《Dark Storm》Chapter 4: Sudden Strike
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Dark Storm in System World
Clint: These things are cool!
Rarity: Rare Weight: Low
Durability: 8 / 20
Equipped: +5 Armor +2% Curse Resistance
Effect: None
Rarity: Rare Weight: Medium
Durability: 14 / 35
Equipped: +11 Armor +4% Curse Resistance
Effect: Apply curse resistance to your defense.
Rarity: Rare Weight: Low
Durability: 18 / 20
Equipped: +3 Armor +5% Attack Speed
Effect: None
Rarity: Rare Weight: Low
Durability: 18 / 20
Equipped: +3 Armor +25 Movement Speed
Effect: Can able to walk on ground with curse magic.
I didn’t check my status until now. Let's see if I get stronger.
Status
Name: Client21 Level: 3 Experience: 20%
Class: None Job: Assassin
Title: [First Level Multi-Kill]
Survival – 175
Strength – 215 (+24 Damage)
Intelligence – 160
Agility – 364 (+25 Movement Speed)
Dexterity – 393.3 (+5% Attack Speed)
Defense – 175 (+22 Armor)
Stamina – 194
Luck – 324.72
Stats Points – 3
Coins: 9000 gold, 100 silver and 405 cooper
Money: $1000
15% curse magic
6% curse resistance
[Appraisal] Level 4
[Assassin of the Wind] Level 15
[Sudden Strike] Level 17
[Light Dash] Max Level 20 =>
I'm strong now. My stats now are higher than Aishley's stats. When I go out of this continent, I can be known as one of the most powerful players in the world. But I have a huge problem. Luke told me that many players and guilds would look after me if I had already completed world achievement. They would prevent me from getting achievement and they pull me down because of the money. Since this game is the medium of the economy so far, they will not allow them to surpass by other guilds especially if they are just one player. There’s a possibility that rank S or above players will hunt me. I’ll be careful for now.
Anyway, I got leveled up again. As always, I’ll add 1 stats point to my agility, dexterity and luck. I noticed that the money I had received in my previous fight was 1 silver coin rather than that cooper. It looks like as if the monsters that I killed have grown some power, the system will give me a gold.
Hmm? The level of my light dash is at maximum. I need to upgrade this skill. Upgrade light dash.
(Screen Notification)
Because of your high agility and you learned the Searing Dance technique in the book of "The Dancing Martial Arts" written by Frey Basco, the system added some additional skill from your skill change upgrade.
(Screen Notification)
Skill Change Upgrade
Select 1 skill
* [Shinning Dash] Active
Level 1 – Dash quickly at average distance. Gain additional 53% critical chance in single attack after activating this skill. You can pass through enemies and blind them in 3 seconds.
Mana Cost: 8 Cooldown: 25 seconds
* [Swift Slash] Active
Level 1 – Dash quickly at low distance. Gain additional 53% critical chance in single attack after activating this skill. You can pass through enemies and slice them thrice. Deals 30% physical damage per slice.
Mana Cost: 25 Cooldown: 2 seconds
* [Ice Walk] Active
Level 1 – Make yourself invisible for 12 seconds. Gain additional 53% critical chance in single attack after activating this skill. Invisibility: Nearby enemies will reduce their movement speed by 2%. The effect will gone if you attack.
Mana Cost: 75 Cooldown: 2 minutes
* [Searing Dance Formation] Active (Additional)
Level 1 – While doing a searing dance technique, your speed and concentration increase. While dancing, create a large radius of transparent red circle in 60 seconds and increase your critical chance by 53%. You can dash everywhere within the circle but it cost 8 energy.
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Mana Cost: 100 Cooldown: 0 seconds
Wow! The last skill was too OP. It consume large mana and energy though, but all of my attacks are always hit critical (Current critical chance: 48.8% + 53% critical chance from skills) and I can dash without a cooldown. My decision is now clear. I’ll choose searing dance formation.
(Screen Notification)
Upgrade complete
[Light Dash] => [Searing Dance Formation] Level 1.
Oh! I remembered something. I haven't seen a new title the system gave me. Let’s see.
[The Wrath of the Twin Black Dragon] – Increase you strength and stamina by 20%. High blow deals 200% damage instead of 125%.
Even my favorite technique was recognized by the system. Everything you have worked with and learned at reality are still in the game. Now, who might be my next enemies?
An undead knight that ride on the undead horse appeared. The Knight and horse have the magnificent armor and he saw the powerful aura that surround the monster. The whole body of the undead is covered by the whole armor but sees its two red eyes lighting in anger.
I expected that there would six monsters appear but why just one? And what is it that I feel? I feel his powerful strength from the dark aura he emit. The pressure is too strong. This might be a boss. Appraisal.
Darkulan – The General
Level: 112 Type: Undead
Health: 265,000 Mana: 15,000 Damage: 1575 Magic: 1320
What the heck!? Is that a boss? No, that’s not a boss! A normal monster? Luke said, you'll know the boss if there's a "BOSS" written on top of the boss's head. But I don't see anything written on his head. I must first log-out to get help from Luke. I would also ask him how to fix my sword. It will break soon.
Durability: 2 / 25
Log-out
‘Clint house’
Clint rested a little bit even though he wasn't tired. Then he you exercise his body and took a shower. As he left to go to his friend, his phone rang.
“Ayie yah yah I’m your little butterfly...”
* Click
Clint: Hello bro!
Luke: Yow! Congrats! You completed some impossible shit again!
Clint: Yeah I know! I have a problem with the game bro, so I want to come to you.
Luke: That's okay bro! Just go here to the Partel Company.
Clint: Eh? Why to Partel Company?
Luke: Ask that later. You must come here first. I have a companion here and I will introduce him to you.
Clint: Got it! Chosen Guild Master!
Luke: Hehehe, you need to soften your voice. My cellphone was set to loud speaker mode.
Clint: That’s your problem, just freaking remove the loud speaker mode.
Luke: Nah hahaha, I’ll hang up the phone now.
Clint: G! See you later.
‘Partel Company’
Just in front of the door, Clint was immediately amazed at the size of the building. As he entered, he saw fragile and expensive flower vases, well painting in frames and very soft-looking sofas. The mirrors glow with cleanliness and the chandeliers on the ceiling give life to the entire lobby. As he walked, he saw Luke was clearly sitting on the sofa and he had companions.
Luke: Bro! Here!
Clint: Yow!
When Clint sat down, Luke immediately introduced his companions.
Luke: These people with me bro are the members of our guild. I will first introduce you to Hans. He is the vice-captain of our guild.
Hans: Brother Clint! You're great, you're a legend.
Luke: His name is Tony, he is the secretary of our guild. And his father is the owner of this company.
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Clint: Wow! You’re a rich kid.
Tony: I'm glad to see you, Clint.
Luke: This is Ronron, Danny, Mina, Claire and Sonny. They are members of our guild.
Ronron: Ah! You damn Luke! Why did you introduce us at once!?
Luke: To speed up the conversation, I want to get into the machine, hahaha.
Ronron: Grrr!
Luke: Just ignore that silly boy, bro.
Clint: Hehehe...Hmm?
He looked at Mina for a long time because he was confused.
Mina: Ah...eh...Is there a problem with my face?
Clint: Ah? Why?
Mina: You’re looking at me in a minute now.
Clint: Ah...Because in the shape of your face, your face looks familiar.
Luke: Wow you noticed her! Right now, Mina is the 25th rank player in the world.
Clint: Oh! You are LilStar. Almost all of my neighbors always talk about you when you last hit the World Boss last New Year.
Mina: Thank you! I’m flattered.
Luke: Anyway! Because all of us are here now. Let's go to the VR Room.
Tony: Let's go. The VR Room is ready for us.
When they entered the VR Room, they immediately saw many high-tech VR Machines and scientists and engineers who operate the machines.
This room is amazing!
An operator approached them and spoke to Tony.
Operator: Young Master, all the machines you will use are ready.
Tony: Guys let’s go and go to the machine.
The group entered the VR Machine. VR machines work automatically when they sit down. The machine itself inserted the helmet into them and its door closed automatically.
(Screen Notification)
Enter Automatically
(Screen Notification)
Connecting...
The whole area turned white like what happened when he first entered the game.
(Screen Notification)
You entered Chosen Guild White Room.
Clint looked around and saw nothing but white walls. Later, other members and Luke appeared as well.
Luke (Delux Rank B Level 76): Bro! What is your problem in the game?
Clint: Ah, this is what happened...
Clint told the whole group, one by one, what he did in the basement he went to. He also showed one by one the monsters he fought and the last monster that appeared before he left the game.
Luke: (Shocked) Bro! Is that possible!?
Hans (Hanz Rank B Level 65): Indeed! Brother Clint, are you a monster?
Ronron (Ron Rank C Level 60): Nothing is impossible for Clint especially if he studied swordsmanship. As you told us before, Luke.
Danny (Starlight Rank B Level 70): It turns out that the strength of a player is not really at the level, only in intellect and strategy.
Claire (Zero Rank B Level 90): The monsters you fought Brother Clint are scary. I can't kill them even if my level is this high.
Sonny (Ai Rank B Level 68): How did you say so? You killed a level 80 monster and I saw it. The level that Brother Clint has fought are very low compared to the ones you kill.
Mina (LilStar Rank A Level 110): A Level 30 monster with 3325 health and 130 damage and level 40 monster with 4210 health and 210 attack. That level 30 monster status is equals to a level 60 boss monster in Helta dungeon and the level 40 monster is equals to a level 75 boss monster in Mitas dungeon. Fighting them one vs. one is a 50:50 situation but fighting them one vs. seven or nine is very impossible.
Ronron: Wow! A boss from Rank C and Rank B dungeon.
Hans: That means, Brother Clint seems to be fighting seven or nine bosses at once?
Mina: Yes.
Tony (Partel Rank B Level 71): You are so amazing Brother Clint! Your help is huge when it comes to dungeon raids.
Hans: Our Guild Master is very lucky that Brother Luke has a strong and smart friend.
Clint (Clint21 Rank Unidentified Level 3): Hahaha you flattered me.
Luke: My friend is really strong. (Look at Clint) The problem is the current monster you told us about.
Mina: Level 112 monster with 265,000 health, 15,000 mana, 1575 damage and 1320 magic. That monster is 3 times stronger than the world boss last year. World boss monsters are super strong that can destroy a whole guild members in one spell.
Danny: Brother Clint, you seem to have a hard time fighting that boss.
Clint: Brother Danny you’re wrong.
Danny: Wow! So awesome! Does that mean it's easy for you to kill such a powerful monster?
Clint: No, not that. Do you still remember the level 1 player Blaster had previously reported?
Hans: Of course Brother, he was the first level 1 player to kill level 25 monster in the tutorial dungeon of Tower Continent.
Clint: Blaster said that when he killed that monster, he thought it was over. He thought that level 25 monster was the boss but another bunch of monsters came out that was even stronger than level 25 monster he killed inside the tutorial dungeon. You remember what he said right?
Mina: WHAT!? It could be...NO WAY!
Luke: What is that Mina? Why are you so surprised?
Clint: You're right Mina, just like that level 25 monster, the Darkulan - The General is the weakest monster in the tutorial dungeon I entered.
All: WHAT!!!
Everyone was shocked and could not believe what Clint said. Their skin turned white with horror.
Tony: Brother Clint! That monster is like a world boss so it is very impossible to slain.
Sonny: It would be a miracle if you killed it. The problem is, if you do kill Darkulan, there will be even more powerful monsters appear.
Claire: You said earlier that you kill 9 level 40 monsters. If you did kill Darkulan, it means...
Clint: That’s right Claire! 10 world boss-like monsters will appear.
Luke: NO WAY! Even if we are a whole group together, we cannot kill them.
Ronron: Indeed! 10 overpowered monsters are enough to destroy a 1 whole continent. If that monsters appear in other continent, a one month massacre will occur. All the NPCs from that continent will disappear in an instant.
Luke: A one sided battle ah.
Mina: I didn't know Clint what kind of dungeon you had been through. But I'm telling you that dungeon you have been in is equal to the Rank SS or Rank SSS dungeon. Or, even a World Rank.
Ronron: Rank SS? Rank SSS? World Rank? Holy Shit!
Clint: So I need your help again Luke. I can't leave the dungeon because there is a possibility that I will not be able to enter the basement once I leave. I need a lot of traps that will help me in the fight.
Luke: No problem bro, this traps are used for immobilizing your opponents. You can use these but I’ll not guarantee you that these will help a lot from your current situation.
(System Notification)
You received x1000 , x1000 , x1000 , x1000 and x1000 .
Source: Delux
Clint: This is great! Thank you so much bro.
Luke: No worries, now let’s go to our topic.
The group was serious and fun talking inside the white room. Their conversation lasted about an hour because of the dungeons and dimensions they had to finish.
Luke: And thanks to Clint and we got over 1000 guild points in just one day.
Clint: Why? Is it difficult to get guild points?
Mina: Hardly, what a guild usually gets within a dungeon or dimension is between 300 to 800 guild points. The dungeon and dimension do not end immediately in a day, some of which even last a week to a month.
Luke: Well-known guilds around the world complete one or two dungeons a day because of the numbers and strength of their players.
Clint: How many guild points do we have?
Luke: So far, we have 3439 guild points.
Clint: That’s a lot for a guild.
Luke: If you look at the ranking system, we will only look like the weakest guild in the world.
World Guild Points Ranking System
Justice Guild – 235,978 points Heaven Guild – 230,550 points Lion Guild – 215,453 points Crescent Moon Guild – 204,000 points Dragon Guild – 197,488 points Columbus Guild – 175,900 points Heart Guild – 155,700 points Noble guild – 130,100 points Imperial Guild – 120,445 points Angels Guild – 103,000 points
Clint: Yeah, you’re right. We really need to work on it. I will help you when I leave the continent. Or I will look for a way that maybe even on the continent I entered, there are many opportunities for the growth of our guild.
Hans: That’s my brother!
Luke: Hahaha nice nice!
After the conversation, Clint went home and said goodbye to his friends.
Log-out
Luke: Good luck to your fight, bro!
Clint: Yah, see yah!
‘Clint house’
When Clint came home, he immediately went into his VR machine to play.
(Screen Notification)
Do you want to enter? Yes / No
Clint: Yes
(Screen Notification)
Connecting...
Thanks to Luke’s x5 auto-repair ticket (rare) and my 5 items back to its maximum durability.
(Screen Notification)
You have been summoned to your previous location.
I have to prepare first before I attack the undead general.
After his preparation he took a deep breath, prepared his whole body under the strong pressure coming from Darkulan and he was already run forward and attack as fast as lightning.
“Flash!”
The horse stood up and quickly dropped its two hoofs to the floor. The pounding of the horse generated a strong thick and dark shockwave toward Clint.
“STAMP...BOOM!!!”
Clint danced her body using a searing dance technique to flip. He successfully escaped the shockwave and hit the horse with a powerful and high-speed cut.
“Triple slash...crit...crit...slash...crit”
At the speed of his attack and movement he hits the horse before it even reacts to itself.
“Flash...slash...crit...crit...double critical slash”
He used the sudden strike skill. His quick sword released a dark aura that gave rise to the fear of the horse.
"Sudden Strike"
"TING!"
But Clint was shocked that Darkulan blocked it and he waved his sword hard. Clint backed away from the force of the impact Darkulan gave him.
“Block! Whosssp!”
(Screen Notification)
Darkulan has passive skill [Ultimate Fighting Knowledge]. He can block any forms of physical skill and add it to his skills for a few minutes.
Damn, this monster, he can block and copy my skill. My sudden strike is useless against him.
Darkulan quickly was a rush to him but Clint blocked it. He swing his sword using his dark force and then pushed Clint away from him.
“Ting! Swing!”
Clint: ARGH! DAMMIT! WHAT!?
Clint was shocked when Darkulan was in front of him. His quick sword released red aura and going to thrust Clint’s heart.
Clint: That move! A sudden strike!
Clint's eye color turned into blue. He was quick responds in the Darkulan attack. He spin his body counter-clockwise and dodge the copied sudden strike. His sword was up in his body rotation and hit Darkulan with his powerful slash and pushed him away.
He was also quick as I was! But thanks to my counterattack with night eye technique.
I don’t have any choice but to use this. Searing dance formation.
The color of the aura changed in the vicinity of Clint. It's releasing hot smoke from his body. He jumped in, spin like a tornado and released a smoke and fire. After he spin around and touch his feet on the floor, he quickly rushed to Darkulan, dancing with techniques while running towards the enemy. At the speed of his feet, the ground that he stepped on is on fire.
“Triple dash...Quintuple Critical Slash!”
At Clint's super-speed motion, Darkulan didn't see him. All he could see was the very fast fire that was going to him. Then, five slices of burning fire appeared on his body when the fire pass through him.
“ARGHH!”
The dance formation will end until just one minute. When it's gone I can use it again because it doesn't have a cooldown. The problem is that it consume large amount of mana (100) and my mana recovery is too low (5.8 per second) so I will save the second one for the next wave and kill this bastard while my skill is still active.
“Dash...crit...dash...triple critical slash...double dash...crit”
Clint's continuous dash and slash was the result of Darkulan's rapid health reduction. Darkulan could do nothing but look only at the swift fire that was swirling around him and piercing his body with searing speed.
“Dash...crit...dash...quadruple critical slash...double dash...crit”
“259,154...248,900...234,335...225,789...212,098...198,210...”
‘50 seconds remaining’
“180,205...169,001...157,843...144,478...120,088...107,123...”
‘25 seconds remaining’
(Screen Notification)
[Noble Defense] – Because of his low health, Darkulan gained 350 armor.
“91,190...85,900...60,997...”
‘10 seconds remaining’
“55,567...42,079...33,235...”
‘5 seconds remaining’
Clint: It's just five seconds but you still have a lot of health. Let's see if you can survived this.
In an instant, Clint grasps Darkulan's neck and quickly ran and dash on some part of the floor. He choke slam Darkulan's whole body into the floor and create a large destruction on the ground and produce a thick smoke. The trap he planted on the floor where Darkulan was dropped off was trigger and paralyze his whole body.
“Electric static trap activate...zap...zap...zap...”
“0 second – Searing Dance Formation deactivate”
“Zap...zap...”
Rarity: Uncommon Weight: Very Low
Durability: 1 use only
Equipped: None
Effect: Paralyze a single enemy who stepped on this trap in 5 seconds. Reduce the time for any enemies that have electric resistance.
Clint: DIE!
“Slash...crit...double critical slash...20,102...10,824...”
Before losing the effect of paralyze, he kicked it out with full strength on the left waist and flew away. Clint calculated the collapse of Darkulan's body on the floor. It fell to another trap he had planted and it triggered.
"KICK!"
“Vine trap activate...whisss...tik...tik...tik...”
Rarity: Uncommon Weight: Very Low
Durability: 1 use only
Equipped: None
Effect: Bind a single enemy with vines in 8 seconds. Time decrease to any enemies that have nature resistance.
Many vines wrapped up his body. To the extreme stiffness, his body was completely immobilize.
“Slash...crit...crit...5395...3201...1032...201...”
Clint: If your body is paralyzed, do you think you are still able to block anything?
The thick black aura came out on the edge of his sword and quickly stabbed it to Darkulan.
Clint: Yeah that’s right! The skill you blocked and copied earlier is your final death! SUDDEN STRIKE!
It was stabbed in his heart and he slowly disappeared with his dark body. The irons which he wore was left on the floor.
(Screen Notification)
You slain Darkulan – The General Level 112
You will receive 1 all stats, 1 exp and 1 gold.
* Chapter 4 END
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