became Pagma's Descendant."

Lexus made a smile while replying but that reply shocked Braham.

「 You are Pagma's Successor? But I've already encountered one so there's two? Two Pagma's Successor in this era? 」

Braham muttered confusedly but with his reaction, Lexus was able to confirm that Greed and Braham had already made contact to each other. Well its not like it really mattered for him.

「 I've created 27 more places like this across the continent. Even if it was delayed, I believed that one day there would be a meeting with Pagma's Successor but I didn't expected to meet two. 」

"Well I also happened to be a Sword Saint so I guess I'm not a legend because of being Pagma's Successor."

Lexus said with a light smile, exposing that he had reached the pinnacle that many Great Swordsmen dreams. Braham was silent once again. He was not just Pagma's Successor but also a Sword Saint?

He warily looked at Lexus, not believing it the slightest. Not even Pagma who he knew had reached that level despite reaching the highest stage of a Great Swordsman.

"Well I didn't expect that you'll believe me anyway. Hmmm....Possession...How about I lend my body to you?"

Hearing that, it caught Braham's attention. It's not only Braham but also Madra who was curiously spectating the situation looking at the legendary great magician was also surprised.

Lexus' suggestion was just that insane. Letting a ghost to take over your body? No sane person would want that.

"Lending my body to you, it allows yourself to witness that I'm not just a simple legend and you'll even confirm everything about me. Not a bad deal for you either, right?"

Braham pondered for a moment. It wasn't that he was reluctant about what Lexus had said. 28 pieces of Braham's soul were sealed in 28 labyrinths, and what Lexus had encountered was just one of them.

「 Fine. That sounds interesting. 」

[Braham is trying to enter your body. Would you like to accept?]

"Of course!"

At the same time, Lexus' body was surrounded by light.

[You have accepted the soul of the great magician, Braham.]

[Your class will be change to Great Magician.]

[From now on, your body will move according to Braham's will.]

His appearance didn't change and the white-haired, red-eyed Lexus spoke. As Braham's soul fragment occupied his body and he immediately opened up Lexus' status window.

"What is this absurdity? Not just Pagma but also Madra?"

Braham who took over Lexus' body was in disbelief. As a legendary great magician who want to explore all the knowledge that exists in this world, he was naturally aware and knew about the legendary Undefeated King.

Then, a person who became a Sword Saint for becoming the successor of the two legends that became the best swordsmen after Muller. As he was trying to calm his self, Lexus mentally spoke because he wasn't the one who's in control of his own body.

'This might sound like just a fantasy but I wanted to reach the pinnacle of the legends.'

Looking around, Braham narrowed his eyes as he immediately understand what Lexus wanted to say.

"So you wanted to be my successor to do that?"

Lexus didn't replied but Braham could feel the delighted emotion of Lexus. He contemplated seriously for a moment. The first thing that enter his mind is to immediately reject that nonsense.

The main reason is, Lexus was a stranger to him so why would he make him his successor? Braham is not comfortable with it. But then, it would also be a waste to disagree.

Lexus was already a successor of two legends that reached the zenith of the aspect of swordsmanship. Making him walk to the path of magic at the same time, a being who surpassed what the previous generation legends will be born.

Thinking about what if Lexus really made it, he recalled about the prime of the Undefeated King and Pagma. If Lexus would really surpass them as he had also became a Sword Saint, there wasn't really a reason to reject the suggestion.

'Yes. If possible, I want a fragment of your soul to be with me. I'll guarantee that I'll keep you entertained with my journey.'

« Announcement. It is possible to connect to individual: Braham's soul fragment. Will you allow to link Braham's soul fragment to unique skill, Great Sage? [YES]/[NO] »

So with curiosity about it, Braham accepted and at the same time, Lexus established a link with him through Great Sage.

[Braham had agreed with you and you have become one with Braham's soul.]

[The fourth legendary class 'Braham's Successor' has been acquired.]

[You have learned all of Braham's magic.]

[A piece of pavranium have been acquired.]

[The skill 'Assimilation' has been generated.]

[You has received a fourth class for the first time. Your epic will be added with a legend and it will end with a myth.]

[You have made an achievement that is not easily accomplished.]

[Reputation will rise by 10,000 across the continent.]

[You currently have 56,900 reputation throughout the continent. You can now use the Reputation Store.]

Seeing the notifications, Lexus smiled. At the same time, a lump of gold appeared in front of him. Looking at it, Lexus naturally recognized it but still Braham pointed at the metal floating in front of Lexus.

"Its name is pavranium. It is the pinnacle of all minerals created with Pagma's skill and my magic. It's harder than the god's metal adamantium, lighter than mithril, and has a good compatibility with magic power. It also has the outstanding elasticity of jaffa."

A mineral containing all the advantages of top-class minerals.

"It can decide by itself and move with its own will. That is its only drawback."

Of course, as a fan of the novel, Lexus was fully aware of the greatness of this lump of gold. Redirecting his attention for a moment, curiosity dominated Lexus, wanting to immediately see the details of the magic spell.

Magic Missile was a basic spell that magicians acquired at level 10. It was a basic spell, so the magic power efficiency was terrible. It was hard to inflict a scratch against someone with a certain level of magic resistance. The only advantage was its fast casting speed.

[Magic Missile (Enhanced) Lv. 1]

[A magic missile developed by the legendary great magician who has completely overturned the activation formula.

It boasts tremendous power, but consumes a lot of resources.

It deals damage equal to twice your current magic power to the target. It also ignores the enemy's magic resistance.

Resource Consumption: 400 Mana.

Skill Casting Time: 1 second.

Skill Cooldown Time: 5 seconds.]

Lexus' happiness was rising to the peak. He had gained great things one after another. Also, his last goal for reaching this place is something he also looks forward to.

It was an old coffin emerged that was buried somewhere in the ground.