After the familiar sense of weightlessness Xavier's surroundings had changed once again. This time he stood in a vast barren field. There were bodies scattered everywhere on the ground, and even the sun refused to shine through the smoke clouds upon this battlefield.
[ Second Floor trial: Survive for 3 hours]
[ Death will result in the user being disqualified from the inheritance.]
[ You have a 30 minutes grace period ]
After seeing the requirements Xarier couldn't help but frown. He decided to check his status to see his improvement before the trial started.
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Name: Xavier
Race: Human
Class: Samurai
Tier: Soldier ( Level 12/100 )
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Strength: -E
Agility: -E
Intelligent: +F
Dexterity: E
Durability: -E
World Energy: E
Trait: N/A
Aura: Heaven and Earth Tapestry
Skills:
- 8 Strokes to Paradise Sword technique ( incomplete)
- Presence concealment
Bloodline skills: Locked
Weapon Mastery
Katana mastery Lvl. 3
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Checking his stats he welcomed the improvements and pushed the inface to the side. Seeing that he still had time he logged out and stretched his body.
Lying motionless on his bed really left him with a lot of sores and stiff joints but what could he do; after taking a quick shower he warmed up a premade dinner he bought from the convenience store, quickly devouring it he logged back into the game.
Just as he re-appeared in the battlefield an arrow whizzed through the air and lodged itself into his shoulder. Not even given time to process the numbing pain in his shoulder, another volley of more than a hundred arrows tried to turn him into a pin cushion.
Quickly sprinting the other way while dodging arrows he used his hand to stop the bleeding in his shoulder. A bit away from him was a crater which he promptly dived into.
After removing the arrow all he could do was let out muffled screams as the pain almost made him faint. He inwardly cursed the devs for making the pain settings so high.
After he stopped the bleeding he peeked out of the crater to see if there were any dangers nearby; the battlefield was covered in smoke so his field of sight was very limited.
Walking out of the smoke, three figures made their way towards his crater as if looking for something. They wore old Japanese plate armor with a black Oni mask, each figure holding a different weapon. There was a mace welder, a bow user and the last held a polearm.
[ Oni Brute user Lvl. 13 ]
[ Oni Spearman Lvl. 14 ]
[ Oni Ranger Lvl 12 ]
After seeing their levels he wasn't confident he could face all of them in a 3vs1 so he decided he was going to use the smoke and stealth to his advantage.
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In the startiing city "Aindell" far away from the struggles Xavier was going through stood Natalia and her five man party. After the release Natalia was given the dragon knight as a starter class.
With such a strong class she had high damage and incredible defenses but even so grinding up to level up to 9 took a lot of time and skill. She prides herself in being pro gamer so being in the top 10 players was her goal as of now.
She had just finished streaming on Metube when she remembered that her old pal Xavier was still off the grid. At first she was happy that he got a special encounter so early in the game but recently she got worried as he had not responded to any of her messages.
After thinking about it she let out an exasperated sigh and just let him be for now.
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Back in the trial tower Xavier had come up with a simple plan to beat those three oni's. Taking up a rock he threw it in the direction behind the group. As they turned around Xavier used his presence concealment to mask his scent and the sound of him sprinting.
He grabbed the archer by the neck and held his katana close to the oni's face. When the other two saw that their comrade had been taken hostage they rushed Xavier to free their friend.
With stone cold eyes he pushed the archer into the incoming Mace user but not before leaving a gash on its necks. The archer stumbled into the mace oni but wasn't even given the option to grab his dying friend before his world was painted black.
[ First Stroke: Issen ]
In a split second the world of black and white returned to normal with Xarier standing behind the mace oni slowly sheathing his katana. The mace oni turned around but his body fell apart as it was severed in half.
Xarier was slightly panting and his vision was a bit hazy. The only one left was the Oni with the polearm who looked to be shaking. Looking at Xavier with bloodshot eyes the Oni let out a blood curdling scream as he ran towards the assailant who killed his friends.
Xavier had used over three quarters of his world energy reserves in order to kill those two and now he was practically running on fumes.
Taking a defensive stance he tried deflecting the incoming blow, he succeeded in avoiding the initial strike but wasn't prepared when the Oni used the end of the pole arm to strike his foot.
Almost losing balance, Xarier quickly regained footing and retreated. Not wanting to lose momentum the Oni kept the onslaught going and Xavier was forced to keep blocking.
After two minutes of Xavier being on the defensive the Oni felt it was time to finish this fight. Enveloping itself in a crimson aura he flew towards Xavier ready to avenge his teammates. Kavier saw the attack coming but was too battered to dodge to the side.
Just as the polearm was a few feet away from giving Xavier his first death he remembered when he was sparring with the paper mannequin and recalled a move the instructor used when Xavier changed at him.
Placing his hopes on a gamble, Xavier ducked backwards as the polearm flew to where his head was just at and using all the strength in his legs he kicked the Oni in the chest.
Using the opportunity Xavier used the meager energy reserves he had left and enhanced his legs. Using the speed he stabbed the Oni right through the heart
Still in a state of shock all the Oni could do was die with regrets having failed to avenge anyone. Falling to the ground, Xarier couldn't help but gasp for air; his energy reserves were non-existent and most of his body was numb.
After resting for 10 minutes Xavier decided to check the bodies. Upon reaching the polearm Oni he realized that it's mask had cracked, removing it he saw the face of a woman who seemed to be in her late 20's.
Taken aback Xavier went to check the other two and it was the same, they were not monsters but people. Maybe if he wasn't in so much pain and exhausted he might have felt regret but right now all he wanted was to clear this trial. It was then that he saw the rewards for killing them.
[ You have slayed Oni Brute user Lvl. 13 ]
[ Katana mastery level up!! ]
[ You have slayed Oni Spearman Lvl. 14 ]
[ You have leveled up!! ]
[ You have slayed Oni Ranger Lvl 12 ]
[ Earned 2000 gold coins]
Bringing out the system he saw that he still had a little over 2 hours remaining. Hearing the sound of footsteps coming his way he got ready to see the trial to the end.