When Heracles thought to himself after seeing his updated status board, 'Imperial Slam? The first Mythical-tier attack skill that I got is to be use with a hammer? Well, I am a Sword Vulcan system user, after all!'
When he looked closer to his status board, Heracles also saw the Legendary-tier skill that he obtained from the system. He thought to himself, 'I got another Quintessence skill? Although it is not a battle skill, I can still create some wonderful weapons using that skill, so it is a great gain!'
As he was immersed in his thoughts, Prince Elijah tapped his shoulder and said to him, "We gained a lot from this quest, cousin! Let's start preparing camp since it is already too late!"
"Okay, cousin! I will be responsible for hunting this time around, so take care of setting up the camp as you wait," said Heracles in response. "You got it, cousin! Leave everything to me!" said Prince Elijah with a smile on his face.
The two prince did their own duties for the day. After an hour, they were able to cook a dinner for the two of them, so they ate to their heart's content. "I wonder what ahead of us will happen this time, cousin," said Prince Elijah as he ate.
"I only wish that it would not be as troublesome as before! I am tired dealing with burdensome quest like before!" said Heracles as he ate.
To the surprise of the two princes, a notification appeared in front of them once again.
[You have been given another special quest by the system!]
After seeing the notification in front of them, the two prince looked toward one another. Prince Elijah said to Heracles, "I have a bad feeling about this notification! Did you jinxed it again, cousin?"
Heracles's heart skipped a bit when he heard his cousin. He could only just say in response, "Oh goodness, I hope not! When I said those words before, we received that troublesome special quest! Am I a really a jinx, cousin?"
"We could only hope for the best, cousin! Let's just see what entails this quest! System, show me my new special quest!" said Prince Elijah.
At the same time, Heracles said, "Show me my special quest as well, my system!"
[You have finished the small task given to your system! This time, you have to finished a more daunting task to prove that you are worthy of belonging to an exalted bloodline!
~ Clear up all the floors up to the 40th floor!
~ You can use everything at your disposal to finish this quest!
~ You need to clear everything in just three months!
~ You will be rewarded a million experience points!
~ You will receive a thousand free skill points!
~ You will receive two Mythical-tier skill!
~ If you fail to finish this quest in time, all of your stats, skills, and system will be deprived from you!]
The two princes looked at each other when they saw the details of their new quest. Prince Elijah said, "Isn't this basically a death threat? If we don't finish this up, we would become useless to the point that only our loved ones would be able to accept us?"
"We have no choice now, cousin! This is the weight of our bloodline! We are favored by the great god, and at the same time, we have burdens put on our shoulder with the immensity of our name!" said Heracles at the next moment.
'Although my cousin is younger than I am, he is a lot mature than I ever think of! Well, he is right. I have no time walloping in this time! I must do my best as a member of the most prestigious family in the entire domain!' Prince Elijah thought to himself after hearing the eleventh prince's remarks.
"You are right, cousin! From now on, let us start clearing up dungeons as fast as we can! Let us use this quest to get even more stronger than before! If we gain enough power, we can drag our grandfather from his high throne! He's been looking down on our great fathers ever since they were children!" said Prince Elijah with a serious expression.
'I only saw my cousin, Elijah, as a soft person. I never knew he has more grudge on grandfather than I do! Well, he knows more than me, so I can use the chance we have together to know more about the family affairs that my father purposely hid to protect me!' Heracles thought to himself after hearing the remark of his cousin.
"Before we go serious, I want to know something, cousin," said Heracles as he cleans up the place he ate on. "Just say the word, cousin, I will tell you everything I know!" said Prince Elijah without of hesitation.
"I am curious about our lineage. Why did the first overlord have been separated from his siblings, who founded Alexander Kingdom? From the stories that I have heard, the founding emperor is a valiant person. When did everything went wrong? Our grandfather, the current overlord, is not someone that mirrors that!" Heracles said with a serious expression.
"Second Uncle did not have the talk with you, huh? Well, it is a darkest part of our Overlord Family, so he must be protecting you!" said Prince Elijah.
"I don't need anyone's protection! To become stronger, I need to face everything head on without giving up! Just please, tell me everything! I want to know the burden that every member of our family carries!" said Heracles without changing his expression.
'I was shocked when I first heard about this. Is it time for my cousin to know about this as well? I really want to respect my uncle's wish not to tell him about that detail, but it seems like it would be worse if I continue hiding everything from my cousin,' Prince Elijah thought to himself after hearing Heracles.
"How do I begin saying this... I think the first thing you need to know is the main reason about the separations of the Imperial Family before the domain was united into one great territory..."