Chapter 9: Results
The bodies soon disappeared in a strange blue light and I still haven't gotten out of this cave, maybe I should've asked for a map before going here, but I can find my way out sooner or later.
But first…
[You received a class quest!]
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[Title]: Death's One and Only Apostle
[Description]: You are the first and last apostle of death, to be fully realized as the apostle of death you must complete various trials and this is just one of them… You must avenge the Primordial Goddess of Death Kalda by purging the Heroes!
[Goal]: Kill 1,000 Heroes! Heroes Killed 0/1,000
[Reward]: Class-Exclusive Skill, +10 to all stats, Achievement
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The goal will be challenging since it might raise my notoriety and turn me into a villain which will disable a multitude of quests for me, it's not impossible to do though since I got this skull mask, speaking of which I should check my rewards.
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[Achievement: Named Slaughterer (rank: unique)]
You're the 16,753rd hero to have killed a named boss by yourself.
[Effects: +5 to all stats, +10% damage when fighting a boss]
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[Achievement: Rising Star (rank: Unique)]
You're the 6th player in the entire server to have reached past level 10 within a week of being inside the game.
[Effects: +2 to all stats, 25% increased speed on skill rank progression!]
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[Item: Skull Mask of Kalda]
[Rank: Legendary]
[Description:] Skull Mask of Kalda is one of her personal pieces of equipment that aided her throughout her early days in life as a divine being, but as time went on she gave it as a treasure to her most trusted apostle empowering them.
[Effects: +1% to Touch of Death Effect, You can now mark two people with Mark of Death and the second mark doesn't expend mana, your damage is increased when it is night or you're in the dark by 50% while wearing this mask your identity cannot be known]
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I got the jackpot after killing that boss, but why did it drop this mask? A dark bluish-gray skull mask, I equipped it and received its effects, it somehow fit perfectly to my face.
Now, the main problem, I looked at my weapon and it's full of cracks and the durability is at its all-time low, but I there's still one last thing I need to check.
"Status screen. I'll put 2 into strength, 4 into agility, 9 into dexterity."
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[Name: Azrael]
[Level: 12]
[Experience: 0/2460]
[Health: 408/408]
[Mana: 179/179]
[Class: Apostle of Death]
[Status: Strength: 21 Agility: 32 Dexterity: 31 Stamina: 17 Intelligence: 11 Mana: 14 Charisma: 11]
[Overall Stats: 146]
[Stat Points: 0]
[Skills: Dual Wielding Mastery (II), Accursed One (Max), Touch of Death (II), Shadow Step (II), Death Mark (II).]
[Achievements: Hero loved by death (Legendary), Rising Star (Unique), Named Slaughterer (Unique)]
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I smirked as my level finally breached past level 10, which at first I thought would be impossible, but I guess I should thank my class and for Kalda having chosen me as her apostle, although who's Kalda? From the skull mask, it's said that she's the primordial goddess of death.
I looked for more loot and found nothing except for the skull mask, which was bad for me since I need items to sell and get the money from that to repair my swords or buy better ones, clothes as well are all tattered, and the only thing I could say is properly maintained is the skull mask.
"This sucks…"
"Hey, you there. Do you know where the named boss went?"
I looked back and saw a group of heroes. There are clerics within their ranks and are a party of at least 15 players; they don't have a name above their heads, but they have their guild name, and their source of light is a torch while their clerics preserve mana as it's known that they can use the light spell which is 10 times brighter than a torch.
"Silver Feather, sorry, but I haven't seen the boss."
"It's fine. From the looks of the marks around the environment, it seems that there was a boss fight here. It might've chased someone down deeper into the caves."
They continued on their way, but I waited until they passed me. Silver Feather Guild is one of the top 10 guilds within the server, and one of the few guilds that has a branch in one of the beginning towns, a guild I don't want to mess with.
[You placed Death Mark on Hero: Juliet!]
[You placed Death Mark on Hero: Romeo!]
[You hit a vital organ!]
[You deal additional Critical Damage!]
[You deal critical damage!]
[You deal 663 damage!]
[You killed Juliet!]
[You obtained a Steel Dagger!]
[You hit a vital organ!]
[You deal additional Critical Damage!]
[You deal critical damage!]
[You deal 663 damage!]
[You killed Romeo!]
[You obtained a Cold Dagger!]
Two heads went flying in just one swift moment as my two shortswords broke and I immediately switched to the items I got from PKing. Player Killing is extremely frowned upon in this game, since not only do they still receive the same penalty when they die to a monster there's a guaranteed chance that they drop an item they own, but a random chance on what they drop.
"What in the?!"
I switched the two targets of [Death Mark] and began my rampage, in truth in this game I planned on being the villain for a long time, a person against the guilds making my own dark guild in the process, but because of my rotten luck in the easiest Town of Beginnings, I couldn't fulfill that dream.
[You placed Death Mark on Hero: King Rak!]
[You placed Death Mark on Hero: Somber Ash!]
"He just killed Romeo and Juliet in one shot!"
"That's impossible there's no beginner that powerful!"
They all turned around upon receiving a message that one of their party members died, and when they did I wasted no time attacking the next two and dealing with their back line, closing in on the two while using [Shadow Step], my dagger stabbing into King Rak's heart, and since he's close to Somber Ash it took me no time to dispatch of him as well.
[You hit a vital organ!]
[You deal additional Critical Damage!]
[You deal critical damage!]
[You deal 663 damage!]
[You killed King Rak!]
[You obtained Fire Staff +5!]
[You hit a vital organ!]
[You deal additional Critical Damage!]
[You deal critical damage!]
[You deal 663 damage!]
[You killed Somber Ash!]
[You obtained Ranger's Cloak]
Death truly is an unfair thing in this game…
"Kill him!"