Before me stood big, engraved in figures wooden door. The door was slightly ajar. Strong grasps of guards' hands were still on my back, so, with a bit of hesitation I walked into the room.
It was harrdly a room. It looked more like a ballroom than a simple room. It's ceiling was 50 meters high, covered in some kind of paintings. Shape of the room was not usual too - it consisted of long, wide corridor, which ended with semicircle. In the middle of the semicircle stood a single throne with man sitting in it. The throne looked quite normal, as for king's stardand that is, though man emitted some kind of feeling.
As i was walking more and more closer to him, I have already recognized this feeling : charisma and dignity were emanating from him like sun emits rays of warmth.
With only looking at the king, i felt a sudden urge to kneel before him, and listen to his orders. But then, with no apparent reason, my blood started to boil. I felt very angry, which resulted in the effect of the King's aura starting to dissappear.
When i finally came before the throne, guards behind my back made me kneel. The atmosphere in the Audience Chamber was similar to that in a morgue. Nobody has said a word. For full 3 minutes, i was glaring at the king while he slowly gazed all over
my body. Then he said :
"Leave us alone."
Guards silently saluted him and walked away while still making no sound.
"So we finally meet face-to-face, son of the Titans."
Were his first word spoken to me. I felt dumbfounded, but after a while I remembered what the system message said about beings that bear hostility towards me. After some time, i managed to say :
"I don't know what you are talking about, you have the wrong person maybe?" I said while smiling.
"No, i am sure that you are the right person. Since the time you appeared, my gaze was focused only on you. Guess who casted the Immobility curse? It was me of course. I smelled your filthy blood since the beginning. But I had one problem, how to get
you into my castle without rising attention? Solution to this was easy : I just used Mind magic to make guards think, that they are closing my son with you, but in reality, it was only an imposter."
'Is he saying that everything that has been done to me, was because of this man?' I decided to ask him a little bit more :
"What is your name? And who are you, to hunt me?"
"I am son of the mighty Poseidon, king of Hyperborean, Phissus! And now, you are in my grasp! Finally, son of my..."
As he went on and one talking, I thought abouth how to get out of this situation. There was only one solution and that was ...
"System, Create skill : Space Door, description : It enables one to travel through space, it is considered one of unknown magic. Casting is instant and mana cost depends on the distance. "
Confirm creation of the skill?
"Yes."
Because the skill is considered one of unknown magic, you will be able to travel through it only after it goes up to Advanced. Mana cost : 50/s per meter. Use of the skill : Imagine where would you like 1st and 2nd door placed and say 'Space Door'
Aaaaand there goes my chance for getting out.
'But wait, there is one other way!' I thought and said :
"So what, you are merely a pawn in hands of upper beings, you aren;t that powerful."
His face darkened in anger, but he responded :
"Oh yes? I am much more powerful than anyone of your kind!"
"Oh yes? Then try attacking then!"
"With pleasure!"
After saying this, from the floor sticked out a very big zweihander. It was entirely made out of ice, but still it could slice through my bones instantly.
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I gulped down and prepared. It was my only chance to survive and don't lose my life and capsule.
"Prepare yourself!" He yelled while charging at me. He was going for one strike kill, his sword perpendicular to his body, it's tip aiming for my heart.
I... felt relieved. Now i need to do it right.
When the blade was about 50 cm from my body i quietly said :
"Space door."
He immediately stopped in his tracks. Blood profusely flowed out of his mouth. With his last breath he said :
"That was...sneaky...."
Then he fell to the floor. Behind him was something like a gape in the air. It was matching with the one that was next to my chest.
'Well, that worked pretty well'
You have killed King of Hyperboreans.
Intimacy with Hyperboreans -500
Your character has leveled up!
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You have killed moajor persona of Brent Kingdom!
Infamy -500
You have killed one of the Ancient ones!
On account of killing strenght based character, you gain:
+10 strength
+5 agiility
+10 vitality
+15 luck
+10 stamina
Additionally, you secured a trophy :
Short Sword Of Ice Giants
Durability - 1000/1001
Dmg - 21-31
Origins of this sword are unknown, but one thing is clear : this is no normal sword. It is made out of ice, but it's durability and sharpness are legendary.
It's restrictions and bonuses ajusts to the strength of the wielder.
Because of your level, sword's additional abilities are disabled until you are worthy of using this weapon.
You must use two hands to wield this sword, unless you are a giant.
Level restriction - N/A
Bonuses:
N/A
N/A
N/A
Strength +10
Agility +5
Vitality +15
Frost resistance +5%
Further benefits are unknown.
It can cut through every material. (Depends on the strength of the wielder.)
Special Quest : Find Origins of this sword and it's creator.
Through using Unknown archives : space type of magic, you have earned Space magic mastery and a title :
The Forgotten Magician
Speed of leveling up Space-based spells is doubled.
If you discover any other extinct type of magic, more bonuses will be added to your title.
+20 Intelligence*amount of magic specialization
+20 Wisdom*amount of magic specialization
'That was rather...interesting' I thought while reading through messages that flooded me.
'Fufufu now i can finally be normal character! Maybe even more than normal. These benefits are jaw dropping and i even got a quest! Now i just need to go out and...'
At this moment, doors bursted open. Circa dozen of guards stood at the entrance while looking at me with eyes filled with disbelief. Maybe it was because i had their King's sword in my hands, but who knows? Their faces changed from disbelief to anger.
Then they rushed at me, shouting and swearing revenge for their leader. They were around 50 meters from me, so i had a lot of time.
'Well now, am I not quite unlucky?' I thought with bitter smile
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