MMORPG: The Elementalist

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Similar to Qin Ruo, Slayer's Heart, Violet Orchid, Burning Rose, Little Apple, Xiaoxiao, and Violetmoon Devilite all received the same mission—descend from the peak and kill twenty Level 52 Minibosses Spectral Shaman within three hours. If successful, the reward would be a Legendary-tier equipment. Failure would result in the player's death and warp one out from the Buried City. According to the Demigod NPC, once the three hours is up, all Spectral Shaman would discover their whereabouts and join forces with the Skeleton Dragon in the air to assault the intruder.

But the Demigod NPC did provide him some good news. "If you complete the mission, all low-tier spectral creatures up at this peak that is controlled by the Spectral Shaman will vanish instantaneously. We will get a breather then."

If they managed to get to that point, then the NPC could perform a ritual on the adventurer who had completed the mission using the mysterious energy attached to the Eternal Barrier. This ritual would retain the adventurer's Soul Imprint at the warp portal near the Eternal Barrier.

With this Soul Imprint, players would be able to connect to the coordinates of the Eternal Barrier from any warp portal. The adventurer would only need to recite the coordinates in his mind and the NPC in the Buried City would be able to summon the adventurer back into the peak.

***

The seven players who completed the quest were startled after they received the new task.

'Tier 5 Miniboss! You think we are fighting potatoes? Let's forget about twenty, even defeating one is impossible for a single player.'

The party leader Slayer's Heart could only force an awkward smile. Even to him, one Tier 5 Miniboss was challenging enough. To fight twenty of them, he definitely did not have enough supply of potions left. The time limit was also a great problem.

Violet Orchid speculated. "I think this type of quest is designed specifically for Tier 5 Champions."

"Tier 5 players will not find this to be easy as well. Don't forget that we have a sea of Undead creatures down there. Beside, the Spectral Shaman is a Summoner-type Boss and excels at mass AoE resurrection. It's hard to face this Miniboss one-on-one," Xiaoxiao reminded everyone.

"True."

Slayer's Heart sighed and addressed everyone, "Forget it. Since the quest will not penalize you for failing it, let's accept it first. Monsters on the mountain path are mostly Tier 4 and 5. It's good to get some experience fighting them. Take it as the system compensated us for snatching the Overlord." Slayer's Heart paused a while, then directed his message to Qin Ruo. "Little Qin, the Amethyst Orc still has a hundred and seventy minutes left right? I think you should be able to complete this quest with the summoned Boss help. At least we are able to get one Legendary equipment and not return empty handed."

Qin Ruo nodded after listened to the suggestion.

'Brother Slayer is right. Since the quest is impossibly difficult, then better give it up and focus on leveling up instead. While for me, it's time to see how far the Amethyst Orc can go… This quest is originally designed for a Tier 5 Champion!"

"Alright, everyone, accept the quest."

In response to Slayer's Heart order, Qin Ruo accepted Darius's plea for help.

Darius who was waiting for Qin Ruo response all this while suddenly turned around with a hopeful look on his face.

"Great, you accepted it. I knew it. A warrior like you will never succumb to the abusive forces from the Underworld. I will send you down to the foot of the mountain right now. Be careful and mind not to fly toward the direction of those Skeleton Dragons."

"Wait, what?" Qin Ruo was baffled. "What do you mean by fly?"

While he went blank due to the outrageous statement, Darius had left his duty entirely to his wolf partner. A green radiance glowed on his palm as he walked over to Qin Ruo with a serious face. He nodded and cleared Qin Ruo's doubt. "Of course! This Eternity Peak is one thousand and four hundred meters high. Numerous specters have flooded the mountain path, while you also have to beware of those Skeleton Dragons and high-tier Vampires hovering above your head. Without the protection of the Eternal Barrier, it's impossible to get to the bottom of the mountain all by yourself. At least not on foot."

Qin Ruo was shocked hearing Darius out. 'Skeleton Dragons, high-tier Vampires, in addition to the endless number of specters and hellhounds along the mountain path? Indeed, those will be hard to deal with if they come from all direction all at once. Even if I am not exhausted by the attack on my way down, there is also a high chance that I might get flipped over and free fall to the bottom. But still, what did he mean by "fly"?'

This was when Darius walked over to Qin Ruo and unfurled his fist that was initially gripping tight on a mass of green light.

Qin Ruo bowed his head and took a closer look. A small fragment of greenish crystal piece lay peacefully on Darius's palm. The fragment emitted a breath of dense Water Element around it.

"Though Underearth Warriors like us are unable to grow wings like human; we do have a very specific skill that allows us to produce the purest Elemental Shard by extracting the Magic Elements present in the atmosphere. This enables us to emulate the ability of Divinity for a short period of time."

'Elemental Shard? Divinity?'

Qin Ruo received the item handed over by Darius, but to his surprise, the Elemental Shard directly fused into his body and disappeared.

The system notification rang.

Fusion with the Water Elemental Shard.

Within three hours, the player can activate Angelic Wings and gain the ability to fly.

As he was informed by the system that he had temporarily gained the ability to fly, Qin Ruo was also surprised to discover that abundance of Water Elements started to flow vigorously through his body after the shard fusion. The water source seemed to have a limitless supply, as Water Element spilled out automatically and excessively throughout his entire body…

Darius was the shard maker, so naturally, he could understand how jubilant and surprised Qin Ruo was. He explained with a smile, "The time needed to create an Aqua Shard is about twenty hours. By using a special technique known only by the Underearth Warriors, the Water Element in the atmosphere will be continuously drained in the process and be compressed into a small Elemental Shard piece. After fusing with the fragment, not only can you fly within this period, but the Elemental Shard will also continuously emit Water Elements at the same time. The rate of its release is four times the normal speed of condensation. Thus, the density of Water Elements surrounding you will become very high."

Qin Ruo nodded in excitement. Supported by such a bountiful source of Water Elements, this quest had just become slightly easier than he previously thought. He hastily retrieved the Skill Interface. Being able to activate Angelic Wings prior to the fusion with Divinity and get a taste of gliding freely across the sky was most probably the biggest surprise and reward gained in this trip.

After he found out how to activate Angelic Wings through the Skill Interface, Qin Ruo was warned by Darius, "After you kill the Spectral Shaman, please rush back to the Eternal Barrier at the peak within three hours. Or else, you will be discovered by the Eye of Hades hidden within the Buried City. Upon your exposure, the lord of the Underworld will summon a Tier 6 Lich platoon to pursue you. In that case, the time you bought us will be in vain and the quest will still be considered a failure. Hades will redeploy new Spectral Shamans and continue to lambast the Eternal Barrier."

"Tier 6 Lich platoon…" Qin Ruo was perplexed hearing it.

'Lich sounds like a powerful Boss. Monsters at this level are capable of battling in the form of a platoon as well?'

"Besides, your other partners are far from here. Do not attempt to fly over and meet up with them. Hades knows that the warp portal within the Eternal Barrier is still functioning and it remains connected to the world above. Thus, he has deployed countless Skeleton Dragons and Spectral Shamans in between each peak with the purpose of stopping human adventurers coming in through the portal from converging. Once discovered, you guys will be killed within a short time."

Darius's notion completely crushed the seven-player party's wishful thought.

"Well, so be it. I will fly for three full hours and enjoy it to the fullest before leaving this place!"

Burning Rose words made the three players at the Savis Town jump to their feet.

They had narrowly missed the chance to activate Angelics Wing! 'Good grief!'

A heart-wrenching shriek was heard near the resurrection circle at Savis Town, "God! How could you be so cruel!!!" Needless to say, the one who was mourning was no other than Brother Da.

***

After Darius had relayed all the information and precautions, Qin Ruo approached the edge of the Eternal Barrier near the peak.

Looking down the high altitude made him feel a little dizzy. Qin Ruo inhaled deeply to suppress the tremendous pressure while crouching down with his arms wide open.

At the back of his Blackwater Magic Robe, two slits opened up near the rib region. Two rays of blinding white light surged from within…

Qin Ruo vividly felt the pain on his back as a result of the protrusion. He gritted his teeth and knuckled hard on the ground to withstand the ache for several seconds.

"Come on!!!" Qin Ruo roared.

Pure white light gushed out from his back and gradually transformed into a pair of white wings, which spread out in opposite directions.

The Angelic Wings on his back flapped once in response to his mind.

A strong airflow gushed from beneath his legs and lifted Qin Ruo from the ground. He was then dragged by the wings behind his back to pierce through the Eternal Barrier from the top.

In that instance, he had completely shaken off the fear toward the cliff and the pain from growing the Angelic Wings. In exchange, he now felt superior by having the Eternity Peak, Spectral Army, and the Buried City all within his sight.

The pleasant feeling of overlooking everything from above made Qin Ruo yelp gleefully.

"Yahoo!!!"

The sound rang far into the distance.

More than ten Skeleton Dragons simultaneously responded to the howl and turned around to fly toward the mountain peak where the sound came from.