The Unknown God

Chapter 38 - Cursed Artefact

An aged woman with jet black short hair stood overlooking her subordinates from within her office on the second floor. She quickly noticed a new arrival. She graciously clapped her hands once and a young girl rushed to her side. The lady raised her manicured finger elegantly in Moventus's direction.

Moventus was promptly brought to a spacious office. The walls laid b.a.r.e, save for a pinned banner of a crimson bird. Behind the desk, facing her back towards Moventus stood the lady. She was dressed in her white uniform. Unlike other fantasy games, Novus's armours were as realistic as possible. (No skimpy armour!). A gold star graced her c.h.e.s.t.

Within the Eternal Empire Military, only senior officers wore such badge. A single star represented Gold Rank One, in other words, a Commander rank. A commander of the Eternal Empire Military had a thousand men under him. Of them, eight hundred were combat personnel while the remaining two hundred were support staff.

"You are the second person that I do not recognise to step within these walls. Out with it. Identify yourself."

Moventus inclined his head, "Moventus, silver rank one, special agent of the Golden Lion Regiment. To whom may I have the p.l.e.a.s.u.r.e of addressing?"

"The Golden Lion? Let see, you must be from the 1st division... Wait you are the old Lion's men? That old man must be turning forty now. I heard he lost his settlement pretty swiftly. And only retook it a few days ago, with the help of... You. So you are the one who defeated the steel predator on your own. Weird I thought you were taller."

Smiling Moventus snapped back politely, "And I thought you were nicer."

"I will let this slide. I am Lady Margaret Cree, Commander of the 501st Division 3rd Battalion, the Crimson Pheonix Battalion. Now, what is your business within the 501st Magic Division's headquarters?"

The Eternal Empire had sent only one of their armies to the new continent, the 5th Eternal Army. The army consisted of fifty thousand strong. Within an army stood ten divisions of five thousand each. These divisions were further divided into five battalions of a thousand men led by a commander. Battalions were generally specialised in certain fields, such as defence, attack and magic. A battalion contained four regiments of two hundred and fifty men, headed by a captain.

"During my travels, I came across a certain ancient inscription. I have come to try to decipher its meaning."

Lady Margaret Cree's brows perked up at the mention of ancient inscriptions. Her hobby was collecting artefacts of ages long gone. She demanded Moventus to hand over the artefact.

"My apologies my lady, there is no artefact, only an engraving on the walls of a moss covered stone boulder. Here, I have copied the inscriptions as best I could on this parchment."

Moventus extended a rolled up parchment. The innkeeper had warned him of the old lady's reputation. Having prepared an adequate story saved him from being robbed by a high levelled NPC. Moventus reminded himself to thank the old man later.

Lady Margaret Cree gave a dismissive wave of her hand, "Your query is not worth my time. Go see one of the novices in the library on the fourth floor. Now be gone."

With a salute, Moventus took his leave and headed upstairs.

The fourth floor was filled to the brink with tomes of knowledge regarding the ancient and mystical arts. A few young teens sat studying these tomes. As Moventus approached them, a youth looked up with a curious look.

"Good morning sir, may I help you?" asked the young girl with round c.h.e.s.tnut eyes.

"Hello, young one, I'm looking for a translation of this inscription. Do you think you can help me?"

"Euh, I can try. Can I see it?"

Moventus passed the parchment to the young girl, who rushed to an empty desk. After peering over it for some time, she fletched a few leather-bound tomes. An hour later, she handed Moventus a rough translation of the inscription, with a puzzled look.

'If you come across god during your travel, god will be cut. Interesting. This gives me an idea.'

"Thank you, what is your name?"

"Evelyn Fenwick, sir."

"What a beautiful name! Well, see you later, Evelyn."

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In a secluded region of the forest, corpses laid in front of a small cave entrance. Its previous inhabitants had been recently slain. Each wolf carcase displayed the work of a razor-sharp blade. Within the cave kneeled a hooded figure. It wiped the blood off his weapon using his inner elbow. The edge caught the sunlight before tasting blood once again. Only this time it did not claim a life.

"Do you accept me as your owner, sword of old?"

'Weak...' an ancient voice resounded within his mind. 'So long since... I awoke from... My slumber... You wish to form a blood bond with me... Human?'

"Yes"

A few moments passed before suddenly Moventus was smashed into the ground. It felt as if the world had collapsed on him.

'You are too weak Human... Only the strong may wield me... You are not wort... Ohhh...' Moventus slowly pushed himself up. The pressure he felt was just an illusion. It was a test of will. Moventus having trained since young in the ancient swords arts of the thirteen swords, his will was strong. Very strong. Yet, it took his all to push himself back up. He knew deep inside that he could only kneel before this katana. Standing shoulder to shoulder with it was a long and arduous journey away.

'You are strong of will, little one. Very well, I accept you as my user. But be warned, every fortnight I shall challenge you again. Fail once... and I shall claim your soul. If you want to keep your soul, keep growing stronger, Moventus. Now, as my user, name me to seal the bond.'

Gulp.

"From this moment on you shall be known as.....

....

...."

'Oh come on, give me a name for f.u.c.k sake!'

"Ebony Blade"

[Congratulation you have successfully bonded with a cursed artefact.]

[Ebony Blade] (Cursed Artefact (Void rank), Katana)

Immortal Souls 0

Attack Power +30

All Attributes +10

Attack Speed +20%

Ignore monster's Level by 5.

Attacks have a 10% chance to cause 2 x damage.

Players killed with this weapon receive double death penalty.

Additional Skill 1: Shadow Strike.

Cast Time: Instant

Target: Multiple

Range: 10m range

Cost: 100 Stamina

Cooldown: 20 seconds.

Teleport between enemies within a ten meters range dealing 200% Physical Damage and Magical Damage.

Equipment Level 0. Can be levelled up. (Devour ten Level 25 Uncommon Weapons and one Level 25 Rare Weapon and 1000 immortal souls to level up to Level 25). Can be evolved.

User restriction: Moventus

Durability Infinite

{Imortal souls are players. Ehehe, people are going to die!!!}

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Level 22 (99%)

Name Simply Umbra

Class Imperial Dragon Knight

Bloodline Golden Dragon Ancestry

Race Human | Golden Dragon

Health 479 (420) (+14%) { [(vitality-10)/10 x 2.5] +bonus = X% }

Mana 248 (220) (+12.75%) { [(Intelligence-10)/10 x 2.5] +bonus = X% }

Stamina 462 (420) (+10%)