I gasped as I snapped back to reality, stumbling backward from the sheer force of the mory.
My body trembled and I could feel my arcane reserves plumting, rapidly draining form the strain of the mory stone.
My vision blurred and for a mont, I felt dizzy, barely able to stand.
I suddenly felt the exhaustion seeping into my bones. Using the mory stone had taken for more out of than I anticipated.
With trembling hands, I quickly stored the stone away into my inventory, making sure it was safe for future use.
I needed to regain my strength and figure out what all this ant.
The Divine Custodians had been wiped out by sothing truly powerful, causing their subordinates to turn into what we no know as shadow creatures, and I had only caught a glimpse of their enemies cloaked in darkness. But what were those shadows? And why had they destroyed an entire race?
As the question swirled and lingered in my mind, I leaned against the wall, breathing heavily.
"What the hell was that..."
»»»«««
My strength was dangerously low and I knew I would need ti to recover. But the knowledge I had gained from the stone was invaluable.
This place held far more secrets than I had imagined and I was determined to uncover them all. For now, I needed to rest.
My head throbbed as I forced myself to stand, my body still weak from the imnse ntal strain of the flashback.
I stumbled through the dark alcove, looking for suitable place to lay rest.
After so staggered wandering like a drunk man, I found a small, hidden room with a stone door half cracked but still offering shelter.
The room seed to be untouched but the hand of ti, a relic of the lost civilization. There was nothing in the room. In ti the stone were shaped like bench. With no ti to analyze its history, I collapsed on the stone bench and let my body succumb to the exhaustion.
Within a few hours, I woke up, blinking groggily as my mind cleared. I glanced around, disoriented at first, but soon rembered where I was.
The stone bench had left my body sore, and I rolled my shoulders felling the stiffness in my muscles.
I sighed, rubbing my temples. My strenght was far from tiptop functionality but I couldn’t afford to wait any longer.
I cant waste a potion, right now. Who knows what kind of danger lies ahead of in this crazy dungeon.
I knew staying in one place too long could attract so kind of unwanted attention so I decided to move forward.
With a grunt, I pushed myself to my feet and resud my exploration of the ruins.
The vastness of the place still amazed , an entire sentient civilization wiped out with their secrets buried within the ancient stones.
As I ventured deeper, the atmosphere grew heavy and the corner shadows seed to grow darker.
"There’s sothing here," I muttered under my breath.
I ca across a narrow passage way between two structures, imdiately I stepped into it, a cold chill ran down my spine and I instantly felt the oppressive weight of malevolent energy before I saw it.
Suddenly, a group of shadowy figures erged from the darkness, their forms flickering like twisted apparitions.
They were different from the everyday shadow creatures, they were exactly like the ones I had seen in the mory the stone had shone . Their eyes glowed with a faint, eerie light and their movent were swift and unpredictable.
I summoned my new sword, Shadows Edge and the blade shimred out of the inventory spacial rift as it cut through the air. The shadows circled with their intent clear as my Divine Thread skill flared up in death alarms.
With a swift movent, the first shadow lunged at . I dodged, barely evading its strike. But the second shadow was faster, slicing at with its blackened, hardened claws.
I felt the cold sting as it grazed my arm and blood imdiately started trickling down.
"I cant get reckless," I reminded myself, gritting my teeth. My strength was still not optimal and these enemies just kept coming and coming.
The battle continued and I fought desperately, my newest weapon flashing as I clashed with the shadowy forms.
Each strike drained more and I could feel my strength waning.
The shadows pressed on, forcing into a corner. Just as my thoughts decided to unleash my arcane pets to finish this battle, the boss appeared , a massive, dark figure with glowing eyes that pierced through the shadows.
It looked like the rest of the creatures that were attacking , only bigger, and I barely had ti to react as it struck.
The blow sent crashing against a wall.
"You guys just keep coming don’t you!!!" I growled, forcing myself back up. My body scread in protest, but I couldn’t let this end here.
With a surge of will power, I activated spacial manipulation and dodged the boss’s next attack by a hair’s inch. Using the last of my strength, I struck back, slashing through the boss’s dark form with a desperate final blow.
The boss let out a low, guttural scream as it disintegrated into nothingness, leaving only a dark mist behind. Surprisingly, there was no magic stone left in it wake and I found that very odd.
Ding!
~Congratulations! You have gained 4 levels~
~Level 59~
That familiar surge of strength as the level up took effect, the energy flowing through my body, healing my wounds and refreshing my stamina.
The notification prompted to allocate my new stat points.
~You have gained 12 Stat points~
I added plus four to my strength stat and plus four to my agility stat and plus four to my endurance stat.
I could feel my body grow stronger as the points took great effect, my muscles tightening and my speed increasing.
I leaned against the wall, trying to compose myself. I still couldn’t help but wonder how this civilization befell this great tragedy, who were their foes and why were they eliminated with little remorse.
"I have to be more careful..." I muttered to myself as I looked around the now silent narrow path.
The urge to uncover more secrets of this place drove forward and after I left the other end of the narrow path, I ca across a small castle with ancient stone walls and algae covered scenery, the air around was thick now with a musty scent of forgotten tis.
As I moved through the dimly lit corridors of the castle, my sharp gaze caught sothing unusual. At the far end of the hall stood a massive, weathered door made of dark stone, its surface etched with glowing intricate runes. My instincts tole this was no ordinary door.
I approached cautiously and as I did, a familiar chi echoed in my mind , the unmistakeable sound of the system.
~New Mission Unlocked~
~Open the locked gate: Unlock the sealed door deep within the ruins.~
~Reward: Level 60 promotion and a new skill >Binding Vow
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