Daiki POV
I had woken up feeling rather lethargic and utterly exhausted, also there was some sort of bugging sensation and tingling all over my body.
I heard the girls speak and I made sure that I will be back to speak to them later, I was feeling a bit uneasy as my mental state began deteriorating.
How did I know that? Simple, the damn world was spinning and I could see the ground trying to engulf me whole while monsters from the underworld began to emerge trying to gobble me up.
I checked some of my current debuffs to know what was wrong and instantly understood the reason behind these hallucinations.
Corrupted
-100% fortitude
Your mental health has been severely compromised.
Effects last until the curse of the black dragon's nightmare is lifted
Weakened
For having abused the limits of his body this person is under a weakened state
-90% combat efficiency
-99% regeneration of mana/health/stamina
All personnel spells have been sealed
duration
1 day.
Yep I am in a shitty situation, these debuffs will render me useless for the time being. I need to get away from these girls lest I do something I will regret.
I headed towards the caravan that took us and gave the hooded person that drove it here some instructions.
I was still wondering how he never tired or felt any need to leave his seat since the day we took off, but he listened to my instructions and headed back.
I needed him to tell the demon king that I will take more time to come back.
Looking at the notifications that were still shining I began going through them.
You have slain a Black dragon
For slaying a dragon of such strength you receive the title
Dragon Slayer.
+25% damage against all reptilian creatures
-10% effect of all dragon presences.
For having slain a black dragon you gained the title
Fearless
The title Unyielding had overwritten the title Fearless
Compensation
+25% fortitude
+500 to all stats with the exception of luck.
+15 luck for having survived and slain a dragon
You have leveled up more than 100 levels at once
You already obtain the reward for such a feat.
Compensation
+15% fortitude
+200 to all stats with the exception of luck.
You have obtained the following rewards for having killed a dragon
2250 Black dragon scale
210 Black dragon fang
16 Black Dragon claw
20 000 000 Gold piece
1 Black dragon Egg
1 Black dragon Head
2 Black dragon Horns
350 dragon bones
250 Liters of Corrupt black dragon blood.
1 Black dragon Eye.
You have obtained the territorial skill Glory of the dark.
For already having a territorial skill Infernal domain the two skills fused together
New hybrid skill
Glory of the dark inferno
+200% damage to all abilities
+400% increased regeneration to stamina/health/mana
All holy-Light attributed spells have been reduced
-15% resistance towards all elements
Enemies will receive
-30 % fortitude.
-1000 willpower
-25% stamina regeneration
-25% health regeneration
-25% mana regeneration
What a nice merge of ability and even more… too many items…and most interestingly black dragon egg…it can't be…
I then popped it out to existence by willing it out from my inventory.
It was the size of a boulder and had black scales all over it, they looked to be alive.
I then inspected it to only have this appear in front of me.
Your curse had sealed all of your abilities.
Curse? Probably this black thing on my body
Cursed
Black dragon's Nightmare.
(Curse)
The pain inducing ichor had taken hold of you, a painful and unholy curse has been casted upon you due to your encounter with the mist of a black dragon
-80% stamina regeneration
-80% health regeneration
-80% mana regeneration
-50% combat efficiency.
All healing effects have been reduced.
The ichor will slowly eat away at your body until it is fully covered with it.
Time until Full corruption
0 Hours
Fully corrupt
Yea…this needs to be removed…
I then willed my status screen to show up only to be amazed at the current changes.
Name
Daiki Genkaku
Primary Class
The herald of souls
Race
The banished.
Secondary Class
The Cook
Health
325 000/325 000
Gender
Male
Soul energy
0/201 000
Mana
196 904/196 904
Level
1370
Strength
146 954 (-140%)
Agility
127 922(-140%)
Wisdom
92 499(-140%)
Intelligence
92 499(-140%)
Stamina
Unlimited
Vitality
92 500 (-140%)
Luck
45
Fortitude
100%
Willpower
Unlimited
Honor
N/A
Elemental resistance
26% (-140%)
(100% fire resistance) (-140%)
Dark resistance
100% (-140%)
Poison resistance
100% (-140%)
Light resistance
-35% + (-140%)
Title
Dark eater-The tyrant-Demon slayer-The unyielding-Abyss walker-
Duke of hell-God slayer-The ascendant-The conqueror-Dark eater-
King of the underworld-Timeless-The scholar. Dragon Slayer.
Currently showing the most imposing title.
God slayer.
Cursed
I am less than useless now, the curse and the weakened state combined themselves to weaken my combat ability even further…I need to remove this, probably Redemption will work it out by removing the debuffs but I don't know if it would work against this curse…
Even so, redemption is on a 24 hours Cooldown, and I need to remain in this state for a whole day anyway…quite problematic…if I were to be attacked by any monster I will be easy prey, though I can revive, probably they will probably be cursed so it will mostly be alright…as for the girls however, that is a different story, they will be needing to fight for their own survival. Something they should be capable of if they were going to follow me…
I have been having these thoughts for a long time, I truly want to leave this place and this world yet at the same time I want to see more of it, I want to not be burdened by this liability and this quest upon me, but still I want to know how it all ends, and surely want to see the faces of these so called divine once I bring hell to them…
Looking at the current state of affairs, Lilith had promised that she was going to present the spell to take us back to our world…though I have this gut feeling that it will somehow not work, or something bad will happen…I have no idea why though…I just can't fathom how it would be possible for us to leave this place while I have been told that I will be the one to bring down the divine…what a mess.
I went deeper in the woods and far away from the girls. Resting on top of a boulder and quite close to a body of water I meditated. I needed to prepare some things first.
Closing my eyes I began feeling the torrent of souls within me, they were weakened, probably due to me using all of my soul energy before but it doesn't matter, I need something from them.
First thing first.
Saida I said and the soul of the sacrilegious king appeared in front of me, back in his ethereal yet mostly human looking appearance he looked at me and said few words.
"You have ascended, quite impressive young lad, though I hate to admit it. You still betrayed me once…"
"The circumstances demanded that of me"
Well they certainly didn't and I could have just left him there but look at the help I got from him, I managed to beat Ravana thanks to him and also got to survive against the black dragon, so entrapping him was a wise decision…
"What do you know about that black dragon?" I asked
"Pretty much everything one needs to know, their scales are strong against most weapons, even Godsteel without sufficient strength to back it can barely dent or damage it, the blood of these beasts can be used in various rituals and to make potent and extremely strong concoctions, their bones could be grinded as powder for alchemy, or outright smelted, the fangs can be changed to weapons or decorations, as for the eyes they could be used to craft strong staffs, it is a magical beast with enormous benefits, and the one you slain has many to offer…"
"Very well, the information you gave will be taken in consideration, you seem to be quite knowledgeable about magic, what did you do to make the dragon materialize?"
"It is simple, that dragon is a black one, and they can easily fit into the vile of the dark and night, just making a strong light is enough to force it back to its normal nature, though you defeated it, I can assure you that you had the most luck, these begins are normally quite smart, and would use many ways to protect or fight against other opponents, the fact that you accelerated its growth had increased its corruption and made it unable to properly think, so you defeated it. Though it got stronger, it got dumber as well…"
So that was due to luck huh?
"What about the magic to take people to another world? You know of that?"
"I do…" he said
I waited for him to speak but he didn't…do I really need to ask before I am answered?
"What do you know of that?" I asked
"I was one of the creators of that magic…" the king had said while shrugging this information as if it was trivial
Quite the revelation…
"So you know about it then? Can you tell me what you know?"
"You should find that out yourself…" said the king, then he disappeared
God damn it why do you have to make things hard…sigh.
Well he is right, I can find that out in time…
The second thing to do was to call upon two souls I have already consumed
The first being the soul of the necromancer Therai. And he appeared instantly
I looked at his physique, he, unlike before didn't have that flame like hair, o he looked to be about twenty to twenty five years of age, wearing noble attire and a smug look on his face, he was…how to say it, defiant…it seems that he never got to see me go berserk against these souls and would probably need me to teach him a lesson to show some respect…fear is a strong emotion and one I will make sure to use to its fullest, perhaps I am cruel, but I know that what I do I do for my own reasons…we do what we must…
I revealed the chains on me and before I could even move the man said with a trembling voice
"Please! Release me!"
"You shall not be released, you will be used, consumed and used again. Such is the fate of the weak. You dared cross me that day, and if you so want to do again you will only receive pain…so much of it you will wish you were never born." I said in a threatening way
"Why are you doing this? What did I ever do to you?"
"Didn't I make it clear, you crossed me, and that is enough to earn you an eternity of torment if you do not do what I command".
The man knelt down almost immediately and said
"What is it that you wish me to do your lordship?"
All signs of defiance are gone and only and meek and obedient man is left…the illusion of pain is much stronger than pain itself it seems…
"Share with me the knowledge of resurrecting the dead…I want to learn necromancy I said"
The man the stood and placed his hand on my forehead.
You have learned a new skill
Necromancy
The ability to revive ones that were already dead.
A new profession has been created
Necromancer!
Do you accept to change your current profession
The herald of souls?
N/N
Huh, only no option, I figured as much…
I pressed no and inspected the new ability
Skill name
Description
Level requirement
Raise undead
200 mana/Undead
Skill level 1/50
Extremely rare
20 mana/minute cost to maintain undead
The ability to revive ones that were once dead.
All undead raised by this ability will have their mental abilities reduced to a critical level, all limits on their physical prows will be lifted.
Creatures that the user can summon
Skeletons/ghouls/zombies
Level 200
Good.
"You can now leave"
I said then the man disappeared.
I looked at the other one then asked them to approach, he was a bald man, about the age of thirty
He looked to be wearing rags yet his body was that of someone that was buffed, the muscles on his arms and chest were indicating that he was a hard laborer, and the profession he held was most impressive.
Givara Sheldon
Legendary Forgemage
Level 280
Deceased
"So you are a blacksmith?" I said
The man then nodded meekly.
"Good, how about going back to the world of the living? I could use someone with your prows for now."
The man looked a bit shocked but he nodded as if happy that he will get to see the daylight once again.
I then dismissed him and woke back up.
Surprisingly the time period of 1 day had already ended
And now all my abilities have been unsealed, yet the ichor was still eating away at my body and the pain was not going anywhere.
I didn't want to cast redemption yet, as I needed a target to damage or I might just end up dead…so I had to restrain myself.
Looking around I noticed that the stag of that other day was standing at the other side of the pond where I was resting
"I had warned you from entering that beast's lair, yet you still did, though I hate to admit it, I was surprised that you actually managed to slay such a being, the forest thank you…"
Blessing of the guardian spirit.
The curse of the black dragon's nightmare had been suspended.
Blessing will last for
5 days
Impressive, good at least I can use my abilities to their fullest, I was going to even ask the elf for that salve but this deer solved the problem…yet the curse is only suspended and not lifted, it seems that the trip to the elven kingdom is inescapable.
"Can you do this to the other girl?" I asked
"My strength only enables me to do this once, I cannot"
"Well, I wasn't counting on it anyway…"
I didn't even want to thank him…he was acting all high and mighty anyway.
The stag then left the place.
I stood up and scanned my surrounding, feeling the link of the herald's hunt I noticed that the girls had barely even moved from where I left them, very well, this should be better this way.
I don't want them to see this anyway…
Time to raise some corpses…