Chapter 20 : The Start Of The First Wave.
"But Guildmaster how are we supposed to go there?.. Isn't the location far away from here?" Satyr asked confusingly upon seeing the location of the treasure.
"It's really simple, we will just ride Layla's Serpent." Leo answered Satyr with a sinister smile smacked on his face. "Would you mind Layla?" Leo moved aside from where he was standing. Waiting for an answer from his royal servant.
"SERPENT!?" The group of 6 great players yelled worryingly.
"Of course Master." Layla however seemed calm, unlike the rest, in a dominant voice she said. "Arise" from the thin air a shadow formed. It formed itself into a huge Serpent.
"Oh, great Allah. Thank you for giving me this sign right now. I almost ended my life by just thinking of betrayal and running away.." Satyr spoke to himself and he stressfully gulped in fear.
"Could I even scratch this creature.." Heka examined the creature's body with a hint of a creep's excitement.
"No wonder darling would choose her as his right hand and trust her. She can bring back the dead in the concept of shadows" Rosa examined the situation in her mind. She now understood that she needed to work way harder to earn the attention of the man she loves so much.
On the other hand, both Carlos and Marcelo looked unfazed. They expected this already at least. Someone who could hide their existence so well might as well have something as powerful as this.
Ricardo of course wanted to pee himself. "Just what the heck is that monster!?" He thought crying out for his mommy in his head.
A girl with ginger short hair was surprised but still tried her best to look like she wasn't."My Guildmaster is a God just having around Demi-Gods…Gosh, why can't I be as powerful as them.." Angela felt envious, but she slowly realized that she will just have to work harder to be on their level in the future.
"I don't think my special whip could kill this wild being..~" Raven held her whip tightly, just in case for the worst. Pondering to herself if she could even last 10 seconds.
"Alright now, we need to start our journey. It won't take much, but the sooner we arrive, the sooner we will finish our conquest." Leo smiled softly laying down on the body of the huge Serpent. As such the gang joined him. Rosa looked too happy to lay beside Leo this time.
After countless hours of the Serpent running at an insane speed. They arrived, although most of them seemed sore. After all, they were forced to lay or sit tightly for a while. The ones who stood up like it was nothing were Raven, Leo, and Layla. The rest of the gang felt like dying from the pain their muscles were experiencing. So Leo decided to allow them to have a small break before they enter the hidden treasure dungeon of King Of Kings.
After an hour of rest, all of them felt fresh. Everyone turned towards Leo expecting a plan on how to do this hidden dungeon. Leo smirked, explaining. "We are going to all form teams of our own. Each of the teams will go in separate directions. Me, Heki, Raven, and Angela will go right. Layla will be leading the second team, which will consist of her, Carlos, Rosa, Ricardo and Satyr. Remember all of the loot from monsters must be gathered and not stolen. Even if you try to steal, I will know it. We will distribute the loot amongst ourselves. While the treasures will be kept for Guild purposes." Leo finished explaining sighting in relief after he gave a lengthy explanation of how they would go about this dungeon.
"But how do you know so much about this hidden dungeon?" Satyr asked while everyone nodded in agreement to the question.
"Oh I received some clues from the person who gave me the map, he told me about two different paths." Leo explained calmly to his fellow guildmates and guild members." Of course, that is a lie, I know the same path that gave out the best rewards. Which I will take for myself. There are side rewards for the leader of the group too." Leo smiled sinisterly while conserving to himself.
The group nodded in understanding since he was the one who found the map, even if they suspected him of lying they have no evidence to debunk him. Leo then gave them all a soft faint smile approaching the hidden golden doors and opening them with a feeling of excitement.
[Triggered A Hidden SSS- Rank Dunqeon]
Title : Defeat The Great Hidden King Of King's dungeon.
Deadline : 24 hours.
Upon Failure : Getting your level cut in half.
Description : He who once turned his back to Gods, for he was worshiped by the Lower Realms as if he was a God. He had conquered all sorts of riches, but he is dead now. The riches must be passed to someone.
Difficulty : SSS-
Remark : Hidden.
Rewards : Hidden.]
As soon as the group departed from each other and went on their peculiar paths. They felt a strange force threatening them to go back. They all denied it and kept running forward. Leo moved to the right and told them to stop. He turned around and activated the "All-seeing eyes."
[ -10 MP]
God did he wish he had not entered this path despite the great rewards. Since there were a total of 12 Bone Dragons and 10 Orcs all residing on it. Like how the world did in the previous timeline a nameless bastard cleared this hellish dungeon with two more people. Impossible, he must have been a powerful Entity in disguise.
"Angela I want you to aggro the Orcs away from the Bone Dragons using your blue fire arrows." Leo pointed out to Angela what to do and she nodded preparing her bow and arrows. Leo then moved to Heki and Raven." Heki you will make sure to use your "Earth Shaking" spell in time when the Bone Dragons become suspicious of Orcs for not returning. Make sure to use it while their guard is down. Since they can't fly yet, we might have a chance to clear this without even using a potion. Raven use your whip to tie down a single Orc. We need him as bait. I will take the rest of the Orcs by myself. " The plan was settled. It was time for some action.
Nine arrows of blue flames kept raining down upon the Orcs. "HOW DARE YOU PUNNY HUMAN!?.." The Orcs got angered because of Angela's actions and started to merge in with their war auras toward the poor Angela. But behind the Orcs Raven stood still. She then moved her whip and trapped a single Orc. "YOU-" Raven chuckled. "Be a good boy and sit still~." Before the Orc could use his power the curse of poison around the whip activated, pushing him to fall asleep.
It was now Leo's time to shine. He held his spear in his right hand, slowly standing up as if the Orcs were nothing but little ants to someone like him. His all-seeing eyes stared coldly. Unleashing his spear, he cut an Orc's head in an instant. Because of Caesar Spear's Art, all his movements became perfect. For an unknown reason, he felt the urge to slaughter them all. Two Orcs used their Longswords to squash Leo behind his back while he blocked a hit from one Orc in the front. But his all-seeing eyes already saw them approaching minutes ago, allowing Leo to dodge effortlessly with his 5-star footwork art. Piercing his Spear deep into the body of another Orc. Killing him on stop. His urges of slaughter were even bigger than before, he smiled at Orcs like they were his little toys to play with. Angela, Heka, and Raven who were watching silently all had one shared thought "He is one crazy motherf*cker.."
Leo did not want to use any of his skills, he wanted the entire world and his guild to see them for the first time at the future World Tournament. But something felt strange to him, the sudden urge to slaughter that came out of nowhere. Was it due to his Elven bloodline? But that is impossible, he did not even come close to the Divine World Tree. The next 7 Orcs had all the same sad faith, they were all crushed by Leo's cruel spear.
[+3000 EXP]
[+3000 EXP]
[+3000 EXP]
[+3000 EXP]
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[Congratulations player Leon Heart, you are the first player to active an Art trait. Your fame amongst the Gods and Beings of the Upper Realms has risen unbelievably.
Reward: Title "Father".]
Leo's eyes widened when he saw the notification that bumped him. He got an Art trait. He looked at his Spear Art with excitement.
[Arts :
Name - Rome's Ruler Elegant Spear Art.
Rank - ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆.
Progress - 100%.
Trait: 1 - Golden Slash.
Description : The user can slash with the powerful Golden Aura, if a being is killed by the slash the EXP will become doubled.
Before Leo could react happily another notification bumped him.
[Absorb the souls of 9 Orcs with Divine Tiger Art?
Y/N]
"Huh.." Leo said confusingly"Impossible it can't be. I knew it. The damn feeling of slaughter was coming from this Art. " Leo wanted to try out what would happen if he had absorbed the 9 souls, it can't be that bad. He hoped it won't turn him into a hideous monster.
"Yes." Leo accepted the offer of his Art when an unexpected urge of pain entered his body forcing him to fall on his ass. But when the pain stopped, he felt lighter and his senses became way sharper than before. He felt a tremendous boost in strength as well.
[Arts.
Name -The Divine Tiger.
Rank : ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆]
progress : 14,5 %/100%.
Traits : 1. King's eraser.
Description: The user can absorb the souls of the beings he kills, gaining additional points from the being itself.
2. Locked.
3. Locked.
"WHAT- this is.. I have no words.. Is this a dream-" Leo yelled out which caught the attention of his group members, he just told them to keep the watch on the tied Orc and to stop bothering him, since he was completely fine.
Art traits. They are practically perks given to Arts above 6-stars. Some 5-stars Arts tend to have an art trait themselves but that is merely impossible to accomplish. Leo was astonished at just how powerful Caesar must be. Even though his art is 5-star he had created a powerful trait by himself. But what shocked Leo a lot more was Divine Tigers Art. "How in the world can a 6-star Art have three traits!?" Leo thought to himself.
5 or 6-star : 1 trait.
7-star : 2 traits.
8-star : 3 traits.
"But still, the Art is cursed," Leo complained to himself. If there aren't any treasures in this dungeon that helps the user to clear his mind from Cursed Objects, Skills, and Arts he would have to eat the Magic Apple Of Immortality earlier than intended to.
However, now isn't the time to worry about the cursed effects, he needed to be done with the first wave of the dungeon. He needed to kill those useless annoying prideful Bone Dragons first.
"They are coming Guildmaster." Heka spoke worrying about his well-being. The monsters that were merging toward the little group were by no means weak. They were huge and terrifying in this early part of the game.
"Now now, don't wet yourself Heka." Leo looked Heka in eyes with disappointment. He expected the famous Elemental Sorcerer to have some balls on him. Well, he is the one to blame, after all this isn't the Elemental Sorcerer he knew, but a normal mage user. "Use your spell when I tell you." Heka nodded and got ready in his position.
Leo then moved to Raven, she stood up and greeted her Guildmaster. " When I say now throw the Orc at the Bones Dragons." Leo kept it short and quick.
Angela asked eagerly" What do I do Guildmaster?" She felt left out which made her a bit sad.
"Of course, how could I forget about you? You are going to miss the Bone Dragons purposely and aim at the ground to confuse them. It will hopefully also blind them for a second." He explained as much as he could, hoping she will understand what he meant when the time comes.
"You lowly creatures dare to attack us?!" One of the Bone Dragons yelled angrily.