Looking at the system announcement, Zephyr murmurs...
"Looks like someone was also able to pass that trial. If I remember, there were many abnormal status effects there."
As he knows what a player had to pass through that trial, Zephyr didn't found it strange if no one other than him passed it. However, having someone capable to pass it, it makes Zephyr interested. He then opened the Class Ranking and saw something very interesting.
[Tensura's Hidden Class Ranking]
[1.???-Sword Saint (Legendary)]
[2. Ericson- Zeke's Successor (Legendary)]
[3.???-Legendary Archmage (Legendary)]
[4. Aron-Hermit Swordsman (Epic)]
[5. Sven-Barbarian Warrior (Epic)]
[6. Ivan-Shadow Assassin (Epic)]
[7. Miya-Elven Archer (Epic)]
[8. Adrian-Necromancer (Epic)]
[9. Natalia-Phantom Assassin (Rare)]
[10. Clyde-Maleficent Gunner (Rare)]
The rankings remained the same but one has been added that overshadowed the rest. Seeing the name of the legendary class on the second ranking, Zephyr fell into a deep thought.
'Zeke's Successor? This legendary class might be interesting.'
Zephyr then remembered what Agur had said when he asked the dwarf about the history in Tensura.
Zeke the famous Legendary Martial Asura. He is also known as the strongest martial artist who became a legend on his own.
It is also stated by Agur that not even the Legendary Archmage Ian was capable of defeating that man as he was also known by the title, Undefeated Martial Emperor. Zephyr's interest has risen as he looked forward on meeting that player who obtained the legendary class.
****
Inside the operation office of the Atlas Corp's, numerious GM were holding their foreheads as they were all suffering from tremendous headache.
Well it was not surprising after all, they had suffered once again due to the feats that Zephyr had done. They could not truly blame him though as he was only gaming in Tensura however, he had grown so much already that shouldn't be possible as the game were still at the early phases.
Now they were beginning to get used to the numerous lucky encounters of Zephyr. They no longer found it strange that he had wiped out the entire Demon God's followers along with the demons on his way including Orias.
But they couldn't really accept it that the time many players had reached Tier 1, Zephyr was on his way to reach Tier 2 already making him a step ahead than the other players of Tensura.
However, their surprise didn't end there. As the time Zephyr was still on Elysia, another lucky player had stumbled on a legendary class which shouldn't be possible as legendary classes should be discovered in the future.
The race of the player wasn't a human. As he followed the quest related to his race, he found a conspicuous place and decided to go there. He then luckily obtained a book that radiated the same glow as the book that Zephyr found before he obtained the Legendary Archmage class.
It was class change book that holds the legacy of the past generation legend. The Legendary Martial Asura. If one obtained it, the player would become the Successor of the Martial Asura.
What surprised the developers were that, the player who obtained it was very proficient in martial arts and the class was very compatible with him. Dan Santiago immediately ordered the other GM to gather information about the player in real life as he was afraid that this player would be like Zephyr who would be out of their calculations.
A GM then reported the data he had gathered.
"Ericson Martinez, a hailed undisputed prodigy of a hidden family of martial artists."
All the other GM were silent after hearing that. In the current era, a martial artist has become very rare as not everyone were practicing it. With the weaponries of guns and explosives, many people found the glory of martial arts had already faded.
However, there were exceptions as some families had hidden themselves and continued martials arts and created a legacy until this era.
As the Atlas Corps was monitoring the entire player base of Tensura, they also found that many of their players were from this families as inside Tensura, one can experience a close combat which was perfect for the martial artists as they cannot experience fighting freely in the real world.
The reason they were silent for Ericson belonging to family of Martial Artists was different from discovering a family of martial artists itself.
"Isn't this gonne be a problem? The Zeke's Successor Class is a legendary class of a martial artist."
Kevin Lewis voiced out his opinion as Ericson wasn't just a normal martial arts practitioner. He was also a genius who could fight and keep up with the elders of his family on the same level at his young age.
He might not know anything about martial arts but he knows what it mean to be a martial art's genius. All the others also nodded in agreement at Kevin's remarks. All the developers then watched the video of Ericson after obtaining the legendary class.
Just like what happened to Zephyr before, Ericson had also undergone a level reset after changing to the legendary class. It took him a day for his level to reach level 10.
It might not be as fast as Zephyr, but it was faster than the other players who had to grind for 2-3 days to reach level 10. Ericson also showed an expression of surprise as the class' performance was much better than his previous class which was the Combat Master.
It is a class that a new player could pick. A class which uses any parts of his body as his weapon. It is a class that all skills were related to martial arts but the martial art skills of Zeke's Successor was different.
It also has the skill creation that was the same like Zephyr's Swordsmanship Creation but it is a creation skill for creating Martial Arts which allows Ericson to create his martial art skill into the game from real life.
After reaching level 10, Ericson had already set his eyes at the Abyss Trial which he had failed previously but now he was more than confident to overcome it.
After taking the challenge, Ericson has successfully passed the trial while he also activated the immortality passive like Zephyr as it was also hard for him to handle many Skeleton Knights at the same time.
Looling at the hologram, all of the developers let out a heavy sigh as they diverted their annoyance of his success to a certain imagination.
'What if the two of them would meet?'
A viscous smile formed on their faces as they imagined that if the two legendary class players would meet, what could be the possible outcome?
*****
Time passed by as Zephyr proceeded as he traveled back to the White Tiger City. As Zephyr had became even more faster, Zephyr ran while the on looking animals and monsters could only see a silhouette of him.
It didn't took long for Zephyr to see the city. The closer he came to the city, the more players he saw. The sheer amount of people was uncountable on the first glance, Zephyr could also see that the majority of them was still at Tier 0.
As Zephyr was walking towards the city gate, a platoon of city guards who were equipped with shining armor started to walk towards him.
"Good day to you Lord Zephyr. The City Lord wishes to meet you again."
All guards said to Zephyr with intense respect. Zephyr nodded and followed them as he wanted to finish this as fast as possible and ask about the informations relating the dragons.
"I got it."
The guards nodded their heads as they rearranged themselves into their platoon formation. Every player present had been shocked to the core by the scene they had witnessed.
"Did you see that? The city guards actually went and spoke to that guy!"
"That's right! I thought that group of blockheads couldn't speak at all."
The city guards were known to players are firm and stiff, they won't start a conversation to a player . With their serious expression on their faces, they would only continue to their march and patrol around the city.
However, Zephyr was an exemption. Not only he had high amount of karma, charm, and he was also currently on his way to report and finish the main scenario quest.
With his senses, the murmurs of the players didn't escape his ears. However, he ignored them as he saw it was pointless to stick his nose to their nonsense.
Arriving at the grandeur mansion of the City Lord of White Tiger City, Zephyr then proceeded until he arrived at the large meeting hall with a man standing in the center.
"Esteemed Young Hero. You've finally arrived."
Marquis Phillips revealed a face filled with relief seeing that Zephyr had returned earlier than he expected. Zephyr nodded his head and didn't said anything else.
"You are truly worthy of being someone who obtained the Heroes Badge. I knew you would be able to finish my favor as quick as possible."
Marquis Phillips' face became serious as he anxiously asked.
"Then can please tell where they are and how they are now?"
Zephyr nodded and then explained that the Demon God's Cult was responsible behind of what had happened to the monsters and also the reason of what happened to the teams he had sent.
Marquis Phillips then let out a heavy sigh as he said with a grim face.
"I never would have thought that they would encounter this kind of misfortune. They were my brave warriors and soldiers of the White Tiger City."
"It's a shame that although we already knew where the location of hideout is, we might suffer a terrifying consequences at the same as the forces of the Demon God's Cult were not weak at all."
After finishing those words, notifications appeared in front of Zephyr.
[Main Scenario Quest: Completed.]
[Completion Rate: SSS.]
[No experience points can be further added unless you pass a tier advancement.]
[You have acquired Ring of the Giant.]
Zephyr nodded but then got confused as he had already obtained this ring as a reward in the tutorial. Suddenly another series of notifications appeared.
[The 'Ring of the Giant' has been unsealed.]
[The two 'Ring of the Giant' have been combined, and the 'Shard of the Giant's Ring (2 of 3) is being opened.]
[-The two-part set effect is applied.]
[-All stats +50.]
[Shard of the Giant's Ring]
Rating: Unique
Durability: 750-750
[* Strength +100
* Vitality +100
* Intelligence +100
* The skill 'Giant's Power' will be generated.
* The skill 'Giant's Strength' will be generated.
* Ability locked. (Sealed)
Some of the abilities are sealed. You must obtain the final shard to meet the qualifications or conditions in order to lift the seal.
* Currently collected: 2 of 3
Restriction: None
Giant's Strength: Temporary increases your strength equal to the vitality stat.
Skill Duration: 5 Minutes
Cooldown Time: 1 Hour.
Giant's Power: Temporary increases your strength equal to the intelligence stat.
Skill Duration: 5 Minutes
Cooldown Time: 1 Hour.]
'The ring has been originally a shard?'
Zephyr wondered as was slightly surprised as the ring he had obtained was just a shard like the Shard of the Ruyi Jingu Bang all along that it just need another ring for it to be revealed that it was a shard.
'If this is a shard, then does this mean that this ring can become a legendary item if it's completeled?'
Zephyr then looked at the ring at his finger. Although the appearance hadn't changed, a lot of things were new. If he activated the skills of the ring with his current stats, this item would be destructive beyond words.
Zephyr then shifted his attention to Marquis Phillips who had called a knight as the Marquis said.
"Inform everyone to get ready for battle."
He said to the knight with a serious expression and the knight saluted. As the knight was about to leave, Zephyr then took out the corpses he had devoured in the stomach of the Soulstone of Gluttony.
[Large Stomach]: An enormous amount of space is made available through the use of this ability, allowing the user to store anything they can devour.
The knight and Marquis Phillips was stunned at the sudden appearance of numerous pile of corpses in the hall. Zephyr wasn't bothered by their reactions not knowing what he had casually done would bring him another series of great rewards.