Peak rubbed her eyes and sensed Leo sitting in the kitchen smiling she quickly changed tied up her hair into the practical ponytail she always had and used the skill [Perfect Disguise] disguising her families signature silver hair into a piercing blue with strikes of silver. She walked out smiling sat down next to Leo: “What made you change your mind?” Leo wryly smiled he never was rich or powerful and that was all anyone cared about in the Multiverse even talent is useless in front of raw strength a girl so pretty talking to him was something he wasn’t used to. Even the ragged old hags who picked up trash wouldn’t spare him even a side glance. Leo smiled brightly:”I thought about what you said. You were right it’s not like I even have a choice considering the quests the System enforced on me.” Peak smiled but then turned serious:”How much time do you have left we need to get you ready for war soon.” Leo pulled up his Quest Screen without much hesitation.
Bloodshed
Kill ten Sword Curse Cultivators (0/10)
Time limit: 4 Days
Reward: Information
Outpost Downer
Destroy one Sword Curse Outpost (0/1)
Time limit: 29 Days
Reward: F-Grade Spirit Tool
Headhunter
Kill one E-Grade Sword Curse Cultivator while still in the F Grade (0/1)
Time limit 19 Days
Reward: Bloodline Manual
Savior
Drive back the Sword Curse Cultivators from Earth (0/1)
Time limit 2 Years 11 Months 30 Days
Reward: Hidden Node Breaker or Ancestral Vision
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Fated
Kill a Peak Hegemon while still being a E-Grader (0/1)
Bonus: Escape a Half Step Monarch (0/1)
Time limit for regular: 4 Years 11 Months 30 Days
Bonus Time Limit: 4 Years 11 Months 30 Days (No penalty)
Reward for regular: D-Grade Spirit Tool of your choice
Bonus Reward: ???
Peak grimaced when she saw the time limit:”The fact the System wasted time on you at all shows how talented you are but you have no experience at all.” Leo shared her sentiment:”Can you help train me?” Peak handed Leo a one edged katana. Leo used his [Observation] on it.
Black Steel Katana
Requirements: None
F-Grade Sword
Leo picked it up holding up the black steel sword it felt…..right Peak brought him to a dummy made of straw. Leo laughed at the dummy:”This is supposed to hone my abilities?” The dummies sewed shut eyelids popped open revealing a crimson red two curved blades popped out of each stump and Peak slowly trotted out of the training room leaving Leo alone with the dummy. Fuck my stupid mouth Leo muttered as he charged. Growling he swung the sword with all his power in a horizontal arc straight towards the dummies head. The dummy deftly bended back at the waist until the dummies upper body came to parallel the ground. Leo’s body moved with the momentum of the sword and stumbled forward a couple steps. The dummy snapped upwards slashing with both blades straight towards Leo’s back. Leo turned around just in time raising his blade to block.
The force behind the attack trumped Leo’s weak block and he flew backwards a couple feet. Landing his ground Leo waited as he saw the dummy charging seizing the momentum. Leo cursed at his rashness he should have known better the power of being a cultivator got into his head. The dummy swung from both sides in a cleaving attack trying to bisect Leo’s waist. Leo did a backflip with surprising agility the shock was so extreme Leo paused allowing the dummy to stab towards his chest. Leo pivoted to the side and slashed for the first time at the dummies head. The dummy bent again forwards narrowly dodging. Leo anticipated this and cut the slash short and twisted the blade straight down. The dummy jumped forwards but couldn’t avoid getting a narrow slash on the back. The dummy turned around and assumed a defensive position putting both blades in front of it. Leo charged raising his sword into a huge cleaving attack but then deftly switched into a slide slashing the dummies legs off in one swift motion.
The dummy fell flat on the stump of its legs Leo smiled and raised his sword for the kill but suddenly the dummy transformed into Peak bleeding out at the stumps. Leo gasped and immediately sheathed his sword and tried to help her up but a burning pain in his leg snapped him back to reality. An illusion! Leo darted back glaring at the dummy who already stood up fully healed. Leo growled and charged head on slashing quickly all over the dummies body the dummy suddenly grew two more arms and hands each with a daggers. The dummy threw both daggers straight at Leo’s chest. Leo stumbled back tasting blood in his mouth the dummy charged. Thump. Thump. Thump. Leo’s heart slowed down and the dummy movements turned into molasses a purple grayish blade appeared in Leo’s hand instinctively Leo threw it straight at the dummy. A clean slicing noise followed the dummies upper body falling on the ground. Leo smiled seeing the notifications on his System screen before falling down.