Corwin decided the next thing to do was level up. Taking on another hatchery was pressing both because of the curse and the main storyline quest. To do that well, he needed levels. Corwin was in a level 26 zone, taking advantage of negating 4.8 levels of level suppression. This meant he was only suppressed by 1.2 levels despite the huge XP gap. Levelling to 21 went quickly. Upon levelling he upgraded all his equipment by 2 levels. When his equips reached level 25 he got a nasty surprise. His equips now required bronze equipment to be levelled up. Fortunately, Corwin had recipes. Unfortunately, crafting would take time. Corwin headed back to town and crafted an additional 60 equipment of each type, 420 equipment in total. This would be enough to get his gear to level 37, which is as high as it would go from his reaching level 30. With that done he upgraded his equipment to level 26 and resumed his levelling.

With 1 level higher and 0.4 more levels of level suppression it was time to try out a level 28 zone. This resulted in a manageable 1.8 levels of suppression. Corwin’s pace at killing enemies was slightly slower but he still levelled quickly. Even with the experience reduced by 99.22%, the huge totals from it being 163,840x as much XP made up for it. Each enemy was the XP equivalent of almost 460 enemies at level 21. Level 21 was expected to take 5 days, so it required 7200 enemies to be killed. After killing 16 level 28 enemies in roughly 30m Corwin levelled up. While Corwin was moving to a level 29 zone, he receive two troubling notifications.

Congratulations to Beowulf. He is the first character in Eternity’s Wake to complete a main storyline quest arc. He receives a secret Tier 1 class.

The quest arc ‘Blessings of Asterith’ has been completed in the Denovia Kingdom. For the next 30 days, Advanced Tier 1 classes will be available in the capital city, Marraze.

Something suspicious was happening. Corwin hadn’t altered the Denovia kingdom at all and it was over a week too early for a main storyline quest to complete. Corwin was hoping to complete his main storyline quest first and use the advanced classes to create a solid backbone of good members in the guild. Instead, the Denovia kingdom will undergo a renaissance. Regardless, there was nothing Corwin could do about it now.

Corwin continued to grind, reaching level 22. He upgraded his gear once more and set off for a level 30 zone. Near the level 30 zone he discovered a level 25 hatchery. He’d be back to kill that one soon. 30m later he was level 23. He then travelled to a level 31 zone, and used 30m to become level 24. It was barely worthwhile to travel to the next zone, the travel time taking slightly less time than the time to kill double the number of enemies for a level. Corwin finally travelled to a level 32 zone and used it to reach level 25. Upon reaching level 25 he upgraded his gear to level 30 and again to level 31. Right as he finished upgrading his equipment Corwin received another notification.

Congratulations to Veira for being the first in Eternity’s Wake to reach Apprentice Miner. Rewarding with 1 Miner’s Pickaxe (Iron Tier) and 16,000,000 XP.

Veira wasn’t in the same continent so Corwin received none of the other notifications, but he knew they’d be the same as what he had received when he reached apprentice first. He knew he couldn’t keep getting all the global notifications forever, but was sad to see two of them come from players outside his guild in rapid succession.

Corwin was now ready to take on the level 25 hatchery. He fought his way through waves of demon dogs patrolling the blight. As he got more experienced with fighting the demon dogs he took less damage from the swarms despite their exceptional speed. Corwin was finally able to do more than just tank hits and trade blows against those lightning quick monsters.

As a result, he was in full health after having consumed just a single potion in the waves of demon dogs outside. Inside the hatchery was a demon form suspended in some sort of gel like fluid. This was visible through a clear glass tube. The demon was a winged fallen angel type. She was admittedly quite pretty, despite the horns. Regardless, Corwin knew that if this body was possessed, bad things would happen in Asterith, not just in the Verdure Kingdom. So Corwin worked on destroying the tube. As he did, an enemy interrupted him. Corwin looked over that enemy.

Luciferous Demon, Elite Superior Lord

Hit Points 400,000/400,000

Mana Pool 100,000/100,000

Luciferous demons were demon followers of Lucifer the fallen angel. They varied a lot, but this one seemed a brute. Big and strong, but not very smart or crafty. An Elite Superior Lord would pose quite a challenge solo, but it was one Corwin relished.

Corwin dove into the fight excitedly. Fortunately, the demon didn’t appear to have much agility and Corwin easily dodged most of his attacks. There was a nasty AoE that occasionally hit him for damage, but he was staying well ahead. At 80% health, the Luciferous demon let out a giant bellow and applied it’s special ability. “One winged angel” summoned a fallen Angel for 10 seconds which unleashed one powerful charged attack. Corwin was powerless to stop this attack, and did well to throw out multiple skills before the attack landed. The skills offset the damage somewhat and Corwin only lost 60% of his HP. Unimpeded this attack was strong enough to kill a player fully geared in higher level epic equipment. Corwin made sure to heal to full before he reduced the demon to 60% HP. The same tactics continued working and fairly soon the demon was down to 20% health. Corwin survived the “one winged angel” summon once more by relying on skills to reduce its impact. Bursting the demon down to near 5% health was once again straightforward. Finally, Corwin had to race an ultimate skill in the last 5%. Luciferous Demon’s ultimate skill is to permanently summon a one-winged angel. Like all summons it would vanish when the summoner was killed. Corwin didn’t stop the summon. Fortunately, he killed the Luciferous Demon before the summon finished charging its attack.

The loot on the Luciferous Demon was a dark book, which Corwin knew was a quest item, something to bring back to the temple. There was no other loot save for 16 magic crystals, which Corwin happily took. Corwin destroyed the anchor stone in the next room of the hatchery and finished destroying the fallen angel body in the glass tube. He then took the loot back to the temple and waited to see what this item would reveal on the quest line.

Corwin Swordborn

Spoiler : Level 25: 28% of level 26

Str: 4985 (base:25)

Agi: 5025 (base:125)

Con:4985 (base:25)

Int: 1513 (base:25)

Cha: 1513 (base:25)

Lck: 521 (base:25)

Cnc: 521 (base:25)

Sta: 521 (base: 25)

Qi: 521 (base: 20)

Soul: 521 (base:20)

Air Affinity: 521 (base:20)

Fire Affinity: 521 (base:20)

Water Affinity: 521 (base: 20)

Def: 20237

MDef: 16653

HP:158635/158635 (base: 1000)

MP:51003/51003 (base: 1000)

Gear:

MW: Epic Tier Level 31 Longsword, +496Str +496Agi +496Con

Base Damage: 620-744, Def 744 MDef 620 Durability 790/992, Requirements: 992 Str

OW: Epic Tier Level 31 Shortsword +496Str, +496Agi, +496 Con

Base Damage 496-620, Def 620 MDef 496 Durability 796/992, Requirements: 992 Str

MA: Epic Tier Level 31 Plate, +496 Str, +496 Agi, +496 Con

1984Def,1984MDef, Durability 710/992, Requirements:992 Str

LA: Epic Tier Level 31 Plate Cuisse, +496Str, +516Agi(20 Gemstone), +496Con

1984Def, 1984MDef Durability: 716/992 Requirements: 992 Str

G: Epic Tier Level 31 Plate Gauntlets +496Str, +516 Agi(20 Gemstone), +496 Con

1984Def, 1984MDef, Durability 718/992 Requirements: 992 Str

B:Epic Tier Level 31 Plate Boots +496Str +506Agi(10 Gemstone) +496 Con

1984 Def, 1984 MDef, Durability 751/992 Requirements: 992Str

H: Epic Tier Level 31 Helm, +496 Str, +506(10 Gemstone) Agi, +496 Con

1984 Def, 1984MDef Durability 741/992, Requirements: 992Str

RR: Epic Tier, Level 31 Ring of Hidden Attributes (+496 All base attributes, +496 All Hidden Attributes)

LR: Epic Tier, Level 31 Ring of Elements (+496 All base attributes,

Ignore 6.2 Levels, Ignore 6.2 Equip Levels

AM: Epic Tier, Level 31 Amulet (+496 All base attributes)

Skills:

Spatial Slash, Legacy, Tier 0 Level 0

Haste of the Warrior, Legacy, Tier 0 Level 0

Time Manipulation, Special, Tier 0, Level 9

Space Manipulation, Special, Tier 0, Level 9

Air Manipulation, Special, Tier 0, Level 9

Earth Manipulation, Special, Tier 0 Level 9

Fire Manipulation, Special, Tier 0, Level 8

Water Manipulation, Special, Tier 0, Level 8

Dragon Fist, Martial, Tier 0 Level 0

Qi Blade, Martial, Tier 0 Level 0

Demon Slayer, Rare, Tier 0 Level 0

Thunder Slash, Rare, Tier 0, Level 1

Wave Chop, Rare, Tier 0, Level 1

Wind Charge, Rare, Tier 0, Level 1

Disrupting Blow, Rare, Tier 0, Level 5

Double Slash, Uncommon, Tier 0, Level 2

Slash, Common, Tier 0, Level 2

Pierce, Common, Tier 0, Level 3

Parry, Common, Tier 0, Level 2

Techniques:

Rapid Blow

Vanishing Steps

Sword Light

Mana Drain

Health Drain

Stamina Drain

Strength Drain

Agility Drain

Endurance Drain

Flicker

Precision Dodge

Curses:

Curse of the Lust Demon, Days Remaining: 29

Bloodlust Malediction, Countdown: 5 days