Cracks began to appear on the spherical mana shield surrounding the Sir. The horde of undead spiders chipped at every crevice of the shield, causing the mana shield shattered to layer by layer.
He was running out of mana and there was nothing he could do to stop it. With the hundreds of spider souls in her soul storage, Nora could easily last for an hour.
Soon the last layer of defense was shattered and the spider queen leaped through the air and delivered the finishing blow. Her 7 intact legs joined together like a spear and pierced through him, ending the battle in a spectacular fashion.
A loud ‘ping’ was heard as Nora got the exp and achievement points for the kill. Due to the fact that Nora was the one who controlled the spider queen to get the kill, Nora was awarded the points for it. Releasing her spell, all the lifeless bodies dropped to the ground and the floor was littered with guts and blood. If Nora was in the middle of the battlefield surrounded by the spiders, Nora would have already gotten a heart attack by now. However, luckily Nora was far away from the flowerfield of death.
To check her rewards and her current level, Nora shouted “Check Status”,
Congrats! You have reached level 30. As a level 30 rogue, you have reached the minimum level requirement for you second job advancement.
For your skills in hiding, tricking and killing targets from the shadows, you are now promoted to assassin.
Level : 45
Name : Nora Valen
Class : Death Lord
Health : 600 / 600
Mana : 140 / 600+ 150
Str : 54 Agi : 56
Con: 56 Int : 61
Experience: 987/1200
Achievement points: 942
Achievement Shop (requires level 50)
Lv10 1st job - Rogue
Nimble body, Stealth, Quick stab
Lv30 2nd job - Assassin
Haste, Shadow cloak, Fatal Strike
Lv10 1st job - Acolyte
mana control, mana shield , mana bolt
Lv30 2nd job - Mage
magic regen boost, mana boost , arcane strike
Lv60 3rd job - Necromancer
Death magic mystery, magic resistance ,Raise undead
Lv100 4th job - Soul fiend
Soul fire blast, upgrade undead, soul mystery
Lv150 5th job - Great lich
Greater undead, army boost, siphon soul
Lv200 Saint - Death lord
Grand undead, Soul world, Shinigami Scythe
Yes finally! I am now level 30. I can now summon my first general! Wait a minute, dammit! I wanted a fighting class, not a stealth class. Ah fuck me, i played it too safely. I should have fought more. At least, i can still get a fighting class as one of my specialization choice for the 3rd job advancement if i fight more.
Nora had been hoping to get a fighting class to make up for her weakness. After finding out that she received a stealth class instead of a fighting class, Nora felt regretful for her actions. If she had fought the overseers in combat instead of killing them from the shadows, she would have had a higher chance of getting a fighting class. Thus, Nora had no choice but to pray that she get a fighting type class as one of her three choices of specialization during her 3rd job advancement.
From her experience of going from mage to necromancer, she knew that when she reach level 60, she would be given three choices to choose from. Back then, her three choices were abyss caster, necromancer and hell demon. These were the three choices she was given when she got her 3rd job advancement.
Nora remembered that back then she was still a human and had not been fully corrupted by the abyss yet. It was during the time Nora was still a prince called Aran Snow.
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Back then, Aran was still young and full of hopes and dreams of being a hero who would save the world and end all racism and war. However, that goal was destroyed when his kingdom was betrayed and thrown into the abyss. After being thrown into the abyss, Aran and his subjects had wandered the endless plains of the abyss. As a prince and as the last remaining member of the royal blood, he had to take charge of his subjects who were thrown into the abyss with him.
At a young age of 15, he had to throw away his silk pants life as a prince and had to become a king. Take the responsibility of being a leader, all he thought about was how to save his men and how to get revenge on the calamity church who sent them into the abyss. Gone were the dreams of hope. Instead they were replaced by revenge. Thus, hearing the whispers of the abyss, Aran was led astray. In his thirst for revenge, he was too blinded to see that the abyss was corrupting them. In the end, when he finally realised it, it was already too late. He had led his subjects into the pits of hell and had turned them all into the undead along with him. That was Nora’s greatest regret.
Remembering how she failed to save her subjects and led them further into the abyss, Nora’s heart felt pain. Back then, everyday, Aran would wish for the opportunity to save them and correct his mistake. However, now that she was a human again, she finally had the chance. And now she was going to take the first step.
Wait for me, my subjects. For this incompetent king will one day revive our kingdom and our people. I will find a cure to the disease of the undead and save all of you. No matter the pain, i will endlessly march till i reach this goal. For this is my atonement for my mistakes.
After reciting her vow to revive her people and her country, Nora began to chant. This was going to be her first step at reaching her goals. It was finally time for her to summon her first general.
“By my will I open the gates of hell. I call thee! Thee who once held breath in this painted world. Thee who served as my eyes and ears. Thee who swore to always stay by my side and serve me. My loyal subject who once followed me throughout life and death. I call upon thee.
I resurrect thy consciousness. I resurrect thy primal instinct and thy will to survive. I wrest thy disembodied presence from the eternal void to come forth now and serve me as thee once did before.
By the universal elements that I command and am a part of, I rip thee from thy limbo, prison and the nothingness of the void. By the presence, power and the wisdom of life and death! Using these 100 souls and my virgin blood, i call upon thee, Evelyn, my spirit of Envy! Rise from your eternal slumber and serve me once more.”
Nora cut her palm with a knife made of mana and spilled blood onto the floor to revive her first general. Glowing lights of white and black spun in circles around the blood, forming a giant magic circle which was as big as the entire cave. The 100 souls of the spiders and the blood was sucked into the magic circle as in rotated clockwise like a merry go round. This magic circle was unusual and different from many other magic circles. It did not have circles inside of it. Instead it was clear and required a chant to cast. This was something beyond a 10 circle spell. It was a forbidden level spell. Instead of requiring mana to cast, it required sacrifices. This time it required 100 souls, blood from a virgin maiden and a link.
Each general under Nora’s command had different requirements. The first general she was going to summon required three things, 100 souls of the recently dead, the blood of a virgin maiden and a link between the caster and the summoned. Using the souls of the spiders, she met the first condition. Using her own blood, she met the second condition. Lastly, using the fact that Envy once served and swore allegiance to her, she met the third condition.
After a while, a hundred spider soul was sucked into the black and white magic circle and the magic circle started to rumble. The cave rumbled in response and dust and dirt fell from above.
Pale translucent white tendrils started to creep out of the magic circle. The tendrils twisted and clumped together, forming a figure. Slowly a pale translucent figure started to form in the the middle of the circle. Soon, Nora could see a spectral elven women in a maid uniform. She had midnight black hair and it gleamed ethereally as the black and white lights of the magic circle shined upon it. This created a beautiful contrast to her pale creamy skin, devoid of pumping blood.
She wore a beautiful and highly detailed maid uniform which highlighted every curve of her body. It was garnet and black, adorned with silver roses woven into a lace border.
Seeing her general back in the world of the living again. Nora couldn’t stop herself from remembering how they met.
It was during the time when Nora was Aran Snow. Back then, the racism and prejudice the 4 races had between each other was very rampant. Especially humans who viewed themselves as superior and treated all the other races as slaves. Aran’s country was no exception. As a reincarnator from earth who was educated on the subjects of racism and slavery, Aran despised racism.
Everyday, Aran would see slaves of other races treated like dirt in the castle. No mattered what he tried, Aran was not able to stop the tradition of slavery and racism. It was not that easy to wipe away the prejudice that existed for centuries. Thus the only thing Aran could do was vowed to treat his slaves better and vowed that when he got older and stronger, he would one day end the war.
Aran first met Evelyn when he was 12. Aran was a well behaved and prodigious child in the art of magic. He was born with his mana pool awakened and had reached the rank of bronze 2 at the age of 10. Thus, for his 12th birthday, his father decided to gift his son a personal slave and maid to serve him forever.
That was how Arab met Evelyn. Evelyn was gifted to Aran by a certain noble trying to curry favour. Due to the fact that she was an exotic beauty, she was gifted to Aran to be his ceremony to manhood. She was branded with a slave collar and was trained to serve as Aran’s personal slave.
However, unlike what many were expecting. Aran did not do anything inappropriate to that girl. Due to his vow to treating his slaves like a normal human being, Aran treated her with respect and as a friend. Even though Aran could not do anything about the collar, Aran did his best to let Evelyn live a better life. It was due to this that Evelyn swore allegiance to Aran, to commit her body and soul for his cause. For the first time since becoming a slave, she finally met a person whom she was willing to serve, with or without the collar.
Even when Aran was thrown into the abyss and was corrupted, Evelyn followed him and became an undead along with him, so that she could serve him forever. In the end, she became one of Nora’s seven generals. She was in charge of surveillance and info gathering. Thus, Nora could not wait to see her lifelong friend again. This time, they were free from the abyss.
As Nora waited patiently for the summoning to end, the ghostly elf turned and pierced Nora with her gleaming emerald eyes. Her eyes seemed to bore into the depths of Nora’s soul. Her eyes gleamed with numerous emotions. First was sadness, followed by surprise and happiness. When she saw Nora’s soul, her popped out widely in surprise and astonishment. Tears flowed endlessly as her eyes fixed onto Nora. Even though, Nora’s body had changed, her soul didn’t. It was still the soul, Evelyn swore her allegiance to.
Seeing the tears flow on her followers face, Nora wasn’t able to hide her emotions that had been building up inside of her anymore. After being trapped in the ring for she didn’t how long, she was finally able to meet a friend again. It had been so long since, they last saw each other, Nora couldn’t help but let a manly tear drop.
After a few seconds, the magic circle started to dim before finally disappearing. When the ritual finally ended, the spectral maid rushed forward into Nora’s embrace. Even though she was spectral and was etherea, she was able to touch herl. Due to Nora’s powers of a death lord.
“Master, you’re alive! How.. How… Is it possible? I… I thought you were going to die. How are you alive? Moreover as a human? Wait a minute! We’re free from the abyss? How?And why are you a girl?” Evelyn blasted Nora with question while crying into Nora’s chest.
“Calm down Eve, calm down, you don’t need to rush. I’m alive again and is free from the clutches of the abyss. We got all the time in the world to catch up. So relax. Oh yeah. Why don’t you take over my body and check my memories yourself. Rather than me taking a day or two explaining what happened, I think it’ll be faster if we do it this way.”
“Okay then, prepare yourself then, master.” Evelyn wiped her tears and replied. Evelyn flew into Nora’s body. Nora went limp as a new soul enter her body and began reading her memories. Due to the fact that Evelyn was one of Nora’s most trusted allies, Nora did not fight back and allowed Evelyn to comb through her memories.