'Wait, how did I unlock one of my skills?'
Arnold wanted an explanation for this so he scrolled down. As he scrolled he was able to see the description of the skill.
· Level 12 Forbidden Arts—Sword Tribulation
· User may summon multiple swords that combine into one single sword when the ground is struck, causing a ripple effect that multiplies overall damage per second(DPS)
· Skill is the most effective against titan-sized monsters and/or armies
"System, are you there?"
Arnold had a feeling that he could talk to it now. Turns out that he was right.
--...
A flying notification appeared within his vision. Unlike his status, he could see the popups of the system since it wasn't his system per se but a kind of alert nu.
"How did I unlock this skill?"
--Answer: secret quest has been cleared.
"Secret quest? What do you an?"
--The post-School Arc quest [Mortals Can Beco Gods](Class ???) has been cleared.
Arnold's eyes widened.
'Wasn't that a hidden quest?'
It was a quest few players were able to complete. So claid that those players were liars since it wasn't easy to activate the quest. No, it seed impossible at first.
In order to complete it, one had to gain control of Arnold von Berkley before the DLC started(which was nearly impossible unless you knew the steps involved). After doing this, you would unlock a certain cutscene.
That cutscene was a voice whispering into Arnold's head that he could beco a god.
All he had to do was accept that power.
'That power was Aether all along. Shit, how many players actually know of this power's existence?'
Whenever a player tried going to Arnold's stronghold in the original ga, his subordinates would stop them from pursuing any further. This made it impossible for anyone to even face Arnold at his peak. Not even Alecs and Bardolt—players from the top 100 could win against his strongest subordinates. It was like they were cheats created especially to stop players.
Where did all those powerful people co from then?
"I thought you actually had to get the power...?"
--Answer: quest only required user to see the truth; the truth that Gods and Divine Sentient Life are not beings mortals should worship if their level of power is acquirable.
"There will be an uproar if the Theocracy were to hear of this... haha..."
They would question lis' teachings and whether it would cause them to lose their faith. All in all nobody should hear any of this.
A Holy War was sothing of a myth where angels rained down from the sky and killed every forr-believer of lis' faith. If one lost your faith for a god then you were deed a sinner and had to die.
'Wait, if I saw the future Arnold then who did the original see?'
Liam was starting to suspect that a third party had sothing to do with Arnold's original path to becoming a villain.
'Was that third party blackmailing him? Or was Arnold always destined to beco a villain even if he didn't get Aether?'
That power was beckoning him to allow it to engulf his body. If he accepted, would he have died or would the power have consud him and turn him into what he was destined to be?
The enemy of a hero.
The large doors to his right suddenly opened. He hurriedly hid the hologram card. If people saw him with it then they wouldn't let him go unpunished.
"Good. You're here."
"?" Arnold's eyes widened when he saw a very familiar person, "F-Freya York?"
"That's a rather weird way to address soone you've t for the first ti. Rude even."
"S-Sorry," he stood up and bowed ,"My na is—"
"I know who you are. Trash of the Berkley family. To be honest them calling you 'trash' made expect sothing different than the person I saw two days ago. Can't say I'm disappointed, though."
"What do you an?"
Freya didn't answer, "Walk with ."
"But I..." he looked towards the door.
"If you have sothing to ask then ask . I'm the director after all. My decisions are final."
"...."
Arnold decided to follow behind Freya.
"So what's on your mind?"
'Isn't this pretty casual for the Archmage to be walking around with a student?'
People rarely even saw her besides when she would co save the day or when she sits at important etings. Even getting on her list of people she had to et was difficult. Let alone her being at the academy.
"C'mon, I'm waiting." Freya beckoned Arnold to hurry up and tell her.
"Well... Is there any way for professor Rodrick to be pardoned for what happened?"
"That incident, huh? Don't worry about that. I told the professors that Rodrick's hands were cut off during that situation."
'True. There was nothing he could do. If he did then he would've risked his own life to save mine.'
"Teachers are advised to never teach the students past the second stage of Sword Intent. See why we did? You could've died from combustion."
"Combustion?" Arnold gulped hard. His back felt drenched with sweat.
"A person's body goes boom if they use that power beyond what they can control. Rodrick can even he charged and lose his teaching license. But like I said, everything is sorted out."
Arnold breathed a sigh of relief.
"Thank you, lady Freya. I would feel guilty if he was to bla for this even though I was the one who put myself in danger."
"Oh well, it's over now," Freya smiled, "How long have you had that power?"
"...Two days ago was the first ti I actually used it."
Freya looked bewildered, "W-What? Ahem, I an, how can you survive your first ti? Most warriors die. I thought that you already used the power before since you could control such an absurd amount."
'I guess it's Arnold's potential as a Transcendent.'
"Aha," Freya suddenly looked convinced of sothing. She snickered like a mischievous child, "Now I understand... Tell boy, how much do you know about demon factors—specifically, demon lord factors?"
"Well, they're powerful vessels who inherit the power of past demon lords that ruled with the Demon King but died serving them. As ti passes they beco more and more adapted to the power until the seed inside their bodies blooms and they beco that demon lord they incarnated, entirely."
"Hoh, a re student knows this, huh? You're right, though. I think there are currently three confird cases. Two of which I know where they are."
"R-Really?"
'Fuck... don't tell I'm one of them?'
"The biggest criminal organization on the continent has one of them. Serz. You've probably heard about them, right?"
"Uh, yeah..."
"The kid is pretty docile so far but I wonder how long that will last? I heard that he lost in the national tournant but didn't go mad like I thought he would. Well, it's my duty to keep an eye on those troubleso bunch. One spell is all I need to get rid of them."
'Hold on, tournant? Hmm...'
For so reason, Arnold pictured that Leonard guy.
"Why are you telling this...?" Arnold glanced at Freya next to him.
She stopped and turned to face him.
"I know," Freya suddenly said, "I know that you have a demon lord seed."
"!?"
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