Chapter 181: Arcane Art
"Mmh."
A whimper suddenly came from behind the pair and Jason turned to see Riyala looking away with a sick look on her face. She was slightly blue and she looked like she was about to puke from the amount of blood staining the floor. Even though Riyala was used to violence, Jason had to remember that she was a princess, so she was not used to seeing such gruesome sights.
Jason sighed as he threw Alpha back to the ground and gave Fenrir an order! The wolf growled as it approached Alpha and Alpha quickly spoke up!
"Wait! I can offer something for my life. The people who hired me—you won’t be able to find out who they are if you kill me."
Jason glanced back at Alpha’s desperate face. Alpha must’ve thought that killing her would also make her memories vanish, and she was trying to use those memories as a bargaining chip to spare her life, but she couldn’t have been more wrong. Jason turned away in disinterest, and Alpha cried out again as Fenrir pounced on her!
ROARRR!
Riyala was staring at the gory scene like she was incapable of moving, and Jason moved to stand in front of Riyala and blocked her view. Alpha’s screams filled the tent from the intense pain, and Riyala tried her best not to put her hand up to block her ears. She looked up at Jason and saw that Jason’s face was literally set in stone! Jason stared into empty space like there wasn’t a literal woman being torn to shreds in front of him, and he stayed that way and watched stoically until the moment she died.
The sound of multiple notifications appearing simultaneously echoed through Jason’s system.
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The user has killed [15] C-Rank Phantoms
+450 Kill Points
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The user has killed [25] B-Rank Phantoms
+3750 Kill Points
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The user has killed [5] A-Rank Phantoms
+1500 Kill Points
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Mission Complete
The user has successfully completed the mission [Eradicate the Phantoms] by killing all members of the assassination group.
+10,000 Free Kill Points
Introduction to The Arcane Arts
The user has gained the title [Avenger]
The user has gained possession of all the treasures gathered by the Phantoms.
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Arcane Arts are a special brand of Magic that can only be gained by the combination of various Magic Attributes. Attributes can be seen as unique Magic Skills that do not require any mana in order to be activated or used. It is believed that Arcane Arts were created by the Divine Celestials more than a millennium ago, but their true origin is unknown.
Various Magic Attributes make up a single Arcane Art, and these Attributes are passed down to whichever Magic Wielder is capable of taking the life of a previous Attribute holder. The skill [Wandering Shadows] was created to mimic the true Attribute [Shadow Walker] that is currently held by the leader of the Phantoms, Alpha. Resurrecting the rest of the Phantoms will give the user the full power of the Attribute.
In order to gain the full power of an Arcane Art, the user must obtain all the various Magic Attributes that make up that Art.
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[Avenger: A title given to those who choose to pay back evil with blood. It marks the user as a vindictive creature who will not hesitate to strike back at those who hurt anyone he loves.]
Effects:
The user will gain a 50% boost to all stats when carrying out a counterattack against a known enemy.
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Jason’s eyes narrowed curiously when he saw the messages sent by the system. The message about his new title caught Jason’s attention first, and Jason read through the benefits quickly before dismissing it and focusing on the message about Arcane Arts and Attributes. What the hell? Jason read through the descriptions for both of those terms and he was surprised by what he saw there. So the Attributes were basically skills that didn’t take any mana to be activated? And when you gain all the attributes that make up a particular Arcane Art, then you’ll have the full power of that art. That was freaking awesome. There were skills out there that took very little mana, but they still took mana from you and made you divide your attention to make sure that you didn’t run out of mana. But Attributes were just free to use.
It would be very useful if you were facing off against someone who was far stronger than you or even on the same level. Having a skill that never drained your mana was a cheat code to ensure you could always keep fighting. Jason finally closed down the notifications from the system before he glanced at Alpha’s dead body. He ran a hand through his hair as he told Fenrir to get the body out of his sight. He would resurrect it later.
"Take the magic crystals from all the dead bodies and gather anything valuable around."
Jason gave orders to all the Legion members outside the tent, and they began following Jason’s orders and gathered all the weapons and magic crystals from the dead bodies. There were a lot of bags of gold in the leader’s tent, and Jason watched as Raya brought one of the bags over and placed it at his feet. When Jason looked inside, he saw that it was filled to the brim with gold coins and he hummed curiously while trying to guess how many pieces were inside.
The bag wasn’t too large, so Jason guessed that there were about two hundred gold coins in one bag, and since there were close to a hundred bags in the tent, that meant he would be getting just over twenty thousand gold coins.
"I wonder how much these will go for back on Earth."
Jason shook his head as he told his Legion to gather all the gold and artifacts as well. Jason was certain that the Phantoms had stolen the gold from the worlds they visited, so he didn’t feel anything about taking it for himself. Jason went to take a seat at a chair at the side and he leaned back tiredly while closing his eyes. His senses immediately traveled into the Alternate Dimension and settled on Gina’s prone body. Gina was lying on a grassy field with a few subordinates sitting around her. Jason felt an intense emotion rising from his heart as he looked at her. It was something that he couldn’t even begin to explain, but just looking at her like this made him feel empty.
Jason remained that way for the next few minutes. He simply waited for his subordinates to tell him that they were done with his instructions, and once he got the message from Raya, he slowly leaned forward on his seat and opened his eyes. There were various bags of gold as well as artifacts and weapons sitting in front of him and Jason noticed Riyala looking at one of the artifacts in awe. Jason asked Riyala what she was looking at and Riyala bent and picked up a necklace that was in the pile while talking.
"This necklace... it’s from Radagan. Or at least, I think it is. It has the same carving that our weapons do, so it had to have been made by someone from our world. I don’t know what it does, but I think it’s a support item."
Jason hummed as he stretched his hand out for the necklace and Riyala calmly handed it over. Jason activated [Appraisal].
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Radagan Sundrop
Rank: S
Durability: 100%
Boosts: 100% Increase To Fire-Based Abilities.
Special Boost: 70% Decrease in Mana Consumption for Fire-Based Abilities [Available only to the Descendants of the Dragons from Radagan.]
Description: The Sundrop is a special artifact created by the Mountain Smiths of Radagan. It grants the user a massive boost in power output while it is equipped and it can only be used to boost the effectiveness of fire-based abilities. Due to its origin, the Sundrop will only reveal its true power when wielded by a descendant of the Dragons.
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"So it’s more useful in the hands of someone from Radagan."