...
’It traveled fairly deep underground. Is this the aftermath of an SSS-ranked spell?’
At the mont, Izroth was still freefalling. And, if he was keeping track of his distance correctly, he had just passed the two hundred ter mark. Yet, there were still no signs of the teorite or Gan Ceann!
Izroth was confident that the Grand Magic Morrighan used must have been an SSS-ranked spell to produce this level of destruction.
If she did not contain the teorite’s impact, forget sixty ters, the pit’s diater would have been well into the hundreds. A spell of that level was enough to wipe out an entire legion’s worth of foes!
300 ters...
400 ters...
500 ters...
After reaching the 500-ter mark, a faint scolding red glow entered Izroth’s vision. The inside walls of the pit were scorched, and the heat being released had not yet dissipated.
’I’m getting close.’
Izroth fell a couple of hundred ters before activating Falling Feather Steps.
Swoosh!
The temperature of the teorite’s surface was still hot; however, due to his Heavenly Golden Body, Izroth had no trouble enduring the heat.
Izroth utilized his Energy Vision Sense to examine his surroundings.
’This area is saturated with mana from the teorite. But, it’s just as I thought...’
Rmmmmble! Crrrrrck! Neigh!
Without warning, the teorite burst open as the obsidian warhorse erged with the Headless Horseman around ten ters away from where Izroth stood!
Gan Ceann’s lifeless blue eyes locked onto Izroth as the white aura around its longsword had increased severalfold since Izroth last saw it.
’It’s pretty durable to have survived a direct hit from an SSS-ranked spell. Though given that it’s capable of using genuine Aura, I suppose I shouldn’t be too surprised. Still, to inflict this much damage without the use of essence—it looks like the rumors were not exaggerated.’
Na: Gan Ceann, The Headless Horseman of the Abyss
Class: Guardian
With just one spell, the Phantom Queen managed to shave off more than 80% of Gan Ceann’s HP—that was close to 150,000 damage!
Without the use of essence, Izroth knew that even he would have so trouble putting forth that damage amount using a single skill.
Of course, he had skills that could reach that damage range even with the absence of essence. But, Izroth was also aware that his circ.u.mstances greatly differed from other players.
Neigh!
The warhorse scrapped its hooves against the teorite and lowered its head as it prepared to charge Izroth!
At the sa ti, Gan Ceann brandished the longsword in its hand. Then, as if understanding Gan Ceann’s intent, the warhorse galloped forward at incredible speeds!
"It doesn’t seem to have an enraged state when its HP falls below 10% like typical boss monsters," Izroth said to himself casually.
Gan Ceann lifted its longsword into the air as it approached Izroth. And, right when it arrived within striking range, it swung down with all its might as the white aura around its longsword beca dense.
Swoosh!
’I suppose I shouldn’t keep the others waiting too long.’
The longsword was less than two centiters away from Izroth as he appeared lost in his thoughts. Then, all of a sudden, Gan Ceann’s movents ceased.
As for Izroth, he was now standing behind the warhorse!
The white aura around Gan Ceann’s longsword disappeared as its lifeless blue eyes faded and the helt in its hand fell to the ground. The flas around the warhorse were extinguished as it crumbled to dust, and the black suit of armor broke apart.
«Critical Hit»
-32,273
1,936
〈Battle Alert: The effect «Death In One Step» has been activated!〉
-48,898
〈System Alert: Congratulations, you have defeated «Gan Ceann, The Headless Horseman of the Abyss»!〉
...
Using Sword Arts: Four Steps of Death, Izroth dealt the finishing blow to Gan Ceann before returning his Sword of The Storm to its sheath.
〈System Alert: All enemies on the first stage of the «Crusade» have been cleared!〉
〈System Alert: Transportation process will comnce in 30 seconds!〉
’Oh? How thoughtful. If I had to climb back up, it might have taken a while.’
Izroth looked down at the puddle of black liquid, which was all that remained of Gan Ceann.
’It’s disappointing that it doesn’t drop any loot. But, this certainly is an interesting item.’
As the transportation magic circle ford beneath Izroth, he analyzed the small object that appeared in the palm of his hand. It was a golden hexagon with the symbol of a star embedded into its center.
Na: Level Emblem(Unique*)
Usage: Increases the user’s level by 1 upon use. Can only be used below level 55. Using this item resets the user’s current experience to 0. This item is automatically destroyed after use.
Special Note: A special reward granted to those who successfully clear a stage of the «Crusade».
An item that instantly increased one’s level as long as the person was below level 55—this was huge!
One had to know how difficult it was to gain experience and level up after reaching level 48. It could take days, or maybe even weeks worth of in-ga ti grinding dungeons and quests for the majority of players to gain even one level once they reached that point. Therefore, an item like the Level Emblem could save players a great deal of ti and quicken their ascension to the highly coveted level 50 threshold!
Of course, Izroth had already passed this threshold. And, as a Combat Master, reaching level 50 did not bring him nearly as many benefits as other players. After all, for them, getting to level 50 ant an opportunity for a second class advancent that could boost their overall combat potential severalfold!
’I wonder...’
There was sothing Izroth was curious about the mont he saw the effects of the Level Emblem.
Izroth attempted to dismantle the item with a skill from Unparalleled Craftsman, Heart of A Creator. As long as he could disassemble the Level Emblem, he would be able to acquire a permanent production thod to craft an endless amount of them!
〈System Alert: The effects of «Heart of A Creator» has activated!〉
〈System Alert: This item cannot be disassembled!〉
〈System Alert: The effects of «Breaker of Limits» has activated!〉
〈System Alert: System Admin Restriction! This item cannot be reproduced!〉
Izroth held zero expectations from the beginning. After all, not only was it a unique item but having a production thod that was practically a leveling cheat would be too ga-breaking—even for him.
But, when his Breaker of Limits skill showed up, Izroth was surprised. He believed that perhaps there was a real chance of obtaining the production thod! However, this thought quickly went out the window once the following system alert appeared.
System Admin Restriction—even though this was Izroth’s first ti receiving this ssage in RML, he was well aware of its aning.
In the official player’s guide, it was terd SAR for short.
The system was pretty relaxed when it ca to players’ freedom and often rewarded them for their creativity. However, there were tis of extre rarity when the system would deem sothing as "unattainable".
In other words, it was sothing never ant to be reached or achieved since it went against the rules of the system. And, players spending gold to instantly level up without any effort undoubtedly fell into this category.
That’s why even with Breaker of Limits activating, Izroth ran into SAR and was ultimately unable to acquire the production thod to the Level Emblem. However...
〈System Alert: System Compensation In Progress...〉
〈System Alert: A profession related production thod «???» can be added to the skill «Heart of A Creator». Would you like to add «???»? (Please Note: Adding this production thod will consu one slot for Stored Production thods.)〉
...the system was not unfair!
’Hm? This is...’
Izroth was taken aback by the system’s choice to compensate him. Was it because his Breaker of Limits went off? Whatever the case, it appeared that luck was on his side! At least, he hoped so.
Although the system stated that it profession related, Izroth had no clue what kind of production thod he would receive as compensation. For all he knew, it could be an everyday pill recipe. Or, maybe it was sothing that required hard-to-find ingredients to craft. Nevertheless, once he accepted, one of the four limited slots for stored production thods would be gone forever.
Despite the unknown factor, Izroth believed that it was worth taking the risk. Worst case scenario, he would waste a slot on sothing useless.
’Let’s see just how genuine your compensation is.’
〈System Alert: A new production thod has successfully been added to «Heart of A Creator»! [Stored Production thods: 1/4]〉
Izroth accepted the mystery production thod, and right after doing so, the magic circle below him released a bright light.
〈System Alert: Transporting...〉
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