2 Chapter 2_ The Sheath

Undefeated King Madra. Although he was relatively unknown compared to other legends since he was only active in Lubana during his lifetime, Madra was the ninth king of the Lubana Kingdom, which he successfully defended until his death as a strategist and master of martial arts. He was the only king among the nine former legends, and throughout his reign, the Lubana Kingdom remained unstoppable.

Before he was a brilliant strategist, Madra was the ultimate warrior. He was the best in a stage where pure combat was prioritized for a one-on-one match without variables or shallow tricks. He was the legend who has never experienced defeat once.

After confirming he had received the correct item, Lexus couldn't wait to see the results of his efforts which made him to immediately inspect it.

[Undefeated King's Old Sheath]

★ Quest Item ★

A sheath used by the Undefeated King when he was alive. A part of the Undefeated King's will is contained in it

User Restriction: One who was never defeated.]

[Legendary Item has been found.]

[Reputation will rise by 500 across the continent.]

(System Rating:

E - Normal

D - Uncommon

C - Rare

B - Epic

A - Unique

S - Legendary)

The list of ratings contains the common ratings from the lowest to the highest rating. The higher the rating, the more powerful, difficult or potential is the higher rated one.

E or Normal is the most common rating for items and skills that have the font color white. Followed with D or Uncommon that have the font color of green.

The C or rare grade indicates that something is better than uncommon but worse than epic. In the case of general equipment items, the value of rare-rated items exceeds the value of uncommon-rated items by a factor of three and with a font color of blue.

With a font color in violet, B or epic rating is better than the rare-rated items but not as good as the unique-rated. In the case of general equipment items, the value of epic-rated items would be seven times more expensive than rare-rated items.

Unique and Legendary items were self explanatory. These ratings were to simply put, were way better than the rest of the ratings. Unique were in a font color of red while Legendary in a font of gold.

Lexus took a deep breath and forced his overwhelming enthusiasm to settle down. He closed the tomb, making the graveyard appear untouched as he recalled where he was.

Making sure that no one would come looking for him, he returned back to the carriage and entered with the butler waiting for him, just outside of the royal carriage. After arriving, Lexus lied down to the soft seat as he relaxed and lifted the sheath.

"I had really obtained this."

He smiled as he said that. Hearing his remark, Madra's ego replied.

「 You seems to be happy having acquired my sheath. 」

Lexus wasn't surprised as he had known about this item even though the novel didn't specify it. He just casually replied.

"Of course, how can I not be glad on the possibility on acquiring the Undefeated King's Swordsmanship."

Lexus grinned as he said that but Madra didn't missed that.

「 It seems like you knew about my swordmanship. Seems your interested and also you're undefeated, I'll give you a quest to become my successor. 」

Suddenly a notification appeared in front of Lexus.

[Undefeated King's Successor]

Rank: Legendary Class Change Quest

Quest Detail: Undefeated King Madra has judged you to be worthy of being his successor for being undefeated. He wished to pass his abilities to someone who had never experienced defeat but he need to know that you are worthy. To be accepted by Madra, wage war against the Saharan Empire and win.

Quest Requirement: Win the war against the Empire.

Reward: Become Undefeated King's Successor.]

Seing the quest that was offered to him, Lexus smiled and didn't hesitate.

"I refuse!"

「 … 」

Hearing Lexus' unexpected reply, Madra was silent and unable to respond to him. After a while he spoke bewilderedly.

「 Why? More importantly, you didn't even hesitate. Can you tell me what's your reason? 」

Hearing him, Lexus replied honestly but his reply shocking Madra's ego. Though, he was now just an ego and not his original self, and not nearly as glorious as he had been in his prime, Madra still held great pride in himself as the legendary undefeated king.

"I know you're one of the strongest or you could have become the strongest and I respected you but I don't really want to wage war to be your successor."

Madra didn't reply; he was silent, and he was curious why. He had thought it was because of his pride in being undefeated, which meant he disliked being ordered around.

"You see, I think I don't need to complete that quest to become your successor. The reason is..."

Lexus paused for a while and continued.

"I have my own way and I find ways."

Closing his eyes, he called out the unique skill that was blessed and given to him.

"Great Sage, scan Madra's Ego and transfer the data to me."

Madra was surprised as he felt his very being, despite being only an ego, was watched by someone. Even the unique skill was new in his possession; Lexus knew what it was capable of and put his faith into it, knowing that with it, this was possible.

« Confirmed. Analysis is possible. »

« Processing 2% »

« Processing 9% »

« … »

« Processing 92% »

« Processing 97% »

« Processing 100% »

« Processing Completed. »

« Sending data information to Master. Proceed? »

"Yes."

Lexus replied to Great Sage with a big grin on his face. As soon as he received a reply, floods of information poured into his brain, causing him to feel slightly tingly and experience a slight nausea.

[The legendary class, Undefeated King's Successor has been obtained.]

[Your level has dropped down to level 1.]

[All stats have been reset.]

[Title, 'One Who Become a Legend' has been Created.]

[Composure stat has been opened.]

[Indomitable stat has been opened.]

[Insight stat has been opened.]

[Super Sensitivity stat has been opened.]

[Perfect Status Resistance has been Created.]

[Stamina Maintenance Passive has been Created.]

[You are the first in this era to obtain a legendary class.]

[Reputation throughout the continent has risen by +1,000.]

[100,000 Army Swordsmanship has been Created.]

[200,000 Army ...]

[The basic stats of legendary class, Undefeated King's Successor have been applied.]

He grinned widely as his attempt succeeded. He was so exhilarated that he couldn't stop grinning. Eventually, he forced himself to calm down. Then, with a smirk on his face, Lexus spoke to Madra.

"See. I may haven't learned all your skills due to my low level but it's just a matter of time."

Madara became silent as he heard that, but Lexus just let him process what had just happened. He was eager to see the effects of the skills he had gained.

[Undefeated King's Swordsmanship]

[The fabled swordsmanship which symbolizes the Undefeated King Madra is extremely simple, efficient, and exquisite. Requiring only putting all one's strength into the waist, even without using the legs. The essence of Madra's swordsmanship is a single crushing blow.

Learning Conditions: Those who have been recognized by Madra.]

[....]

[At present, you can't reproduce Madra's swordsmanship with your abilities.]

Joy, excitement and many emotions rushed through Lexus' heart. Without thinking much, he opened his status window to check the changes.

[Status Window]

「 Name: Lexus

Level: 1

Class: Undefeated King's Successor

Titles: One Who Became a Legend

A Legend Doesn't Die Easily

At the moment of death, a legend has an immortal body. It is only temporary, but a legend can resist all attacks for 5 seconds with the minimum amount of health.

Cooldown Time: 24 hours

Health: 160

Mana: 20

Strength: 10 Stamina: 10

Agility: 10 Intelligence: 10

Charm: 10 Dignity: 10 Insight: 10

Composure: 10 Indomitable: 10

Super Sensitivity: 10

Skills: Great Sage (A), Undefeated King's Swordsmanship (SSS).

Passive Skills: None

The secret third son of King Wiesbaden and the Successor of Madra. A son of a royalty and the one who follows a legend's path so your potential is outstanding.」

「 To think...that something—like this was possible… 」

After a moment of silence, Madra murmured softly in disbelief. Never in his life he thought that someone could obtain his legacy with such method. It was very unpleasant. Regardless of his will, the young man who was holding his old sheath, obtained the right to become his successor.

「 Well, this is also good in its way. 」

But, anxiety and excitement boiled up from deep inside his ego. Despite being surprised, Madra doesn't have a problem with this. To be deserved of being undefeated, to Madra— Lexus must possess at least this much of uniqueness to be able to use the legendary legacy of the Undefeated King.

「 Lexus...You might be weak right now but as my successor, I'm going to make you a master who will never experience defeat. 」

Normally, its impossible for anyone to become the descendant of the Undefeated King. The Undefeated King's Successor can only be someone who has never been defeated. Not being defeated even once? It was impossible for a player or anyone. It was a class change condition that had unrealistic difficulty.

In the novel, the protagonist got a diary or a textbook containing the swordsmanship of the Undefeated King. He was impressed by the fact that 100,000 Army Swordsmanship was classified as a legendary skill.

'It's legendary despite being a degraded version...'

100,000 Army Swordsmanship was also just the 'basic swordsmanship' of Undefeated King Madra. It was also said that Madra's true value was exerted from at least 500,000 Army Swordsmanship.

'Despite, currently being unable to use the swordsmanships...I have the original version.'

Lexus thought positively. He was aware that he could not use any of the skills at the moment due to his low level and lack of strength to reproduce the power of the ultimate sword techniques of the Legendary Undefeated King. But in the future, that will no longer be the case. Filled with large ambition, he opened the description for 100,000 Swordsmanship. At the same time.

[You are someone who has received the recognition of the Undefeated King. You have already achieved the learning condition of 100,000 Army Swordsmanship.]

[The new skill information can be found in the skills list.]

[100,000 Army Massacre Sword - Lv.1]

Rating: Myth

[It is a single blow.

All enemies in view will receive damage that is equal to 6,000% of your physical attack power. Each time a target dies, the damage applied to the next target increases by 100%. There is no limit on the increase.

Skill Resource Consumption: 20,000 mana, 300 sword energy.

Skill Cooldown Time: 10 minutes.

* The skill isn't activated. You must acquire the sword energy resource to activate the skill.]

[100,000 Army Blockade Sword - Lv.1]

Rating: Myth

[It is a single blow.

Deals 200% attack damage to all visible enemies and gives the 'blockage' effect for eight seconds. Blocked targets can't move and their skills or magic will be sealed off. Additional damage will be dealt when using the 200,000 Army Swordsmanship on the blocked targets.

Skill Resource Consumption: 20,000 mana, 300 sword energy.

Skill Cooldown Time: 30 minutes.

* The skill isn't activated. You must acquire the sword energy resource to activate the skill.]

A myth is a concept that is above Legends.

Amazing!

Lexus was so amazed by Madra's skills. Madra was only a legend yet his skills are rated Myth.

"This made sense as this was also the one of the reason why he is undefeated, coupled with his talent."

He was so impressed at Madra to be able to create a swordmanship that transcended human limits. He also thought he was unfortunate as he had only been active in Lubana Kingdom.

"If he had built up achievements throughout the West Continent, he might be able to transcend and become the Undefeated God."