Chapter 40: Another Encounter

[ Name: Ren Arken

Age: 14

Race: Human

Strength: 50,000 (+3,000,000 [Qi] +700,000 [Mana])

Agility: 80,000 (+4,000,000 [Qi] +800,000 [Mana])

Vitality: 100,000 (+7,000,000 [Qi] + 900,000 [Mana])

Mana: ~~~

Spiritual: ~~~

Intellect: 300, 000

Unique Skills:

-magic cards -appraisal -evil gaze -strengthen -leap -basic magics -fire magic -Fire Archmagic -illusion magic -water magic -light magic -nature magic -Grimoire of death -Real Clone [Heavenly Slime] -Eye of Wisdom -Sword God]

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In the middle of the silent night, where the piercing cold could make anyone shivers. Two figure is still awake in the magical forest of Everdeen. A tense atmosphere enveloped them, one of them is aiming a sword at the other’s head.

“So? I wonder what kind of face hiding behind that mask. Would you be so kind as to show me your face?” Asked Oz with neither kind nor cold voice.

Oz’s voice is filled with a murderous aura, making the assassin’s leg tremble unconsciously. The murderous aura gushing out from Oz is enormous, even a sword god could get numb from just his aura.

“Tsk!” The assassin clicked his tongue.

“Disperse!” He said loudly. A same cold force that cursed the five sword saints appeared in front of Oz, different from those five arrogant sword saints, Oz skillfully deflects the cold force with his arch fire magic, but the assassin took the chance to retreat and made some distance with Oz.

“Who are you?” a cold voice sounded.

!?

The coldness of the voice doesn’t surprise Oz, but what surprised him is the fact that the voice he just heard is the voice of a female! Moreover, the feeling of deja vu started to get stronger in his heart.

(Where do I know this girl from?)

Oz tried his best to remember, but nothing rang the bell. Seeing the silent Oz, the girl asked once more: “Who are you? Who sent you?” Asked her with the same coldness.

“Does your parents didn’t teach you manner, girl?” Asked Oz with the same coldness as the girl.

“Wha!?” (The assassin girl)

“You’re supposed to introduce yourself first before asking someone else’s identity,” Told him indifferently.

But the girl didn’t care with Oz’s answer anymore and snorted, “Hmph, nonsense!” Said her and dashed to Oz.

Her strikes are fierce, but she lacks balance and power. Oz sheathed his sword and face the girl with one of his throwing-knife.

Seeing Oz sheathing his sword and changing to his small throwing knife, the girl said angrily: “Y-you, are you underestimating me!?”

“Letting your emotions lose control when facing an opponent stronger than yourselves shows your immaturity, I didn’t say that I didn’t underestimate you, but I prefer using ‘You’re not worthy for my sword’ as the reason,” Said Oz coldly.

The assassin girl could only cower when facing the bitter-truth stated by Oz.

“Y-you… Who are you?” This time, the assassin girl asked with an emotional tone.

“Oz, a magician,” Said Oz coolly, and suddenly vanished to the girl’s back.

‘A magician that uses swords and knives? I can’t even sense any magical mana from him,’ Thought the girl inside of her mind, confused.

Whooosh!

Oz suddenly strikes, and the girl could barely avoid Oz’s strike, Oz’s speed surprised her greatly, but luckily the ‘endless cold’ sword boosts her power, helping her to evade Oz’s strike by a hair-breadth. But Oz’s strike is more than that, he threw the throwing knife he wields to assassin girl with terrifying speed.

!!!

As the girl is still at her dodging position, she hadn’t regained her balance yet, her lips tried to chant one of the legendary sword skills but her voice won’t come out. Oz’s increasing murderous intent makes her throat dry. Facing Oz’s inevitable strike, she could only close her eyes and surrender to fate. But Oz’s aim is not her head.

But her mask.

!?

The mask fell slowly to the ground, showing the face of its owner. The sight of the face made Oz utterly surprised.

(I-I-I-It’s the arrogant girl from before!!!)

It’s the face of the tomboy and cold girl he met at Owen’s smithy before!

The girl closed her eyes and waited for the pain, but even after waiting for several seconds, the pain that she’s anticipating didn’t come. She slowly opened her eyes, thinking: ‘I’m alive?’

But she regains her composure quickly, she realized that her mask is gone, and the thrown knife was aiming for her mask. She also realized that her opponent is surprised because of an unknown reason, making the murderous intent to disappear and her voice to come back.

She took the opportunity and chant the skill of the ‘Endless Cold’ legendary sword that she’s trying to use before.

Their eyes.

Met once again.

“Petrifying cold,”

Oz suddenly felt a terrifying cold all over his body, his mana won’t come out, his qi won’t generate because his meridian flow is frozen. Oz’s completely petrified.

(Shit! There are more skills!?)

“One of the ‘Endless Cold’ sword’s seven deadly skills ‘Petrifying Cold’, Anyone who made eye contact with me, even if he/she is at the sword god rank or similar, they will still be petrified,” The girl explains her skill even though Oz didn’t ask.

“You… You didn’t try to kill me even though you could, who are you? Who commands you? I permit you to talk,” Asked the girl. Oz’s frozen lips started to break free, and Oz could now talk.

“Appraisal!” Oz slowly muttered.

[ Name: Seraphim Grandaria

Age: 14

Race: Human

Strength: 50,000 (+1,000,000 [Mana]) (+2,000,000 [Endless Cold Sword])

Agility: 30,000 (+1,000,000 [Mana]) (+2,000,000 [Endless Cold Sword])

Vitality: 200,000 (+2,000,000 [Mana]) (+2,000,000 [Endless Cold Sword])

Mana: 800,000 (+3,000,000 [Endless Cold Sword])

Spiritual: 300,000 (+500,000 [Endless Cold Sword])

Intellect: 200,000

Unique Skills:

-Endless cold -Arch Water Magic]

(As expected of the status of a sword saint, huh)

(W-wait, Grandaria? Is she somehow, a princess of this kingdom!?)

But a voice suddenly appeared out of nowhere, the prompt that Oz just heard at Duke Baldwin’s mansion, appeared once more.

<The requirements to use the eye of wisdom skill ‘Skill Copy’ has fulfilled>

<Host could now copy the skills from the opponent>

Oz confusedly heard the prompt while trying hard to process the new information he just got.

“Hey, answer me!” The girl said domineeringly, and open Oz’s black mask and hood, revealing Oz’s brown hair and face.

“!? You are!”

But before the girl could continue her words, Oz cut her sentence.

“Steal,” Oz muttered.

Suddenly the ‘Endless Sword’ legendary sword that the girl’s using shone, it’s emitting a terrifying cold aura and seems to be out of control, making the girl panicked.

“Wha-what is happening!?” The girl shouted, panicking.

The prompts continued.

<The skill ‘Skill Copy’ will be started>

<A spiritual entity is found hindering the skill stealing process>

<Taming the entity to accept host>

<An S class entity has successfully tamed>

<Opponent skills ‘Arch water magic’ and ‘Endless Cold’ had successfully copied>

After the last prompt finished, the ‘Endless Cold’ legendary sword started to calm down. All of the terrifying cold aura that it gushed out before, vanished as if there are none, to begin with.

Oz tried to move his legs, and he successfully walked one step, making Seraphim more surprised.

“W-what? You dispel the spell?” Asked her confused.

“I think so,” Answered Oz indifferently.

“H-how? Even a sword god shouldn’t be able to dispel it! Ugh… Even if you managed to dispel it, I still got more skills!” Said Seraphim angrily. She raised the legendary sword and made another stance.

“Scatter!” Said her, but nothing happened.

“W-what happened?” Asked her, as she tried to check at her sword, but nothing seems to be broken.

“I don’t know the detail myself, but it seems that your sword could no longer harm me,” Said Oz.

Both of them are confused, but another danger suddenly appeared piling more problems for them.

<A hidden quest ‘Taming The Darkness Lion’ had started>

<The host need to tame the darkness lion to successfully succeed the quest>

<If the host couldn’t tame the darkness lion under the granted time, the quest would be considered failed>

<Failing or Neglecting the quest will make the host get a penalty: The Stats and cards the host had accumulated will reset>

<Host’s time is 30 minutes>

(What the hell!? Suddenly a quest!? Moreover, the penalty is too heartless!!!!)

“W-wait, darkness lion?” Muttered Oz

“Eh?” (Seraphim).

*Sound of a beast growl*

Whooosh!

A huge figure suddenly dashed to Oz’s and Seraphim, a jet black figure in the shape of a terrifying beast.

The darkness lion.

Oz jumped and pushed the frozen Seraphim from the darkness lion’s strike.

[Type: Darkness Lion [King]

level: 344

Strength: 8,000.000

Agility: 6,000.000

Vitality: 18.000.000

Mana: 8,000.000

Spiritual: 2,000.000

Skills: -strengthen -Arch Dark magic -Arch Wind magic -Leap -superhuman strength -ruler’s aura -evil gaze -Leadership -Arch Shadow magic -Deathly Roar]

“Shit! Doesn’t there only one darkness lion this forest!? How the hell could it grew so fast since the last time I encounter it!? And how the hell should I tame this overpower beast!?” Oz shouted, trying to protest about the impossible quest.

Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump!

Oz’s heartbeat suddenly raised quickly, with his current body, the darkness lion is too powerful, and there is also Seraphim that is currently still shocked at his arms that he needs to save, he can’t let the girl that probably the princess of the kingdom to die.

{Use me}

Oz suddenly heard a childlike voice that he’s sure coming out from the ‘Endless Cold’ legendary sword.

{Use me, master! Quickly!} The voice telepathically said to Oz.

“Hey, give me the sword,” Said Oz as he asked Seraphim to give him the ‘Endless Cold’ sword.

“W-what? Why? No!” Answered her, confused and panicked.

“If you want both of us to survive, quickly give me that god damn sword!!!” Oz commanded her firmly.

Seraphim still hesitated, but after she saw the terrifying darkness lion, her legs trembled and she gave the sword to Oz.

“I trust you, I hope you won’t run away with the sword and leave me here!” She said with a pleading tone.

“Ugh, shut up!” Oz said, annoyed.

(If I let the darkness lion away, I’ll lose my powers and the orphanage might be in danger, I’m not doing this because of your god damn trust!)

Oz cursed inside of his heart.

Oz held the legendary sword, and make a stance.

{Now, follow my chant} Said the childlike voice once more.

“You, ignorant fools that forgotten the cold of the heart,”

“The cold of the nature that could freeze even the gods,”

“Tremble and cower in front of the absolute cold, Ezen Garde!”

A tremendous amount of cold force gushed out from the ‘Endless Cold’ legendary sword and envelope the darkness lion, the darkness lion started to felt suffocated and slowly froze.

Oz felt feeble after using the skill, he felt that his body is so heavy that he’s having a hard time even to stand. Seraphim could only watch and stunned by the spectacle, Oz’s using the ‘Endless Cold’ legendary sword’s skill that even she never used before.

*Sound of ice shattered*

The darkness lion frozen body suddenly shattered to air, leaving only a small figure lying at the ground. A small black cat with the same blackness with the darkness lion, it’s just like the mini version of the darkness lion, without its mane and terrifying aura.

<The host had cleared the quest ‘Taming The Darkness Lion’ brilliantly>

<All of the magic skills will resets. The skills will be replaced with a unique skill. ‘Magic Mastery’ card will be rewarded>

<The darkness lion will stay loyal to host until neither host or the darkness lion died>

Oz tried to pick up the darkness lion, but when he touched it, the mini darkness lion transformed into black particles and vanished. Oz surprised when he saw it, but he sensed a familiar presence coming to his direction at a terrifying speed.

Boom!

The figure landed at the ground with a crash.

“As expected, the mana I sensed is yours, Ren. And it seems that the other mana I sensed is also right, I wonder what does the princess of the Grandaria kingdom doing here in the middle of the night?” Asked the figure while he’s still covered by the bags of dust that appeared because of the crash.

“G-Grandpa Kyron?” Said Seraphim with a surprised tone.