Chapter 10
Because of a request I'm going to try to make the MC less "spineless" and describe things more tell me if you like that change or not.
Arthur's POV
"Where did we teleport to this time"I asked tired of the teleporting
"Somewhere other than hades realm"Natsuki said
"Well more specifics would be nice"I said
"A Level 250 dungeon"Natsuki said
"Well does can I leave without getting one shot"I asked
"Nope"Natsuki said
"So what is that"I asked pointing to the big glowing portal in the middle of the room"I said sighing
"Your way back to the starting nexus and the way I got in"Natsuki said
"How did you teleport here this is a dungeon"I asked
"I cleared the dungeon"Natsuki answered
"That explains why I didn't die instantly"I said
"Anyways the portal can only be used one more time before it destabilizes go through"Natsuki said
"Wait I'll send you a friend request"I said
I opened my friend menu and sent her one
"You are now friends with Natsuki"
"Okay I guess this goodbye for a month"I said
"Yep"Natsuki answered
"See ya" I said and walked through the portal
"Okay where am- whoahhhhhhh"I yelled
I was standing right on the top of a tower and the only way down is climbing. I slowly slid myself down the top of the tower to lookout and climbed through.
"This is a perfect place to check out my new title skills and class"I said
"Open skill window"I said
(Reap) once your targets at less than 80% it will absorb the rest of their Heath absorbing their soul fills you to full health but uses all mana. If target has more than 80% health you deal 20% of there health and give them soul fray a debuff that makes them randomly suddenly stop moving for a split second. Debuff lasts 30 seconds. Will make restless souls rest in peace in the underworld
Rank 1
(Tainted aegis) You use the souls of your fallen enemies to protect you anything that hits damage is turned to mana once you reach full it will store excess mana in a separate pool infinitely. But excess mana won't regenerate
Rank 1 0%
(Cursed katopris)You summon a knife that is a link to tartarus if opponent is struck they teleport to Tartarus. In tartarus the opponents stamina is drained then mana. Once mana reaches 0 they'll be summoned back to the over world where they were before Using this skill drains all mana.
Rank 1 0%
(Hades realm) If used if you have an opponent in the Tartarus their drained Heath ,mana and stamina will be restored. In Tartarus all of your stats are quadrupled but takes 10% of your mana per 10 seconds to stay there mana potions can't be used. Once opponent dies,you die or you run out of mana you are teleported back to the over world where you'd were before has 15 second cool down.
Rank 1
(Soul drain) you place a circle around you that drains the soul of anyone who dares to walk in anything that goes in it will be dealt dot damage slowness and weakness debuffs. Dot damage depends on your mp stat will do .5% of your mp points per
second for every point of dot damage the opponent receives you receive healing over time.
Rank 1 0%
(True Caliburn) you summon the true form of a powerful artifact the false holy sword forgotten thrown away as a fake because of Excailburs glory when it was the true holy sword. Angry seeking justice to fight Excalibur in battle and defeat her she looks for an adventurer strong enough and worthy with the same sense of justice to wield her. And sustain her holy form. This holy sword constantly heals user and buffs the user with damage and speed buffs. Sword will stun enemy's that are unworthy that look at it. Uses 1000,000,000 mana every 5 seconds
Rank 10 100%
(Soul mending) you can fix someone's soul itself which will relieve all the pain and suffering they have received. Applies buff pure soul on target and caster gives 10% speed buff and healing over time of 50 health per second for 15seconds. Drains 10% mana.
Rank 1 0%
(Soul manipulation) (passive) you can sense someone's soul and mana areas with high traces of souls or mana you will get a 10% speed and attack speed buff. You can manipulate others souls with intense concentration
"What class is this it's definitely soul related"I said
Rank 1 0%
"Open stat window
Title:champion of hades
Bonuses
+ 1000 fame
+ undead weaker than you will yield to your strength
"That's a very useful title" I said
Class: soul stealer
+unique skills
+50mp points
+200health
+200mana
"So that's what hades meant by "persuading" my enemies to go to his underworld"I said
"Open inventory"I said
"New item
(Cloak of darkness)
+300health
+300mana
+turn completely invisible at night
(Soul bound)
"Wow that's a cool item maybe accepting hades request wasn't all that bad"I said as I equipped it
I started to make my way down the tower I looked around and I really didn't know where the hell I was. I could see a church in the distance as well as a fortress but those were the only landmarks I could make out.I as getting hungry so I ate a bit of the loaves of rye bread I started with along with a swig of water form my canteen.
"Aww that tastes like wet paper"I said almost choking on the gross bread in my throat
"If I don't get something better to eat I'm going to gag with every meal"I said disgusted
I started to just walk around to trying desperately to grasp at some sort of recognition but everything around me seemed so foreign.
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Damn it where the hell am I I slightly recognized the clean and shiny marble style of the starting nexus. But none of the buildings really wrung a bell.
"Excuse me are you lost" a male sounding person said patting me on shoulder
Crap I didn't hear him at all and I looked Behind me a second ago how did he get there so fast. I could clearly tell that he wasn't some beginner trying to help he was in a cloak and I couldn't see anything beneath it. I couldn't even sense his soul
"Hades has a... Request for you"the man said
"I knew a class like that was too Good to be true"I said
"He wants you to ..."retrieve" one of his Artifacts"
"And if I decline"I asked
"You will be-"the man was interrupted and disappeared
"Hey guys look someone's who has a cool sword over there"
"Wow he still has the starting rags but look at that sword"
"It's glowing"
"We have to recruit him and whoever he's talking to"
I turned around and saw 4 people run up to me there was 3 guys and a girl
"Hey"the tall one said
"Where stuck on a quest and keep dying"the tall one said
"That's because you never buff us"the short one said
"I always buff Sam more because he's the tank"the tall one said
And they started bickering.
"Stop stop guys This is why we're dying we're unorganized"the guy in plate armor said
"Yeah we should all work together"the girl said
The two of them awkwardly apologized
"So can you help us with our quest" the short one said
I was about to answer before
"How rude introduce yourselves first"the girl said
"My name is david Mage and spellsword"the tall one said
"My name is Daniel rogue level 21" the short one said
"I'm Sam and I'm a defender level 23"the one in plate armour said
"And I'm lily and I'm a healer level 20"the girl said
"Hi I'm Arthur" I said
"So will you help us with the dungeon"lily said
"Yeah!"Daniel said
"It would be a great help"Sam replied
"If you could help us organized our group that'd be great"David said
"Wait what level are you must be pretty high ring that cloak and that sword seem high level"Daniel said
"12"I said
The mood dropped drastically
"Well I guess you can still come with us"lily said awkwardly
"Well I don't have much else to do I guess"I said
Plus I was lost getting some directions after would be nice.
"Great we'll take you to the quest giver"Daniel said
I followed them as they made their way to the around the city I didn't recognize a single building in this part of the nexus. It noticed the sun close to setting as we approached the church.
"Oh your back adventurers and you have a new companion it seems"the head priest said
"Yeah he's helping us could you give him the quest"Sam said
"Sure as long as he helps get rid of... That EVIL or else he will be in vain"he said eerily
And I received a quest and 50 bottles of holy water
Cleanse the ruins under the church of its vile evil
Rank 4 quest
Requirements
-defeat the black knight
-pour holy water over the cleared parts of the dungeon
-unknown
-destroy or absorb the source of raw evil
-unknown
-unknown
Rewards
-max reputation with the church
-choice to advance from knight to paladin
-100 gold
-anything in the ruins
This quest seems odd with so many unknowns and a rank of 4 for such an easy quest what are unknowns 100 gold too. This is definitely suspicious normally churches only allow max reputation for the highest of deeds this doesn't seem like a hard quest.
"Okay let's go"said
The high priest opened some kind of stairwell down we started make our way down and it just got weirder and weirder the walls started to be made of rocks that had been infused with souls and mana. I could feel the souls screaming for me to end their suffering. The speed buff and health buff activated once he reached the bottom level the soul energy their was crazy.
The torches on the walls shimmered in a odd shade of purple lighting the walls in an eerie effect. The moss and cracks in the walls made the whole place look rundown as I walked through the creepy halls shivers ran down my spine.
"This place is creepy"I said
"I know right"said Daniel
We made it to a large wooden door that was reinforced with iron strips some of the wood had started to rot and the iron was rusting. Yet the door was surprisingly sturdy
I could sense a humungous amount of souls behind the door. Equal to that of a battlefield. The door wouldn't budge it seemed to be reinforced by some kind of magic
But Daniel pulled out a book and flipped to the last page and ripped out a page. Soon the large door burst open and wood chips and pieces of iron flung out and hitting everyone in the face my cloak helped but I was covered in dust and debris.
"Isn't there supposed to be a black knight"I asked
"Look over there"Sam said
Where the door used to be there was a knight in pitch black armour at least twice the of me. He made growling sounds and started glow blood red the room started to disappear and be replaced with blood,blood everywhere and after the whole room was filled with blood what I saw was terrifying and saddening at the same time.