Guild Wars Chapter 146 - Mjolnir 2

The runes began to coalesce in the air, bringing with an intense movent of Worldly Energy.

Since Draco appeared to be done with the self-destructive part of his crafting, Hikari allowed Rila to see Draco’s work. Both females were slightly astounded but mostly extrely... unimpressed.

Rila even hid her face in Hikari’s chest and Hikari herself looked away with sha.

As an Origin Goddess and a White Dragon, they were both able to tell that Draco was doing sothing profound. However, the way he manipulated Worldly Energy was far too crass, to the point they couldn’t afford to look.

It couldn’t be helped, as the two were heaven blessed entities, with Worldly Energy behaving like their trained pet. They also had never seen anyone else mobilize Worldly Energy, otherwise, they might directly vomit.

Compared to the normal playerbase, Draco was like a master of Worldly Energy manipulation, but compared to his two onlookers he was no different than a grade-schooler trying to impress a university student with his maths knowledge.

The runes transford into 6 symbols that were arranged in a row of 3x3. The symbols on top were slightly similar to the ones below, but they were actually different and most importantly, they were separate.

The top runes were Sin, Heian, Rera Fukai - Sword, Darkness, Strike Deep.

The bottom runes were Sin, Kong, Rera Toi - Sword, Void, Strike Far.

Draco concentrated as these runes were developed. He directly removed an Aether Crystal from his inventory, or rather two of them. These two were dium grade Aether Crystals that had been produced by his passive skill over the past few hours.

Since he passively created one every hour, he already had almost 10 of them. Removing these two for an experint that he was eager to test would be worth it.

In his past life, Aether Crystals were too rare to be used foolishly, but in this life, Draco could make them just by living. Of course he was eager to discover all the hidden uses of the item this ti around.

Draco was however anxious. Using Aether Crystals as a substitute for Soul Stones could either work perfectly, or be a disaster of unknown proportions. He really had no precedent to draw upon here, so he could only grit his teeth and begin the process.

He started rging both enchantnts with the High Iron shortsword at the sa ti, as once an enchantnt was applied, a new one could not be added. As such, this was where the difficulty with enchanting Epic and above items lay.

rging one enchantnt with the Epic weapon was hard enough, much less having to do two at once, while simultaneously providing ample power for it at the end.

The resistance Draco t when he tried to rge the two made his mind quake. It felt like he was speeding down a highway and had suddenly crashed into a wall.

Blood leaked from his nose, but Hikari’s autocast was still on, so he was instantly healed. The mont he was healed though, he trembled as the second attempt at rging brought him pain.

This was not only a test of willpower, but a test of ntal fortitude. If Draco didn’t have his rebuilt body with the Dark Angel Inheritance’s effects, he would have failed imdiately.

Draco continued to attempt a rger with the Epic weapon, repeating the harming and healing process once again multiple tis.

Since his back was facing Rila and Hikari, only Hikari could tell that Draco was being hurt through their connection.

Rila had no idea.

The more tis Draco attempted it, the more progress he made. The Epic weapon’s resistance began to weaken slowly, and each push by Draco brought the enchantnts closer to the surface of the blade.

After an hour of this grueling battle, the Epic weapon finally faltered as the dual enchantnts landed on its surface, trying to take a proper hold and rge fully.

Draco took a deep breath and began infusing the enchantnts with energy. The Aetheric Energy erged from the crystals and entered the enchantnts slowly.

At first, Draco prepared for worst, assuming the Aetheric Energy could either explode the enchantnt or outright erase it, but his eyes brightened when he saw the enchantnt light up greatly.

The mont the Aetheric Energy went in, the Epic weapon’s resistance died out and the rger was complete. Now, Draco kept infusing it with power in order to make sure the effects would be great.

For the first ti since Draco had discovered enchanting, he had to cut off the flow of Aetheric Energy to the enchantnt after using almost 10 Crystals, which was everything he had acc.u.mulated.

Although they were dium-grade and were even weaker than the top-grade ones he also had in his possession, dium-grade Aether Crystals were still extrely valuable.

It was the low-grade Aether Crystals that were valued at 1,000 platinum apiece mind you, so one could imagine the price for the higher quality crystals.

Even when Draco had been enchanting the Mana Sword, he had burned almost 30 top-grade Soul Stones and had barely managed to activate the enchantnts. For scale, 1 top-grade Soul Stone was 1 platinum.

Yet with 10 dium grade Aether Crystals, he had nearly overfilled the enchantnt to the point where it could take no more.

Draco eagerly waited as the last stages of assimilation were on-going. The enchantnt’s glow darkened slowly before it fully activated itself and integrated with the spirit of the short sword.

Just as Draco was about to collect the weapon, he froze as he saw a black mist erge from the short sword. This black mist instantly filled his super mini small world room with darkness, and only the weapon and the residents could be seen.

Above the short sword, the form of a female appeared, though it was not like Flora that was s.e.xy. This one looked average, with her most prominent feature being that its dark body contrasted with its glowing red eyes.

It had claws for hands and two wings on its back.

The female energy lifeform screeched in a heart chilling manner before swallowing all the mist back into its body and returning to the weapon after glaring at Draco coldly.

Draco took a deep breath when all this was over, and he gazed at the now pitch-black short sword that had its crossguard resemble the claws of that beast. At the poml was a visage of the female lifeform, with a black head and glowing red eyes.

Before he could pick up the weapon, the system alerts cascaded into view.

｢Boundless System-wide Announcent

Player Draco has perford a Legendary contribution to the human race by creating a new set of practices for the Enchantnt Tradeskill! Player Draco will beco the first Grandmaster of Enchanting in this age!｣

｢System to Player Announcent

You have developed a new field of practice for a Tradeskill, as such, you have been directly promoted to Grandmaster of that field. For every Tradeskill, there are 10 Grandmasters, 5 Gods, and 1 Primogenitor.

You are currently the only Grandmaster of Enchanting in this era, and are the 7th Grandmaster of Enchanting of all ti. Congratulations!｣

｢Congratulations on creating new weapon: Unnad (Shortsword) (Epic)

Rewards:

1,000% Exp

1,000% Tradeskill Exp

100,000 gold

1,000 reputation with the Tradeskill Association｣

Draco looked through the announcents with a blank expression. His mind quite literally paused and took a few seconds to reboot, just in case there was a system malfunction making him see things.

Draco had been capped at Master Rank in all Tradeskills during his past life, just like the majority of players back then. It was the sa on the combat side, that the talented players had been trapped at Rank 6.

This was because their foundations were too weak. They had spent their early stages wasting resources and doing things improperly. By the ti they had figured out the right way to go, they were already too high up.

However, reincarnating had allowed Draco to build his foundation from scratch and with his knowledge, he was able to do everything to utter perfection. In fact, he went above and beyond what was expected.

Now, he had finally shattered the limits that had shackled him and achieved sothing no player in his past life had, even with hundreds of thousands of people with unlimited talent and skill.

Draco naturally knew about what lay above Master Rank, but it was like Legendary items to the old him. A thing that existed, but would be impossible to acquire in the foreseeable future.

While Draco was confident he would reach Grandmaster Rank in any Tradeskill this ti, he figured it would be when he reached Rank 7, not this early. At this stage when he was Rank 1, reaching Grandmaster Rank was unprecedented and eye-catching.

....

"Heh heh heh..."

Richmond drooled lewdly as he rubbed his face against the peachy and soft skin of a woman who wore mage robes. Her face was averagely pretty but she had a look of extre discomfort on her face.

However, she closed her eyes and bore with it, allowing this old sc.u.mbag to abuse her soft thighs for a few minutes. She knew he would never go too far or do things without consent, so she just remained silent trying to imagine herself anywhere but here.

After Richmond finally felt he had enjoyed his fill, he got up and sighed with happiness. He nodded to the woman and took out a skill book, tossing it to her with light praise.

"These soft thighs were heavenly. You should live life without suffering! Take this!"

She caught the skill book and inspected it imdiately. When she saw the contents, her excitent rose and she bowed to Richmond.

That earlier discomfort and slight sha? Long forgotten. She even planned to visit again after a few days to see if she could get anything more out of him.

Right after her, a fellow ca over with a light smile. He planned to praise Richmond a bit, but the fellow wasn’t even listening.

"Hop about and croak like a frog," Richmond demanded boredly, returning to his rocking chair while lighting his pipe.

The fellow swallowed his words and made sure no one was looking, though he knew that such a thing was impossible. No one could look into Richmond’s glade without his permission, otherwise, how could he harass girls freely?

The fellow got to the job and began croaking as well as hopping around like a frog. The mont he began, Richmond pointed at him while laughing hysterically.

The player felt his cheeks burn and wondered how and why he was even doing this. However, he could only swallow his embarrassnt under Richmond’s painfully loud and mocking laughter.

Eventually, Richmond gestured for him to stop and tossed a potion over to him. When the player saw the details of the potion, he too stopped feeling bad, opting to bury what he had done in the depths of his subconsciousness.

By the ti he stepped out of the glade, he had already scheduled his next session with Richmond.

Before the next person could co in, Richmond saw a notification pop up.

｢Congratulations to Mage God Richmond for having a herald achieve a world-class honor! Mage God Richmond has been granted an Icarus Heart!｣

Richmond jumped up into the sky, his hat falling sideways and his beard almost shaving itself.

His whole face was twitching as he read the announcent once again and when his eyes fell on the ’Icarus Heart’, he looked over it as if it was not part of the statent.

You could beat Richmond to death with a slipper, but he would never believe that he had actually gained an Icarus Heart. Nothing could convince him, even if the item was now being shown to be in his inventory.

Before he could head over to wherever Draco was and find out exactly what he had done this ti, a peal of loud laughter resonated in his glade, making Richmond’s teeth clench and his face turn green.

"Hahaha! I am here!"

From a hole in the void ca Nakiu, dressed in his white Daoist robes as always. He looked like the picture-perfect Sect Master from so Xianxia story, especially with his well-built structure and his long beard.

"Brother Richmond, how are you today? Have you eaten? Have you gone to the toilet? Take my advice, one must shit four tis a day to remain healthy and achieve long life!"

Nakiu comnted this with a concerned and friendly tone, which made Richmond so angry that he wanted to curse out loud.

"Cough... Nakiu. W-What do you want?" Richmond asked weakly, fear filling his heart.

"Haha, I just heard the news about Brother Richmond receiving an Icarus Heart. In the Immortal World, we call that the Pure Yang Essence, possessing the strongest powers of the fire elent and the sun." Nakiu explained nonchalantly.

Then, he sighed with pleasure. "Such a great item. Thank the Gods that it is in the capable hands of my good and trusty Brother, haha!"

Richmond couldn’t take it anymore as he shouted. "Nakiu, leave alone you freak! I despise you!"

Richmond was normally cool and playful, and he was even overbearing towards Nakiu.

However... the young will eventually surpass the old. The last ti Nakiu had co over to pester Richmond for Draco, they had fought and this ti, Richmond had eaten a slight loss.

As such, his fear of Nakiu had begun to grow. He had secretly mocked the other Hidden Powers for fearing this fellow like he was so Grim R.a.p.er and had enjoyed beating him about whenever he ca over.

Now, he understood why the others lived in fear, as he was now on his way to find himself on the weaker side. As such, Nakiu visiting him when he had gotten a great boon made him worried.

He might still be above that undying bastard for now, but given the other party’s tenacity, it was just a question before this was seemingly bound to change.

"Now, now, don’t worry Brother Richmond. I have already maxed out my Five Elent Spirit Qi Internal Array, so that item isn’t useful to . I just ca to ask how your disciple is doing. Have you been teaching him well?"

Nakiu asked this with squinted eyes and a dangerous smirk.

Richmond initially felt relief when he heard Nakiu claim he had no interest in the Icarus Heart, but his heart clenched when he heard him asking about whether he was teaching Draco well.

Teaching Draco? What a joke!

He and Draco were mutually using each other. There was no love or teaching going on between them, not to ntion that heraldry didn’t work like that. In fact, Draco didn’t even respect him, much less let himself be taught.

However, Nakiu asking this made Richmond feel a sense of crisis. Before, Nakiu wasn’t an enviable backer because he was suppressed by Richmond and his reputation was bad, so his heraldry benefits wouldn’t be as high as Richmond’s.

Now that he was starting to beco slightly stronger than Richmond, the things he could offer Draco would be greater. Protection, training and unique skills and techniques from the Xianxia world.

Would Draco say no in front of such benefits? Especially when Richmond himself only offered re protection?

Richmond tidied himself and wore a calm expression. "How I care for my herald is my business. I shall be visiting him soon to congratulate him on his progress so far. I suppose you can co tag along if you want."

Nakiu frowned when he saw Richmond’s sudden change and felt that sothing was wrong. As such, he smiled thinly and said: "No worries, I shall not disturb the eting of master and disciple. I shall pay you another visit for so...’sparring’... soon, heh heh."

With that snicker, Nakiu faded away into the world, leaving Richmond alone with his thoughts.

The old mage’s eyes flickered with seriousness as he made a decision. He directly used a long-distance teleportation spell and disappeared from his glade, leaving the serene area to linger in the peacefulness of nature.

.......

The various players of Boundless saw the announcents and felt flabbergasted. Yeah, we’re used to Draco’s nonsense by now, but what the hell is this? How could the fellow reach such levels so early in the ga?

While the players still wallowed in their shock, a certain clanking sound echoed in a land filled with Destruction Energy.

That’s right, it was the Plains of Deriam. The clanking sound repeated itself and one couldn’t help but feel their heartbeat erratically as they heard it.

It was like every sound that entered the ears directly stepped on the heart and soul, making it hard to move or breathe.

So players who had co to surround the Plains of Deriam in order to monitor the situation for their guilds or groups were frightened by this sound, as it directly suppressed them.

They were unable to logout or open their inventories to use the City Portal Scroll. They could only send ssages out informing their superiors of this change in the situation.

Eventually, the clanking sound beca louder and louder, directly tearing away their HP with each resonance. These players’ eyes bulged greatly as they felt their lives waning due to just a sound!

One player could only shout: "Whoever that is, please stop! You’re killing us for f.u.c.k’s sake!"

Before the player could say another word, a beam of black light pierced through his forehead, turning his body into pixels imdiately. The other players went deathly silent when they felt that energy, because it was the sa type as the one surrounding the whole area.

That was Destruction Energy!

It was even purer than the leftover amount that prevented players from exploring the Plains of Deriam easily!

In other words, that player’s account was as good as crippled!

This made the other players here take a deep breath and refrain from moving. The clanking sound eventually reached a crescendo, as a silhouette began to appear.

Due to the miasma of Destruction Energy, it was hard to see the form clearly, but in a few seconds, everyone was able to see and identify who it was that stood before them.

It was a player called Dark Knight!

｢Na: Dark Knight – Rank 1 Dragon Knight

Level: 22

HP: 100,000/100,000｣

The Dark Knight simply ignored these players as he continued to walk from the depths of the Plains of Deriam into the outside world. His eyes glead with a bright green color and his form was compact.

However, as he passed them, the players could hear him muttering sothing under his breath. When they heard what it was, their minds trembled from shock.

"Draco, kill. Draco, kill. Draco, kill. Draco, kill. Draco, kill. Draco, kill."

Like that, the Dark Knight’s form disappeared into the forests nearby, freeing the players from their entrapnt. Imdiately, they sent this news out as fast as they could, which generated a wildfire among the current players of Boundless.