Chapter 98_ Development (2)
Haster's mind was blank. He felt as though he had been exercising for hours because his body hurt and he lacked energy.
'It feels good! I finally feel that I am in the right place!'
Rivals were needed. The greater the rival, the more his desires and talents would be stimulated.
"Hah." He felt motivated just now, yet he didn't even have the strength to speak. In just a few seconds, Haster used up all of his energy. Lexus moved forward to the gasping Haster.
"Brilliant. I acknowledge those skills," Lexus praised Haster while the latter wanted to answer, but his voice didn't come out. It wasn't until after he took a while that his voice came out. "Uh... Thank you very much."
"You're not bad at all. Although you barely lasted for 10 seconds, don't be sad about it since you're fighting me. Take pride in this."
There was a flood of messages in front of Haster's eyes after he heard Lexus' words.
[Your effort and perseverance is acknowledged by Undefeated King Lexus.]
[Hidden quest completed.]
[The legendary class 'Undefeated King's Successor' has been received.]
[Your level has dropped to level 1.]
[All stats have been reset.]
[Title, 'One Who Became a Legend' has been obtained.]
[The new resource 'Sword Energy' has opened.]
[When using a sword, the resource consumed will be blended with mana and sword energy.]
[Undefeated King's Swordsmanship has been created.]
'Not an epic hidden class but a legendary class?' Haster was shocked to his core. The hidden quest of sparring against Chucksley should have have given him an epic class but Lexus have given him a legendary one.
However, he had no idea that he would drop to level one. The list of newly acquired skills appeared in front of the surprised Haster after confirming his status window.
[Status Window]
「Name: Haster
Level: 1
Class: Undefeated King's Successor
* All stats will increase by 2.5 times during combat situations.
* Health and mana regeneration speed will increase by 25% during combat situations.
* Infinite stamina during combat situations.
*All types of weapons and armor can be worn without restrictions and you will bring out hidden functions of the equipment when equipped.
Titles: One Who Became a Legend and 5 others.
Health: 160 / 160
Mana: 20 / 20
Sword Energy: 1,000 / 1,000
Strength: 10 Stamina: 10
Agility: 10 Intelligence: 10
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Charm: 5 Dignity: 5
Composure: 5 Indomitable: 5
—–—–—–—
Super Sensitivity: 5 Good Luck: 5
Regeneration: 5
—–—–—–—
Stat Points: 0
[Undefeated King's Swordsmanship - Lv.1]
Rating: Legendary
[The supreme swordsmanship of Undefeated King Lexus. The swordsmanship— created by combining the knowledge and all ideas of swordsmanship from all legends who had used the sword.
However, the swordsmanship is adjusted for a successor, so the contents are weak compared to the original.
* Physical attack, attack speed, critical hit rate and critical damage will be increased by 50%.
Mortality Sword and Massacre's Dance. You can unleash two legendary sword techniques.
* Each time a target dies, the damage applied to the next target increases by 100%. There is no limit on the increase.
* This effect is only fully applied when a sword type weapon is equipped.]
[Master Weapon Mastery - Lv.1]
Rating: Legendary
[The culmination of experience and combat mastery of Undefeated King Lexus's entire life. The Undefeated King who has never experienced defeat, has shared his created techniques with you.
* Deals with all weapons in the realm of a legendary master. Physical attack, attack speed, critical hit rate and critical damage by 50%.
★ Every time the skill level rises, a sword technique of Undefeated King Lexus will be received.]
"This!"
"Huhu... Now I'll expect that you'll provide me some interesting events someday. You may go." Lexus laughed at Haster's reaction of being his successor and issued a congratulatory order.
[Mortality Sword - Lv.1]
Rating: Legendary
[Summons the ultimate scorching flames and launches five consecutive strikes that sublimate into a single field which inflicts 20 times of your attack power with each strike to all enemies in view.
* If all five strikes landed on the target, the damage will increase by 50% and gives the 'blockade' effect for three seconds. Blocked targets can't move and their skills or magic will be sealed off and Fire Wave will be summoned.
★ Fire Wave will burn any enemies in view. It will deal 10 times of your magic power and all targets hit will have all speeds decreased by 30%.
Skill Resource Consumption: 2,000 Mana, 75 sword energy.
Skill Cooldown Time: 25 minutes.]
[Massacre's Dance - Lv.1]
Rating: Legendary
[Dominate the surroundings with the sword dance that has a soaring momentum of a dragon that imposes a heavenly punishment on the enemy.
No one can approach you for 2.5 seconds.
* Expresses a dazzling sword dance of consecutive slashes in a continuous motion to strike the target. A total of 10 strikes will be launched, dealing 25 times attack power with each hit.
* For each additional two steps, the damage of the sword dance will increase by 5%, 10%, 25%, 50%, and 100% respectively.
Skill Resource Consumption: 2,500 Mana, 100 sword energy.
Skill Cooldown Time: 25 minutes.]
"A scam..." Haster admired it. This legendary class and skills handed to him so casually by easily acknowledging him are so incredible that his previously deleted skills can't be compared at all.
'Since I'm his successor according to the game system, I guess I'll be following him for a while.'
What he didn't know at this moment was that, he has just received a very small portion of the abilities and skills from the original.
•~×~•
Time passed quickly.
Unknowingly, days had gone by.
For people in the real world, these days was nothing. During these days, the number of players and NPCs that had entered Reinhardt throughout these days had considerably risen.
After allowing Haster to have a legendary class through becoming his successor, which he will use for upcoming events, Lexus concentrated exclusively on rebuilding Reinhardt and carrying out his original objectives for the welfare and development of his kingdom. He wants more opportunities to make money.
It was quite simple to entice players with the development of Eternal Kingdom. Without even considering how much money one could make by ruling the entire kingdom, one could easily make a ton of money by setting up a little Shop here.
Lexus had to build a variety of structures, including restaurants, an auction house, an adventurer's association, shops, taverns, hotels, and other establishments, in order to expand the kingdom. The expense would be high. Fortunately, he can still collect the necessary funds because the minimum item he can now produce is unique rated.
"The basics should be finished by now. With this, I can finally launch Reinhardt's official opening." Lexus said while feeling that construction of the city's basic infrastructure should be complete.
Massive, more than 100-story skyscrapers stood in the fascinating forest, but even from a distance, one could see the elegant structures. All of the architectural designs were eye-catching since they merged in so well with the surroundings. These structures were all located in Reinhardt's "golden area," after all. The taller the building was, the more he could charge in rent for the merchants.
Additionally, Lexus had built a hotel, smithy, and several infrastructures that were crucial to players inside the buildings. There was no need to worry about not having enough room for a warehouse if someone could take over a location by setting up a store, which would also allow the store here to accommodate many more production class users and NPCs.
At this point, Eternal Kingdom was developing faster and faster.
…
The capital, which had been heavily guarded and had refused entrance to outsiders, suddenly removed the ban.
"Huh? Is this the same Reinhardt that the golem army once destroyed?"
The modifications was rapidly noticed by several player groups. Originally, Reinhardt lacked a high outer wall. Players find it challenging to study the situation within the capital because one has been automatically constructed by the new ruler ever since it was destroyed by the golem army's advance.
"Wow, I've never imagined a to witness a modern city in the fantasy world of Satisfy."
"I agree. In addition to being fantastic, this vicinity definitely did not match Satisfy's medieval concept."
The moment the players set foot in the capital, they were captivated. Reinhardt had been a ruin only a few months before, but now it was a brand-new city that offered much more than before.
The players then observed a new element of the kingdom in addition to the infrastructure modifications. None other than the powerful monsters that had reached level 300 had been tamed, and they were now pulling the carriages rather than horses on the huge concrete roadways. Naturally, the carriages are renovated to take the place of the outdated carriages and function as large trucks in modern society.
Normally, griffons would spawn at level 260. They were able to charge from the sky and snare their prey because to their powerful wings and considerable stamina. They were one of the top predators among the field monsters as a result. When ambushed by a bunch, not even high level rankers would be able to defend themselves.
However, the griffons that the Eternal Kingdom has domesticated have now surpassed level 320, significantly increasing their strength. Not to mention that none of the griffons were just ordinary field monsters or mobs; rather, they were all field bosses that the kingdom's military subdued.
How? One of the objectives for the military force to acquire merits of moving up in the ranking system is to capture a griffon alive. Every soldier and knight was determined in completing this mission because doing so would make them stronger because they would be rewarded with the magical fruits.
Naturally, since the griffons were intended to be used for the kingdom's benefit, they were not just regular field bosses but rather mutant ones.
There were three types of bosses.
The first was a hidden boss such as Elfin Stone and they were usually humanoid NPCs and were the only ones who didn't respawn again after dying. Their story was big enough to have a direct effect on Satisfy's world view and they were overwhelmingly strong, making the rewards (items and experience) huge as well.
Unlike monsters, humans had an inherent limitation in their low health. But they had high health compared to ordinary users, so it couldn't really be pointed out as a weak point. Their artificial intelligence was also high, so they were real bosses with close to zero weaknesses.
Ordinary users didn't get a chance to meet a hidden boss and even if they did, they wouldn't dream of succeeding in the raid. The second was a dungeon boss. They appeared in the deepest part of each dungeon at regular intervals, and gave high rewards for those who succeeded in the raid.
Their basic abilities were at least 10 times higher than normal monsters and they had diverse attack patterns that made them difficult to handle with a small group of people. In particular, they had huge health and it was likely to be a long-term raid.
Most users referred to dungeon bosses when talking about boss monsters. It could be said that the goal of ordinary users was to raid dungeon bosses.
Finally, the third type was a field boss.
They directly threatened users all over Satisfy. Their stats were at least four times higher than normal monsters of the same level and their health was halfway between a hidden boss and dungeon boss.
The attack patterns didn't have a lot of variation so it was hard to say they were exceptionally strong. For users with excellent combat control, it was impossible to hunt a field boss that was 30 levels lower alone. But there were occasional field bosses with mutations. The mutant field bosses were as strong as dungeon bosses and users needed to be vigilant.
Each player could not help but be attracted by the monsters that were pulling the carriages used as the vehicles. The Eternal Kingdom's ascension officially started at this point.