With numerous pile of dead bodies that almost numbered in thousands, Marquis Phillips widened his eyes as he couldn't believe how ridiculous this was. The same thing applied to the knight he just summoned.
As they were lost in shock, Zephyr's voice snapped them out.
"As you can see, my mission is now finished. Then farewell."
Zephyr said with no emotion in his eyes as all he wanted was to leave. Seeing their expression, he concluded that now wasn't the best time the ask informations about the dragons if the Marquis' expression were like that.
"Huh?"
The Marquis unconsciously murmured seeing Zephyr that he was about to leave. After staring for Zephyr's back, Marquis Phillips regained his senses and shouted.
"Wait!"
Zephyr turned around with an expressionless face. Seeing that he caught Zephyr's attention, Marquis Phillips didn't dally as he spoke.
"I may be in daze as I can't still comprehend what this is but I know, I can't allow you to leave without giving any rewards."
Zephyr was confused what Marquis Phillips was saying as he had already received the rewards of the main scenario quest.
"Without us knowing, the Demon God's Cult has been plaguing our city for a long time. Without any knowledge about them, I've sent my armies to exterminate them time to time but they've always return in failure."
His expression then revealed a genuine smile as Marquis Phillips continued.
"Your actions have greatly helped our city. I Lord of White Tiger City, represents all the citizens and award you the title of "White Tiger City's Hero."
Marquis Phillips said emotionally as 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 Dual Blades skill.]
[The title, 'White Tiger City's Hero' has been obtained.]
[Dual Blades Lv.1]
Rating: Unique
[A skill that allows one to attack using two swords simultaneously. The skill also allows the use of Sword Skills that are executed with two blades simultaneously.
Type: Passive
Skill Proficiency: 0%
Skill Resources Consumed: None
Cooldown Time: None.]
[White Tiger City's Hero]
[* A 10% increase in the acquisition of character experience in White Tiger City's territories.
* A 10% boost in rewards for acquisition of gold coins in White Tiger City's territories.
* All items purchased in White Tiger City will have a 10% discount.]
Reading the notifications, Zephyr was surprised as the notification stated that he had completed another main scenario quest. Zephyr narrowed his eyes as tried to put what actually happened in conclusion.
'If I remember, the quest given to me was only to investigate the reason behind and report. and it seems like the next quest was Marquis Phillips was going to send his troops and declare war against the Demon God's Cult.'
'However, I already exterminated them which should be the next main scenario quest. Which means this resulted me in obtaining the rewards as I technically already completed it.'
Zephyr came into a certain conclusion which was actually correct. The next main scenario quest should begin the moment Marquis Phillips gives the command to the knight, however Zephyr showed them the corpses of Demon God's Cult resulting for the situation to change.
Even he was surprised, Zephyr's expression was still indifferent while his eyes were devoid with any emotion.
"Esteemed Young Hero, to express our deep gratitude to you I want to give you a reward. Tell me, what do you desire?"
'And there's another reward huh.'
Zephyr indifferently thought. He then said without hesitation.
"No need."
Marquis Phillips's face was filled with shock hearing Zephyr's immediate refusal without any trace of hesitation. He then remembered that priests of Church of Light said that Zephyr also left immediately without asking for any rewards after exterminating the hideout of Demon God's Cult.
'A true hero!'
Seeing that Zephyr didn't reveal any sign of greed, his admiration towards Zephyr has immediately risen.
[As a result of your charm, affinity with Marquis Phillips has increased by +75.]
[Your affinity with Marquis Phillips has reached 'Admire'.]
Marquis Phillips meekly said.
"I'm sorry but I can't do that. We in White Tiger City must pay our gratitudes. As the Lord of White Tiger Ciry, I can't allow you to leave this mansion empty-handed."
Seeing this would only be going on a pointless argument, Zephyr said with his monotone voice.
"Then how about if I need some help in the future, then you can return the favor."
Marquis Phillips revealed a glad expression hearing it. For him it was more than enough as he understands that Zephyr doesn't desire anything right now but that wouldn't be the case in the future.
"Thank you. I will make sure to repay the favor in the near future."
The knight on the hand was still stuck in a thought about Zephyr.
'The monster has grown into a stronger monster.'
As a tier higer than Zephyr, he could approximately measure Zephyr's power. He could sense that Zephyr had already reached the peak and end of Tier 1 in a very short amount of time yet he could feel that with the current state of Zephyr, he could see that Zephyr could easily defeat any Tier 2 that he would face.
'As if, he had a similar aura around him that I could only sense on the King or any Tier 3.'
He then remembered that Zephyr had easily defeated one of his fellow knights in this place. He then fell into a serious thought.
'Not even the legends said that Sword Saint Izroth was like this when he was still a Tier 1.'
However, even he was filled with numerous thoughts in his mind, he remained standing silently in the side.
Zephyr then decided to leave as he had already finished his business here. As he was about to leave, Marquis Phillips immediately spoke.
"The princess was still resting as she was tired on the journey."
Marquis Phillips said as he could see that princess Alisha was being attracted to him. He didn't know why but he didn't feel any rejection towards it as Zephyr was more than worthy of the princess in his eyes.
Zephyr nodded as he departed. In truth, he didn't care what Alisha was currently doing. For Zephyr, he had a motto that he unconsciously followed in his life.
"I won't pry or meddle any further than necessary. If I were to attempt to stick my nose into someone's business, it wouldn't benefit anyone nor it is a hobby of mine."
Leaving the mansion of the Lord of White Tiger City, Zephyr was walking around as he remembered that among the rewards of the main scenario, he didn't receive any experience points as he had already reached the cap.
Thinking it was a pity that the experience points was wasted, he then decided that its better not to delay this any longer. Zephyr then walked to the Class Advancement Center as he decided to raise his tier again.
Arriving in his destination, Zephyr found the place that it held a greater number of players than before. Unlike the empty hall like the first time he had entered, the place was packed and full of people trying to advance their class and tier.
Zephyr then arrived in front of the Swordsman Instructor. Seeing Zephyr, the instructor took a step back as he was surprised that Zephyr had already returned.
As he was a Tier 2 Master Swordsman, he was shock to his core that Zephyr had already reached the limit of being a Tier 1 Swordsman when it hasn't been long when he raised his tier.
He looked like he had seen a ghost. "Huh... it is really ridiculous... This is a talent that can't be represented. It's like I'm dreaming. Are you the reincarnation of Izroth?"
The term 'reincarnation of Izroth' was the common term of praise for especially talented swordsmans. It was usually the best praise! Any swordsman would explode with joy if they heard that they were Izroth's reincarnation.
However, Zephyr was different.
'I'm not a reincarnation but the new Sword Saint.'
The instructor then sighed as he said.
"Aspiring swordsman Zephyr, do you have the determination to advance to a Master Swordsman?"
Notification then appeared in front of Zephyr.
[Tier Advancement]
Rating: S
[Description: Overcome your 'past self' and transcend your 'present self.'
Requirement: Fight with yourself and win.
[Rewards: Advancement to Tier 2
Failure: 5 levels, Unable to retake the quest for 10 days.
Time Limit: 5 days.]
The description were simple, the advancement quest was Zephyr had to fight a clone of himself. Zephyr nodded as he accepted the quest. Not knowing that the clone of himself was 1.5 times stronger than him.
After Zephyr's affirmation to the instructor, just like the time Zephyr had undergone his class advancement, Zephyr was sent to another place to took his trial.
Seeing that the surroundings had changed, Zephyr inspected the surroundings and saw that he was inside a coliseum just like the time when he was in the tutorial.
It didn't took long for a person who looked exactly like Zephyr appeared. Zephyr narrowed his eyes seeing an exact copy of himself in front of him as he found this very interesting.
It also copy Zephyr as it reproduced all of Zephyr's items and skills. Suddenly, 5 swords floated around the clone as it used [Sword Manipulation]. Without even a second had passed, all swords flew straight towards Zephyr.
Blitz Thunder Ray appeared in his hand. Helding the sword, Zephyr perfectly parried the swords making none were able to hit him. Seeing the swords failed to deal damage, the clone dashed instantly appearing in front of Zephyr.
Unlike Zephyr whose holding the Blitz Thunder Ray, the clone was equipped with Zilron Sword. Immediately reacting, Zephyr immediately blocked the incoming sword with his own.
Zephyr staggered as he was pushed back during the exchange of their swords. Narrowing his eyes that held no emotion, Zephyr thought to himself.
'It's strength is higher than mine.'
Seeing that the clone that it possessed higher strength than him, he thought in his mind.
'Interesting.'
Zephyr found his predicament interesting as at first, he expected that the clone would be an exact copy of himself including the stats. However, it seems that he was mistaken as the clone had exceeded his own.
'It seems like this would be harder than I thought.'
Even if he was oblivious on his strength that he was very strong compared to the other players, he knew more than anyone how hard to deal the clone in front of him who possessed the same skills like him.
Letting out a breath, the clone hacked its sword toward Zephyr's head. Avoiding it by simply taking a sidestep, he then brandished his sword only to be parried by the clone which sensed his attack through super sensitivity.
The clone then double casted both [Fireball] and [Lightning Blast] to Zephyr. With [Blink], Zephyr avoided the spells as he then casted his own. Arcs of lightning danced as lightning surrounded the clone's body as it used [Lightning Body] and charged towards Zephyr without avoiding Zephyr's spells.
Without suffering any damage due to being invulnerable during [Lightning Body], the clone arrived behind of Zephyr in just a matter of seconds. Swiftly turning around, Zephyr faced the attack head on as he deflected the incoming sword that was precisely targeting him.
The clone immediately used [Saint's Sword Dance] as it started to bombard its attacks in Zephyr. Witnessing what his skill looked like when activated, Zephyr admitted that it was very dazzling when the clone made a sword dance.
However, as he also had been using the said skill, Zephyr knew more than anyone else the one should not admire the sword dance when you was being targeted by it. Zephyr reacted as he swung his sword while using the same skill.
He blocked every attack of the clone but he was being overwhelmed even without suffering a single damage from their exchange of sword dances.
With every exchange, Zephyr would stagger due to the difference in strength. However, Zephyr would immediately recover as he didn't let it disturb his momentum during the sword dance.
Suddenly fire appeared in the surroundings as the clone casted [Fire Storm]. Seeing the ablazing flames around him, Zephyr casted [Lightning Body] before a fire could hit him. He then laid out his own [Fire Storm] making the entire coliseum burn even more as two [Fire Storm] was laid out at the same time.
As the two of them were using [Lightning Body], none of the two suffered any damages. Dashing in a lightning speed, both of them instantly arrived on the front of each other. Two swords clashed with an intense momentum creating a loud noise of swords colliding.
Seeing the clone was very proficient in using the sword and skills, Zephyr thought that this quest won't gonna be a walk in a park anymore.
'As expected of me.'