So many messages flashed across Victors vision as his skills improved and he leveled up.
Speed Boost Rank 10
Rarity: Divine
Requirements: Spend 1,536 stat points, Mage or Cleric Level 91.
Sustained Spell
Mana Cost: 128 Mana Per Second
Increases speed by 15,360.
Prowess Boost Rank 10
Rarity: Divine
Requirements: Spend 1,536 stat points, Mage or Cleric Level 91.
Sustained Spell
Mana Cost: 128 Mana Per Second
Increase prowess by 15,360
Skills : Familiar Rank 10, Speechless Spellcasting Rank 10, Improved Buffs Rank 10, Rogue skills 10, Fighter Skills 10, Luzuzal’s Delusion Rank 10, Luzuzal’s Devout Rank 10, Luzuzal’s Promise 10
Spells: Barrier shield Rank 10, Jolt Rank 10, Speed Boost Rank 10, Magic Writing Rank 10, Vitality Boost Rank 10, Rigor Boost Rank 10, Prowess Boost Rank 10
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Jolt Customizations: Lightning bolt , Chain Lightning , I Am Lightning .
Boost Customizations: Reduced mana cost , Sudden boost , Boost Limiter removal .
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Sword of the Divine – Fully Restored
Victor only barely managed to activate his boost spells to dodge the massive black blade flying toward his head. If not for Cawthorn crashing into Zolvorns’ chest knocking him back the blade would have torn his head off in a single stroke. Zolvorn crashed to the ground rolling back and away as Cawthorn took off above them. “YOU DARE ATTACK MY MAGE! CHAIN LIGHTNING !” Cawthorn flapped angrily his wings as a massive bolt of lightning crackled through the air hitting Zolvorn dead center.
“Wait Cawthorn can join me?” Victor placed his hand on Swordie.
Zolvorn panted for a moment before answering. “Gizixil decides what a fair fight is. If he is your familiar I suspect that’s considered fair.”
Victor put his hand on Swordie and instinctively knew what to say. He lifted Swordie above his head turning him into an empty golden hilt with no blade. He began to glow “By the power of heaven. By the virtues seven. I stand before the darkness. I shall end the rule of the heartless. Let those who call for help in the dark of night, find an angel shining to show them the light.” A pillar of light surrounded Victor as another sword slash came toward him. It bounced off the beam. Victor smiled. “Don’t you know? You can’t interrupt a transformation sequence.” Golden armor formed around him snapping into place on his arms, his chest, and at last a helm on his head. While holding Swordie above his head the golden jewel encrusted blade reformed flowing in a bright brilliant light. Finally a pair of golden wings shined brightly erupting from his back.
Zolvorn stepped back on guard. “You’re an angelic knight…”
Swordie beamed shining even brighter. “AND A DAMN FINE ONE AT THAT!”
Victor flapped toward Zolvorn bringing down his blade with a golden flash. He merely thought about casting lightning bolt from his blade and it erupted through the blade causing hundreds of trees behind Zolvorn to erupt. Zolvorn blocked the sword but the bold went through his head charring it black only for Zolvorn to smile and speak back. “ Unending Stamina . High Effort Healing .”
Unending Stamina Rank 10
Rarity: Divine
Requirements: Spend 1,536 stat points, Fighter 91, Berserker 20
Active Skill
Stamina Cost: 1000 or half your stamina whichever is greater.
All stamina costs are removed for 100 seconds.
High Effort Healing Rank 10
Rarity Divine
Requirements: Spend 1,536 stat points, Fighter 91, Unstoppable Warrior 20
Sustained Skill
Stamina Cost: 1280 stamina per second.
Your rigor is multiplied by 10. While this skill is active you do not regenerate stamina.
Zolvorn’s face recovered almost instantly with all signs he took damage evaporating. His smile stretched across his face as Victor struck down with lightning following every swing causing tree after tree behind him to explode. Victor knocked him back feeling the incredible power coursing through his veins. “When you see Gizixil, tell him I’m coming for him.” Victors next swing met the black blade dead center. The thunderous blast as another chain lightning burst out behind him echoed through the forest.
“Perhaps I misjudged you.” The two center pieces of his black blade cracked off and shot toward Victor impacting him in the neck. His golden chain shirt saved his head.
-11242 Health
252,358/263,600 Health
Bleeding
Regenerating, bleeding stopped.
‘That vitality booster is more than half my health and that blade could have taken my head off.’ Victor tried to grab the blade and it darted back to his sword reforming his greatsword as Zolvorn gripped his chest plate with his bare chest instantly cracking the golden plate. Victor flapped away desperately trying to keep his armor intact.
Zolvorn chased with the ferocity of rabid dog leaping into the air. For the first time since the combat began Zolvorn gripped his blade in both hands and performed a full overhead strike. Victor readied a block with Swordie using both hands. “ Colossal Strike .” Victor made a colossal mistake realizing it only as he did block the blow. Victor felt his arms crumble back crashing back to the ground cratering down into an underground cave. Victor has no idea how far he fell. He couldn’t see the surface at the end of the tunnel. Around him he could see glowing stones and running water.
-58421 Health
194,502/263,600 Health
Regenerating
Zolvorn landed in the cave in front of him across the flowing river. Red crackling lightning raced across his blade. He took off maliciously at Victor with a devious smile. “LETS SEE IF YOU KNOW HOW TO USE THAT!” Victor met his massive blade over the river shooting blue and red lightning in every direction instantly evaporating the water beneath them into steam. Zolvorn punched his chest knocking him away further cracking his bright golden chest plate. Victor crashed into the wall. He braced for another swing.
-3298 Health
191,916/263,600 Health
Regenerating
Red lightning rushed toward Victor through the fog. Swordie immediately cast chain lightning intercepting the red lightning. Victor breathed a sigh of relief. He tried to use his wings to fly out of the hole he entered this cave only for a massive greatsword to appear out of the fog. Victor’s quick reflexes saved him. Adrenaline raced through Victor even more so than before. Above ground Cawthorn crowed “SKILL SHARE!” Suddenly Victor could see through the fog as a massive black blade crashed down crushing the cave since Victor dodged it. Rocks began to fall obscuring the savage in front of him. In that moment Victor lost track of him.
“ Colossal Strike .” A voice from his side announced barely audible.
“BARRIER SHIELD!” Victor cast it behind him instinctively without looking. It detonated into a thousand pieces. He put his harms up and felt one of the plates on his arm break in two as he was sent flying upward out of the cave above the tree line.
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-89298 Health
103,616/263,600 Health
Regenerating
‘Shit, one or two more of those strikes and he’ll kill me. That attack is slow though.’ Victor flapped his wings taking off into the sky aiming down. “Lightning Bolt!” He shot it down into the hole he came out of with no idea if it would hit. For a moment he felt like a god smiting an ant below him, but that moment soon passed as Zolvorn erupted from the ground approaching him at high speed. Victor stopped flapping his wings and dropped down dodging the sudden thrust. Zolvorn rose above the clouds speeding far past Victor. “Wait can’t this guy fly?”
Cawthorn flew up next to Victor. “MY MAGE WHAT IS THE PLAN?”
“Keep him air born Cawthorn. Do not let him reach the ground.” Victor grinned at the opening. “Swordie do you think it will work?”
“Grant me access to your mana at will. I will intercept his swords red lightning with chain lightning .” Swordie insisted.
“Granted.” Victor nodded as red lightning streaked across the sky instantly intercepted by Swordie with blue lightning. The explosions where the two met reverberated for thousands of miles as though demigods clashed amongst the heavens.
A scream of joy echoed from above as cackling laughter followed the thunder. “FANTASTIC SHOW ME MORE!” He began to fall toward the ground drunk on the flow of combat. Victor flew beneath him and took another swing easily blocked by Zolvorn. He was sent high into the air.
Cawthorn blasted him again with resounding thunder “ CHAIN LIGHTNING !”
Zolvorn healed almost instantly after eating the blast. He turned to Cawthorn. “It’s a shame you aren’t also an angelic knight the two of you might have stood a chance.”
It was only then Cawthorn realized the tip of his weapon was missing. It connected cleanly with Cawthorn knocking him down. Angrily Cawthorn called out “FACE MY FLOCK!” The thousands of crows sprang into existence being created from nothing but raw mana.
They charged at Zolvorn bursting on contact doing no damage but knocking him further upward. Zolvorn called out deeply enraged. “THAT WAS REALITY WARPING! YOUR FAMILIAR VENERATES LUZUZAL!”
-198,302 Health (Cawthorn)
65,298/263,600 Health (Cawthorn)
Regenerating
“AND WHAT OF IT!” Victor flew at Zolvorn. Another red blast of lightning arced toward him only for blue lightning to intercept it between them. The blinding flash did not slow Victor’s swing. He used all of his speed to land a clean blow across Zolvorn’s chest. His blood gushed across the sky igniting as a chain lightning coursed through his body highlighting his skeleton for a moment. Soaring higher Victor shouted with righteous indignation. “HE IS MY ALLY!”
“ANGELIC KNIGHTS CANNOT VENERATE VOID LORDS! COLOSSAL STRIKE !” Victor couldn’t dodge. He was going to die.
Cawthorn screeched furious. “ I AM LIGHTNING .” Cawthorn dematerialized turning into a bolt of lightning and sailing through the greatsword knocking it back and charring Zolvorn’s entire arm. It happened so fast none of them could see it happen they could only see the streak of crow shaped lightning crackling upward to the sky. Zolvorn detached his blade attacking Victor desperately. Victor lost altitude taking a short breath. His stamina had reached 30% he noticed it only after that last exchange. Zolvorn was healing his arm but just barely. ‘Has it been 100 seconds yet? No. It should be another few seconds. Why isn’t he healing?’
Jolt [I AM LIGHTNING] Rank 10
Rarity: Divine
Active Spell
Mana Cost: 2000
Duration: 3 seconds
Cooldown: 60 seconds
Transform into lightning rocketing forward at high speeds. Heavily reduces rigor, health regeneration, and stamina regeneration for 30 seconds. High chance to shock the target.
“Cawthorn you beautiful genius bird.” Victor smiled starting to gain confidence. ‘At this rate he should start being worn down soon.’ He flew upward toward Zolvorn swinging much slower. Victor managed to connect once more mid air sending him so far up in the air that the next blow far above the clouds was silhouetted by the sun. “ I AM LIGHTNING !” His body faded into crackling blue energy. He could feel the air around him burning as a grin stretched out behind him. As he began moving his blade forward he couldn’t even see where he was going but he could feel the searing explosive hit as he passed through. Victor flew through him blade and all charring his chest black.
Zolvorn turned midair coughing up blood a massive gaping wound across his chest. Victor realized he may have made a mistake once he turned back and saw Zolvorn bracing his feet against two segments of his sword. Victor tried to race him to the ground only to find Zolvorn’s plunge to the ground had enough force to cause a small earthquake. The fragments of his blade nearly hit Victor on his way to the ground. The massive blade reformed as the black scar on his chest and arm seemed to smoke. He looked up at the sky with a menacing grin before he glanced ahead of himself into the forest. “No you can’t be here. There is no reason.”
Confused as Victor approached he chuckled. “Did I hit you that hard?”
“Not you. Him.” Zolvorn stretched out his blade pointing behind Victor.
“Do you really think I’d fall for-” Victor was cut off by a deep guttural voice.
“Don’t let me interrupt your fun. I’m just here to watch.” A man standing twice Victors height with four mouths on his head and four down the center of his massive abs menaced him. At first it appeared he had no eyes but instead when he spoke it became obvious he had an eye in each of his eight mouths. The two stopped fighting for a moment. “Well… What are you two waiting for?”
Cawthorn screeched barreling toward Zolvorn. “ CHAIN LIGHTNING !”
Zolvorn ducked out of the way only to get slashed across his blackened chest by Victor unable to block in time. The three large sword fragments began dancing around him as he held the hilt and a short piece of his blade. Swordie cautioned Victor. “That abomination behind us is Gizixil! The moment Fair Fight ends he could attack and kill us. If he attacks before it ends you’ll gain enough power to kill a Void Lord! YOU CANNOT END THIS FIGHT!”
“Now now pathetic fragment I’m just here to watch.” Gizixil insisted with a shrug. “It’s been a while since such enjoyable duels to watch occurred. Though the girl did perform significantly better than the mage this fight has been far flashier. I do enjoy the flair in violence.”
“My lord you’re presence here will ruin the sanctity of this duel.” Zolvorn protested.
“I am the strongest being in existence. My word is law. No one shall interfere. Proceed .” His voice reverberated through the decimated forest using a different mouth for each word.
“Shall we?” Victor asked.
“ CHAIN LIGHTNING !” Cawthorn hit Zolvorn with another chain lightning.
“I guess Cawthorn is impatient.” He landed to a sly laugh from Zolvorn.
“When I said it ruins the sanctity, this is what I meant.” The black scars on his arm and chest raced back disappearing. The debuff expired. “I will offer you a chance to surrender so that we can fight another day. I offer this ONLY because for the second time today someone has interrupted my duel and of all people I’d never have thought you’d ruin this for me.”
“What do you think Swordie?” Victor asked.
“We’re going to lose sir. If he means it we should surrender and hope for mercy.” Swordie noted.
“We’re going to lose?” Victor asked. “I feel like we’ve been fairly evenly trading blows.”
“That’s why you’re going to lose. You’ve been trying to damage me, you didn’t even notice what was happening. At least she did.” Zolvorn shook his head. “I don’t want to continue but I can only stop if you concede. Besides even if we won Gizixil isn’t just here for the show.”
“Oh you can just be no fun at all Zolvorn.” Gizixil groaned.
“If you wanted to watch hiding would have been an easy feat for you. You wanted to distract him to help me. You actually thought I was going to LOSE! I’m insulted. I don’t even want to continue this. We will fight again another day. You’ve ruined the mood.” Zolvorn crossed his arms.
“It’s like your dad showed up and told you to cut it out.” Victor noted with a dull chuckle.
“More like a tsunami hit a bonfire. Gizixil has something to say and despite having eight mouths he won’t say it until you ask him about it.” Zolvorn groaned.
“What do you want Gizixil?” Victor asked.
“You still have a duel to lose.” Gizixil smiled across all eight mouths.
“I concede to you Zolvorn. You are the better fighter. You win this Fair Fight .” Swordie instantly snapped back to a book. His wings and armor disappeared into bubbles popping around him. Victor could see full health, mana, and stamina on his bars but he had so many status conditions it ran off the edge of his vision. He fell to his knees breathing hard.
He stared up defiantly as Gizixil began circling him. “It’s not often one of my strongest followers is pushed to the edge. I wanted to see the group with two people who could do it in one day. You have better equipment but your, what did your crow call her, oh yes future wife is a far better combatant. If she had slightly better gear we wouldn’t even be having this conversation. The truly impressive part is your title and weapon. I thought Lightbringer Luke was the last angelic knight. What angel gave you that title?”
Swordie spoke up. “I did abomination. Leave my student alone.”
“Your fragment of an angel was able to bestow that title?” Gizixil seemed truly shocked at such a revelation. “There could be more… Fragment what is your title.”
Swordie stood firm. “I will not grace a monster like you with my name.”
The ground, trees, and skies all suddenly became covered in fanged mouths staring at Victor and Swordie with eyes in each of them. “Given your uniqueness I will gift you one refusal. You’ve used it up. You have one chance to answer or I will kill everyone here, all of your friends nearby, and then the nearby city just to blow off some steam. Do you both understand? I am not like Luzuzal. That pathetic delusional youngster will never be like me. Now I will ask one more time. What is your title Fragment ?”
“I am a fragment of The Angel of Reincarnation. My name is Swordie.” He answered bluntly. “Be gone monster.”
“I am not some pathetic intangible force that you can use resistance to banish or condemn. I am here. Now. Right in front of you. Show respect.” Zolvorn knelt as though he saw a king before him. Zolvorn grabbed Victor’s leg and forced him to one knee as well. “That is a little bit better. Now on to why I am here” He pointed to victor causing seven of his eight mouths to form unhinged fanged smiles “You are blessed by Luzuzal and an angelic knight. This is impossible. The angelic knight title is possibly the easiest title in the entire world to lose, and no angel would give you the title after making a deal with a Void Lord. So tell me. How do you have both?”
“I died.” Victor said bluntly.
“Go on…” Gizixil leaned in seemingly curious.
“Swordie allowed me a chance at a new life and before I was to be reborn. When setting up what skills I would be reborn with I noticed that the Void Lords and their cursed skills were really strong. I thought I’d need them in this new world and since sustained spells were a core part of what I wanted to use I thought it would be at least worth it to ask about the skills that improve flow or mana regeneration. I ended up making a deal with Luzuzal and then recently after Swordie finally came to the conclusion I am exactly the person I always show off as he decided I was worthy of that title.” Victor explained in detail.
“Your resurrection is extraordinarily rare but not unheard of but what you’re telling me an angel gave that title to a cultist. That’s a bit of a stretch, even for me.” He shifted his massive feet towering over Victor.
Swordie spoke up for him. “He is an exceptional human being. He earned my total respect and the title, abomination.”
“Well I don’t care much, so long as you are strong. You aren’t but you have potential. Would you like to join me and abandon Luzuzal? I will make you stronger. You’ll be able to fight anyone.” Gizixil extended his hand.
Swordie glowed menacingly. Victor shook his head and held up his hand. “I’m sorry. I am done making deals with Void Lords.”
“My pride in you Sir Victor cannot be overstated. Never give in.” Swordie beamed.
“I could kill you for your insolence. I could kill your friends too.” Gizixil growled.
Victor proposed hopeful that he could escape this situation with no one dying that day, hoping that Gizixil didn’t have plans for him. “I have a counter offer. You seem like a Void Lord in love with violence. One day far from today I will fight Zolvorn again and fight him in a fair fight. I will win. Then after that you’ll get a fight worth your time because I’ll come for you.”
“I wasn’t really here looking for a good fight but that does sound entertaining. Provided you do not interfere with my cultists to an excessive degree I will leave you be. I only had Zolvorn in this country to recruit more cultists and find Lightbringer Luke so he could bring me his head.” Gizixil bent down looking Victor in the eyes. “You’re just a fun bonus.”
“Why are you trying to kill Lightbringer Luke? More importantly why not kill him yourself?” Victor couldn’t contain his curiosity.
“Uhg questions like that are so boring. Zolvorn feel free to answer him. Do not kill them today. Find and kill Lightbringer Luke. I’m leaving.” Gizixil opened a mouth in the ground and stepped into it devouring his body before the ground returned to normal.
“I’ll never get over how he leaves. To answer your questions Luke must die because he has interfered too much in the cults of both Kokoxol and Gizixil. Both Void Lords have decided it is time for him to die. As for why he doesn’t do it himself it’s something to do with Deox the Destroyer although I’ve never learned what.” Zolvorn extended his hand to help Victor up.
Victor took his hand with a strange sense of comradely as Cawthorn landed on his shoulder. “You know for a man as honorable as yourself to serve a Void Lord seems out of place.”
“I could say the same of you angelic knight.” Zolvorn smiled pulling him to his feet.