Part 1 – On the Run
I am currently hiding in a forest. Why I am in a bloody forest after all this time is something to argue. Namely....people are after me now. After the 'incident' where I kinda destroyed a town....totally not my fault, I escaped into the next town where people still chased me. Then through a stroke of luck I found that I finally had a bounty on my head.
Wanted: Eden
Bounty: 150000 Gold
Crime: Threatening, Destruction of Structures, Murder, Evasion, too many to count...
Appearance: Young Female (Still claims to be Male)
Body is thin and beautiful in nature (Definitely a woman)
Known for wearing armour with the symbol of Freya on it, has a long sword
Strength: High Combat Abilities
Use of Destructive Magic on large scales
Special notes: Plans to kill off a large number of Nobles
Known to be highly dangerous and will attack even not provoked
Aim to kill not capture if you want to live...
Flirting with her will be your cause of death
Well......this wasn't as bad as I thought. Only around.....most of the Western Continent is trying to hunt me down and more and more ranked players are coming to collect that 150000 Gold Bounty I have. OF COURSE THIS IS BAD!!!
My God! My bounty is so high! I'm actually considering handing myself in to collect the reward....if not for the fact that I can't collect it since I'm the bounty.
Also, when I said I was hiding in a forest, I mean sitting near a camp that was used by some players that I happened to cross by accident. Naturally they attacked me since I was literally the number 1 bounty right now and.....they died. Well Almost all of them.
“This bounty note kinda pisses me off” I said to the last remaining person whom I spared on a whim. She was a young priest judging by her clothes. The symbol of the flower known to belong to the church of Freya was literally the only thing that kept me from killing her as well.
“What the hell are you?!” she demanded. She couldn't actually run away or attack due to the fact that I created some chains to bind her. Her glare also seemed to throw daggers as well which didn't help me.
Answering her question, I moved my cloak to show her the symbol of Freya.
“Wha...”
While she grasped in surprise that I was with the church of Freya.
“You...are the same as me?!” she said disrespectively to me as if I did something wrong.
I sighed and looked at her.
“No, I'm only close friends with them. They helped me and I helped them a while back.”
“Then how come you have the highest bounty to date?”
I frowned and said, “No idea. That happened after I came to these lands.” I really did not know how I got such a large bounty. I didn't do anything to piss someone off....though it may be the fact that I am going to slaughter a large number of nobles very soon. I better not say that to this person.
“I still can't believe you are with the church of Freya.” she said in disbelief again.
“I still can't believe you are part of the church of Freya. Isn't Freya one of the hardest churches to get into with less than a hundred players in it?” I replied a bit sarcastically, “Plus I'm only friends with some of them, nothing more, nothing less. Anyway who are you?”
She looked away and said, “Not telling” immediately.
Young lady, do you know giving your name is the first stage of being nice....though you aren't recommended to befriend I criminal like me even though someone set me up...and I do plan on killing those people.
Anyway, its been a while now and this person in front of me was a player do its most likely that she called at least someone here while I wasn't paying attention to her.
I expanded my search radius and looked for the souls of other players.
Ding
You have gained the Skill: Soul Scan
Soul Scan Beginner Level 1
The ability to see the raw essence of all creation. With this skill you will be able to sense the presence of others at will
“....”
Why was it that I only got this skill now?
Ah! Sorry, I forgot to add that in a while back. Not my fault though.
YOU! Why is it that I keep on meeting you recently?! And every time something bad happens!
No, I only appear when something bad is happening to you. I don't cause those events but do warn and advise you a bit. Anyway, some people are coming, be careful~
What? Using the new skill I had......which I had for a long time, I realised that there were at least a dozen people coming quickly to this place.
“Hey, your friends seems to be coming here” I said nonchalantly ignoring the fact that she was trying to get out of the chains I placed on her.
I looked and found that she was smiling brightly at the fact that I was going to be killed soon.
“You have no chance. All of them are over level 300 veterans.” she said mockingly.
Well I don't plan to die that easily. Tracking the dozen or so players I prepared myself by walking to my sword that was near that tree...
Fuuuuuush
Shit! An arrow was shot just in front of me preventing me to get to my sword which I really shouldn't have left at that tree.....bad choice on my count.
I proceeded to dodge another 5 arrows which all forced me to move away from my sword. Damn, do I really have to use that?
“Spear”
A golden spear appeared in my hands at the moment when 10 players came to attack me at once.
“Dance of water”
Dance of water is active
I did that spinning stuff to deflect the arrows that were still begin fired at me while dodging and deflecting the other attacks that are coming out of nowhere.
“Take this!”
I turned to find a large warrior with a large axe swinging his axe at me with slow but powerful attacks.
“Power Strike!”
The large warrior swung his axe down at me which I dodged.
BANG
Holy....his attack made a big hole in the ground. I would not like to be hit by that. Also I think there a couple of mages and assassins attacking from behind me as well. I noticed there was some spells and other things flying at me on occasion.
“Twist Shot. Double Strike”
I rotated the spear in hand and stabbed it twice into the warrior in front of me.
Killed a player, you have gained 100 Infamy
That's one down. I think 14 more to go....let's see.....3 archer, 2 mages, 2 priests, 5 assassins and 2 more warriors based on their affinity with magic and other stuff I rather not say right now.
Currently right now, all three archers surrounded me at 3 different locations leaving no blind spots for me to hide from them, the mages and priests were with the warriors on opposite sides and the 5 assassins were jumping around in the trees throwing stuff at me.
Man this seems like a horrible situation to be in. And all of them are powerful in their own rights....except for the idiot that decided to fight me head on.
Wind Formation ? Blade Form ? Wind Blade
“Wind Blade”
I formed a blade of wind which I threw at one of the mages that I sensed.
BANG
Naturally the warrior or tank person with the mage blocked the attack and the priest quickly healed them back to full health.
Well I can either trim them down slowly or take them down at once.....both are troublesome to do as well...
“Shadow Walk, Backstab”
One of the assassins suddenly appeared behind me.
STAB
Critical Hit!
You took 7246 damage
Feeling the pain, I immediately swung my spear at the assassin whom dodged it and disappeared in the trees though still there. Then the others immediately started to attack me at once.
First and Second Seal release!
Releasing the First Seal gives the following benefits:
- Spell Damage Increases by 100%
- Spell Range Increase by 60%
- Mana Absorption is Activated
- Strength is Increased by 20%
- Agility in Increased by 40%
- Movement Speed Increases by 15%
- Defence Increases by 20%
- Resistance to Magic Increases by 15%
- Fighting Spirit is increased by 20%
Time Limit: 3 Hours
Releasing the Second Seal gives the following benefits:
- Mana Increases by 10000
- Gives Rapid Natural Mana Regeneration of 100 mana/second
- All Skills rank up by 1
- Spell Damage Increases by 150%
- Spell Range Increase by 80%
- Strength is Increased by 40%
- Agility is Increased by 80%
- Movement Speed Increases by 30%
- Defence Increases by 40%
- Resistance to Magic Increases by 30%
- Fighting Spirit is increased by 40%
Time Limit: 30 Minutes
Feeling stronger and with Dance of Water active, my body somehow managed to dodge and move in between the attacks that were thrown at me. These included fireballs, ice bolts, arrows, knives and even poison bombs which really have little or no effect on me right now.
“Shadow Walk, Backstab”
Another assassin tried to use the same trick to attack me again or was it the same one? Anyway I stabbed him right in the stomach and swung his body around using my spear killing him in an carefree manner.
Killed a player, you have gained 100 Infamy
“Let the Earth crack and burn....Volcanic Destruction!”
Underneath me the ground seemed to crack....I have a feeling this is bad. I slammed the pointy end of the spear into the ground and shouted, “Enlarge!”
Spear has enlarged
“Wow!”
You know that feeling when your in a elevator and it goes up you feel a force pressing down on you? Yeah...imagine that except its 10 times worse.
“Shit Shit Shit Shit!”
I was around 30 metres up in the air and it would really really hurt like hell if I fell down now.
BOOOOM!!!
And then the spell finally activated covering the bottom of the spear in what seemed to be lava.
Shiiiiiiiiii
What was that sound......?
My spear was....melting? Why the hell was it melting?! Wasn't it suppose to be unbreakable?! Or was that a typo in the game!?
Narrator here~ It seems that you have to master the skill completely for the weapons to take those effects. Right now you should try to identify the spear.
Wha....YOU AGAIN! Fine!
“Identify Spear”
Ding
Golden Spear Torrwr Durability: 31/100 Damage: 50-60
A copy summoned from the vault of unknowns, this weapon does no possess the power of the original. As such it does not completely inherit the property of being unbreakable and reform. As such it is currently just a powerful weapon to use.
As the skill Golden Trio levels up, the durability and damage of this weapon will increase and the spears that are summoned will inherit more of the true power of the original.
See, this spear is actually weaker than the one you created a while back during that siege in that town you ran from in volume 3. Well you can try using creation magic to use a proper copy but I think llyfr helped you there and you don't have much time....try using the bow while you're here. Narrator out!
Bow...bow.....of course!
“Bow!”
I summoned a golden bow into my hands. If what the information on the spear said then this bow only has a fraction of the power of the original. But this bow has the power of multiplying and homing.
“Creation Magic: Arrow”
With those words an arrow appeared in hand though....I'm don't have much room here since I am stuck on an enlarged spear which was melting under me!
I placed the arrow on the string and prepared to fire....using the soul scan thing which apparently had a name and the game decided to not for a long time, found the remaining...13 enemies besides that church girl which I will take care of later.
“Locking on....”
Golden Bow Saethwr locked onto targets.
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Ah, the game Is finally helping me.
I let go of the arrow and it fired turning into 13 pieces of light that literally curved and hit every single target.
BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG
Killed a player, you have gained 100 Infamy
Killed a player, you have gained 100 Infamy
Killed a player, you have gained 100 Infamy
...
“Shit! What the hell was that?!”
“Damn, John died!”
“Half of us in one go!”
“Hurry up and attack!”
It seems that some people still survived. These guys were more likely to be the more skilled ones in the group. Let's see.....both the warriors survived, 1 mage and 2 assassins. So 5 in total now. I can take that much.
I made the bow disappear since I wouldn't be needing it anymore. But first I need to make it so that my spear doesn't melt under me and drop me into lava.
Water Formation ? Flood
“Flood”
Using the water nearby since I would honestly be over strained creating the water itself form me, I flooded the place with some water which hit the lava and turned into steams. However the lava rapidly became....what was the thing you describe lave becoming rock?
Anyway right now I had a perfect position to demonstrate my power.
[I to awaken am the Tyrant whom stole the throne of God]
I started chanting the activation condition to the skill. However the voices were nowhere to be heard.
[I devour the wisdom and rip apart the Knowledge]
The golden aura started to come out of my body.
[I will become the Magic King that rules over all Creation]
[And I will show you true Despair!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]
[Magic King Drive!!!!!!!!]
Magic King Drive has been Activated
- Spell Damage Increase by 40%
- Spell Range Increase by 40%
- Strength Increase by 40%
- Agility Increase by 40%
- Movement Speed Increase by 40%
- Defence Increase by 40%
Time Limit: Until the Body breaks down (5 Minutes)
Battle Aura has been activated
Defence increase: 15%
Speed increase: 15%
Attack increase: 15%
Fighting Spirit increase: 20%
Hmm? Why did battle aura activate? Is it because it comes from the same source?
Anyway the golden aura my body was being covered in extended all the way down to the ground from the 30 metres in the air where I was standing on the spear.
I took a step off the spear and dropped onto the ground like I was taking a step down from stairs. Naturally this action was very very confusing to the 6 people are are seeing me right now.
“You”, I looked at the church girl carefully sending my aura to her, “I need to talk to you later” before looking at the 5 people that were standing there about to attack. All of them were pretty far from me right now so if I attacked one, then the others may run away.
If only I could use a wide area attack which wouldn't kill the church girl as well......wait I can use Freya for that.
“Hey Freya~” I shouted in the air, “Protect your priest if you don't want her to die!”
“...”
“...”
There was an awkward silent in the air.
You do know that Gods are normally prohibited on interfering with this world right? Narrator out!
Right....forgot about that. Better set the defences of myself.
Neutral Formation ? Mana Shield
I pointed at the church girl and said, “Mana shield”, causing my most useful spell to cover and protect her.
“Now time for the real show!” I loudly proclaimed to the 5 survivors.
I expanded my aura as much as possible and covered all of them in it.
Stamina is Draining rapidly
Naturally the game would tell me this was a bad idea but I still continued. I continued pouring out my aura in the area literally bathing them in it.
Stamina is Draining rapidly
Warning Stamina is low
“Gak! What the hell is this?!” someone shouted.
“Retreat!”
“Run away!”
And so they decided to run now. I wonder why they didn't before. But I'm not letting them go. I once again increased the density of the aura and....well what seemed to be chocked them to death by not letting them breath or something.
Stamina is Draining rapidly
Warning Stamina is at rock bottom
The good new is that I have a new way to kill people. The bad is that it drains my stamina too much.
“Deactivate....”
Magic King Drive Deactivated
Magic King Drive Levelled up
Ah....it levelled up on one use. Why am I not surprised.....
Battle Aura deactivated
“Sealing....”
First and Second Seal is now active
I dropped on the floor very very tired. Literally no stamina left to spare I could just go to sleep right now....
“What the hell are you?” said the church girl still chained up at the tree where I left her.
I turned my head to her direction, too tired to move right now and said sheepishly, “A monster, happy?” and then closed my eyes to go to sleep.
“Hey! Wake up!” she shouted.
Shut it....I'm trying to sleep....
“Let me go!!!”
Going to sleep.....zzzzz
Part 2 – Don't sleep in....
When I woke up, I noticed that I was tied up and hanging upside-down under the branch of a tree. Wait, something seems wrong here....I wonder what....besides the fact that I WAS HANGING UPSIDE-DOWN UNDER A TREE!!!
Fortunately I was not blindfolded.....I looked to my left and found the church girl there doing something.
“Hey, why am I....?”
I found her sharpening a sword. Being blindfolded would be good right now.
“Never mind”
I looked away not trying to see the weapon that will take my life very soon. I really do hope this death is less painful. The last time I drowned to death....and the time before, blasted into pieces....don't really wanted to think about it.
“So, your finally awake.” said the church girl.
I shuttered in fear right there. Even though I don't think a priest should have high fighting spirit, I am definitely feeling the pressure here. Plus I don't think using my battle aura would help in completely preventing a sword piercing my body. It isn't thick enough....yet.
I dared to open my eyes to find that the church girl had a clever in her hands. That's not the kind of thing a young priest should use! Plus do I see my sword over there to be used as a spare?
Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit!!! This is really really bad!
“Tell me.....”
I'll tell you everything! Just spare me!
“Tell me how you are so beautiful!”
“...”
Eh....?
“I mean first of all you have the natural cool beauty face, your skin is so soft, your hair is so smooth like silk and.....”
My god.....I believe my impression on her kinda....collapsed.
“Wait a minute there” I said stopping her rant on how my body and face looked, “Why exactly are you telling me this?”
She stared blankly at me and said, “Because I need some tips.”
“Tips on what.....?” I said cautiously.
“On how to be a beauty” she blatantly said to me who is a guy....in a female body....until I find a way to turn back to normal.
“...”
“...”
We stared at each other silently for a while.
“I don't know what to say.”
Then she snapped, “Your not going to say this is all natural are you? Your kind of beauty is impossible. Look at the Sun Knight, he has to take care of himself in order to preserve his immense beauty.”
Who the hell is the Sun Knight?
I thought back on Alexandra forcing me to learn how to comb my hair and such and even how to put on make-up on that unforgettable day with more regrets than ever. Most of the things done to me that day should never be said even to this day.
“Well....”
I started explaining everything I did which was forced into my head and therefore into my unconscious actions from that day on.
It was really hard for me....
While I was reciting what Alexandra was telling me before which was edited out for safety reasons I noticed that the church girl was writing down all of this in high speed, detail and accurately. And her handwriting was really neat as well.
“Wait....isn't paper really hard to get in this game?” I asked.
“Game? You're a player?” she asked a bit shocked.
What? Was it impossible that I was a player? Do people really think I'm a NPC?
“From what I saw, you never actually logged out of the game though and it has been weeks since the bounty was first placed up and countless people have been spying on you...even when you were taking a bath....including me.”
I somehow feel very defiled right now.
“Though there was always some fog that prevented everyone from seeing the important parts.”
Well I did take the thought to use that kind of magic whenever I wanted to clean off the dirt on me since I knew that people were always spying on me.
“Plus you have a fan club as well now....”
“Eh?” I let out.
“I'm member number 350. Its even rare to be a member under 1000 these days.” she said showing a card that seriously should not exist in this game.
“Wait wait wait! When did I have a fan club?” I demanded even though I was tied upside-down under a tree.
“A while back.....” she looked away blushing.
“Let's discuss something else now!” I said trying very very hard to change the subject, “What's with the sudden change in attitude to me? First you were hostile to me and now your...”
I was ignoring the fact that this girl slipped through the chains I placed on her and tied me up and hung me upside-down under a tree.
“That wasn't an act to get closer to you.....” She was looking really far away right now completely red.
I ignored that and continued to my point.
“I'll tell you the rest of the stuff I was going to tell you about if you help me” I said.
“I can follow you?!” she said quickly and brightly.
“I wasn't going to exactly say that but yeah....you can” I replied.
“Yipee!” she shouted in excitement.
“Okay...but you know I'm going to kill a large number of nobles very soon right?”
I was half hoping that she would run off or kill me now.
“Oh, I know a place where a large number of them will gather very soon. By the way my name is Linda” she said immediately.
I have a feeling that this person was a bad idea.....well can't be worse then Alexandra.
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Author's Notes:
- 3900~ words
- Another Chapter Up~
- Meet Linda who will some relevant to the story later on as a side character.
- I like how Eden now has a proper bounty which describes him....her....whichever it is perfectly :)
- Also is it me or the view count jumped from 40~ to over 100 with one refresh....