by Cobyboy
Feihren had tested the newly "upgraded" Demonic Carbine. The already powerful shot of the weapon seemingly grew even more powerful! The downside was the excessive consumption of life force a.k.a. general exp. One shot was equivalent to 500 general exp! It was too much for him to spend for the time being. Even though it is really powerful, Feihren had already decided that this isn't the casual weapon to pull out when they meet trouble. He was definitely going to save this as one of his 'trump cards' as the Ancient Demon Lord had mentioned before.
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"My king, the troops we sent to look for the descendant of the Titans have returned!" Magi Zeph, who received the news from the gates, hurriedly reported to the king.
"Did they bring the descendant of Titans with them? If so, tell the others to prepare. We will receive this man with our greatest hospitality!"
A proud and happy looking King Samson replied as he proceeded to command the maids to prepare everything and the chefs to cook and serve only the best of the best. The elders and other officials gathered upon the news of the arrival of the rumored Titan. It caused a huge commotion back then when the news was finally confirmed by the arrival of Matthew and Claire from their scouting mission. A huge force was deployed specifically to "deal" with the matter of seeking this person out.
As for why they were seeking for him, it was as clear as the waters of the Jujelei River. They wanted a decisive win against the Wolfenstein kingdom. The united kingdoms of the Shodan Continent have already sent their most formidable soldiers and thus increased the chances of them winning. It was basically an entire continent versus a single kingdom!
But the Wolfenstein continent wouldn't be that easy to deal with. It was collectively believed that as a border kingdom of the Blaz continent, they would have to have strong military forces and some kind of trump card. Otherwise they wouldn't have survived for so long without the other continents contending against them for the natural resources that surround them.
Their second reason is that if the battle becomes dragged out, as wars often are, it would definitely cripple the resources of the Ranustin Kingdom. Heck, it would even greatly affect the rest of the continent if they were forced to send out all of their forces. Even if they were to succeeded with the plan and conquer Wolfenstein, they would certainly lag out in occupying it because of the lack of resources and manpower caused by a drawn out war. This would lead to them losing in the long run, and possibly being rebutted by other kingdoms or continents that could swarm the area while they were weak. So they needed to finish the war as quickly and as one-sidedly as possible.
With this in mind, a banquet for Feihren was prepared as quickly as possible.
...
Feihren, on the other hand, had no idea that there was a feast that was waiting for him. All he wanted to do in this place was to find where the Ancient Demon Lord's fragment was hiding at. But according to him, the fragment's approximate location should be in the King's castle itself. So without hesitation, Feihren accepted the invitation to the banquet.
It was early evening when Feihren had arrived, but to his surprise, there were already a lot of people in the hall where the banquet was to be held! Many heads turned at the arrival of the stranger with a unique style of suit.
At this time, Feihren arrived at this banquet wearing a set of his classic event gear that contains no special effects, the [Memories of Bond 007] bow and tie. It was indeed a classic look, but it seems that it was a pretty bad choice for this kind of place.
Feihren had forgotten that this place was set at medieval times! Suits like this don't exist here! Feihren sighed helplessly as he walked past the inspecting eyes of the people. Not long after, the King had arrived and the banquet proceeded with the introduction of a very distinguished guest, Mr. Gama Feihren. As for the people here, most of them already knew who he was. He was someone peculiar, yet rumored to be strong. He was supposedly as strong as a single army or a kingdom in itself!
The general and the king were still not particularly convinced with this as 'seeing is believing' was one of their mottos in life. The elders within the council were pretty much fanatics for them to believe such stories of Titans and whatnot immediately without proof. As for who truly believes or not, nobody cared. The purpose of this banquet was exactly that, to find out the truth!
An elongated table was placed in the middle of the hall as the important people started gathering. This was akin to some kind of informal meeting between visiting dignitaries. As such, Feihren was seated on the side opposite the King. Beside the king was none other than Queen Angelique. Beside her were the highest ranking officials followed by the elders. The high ranking military officials were sitting at the sides closest to Feihren.
"We want to seek your aid in our conquest of the Wolfenstein Kingdom, Sir Feihren."
The King went straight to the point right at the beginning of the meeting! This was way too concise, and fast! Even the other people here were caught off guard. They were expecting that he would still try to get on the good side of this man before talking about things such as conquering a kingdom.
"What is in it for me?"
For Feihren to do something troublesome like helping invade and conquer a kingdom, one must offer great compensation for such a deed. Even though he was already planning to go and search for the [Demonic Essence] in that area, conquering the entire kingdom was another thing.
'The necklace on that queen! It has my other fragment!'
A sudden voice jolted within the consciousness of Feihren, it was from the Ancient Demon Lord. As for how they can telepathically communicate now, even Feihren did not know. They had both guessed that it could be the second fragment of his consciousness that made this possible, but this is definitely good news either way.
"Hmm" Feihren unconsciously stared at the chest area of the queen as he inspected the [Demonic Emerald Necklace].
The people around them were shocked as they began to notice where Feihren's eyes had rested! Is he daring to inspect the Queen? In front of the king himself! This man!
Feihren then immediately spoke, "Hmm, I agree on helping you attack Wolfenstein kingdom, but I still need some compensation." Pointing at the necklace that was resting in the center of the queen's voluptuous chest, he said "I'd want to have that."
Shocking! Everyone was stunned as Feihren, who believed that he was pointing at the necklace, seemed to be pointing at the King's wife! He was pointing at the queen! And he was asking for "that"?! What is going on?
"You… want my wife?!" The king was still calm-looking, but seething rage was evident in his eyes as he was trying to hold back.
"Your wife? Huh…? Ohhh." Feihren suddenly realized
'Sh*t this is such a bad misunderstanding…'
Chapter 23: PVP Class
"Eh? No! I want the necklace your wife is wearing, not your wife."
"What? Her necklace? But… why?"
Feihren hurriedly cleaned up the horrible misunderstanding immediately as the gazes of the people all went to the shining green necklace dangling on the queen's neck.
The king had calmed down, and was also wondering why anyone would want a seemingly ordinary necklace that a queen possesses. Sure it could be worth a lot considering it is from royalty, but it shouldn't be worth that much right? To the point that one would be willing to participate in an all-out war just for a piece of jewelry?
Feihren feigned ignorance as he said. "I find it quite nice. It would be a lovely gift for my special someone in the future. Besides, I am only asking this much for my participation. Is even this too much for you?"
"No, it's not like that, it's just…" King Samson glanced at Queen Angelique as he proceeded, "Give us time to talk about this for now. We will give you our answer tomorrow."
"Okay then, I'll hope we can solidify our agreement tomorrow." Feihren calmly replied.
The necklace that the queen was wearing at that moment was said to be a treasure passed down from generation to generation in her family.
As such, it was an heirloom that holds a lot of meaning to the queen. Even the king had a hard time making this decision for her. He wanted her consent regarding this matter.
...
The next day, Feihren was called out to the throne hall as to receive the king's reply regarding the reward which he requested. Feihren stayed within a room in the castle during the night, so he arrived at the throne hall without much of a dely.
The hall was very quiet when Feihren arrived. Aside from three elders and two generals, there were not many people in here compared to how many there were in the meeting last night.
The king stood forth as he announced his decision.
"We have agreed on the terms sir Feihren had established. We will give the necklace along with all the benefits we would give to our benefactors during a war, but on one condition."
"Condition?" Feihren curiously asked, since when did people asking for favors so flagrantly set some stupid conditions? Is this common in Nuwiell? Or is it because they are royalty? Even though Feihren thought that this was a bit unreasonable for someone who was asking favors, he was somewhat curious as to what the condition was.
"Yes, you wouldn't even have to wait for the war to begin. We will gladly give you the necklace, but only if you can prove your strength to be worthy of being our allies."
'This just took a 360-degree turn huh? Since when did I to be their ally? Ahh, even in here, the pride of royalty and nobles is still evident. Luckily it's not as bad as those in Wolfenstein. Being prideful is one thing, being arrogant is another'.
"Fine by me, but who's gonna be my opponent?"
Feihren then let his eyes drift about to see if any of these generals or elders would be the ones fighting against him, checking if any of them were formidable.
"You needn't look any further. It will be me who's gonna fight." King Samson proudly replied in an overbearing tone.
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"Samson Brent the First" (3-star Expert-class)
"Title: The Great King of Ranustin"
"Class: Barbarian King"
"Base HP: 1,700"
"Base Damage: 200"
"Equipment: [Barbaric Lions Hide] (Epic)"
"Equipment: [Great Axe of the Barbarian King] (Rare)"
"Special Skill: [Boost from the Ancestors], Temporarily increases weapon tier by 2 stages (Only applicable to Epic-grade items and below)"
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'A barbarian type class with more than a thousand HP, hmm not bad. His damage and his equipment are pretty decent, and that special skill could be useful in some ways I think'.
Feihren became nostalgic at how this situation feels… this felt like the times when someone would challenge you to a PVP battle back in Gaia's Paradox, wherein you would assess your opponent's strength. Only this time, Feihren had full transparency on what his enemy was capable of, so it was really no sweat for him to prepare in advance against him. Besides, this king was definitely outclassed in so many ways no matter who was watching this happen.
This gave Feihren an idea. Since the time he transmigrated to this world, he had never changed his [Supreme General] class. He had only ever equipped his sub class to create the Demonic Carbine. Without thinking about it too heavily, Feihren hurried as he opened his inventory through his consciousness. He had a specific class in mind. It was his best PVP class! With him having a win rate of 98% on this class back on Gaia's Paradox, this was certainly gonna be his choice no matter what.
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"Class": [Spec. Ops.]
"Sudden Flash: Instantly teleport to a certain location within a 10-meter radius. After teleporting, the user will be mini-stunned for 0.3 seconds. (Cooldown: 4 seconds)"
"One with Shadows: Allows the user to phase through objects (does not include [Solid Ground]) for 1.5 seconds. The user will be mini-stunned for 0.2 seconds (Cooldown: 4 seconds),"
"Nevermiss: After a charge time of 1 second, the user can deliver an amplified strike (250% damage) to the opponent. For the duration of 1 second, the user will be in a [Channeling] state, disallowing movement. Any movement will cause the skill to be canceled and set on cooldown. (Cooldown: 5 seconds)
"Break: Can target one weapon within a 10-meter radius to be totally nullified and destroyed (permanent) Only applicable to items at or below Epic-grade rarity (1 use per/ 24 hrs.) (Does not stack)"
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It is a rarely used class, even rarer in PVP battles! During the early days of Gaia's Paradox, and the first release of this class, many rookie players believed that this was "trash" with it having really bad side-effects to the skills. In general, the hard layering of its skills made the Spec Ops Class really unpopular. It was once meta'd to substitute temporarily for other sniper type classes because of [Nevermiss], but was soon replaced by higher damage amplifying classes and was once again forgotten.
Only Feihren and a few other expert-class people were capable of spamming wins through the use of this class. Feihren discovered that layering the skills was possible for this class. He would activate [Nevermiss] blatantly in front of the enemy which would then be followed by [Sudden Flash] and [One with the Shadows] that would cause the enemy to miss his initial attack. Consequently, the "movement" caused by the sudden flash does not affect the Nevermiss at all, because teleportation does not count as manual movement in the game's code. Feihren had abused this technique and the class rejoined the meta for a while.
Many new players attempted this kind of playstyle, but ultimately failed, ending up mini-stunning themselves while charging [Nevermiss]. Only expert players were able to mimic what Feihren was doing back then. The gap of 0.5 seconds where you were charging an attack and using the two different skills, without a single millisecond missing, was a feat only people with high-level reactions could achieve!
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'Equip'>>>'Class'>>>'Spec. Ops'.
"Ready when you are then?"
Both the King and Feihren had arrived in a gladiator-like arena, where the few generals and elders, along with the queen, were spectating high above the audience's platforms.
A strong aura emerged from King Samson as he powerfully roared. His buff body was evident even under his barbaric armor. Wielding the gigantic ax he charged forward without hesitation.
In all honesty, Feihren wasn't looking forward to this kind of fight. Proving his worth on the battlefield had always made Feihren happy back when he was a general, but having a strength contest just for show was just too childish for him.
With a single hand, he grabbed the blade of the great ax as he flung it to the side, bringing King Samson along with it! The damage dealt to Feihren was minimal. It was so small that it was regenerated after a few seconds. The cut that appeared on his hands was healed almost instantaneously. But as for the king…
"Base HP: 1,700 (-200)"
A single throw and it caused that much damage?
"Not bad!"
The king stood up, still having a proud grin on his face. Feihren did not bother with this as he was eager to end this as fast as possible.
'Activate: Nevermiss'
Without wielding any weapon, Feihren slowly crouched as his fist was pulled back like he was charging a strong punch. King Samson did not mind this as he once again charged forth. Activating his skill, his ax glowed with a golden brilliance as it was aiming down at the unmoving Feihren,
'Sudden Flash'
*Boom!
A loud explosion sounded out from the arena as dust flew all over the place. But when the dust cleared around the axe's strike, Feihren wasn't there! He was at the corner of the arena, still in his crouching position. King Samson was slightly baffled by how Feihren suddenly evaded his axe, but he once again charged forth, swinging his axe sideways this time as to avoid flinging dust that would also affect his sight. The axe seemingly landed on Feihren's body as all of a sudden.
'One with Shadows'
*Whif!
A loud miss? The ax flew right past his body?
Within the next instant, a bright lig
ht suddenly appeared on Feihren's fist!
"It's over" Feihren casually said, as his fist streaked forth towards King Samson. It held a peculiar aura that made it feel… Unavoidable!
*Boom!
"Base HP: 1,500 (-1,250)"
With the sudden collapse of the king the battle was concluded immediately, as people rushed forth to the king for medical assistance. But all of a sudden…
A bizarre figure covered in metallic green and silver armor appeared in the arena as it stared at Feihren with great killing intent. But to everyone's surprise, it turned towards where the king was lying unconscious as it suddenly rushed forth, attempting to attack the king!
