Chapter 012: Princess Veronica.

Sien hurriedly look what kind of another skill he's about to have and he can't help but be excited. He took a violet book from his inventory that's emitting a purple glow with a question mark on its front side. Sien immediately opened the book and the skill that he got gave him a big surprise.

Book of Transcended Senses - (Skill Book) - (Epic Rank) - This book contains the power to transcend your normal sense to a whole new level!.

Effect: By learning the book, your sense will be permanently enhanced by 10 times than a normal player and you'll be able to easily perceive any person or an attack or anything that can threaten you in the surroundings with a distance of 20 meter radius. Increasing your strength will also increase the effect of the skill.

「Oh my!, I instantly got 2 important skills to have as a swordsman even before the game become a week old!.」

Sien can't help but shout as he said those words, he can't believe that he got an another important skill again. When he was fighting against the Ogre Chief, he didn't manage to inflict a serious wound again to him because of one of his skill called [Acute Senses] that can enhanced the Ogre Chief's senses by 3 times than a normal monsters, if Sien doesn't have any experience against someone who have this kind of skill, he would be put in a passive state in a fight against the Ogre Chief even if his opponent can't see him.

But with this skill he also have now in his possession, no monsters, players or npc would be able to completely dodge his attacks. Sien's enemy would also die without being able to land an attack on him too. As the skill doesn't just enhance his sense by 3 or 4 times but 10 times!, this skill's price market value will rise at several millions once the awakening become a must for people, this kind of skill can be used in a lot of things after all.

Sien didn't hesitate as he learned the book, with this skill, his plan on conquering the labyrinth would be much easier and shorter than expected. Sien also looked at what kind of effects of the titles he got from the rewards.

[Ogre's Archenemy - (Unique Rank)

You as someone who hate Ogres have annihilated a lot of them, now the Ogres also hate you and everytime they see you, they will for sure attack you without a second thought.

Effect 01: When fighting against an Ogre type monsters, increase damage dealt by 20%.

Effect 02: When raiding a base of the Ogre type clans, all base stats increase by 10% and 2% of stamina used in a fight will be restored in every successfull kill.

Effect 03: When the player kill an Ogre, increase the chances that a more valuable items will drop by 50%.

[Lone Labyrinth Conqueror - (Unique Rank)

You as someone who entered a labyrinth and even conquered a floor all by yourself was enough to be given of a special praise.

Effect 01: When inside of a labyrinth, all base stats increase by 15% at the same time HP, SP and mana increase by 2 times.

Effect 02: While inside of the labyrinth, successfully killing any enemy monster will result in stealing a portion of their HP, SP, and Mana depends on the player's spent in the process.

Effect 03: Suppress the strength of the enemies in a 50 meter radius depends on the strength gap between the player, the weaker the enemy is, the higher the suppression of the strength, the stronger the enemy is, the less the suppression of the strength.

「Wait, did I just got a two unique titles!?.」

Sien can't believe as he look at the effect of the titles he got, after all he didn't receive even a single unique title from his previous life, only he got a few rare rank titles and a lot of common rank titles.

Doing something nigh impossible action with only having an A Rank Special Trait was too much of a task for the previous Sien, and he was also a month left behind so he couldn't compete for something like the unique title even if he wants to.

When he received the Legendary Rank Title after demonizing Raven, Sien didn't even felt happy, he just felt like it was something expected as he knows he's the only one who can turn a monster or npc in to a demon now so even before he did the action, he knew he would receive one but now he didn't expect that he would receive a two Unique Rank titles at all by only doing what he needs to do.

It's like the hardwork his been doing since last day paid off now and he feels so happy, the two titles even have incredible effects, although the 'Ogre's Archenemy' only works on Ogres, there's still a lot of opportunities he can put that title on use and as for the 'Lone Labyrinth Conqueror' title, it can boost Sien efficiency of raiding the underground labyrinth, now that there's already some other players who've entered the labyrinth other than him, he can't let those players take over the lead for this one or else his plan would fail, although he can just kill these players if they tried to do something that would make Sien unhappy about, he wants to refrain from doing it as much as possible.

First he still doesn't want to be known by the public having an SSS Rank Special Trait before he awaken himself, although hiding his status window to others was now possible with the robe he got from Prince Andrei, but it can't block appraisal from a special traits at all, also having that kind of mindset wasn't good at all as being too much comfortable would become a problem in a long run.

Moreover, he doesn't want to commit an indiscriminate mass killing of players that would cause to hinder the growth of the normal players, Sien wants to avoid this kind of scenario for as long as he can because of what will happen in the future.

While Sien was deeply emersed on his own world, several Superior Elf appeared a few meters away and walked directly to Sien, he already knows that they were coming after learning the skill book 'Transcended Senses' as they weren't 20 meters away from him

because they've been fighting together for less than a day now.

「Great human warrior, I'm Elf Princess Veronica from the Villamore Elf Kingdom in the East GreenWood Forest. Can I ask the great warrior's name?.」

Princess Veronica introduced herself elegantly and pridely yet with respect for the one who's she asking in front of her.

Sien looked at her beautiful face and can't help as he thought of how much this elf woman hate humans in the past, the expression she have right now was so far away from the expression she has from Sien's memories, it even gave him a goosebumps everytime he thought of it.

「You can call me Sin.」

Sien cast his thoughts aside as he answered Princess Veronica in a calm tone like who doesn't care who is he talking to. One of the Elf royal guard glared at him and about to say something but shut her mouth when she saw that her Princess is also glaring at her.

Sien didn't really care about them being royalty at all as he a wasn't part of the elf kingdom, and he can even kill all of these Superior Elfs if he wants to but there's no way he would do that.

If he played his part properly, he might be able to make the Superior Elfs allied with humans in the future than being enemies, that will elivate the overall strength of humans if they have a subordinate as powerful as the elf on their side. Although Sien did this kind of attitude in front of them, he only dared to because they knew and saw how strong he is, if he have done this kind of attitude before they saw his strength, the elf royal guards might have attacked him several times now enough for a normal palyer to die multiple times.

「I'm sorry about my comrade's attitude Great Warrior Sin, she doesn't mean it. We're here to express our thanks for helping us to break from the Ogre Chief grasp and even kill him. If you want to, I can give you a reward after we left this underground labyrinth today.」

「Don't worry about it, I just did what something needs to be done and also you should postpone of giving me a reward later, I won't be going out of this underground labyrinth anytime soon.」

Sien immediate reply made the Superior Elf Guards angry, first he disrespect their Princess earlier and now he's being ungrateful and giving an order to postpone giving his rewards?, if Sien wasn't something strong enough to make their Princess respect him, they would have already berated him to death and even kill him.

But the response of Princess Veronica to Sien's statement was too far away from her guards, her eyes shine like she regained some hope in the depth of the abyss.

「Are you perhaps plans on clearing the whole Carlos Underground Labyrinth by yourself great warrior Sin?.」

Sien didn't expect the reaction Princess Veronica will have after he said that, he thought that she might get a little angry on him but instead it was the opposite reaction he got.

「Yes.」

He didn't lie on her, and there's no need to be. He really do have a plan of clearing the entire underground labyrinth by himself, with his current level and strength, he can just spend 2 or 3 days for the next each floors increasing his level at the same time finding a valuable items if there's some spare time before taking down the main boss monster of the current floor and descent to a lower floor. Although this plan have a lots of holes in it, he can just deal with the sudden problems if the time comes.

Sien have already experienced too many kinds of these events when he needs to revise his plan in the last seconds, he also have a lot of ways to tackle an impromptu problems that would arise on the way.

「Great!. Can I ask you a favor great warrior Sin?.」

「Huh?, favor?, for what?.」

Sien was confused from the words that left the Princess mouth, for as far as he knew, Superior Elfs are all arrogant race that refuse to work with anyone even if it cost their life, he have heard a lot of rumors about them but because of their hatred to humans, Sien never went near from them, he would instantly die if he tried to even with the robe given by Prince Andrei as they can easily see him with their purple eyes.

Risking his life to confirm if the rumors were true is a dumb move at all. So the way Princess Veronica who he picture in his mind as a tyrannical and dangerous elf woman asking for his favor confused him greatly.

「I was tasked to complete a mission by taking one precious item from this underground labyrinth by the High Council of the Superior Elf's Round Table and at the same time to increase my strength while I'm here. I was confident at first that I can easily finish the mission given to me with my strength but I was gravely mistaken.

At first, our journey are going smoothly that I started to think that it's too easy but when we reached halfway of this floor, the Ogre Warriors ambushed us in an unexpected way and imprisoned us.

That's when I realized that the mission wasn't as simple as they made it to be, they didn't mention a lot of things to me before sending me here. I spent my entire night thinking of how I should escape from the bone prison but with my strength sealed by the Ogre Mage, I just become a weak elf that can't do anyth-」

Princess Veronica stopped speaking as her eyes widen when she suddenly have a revelation of what have happened to her and she became angry because of it. She didn't realize this before as she's still in a life and death situation but now that the event is done and she's now safe, when she properly thought of it, someone wants her dead for sure. Although pinpointing who is it was impossible right now.

「It seems that I got involved in your internal conflict huh?.」

Sien said out loud without holding back his voice, Princess Veronica didn't answer for a few seconds, she stayed quite as she still thinking of a lot of things and after a minute, she opened her mouth.

「Seems like it great warrior Sin but don't worry, I will make sure that none of my kind will hurt you. I have to go back now, I need to settle this as soon as possible and find the culprit behind of this audacity. You can get your rewards when you're done of your endeavor.」

Princess Veronica then was about to leave but stopped her action again as one of her royal guards whispered something on her. After hearing what her royal guard said, Sien can see the complications from her expression, like she was forced to eat something she doesn't want to but doesn't have a choice other than putting it on her mouth.

「It looks like you're picking a choice from continuing the mission or confronting the one who's behind of your current situation huh?.」

Sien said while having a nonchalant expression. Princess Veronica frowned when she heard what he said as it was exactly what she's thinking. Going back right now means she would fail her mission and even if she tried to start an investigation who made the mission, there's no gain from it at all only a loss of reputation as a Elf Princess she would get but if she continue the mission, that means she would be walking right to the palm of the mastermind and might even end up dead in the process.

Although both choice would result in negative situation, she can still salvage the situation for the former rather than from the latter. Being dead won't prove you anything at all. But again whe she's already at the decision of going back, she suddenly thought of how much powerful the person in front of her right now.

The feat that she saw Sien did since yesterday made her wonder, what if she reconsider having his help to finish the mission then when she's done and got home would only she start an investigation to find who made the mission for her?. Wouldn't that result in a much more favorable situation for her than going home empty handed?, and also she would just be making a fool of herself if she continue issuing an investigation about a situation without any proper evidence.

She then again went in front of Sein with a little embarrassed expression.

「I know you're not someone I should be requesting for help but I will continue what I want to say earlier. Great warrior Sin, please help me on my mission, I will make sure you'll receive a generous amount of rewards if you help me.」

Sien already knows that it would end up like this and what made him certainly about it is that how he approach the situation by saying only two sentences that made her change her opinion against Sien as he easily saw how she struggled picking a choice.

Elfs tend to belittle anyone they met thinking that there's no one intelligent enough to hold a conversation against them but when they saw that your strong, then they would speak to you with little respect but when they knew that you're a much more intelligent than them, then they would respect you even more. That why the royal guards who glared at him earlier now didn't dare look at him in the eyes and only looked down as they knew if they met eye to eye, he can easily read what they were thinking for him.

「Well, I can lend you some help, I already planned on clearing this place after all.」

「Th-.」

「But, if you really want me to help you, then you all should be prepared to take my orders as an absolute thing. If you all think you can't follow my command, then we should pretend that this talk never happened.」

Sien cut her words even before she formed a sentence by stating his condition, Princess Veronica didn't say anything and look at her royal guards, when she saw that no one voiced their complain. She agreed with his condition without further ado

*Ding!*

〈You have successfully finished the 1st part of the Branch Story Line Quest of the Main Story Line Quest. Updating Quest.〉

〈Branch Story Line Quest has been updated.〉

〈[Branch Story Line Quest - (Unique Quest)

Quest Detail (2nd Part): After helping the worn out elf woman, you found out that she was an Elf Princess all along and she needs your help to finish the important mission given by the Higher Council of the Superior Elf's Round Table.

Quest Completion Requirement: Help Princess Veronica to acquire an item called the Dragon's Eye at the deepest part of Carlos Underground Labyrinth.

Quest Time Duration: 30 days.

Quest Rewards: Rewards for this quest will stack up until the last part is done.

If the player failed to complete the quest in time, the Princess Veronica will resent humanity unconditionaly and all of the elf clan will forever hunt you down.]〉