The VRMMORPG [High-Heaven Online] was the talk of the era. It had everything one would want. Breathtaking graphics, gripping storyline, and thrilling quests. The whole world was waiting for the game to be released. Noah entered [High-Heaven Online] and chose the [Priest] class to earn money that he needed desperately. It seemed luck was on Noah's side. He found(stole) a legendary Priest class on the first day of the game's release. The class banned Noah from using any attack skills, but Noah wasn't worried. Why would he need attack skills as a healer? The answer came after Noah was reincarnated inside the game — Healing skills doesn't matter when your enemies can kill you with one hit. Reincarnated inside the game as an [NPC Player] who is trapped in the hellish difficulty dungeon, Noah would soon realize that strength came in many ways and he doesn't need attack skills to attack. .... Years later, the whole world was talking about Noah. Was he an NPC? Or was he a Player? Why did he have the highest DPS when he was a Priest? What kind of Priest class needed to beat the injured to heal them!? The day Noah received his legendary class was the day when his legend began. The legend of [The Strongest Heretic Priest]. . *** Credits to @syla for the amazing cover. *** Tags: #Action #Yandere Female Lead #VR #Overpowered Protagonist #Genius Protagonist #Comedy #Legendary Class #Rutheless Protagonist #Adventure #Video Games #Myths #Gods #Mysterious Past #Cautious Protagonist
<Unknown Location>
Nelio nation's castle was built upon a small hill. The city below it was separated into three sections depending on the distance from the castle, and each section was surrounded by massive walls.
Presently, each layer was filled with at least over a thousand elite soldiers of the nation.
"It will work, won't it?" Karnok asked, trying to suppress his trembling.
The advisor bowed slightly. "With your majesty's grace, there is no way it can fail."
There were three reasons why Karnok was going overboard to kill Noah.
Noah killed someone using a single word.
Achilles — the strongest warrior — was apprehensive of Noah's strength.
And, until a few weeks ago, Karnok had tormented Noah and made his life hell. Imperial Physician Noah was so beloved by the citizens that when Karnok ascended as the new king, he had to obey Noah's words to prevent public rebellion.
Imperial Physician Noah was the voice of people. His unofficial authority was an annoyance for the king.
Which was why Karnok ruined Noah's life. He set up schemes to destroy his public image, took his wife, and used his subordinates to mentally and physically torture him.
Yet, Imperial Physician Noah never tried to fight back. Even though he received nothing but scorn from the world, he only wanted to spread kindness and love.
And that Noah was now fighting back.
'Don't fear a dog who only barks, fear a lion who hides his fangs.'
Where did that strength come from? How much more was he hiding? Why did he reveal it now?
Those questions didn't matter to Karnork. He knew one thing: Noah would come to kill him.
To avoid that, Noah had to be killed first.
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<Base of Castle>
Noah saw the barrage of magic spells, grabbed a house in the distance with Gravity Manipulation skill, and pulled himself towards it.
BOOOOOMMM!!!!
The shockwaves caused his clothes to flutter violently.
Gravity Manipulation allowed Noah to control gravity in a sphere around him at the cost of Divinity. He could freely manipulate the shape of the sphere. Pushing the sphere in a single direction molded it into a line and extended its range. It had many more uses too, like pushing, pulling or holding other objects.
"First Mage Squad! Fire!"
Several fireballs, ice lance, and earth needle shot at Noah.
"Dispel"
Noah dashed while casting the spell.
The ice lances disappeared from the sky while fireballs and earth needles remained.
BOOOOM!!!
Dispel could only remove a single type of magic spell. Before Noah had a chance to understand this weakness, another volley of magic spells appeared.
The magic squad, like every other squad, had received strict instructions: Kill Noah with the maximum firepower and haste if he escapes.
Noah was being forced to use Gravity Manipulation and burn his Divinity to continue dodging. Injuries quickly piled over his body as he was struck by shrapnels and wreckages flying around.
"Battle Concentration"
Everything began moving slowly. Noah felt as if he was moving through sludge with his body unable to follow his swift thoughts.
Noah made his decision swiftly.
"Add 40 points in Divine Aura and the rest into Movement Speed."
[ Divine Aura: 15 → 55 ]
[ Movement Speed: 80 → 430 ]
Noah's speed increased considerably along with his Divinity reserves. He began to move at a normal pace in this slowed world.
But Noah went a step further.
[ Consume 45 Skill Points for Detect(Tier 0, Lv.3) → Detect(Tier 1, Lv.0) ?]
[ Consume 50 Skill Points for Battle Concentration(Tier 0, Lv.10) → Battle Concentration(Tier 1, Lv.0) ?]
[ Consume 120 Skill Points for Gravity Manipulation(Tier 0, Lvl.6) → Gravity Manipulation(Tier 1, Lvl.0) ?]
[ 215 Skill Points consumed ]
Noah's senses stretched beyond limit and he located every hostile mage in the 100-meter radius.
He activated Battle Concentration with his over 400 Movement Speed. The spells that seemed like bullets shot from a sniper were now no different from crawling snails.
"Fiiiiiiiiirrrrrrrrr….."
Noah found the mage squad commander easily. He took the commander's sword and cleaved his neck in mere moments.
The fear in the commander's eyes was evident when a figure flashed before him and the world turned upside down.
In a world that was moving slowly, Noah was the only one capable of operating at normal speed.
"What is—!?"
"Sto—!?"
"Spread out and—!?"
"He is too fas—!?"
"Ru—!?"
Noah eliminated the mages one by one. But for them, they only saw a blur before darkness covered their eyes.
"Hufff! Huff! It's difficult to maintain this state."
Noah deactivated Battle Concentration and stood over the top of a building overseeing the corpses of the first mage squad, which had over 20 mages.
"W-what? How is everyone dead?"
"I missed one."
Slash!
[ Level 70 mage…. ]
[ Level 7…. ]
[ Lev…. ]
[ … ]
In a little over 10 minutes, the strongest mage unit of Nelio was annihilated.
"Now…"
Noah crouched, gathering strength in his calves, and jumped over 20 meters high in the air.
A single glance was enough for Noah to scan the entire city. He saw countless soldiers rushing in his direction like a tsunami.
"There is no point in trying to hide."
Noah compressed air into a thin platform below his feet with Gravity Manipulation.
Bam!
He leaped towards the wall. His figure tore through the air like a missile as he continued to move by creating compressed air platforms.
His method attracted a lot of attention, but without anything blocking his path in the sky, he was moving too fast for archers or mages on the ground to hit him.
'I'll be able to escape eas—!?'
Gigantic arrows entered Noah's senses. They moved like a blitz, too fast for the naked eye to catch them. Noah would've been hit unaware if he didn't have the upgraded Battle Concentration which allowed him to sense every movement in a small radius.
Noah attempted to divert the arrows with Gravity Manipulation to the best of his ability.
A small graze from the arrows nearly tore his limbs apart, almost killing him if not for the Sage Heal.
"Urgh"
Noah landed on the ground. The arrows were shot from large cannons mounted on the border walls. Moving through the air made him an open target for those artilleries.
As if saying his situation wasn't bad enough, a golden light covered Noah followed by a pillar of light shooting into the night sky with him as the source.
[ You have been marked with 'Location Reveal' rune ]
Noah sensed a rush of soldiers moving towards him. The golden pillar exposed his location to everyone!
On the ground, Noah had no choice but to fight what blocked his path.
Noah pulled the blade closer and readied his heart. It looked like he needed to get out of this the hard way.