True to utz''smand the specters flew closer to utz
But utz had never let his guard down. He had never trusted his instinct blindly.
So what if there was a chance that he could tame the specters? He would believed in his logical reasoning rather than acting on instincts. He was ready to pull out his sword any moment in case his assumptions were proved wrong.
He was surrounded by them.
But, he touched one of them and then tried to pull it into his inventory.
[User has tamed Specter spirit]
Inventory:
No-name Spirit x 13
Specter x1
"Oh, so it can also work this way"
utz [Spirit Charm] Skill was working on these Specters and utz could tame them as well. utz didn''t wait as he pulled in all the Specters in his inventory. He ran around the ind capturing all the specters that he possibly could.
Every fortune brings its own share of good and bad. For utz too such was the case. Capturing the Specter''s did add them to his ranks. But utz loses out on the stat points he would have obtained if he would have killed them instead.
But utz didn''t seem to mind that. At this moment he was like a child who had found a new toy. There was a smile blooming on his face.
[Congrattions]
[You have survived the third wave]
Inventory:
No-Name Spirit x 13
Specter x 99
[ss Questpleted!]
Quest: Capture 100 spirits
Advancement: The spirit extraction strength requirement has been increased from 20% -> 25%. Users can now extract the spirit of beings which are at 25% of the user''s strength.
[New ss Quest unlocked]
A series of messages came up on utz''s screen but the sweetest was probably thest one.
[Congrattions!]
[You are the Last Survivor]
[Title obtained: Thest survivor]
[Satan loves your tenacity]
[Prize: Amethyst Stone]
[The Bonus stage hade to an end]
[Please proceed through the escape portal at the center of the ind]
"Amethyst Stone huh? Never heard of it," utz shrugged.
utz knew what the prize for the greatest number of kills was, but it was a rather sacrificial move [Crimson Lust]. utz cannot afford to sacrifice himself. If he dies everything would be over.
Even in the past, many had obtained the [Crimson Lust] skill. Since getting most kills was the only criteria so one could obtain it without even clearing the waves. Your chances of obtaining it was somewhat dependent on the year you were summoned. You could get the skill even with a single kill provided that no other participant died on the bonus stage.
''Clearing the waves was close to impossible for a newbie.''
But none in the past had cleared the waves. For starters each manticore was stronger than the average newbie, not to mention that specters werepletely invulnerable to a newbie''s attacks!
With no known Last Survivor before, utz had no idea what this [Amethyst Stone] was.
He took it out of his inventory. It was arge stone about the size of utz''s palm and had a ruby red colour to it.
But even before urtz could check its details a small red me danced around his body. And then and there he figured out what the stone was for.
utz could feel his body healing!
It seemed like a passive healing. In Hell, there were times where the mage of the party would cast healing buffs on their tank. utz had never participated in a party thanks to his ninja role but he had the feeling that it was somewhat simr to those.
utz checked the details.
Name: Amethyst Stone
Rank: SS
Effects: Soul Bounded to User utz.
As long as it is in contact with the user''s skin it grants the Regeneration buff to the user.
"SS… rank…,"his jaws hung low. His eyes popped out wide.
utz was out of words to express himself. What the hell was this? utz didn''t even know that an SS rank item existed! All he knew was of S ranks and even that he had only heard rumours!
After all what was an SS rank? It''s value could be deduced that utz Tossias'' Demonic Spirit alone a B rank and it could grant + 3 to all of utz''s stat points! Not to mention its shape shifting ability.
utz racked his brain to find anything remotely simr to this item. He picked out a silver marble from out of his inventory and checked its details.
Name: Golem''s core
Rank: C
Effects: Soul bounded to User utz.
Used to brew life into a golem.
Both the items had simr words ''Soul Bounded to User utz''. Doesn''t that mean that the Amethyst Stone could only be used by utz alone?
utz nodded.
"That seems to be the case"
In the end, the bonus stage was meant to aid what a winner was already a good add. That is why it was called a ''bonus stage''. While the Man Hunter gets [Crimson Lust] that aids him to kill more, the Last Survivor gets the [Amethyst Stone] which leads him to be much more tenacious.
"I always thought that the bonus stage had a really high difficulty curve evenpared to those trials in Hell. ''Impossible'' won''t be the wrong word for it. So all of that was for this?" utz whispered as he stared at the [Amethyst stone] in awe.
''It was an SS rank but wasn''t its ability a bit shabby for a rank so high?''
For utz it was a double-edged sword. It could help him in a lot of ways but if those old bastards were to know its existence, they would make utz''s life a living Hell.
*Crack* *Crack*
The ground shook which caused utz eyes to shoot wide.
"I think I know what that shaking is for"
utz experienced this before back at the [Ind of Teerh]. Indeed the [Central Ind] was copsing and was being chipped away from its sides. There wasn''t much time left.
utz made a run towards the green portal in the middle. It was easy to locate it no matter which part of the ind you are in thanks to its never-ending height.
The portal looked small for afar. But as utz ran closer and closer it testified to howrge it was.
*Swish*
utz disappeared into the green light teleporting himself out of the ind.
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[End of Volume 1]
Phew! First Volume is over. How about gifting the story on this asion? ;)
Just kidding. I am indebted enough for your support with power stones. You can gift the story whenever you feel like it. :)