"You found the Empress' signet ring and enslavement crest." Kuro said with awe. "How did they end up here in this chest? Also who are you to find those things in an empty chest?"
I shrugged, "I am just a nobody that doesn't even have my role yet. As for why only I could see it, maybe it's my current armor or my race that allowed me to see them. I have been told the Empress was Dragonkin and noble. Maybe that is why... I have noble status when wearing this armor and I am Dragonkin."
"That indeed is very possible," Bolggor replied. "Either way do you know what either of them does or means? Kuro you knew what they are do you have any other ideas or knowledge? I for one would like to know more about them."
"Yes, I do know about them. It was found in an old book that was rumored to once been in the royal palace." Kuro said proudly. "The signet ring is something that the empress wore and would drip wax on it to create her seal. It was then magically sealed and letters would be delivered. It went missing when she went missing. Without that ring no one can send out official letters anymore and that also added to the mystery as to where the empress went. Now we find that ring here in a low level area and in a cursed quest chest. There has to be a reason why it was here. Could the cursed armor of once been the Empress'? Now as for that enslavement signet. That was something that royals would give to someone who wishes to swear allegiance to a royal. The person would be given it and then they are to crush it in their hand. The more loyal the person is to closer the symbol would be to their heart. If they disobeyed the royal then the symbol would activate and the person enslaved would die. The closer the mark is to the heart to more they would get in return from the royal. As the more deadly the mark is if disobeyed and disloyal. I mean you can disobey an order and not be disloyal. As such it is for royals to use so they can fully trust the people serving under them."
"Well that is a lot of information from you so thank you very much." I replied.
"Can someone not royal issue one of these enslavement signets?" Asked Bolggor.
Both Kuro and I shrugged. It seems neither of us had a clue about that. But that didn't stop me from wondering about that.
"I think I can trust you both with a secret." I said with caution. "I have something else other then this armor that is royal as well."
Both looked at me with surprise and shock. I waited for a few minutes but they didn't say anything and kept staring at me. Sighing I reached into my inventory and pulled out the chalice.
*** The Queen's Chalice has reappeared once again and is hidden inside a dungeon. Good luck to the players to find the item before it once again is hidden.***
The system wide message appear the moment it was fully out in my hand.
"Holy crud," Kuro said with awe. "You are the one who found the chalice. Where did you find it?"
"Put that away right now before treasure seekers can get a fix on it. They have skills to find that sort of thing. We also need to get out of here right now just in case someone is nearby and decides to ambush us for it. That is the way to be pure royalty and to never want for anything ever again." Bolggor said annoyed at me.
I put it away and said, "I did not know that it would trigger a system wide alert or I would of just told you rather then bring it out of my inventory."
*** The chalice has gone back to hiding, good luck next time players. To the one who finds the hidden chalice untold riches and rewards will be a plenty.***
Shaking my head, "Wow it even announces when I put the chalice away again. At least now people will think it showed up in a quest rather then in my inventory. That is a plus at least right?"
Both of them shook their heads at me but neither replied to my statement. We turned and started to head back when the ground started to shake. Looks like the dungeon is starting to become even more unstable. As we headed out of the boss room the cursed armor walked behind us as if it was a living person.
***Ding your armor time limit has lifted. You may now take it off at anytime.***
The notification showed up and I immediately stopped and started to take my noble armor off. Bolggor and Kuro both put hands on my to stop me from doing that. Kuro tapped on his wrist which made me realize that I didn't have the time to be doing this right now and that I should wait until we are out of the dungeon at least first. Slowly we left the rooms behind. When we got to the room that we had to rush thru it was completely empty of life. No huge spiders or anything existed. When we got to the water area the mutated koi were there watching us and this time everyone could see they in their full glory. Nothing attacked us or anything though. I started to wonder if the armor walking behind me is what was keeping them at bay. We reached the exit and I sighed with relief. I was too soon in my relief though. As I stepped out of the dungeon there were 10 people standing there with weapons in their hands.
"What is going on here?" Bolggor asked with his hand on this Greatsword.
"Did you three see anything interesting while you were in that dungeon?" Asked a tall and thin Human.
"I saw a lot of interesting things for my first dungeon. Mutated Koi fish, fire breathing spiders and the like." I said with honesty.
"Did you see the announcement? The chalice was hiding in a dungeon. Did you find anything like that?" Asked a fairy woman.
We all three shook our heads and put on confused faces.
"What announcement?" Kuro asked. "I saw something flash by but we were fighting for our lives and couldn't read what it said. Chalice? What chalice? Wait a second... You mean the Queen's chalice? Shoot I would love to find that thing. It would be better then the broke person I am. I want rewards!!!"
People around us started looking at each other. No one could understand that Kuro was saying as he was speaking in Japanese again.
"He says no and that he missed what the announcement was as he was fighting for his life at the time. Also he wished he did find the chalice as he would love not to be broke and have riches." I said for everyone to understand what he said.
"Prove it," said a kid. "Remove everything you have in your inventory to show us you didn't find it and are hiding it from us. You are royal after all so you could already have the chalice."
Sighing I took off my armor and the royalty status disappeared in a heartbeat. People looked around and at me with confusion.
"It is noble armor, if I wear this I appear noble. I am a nobody and I have nothing other then this armor of value. I don't even have my role yet. Bolggor here was hired to complete this quest with me. Kuro here helped me find this quest as well. If you want me to show you the potions that I managed to get for the quest so be it but that is all I have to show you. Unless you like my other set of armor, that is strangely following behind me right now. I turn to look at the armor and it surges forward and attaches to me. Pain floods me and I scream out. HELP ME!!!" I reply.
The people panic and run away. Even Bolggor and Kuro back away from me and look at me with horror.
*** Full cursed armor has been attached and is now bound to you fully. You may unarmor yourself with a thought. Proceeding to now read off your current stats. ***
Weapon: Vorpal Vampiric Dark Flame sword; One of a kind will hit ghosts and wraiths with 100% chance, will leech health from your target and give it to you, causes fire damage and will level with you with no max level
Shield: Repel Dark Holy Shield; one of a kind, repel feature 20% chance, 15% chance to push an enemy back, damages evil creatures and negates some evil magic targeted on you and will level with you with no max level
Helmet: Curse Helmet of Hiding+; Allows the user to blur in low levels of light. Must hold still for 5 secs to activate this skill and will level with you with no max level
Armor: Cursed Life Armor+; Grants the wearer +25 false life and can be modded with other features. Also other features will unlock as the wearer levels and will level with you with no max level
Gloves: Cursed Frozen gloves+; Allows the user to use the skill Ice Punch with more unlocking as the wearer grows in level and will combat the flames on the sword when used to prevent injury to the wear from the heat and will level with you with no max level
Leggings: Cursed Leggings of MP+; grants the wearer +400 MP with other things to be unlocked as the wearer gets stronger and levels and will level with you with no max level
Boots: Cursed Boots of Confidence+; +3 Charisma boost more unlocking as the wearer grows in level and will level with you with no max level
Full set completed: +8 All Stats, speed increase 40% with bursts of 90%, Increased sword Mastery when using the Cursed sword
Beware using the boosts as it can caused extreme fatigue and black outs
*** Information is now concluded***
The pain finally fades away and I fall to the ground exhausted from all the pain. Bolggor and Kuro have panicked looks on their face but keep their distance from me. I thought to myself that I want this armor off of me and pain once again shoots all over my body but the armor pulls back into my skin and I am left in my usual and simple clothes with nothing in my hands at all. That hurt less, and with a thought again I think about armoring back up. The armor reappears on my body and my sword and shield are again back in my hands. I retract the armor again and smile at them both. The pain gets less with each thought it seems.