A man was sleeping on his bed when a phone beside him started vibrating. The caller's name is ‘Boss’.
Soon the man woke up after being woken up by the caller.
“WHERE ARE YOU, ETHAN?!” Soon, a voice roared from the phone, instantly shaking our guy out of sleepiness.
“I was sleeping?” Said Ethan is confused about what he is being blamed for.
“You are on battle readiness right now! You have 5 minutes to get here before I am kicking your ass! I have been calling you the whole night!” Said the other person, extremely angry at Ethan.
“Okay, okay. I will be there in a few minutes.” With that, he ended the call as he leisurely got up from his bed to pick up his equipment and weapon.
Strompiercer
Passive Effect
Every fifth attack causes 300% damage to anyone being hit by the attack this includes the user!
Active Effect
If the passive effect is stored up to the Fourth stage and activating the spear it releases a lighting that strikes all enemies in its way. The attack damage will be based on the user's Wisdom stat.
Radiant Bulwark
Passive Effect
Any ranged attack that hits the shield will be reflected on the caster with the skill retaining 70% of the original attack damage.
Active Effect
Temporary surrounds the user with a light shield that immobilizes the user, but in exchange makes him invincible for 3 seconds and gains a damage reduction buff that reduces all attacks by 90% for 1 minute once the buff timer is up instead of disappearing it comes back with a -10% effect with the same time and this effect happens until the debuff reaches 0%.
Stormfang Helm
Passive Effect (5/5)
The user becomes immune to mind-affecting effects 5 times a day. The charges for each protection are counted from the moment it was used.
Active Effect
Temporary enchants the user's next lightning attack by 40%. Users can consume charges to grant it an additional 20% boost and each boost stacks on each other.
Aurora's light
Passive Effect
Illuminates the surroundings with light granting the user and anyone considered to be an ally a 10% boost to all light elemental skills.
Active Effect
Upon activating the skill, a bright light will burst out of the user blinding enemies and allies alike and causing the user’s allies to receive a buff 'Radiating hope' which boosts everyone's stats by 10% and enemies receive a -10% debuff for all stats.
Solarstride Leggings
Passive Effect
Increase the user agility by 5%.
Active Effect
The user receives a 40% agility boost for 5 minutes upon activating the ability.
Tempest Walkers
Passive Effect
Leaves behind the user a trail of green lights which boost allies’ movement speed by 30% as long they follow the trail of the user. The trail disappears after 7 seconds.
Active Effect
Upon activating the ability, the trail disappears behind the user, and the user temporarily gains the ability to step on the air. The amount of steps the user can take before falling onto the ground is 4 steps.
Stromgrasp Gauntlets
Passive Effect
The gauntlets passively take each attack 10% damage and store it inside up to 1000%.
Active Effect
Your next attack will unleash all stored attack power at once with all elements that were stored with each attack too.
Eclipse Ring
Passive Effect
Mana and health regeneration is sped up by 60%.
Active Effect
Upon activation in a radius of 10 meters, all enemies will be stunned based on the user and the opponent's Wisdom stat difference. (32.80 ft)
He changed his weapons and equipment from his last hunt, as he got extremely lucky. By sheer luck, they found a rare monster whose parts sold extremely high.
Not only his, but his teammates got new equipment too.
Looking at his status before embarking on his way towards the teleportation station.
Name Ethan Ark Level 55 Class
Thunderstuck Paladin - Epic
Titles Dungeon Conqueror IV Skills Lightning Thrust (Active), Thunder Dash (Active), Eye of the Storm (Active), Chain reaction (Passive), Overcharge (Active) Traits Greedy (Passive), Harbinger of Storms (Passive) Alignment Neutral Evil Strength 144 Agility 173 Intelligence 162 Wisdom 168 Mana 370/285 Stat points 0
Class Thunderstuck Paladin - Epic Description
The user gains lightning, light, and wind elemental affinity that empowers each of their attacks and deals an additional 20% more damage. For each level up the user gains additional stats to strength agility int. and wisdom +6 +8 +5 +3. The user also deals additional +50 damage against evil creatures.
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Skill Lightning Thrust (Active) Description The character thrusts their weapon forward with electrifying speed, channeling a surge of lightning through the tip to strike the target with devastating power dealing 150% of the base attack.
Skill Thunder Dash (Active) Description The character dashes forward with the speed of a lightning bolt, shocking enemies in their path for 7 seconds.
Skill Eye of the Storm (Active) Description
All enemies around the user will be pulled to the user resisting this skill affects the enemies' doings so will be attacked and suffer the user 5% basic attack damage for each second.
Skill Chain reaction (Passive) Description
A rapid series of electric strikes that leap from one target to another, chaining damage to enemies in the vicinity. Each attack that is transferred loses 20% of its original attack's damage.
Skill Overcharge (Active) Description
The character channels excess electrical energy into their weapon, supercharging the next attack with overwhelming force. The charge-up takes 3 seconds and deals 400% damage to anyone hit by it.
Trait Greedy (Passive) Description
The user covets other people's possessions without end. You gain 30% more experience if you are around other people and they receive 30% less experience for each monster they slay.
Traits Harbinger of Storms (Passive) Description
The user always encounters unlucky events that spiral out of control and engulf everyone around him in it.
This place allows anyone to teleport to another city instantly, but not to other planets, as there are clear limits that were not broken for them to be able to teleport to another planet.
As he made his way and showed his badge being hired by the military, he was not stopped to be checked and teleported to his location.
As he arrived at his destination, in just a few seconds he could hear the artillery fire, but no explosion could be heard as they were just so far away from the spot they were constantly firing at.
Even after a few minutes, the firing did not stop as if the world was coming to an end.
Soon he entered a big tent that had two soldiers guarding it outside and had to show his identity so he could go inside.
People normally can walk around the tents, as only people with authority can teleport here in the first place, but you need special authority to enter different tents.
Inside the tent, there are several figures all wearing their gear.
None of them were familiar party members, as they dissolved their party a week ago due to unfavorable distribution of loot.
Their party was close to 5 years old but broke up over one item, and he can understand, as he was the reason for it. His greed was the result, but it paid off as his new equipment was extremely good for him and his level 55.
He is the youngest person to ever reach level 55 and most likely will hold this title for a long time.
The empire military recruited him the moment news of his party was dissolved. In the military, he had a good life, but some people approached him to sway him toward the emperor, and he did so.
The emperor's terms were just too generous to refuse.
But coming back to reality, his boss came in right after he entered the tent and made him sit down in the corner and reflect on himself for being lazy.
His boss is known as the Glacier General.
He has gray hair that can barely be seen as he cut it to military standards. His uniform is like all other generals but with icy blue clothes as a base.
“You might have heard about the situation of what is happening as the dungeon experienced a sudden surge of monsters.” As he said this and pointed behind him, images appeared behind him.
Each showcased a monster of different sizes and strengths.
“So far we concluded all these monsters have a variety of degrees of levels from level 0 to level 60.” As he paused for everyone to hear, many had dark experiences on their faces.
But soon the screen changed as red lights appeared in the sky, engulfing all the monsters and killing them.
In the dungeons their strength might be limited, but not outside of it. They can use the Empire’s Pride ship, the Titan, and with ground artillery support, they can wipe out the monsters easily.
As it concluded, some monsters remained, those with the best defense barely survived as people appeared and started bombarding the monsters with their skills and weapons and soon retreated.
“Your job is to become the spearhead for the battalion to reach the gate and seal it, using this crystal.” Soon the general took out a crystal the size of a handball, and inside the crystal, you could see white lights moving around in a chaotic order, but everyone saw what this crystal did.
Sealing Crystal
Passive Effect
The user will be immune to all mind-related effects no matter if it is positive or negative.
Active Effect
Seal an area behind a space crack for 30 days and anything inside will receive constant spatial attacks non-stop.
Just how did the empire get their hands on something like this?
“Don’t look at me like that. The empire treasury gave us this.” Said helplessly, as he too had never seen such an item.
“We also give you these items too.” As the general said this, he signaled to the soldiers to give each person a necklace.
The Gods gaze
Passive Effect
The user will always feel being watched so in case the user is ambushed gain a 20% stat bonus for 2 seconds.
Active Effect
All enemies in the surrounding of the user will be revealed and will receive 800% damage of all stats combined.
No one could say anything about it as this item was just too overpowered. Gulps can be heard as people see the necklace effects.
“Hey, old geezer, you said it is the typical job, and what is this special operation all of a sudden?” Ethan can only say this as the general never said anything about this to him.
“Hmph! You would never show up if you learned you need to do additional work without plus payment.” Said the general as he checked Ethan's past and how he worked under the military in this short time.
Ethan could only turn back towards the corner as he grumbled under his breath for being tricked, he knew he couldn’t leave now as it would be treason, and no matter how talented he was, the Empire would surely go after him.
“I know you all might be uncertain, but the Empire’s Pride Invictus Prime will give you support from the skies.” Said the general extremely pridefully as his nose rose.
The Invictus Prime consumed 27% of the Empire's income for 10 years.
All the equipment with the best materials and with the best engineers is worth the cost for the Empire, as the ship length is 44 kilometers long and 27 kilometers wide.
It is equipped with a planet destroyer weapon, the Maron’s lance. Maron was the founder of the empire, as he created the first golden era for the empire.
From a commoner to an emperor, his life was a clear myth you can only hear in fairy tales.
But let’s skip this part and concentrate on the situation at hand, as this is extremely strange. The military is currently trying to find out how this happened and why the satellites were down when the dungeon went crazy.
This clearly showed someone did this behind the scenes, likely one of the marshals, as their influence reduced drastically as the Emperor gained control over the guilds and made them his puppets.
The situation got drastically worse for them, so someone most likely did this so he could undermine the emperor.
Who can be so brave as to do such a thing? It is unimaginable for everyone, as even if the generals lost their power struggle, they wouldn’t be executed or dismissed, at most, they would be stationed at the colonies to oversee it.
So he had another reason to do this, but why?
They are grasshoppers in this big game.
Soon they left the tent to begin their operation.
***
In a room where few people can enter, a person is sitting as he looks over the folders full of information about all kinds of operations and the latest one, ‘Operation Narxon.’ Narxon was the First Emperor's best general, who never once in his life suffered defeat.
Narxon died in a battle that had overwhelming odds of 8 to 1.
Using his life and his men to give the Emperor a chance to attack the coalition forces who banded together against the rising Empire to kill it before it grew up.
Such a coalition was so engrossed in killing Narxon that they forgot where the emperor was, only to be ambushed, killing all the commanders and causing chaos in the coalition forces, resulting in a defeat and moving the way for the Empire's glory.
Using his life for victory, he was the only person who was buried in the sacred lands of the Empire that later housed all the future Emperors, making him the only exception.
No one knows what is in that graveyard, as only the Emperors themselves are allowed to enter it, and they have to bring the former Emperor's casket with them and bury it.
Such actions were created by the First Emperor so they can all remember their roots being humans no different from others.
Let their predecessor casket be this example they are no different from the others around them and not some divine being's descendants.
Smiling at the folders, the man took out a camera, took a few shots, and got up and left the room.
Outside, the soldiers did not pay attention to him or how he left the room, as all soldiers had unfocused eyes.
None of the soldiers present knew what was happening as they were in a trance.
What an upheaval there will be once this spell ends! No one knows as the heads will surely fly up in the sky for such a place being raided. This place is the Empire Intelligence Agency's secret information hideout.
Normally people will think this place is a small military place, as even the equipment is outdated and the soldiers are extremely lazy. Such a thing is painted on the surface, but once you go inside, everything changes where the man came out.
But for this man in strange pink clothes that hid his whole body, it did not matter. His job is done, and he needs to bring the information to the people who need it.
***
In a crumbled city, you can see people fighting against monsters and explosions happening ahead of them as they are being covered by the military so they won’t be overrun by the monsters that flood out of the gate.
Ethan moved among the monsters skillfully as he unleashed the new skill he mastered.
“Lightning Thrust!” His spear glowed with whitish light, and lightning ran through the spear body extremely fast, as soon as the spear body touched anything, this lightning was discharged into it, killing any monsters on the spot.
“Ethan, cover me! I am going in!” Soon a person with red hair and a strange accent with an ugly face with two short swords jumped into the monsters, and on his back was an iron box that could weigh down anyone, but for the man this amount of weight was nothing.
“Corrosive Infusion!” As soon as he said this, his weapons were covered in a green light, and once a monster was stabbed by him, it died on the spot, and the green light on his weapon became stronger from killing the monster in one blow.
As he killed more and more monsters, he became stronger and faster, not stopping at anything.
They are getting closer and closer to the gate as they kill monsters blocking their way.
All kinds of flashy skills and attacks were released on the monsters.
But as they got closer, an eye was watching them constantly, clearly happy for food coming to it willingly.