The next day, I went to the blacksmith to pick up the bow I left to get repaired.
"Are you the owner of this bow?" A loud deep voice echoed through the shop leaving me perplexed as to where it was coming from.
A few moments later a Dwarf came out of the door behind the assistant's back.
"Uhh, yes..." I answered hesitantly
"I won't ask where you got this but be careful handling this bow, your mana will erupt if it doesn't deem you compatible."
"Can you give me a full description of the bow?"
"Its true name is Bow of the Serpents. It's a magic bow made from the scale of an otherworld serpent. That's all I can tell you, just check the rest of the stats for yourself."
{Mythical/ Bow of the Serpents Lv. ???(Sealed) +9 (Bound)}
Durability: 100,000/ 100,000
A bow made out of a scale from an otherworld serpent. Increases mana efficiency by 150% and removes cooldown of skills when equipped (Sealed). Can store one skill to be automatically used when shooting the bow. MP cost increased by 200%
Stats:
+ 250 Dexterity (Sealed)
+ 500 Intelligence (Sealed)
+ 1,500 MP (Sealed)
+ 1,000 Magic (Sealed)
"Hey, how do I unseal this?"
"Who knows, my job was just to repair it."
The dwarf left the scene and I exited the building. It said it can store a skill right? Then I'll put the divine arrows, but how do I pu-
{Divine Arrows successfully embedded.}
I just have to think of it and the system does it for me huh? The skill also disappeared in my skill window.
{The Serpent of Life deems you worthy of the bow.}
"What?"
{The seal is being undone... Bow of the Serpents unsealed.}
{Mythical(Growth)/ Bow of the Serpents Lv. 24 +9 (Bound)}
Durability: 100,000/ 100,000
A bow made out of a scale from an otherworld serpent. Increases mana efficiency by 150% and removes cooldown of skills when equipped. Can store one skill to be automatically used when shooting the bow. MP cost increased by 200%
Stats:
+ 250 Dexterity
+ 500 Intelligence
+ 1,500 MP
+ 1,000 Magic
{Stats:
Lv. 24
HP: 225
MP: 4445
Strength: 16
Agility: 72
Dexterity: 278
Intelligence: 549
Vitality: 45
Magic: 1016
Accuracy: 12.32}
This is clearly cheating at this point but hey, I'm the main character here. A few moments after stepping out of the blacksmith, I saw the world spinning around. I tried to speak but I couldn't let my voice out. My vision starts to blur and before I completely pass out. I saw some people wearing heavy armor marching past me.
"Is he an accomplice of the blacksmith?" I faintly heard as my consciousness faded away.
"I don't know," a woman's voice... That's the last I've heard before blacking out.
{Immortality activated...}
I gasped for air after waking up again in front of the gates with the same scenery. I looked at my hand and I was still holding the bow that I got.
"Thank goodness..." I whispered to myself.
"Are you okay, young man? Should I bring you to the clinic first?"
"Ah no it's fine," it's not fine. I just died, AGAIN. After completing all those quests. How infuriating, I swear I'm gonna kill those knights who murdered me. How did I not even detect them approaching me?
'Hey system, something's weird. Have all the people been this strong?'
{Bringing up update log...}
{Earth Update V.3}
- Due to your overwhelming presence, God has decided to forcefully increase the difficulty of the world.
-- Monster levels increased by 10x
-- Resources increased by 5x
-- World surface area expansion by 2x
-- New 500 species added
-- New enemy rarity added
++ Corrupted
++ Blessed
++ Cursed
++ Abyssal
++ Emperor
++ Void
++ Outer
-- Monster intelligence is now par with humans.
-- Added unique skills to monsters with rarity Rare and above.
-- Monster spawn rate 50x
-- New Equipment Rarity
++ Divine
++ Red Mythic
++ Blue Mythic
++ Orange Mythic
-- Due to your enormous presence, you can now get a contract from an Otherworld God
What kind of update is this... I laughed hysterically while I read all the details.
{You have a mail from God.}
- I won't let you run amok in my world...
{You have a mail from The Almighty Creator.}
- Grow stronger quickly, these Gods won't let you play in their world.
-- Reward: Divinity stat (Combines all stat to form Divinity). Pieces of equipment without divinity or the blessing of a God will not increase Divinity. Removes level restrictions of Divine Equipments.
I checked my stats and there was only one that showed up.
{Stats:
Lv. 14
HP: 225
MP: 4445
Divinity: 14.42548395924}
Let me try equipping the spear that I previously got.
"I think you need to be checked upon, young man. You've been making weird gestures since earlier," the old man looked at me wondering what I was doing spacing out in front of the gates.
"Ah, I was just collecting my thoughts... quite literally..." I responded. "I'll go make my way then," I bowed and headed inside.
"Are you sure going alone?"
"Yes," I waved goodbye and walked to the guild.
Before I forget, I should go back to the stall where I got the bow from and see if he has other stuff to offer.
I searched around the plaza but the vendor was nowhere to be found. I just went my way to the guild to get my identification badge. As I went through the door one thought rushed inside my head.
'If only I found this weapon sooner, I could've saved both of them...'
Every time I get a lucky encounter, I always blame myself for not getting them way earlier.
"Excuse me, I would like to create an Identification badge and I would like to sell these goblin parts."
"Yes, please fill up the necessary pieces of information while I trade these," she took the bag from me and I felt nostalgic and sad at the same time.
"How many times have I done this..." I smiled bitterly as I remembered the first time I was here and Elaina was still the receptionist.
After getting the Identification badge, I went on my way to the inn to think about what I should do next.
"Should I still be an archer? It kind of gotten stale and boring," I pulled out the spear from the inventory and it looked like an elegant spear with fancy designs on the shaft and a single large tip with two small ones at the side for the blade.
"Lancer, I think I'm gonna use this for a while. Although I wouldn't be able to use my skills."
'Hey system, is there still a significant damage drop for using other weapons?'
{No.}
We are off to a good start. For now, I want to rest and go get requests tomorrow. My mental fatigue has been building up.