Capítulo 58: Seed of Hatred
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"How about you tell me about it, Uncle Nathan?" asked Shin carefully.
Nathan release a helpless sigh before replying at Shin. "*Sigh~*, From what Arthur have said, You are a studious type student, but why can't I see it at all?"
Shin bend his head downwards and didn't dare to look at Nathan because he is too ashamed to say anything.
"*Sigh ~*, OK. Let's talk about your main concern for now." said Nathan while putting down the book on his hand. Then, he continue after. "Did you feel some strange changes on your behavior every time you lose yourself on your negative emotions, especially anger?"
Shin raise his head and look at Nathan almost instantly when he heard that question. He stared at the later with a startled expression, before nodding his head repeatedly.
'So this idi*t really knows about it but he didn't dare to tell us directly. I guess that was the real reason why is this kid and that rascal are always involved in some trouble at school.' thought Nathan before continuing what he are saying. "I don't know how many times did you experienced that, but I can assure you that those cases are not because of some psychological issue."
"It is because of the 'seed of hatred' in your inner heart. As for what is that 'seed', is quite complicated to explain, but the most simple way to explain it is by comparing it into some kind of drug."
"Every time you lose your temper, that 'seed' will react and trigger your most violent emotions like anger, fury, and rage. And every time it become triggered, your reason, judgment and decision making are going to become clouded, making you to lose your slight control on your body, and forcing you to enter a berserk state."
"And if you lose yourself too much on this state, then that 'seed' might devour you and transformed you into a 'Demon', while that process is called 'Demonic Possession'."
Shin felt shivers on his spine when he heard that, then he suddenly remembered something and asked stutteringly. "T-Then...., during my fight o-on.... that underground secret lab.... when I lose consciousness.... I... I.... almost.... trans....formed into one?"
Nathan nodded his head, as confirmation and said. "Good thing, that the Internal Qi of your Yin-Yang Martial-Arts can naturally counter the Demonic Qi of Demonic Possession."
Shin release a sigh of relief after knowing that and said to himself. 'So that is the real reason why that Old Geezer keep pestering me about nurturing my Internal Qi properly. Good thing, that I listened to him at that time.'
Then, he suddenly realized something. Shin look at Nathan with confused expression and asked. "But how can I have this kind of..... whatever is it called? And where did it come from?"
Nathan smiled bitterly and answered. "That, is what we are unsure off. Since you are the only one that can confirm what kind of 'seed of hatred' is it. After all, you are the only one that can look at your inner heart."
"A 'seed of hatred' is created because of a deep resentment against something or someone."
"That resentment is going to become a food for a person's inner demon. And once that inner demon is strong enough, it will reside in your inner heart in the form of a 'Seed' which will transformed into a 'seed of hatred' after."
"That 'seed' is going to devour your soul bit by bit until you lose yourself completely, and that inner demon will take over your body."
"This 'seed' can either be a 'planted one', an 'inherited one', or a 'natural one'. You will know difference of three by looking at their names alone, right? The first one can easily neutralize, since it is not your own resentment. But the later two are different, an 'inherited seed' runs through your blood, so it is pretty much impossible to removed this one. While the 'natural seed' is formed by yourself, so it is also quite hard to erase it, since it is going to become the true nature of your personal inner demon after all."
Shin took some time to process all the things that heard before asking a question in a doubtful manner. "If that is the case, then how am I going to contain this thing? Isn't it what you guys want?"
Nathan formed a mysterious grin and said. "To tell you the truth, this 'seed' not only it brings you endless trouble but it also give you some surprising benefits in return."
Nathan ignore Shin's confused look and continue. "Let's put it this way. Every time you encounter a major breakthrough, you are going to face your inner demon right?"
Shin still can't get it and asked confusedly. "How can you call it a benefit? Isn't it just going to make my breakthrough even more harder?"
"Idi*t!!!" Nathan can't help himself but curse Shin when he heard a quite obvious question. "That is exactly what I'm talking about! The harder your breakthrough is, the stronger you are when you succeed!"
"But of course, there are some danger in return. If you failed, you are going to undergo another Demonic Possession, and it is going to become much harder time. And once that happen, you might truly be transformed into a real 'Demon'."
"But there are always an exception at everything. Base on the history books, there are few people that manage to survive the Demonic Possession multiple times, and take its powers to become theirs."
At this point, Shin can't help himself but interrupt Nathan a little. "Ahmm..... Uncle, how about you just tell how to contain this thing? That way, we can both save our time a little. Aren't you busy? And I also need some rest too."
"Shut Up! Let me finish first." Nathan glared at Shin fiercely.
'Actually, I never have thought that Uncle Nathan is such a talkative person.' thought Shin before muttering softly. "Then how about we start off with 'A long time ago' or 'Once upon a time'?"
Shin's voice is too soft, to the point that his voice is only enough to be heard by himself. Unfortunately for him, Nathan is a Peak Class Expert that have a very sharp senses. So he throw a chilling glare at Shin, making the later to totally shut off his mouth because of the sudden change of the temperature on the room.
Nathan took another helpless sigh and said. "OK, fine. I guess it is really better for you to explore the benefits of that 'seed' yourself. But you should be mindful on making contact with it, just don't get too near on it."
Then, a scroll appear on Nathan's hand out of nowhere and throw it at Shin, while saying. "Professor Plum said that what's on that scroll is going to be your new breathing technique. And since your 'seed of hatred' become stronger, your 'Deep Meditation' will not be enough anymore."
"So you will be needing an even more powerful calming technique, it is also written on that scroll. And that is called the 'White Dawn Boundary', a very powerful calming technique. But I must have warn you first, you should never use the reverse breathing of that technique, or else you are going to become a 'Demon' real quick. But if you manage to master the control over your emotions, then that is a different story."
"Alright that was it for now. You should take some rest now before practicing that technique." Nathan then pulled his chair backwards, standing up and planning to leave.
Shin suddenly remembered something at this point. "Ah! Wait Uncle Nathan! Leo, what happened to him?"
Nathan pause his steps and said. "Eh!? Oh~, I almost forgot! You don't have to worry about that kid. He should be fine now. No, In fact, he should be the one that ripped off a lot of benefits on this incident. It is the perfect example of Fortune in the midst Misfortune, or it should be a Fortune after Misfortune."
"Then where is he now? I still need to tell his little sister about that guys situation." said Shin while knitting his brows.
Nathan smiled mysteriously and said. "Don't worry. I just sent him to Eastern Sea Region to train. Due to the instability of his bloodline, he need to train under an expert of the same bloodline to stabilize it."
"Oh~..... So that was the case..... Eh!? Wait!? Bloodline!? Did I hear it wrong? Did you just said that Leo have a Bloodline now!? What kind of Bloodline is it?" said Shin rapidly.
Nathan left Shin hanging and walked out the room while laughing out loud.
"Tsk! What a Bore... Why can't he just tell me what kind of bloodline is it?" complained Shin as he left on the room alone.
Then, he suddenly remembered something. "Wait didn't I've lost consciousness. Then how long is it since then? F*CK! MY MAIN QUEST! I forgot about my main quest! SH*T! SH*T SH*T! I need to login back in the game!.... Wait.... didn't the hospital have some 'Gaming Pod' for their patients? That's right, I should go ask the hospital personnel regarding it."
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Swoosh!!!
Shin login back in the game and appeared in the corner of a building in the inner part of 'The Corrupted Ruins' open dungeon.
And the first thing he discovered is not about his main quest, but the sudden change of his perception on his surroundings. He become startled at it, and try some basic moves after.
After some swinging of his sword, Shin muttered to himself. "Hmm... This is amazing! I didn't think that using a 'Gaming Pod' have this kind of difference. My senses become much more sharper, while the response of my body become instantaneous. The 0.1 delay on my movements disappeared completely."
"Maybe I should consider buying one, once I got enough money? Tsk, but the price of the cheapest 'Gaming Pod' is no joking matter. It is at least ten times the 'Platinum VR Helmet' that I'm using at home. That is at least 20-Million FC(Federal Coins)! Hmm... Should I borrow some money from Big Sis?....."
"Nah.... Let's forget about it for the time being. For now, let us focus on what is in front of me." Shin brushed off the idea of buying a 'Gaming Pod' and open the Quest Status Window, to check the details of his Main Quest.
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Quest Name: Monster Horde
Quest type: Main Quest (A Grade)
Quest Details: A Monster Horde have razed a Military Camp to the ground, resulting for the destruction of the Seventh Outpost.
Quest Condition:
1. King Cassius asked you to scout the Seventh Outpost and clear some monsters in the process.
2. Retrieve the Royal Chalice from the Seventh Outpost when you have gotten a chance.
3. Destroy the Royal Chalice before it lands on the hands of the wrong person.
Quest Progress (70%)
- Days before the Royal Army Arrive 19/20
- Retrieved Royal Chalice 0/1
Quest Reward:
+3 levels
Special item related to your Class
+3 000 Reputation on the Holy City
+100 Fame
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Quest Penalty:
-5 levels
A large decrease on Reputation in Holy City
-200 Fame
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Shin is about to release a sigh of relief when a series system notifications ring his ears and pop-up on his System Window Log.
*Ding!*
System: Due to some special circumstances, and 'You' being offline for almost twelve Natural Days (Equivalent to 4 Days in Real World), numerous Corrupted Monsters started to appear and respawn once again.
System: Kill as many monsters as you can before the Royal Army arrived, to lessen their burden.
System: If you failed to lessen the number of the monsters at a certain degree, you will fail your Main Quest.
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*DING!*
*Quest Update!*
Quest Progress: (0%)
1. Lessen the Numbers of the Corrupted Monsters to at least 50% before the Royal Army arrived.
Time Remaining: 23:59:59↓
2. Retrieve the Royal Chalice and deliver it back to the King.
3. Destroy the Royal Chalice before it lands on the wrong person's hands.
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Then, Shin open his virtual map and see an overflowing number of red dots on it. "F*CK ME! Are you telling to reduce this number for at least 50%?....."
Shin is cursing on himself when he suddenly notice something odd. "Eh!? Wait.... The Quest Progress suddenly become choices similar to the Quest Condition. So.... I just need to choose one on these and finish it?"
After that, Shin use the 'Spirit Release' of his [Nephilim's Mask], making the Sun Clone and Moon Clone to appear on his left and right side respectively.
Then, he summon his pets 'Whitie' and 'Blackie' after. The size of the two tigers increase. Both of their heights are a least two meters, while the span of their bodies extend for at least three meters.
Both of their levels already reach Lvl-50 the last time Shin played, so their strength also reach a higher degree since then. Their Life Rating are much more higher that other monster, so they can help Shin on battle now.
Shin take another look on his boys and said. "Alright boys! It is time to get back in action! We have a lot of things that need to be done!"
Blackie immediately use 'Shadow Melding' and disappeared from his place mysteriously. Whitie on the other hand immediately use 'Wind Walking' and rush towards the nearest monster group fearlessly.
At the same time, Shin and his clones sprinted forward and followed closely behind the White Tiger.
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That was all for now.
Let's get back on the party at next Chapter. See you!
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Capítulo 59: Being on a Three Different Battlefields, Simultaneously
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ROAR!!!
Whitie release a deafening roar as he charge towards the bunch of monsters that are coming its way. And when it is 5-meters away from the incoming group, Whitie immediately pounce at the leading monster while opening its jaw widely.
Grrr!!!
Whitie used its front paws to smashed the corrupted monster's shoulder while biting off the half of the later's neck, and killing it in the process. Then, Whitie jumped to its left side, dodging a bunch of corrupted attacks before pouncing again on its next target.
Whitie's entire series of movements are fast, swift, and precise. Even Shin who is following closely behind is gotten off guard. 'Sh*t! I know that this guy is super OP, but I didn't expect that it will be this powerful. Insta-Killing a monster with at least 20 Levels more than him?'
After brushing off that idea, Shin immediately channeled the power of the moon on his sheathed sword before pulling it out from its sheath and swinging it to the right. At the same time, a crescent shape chilling sword Qi was sent forward, flying straight to the monster on his front.
Shing!
'Class Fighting Style: Lunar Flash'
Swoosh!
Most of the monsters that have been devoured by that sword Qi was killed on the spot and started to fall one by one, while the slightly stronger monsters survived with critical healths and greatly slowed movement speeds.
After that, Shin move his right shoulder backwards together while slightly pulling the [Yamato] back. Then, he thrust it forward while rushing towards those surviving monsters.
'Extra Skill: Sword Rush'
Swoosh!
-75 431
-3 672(Burned Damage)
-75 553
-3 778(Burned Damage)
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Damages pop-up on the heads of the monsters on the group as Shin pass through them and finally ending their lives. The range of the 'Sword Rush' skill is ten meters so Shin went a little deeper on the enemy ranks after killing off the previous bunch of monsters.
And during the end of his dash, Shin simultaneously turned his body around while charging a fiery energy on the sword.
Then, he swing the blazing [Yamato] leftwards, sending a burning sword wave at the backs of those monsters that are about to turn their bodies around.
'Extra Skill: Flame Burst'
-76 483
-490(Blazing Damage)
-3 824(Burned Damage)
-75 789
-490(Blazing Damage)
-3 789(Burned Damage)
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Those monsters were engulfed by the blazing sword Qi creating another bunch of damages.
After throwing 'Flame Burst', Shin immediately sheath his sword in a smooth and swift motion, creating a clicking sound. He then jumped to his right, while doing a side roll in the air.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
A bunch of attacks landed on his previous location after he did that maneuver. Midair, Shin is already channeling the power of the sun on his sheathed sword, so the moment his feet landed on the ground, he swiftly pulled the sword out from being sheath and swing it rightwards, sending a crescent shape blazing sword Qi on his front.
Shing!
'Class Fighting Style: Solar Flare'
Swoosh!
The monsters on Shin's front were devour by that blazing sword Qi, killing them in the process. While those monsters that manage to survived were greeted by another crescent shape sword Qi, but this time it is bluish-white in color and release a chilling glow.
'Slayer Skill: Half-Moon Slash'
Swoosh!
-76 546(Slowed)
-76 443(Slowed)
-77 100(Slowed)
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The monsters in front of Shin are either dead because of the previous attack or lifelessly frozen because of the sudden change of the the temperature. This is one of the tricks that Shin discovered before while previously training on this place.
If he use a high temperature skill after using a cold skill then it will triggered an explosion with bonus damage together with a formation of some steam fog. But if he use a skill with a chilling effect after using high temperature skill, then the targets that are going to get hit are going to become frozen like some ice sculptures. It is just some kind of basic science application.
"Tsk, this feeling is somewhat addicting. Being able to move my body comfortably? I guess I really need to buy my own 'Gaming Pod'." muttered Shin as he dodge some attacks from the monsters. He is pretty much familiar with their movements already so he don't need his clones to help him.
And speaking of Clones, because of the effects of the 'Gaming Pod', the sudden increase of Shin's perception on his surroundings, he is able to control the Sun and Moon Clones more accurately now. He can now move them like they are his main body.
On the other side of the battle, Whitie is too fast for the Corrupted Monsters to locked on. The white tiger is able to dodge the monsters attacks most of the time.
And every time a monster is about to succeed on hitting Whitie, Blackie the black tiger is always there to jumped in the right moment. Every time Blackie revealed itself, a corrupted monster is going to lose its life.
Shin can't directly control his pets, unlike his clones, they are 'living creatures' inside the game after all. But even though that is the case, those two tigers are naturally born hunters. They are born to hunt and to battle, so they have a very high battle awareness.
And together with Shin's accurate order from time to time. Those two become some sort of killing machines. For every order that were given to them, those two tigers are able to execute it perfectly.
Shin can't help but clicked his tounge as he take some quick look at those two. "Tsk, those two sure are scary. I'm sure that their AI(Artificial Intelligence) are very high, especially in battle. Maybe I should try training them, after I'm done with this stup*d Main Quest."
To make the story short, Shin is like fighting in three different battlefields simultaneously. If some other players heard about to this, then they are not going to believe it no matter what. A player who just recently joined the game one to two weeks ago, fighting this way? What's more, this is his first time playing a VR game. To be exact, «Destiny's Fate» is his first VR game. Practically, that was pretty much impossible.
But Shin doesn't care about that. He muttered to himself while getting ready to pick up the pace. "OK, I'm done with the warm-ups. Now, let us speed things up."
He lowered his center of gravity and crouches down, while holding the sheath of his sword with his left hand, and the hilt was being held by his other hand. He then kicked the ground backwards, sending himself towards the monsters on his front. At the same time, he unsheathe the [Yamato] and swing it in rightwards direction.
Swoosh!
Shing!
During the process of the stride, Shin's body shines with a bluish-white glow, before it completely transformed into a stick of light that pierce through the bodies of his enemies.
'Class Fighting Style: Moonlight Splitter'
Shin left a bunch of corpses behind but there are still some Lord Class monsters that manage to survived that attack.
But unfortunately for them, Shin immediately rotated his body at the end of the stride and face his body on those monsters. Then, he swing the glowing [Yamato] five times in the air, sending five vertical crescent sword Qi's forward. Each of those sword Qi's are releasing a chilling glow.
'Slayer Skill: Crescent Cleave'
-87 024(Slowed)
-85 987(Slowed)
-86 999(Slowed)
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That sword wave swept out and killed off the surviving monsters, turning them into a bunch of experience points for Shin.
After that, Shin immediately jumped to his front while doing a spinning front-flip in the air, dodging another series of attacks.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
During his decent, a corrupted monster jumped in the air and fly straight to Shin. Unfortunately for it, the later manage to land on the ground before it reach its target. So the moment that monster descended at Shin, what greeted it is a thrusting sword that is going straight to its chest.
Swoosh!
'Extra Skill: Heart Seeker'
-73 431
-3 671(Burned Damage)
The [Yamato] pierce through the corrupted monster's chest and hit its heart, so it triggers the bonus effect of the 'Heart Seeker' Skill, stunning it for two seconds.
'Bonus Effect'
-24 477(Bonus Damage)(Stunned)
Without further ado, Shin immediately pulled the sword backwards before stabbing it forward once again. But this time, Shin is throwing six consecutive stabs.
'Extra Skill: Multiple Stabs'
-12 239
-612(Burned Damage)
-12 239
-612(Burned Damage)
-12 239
-612(Burned Damage)
-12 239
-612(Burned Damage)
-12 239
-612(Burned Damage)
-12 239
-612(Burned Damage)
During the last stab, the sheath of the [Yamato] turned into a semitransparent pure white longsword.
'Legacy Skill: Mondi's Style: Meteor Form'
Then, the sheath on Shin's left hand which is currently in the form of [Snowstorm Edge] suddenly become ablaze with a wild yellow-orange fire, while it is being held in a reverse-grip manner.
At the same time, Shin swiftly pulled the [Yamato] out from the corrupted monster's chest and spins his body around in a clockwise direction. Simultaneously, Shin is swinging his left arm in an upward-diagonal motion, and slashing the corrupted monster's throat with the blazing [Snowstorm Edge].
'Slayer Skill: Solar Cut'
-75 211
-3 761(Burned Damage)(Killed)
Through Shin's 'Sensing Circle', he can already felt that he is currently being surrounded by the corrupted monsters in all directions after killing off that monster. But he still didn't get any kind of pressured on it.
He calmly flipped the [Snowstorm Edge] and hold it in a forehand grip, while exhaling a bunch of air and cross his swords in front of his chest. After a slight pause, both of Shin's arms suddenly become blurred as he swing it left and right.
'Combat Technique: Parrying Stance'
Pa! Bang!
Pak! Boom!
Ta! Ta!
Bang! Boom!
Shin is using the surface of his swords to redirect the attacks that are coming his way. Most of the time, he is redirecting those attacks to collide with each other, while few of those attacks are being guided towards the monsters that are planning to attack him from the back. Shin is also throwing some counterattacks from time to time, when he get some change.
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After some time, Shin and his gang finally swept all the corrupted monsters in this area. But even though the number of monsters increase, the EXP that Shin had gained is still not optimistic, he only manage to increase his experience pool by 5% at most.
"*Sigh~*, Leveling Up sure is hard. The first time that I get in here, I thought this place is an 'EXP Heaven', but I guess I already squeeze this place dry and not enough for me anymore. Looks like it is the time to kill off the current Boss of this place." muttered Shin as he took some rest.
After recovering some Health and Mana together with his clones and pets, Shin finally advance towards the innermost part of the Corrupted Ruins while clearing up some monster on the road.
And when Shin arrived at his destination, he is taken aback by what he saw. He started rubbing his eyes, to see if he is not seeing things. And when he confirmed that is is not that case, he can't help himself but say. "H*ly M*ther M*lly!!! Are you kidding me!!!???"
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I'm going to lessen the number of words per Chapter. From 2100+ words to 3000+ words, I'm going to lessen it to 1600+ words to 2000+ words per Chapter.
In exchange, I'm going to try doing an everyday update
I'm just trying my sister's suggestion. She said that my Chapters are too long to read, and I'm mixing up two or more topics in a Chapter, making it a little complicated.
Let's see how it works first. If it is not effective then let's go back to the previous setup.
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