Kris was drifting away in the sea of water that flooded the large and endless expansion of the castle he was currently bounded in. In the water was covered in bones, blood and a misty darkness.
While he was mindlessly drifting away, Kris was gazing upon his status system.
[Name: Kris Eden.
Level: 43 (9/180,600,000).
Age: 17.
Race: Human (Asian-American)
Title: Cheater of Death (+1).
Achievement: Never Die (+1).
Class: Deity of Weaponry.
Sub-class: Omniscient Blacksmith.
Status: Healthy.
Health Points: 10,430/10,430.
Mana Points: 100,000,430/100,000,430.]
[Attributes]
[Strength: 250,000,043.
Intelligence: 10,000,043.
Dexterity: 1,043.
Agility: 250,000,043.
Vitality: 1,043.
Attribute Points: 1,000,129.]
Skills]
[Active Skills:
[Heal - Common/Lvl 1] [Forge - Uncommon/Lvl 1] [Crimson Ice - Advance/Lvl 1] [Black Ember - Advance/Lvl 1] [Aura - Rare/Lvl 1] [Methane Clathrate Domain - Elite/Lvl 1] [Rupture - Elite/Lvl 1] [Summon Specter - Epic/Lvl 1]
Passive Skills:
[Advanced Method of Recovery - Advance/Lvl 3] [Weapon Mastery - Rare/Lvl 1] [Sharp Presence - Epic/Lvl 1] [Status Check - Epic/Lvl 1] [Mana Breathe - Mystical/Lvl 1]
Equipment]
[Skin: None.
Helmet: None.
Armor: Black Bone Chest Plate.
Gauntlets: Heavenly Arm Guard x2.
Leggings: None.
Greaves: Divine Footing x2.]
[Items]
[Black Bones x15]
[Shop]
[Coins: 0]
[Outfit]
[Helmet: None.
Armor: Black Soldier Uniform.
Gauntlet: Dark Gloves.
Leggings: Black Soldier Pants.
Greaves: Dark Boots.
Accessory: Dark Binoculars.]
Kris sighed. "I should start investing my attributes wisely instead of equally, seeing as how weak I am."
He began to divide his points amongst his attributes, this time however, not equally.
[Attributes]
[Strength: 250,217,643.
Intelligence: 10,600,162.
Dexterity: 213,543.
Agility: 250,225,043.
Vitality: 101,543.
Attribute Points: 0.]
Kris felt comfortable with this arrangement. The only thorn in his ass was the fact that his strength was insanely higher than his intelligence. But it wasn't like he utilized all that intelligence has to offer.
He said, "I have a lot of skills right now, yet, I also reckoned that I've found myself running out of Mana. And with this passive Skill I might not."
[Skills]
[Name: Advanced Method of Recovery.
Level: 3
Grade: Advance.
Type: Passive Skill
Description: A skill that enhanced your recovery at an incredible rate.
Effects:
- Replenishes mana that has been used at a moderate pace. Also raises mana if it is full at a slow rate.
- Replenishes health that has been used at a moderate pace. Also raises health if it is full at a slow rate.
Additional Effects:
- Halts pain of injuries
- Passive heals injuries, but at an insanely low rate.
- All other attributes increase if injuries have recovered.
Mastery: 34%]
"Quite a useful one for such a low grade," said Kris. "Even my other stats increase and helps my vitality, which I don't have to pay attention to since I can come back to life."
That was his reasoning.
Kris then swiped away his status system. "Where is that useful piece of junk?" he inquired without a hint of expression.
He was referring to Bo, who was probably venturing further into this labyrinth of infinite depths.
All of sudden the water turned entirely into a gooey black substance. It began to climb it's way up the endless walls and cover the air around Kris, trapping him in a bubble of darkness.
He was unfazed by this unnatural phenomenon as he kept on that lifeless expression of his. "What is this?" and tone.
The bubble surrounded Kris then shrink to the size of a football, then a tennis ball, then the size of a fly, a ant, a single grain of salt, then a bacteria and now nothing.
Kris was transported to a realm of darkness. This was like the one that belonged to Death, but instead of the stench of death and despair, it was crowded by the smell of darkness and greed.
"Just when I need that item," said Kris.
He was talking about Leviathan who was also with Bo. Kris wished for Leviathan's assistance and knowledge at this confusing moment and this unknown place.
A strange, feminine voice then spoke within the black. "What an interesting incest."
Suddenly the sound of something penetrating the air alerted Kris. His golden eyes glowed, illuminating the area around for a brief second. He could now see a purple tentacle-like whip rushing towards him at speeds surpassing sound.
The whip attempted to enclose Kris in it dark grasped, but failed as it was instantly chopped into big chunks and then faded, becoming apart of the darkness once again.
[Passive Skill:
Sharp Presence - Epic/Lvl 1]
"You know-" Kris said, "-I am starting to wonder if everyone I fight thinks they're apart of royalty or something."
[Skills]
[Name: Sharp Presence.
Level: 1.
Grade: Epic.
Type: Passive Skill.
Description: An aura which is as sharp as a refined sword. It slashes anything that is near the user and pierces those who touch the user.
Effect:
- Any hostile presence will be slashed. The more close it is, the more deadly the slashes become. If one manages to touch the user, they will be stabbed with a curse that inflicts agony for an hour. Can be used 3 times.
Cooldown: 1 Day.
Mana Cost: 100 per second.
Damage: Adaptable to Enemy's/(s) Toughness.
Mastery: 6%]
The master of the shadows then sneered at its opponent. "Kris, do you think your little tricks and toys can defeat me?" the unknown entity taunted, its bright, purple eyes gleaming with malevolent intent in the far distance.
Kris was now brandishing his twin daggers. "Shut up. And I'm not going even ask you how you know my name."
He then charged at the spot where he had seen the beings eyes.
"But I'll tell you anyway," it said.
Kris halted, sensing the being's presence elsewhere.
"(Why can't I see where it is?)" Kris inquired in his head.
"Because I am the master of the shadows. I can manipulate darkness and turn myself into it," it said. "I can see your darkest personality and meanest thoughts."
Kris inquired, "So? Is that suppose to scare me?"
He could feel the presence of this entity moving from one place to another instantly, changing its shape into anything and then vanishing into thin air.
"Useless eyes," Kris cursed in an expressionless manner.
The master of the shadows then said, "It isn't your eyes that is the problem," it said, "its your soul."
Kris flipped backwards and swinged his dagger, yet, it cut nothing. He was sure that he could feel that beings presence. A matter of fact, it even breathe on his neck.
"You see, your soul is so compacted with sin that it is even darker than mine. You envy everyone and everything," the voice explained. "You loathe them, yet, you desire their possessions. It same for The Omega King. You don't want to defeat him.. you just want his throne."
Kris gazed around the room, not bothered by this entities words. "It seems that mouth is made of something though."
"That's what with you dunce beings. Instead of climbing and perhaps building an even higher position, you just seat down on your behinds and wish on other downfalls so you can seize the position that you aren't even suitable with!"
Kris could now see it. A being that had long black hair and a face of a beautiful human woman. Her eyes were black as well, but the rest of her body was inside a dark dress, as Kris could see a grey outline of her curved body.
"So Beta-Grade creatures mana is grey," Kris said.
The master of the shadows sneered in confusion. "What?"
[Passive Skill:
Status Check - Epic/Lvl 1]
[Status]
Name: Aio Emma Shadows.
Age: 1500.
Race: Black Skeleton.
Rank: Shadow.
Grade: Beta.
Status: Healthy/Dead/Confused.
Health Points: 55,000,000/55,000,000.
Mana Points: 99,995,000/99,995,000.]
[Attributes]
[Strength: 4,500,000.
Intelligence: 9,999,500.
Dexterity: 5,000,000.
Agility: 9,999,999.
Vitality: 5,500,000.]
[Skills]
Active:
[Dark Aura - Rare/Lvl 5] [Shadow Form - Rare/Lvl 5] [Dark Life Forms - Elite/Lvl 5] [Black Footprint - Epic/Lvl 5] [Reassemble - Elite/Lvl 5] [Deformation of Darkness and Life - Epic/Lvl 1] [Nox - Epic/Lvl 5] [Devil's Dark Form - Legendary/Lvl 1]
Passive:
[None]
"You're weaker than I thought," Kris stated.
Aio then chuckled. "Haha! I doesn't matter. It was just a slip up," she said. "Just know that your lifespan ends now."
[Notification]
[Shadow Form has been activated by the Target!]
Aio was now safe, but was she? "Huh?"
"Nuh uh," Kris said in a lifeless voice.
He slashed Eden at Aio, but she managed to evade the attack by activating another skill.
[Black Footprint has been activated by the Target!]
She was now behind Kris. With a wave of her hand, The Master of Shadows summoned a swirling cloud of dark energy. Tendrils of shadow snaked out, wrapping around Kris's arms, trying to immobilize him.
[Deformation of Darkness and Life has been activated by the Target!]
But the Player was too quick, dodging and weaving between the shadows without utilizing his skills but pure use of his attributes.
Kris struck back, his dagger slicing through the darkness, but Aio was always one step ahead as she would use Black Footprint to evade his slashes.
[Black Footprint has been activated by the Target!]
She then summoned dark beings, their presence suffocating, making it hard for Kris to breathe. Yet, he remained non-bothered.
[Dark Life Forms has been activated by the Target!]
[Deformation of Darkness and Life has been activated by the Target!]
The air grew thick with the stench of decay as Aio unleashed a horde of shadowy tendrils, covering Kris in an inky blackness. But Kris using his blades to slash through the darkness, creating small windows to escape. But doing this lead him infront of dark beings that wished to eat his flesh and others wanting to make it their own.
Kris would just slash through them like butter and carry on his brutal assault on Aio.
As the battle raged on, Kris switched his weapons out with Gun, which was ironically not a gun, but a bow and arrow. Right now, the shadowy entities and the darkness it self seemed to take on a life of their own, with the shadows passively twisting and writhing like living serpents. Kris was being overwhelmed.
He stumbled back and fell, his vision obscured by the all-consuming darkness. But, it wasn't like he could see light. The place was black and with his vision, only thing he could see was some added prompts.
"Really?" he asked. "I can't see again?"
Aio raised her hand, ready to deliver the final blow. She summoned the shadows to attack Kris and the dark beings to immobilize him for a bit longer.
But Kris, was nonchalant about the situation.
"But I can still feel these hunk of junk marching towards me like a bunch of hungry dogs," he said.
He shifted Gun into a actually gun and shot the creature that were about to chew on his flesh.
Kris then rose to his feet. "That was anticlimactic."
He then changed the gun into a rocket launcher. Before Kris fired, he developed the missile with aura.
[Active Skill:
Aura - Rare/Lvl 1]
[Skills]
[Name: Aura.
Level: 1.
Grade: Rare.
Type: Active.
Description: When activated, anything that is covered in this aura stats will boost by double they originally were.
Additional Effects:
- You can control things that are covered in your aura.
Mana Cost: 10,000 + 10 per second.
Mastery: 7%]
He then launched the missile which he shot blindly, yet he guided it carefully and it hit something.
"Aaaaahhhhh!" Aio yelled in agony.
The missile blowed up and enveloped Aio in flames.
Kris spoke nonchalantly. "Booyah."
[Reassemble has been activated by the Target!]
His system gave him a notification. Even though he still blind in the darkness he could see it.
Kris eyes then glowed golden and his vision was restored. But there wasn't much of a difference since the only thing he would see was the monsters but they were all dead. So I was left seeing darkness.
"I forgot about that skill. Hmm?"
[Black Footprint has been activated by the Target!]
Kris was struck in the shoulder by a dark blade that emitted a black mist. The blades bit and dig deep into Kris shoulder, and the deity of weaponry stumbled back, his control wavering.
Then, Aio eyes flashed with malevolent energy, and she whispered a single word: "Nox."
[Nox has been activated by the Target!]
The shadows surged back, engulfing Kris, and any sound that would be made would be drowned out by the sound of his own darkness-consuming terror.
[Skills]
[Name: Nox.
Level: 5
Grade: Epic.
Type: Active.
Description: A powerful curse that uses the target own darkness against.
Effects:
- All stats of the target will be turned into damage.
- The curse can't be undone and will be attach to the target being forever unless the user is defeated or the target stats increase or decrease.
Mana Cost: All.
Cooldown: 1 Week.
Mastery: 100%]
To Be Continued...
Next Chapter: Golden Eyes.