Chapter 12: Waking Up
"My liege, should I kill all these weak beasts? I'm certain that all EXP and AP would be sent to you."
Björn suggested. Currently, the three of them are near another Settlement. He nodded. Who would dare reject? This was an easy way to level up after all.
Just before he was about to say something, his vision went black.
....
Darkness, it was everywhere. He can't see anything, nor could Alaric control his.
.. ster? "
A faint, gentle voice called out towards him. Hearing this, Alaric tried to struggle. He wanted to reach out towards that voice.
"... ister! "
It kept on getting stronger, louder. With a flash of blinding nding light, Alaric woke up.
In front of him wasn't Björn, but Alliah. He was no longer at the broken city, but in front of the Adventurer Guild.
"You've finally woken up!" Endo's loud shout snapped him out of his reverie.
".... where?" Alaric, speechless, wasn't able to utter any word. What happened? Who happened? He don't know. All he knows, that his mind is very puzzled right now.
"I think your friend here was attack by a Mental Mage. I can sense some lingering mana from him, but I can't pinpoint where it came from."
This time, another voice which he doesn't recognize, rang from behind him.
"Give your friend here a few more minutes to recover okay? He's mind is still vulnerable after undergoing an illusion."
After saying that, the owner of the voice walked away. Meanwhile, Alaric who heard everything, was even more confused.
Mental Mage? Illusion? Was everything he felt and saw, a mere illusion?
A stinging pain attacked his head, causing Alaric to clutched his head tightly.
He groaned slightly in pain, catching the attention of the passerby. "I'm fine now. How about this, I'll help you clear solve your monster problem."
Seeing the two approach him in worry, Alaric stopped them in thier tracks and assure them that he was okay. Upon hearing what he said, Endo was ecstatic.
"That's great! Alliah, since no adventurers other than Mister here is willing to help us, let's go back quickly. Mister, wait for us, we're going to get a carriage."
Endo proposed quickly, Alaric only nodded in agreement. The duo left, while he leaned back on the wall, calming himself.
"So that was a dream huh?" He mumbled, still unable to accept that it was just a mere dream. "That felt so real... " Slightly dazed, Alaric muttered as he looked at the place where the two run off.
Minutes later, a carriage, pulled by an Earth Rhinoceros. "Come inside." The door opened, revealing a spacious cabin and two people inside, Endo and Alliah.
"Tell me about the monsters that resides on the forest. " As soon as he entered, Alaric inquired the enemies. Information was crucial, especially when venturing to an unknown place.
— 30 Minutes Later —
Their carriage stopped right in front of a tall, metal gate attached to a tall, thick wall of stone. They are at StoneWill Village, a village comparably smaller than Beria Village.
StoneWill Village is located at the foot of a tall mountains. There were several mountains at this place, containing monsters and beasts.
"I'll get to work then." Alaric, without a doubt was impatient. Endo and Alliah thought that he wanted to help them out of goodwill, and was really grateful. In truth, Alaric wanted to vent out the anger inside him.
And, this was the best place to do so. Monster levels ranging from 20-30, unless ambushed, Alaric was confident in his fighting. Even if that was a dream, Alaric still had a chance to improve his sword mastery and hand to hand combat.
Endo and Alliah had entered StoneWill Village while, was now at tha back of it, ready to climb the mountain.
Several minutes passed, and not a sign of an enemy. Alaric was still climbing, following a clear path of land.
*Rustle* *Rustle*
He heard slow rustling sounds far to his left. Taking out his Iron Sword, he entered a stance, ready to take on the enemy.
*Swoosh* *Swoosh*
What jumped from behind the trees were several, green wolves. They, at the sight of Alaric was drooling.
Two wolf jumped at him, while the remaining three went to encircle him. Sidestepping towards the left, he avoided the incoming claws. Using this moment that the wolves are still in air, Alaric used Triple Slash, killing one of the wolves in an instant.
Then, he attacked the nearest wolf encircling him using Precise Strike, beheading it. This all happened too fast for the wolves to react!
As soon as they knew it, two of their kinds has been slained! This sent made then furious, all they want now was to tear that human apart.
As the remaining three wolf jumped at him, Alaric ducked to the ground, rolling away from his current position. Just when he was about to stand up, a wolf has already reached it.
Clicking his tongue, he used Arch Slash, cutting the beast in half. 'That was close!' Alaric didn't have time mull over the previous encounter when he jumped away, avoiding a vicious wolf. Precise Strike was used again, his sword leaving a long cut on the wolf neck. While it didn't died instantly, it was already weakened from too much blood loss.
The remaining wolf had ran away after seeing all of it's kin dies.
He opened the system interface, reading the notifications he dismissed while in battle.
[+150 EXP] [x4]
[You leveled up!]
[Received 10 AP]
He was now level 31. Quickly piling up the wolf corpse, he took out the 55 corpse from his Inventory.
"Sacrifice!"
Several corpse turned into red, glowing particles that orbits slowly around him.
? "What is your wish? "?
An old, ancient voice sounded in his ears.
"I want AP"
? "All corpse, at Tier 0, each equivalent to 10 AP. Wish granted."?
The ancient voice said before disappearing like it never existed. The red particles, all surged towards his body, filling him with warm energy.
[Received 590 AP]
Seeing so many AP, Alaric rejoiced. After distributing his AP, his status now look like this.
[Status Screen]
(Status)
Name: Alaric | Tier1 | Level31 - 115/500 Exp
Class: Sword Master
HP: 1500
MP: 1500
SP: 1500
AP:115
(Stats)
Strength:150| Agility:150| Dexterity:150|Vitality:150|Mana:150| Magic:150| Endurance:150| Intelligence: 150|
(Titles)
(Earth's Player) (Otherworlder)
(Skills)
Basic Language Comprehension|Sacrifice|Minor Health Regeneration|Advance Sword Mastery|Arch Slash|Triple Slash|Precise Strike
(Inventory)
(Iron Shield) (Iron Spear) (Bow) (Wooden Staff) (Leather Armor Full Set) (Mage Robe)
[Close status screen?]