[Host: Heizen Windward]
[Level: 14 (62%)]
[Strength: 24]
[Agility: 22]
[Stamina: 15]
[Mental Power: 25]
[Soul Power: 10]
[Elemental Resonance: 3-star dark affinity, 5-star life affinity (??)]
[Passive skill: Runner, Serene Touch, Iron Resolve]
[Active skill: Ghost Step, Raging Strike)]
[Mythical skill: Divine Sense (Active)]
[Profession Unlocked: Mage, Necromancer (inactive), Summoner(inactive)]
[Artifact: Eye of the Ancients, Nexus]
[Weapon: Eclipse Blade]
When he looked at his experience, it was only at 62%. He was still at level 14.
Even if he had to share the experience, his gain couldn't be this low. So, the only possible explanation was this Insignia of Goddess Of Life.
Heizen once again paid attention to his arm where the winding leaf pattern was quietly lying.
[Insignia of Goddess Of Life:
The seal granted to the Barbarian Alster has been blessed by the Goddess Of Life. It can resurrect the holder up to three times upon death.
Availability: 2/3
Additional feature:
> Portable Space-10 cubic meters (Expandable]
> Elemental Affinity: Increase Life affinity (5 star ??)
> Note: Unauthorized Divine Power, Can be used to learn related spells under the authority of the Goddess of Life]
Everything looked the same as before. However, this time he paid attention to the last paragraph-"Unauthorized Divine Power." Previously, he didn't pay much attention as it didn't affect its use. Now, he must take it seriously.
Just when Heizen was attracted by this abnormality, his divine sense suddenly picked a shadow watching them from a distance.
Since they were all exhausted from the fight, he had been using his Divine Sense to monitor the surroundings for possible accidents.
Heizen quickly looked in that direction and picked up his blade. However, the shadow was now nowhere to be seen. Seeing him getting serious, Bernard and the others also stood up from their rest.
"What happened?" Sarah asked.
"I saw someone in the dark looking at us," Heizen said.
They didn't know he had divine sense. So, they thought he saw a shadow from a distance.
Seeing their doubt, Heizen said again, "I am having this bad feeling lately. Let's return to the surface. We are also out of supply so there is no need to fight more."
Bernard and others nodded solemnly. They also had that idea since they already gained enough on this trip.
"Ok, then let's go immediately."
Since the decision had been made, nobody was going to risk their life here. They quickly walked through the chamber and arrived at the Archway.
When Heizen followed everyone and walked through the Archway, his head hurt a bit. He placed his finger between his eyebrows and rubbed to get relief.
Just then, a tiny blue tinge imperceptibly disappeared from the white mass on his brain. It was almost as if an instinctive reaction to something.
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"Obsidian Heart. No wonder that Golem was so powerful." Sarah said from the side.
"That's what I thought. Even if the monster was in level 17, it can't be so powerful like that." Bernard said while walking.
Heizen rubbed his eyebrows for a while and looked at his situation. He was holding the Obsidian Heart in his hand and showing his teammates.
"What happened? Are you ok?" Sarah asked worriedly after seeing him rubbing his glabella.
"No, I am fine. I just have a slight headache from fighting. I will be good in no time." Heizen said and put the Obsidian Heart in the ring.
He was feeling weird but didn't know where this came from. "Maybe, it was due to exhaustion," he thought.
The group were walking along the path they came from before. However, after a while, Bernard suddenly stopped.
"Something doesn't seem right." He said and began to check the surroundings.
"What happened?" Sarah asked after he returned.
"This isn't the path we walked before," Bernard said with an ugly look.
Everyone's mood began to become solemn. They were walking the wrong way and they didn't even know it.
"Let's return the way we came. Just be careful," Heizen said after some thought. They could only do this since they were in an uncertain situation.
The Group agreed and began to return towards Obsidian Bastion. However, after walking for a while, they clearly felt that the pathway had changed. They were going in an unknown direction.
Moreover, the temperature around them was dropping sharply and they even saw some whispering shadows.
"No, we seem to be heading closer to the depth," Bernard said after seeing the situation. Everyone's face became solemn. But, no matter what, they couldn't just sit in the middle of the path.
However, after only walking for a while, they inexplicably arrived at a wide chamber that was darker than any other ruin they had explored. Only dim light reflecting from somewhere made the area visible.
The chamber had nothing in it except a circular platform made up of pure obsidian. It was an Altar which was engraved with multiple ancient runes that seemed to be alive.
There was someone on the top of the Altar looking in their direction. But, Heizen could only see curling shadows that were dancing but couldn't see the feature.
However, what made Heizen inexplicable was the black-robed figures surrounding the Altar. They looked exactly the same as the person who previously stalked him in the market.
While Heizen was having trepidation, he heard something unclear in his mind,
"Deathwalker, do you accept my invitation?"
"No," he replied almost instinctively.
"Very well," suddenly a dark shadow surrounded him. But, Heizen was getting confused as the situation was getting more and more unclear.
Suddenly his vision changed and he saw someone shouting,
"No, get out."
He saw Sarah push him while holding the Gale Orb in her hand. She was covered with blue light from the Arcane Barrier.
But the next second, the blue light around her shattered and the dark shadow swallowed her body completely leaving no ash behind.
Before Heizen came to his senses, he suddenly saw Bernard and Bowen lying on the ground seriously injured. While a red fiery silhouette was fighting with something.
The experience was getting more and more disconnected and he was unable to keep his thoughts.
He felt like he was struggling with something. Amidst such bizarre situation, his vision gradually succumbed to the darkness.