After 30 minutes, Trial began, and this time it was simulation.
As Jake opened his eyes, he discovered himself asleep on the study table.
"Hmm, Where is this?, what is this trial?" As Jake questioned, a screen appeared.
{Final Trial : Village Defense
Description : After one week, a horde of Goblins will come and attack the village. Protect the village at the best of your capabilities.
Villagers : 120/120
Condition : Save more than 50% of Villagers.
Reward : Undead Monarch Legacy
Restriction : 1. You can't tell Villagers about the Goblin
2. You can't use Villagers as troops.
3. You can't use Villagers as sacrifice for Necromancy abilities }
"Hmm, just puny Goblins, it's easy then, No matter how strong Goblins are , the best they can reach is B rank and I already can fight out any B+ rank Monsters, it's easy peasy" Jake laughed seeing the quest.
[Why don't you check out your status first] Nexus suddenly said.
"My Status?" Jake quickly opened the Status.
[ Name : Jake Dreamstar
Class : Novice Necromancer
Race : Human
Age : 15
Core : Mana(Blue Grade)
Rank : E-
Attributes:
HP : 500
Mana : 2500
Strength: 12
Dexterity: 10
Intelligence: 25
Wisdom: 20
Vitality : 10
Skills:
-Animate Dead (Lvl 8): Can summon and control skeletal minions.
-Dark Grasp (Lvl 7): Manipulates shadows for basic utility and reconnaissance.
-Soul Siphon (Lvl 3): Absorbs residual life force from defeated enemies to replenish mana.
-Soul Link (Lvl 1): Forges a mystical connection between User and a summoned undead minion, allowing him to share senses and issue commands over a greater distance.
-Necromantic Affinity (Passive): Heightened sensitivity to necromantic energies.
-Dark Resilience (Passive): Enhanced resistance to dark magic and curses. ]
"The heck is this?" Jake eyes widened in disbelief seeing the status screen.
[It's a Trial for a reason, seems like in this Trial you have to fight as a Necromancer]
"This is hell level mode?" Jake muttered.
[Don't worry, you still have your understanding of Swords, Runes and combat] Nexus.
"yes, I can do it" Jake clenched his hands and muttered to himself.
[That being said, you should start practicing, this body of yours is not used to your original body muscle movements, trying to use difficult muscle movements with this body might lead to serious problems] Nexus
"I know, I was going to utilize this one week time to grind endlessly" Jake said.
and thus Jake's Training journey started.....again,
Day 1
Jake did a lot of warm up exercise to prepare his body.
Day 2
Basic Sword Practice and Necromancy
Day 3
Basic Sword Practice and Necromancy
Day 4
Basic Sword Practice and Necromancy
Day 5
Intermediate Sword Practice and Necromancy, Scouting Goblin Cave
Day 6
Intermediate Sword Practice, Necromancy and Laying Traps in front of Goblin cave
Day 7
Last preparation, checking everything
Battle Day
[Name : Jake Dreamstar
Class : Novice Necromancer
Race : Human
Age : 15
Core : Mana(Violet Grade)
Rank : E
Attributes:
HP : 2500
Mana : 750
Strength: 22
Dexterity: 21
Intelligence: 25
Wisdom: 20
Vitality : 15
Skills:
-Animate Dead (Lvl 12): Can summon and control skeletal minions.
-Dark Grasp (Lvl 13): Manipulates shadows for basic utility and reconnaissance.
-Soul Siphon (Lvl 21): Absorbs residual life force from defeated enemies to replenish mana.
-Soul Link (Lvl 9): Forges a mystical connection between User and a summoned undead minion, allowing him to share senses and issue commands over a greater distance.
-Necromantic Affinity (Passive): Heightened sensitivity to necromantic energies.
-Dark Resilience (Passive): Enhanced resistance to dark magic and curses.
-Sword Art : Adept Grade
-Basic Rune Mastery-Perfected]
"Nice, it's massive improvement" Jake smiled happily , His plan is simple, he won't let the fight reach the Villagers.
[It's all thanks to ??? Foundation Art] Nexus proudly said.
"Of course" Jake nodded.
Jake then waited, and after a while, the sound of goblins began to reverberate as the goblins stepped out of the cave. Jake did not detonate the traps, because killing canon fodder would make little difference.
Jake then waited, and shortly thereafter, approximately 1000 goblins gathered in front of the Cave.
'What the heck is this number? I'm supposed to defeat them, regardless the fact that 60% of them are E ranks, 30% are at the peak of E rank, and the remaining 10% are anywhere between D rank peak and D rank lower. Jake gulped when he saw this.
[Well , what do you except, It's a trial for Monarch Legacy the pinnacle of this world] Nexus said.
'Anyway, it's time.' Jake calmed himself down before detonating the Runes Traps.
A sudden explosion occurred, and when Goblins raised their heads to look in the location of the explosion, they saw tremendous amounts of rocks sliding down toward them, and they cried and scattered.
Nonetheless, 50 percent of them were killed by a land slide.
Jake used the basic necromancy spell to summon skeletons and assault the Goblins. Despite the Goblins' counter-attacks, Jake continued to summon more skeletons.
Suddenly, a Goblin appeared and began attacking Jake, "Tch, he sensed me." Jake emerged from his hiding place and raised his sword.
"Well, I never planned to hide and snipe them," Jake smiled before rushing towards the Goblins and slashing them apart with ease.
Swoosh
Jake heard the sound of arrows coming towards him, so he quickly used Dark Grasp to use his shadow as a shield before picking up three Goblin spears and throwing them at the Archers.
The Spears easily struck their target and killed the Goblin Archers, with the exception of one, who merely sustained leg injuries.
Seeing this, Jake took up another spear and threw it, but a Frost bolt struck his leg.
kekekeke The Goblin Shaman maliciously laughed and then commanded his Goblins to attack Jake.
"Damm, He instantly used Soul Siphon to refill Mana and then circulated Mana inside his damaged foot." While this helped Jake considerably, the pain persisted.
Jake then retried several stones inscribed with Blast runes and began hurling them at the Goblin swarm, using them as Fire Blast Spells, and it worked marvelously, as there are now only about 51 Goblins remaining, but Jake is now nearing the end of his life, and those Goblins are mostly unharmed and at peak.
Jake gritted his teeth and pumped Mana throughout his body to reduce bleeding and discomfort.
"It's not over yet," Jake replied, rushing at the Goblin warriors.
The Goblins are also soldiers. Rushed at Jake, swinging their swords and axes, Jake parried them, but their collective attack occasionally sliced him; the only nice thing about this combat was that the skeletons took the critical attack on themselves.
However, they were destroyed after just one strike, and Jake continued to conjure them while recharging Mana with Soul Siphon.
After another grueling struggle with Jake losing his left hand, there are just two Goblins left, but both of them are D+ Rank Goblins.
KEKEKEKEKEKKE The Goblin Shaman laughed maliciously and then slammed his rotten wood staff on the ground and then 50 Skeletons rose up.
'Now it's cheating' Jake though and then ran away.
kriekkkkkkkkkk The Goblin Shaman shouted and then followed after Jake with the other Goblin and his Skeletal Minions.
'Keep coming after me Idiots' Jake smirked as he kept running
[Thankfully you prepared Plan B] Nexus said.
'Well you never know when life give you a reality check' Jake smiled and replied.
Jake then led them to a special trap he had set up ahead of time for this type of emergency. After arriving there, Jake waited for a moment and when he saw the two Goblins standing in front of the trap, he activated it. When Jake activated the trap, gravity increased tenfold for a few seconds, but that was enough, as the ground caved in and the two Goblins helplessly fell into it.
Kriekkk, kriekkk
Jake then effortlessly smashed the Goblin skeletons before approaching the pit and waving "Hi" to them.
As Jake waved, a Frost bolt raced at his head, but he effortlessly averted it by turning his head and saying, "Detonate."
The Pit walls began to glow red as countless Blast runes showed themselves, and a Flame pillar rushed into the sky.
"Woah, I got a new idea seeing this, I can literally make a flame thrower, if I set up pit...Cough, I guess, I should first fix myself back" He rested his back on a tree while wiping away the blood.
Jake's injuries mended to some extent as he closed his eyes and circulated his Mana. After a few hours, his bleeding stopped and he was completely healed, spare for the missing arm.
"I hope she won't ask me to do next trial in this situation" Jake groaned and passed through the gateway that led back to the Throne Room.
"Ohh, I got back my body, Thankfully" Jake exclaimed as he stepped into the Throne room, and his body began to return to its original state.
Jake then proudly raised his head and looked at the Skeleton, who was staring back at him with ignited eyes, and inquired, "I passed the trial, now where is my legacy?"
The Skeleton rose up and patiently descended the steps, reaching in front of Jake and saying, "You were supposed to die"
Jake: "Ehh?"