Raven put the sword away as the armor charged at him. One of the armors jumped off the floor pointing its sword forward at Raven. He took a step back weaving to the side watching the armor fly by him. Turning back to the front paying attention to the second set of armor it started to continuously swing at him while walking forward. In order to dodge this Raven had to focus hard on the armor's swinging armor reacting as it swung. As the sword whisked by him he could have sworn the armor was getting slower. Maybe he was just getting better at dodging the sword? Raven continued to dodge, eventually hearing clanking of armor behind him. That armor from before was charging again?! Raven gritted his teeth dodging a bit more waiting for that perfect moment. Suddenly he heard the armor take off from the floor. He waited a bit more before rolling out of the way. Nearly avoiding the continuous swings and the jump dash from the other armor. The armor that jumped at him crashed directly into the other suit of armor. He laughed a little. That's when in the corner of his eye a new set of armor came to life and had snuck up on him swinging a giant ax down onto him. He didn't know how much strength this suit had. Holding out his arms in an X position he did this to attempt to block it due to the timing it was too late to dodge. As the ax came into his arms his armor helped block some of it but he was pushed into the ground groaning in pain. The impact left cracks in the floor and a tiny dent from how hard he was hit into the ground. The armor looked like it was winding up for another swing. Raven was a bit dazed at the strength but the armor had an immediate weakness it was slow! Taking advantage of this he quickly moved, doing a quick crawl away then getting up. When he got up he was sorta dizzy wobbling a bit. He watched another armor stand come to life walking over to him. This armor stand wielded a shield. So was this one defense based..? He didn’t expect the armor with the shield to do much until it suddenly rushed him, cocking back its arm holding the shield. Raven put up his guard . When he was hit by the force of the shield he was sent sliding back a bit, putting his guard down he was shocked at the amount of force the shield had on impact. Raven looked over causing the request window to reopen.
Special Request
The God: Hermes
Don’t Fight Back! Evade the armor's attacks for as long as possible!
[4:38]
Raven wanted to get at least 10 points in speed from this so seeing he was almost halfway there was a reassuring factor. That's when a new yellow window appeared.
New Bonus Objective
The God: Hermes
Kill the suits of armor without swinging your weapon!
[2/5]
Reward: [Equipment] Box
Raven's interest peaked at the new objective and the reward from it. So there were a total of five suits of armor? So those two from earlier did die. Looking over back towards their bodies he saw the red soul like circles and a faint status window hovering over each of them. He started to think about the situation and the quest he was given. There were 5 of them..each wielding a different weapon. The one with the spear was faster than the others..making sense for its charging.. The sword knight must have had a lot of stamina for how much it swung the sword. The shield was fast but probably had a lot of defense..the ax definitely had a lot of strength behind its swings.. If these suits of armor were based off of a single stat then.. That would mean there's a fifth one dedicated to magic.. Raven took a step back as the shield armor was coming at him again! He groaned a bit frustrated at the situation, especially trying to find a way to make them destroy each other.. Maybe he could buy enough time for the ax armor to swing, getting the shield armor in the middle of the swing. He watched as the ax armor slowly made its way over. He just had to stand his ground against the swings of the shield. He took a deep breath and planted his feet flat on the ground holding up his guard. He waited for the shield. That's when he felt the swinging of the shield against his arms. He was slightly pushed back but for the most part kept his position. From behind the armor hitting at him with the shield he saw the armor with the ax start charging his weapon giving a very slow rush towards Raven. He just had to wait a little longer…just a bit more….now! He grabbed onto the shield of the armor as it was hit first by the ax. In a haste moment he held onto the shield trying to block the axs impact. Despite his best effort he was sent straight into a row of more armor. Colliding with the armor it all fell apart landing on top of him. He heard the footsteps of the armor get closer. Quickly moving out from the rubble of metal he scurried out of the armor's way. That's when it sped up moving faster than before. How? Why? He looked around eventually seeing a hooded figure in the back chanting. Was that the magic based enemy? It didn't look like armor... He didn't have time to think about it as now the armor with the ax was approaching much quicker than before. The swings were much faster and had more force behind them. This situation was looking much worse than before. Three of the suits of armor were destroyed..He had to get closer to the mage..if he didnt then he couldn’t learn how to destroy it. So avoiding the ax swings he moved behind it and charged at the mage. That's when instead of it continuing to chant it seemed to hold out its hand. Then something shot out of a magic circle that appeared in its hand. It seemed to be a fireball but once he dodge it and let it move past him turning around he watched the armor with the ax. The armor had no more speed buff so it got hit by the flaming ball. The ball suddenly exploded, instantly destroying the suit of armor and the ones around it.
Raven then turned his attention back to the armor with the magic. If he could get the magic to bounce back on itself then he could destroy it.. So now he would back up a bit to let himself think as the Mage shot more of the exploding balls at him. He dodged them successfully and suddenly he got an idea. He grabbed a shield off another piece of armor and recklessly he charged at the mage stopping a bit ahead of it. He watched it charge another fireball from its hand. That's when he rushed in, putting the shield angled to block the fireball. Being at this range it should blow them both up.. Once it is the shield.. He smirked looking up at the mage as it was too late to cancel the spell it shot out hitting Ravens shield sending him flying back deeper into the hallway. He got caught in most of the explosions from that. He hit the ground bouncing a bit from the impact. This was until he came to a rolling stop. Once he stopped moving he tried to get up coughing a bit from the explosion he looked over at the armor fully destroyed. He collapsed onto the floor with a sigh of relief. It was over and he won.. This made him smile thinking about this victory. Then after a few seconds two windows appeared, one being gold and the other being blue.
Congrats! Special Request Complete!
The God: Hermes
I Am happy with your agility!
Total time survived
[9:59]
You gained 9 speed points!
Raven stared in disbelief at the window too tired to really speak but he was angry at this whole system it felt rigged! Why can't it just round up! He rolls his eyes before looking at the other window
[Equipment] Box
Obtained
Would you like to claim?
Raven gave a nod towards the system window
Claiming…
The familiar box appeared once again this time when it opened Raven was too tired to try to block or dodge the lid so it ended up smoking him in the face. As he was covering his face he peaked at the new window that came front the box.
Armor Gained!
[Hermes Godly Boots]
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The boots of the god Hermes are the boots that help him achieve the speed at which he runs at!
30+Speed
20+Stamina
Raven was shocked at the increase of stats these would give. He slowly sat up catching his breath once again. He slowly got up from the floor groaning in pain. He slowly limped to the soul hovering above the armor that once wielded the spear
Multiple Bodies Detected!
Skill Activation
Would you like to activate mass [Donation of the Dead]?
Raven titled his head, smiling a bit, nodding at it. He thought about the convenience of this he thought he was going to have to go to each corpse and manually activate the skill
Mass Skill Activation Successful!
+10 Strength
+5 Speed
+10 Magic
+5 Defense
+5 Stamina
Raven was even more shocked at this he understood the suits of armor were strong in their own aspect but in order to get 5 points from each of them then..their stats must have been at least above 20.. He sighed a bit but smiled again his chances of survival just skyrocketed! He then decided to open the stats window to see his increase in stats.
Name: Raven
Strength: 26
Defense: 34
Stamina: 38
Speed: 45
Magic: 16
Raven could easily take down that butler again without stat buffs! He then went towards the mages empty shell reaching down and picking up yet another glowing rock instantly shattering it like he did the others. The hallway started to shift and turn. The beautiful carpets became molded and scratched up. The dusty decor that was full of spiders, the paintings most of them ripped, the armors that once shined beautifully rusted and full of cracks. Floorboards stuck up from the ground as if ripped from their foundation. Holes in the ceiling above showed signs of higher floors. He sighed as he walked down the hallway trying his best to avoid tripping and even touching the carpets..gross
He did eventually reach another door, opening it slowly and entering another room with a warm feeling. It was strange, well , really strange because once he stepped through the door he felt almost as if he teleported..Now he stood in the middle of what appeared to be a throne room..turning around to see if could go back where he came and to his surprise he was nowhere near a door! He looked back to the thrones when he heard someone clear their throat and speak in a booming voice, “Young Man! You have escaped the dungeon! Killed my daughter's butler! Destroyed my guards and now you dare turn away from me! You dare show your face in this hall?!” Raven flinched at the voice. It was really strong..he could feel it ring throughout his head..
You’ve been inflicted with The Skill
[Thunderous Voice]
Your body has been paralyzed for a minute!
He looked at the window that appeared in front of him. Raven then got nervous at his situation. That's when the king looked down upon Raven yelling once more, “Guards! Seize him!” That's when multiple guards came out and started to surround Raven. He could do nothing as he was surrounded by these guards. He started to struggle, then a yellow message appeared quickly. He looked at it, then at the same time a blue message appeared next to the yellow one.
A Special Message
The God: ???
Has given you a tip
The higher your magic stat the better resistant you have to certain debuffs
The Skill
[A Prayer to The Gods]
Has finished cooldown!
00:00
Raven didnt even think twice about why this god was helping him, he just immediately started to use his skill praying to the gods to increase his magic.
Your Prayers are heard by the gods
Your magic stat has doubled for an hour!
With such a high magic stat the skill
[Thundurus Voice] effect has been canceled
Raven immediately took the chance to use his new speed stat moving behind one of the guards surrounding him he drew his sword sending it right through the guards back. With a scream of agony the guard fell over sliding off of Ravens blade dead. The other guards just now reacted to Ravens movement quickly turning and rushing at him. Raven smirked knowing he wouldn't be caught off guard again. He rushed forth as well, quickly cutting down two of the guards. Then in rapid succession he did a turn in the air, kicking one of the guards in the back of the neck, sending him straight to the ground. Raven left his foot on the guard staring down the remaining two guards. Raven did a sudden dash at the guard that stood on his left, his sword made a clean swipe of his neck. The guard's head slowly rolled off his shoulders. Raven then finished the fight with a quick dash around the side and jerked his blade right into the final guard's chest, kicking him off the blade he just stuck into him. The body fell limp onto the ground. Now Raven turned his attention to the king who sat staring in disbelief at Raven's abilities, but then soon smirked and laughed at the whole situation, “My my..you really have a way with swords..”
Raven held his sword pointing it at the king, “Well if you enjoy it so much I could give you a personal trial!” Raven smirked at his statement. Suddenly the king got up slowly as he did, Raven's jaw dropped. The king was a bigger man Raven estimated he was 8ft.. Then the king reached behind his throne pulling out a sword from behind it. The sword was almost as tall as the king. Raven felt intimidated..but he thought about it..with his size he couldn't be very agile..right? That's when the king dashed at Raven. To Raven the king almost vanished and appeared in front of him. He gasped as the king turned his sword to the side. The king then used the blunt side of the sword to then whack Raven. Once the blunt side made contact with Raven he was sent flying through the air and right into the wall on the far side of the throne room. He coughed up blood as he hit the wall. It crumbled at the force he hit it. Raven slowly fell down from the wall and onto the floor coughing a bit more. He then got up off the floor. Looking for an exit all he spotted that could have been sometime of help was the guards bodies and his skill [Donation of the Dead]. Raven had no other choice; he quickly took a break for it until he reached the bodies.
Multiple Bodies Detected!
Skill Activation
Would you like to activate mass [Donation of the Dead]?
Raven quickly nodded knowing the king was staring at him
Mass Skill Activation Successful!
+6 Speed
+4 Strength
He could keep up better now with The king so that's a relief on his part. The last thing he expected to happen happened! A Green window appeared
Skill Upgraded!
[Subspace of the Goddess]
You may now enter the subspace yourself!
Then a yellow window appeared shortly after
A Special Message
The God:???
Has removed the combat restrictions of
[Subspace of the Goddess]
The God:???
Has also sent you a message
Hurry! Enter the subspace if you want to live!
Raven with no hesitation opened the portal to the pocket dimension. The portal opened even bigger suddenly a woman's hand appeared grabbing Raven by the arm and pulling him in. Ravens eyes slowly adjusted to the bright light that shined in his eyes after being pulled through the subspace. That's when a soft voice of a lady spoke, “There you are! Are you alright Chosen One?”