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C002 – The Orc Village

[Ascension: Solstreus City]

Shortly after Hecate reset her stats and skills, she took the time to visit the Solstreus Mage's Association.

In there, she paid

1000 to temporarily register her mana signature to the association.

Now that her mana signature is recorded, Hecate could use Gemmerio Empire's Town Scrolls without problem. Of course this registration was not permanent and must be renewed every month unless Hecate changed her nationality to Gemmerio Empire. But if it was just for using their Town Scrolls, a temporary one was already enough.

While waiting for the registration process to complete, Hecate also allocated her stat points and skills. She raised her INT stat from 1 to 221 once more, pouring everything into INT again.

Finished with her stats, now she moved to her skills.

She used his finger to click the skill tree several times, investing her skill points into the previous skill set. And then, she took the liberty to invest more of her skill points to learn some other skills.

• • Energy Coat Lv1 Lv10 Maxed (SP -9)
  • Spell Breaker Lv5 Lv10 Maxed (SP -5)
  • Dispel Lv5 Lv10 Maxed (SP -5)
  • Quick Cast unlocked Lv10 Maxed (SP -10)

       

  • Mana Drain Lv10
  • Life Drain unlocked Lv10 Maxed (SP -10)
  • Heart of Life unlocked Lv10 Maxed (SP -10)
  • Heart of Mana unlocked Lv10 Maxed (SP -10)
  • Overspell unlocked Lv10 Maxed (SP -10)
  • Archwitch's Pride unlocked Lv10 Maxed (SP -10)

As usual, Hecate didn't take any spell into consideration and just focused solely on acquiring skills. Thanks to that, now she could learn a lot of powerful skills belonged to Archwitch class.

Those skills were the skills that the Genesis Guild had previously researched and discovered.

"I can cast spells faster with Quick Cast. Overspell strengthen my spells further, but it also has a drawback to increase my MP consumption."

"Thankfully, Heart of Mana could increase my MP pool and regen, though this is a buff skill so it must be maintained first..."

And then, the last skill.

This skill was something that even the Genesis Guild haven't discovered yet. This was simply because the lack of skill points that nobody else but Hecate who were able to learn this skill.

"This skill is somewhat similar to Emi's Ranger's Creed..."

Ranger's Creed is a powerful skill that could turn a Ranger into a hero for a minute by discarding all of their defense. Now it turns out that Archwitch has something similar to that skill.

Most likely, the other Jobclass also has something similar as well.

"But this penalty for Archwitch is kinda severe... Weakness status for an hour?"

Hecate frowned.

A weakness status means a reduction of overall status as well as power and mobility. Players who had this bad status will also experience indescribable fatigue, and fighting in that state was not of option. It would be fatal if she were suddenly having this bad status in the middle of battlefield.

'For now, let's just sent the skill info to the guild for a few quick buck.'

The Genesis Guild, or rather, Astrid had offered GCP rewards for members who posted useful information. This also applies to information about the discovery of new skills and their learning requirements.

There was no reason to not take a free money.

'But, it's a shame if I just post it as is. I might as well exaggerate a bit and claim more money!'

So, Hecate took the time to make a post, with many emphasizing that she had to reset her skills to confirm the information. Judging from Astrid's character, she most likely will think that Hecate had to spend a lot of money to obtain this information.

Naturally, Astrid had no choice but to compensate Hecate for the many Reset Stones used.

'If this goes well, Astrid will reimburse me for the Reset Stones I used!'

And then, she pressed the confirm button.

Still, a skill that could increase spell power by 600% was really really good. Even Hecate couldn't help but be tempted to use it regardless of the price.

"Well, since I learned this skill, I want to try it quickly before logging off!"

And so, as soon as the registration procedure was completed, Hecate immediately purchased a few scrolls, including the Town Scroll of a certain place.

The night is still long...

[Ascension: Ldivesvir Valley Northeast]

In the eastern part of the Gemmerio Empire, stood the Drusel Fortress City.

This fort was stood above the Ldivesvir Valley, which was a strategic place as a border guard between the Gemmerio Empire and the Croisa Kingdom, the kingdom of Beastkin.

In the past, this area was under the control of the Croissa Kingdom. But after the war, the area changed owners when the Gemmerio Empire expanded its territory and invaded the kingdom. Now, control of the area has been handed over to the Nebula Guild and they have poured their money into building this fort. But that was for another matter.

And in a few kilometers northeast of this fort, there was an orc settlement.

That night was the happiest day for Kerchwiik, the Orc Hero.

At the very least, his level and contribution to the village had reached the qualifications to become an Orc Hero.

Today the village held his inauguration ritual to receive the blessing of the Spirit of Fire, Ignis. In that process, he has to go through a transformation process from Orc Warrior into Orc Hero. The sensation of power flowing through his veins and went through the transformation process, was still clear in his mind.

At that moment, the transformation process was witnessed by all the Orc villagers, including his lovely childhood sweetheart, Sechwii. Then, on the same day, he had prepared exactly 100 Sabertiger Fangs, processed into a necklace, and proposed to her.

"Sechwii! Please give birth to my children ~chwiiik!!"

"Yes, it's my pleasure ~chwiii!"

She happily accepted his proposal and at that very moment, they married.

Kerchwiik could feel all the admiration and jealousy of the villagers on him. His sweetheart, Sechwii was the most pretty(?) and popular Orc Lady in the village. She has a beautiful(?) green skin with broad figure and great muscle. Her two protruding small but cute fangs is very sharp and could tear even the hardest Swamp Alligator's skin.

This indicates that she has a strong healthy body and capable of birthing a lot of healthy baby.

Marrying her was his greatest happiness and pride.

In that afternoon until the night, a lot of lustful moans could be heard from his residence. Their voice was so loud that the orc villagers who was passing by could only smile with an understanding expression.

Orc itself is a fertile race with a high birth rate and fast growth. An Orc Lady only needed a few days to conceive and give birth to several Orc Baby(es), and it only took approximately two or three weeks for the babies to grow into adults. Perhaps, a week later they would be able to see some new little orcs joining their village.

After consummate their marriage, Kerchwiik went out for some fresh air. His body was still hurt and he spent too much vigor after the great battle in the bed. Nevertheless, his facial expression was happy. He walked to the top of the valley to see the view of the orc village below.

His eyes was firm with great resolve.

"As the new Orc Hero ~chwiik, I will protect this village from those hateful armored Humans ~cwiiik..."

Originally, the entire Ldivesvir Valley belonged to the orc race, but everything changed after the Gemmerio Empire attacked.

Many Orc lives were lost including the great Orc Lord and his predecessor Orc Hero (BOSS monsters), several tribes fled and scattered into the wild. And now, the Humans (Players) were occupying the most sacred place in the valley and building something huge made of stone there.

This is a blatant humiliation to the Orcs!

"The Orcs is never afraid of war ~chwiik! We'll surely recapture the Holy Mountain back to us ~cwiiiik!"

Right now, the great Orc Lord's position has been inherited by the most strongest Orc General, and the remaining Orcs in the village were busy proliferating, replenishing the lost numbers.

When this number reached 100000, that's when the war began!

While thinking about that, Kerchwiik suddenly saw a purple mist near the forest.

'Hmm? What is that ~cwiik?'

This purple mist appeared out of nowhere and was slowly spread by the wind. What was noticeable from this mist was, anything that touched this mist suddenly withered away and died.

Kerchwiik suddenly felt a sense of crisis.

Whatever this mist is, it's obviously very deadly. And the direction where this mist blowing was towards his residence. And sure enough, not long after, his fear became reality.

Kerchwiik immediately run back to his residence as fast as possible.

"Please be safe, chwiiik!"

As he breathe the mist, he immediately known that this mist was contain very powerful poison. Thankfully, it was not a problem to the body of an Orc Hero. But unfortunately, the others were not so lucky.

On the way, he saw many villagers fell. Many of them were his friends and acquaintances. Just this morning they had congratulated him on becoming the Orc Hero, but now, they were clutching their necks, suffering from suffocation.

Kerchwiik couldn't help but fastening his step, ignoring everything else and just run towards his house. He kept praying to the Spirit of Fire, Ignis, for his wife's safety. And then, when he arrived at his home...

"SECHWIIII!!!"

He found his wife, lying stiff in a terrible state.

Her beautiful(?) face was already morphed beyond recognition. Most of her skin had turned purple wrinkled and covered in boils that oozed blood and pus which gave off a terrible stench. If it weren't for the Sabertiger Fang Necklace in her neck, perhaps he wouldn't have been able to recognize this lump of flesh as his beloved wife.

- Who... Who the heck were so cruel that spreading this kind of poison!?

Sechwii who seemed to hear her husband's voice, tried to open her eyes and extended her hand to him. But alas, she had no more energy and before long, her hand fell lifeless before Kerchwiik could hold that hand.

"SECHWIIII!!!"

In that moment, a long roar filled with indescribable grief, reverberated through out the valley. The roar was so loud that it alerted the rest of the sleeping Orcs in the village.

They haven't even been a day together as husband and wife.

Their happiness not even yet to come.

But, their fate was so cruel, they had been trampled before they could feel their happiness.

At this moment, Kerchwiik suddenly sensed a large amount of mana from behind. When he looked back, he saw a cloaked figure wearing a mask right outside his door.

Archwitch's Pride, Overspell, Mystical Amplification, Scroll: Napalm Bolt Lv10!

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! 

-183000   -183500  -182500  -184300  -183400  -185000  -183400  -184700  -185600  -184100

His consciousness was interrupted shortly after...

[Ldivesvir Valley Northeast - Area 18]

Hecate looked at the situation before her with an awkward expression.

She took a Poison Bottle widely used by Assassins from her inventory and activated the skill Water Vapor from the Ring of Aqua to create a poisonous mist, then let the wind scatter the mist.

Originally, she only wanted to create a favorable condition by debuffing the entire area with Poison. But who would expect that the poison was too potent and it ended up destroying the entire area field (The Orc Village has a total of 25 areas).

This happened due to two factors.

Firstly, the Poison Bottle that she bought at Nerkia City. It was the most highest grade and expensive Poison Bottle that she found at Nerkia City's Auction Hall. From the bottle's flavor text it seems that the content was originated from Virulent Tarantula Venom.

She bought a bottle for

200k just to satisfy her curiosity, but she didn't expect the effect was too good.

Secondly, the effect of Soul Essence inside her +7 Saintess Necklace that boosts Poison based skills or spells by thrice. A special poison with its effect tripled. Anyone who dared to take a whiff on this beast would go straight to the afterlife!

At this point it was as if she launched a cobalt bomb at a nuclear plant!

"I haven't even started yet..."

Hecate could only sigh.

She visited Drusel Fortress because the promotional thread of Nebula Guild in the Global Ascension forums about this hunting ground. She chose this place considering the hunting grounds were the closest to the nearest town.

It seemed that the Nebula Guild had purposely kept some orcs alive to prevent them from becoming extinct. They did this to entice more Players to come to their Fort and reap the benefits by imposing an entry tax from the hunting ground.

In this case, Hecate obediently paid

10 for a single entry.

But, hunting and exterminating is two different concepts. If she were to found out that she had ruined an area, perhaps Nebula Guild would be angry and blacklist her into their enemy.

"Fortunately, there are some distance between the entrance of the valley and this area."

After some time, orcs from the other areas will probably fill this spot again. No one will know that something had happened here if left alone.

Hecate was about to leave, but before she could do that a notification of BOSS monster suddenly appeared.

Well, it seems one of the BOSS monster has appeared. According to the information, other than the Orc Hero, this place also had another BOSS monster called the Orc Lord.

The former could appear anywhere on the field, but the latter could only be found in the deepest area of the field.

"Nice timing! It would be improper to just leave away without testing the skill... So, it's the showdown time!"

Just in case, Hecate hides herself and changed her equipment to Black Phantom. Not stopping with that, she also took a Crime Scroll, EXP and INT Potion from her inventory and used them.

She also prepares 1 Elixir to remove the bad status that will occur after the duration of Archwitch's Pride ends later.

Hecate closed all the notification window and let out a grin.

"Come to your mama, baby!" ( distorted voice)

Some minutes later.

The fight was... very anticlimactic.

Hecate was still doubted her eyes about the battle that happened just now. For some reason the BOSS monster, the Orc Hero, died in just one spell scroll.

'Shouldn't the Orc Hero have around 9 million HP? Why did he die in just 1.8 million damage?'

It was as if this Orc Hero was still at low level or not in full health, or perhaps both.

Nevertheless, it was still an acknowledged BOSS battle.

She also got the data about how much Archwitch's Pride could boost her damage, and the result was spectacular. A single Napalm Bolt Lv10 scroll has transformed into 1.8m damage. If she combined it with Mana Explosion, she couldn't imagine how much destruction there would be.

Perhaps the world would end!?

In any case, Hecate quickly grab the loot and left the place.

'Time to go home and sleep.'

Thanks to the Orc Hero's roar, now there are many red dots approaching her spot. Hecate didn't spend too much effort in that battle, but the after effect of Archwitch's Pride caused her to be inflicted with Weakness status. She didn't feel the urge to fight anymore, so it would be a waste to use Elixir to remove that bad status.

Using the Grappling Hook, Hecate evacuates herself to the top of the valley. She quickly looked for a hiding place in the bush to change her equipment back and ripped the previously prepared Solstreus Town Scroll.

After confirming that she had returned to Solstreus City, she immediately pressed the logout button.