Curse Temple (1)

Flash Step!

Noah reached the ground in an instant as he looked at the giant tentacle monster blocking the cave.

[Cursed Kraken] (Special Elite)

A Class

Level 90

The Helleborus was drawn. He sent three shots of magic debuffing it. Blind, Evil Glare, Curse of Weakness.

Multiple tentacles came in his direction.

Shing! Shing! Shing!

The Cursed Requiem in his right hand waved around chopping them off before they could reach him. The tentacles fell to the ground slowly in the water under him.

Severe Corruption covered the spots that had been cut. The corruption didn't spread but it didn't let it regenerate either.

Moving in Noah attacked.

The Kraken released ink. The deep black liquid spread like clouds covering Noah's vision.

Noah covered his mouth and nose as he retreated. Even then he had still taken some of the ink in. His movements slurred as tentacles came and wrapped him into a lock. They then pulled him into Its circular mouth covered with layers of sharp teeth.

Frost Slayer! Blue ice covered the thin black blade of the Cursed Reqieum as he swiped it in its direction.

The Kraken let out a sound in distress as it retreated.

Thick continuous ice spikes each was meters tall had covered and penetrated its body from his mouth till its back. Noah Flash Stepped close. Yin Yang Reinforcement! He then slashed down.

He couldn't cut it in half completely but he did do it partially. It was enough. The Kraken died and fell to the ground. Noah pulled off the tentacles still holding him and looked at the drops.

From them, he put them all away but paid attention to one item. It was called Kraken Ink. It was an A Class material that had a special effect on writing. It could also be used in rituals. He didn't know what he'd need it for but it was interesting.

Walking past the large corpse Noah saw a giant majestic black door. It gave off a mysterious vibe as it had a large number of engravings on it in a language he couldn't understand.

Noah walked to it and touched the door. It opened up.

[Welcome to the Curse Temple!

One of the Elemental temples that were created by the system to further train the human race. Each temple contains a challenge that will help train you and reward you on completion.

Do you wish to take the Challenge of the Curse Temple?]

Reading it Noah didn't see a reason to say no, "Yes."

The large door to the temple shut behind him as he heard another ding.

[You may only use Curse Magic inside the Temple.]

Seeing that message Noah started understanding how the training would go. "It seems that this temple trains curse magic. I have quite a few curse skills so it works for me."

The curse element was what he had the most skills in, they were Curse of Self Harm, Curse of Weakness, Insanity Venom, Silent Screech and Evil Glare. Blind was a debuff but wasn't counted as a curse skill.

Other than those skills he couldn't use anything else. This meant he couldn't Flash Step and Winter Style. Those two skills were the ones he would miss most. After that would be Death's Dance, Frost Slayer and the others.

Taking a glance around he noticed the inside of the temple. It was eerie, similar to a graveyard at midnight. The ground was black dirt and the walls were rocky black as well. He was surrounded by four rocky walls.

One had the door he entered from, he looked up and couldn't see the ceiling only a dark grey fog high up. The walls on his far left and right were the same. It was only the wall in front of him that was different it went high up, it was similar to being at the bottom of a cliff so he could see its top.

From where he stood he could see even after that, there were multiple tall cliffs set up like a staircase for a giant. He couldn't see all the steps just knew there were more than five and from above it came a white light that lit up the cave. It was why he was able to see everything around him.

He turned to touch the door behind him.

[Do You wish to leave? (You will not be able to enter again.)]

"No."

'I can't leave until I complete the challenge.' Noah pulled out his communication crystal. He tried calling Alice and saw that it failed. He then put it away. 'I'll have to explain everything to Alice on earth then.'

Noah then walked to the cliff in front of him and started climbing up. His skills were restricted but his talents weren't. He used Qi to help him climb the cliff. He jumped onto the ground above. It was a large flat space with a view of the bottom while the next cliff blocked the front view.

[You have entered the first Step. Kill 1 Cursed Creation to break the barrier of the next step.]

A monster that was similar to the abnormal creations he had seen in the Darkness Abomination Dungeon formed in front blocking his way to the next cliff.

[Cursed Creation]

??? Class

Level 90

The Cursed Creation was made of a black fluid rather than white and was smaller than the Abnormal Creations. Its body twice the size of Noah, dripped as it charged at him.

'A monster with an unknown Class?' he knew that it didn't mean the monster was stronger than A or S Class, it was just that its class was variable. It would change to suit the person that fought it.

Noah pulled out the Helleborus, he then shot as he retreated letting the Cursed Creation chase after.

'It has a resistance to the curse element, my cursed bullets won't do much.' Noah then pulled the Cursed Requiem and ran in close.

Silent Screech, Insanity Venom! His sword slashed at the monster, he attacked it with quick strikes. Severe Corruption wasn't spreading so he would need to cut it down completely to kill it.

The Cursed Creation had a few skills, it attacked mostly with physical attacks. It also shot beams of energy that he dodged. It would also use multiple curses to weaken him.

Noah coped with the use of Qi. He wore it down with his sword and gun. He then slashed it down killing it. The monster's body turned to vapour and disappeared. Noah stood uninjured and indifferent.

It had only taken so long since he couldn't use many of his skills. The monster itself wasn't too difficult. Noah judged it to be stronger than the Abnormal Creations, but he was much stronger than he was at that time.

Fighting an S Class monster had made him change him completely. Use to the high pace battle, such slow movements weren't intimidating in the slightest.

[The barrier to the next step has disappeared.]

Noah looked up and saw a thin film of black disintegrate above the cliff in front of him.

He walked forward and climbed to the next step.

[You have entered the second Step. Kill 2 Cursed Creations to break the barrier of the next step.]

Two fluid monsters came out from the ground and attacked him. Noah fought them understanding the pattern of the temple.

Continuing like this he made it to the fifth step. As he danced around five Cursed Creations he noticed that it had gotten more than he could handle.

His body flipped as he activated Curse of Self Harm. He landed on the ground and a Cursed Creation appeared behind him, its fluid mouth open as it sent a beam of darkness. Noah tried to dodge but was still hit on his left arm.

He landed on the ground far away, the five surrounded him. Noah put energy into his feet as he jumped back and off the cliff to the floor below.

He landed on the ground with a roll and pulled out a healing potion. The Cursed Creations watched him then turned back.

"They don't chase after, this is supposed to be training. I think this is enough for today. I'll figure out how to defeat them tomorrow." Noah thought as he found a spot with a large rock to lean back on. Still holding the Cursed Reqieum he fell asleep while his body was still alert.