Morpheus was my alter ego, the dark mage that I created on a whim back in the holy city. He was created so that I could use Dark Magic as freely as I wanted to while using my real identity safely.
No matter how many shits I pull while being Morpheus, there would be no problem with Adam.
At least that's what I thought until I saw that my act in Mirag city had bloomed beyond what I expected. Truly beyond to be honest.
Not only in the Aurelian Empire, but in all the empires, the name and face of 'Adam' has already spread. During my travels, I came across the knowledge that both the dark side and this side were searching for me at this point.
There were wanted posters and fliers at every corner of the world about me. A man who can use dual mana, both Light and Darkness, and has defeated a Demigod on his own. His power is supposed to be at the level of the High Saints or above.
Though other than his face and build, nobody knows anything about him.
'The news exaggerated a lot about me,' I sighed as I went to the rooftop opposite to the Shop and waited there for a few seconds while my mind drifted back to the same topic.
It wasn't just Adam, but the tale of a Dark Mage running around massacring other dark mages also was spreading like wildfire. Enough to attract a bunch of famous assassins trying to kill me now and then.
'Thankfully, I have kept 'Wesker' pretty much safe. A small-time businessman with a mysterious background,' I pretty much like the ring of it.
And it was all possible because of this skill
[Mana Redundancy(2/5)!]
[Effects: Allows the user to take back 20% of the Mana used!!]
And with the addition of this,
[Greater Ring of Illusions (Legendary)!]
[Description: This ring was forged by the Goddess of Light, Alepsia, for doing mischief with her siblings. She used to play with them all the time, one of the best items from her childhood. Even the Gods won't be able to see through the disguise. A curse has been placed upon it to limit its functions.
Effect: Allows the user to mask himself in any humanoid form.
Limitations: This ring will be bound to the user and cannot be exchanged.
Base Mana Cost: 70MP/minute!]
While I couldn't find items in the beginning to give in the [Chalice of Equilibrium!!], I later realised that [Cursed] items were pretty much less expensive to buy than usual. And somehow they were more available than other higher grade items as well.
Thus, I used a huge load of money that I 'earned' from the bandits at my adventures and bought a lot of cursed items and then fed it to the chalice.
The fact that the MP cost was reduced by 30 was actually quite an achievement for me. And combined with [Mana Redundancy] the final cost was 56 MP/minutes.
My mana regeneration increased with my [Wisdom] and [Intelligence] Stat as well, and now I regenerated about 55 MP per minute.
And that is how I ended up having enough mana to maintain any form as long as I wanted to.
Back to the main task, I looked at the area around the shop and there didn't seem to be anyone daring to approach them.
'Let's go take the quest officially,' I decided as I stood up and
[One Way Out!]
[Dexterity Boosted!]
Went down at the shop before planting a [Dark Lily] just in case and then moving towards the black market. Because I was at a high speed, I ended up reaching the Mercenaries' hut in an instant.
When I landed there, I stood in between a couple of people against the reception. While they were waiting for their turn, they were busy talking among themselves but because of the wind created by my sudden arrival, I got them turned around towards me.
I saw a bunch of them falling on their butts while the others simply cleared the way for me.
'I guess this too is something that I can't get used to,' I sighed on the inside before approaching Revius. His eyes seemed a bit surprised before he hurriedly took out a bunch of papers.
"5," he spoke as he passed me the paper and I nodded before turning around and leaving from there.
Morpheus, I created, was a basic person who didn't talk much and disappeared as fast as he appeared. Part of the reason is that nobody knows much about him.
The 5 papers I took were the quests that were given to me in the time that I was absent here these few days. I was a bit busy with the shop, creating arrays and going outside in the forest for herbs, etc..
Returning immediately, I reached the rooftop again. My eyes checked for any sorts of problems around, but thankfully there were none.
After that, I took the [Dark Lily] and threw it far away from here in the forest. It was more of a ticking bomb if I happened to leave it here and forgot about it. Better get rid of it while I can.
And once these small things were cleared up, I then began looking through the quests that I received this time.
[Quest Grade A]
[Kill the Bandits in the East of the forest. They are killing and abusing women and children!! I beg of you! I will pay you all that I have! Those bastards took my wife and children!! I barely survived!!
Location: East of Nahida Forest!!
Reward: 50 Gold
Assassin Name: Morpheus
Special Request: Bring the Head of the Leader!]
[Quest Grade B]
[Kill the Elves that have occupied the west of the forest. Or at least send them away from my farm!!
Location: Third Cross of the Nahida Forest!
Reward: 20 Gold!
Assassin Name: Morpheus
Special Request: Capture and Enslave the Female elves!]
[Quest Grade C!]
[Investigate the newly formed dome area within the centre of the forest!!
Reward: Depends upon what you find!! (Minimum 10 Gold)
Assassin name: Morpheus]
[Quest Grade C!]
[Protect the Dark Mages of the Night of the 7th Moon. Protection time: 8 Hours!
Location: Meet us at the west gate of Border Town on the same date.
Reward: 1 Gold for every life saved at the end!
Assassins Name: Morpheus]
[Quest Grade D!]
[Protect the two witch girls at the Array Shop. Time: 2 Months.
Location: Everyday Use Array Shop!
Reward: 175 Gold Coins!
Assassin's Name: Morpheus]