! {New Spells have been learned}

* Psychic Vortex / Tier 4 – Expert / Psychomancy / Cast to create a center point that pulls every creature in 25-meter radius in a spiral that lasts for 10 seconds, dealing initial 350 Damage and has 30% chance to stun enemies caught within / Cost: 450 Mana / Requirement: 80 Intelligence

* Mental Lock / Tier 4 – Expert / Psychomancy / Cast to disrupt the target’s mind and put them in a chokehold, blocking all abilities that utilizes [at Will] from activating, lasts 80 seconds, and has 50% chance to stun the target for 3 second / Cost: 550 Mana / Requirement: 100 Intelligence

* Psionic Lance / Tier 4 – Expert / Psychomancy / Cast Sign to create a force of psionic that shoots towards the target, piercing all in its direction, dealing 500 damage and has 80% chance for the initial target to be stunned / Costs: 599 Mana / Requirement: 120 Intelligence

* Limbic Possession / Tier 5 – Master / Psychomancy / Cast to take control of the target’s limb, following the movement of the caster for 10 second / Cost: 600 Mana / Requirement: 150 Intelligence

* Psionic Cataclysm / Tier 5 – Master / Psychomancy / Cast Sign to release Psionic force in all direction dealing 800 damage, creating resonance that constantly pinging each other, continuously dealing 80% to 10% damage until the resonance stopped / Cost: 2000 Mana / Requirement: 150 Intelligence

* Phantasmagoria / Tier 5 – Master / Psychomancy / Cast Sign to release a condensed force of Psionic attack, dealing 1000 damage and stun them for 30 second, the target will then be locked in a continuous ever-changing illusion for the duration of the stun / Cost: 2300 Mana / Requirement: 150 Intelligence

* Conjure Dragon Spawn / Tier 5 – Master / Necromancy / Cast Sign to call upon Mad Dead’s loyal spawn, Dread Black Guardian, for 80 seconds / Cost: 600 Mana / Requirement: 20 Faith, 130 Intelligence

* Undeath Form / Tier 5 – Master / Necromancy / Cast Sign to turn your flesh into bones and receive [Blessing of Mad Dead]. Increasing your Agility by 150. Increasing Intelligence and Faith by 75. All Necromancy-based and Blood-based spells have increased 100% Potency, Duration, and Range. Reduced Fire Resistance and Light Resistance by 80%. Unable to feel. Unable to speak. Unable to use social features / Cost: 2222 Mana / Requirement: 20 Faith, 130 Intelligence

* Malevolent Shadow / Tier 5 – Master / Dark / Create a 1:1 replica of the caster at Will / Cost: 2300 Mana / Requirement: 130 Intelligence, 20 Faith

* Dark Current / Tier 5 – Master / Dark / Cast to send a force of a powerful current infused in dark, dealing 200 damage per second / Cost: 800 Mana / Requirement: 130 Intelligence, 20 Faith

Giggling to myself. To think that I have managed to reach Master rank. A level that is not only in the legendary bracket but can also uses all that is the legendary offers.

At least to some extent.

I cast a sign, “Conjure Dragon Spawn.”

A large bleeding dark circle appears on the ground, soon I see a gnawing jaw. Large skeletal creature that is in the similar form of a dinosaur. Its eyes glowing red.

“Hell yeah!”

To think I’ll be able to conjure that pain in the ass boss. Although there is only one of them, it’s quite satisfactory for me.

“Heheh, just how awesome would it be if I have Mad Dead set. Heh.”

“Alright, let’s see how the other magic does.”

Casting a different Sign, “Undeath Form.”

I can feel my chest burning, my blood boiling. No, literally. Smoke coming out of me and soon my eyesight turns dark but only for a moment. I feel an odd sensation.

! {Quest Received}

* Mad Dead Path of Ancestry / Mythic / Embrace the form of the dead craze / Requirement 1: Use [Undeath Form] / Requirement 2: Kill 1000 enemies that at least level 100 as a Skeleton / Reward: Book of Mad Dead / Condition: Fail if you change into other form

* Wandering Soul / Mythic / Embrace your new form and reach a new height / Requirement 1: Become a Skeleton / Requirement 2: Consume 10 Epic Core / Requirement 3: Consume 3 Legendary Core / Reward: Evolve into a Wraith / Condition: Fail if you change into human form

“…”

‘Hm?’

‘I can’t speak?’

Looking at the reflection in the river, I see a skeleton wearing the new drip I’ve got. And that thing is definitely me.

‘Neat.’

“What in the—?”

I turned to see that it’s Rosa, suddenly pulling out her instrument. I wonder what’s she going to play this time. I already missed her—.

Violent burst of soundwave pushes me back.

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‘Damage?’

‘Wait.’

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The skeletal dinosaur charges at her, “Groooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaar!”

Gnawing at her, but she jumped, easily dodging its attack as she takes to the air and jumps towards me with a couple stroke to the violin’s strings.

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‘Goddamn it, Rosa!’

With [Telekinesis], I grasp her in the air.

“Hnngh, you,,, damn you, DAMN YOU!!!”

‘Why does she sound angry? I get that you’re frustrated that you can’t move, but I never saw her being that—.’ My eyes peeled at the sight of her hair rising up.

‘No way.’

She broke free and descended into the ground, but not a second after, she lunges at me in an incredible speed and with a straight aiming at my chest. My body flew crashing into water, skipping.

{-5}

‘Limit Break?!’

When I lift my head to see, I see her face, ‘No.’

Kicking me back to the land with an incredible force.

! {Pantheon Drive}

! {Malevolent Shadow}

Creating another one of myself, Rosa smashed her.

Quickly holding her with my [Telekinesis], my shadow summersault her to the air.

‘No!’

When I look up, she’s coming back at an incredible speed with a plunge. Holding my hand, she struck and it felt like a whole eight-wheeler just comes crashing on me.

My shadow punches her stomach, sending her to the ground.

‘Goddamn it! How do I stop this?!’

Rosa stands back up like she never took any damage. We both have it, but it’s still a two against one. She’s not showing any signs of backing down either, and those eyes. She’s serious.

She comes at me but my shadow kicks her face, but she ducks in time, to deliver a roundhouse at me. Blocking it with my arm, it felt like I was struck by a baseball bat.

I fought back, striking and kicking, just like how I used to be taught back then. At Mithra. But of course, I’m not the only one with this style of fighting. And the result shows.

Even with the two of me fighting against her barehanded, she’s still able to keep up. But I don’t want to hurt her any more than necessary.

But then, my eyes widened when my shadow spotted a weak point, one that I’m seeing from Rosa, one that I’ve been ignoring, it took the opportunity and fell her. A strike to chin, double jab to one side and another to a stomach, before kicking her neck.

I punched my shadow with all my might.

*BOOM*

Rosa with her butt on the ground, turn to see my shadow became one with a stone before turning into dust. She looks at me and I raised both of my hands. I lowered my body slowly as she observes in confusion. On my knees, gently, I plucked some grass and have me with her pictured.

“You,,,”

She looks at me in the eye.

“Siola?”

I nodded.

From my inventory, I grabbed my black clothes, the one she saw me wearing. And for the last proof, I make her float, just like how I did it when we were at Mageth Repath.

“It’s really you?”

Nodding once more.

She hugs me, embracing my skeleton form.

“You…”

“Don’t just…”

“Don’t just do this without telling me, you fool!”

Rustling her hair as they fall back down and curled. She never let me go, and I can’t tell her to stop either, but why would I?

I just hugged her until she’s tired of it.

But I never am.

We take a seat by the river. And there I remember that I could’ve just flash her with my status and that would clear it all up, or even the party tab.

I can’t talk, I can’t send her any messages, so I’ve just been drawing at a stone, carving it. Telling her how it came to be with a few words, and how I want to proceed.

“I see. It’s unfortunate that you didn’t learn a sign language, that would prove useful in this case but this is enough. So, we’re to keep going then?”

I nodded and take out a legendary core out of my inventory, the one we’ve obtained from the fight against the Magma Dragon. It’s big and bulky. I hold out three fingers alongside it.

“You need three more of that?”

Shaking my head, I remove one finger.

“You need two more of it?”

I nodded.

“The one we’ve obtained from the Magma Dragon. So, we’re out clearing more dungeon and fight creatures like that again?”

I nodded.

“Very well, buy you sure you’ll be okay? If you can’t say anything, does that mean you also cannot use your… spells?”

I nodded.

“How unfortunate. To think you’d make a mistake like this. You’re truly have lost your edge, Siola.”

Crossing my arms and pout.

“Heheh, well alright, princess. Let’s resume our journey.”

And with my new skeletal form, Rosa and I set out to continue our journey together. But I swear, I’m somewhat thankful for this tippity top hat I’ve got. Otherwise, I’d be bald as hell.

Walking on a green lush land, I’m sure it’s a bliss, but I can only feel the pressure of the wind and not the cold it brought with it.

Sorting my inventory.

‘Book of Daylight, I’m going to sell that for $3000. As for the Tome of Black Flame, I won’t be the first to sell Hexes.’

‘Too many Staff of Magma. For an uncommon it’s not bad to have base 25 considering most Tier 1 spells having so low mana cost and they can up the limit with Strength. $60 bucks for them. Good too up the ceiling, considering other people are selling it for no less than $150.’

‘Extra clothes, books. Anything Rare and above is put on $1000 and up while Uncommon is set below $100 excluding books which is no less than $500.’

‘I don’t get why people are selling it so expensively.’

After looking into the forums, it seems that the prices have gone up due to the new patch. Legendaries now goes for no less than 5 million.

‘Which means, I could very well sell this Tome of the Mad Dead for fifty and more. It would be foolish to give it away to that girl for cheaper, but I’m generous like that. Not that it’s time yet.’

When I look up their profile, BunnyLoop is actually belong to the top ranked guild called Jormungandr. Ranked first with more than 4 billion points of contribution. Just to put in to perspective, a hundred-man guild can raid the same dungeon every week for a month and it might just earn itself 1000 contribution points if they do so without rest.

Being an officer to a massive guild like that. It’s no wonder that she and her mother is able to afford 50 million dollars’ worth of items.

There’s a couple of clips, videos of their recent raid to a dungeon far north from the capital. BunnyLoop, with a single cast, she summons 4 creatures. And another one when she is fighting a petrifying lizard, she’s the only one in her raid party to be the only one surviving. There’s also a footage of Death Lord being summoned. The upper body of giant skeleton with charred bones giving out smoke as four of them kills so many creatures in that floor.

‘Guess, she’s making use of it. I wonder if she even needs the tome.’

“Siola, what’s that?”