Part 1 – Death to all Perverts!
Fire Formation ? Ball Form ? Enlarge factor ? Giant Fireball
“Giant Fireball!'
Giant Fireball ? Lycanthropes
I shot a big fireball in the group of Lycanthropes coming at us again...
I pretty sure the hunting is going to continue like this and its kinda boring right now...except for the fact that I have to deal with these three perverts with their comments!
“Magic Arrow”
Viv started to shoot the Lycanthropes as well and 'Loader' provided some support as well with his ice magic.
Apparently 'Meat' is known for his high skill proficiency in defence type skills for his class which made a lot of guilds and parties to want him. But...his personality made a lot of people ignore him for the most parts. And then I heard the miracle that he joined a guild with the other two perverts. I had a feeling that some...threats...were made to get them in.
[Eden perhaps it time for you to learn some ice magic now. The other one has ice magic and quite frankly your spells are weakening each other]
And this one doesn't care for anything besides my progress in magic....sigh....
We were currently still on the first floor and faced around 50 Lycanthropes already. We haven't seen many parties in this place at all for some reason....Alexandra did say this was a popular place for hunting right?
Well I have to concentrate on fighting now. It would be nice to have a shield to block attacks and stuff, especially since I've lost most of my gear thanks to a certain event.
[Oi! Less thinking and more fighting. At this rate, 'that' will consume you first]
What is 'that'?
[Something that got released along with the Magic King Armor. Basically your screwed if you don't at least master magic]
That doesn't exactly encourage me at all.....
“Gaaaaaaaaaaar”
A Lycanthrope went to attack me instead of the others. Well I can't understand why it would attack me of all people. I started remembering the characteristics of Ice.
The opposite of fire.
Beautiful yet cold.
Violent yet calm at the same time.
Ice Formation ? Flower Form ? Hardening Factor ? Consume Factor ? Ice Flower Guard
“Ice Flower Guard!”
In front of me, a ice flower bloomed from my hands and protected me. The Lycanthrope hit the flower and was stuck on it. The ice started to consume it making it part of it. In mere seconds the Lycanthrope died without a trace by shattering into pieces like ice.
[I see that you can at least grasp that Ice, unlike the more offensive orientated Fire, is more suited to defensive tactics. However the best offence is the best defence and the best defence is the best offence]
So both are equal?
“Eden Stop staring and help us!” ordered Alexandra.
I looked to see another group of Lycanthrope heading our way. I should try to keep them at bay at least.
Ice Formation ? Wave Form ? Spread factor ? Ice Wave ? Hit Lycanthropes
“Ice Wave!”
Ice spread on the ground and and headed for the Lycanthropes like a wave. Upon hitting the Lycanthropes they were partly frozen. It wasn't as strong as I wanted due to being completely sealed at the moment but it gave enough time for the rest of the group to finish the others off.
After the clean up the three perverts wanted something from us.
“We want you three to join our guild”
They said it quite bluntly. Well I understand the needs of stronger people in a guild but being asked by these three perverts makes me feel sick for some reason.
“No.”
“Nope.”
“Never”
We replied at the same time with the same response and attitude.
The three perverts looked a bit dejected. They went a bit away from us ans talked among themselves in a huddle. After a few seconds they came back.
“Please join our guild”
“No.”
“Same answer”
“I rather not”
We rejected them again.
“Then....”
'Meat' drew his sword and the other two prepared for battle as well. Are they out of their minds?! Attacking someone isn't the way to convince them to join your guild! I need to know what the other two thinks of this situation. Well I can just ignore their opinion and try to resolve the situation by myself but I have a feeling that this won't end well either way.
- Hey, what the hell are we going to do now?
The first to reply for my party chat was Viv.
- We have to fight them
- Yeah, but killing them will give us some problems
“Arhhhhhhhhhh!”
'Meat' went in to attack us. Alexandra also moved in to block him. Meanwhile 'Loader' was preparing a spell and 'Quickie' was about to attack as well. 'Loader' was going to take a bit to finish his spell and 'Meat' was being stopped by Alexandra, so that leaves 'Quickie' as a target for me. I doubt Viv can handle him by himself since he's a support type.
Ice Formation ? Spear Form ? Ice Spear ? Multicast(5) ? Homing Shot
I created Ice spears in the air and fired them at 'Quickie'. Thanks to his high agility he managed to dodge all of them. However the Ice Spears moved in to attack him again after he dodged. Well the Homing types attacks were useful but lacks the sheer power of aim types spells but instead they have the ability to track enemies.
“Tch”
'Quickie' slashed at one of the ice spears while dodging but he couldn't dodge or destroy the other 4 Ice spears in time and they pierced him. Well thieves did have low health and defence which means my attacks are more effective on usual on him. On the other hand 'Loader' had a pitiful amount of health and defence in all areas to the point that they have to be supported by a party if they want to hunt. But on the upside they have the high DPS of all classes.
You have killed a player. You have gained the Murderer Mark
You have gained 100 infamy
“Damn you!” shouted 'Loader'
He was about to fire a ice spell at me. This was kinda bad, unlike me who had stats all over the place, 'Loader' was a typical mage. And that means he poured all of his stats into intelligence which increases his spell power which makes his spells more powerful than mind. But that's only when all my seals are active. I can easily overpower him if I open my first seal.
“SWORD WAVE!”
Alexandra shot a wave at him and instantly killed him in one shot. Well she did level her skills up to a pretty high level. I wouldn't want to take that blow head on and it hurts like hell when it hits....
“Crusader Sprint!”
Alexandra then rushed to 'Meat' and quickly killed him as well. She was only a couple of metres away from him and 'Meat' was still shocked that his comrade died in one hit so easily.
“...”
Alexandra looked at me with a dissatisfied look. Was she still no satisfied with killing two people. Am I going to be the next victim of this person?
“What?” she asked.
“Aren't you worried that you'll get the murderer mark like me?” I replied.
I was kinda concern that she'll go on a killing spree and get us hunted down by several powers that she pissed off. The thought of being an enemy of the state and being hunted down like a wounded wolf was not the kind of thing I was into.
Alexandra sighed.
“Haven't you seen my status window before? You know that I can't get the murderer mark. Instead my fame decreases which is also a pain”
So...........you can kill as many people as you want?!
“Oh...so you can kill as many people as you want.”
I made a mental note to not get on her bad side again.
“This....bonus has a limit you know. If my Fame gets low enough, I'll be kicked out of the church and my class gets revoked.”
Oh.....so how much fame do you have? I mean, how many times can you kill me before you have to stop?
“Anyway we can presume the the three fools contacted their guild before attacking us so they'll be here in a bit. We should go while we can.” she said.
Alexandra was about to leave but I stopped her. There was something I have to confirmed and its not whether or not your going to kill me in my sleep.
“Wait. I already have the murderer mark so it won't be a problem if I killed more of them right? Besides it'll give us some experience and loot as well if we stay here.”
I heard that the you'll gain quite a bit of experience if you kill another player instead of hunting monsters which will allow me to level up faster. Also players drop a piece of loot when they die so I'll get more things to sell and get some money or find some equipment to replace the ones I lost though they may be worse than I want them to me.
“Eden, you know that we'll face a small army right?”
Army or not, its not like there area many players that are as strong as us in the area. I have a feeling that at most they will send some players that are at a lower level in large quantities to stop us not the high levelled players that have better things to do rather than to try and convince some players to join their guild after several rejections and their guild mates being killed.
“Yeah, so?”
Alexandra still made a dissatisfied look at me. What? It wasn't that bad. We had to face a small army of undead together remember, and this will be easier than that so rest assure.
“If its just that, we can take them considering that we're stronger than them.” said Viv.
Viv spoke up in agreement with me. Yes! Its two against one now! Why the hell am I getting excited about this?
“So we're staying here right?” said Alexandra.
It seems she's finally persuaded to this plan....well not exactly a plan but rather a reason to slaughter other players.
[Not to pop your bubble but how do you know that the three contacted their guild yet? Maybe they acted without them knowing so you may need to wait at last 4 days for them to come]
“Then....”
It seems Viv didn't consider this possibility but neither did I. The three did attack us without any warning so I presumed that they were acting under orders so we killed them without thinking much about the consequences.
“What do we do?” I asked.
[Keep on hunting until they arrive. This also gives me time to teach you how to handle Ice Magic properly]
Well we do have enough food and water to survive for a week. It can't be THAT bad.
Part 2 – Destroying Players
“Come out you wretches!” shouted a man.
The three of us looked at the source of the voice to see that the man was with a large number of other people, properly players. Among them are the three perverts that we killed. I noticed that there was at least 50 of them against the three of us. We were massively outnumbered no matter how you look at it.
But still.....I don't see us being killed here. Let's begin with a big spell to offset them.
[Then let's start with that spell]
Right.
Ice Formation ? Wave Form ? Spread Factor ? Ice Wave
Ice Formation ? Wave Form ? Consume Factor ? Ice Prison
Consecutive Casting ? Ice Wave + Ice Prison ? Ice Prison Wave
“Ice Prison Wave!”
Ice Prison Wave ? Enemy Players
The ground and walls turned into ice the moment I let out my spell. Alexandra and Viv were standing away form me just in case my spell targets them as well. The enemy players were at first shocked at my spell that was coming to them but then acted against me. I suppose that they know that I was a mage but not a mage of this power.
“Fireball!”
“Ice Protect!”
“Take out the Mage!”
The melee players charged straight in my spell without fear. The other mages tried to stop my spell by using fire magic and the priests were bluffing the players and casting protection magic against my ice magic. Well it was a solid strategy but it doesn't matter if you don't have enough power and believe me I have enough power to kill everyone here in a flash but there are problems with stabiltiy.
I start to remember the conversation I had with llyfr the 4 days ago.....
“So what do you need to tell me? My mana consumption is fine.”
[So you've noticed that the more complicated the spell process, the more it drains your mana]
I did notice that my mana consumption increased recently but it was far more stable than before where I could lose most of my mana in one go accidentally. Until I shortened the sequence to make a Fire Spear, it was actually draining quite a bit of mana to cast, on the other hand when I did shorten it, the mana cost decreased rapidly.
“Yeah, I did. And what about it? It should be fine as long as I monitor it properly”
I made a note early on the check the amount of mana I has especially now since my mana is my life line now with llyfr in me.
[Well the type of spell I'm going to teach you may kill you in the end. I need you to know how to stop your spells just in case]
That's strange.....llyfr never mentioned anything like this and neither did Warlic and Crysero. I wonder what he means by that.....besides me having a high chance of dying.
“Eden I think llyfr means that you have a high probability of dying when using the spell” said Alexandra whom was listening in on the conversation.
Yes I kinda realise that Alexandra. No need to repeat what I just thought about in my head.
“So what is this spell your going to teach me?” I asked continuing the conversation.
[Well it not exactly a spell but a a technique to use spells. Its called consecutive casting. I involves casting two spells at once and combining them]
Alexandra and Viv's eyes were wide open now. Did llyfr say something strange? I mean combining spells were something you would see in manga to make a new stronger spell. However it still doesn't explain why these two are shocked.
“Umm.....guys, what's wrong?”
Viv started explaining it to me.
“The hardest thing to do as a mage to is to cast another spell when one is active. Only when one is capable of doing that, they are considered a master magician!”
I was now confused. I remember very much that I multicast spells and I'm sure other players do the same as well.
“Wait, I casted several spells at the same time before,” I said thinking back on all the times I spammed spells in battle.
“That's different since the many spells could be part of one spell or you're casting really fast with little delay in between spells. Consecutive casting is when you cast two different spells at the same time in one go. The spells can be similar or very different but doing both spells at once is impossible or near impossible. You can also combine the spells into one stronger spell as well which will have a much greater effect than just casting two different spells and hoping that they combine.”
I see. But that still doesn't sound that great to me. Also your shyness disappear when you're explaining stuff about magic to me.
“Eden it seems you still don't get it.” said Alexandra.
I scratched my chin and said, “Not really. It doesn't sound that great.”
Alexandra sighed and then took over explaining stuff to me. Hey am I that incapable to understand explanation?
“What happens if you combine a strong spell that affects a small area with a weak spell that effects a large area. You'll get a spell that has a strong effect and covers a large area.”
Oh....that sounds fun to use. I can see a fire tornado...wait I did that before! This can't be that easy to do.
“And besides, I'm sure using consecutive casting has its own risks and that's why llyfr is going to teach you a way not to die using it.”
[Looks like you guys finally convinced this idiot on how powerful and useful this technique is]
I feel offended right now. But on another note, didn't I already do something similar to this consecutive casting back in volume 1?
[And I have to teach you the method of stopping spells first which is equally as hard to do]
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Oh what fun....stopping my spells....
“Great.....”
[You have 4 days to learn both of them]
“...”
Now back to the present....
My Ice Prison Wave literally wiped out the first wave of players that were charging at me.
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I watched my notification screen as it spammed the increased in infamy and the occasional level up message. I don't know if they're filled with messages about how I killed a player, how I levelled up or how evil I'm becoming or maybe all of them at once. Either way I'm not going to look through 48 notifications from the game right now!
I looked at the person that was leading the attack on me. He had a shocked look, obviously not expecting for his plan to backfire massively. I look to see the other players moving a bit away from me seeing the power that I can wield.
I cancelled the spell and checked my mana. It was just below 10000 mana now. I can't use that spell too much since it increases the chances of me dying. And besides the spell was going to continue until all of the enemy players were killed which would've been a while and I'm pretty sure that I would've run out of mana before that could happen. So this is what llyfr means about risks....well it is harder to cancel my spells then before since I give the spells precise commands now but it shouldn't be that difficult.
[Remember, when you combine spells, it consumes an extra 200% in terms of mana cost and the draining type spells makes this even worse as the mana consumption for spells. Use regular spells from now on or absorb enough mana so your safe]
I got it. Since they seen me use Ice magic, then I'll use fire next. And besides I have a feeling that the three perverts haven't said anything of my magic skills besides me using Ice magic.
Fire Formation ? Ball Form ? Multicast(20) ? Homing Shot ? Fireball Barrage
“Fireball Barrage!”
20 Fireballs were created and flew to attack the mages and priests that were hiding at the back. I aimed for the priest first since they were the life line of the group and also they were similar to mages in terms of how bad their defences were.
“Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh”
I took a moment to listen to the screams. Soon enough there was only a few enemies left over. Most of the mages and priest died in one shot due to their low health and defence. Well this was like a combo package. Killed the idiots that charge straight in then kill the ones that can't charge in like an idiot.
Zing~
Hmm? Was that the sound of a blade? Better protect myself.
Neutral Formation ? Mana Shield
“Mana Shield”
STAB
Mana Shield took 1752 damage
Mana Shield Broke
Skill 'Mana Shield' has ranked up
My 'Mana Shield' skill was finally at level 8. I only have 2 more levels until it goes to intermediate level 1 where it becomes a bit more useful. I can't wait for the time that I don't have to spam the move to defend myself anymore especially since I barely have...well I don't have any armour anymore...
Anyway what just attacked me.
I looked around and found that whoever attacked me disappeared. It was properly an assassin which was a another branch of the agility type classes. Rather then in using traps, they primary specialise in killing other beings such as humans, and monsters and other players when they're not looking.
Great.......an enemy that I can't see. I would love to do a wide range attack but the other two will probability get hit as well. Well might as well get their help now since I did most of the work and I'm kinda tired of fighting them right now.
“Hey, some help here.” I said to the two standing very far away from me right now.
The two looked at each other and turned their heads at me. What were they deciding? On who they want to kill?
“No can do. Your doing fine by yourself” said Alexandra with a smile.
“Umm...do you best!” said Viv while hiding behind Alexandra.
Damn you guys....anyway, how many are left now? I want to finish this was fast as I can right now and collect all their loot.
[There are 15 left including the leader, they are mostly thieves and assassins]
Great......now I have to find them.
I opened up my senses to the limits and felt the presences of other humans in the area besides the ones I can see. It was like seeing little light sources all around me and it was kinda confusing in normal situations but really really useful when hunting since monsters can't sneak up to you. This ability saved my ass several times now. I realised that ability was much stronger now ever since the incident with the second mana fragment.
There were a couple that were hiding near the back and some that sneaked by me already. This is troublesome...why couldn't they just charge straight at me. Well its time to kill them all. I have a bit over 10000 mana right now.
Fire Formation ? Bolt Form ? Multicast(20) ? Fire Bolt Barrage
Ice Formation ? Bolt Form ? Multicast(20) ? Ice Bolt Barrage
Consecutive Casting ? Fireball Barrage + Ice Bolt Barrage ? Ice/Fire Bolt Barrage ? Homing Shot
Each fire bolt and ice bolt costed 30 mana to cast which in total cost 1200 mana. Consecutive Casting triples the cost to 3600 mana.
I started shooting the hidden players with my homing shots.
BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG
“Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!”
“Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy”
“Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo”
Why are they always so shocked when they get hit.....
Anyway when my attacks hit those idiots hiding somewhere in the wall, they both freeze and burn at the same time. You can say the ice is also burning them. I remember something about some sort of ice can cause burns or something like that. Either way the players were getting burn and frozen effects on them at the same time.
Concentration increased by 1
Intelligence increased by 1
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I looked at the commander that lead his man into death. I started walking slowly towards him knowing that he already gave up.
“And there was one.” I said to the man.
I twitched and looked into my eyes as I looked into his. I don't know what he saw but all I saw was fear. Lots and lots of fear coming out of this man.
“Tell me, why did you attack me or did you already lose your ability to talk?”
I was acting like a evil villain right now.....well I rather be the villain than be a hero. It gives you so much more freedom.
“...”
The man was staying silent. Well I have to fix that.
I drew my sword and stab it in his knee.
“Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!”
The man screamed in pain. I will make sure that this one doesn't die before I drag every last information out of him.
“So do you have anything to say before the other knee gets it as well?”
The man was avoiding eye contact with me now.
STAB
“Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!”
“So will you tell me or will I have to torture you first.”
Domination increased by 1
Unfortunately I don't have a healing spell so I can't extent the life of this one. Well I could ask Alexandra to help me with this issue but I think she won't be able to help me in this case. Either way this was easier than I thought...maybe it was due to the new stat 'Domination' that made others bend to my will......I wonder if I could go to a strip club...I mean I have to concentrate right now on interrogation.
“Bounty!”
“Hmm?”
I looked at the man. It seems he was ready to confess everything right now. I made sure to make the man feel was uncomfortable as possible to get as much information out of this pitiful man. I needed more than a simple word. Details! I need details on what happened!
“You have a bounty on you!” said the man, reconfirming himself.
“I see....and why do I have a bounty on me?” I asked.
I was prepared to kill the man if he didn't have an answer.
“I don know.” said the man.
Well now is the time to kill him. I lifted my sword up about to deliver the finishing blow.
“But you have a bounty of 300 gold alone. The other two each have a bounty of 100 gold each. Its pretty good reason to attack if you ask me.”
That was strange...I don't remember doing something that would make me have a bounty on my head. And the other two are even less likely to get one as well. Viv was well.....harmless and Alexandra is a member of the church which means she had a jail free voucher as long as she didn't do something stupid in public.
“I see...thank you.”
The man looked hopeful for a second in the fact that he gave me information, I'll spare his miserable life. But I wasn't that kind. Rather than that I was more on the evil side since fate trolls me badly.
“Then will you..”
“No.”
The man didn't have enough time to comprehend what I just meant. I made sure that he had enough time to at least know partly of what I meant.
SLASH
You have killed a player. You have gained 100 Infamy.
Well now that everything is done here, we can finally go to the next mana fragment. I took out the mana detector and saw that there were two mana fragments up north, two to the south-west and one to the south-east. The ones to the North seem to be the closest ones near me right now. It sounds better to get them first before anything else.
“Open Status Window”
Let's see......I levelled up 10 times on those players. I only levelled up twice when I was hunting the Lycanthropes for 4 days straight. It seems there are more benefits on being a player killer that I can see right now. Not bad. I placed all of the points in intelligence. On a side note, over a while the stat Domination only increased by 1 and it was due to my actions against the man I kinda tortured and killed. I wonder if it only increases
Status WindowNameEdenTypeChaoticRaceAnhrefnTitleDarllenydd o'r hollLevel124ClassAwdur DimFame1210Infamy5300HealthN/AMana15000Strength181+50Agility230+50Intelligence330+100Wisdom61+100Concentration259+100Endurance42+50Sustenance90+50Fighting Spirit82+50Vitality80+50Stamina62+50Domination11+50Offence91Defense237Magic Resistance19%Bonus+10 magic resistance
+50 to all physical related stats
+100 to all magic related stats
Mana will replace Health
Skills will require half the experience to level up
Able to sense other creatures around you
Able to dominate all creation
Relationship with churches are sour on contact
Well I wonder how my Skill window looks like. My Infamy is really really high....damn how will I get rid of all of it. Actually....I can't even be bothered to get rid of all of it right now. Maybe it'll disappear with some time or something. Hell, Alexandra can properly persuade a church to get rid of it for me. It does give me some useful options but counters the 'fame' options at the same time. Oh yeah.....I wonder how my progress with my skills went. I haven't checked that often due to all that training I had.
“Open Skill Window”
Skill WindowMagic Mastery Beginner Level 9
Increase casting speed by 27%
Increase magic strength by 90%Elemental Mastery Beginner Level 9
Increases Elemental damage by 90%
Increase Elemental resistance by 9%Sword Mastery Beginner Level 6
Increase sword speed by 18%
Increase sword attack by 60%Impaling Strike Sword Techniques Comprehension (7%)
Unlocked 1/6 Techniques
Increase damage from skill by 7%Magic Control Intermediate Level 2 (Passive)
Increase success rate of all spells hitting the targetMediation Beginner Level 3
Regain 80 mana per minute.Mana Absorption Beginner Level 2 (Passive)
Absorb 2 mana per second passively
Range: 20 metresMana Shield Beginner Level 8
Cost: 100 mana
Shield Health per use: 1600
Number of Shields can create at one time: 8Creation Magic Beginner Level 3
Mana used per square metre: 1000Armor of the Magic King Beginner level 1
Conditions to use:
- Holder of immense power
- Drains Mana when Equipped
Hmm....it still needs some work. Well most of the time I was trying to increase my sword skills so the magic side was getting not much love for a while.
“Well then, let's go to the next mana fragment.”
“...”
“...”
What? Why were they staring at me like that? Did I do something wrong?
[You have no idea do you......]
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Author's Notes:
- 5000~ words in this chapter
- I need to experiment with the new forum tables and such later...
- A new skill(not really) for Eden.....and I just remembered to add it in a volume later.....haha...not my fault that it turned out that way
- I'm kinda sleepy so I'm not going to type any more.....