booktalesy Chapter 42: [Morpheus!]
Chapter 42: [Morpheus!]
chapter 42: [morpheus!]
one step at a time, i moved down until i reached an old-looking door. it seems a bit broken, but on a proper look, i could see some array drawn on it.
"first thing first," i smiled as i used the ring to change my form. since i needed a second temporary identity that would help me go through the weeks here, i decided to just cover myself with dark smoke, while coating myself with a dark cloak. i made sure to cover my head specially.
"mike testing mike testing," i made my voice a little heavy and ominous to suit the dark image that i was carrying. and when i was satisfied with that, i touched the array placed upon the door.
perhaps because i had spent so much time playing with that godly array in the mirag town, this form of array seemed like a child's play to me. unlocking it took a couple of seconds before i pushed the door open.
the door led to another hallway that seemed to be rather long and narrow.
"huh? who are you?" it was only then i noticed a dark mage was guarding the gate from the inside. he seemed to be sleeping and only now he woke up, as he turned at me with an alarmed expression.
[superstrenght!]
holding his mouth before he could even begin any chanting, i then held it tightly.
[dark fire of hell!]
burning him so that even his ashes won't remain, i then checked the notification.
[you have killed a level 35 heretic!]
[you have gained +55,000 exp!]
"not bad. i guess i could increase my level by one tonight," i smiled as i moved deeper.
the walls were roughly made out of mud, and it didn't seem like it was done by an expert. perhaps a regular earth mage? there was little light in the path, making it seem like it was made darker on purpose.
after walking for about a minute, i reached the location where those men were. counting their numbers, they were 12 of them in 3 circles as they seemed to supply the circles the mana.
"i am not interrupting a party, am i?" i spoke as i looked at them, making them lose their focus as they turned at me. while the 12 of them were half-engaged in the ritual, the 13th person who seemed to be the leader moved forward.
"may i know who you are?" he spoke with an analyzing look. his eyes were trying to figure out my purpose here rather than whether i was an enemy or a friend. must be a stereotype, as all dark mages are friends?
"for starters, you can call me morpheus," i spoke as i moved closer to him. it was an honest smile. i looked at him with a friendly look," and for dessert, i am here to kill you."
and even still, he was more confused about what i was saying than growing cautious of what i was about to do. heck, he didn't even take a step away from me. was he so confident of his abilities? or was it something else altogether?
[dark fire of hell!]
well. it doesn't matter.
"huh- a-aaaaaaa!!!!!" he shouted in agony, as his entire body began burning. perhaps because he was a heretic, the effect was much more than normal and he died within a matter of seconds.
[you have killed a level 51 heretic!]
[you have gained 114,900 exp!]
[frenzy!]
couldn't give time to the others to run away, can i?
"r-run-aaaaaaaa!!!"
"monster!!!"
"wh-why? why is a dark mage-!!"
"who are you?!!!"
"traitor!!!!"
they all cried before dying pitifully. i thought it would be troublesome, but perhaps because i caught them off guard, i killed them before they could even fight.
'or maybe they exhausted themselves trying to charge the circle?' i thought of that possibility as well. whatever the reason be, the first part of the mission was successful.
[level up +1]
[+1 all stats!]
[+2 free attribute points!]
"now only the monster and the circle remains," i moved towards the circle and removed it completely. then moved to the final room where the monsters were.
-grrrr!!
there were 4 monsters, as alepsia said, and all of them were chained and caged. hence...
'free exp!'
[you haven killed a fanged wolf!]
[you have killed a hell kobold!]
[you have killed a cursed wolf!]
[you have killed a minion!]
it didn't give me enough to level up again but, i guess it's fine given how i could repeat this thing for over 2 weeks now.
[name: adam
level: 21 (3,287,035/3,500,000 exp)
race: human
class: dual mage
blessings: [greater blessing of the night goddess!]
status: healthy
health points: 870/870
mana points: 6164/6164
attributes:-
strength: 107
constitution: 87
dexterity: 81
intelligence: 114
wisdom: 154
charisma: 76
free attribute points: 32
affinity: dark magic(50%) light magic(70%)
skills: [heal] [frenzy] [super strength]..... n/)o--v()e/)l()b))i/-n
equipments: [greater ring of illusions (legendary)] [wolfbane dagger (rare)] [ring of inversion (rare)] [boots of eagledrew (uncommon)]
quest: (1)]
and then, above everything, there was this as well...
[greater blessing of the night goddess!]
[when in night, the following effect will be applied:
-the user's mana cost is reduced to half
-the user is highly resistant to dark magic!
-the user will not feel any status ailment against any night magic!
-the user's dark magic output increased by 25%!]
"this was fun. i suppose there is nothing to worry about," i laughed loudly without knowing that i was being monitored by a couple of the dark mages using a monitoring artifact.
what was even more surprising was that i forgot to turn off the voice effects of the illusion, so that heavy creepy ominous laugh was kind of sending chills down their spine.
another snowball effect that i would only notice a few days later.