Chapter 154
The Abyss Mage sneered at those words.
“Damn spawn of Draker. I’ll give you the most painful death… Kuheck!”
As the power of decay activated, the mage writhed in pain feeling his body necrotize.
Zeke threw him aside without hesitation and questioned another mage.
The Abyss Mage trembled and tried to commit suicide by taking poison.
But Zeke wouldn’t let that happen. Before the poison could spread through the body, he made him take the antidote, saved him, and questioned him again.
But again he wouldn’t talk, so Zeke used the power of decay without hesitation.
After seeing two mages die with their bodies melting, the remaining two mages were terrified.
One of them finally raised his hand.
“I-I’ll talk! B-But we have a seal placed on us.”
Zeke recalled how one of the Abyss Mages had died earlier when he spoke just one word about the ‘Book of Death’, eaten by bugs that burst from his body.
“So you die the moment you speak of anything important.”
The mage nodded and said.
“Y-Yes. The Apostle placed a seal on us…”
At that moment, the other mage beside him lunged at him.
“Damn you! Are you trying to make our souls sacrifices too?!”
The attacking mage violently choked the other mage’s neck trying to kill him.
Zeke rushed in and beheaded the attacking mage.
THUD!
While sheathing his sword, Zeke cast an area curse reflection skill on the last remaining mage.
“You should be fine now. Tell me about the Apostle who placed the seal.”
The Abyss Mage clutched his neck and stammered in fear.
“T-The Apostle is… Huh? Huh?”
Suddenly blood vessels bulged on the mage’s face.
“N-No!”
BANG!
Before finishing his answer, the mage’s head suddenly exploded.
Zeke frowned as he looked at the scattered remains of the mage’s head.
Even curse reflection couldn’t block the seal placed by the Abyss Apostle.
“These crazy bastards. What kind of seal is this…?”
Zeke clenched his teeth as he looked at the scattered remains.
“An Apostle…”
The true nature of the place called Abyss was still a mystery.
Zeke finished cleaning up the remaining Abyss Mages and called Richmond.
Despite being a lich, Richmond’s skeleton showed clear signs of exhaustion.
“Uuugh. I’m dying, Master.”
Zeke stared incredulously at Richmond before checking the artifacts obtained from defeating the Arch Lich and Death Knight.
-Crown Information-
Description: Old crown worn by the Arch Lich
Unique Ability: Summon Skeleton Knights
Special Note: Dark Mage exclusive artifact
-Armor Information-
Description: Death Knight’s cursed armor
Unique Ability: Breath of Death
Special Note: Random curse applied if wearer is not undead
‘What is this? I can’t even use these.’
They were artifacts that only undead or dark mages could use.
Richmond’s eyes sparkled upon seeing the Arch Lich’s crown.
“M-Master, t-that…”
“Want it?”
Richmond quickly nodded.
Zeke tossed the crown to Richmond. Richmond flew through the air and caught it.
“T-Thank you! Master! I’ll serve you with absolute loyalty!”
Richmond excitedly put the old crown on his head.
WOOOONG!
At that moment, the crown placed on Richmond’s head began to vibrate.
“Gasp! M-Master!”
An energy similar to when absorbing the essence of the Blood and Madness Knight erupted from the crown.
Zeke took out Bahamut and purified the energy by absorbing it like before.
[Purified the power of ‘Being whose name cannot be identified’.]
[When applied to summon Richmond, the purified power can draw out the summon’s potential.]
[Would you like to grant this power to Richmond?]
‘A being whose name cannot be identified.’
As Richmond said, the dark mage who turned Cardinal Verdi into an Arch Lich seemed to have contracted directly with a demon bearing a constellation name rather than being of demon race.
‘Is that guy the one called Apostle.’
While feeling the power waves contained in the crown, Zeke could somewhat gauge the caliber of the unknown being called Apostle.
He granted the purified power to Richmond.
The power emanating from Bahamut seeped into Richmond’s body.
CRACK CRACK CRACK!
Richmond’s form as a Demi-Lich began to change.
[Summon Richmond evolved from Demi-Lich to Arch Lich after receiving the purified power of the Arch Lich.]
[Summon Richmond can now summon the undead ‘Skeleton Knights’ after absorbing the crown’s power.]
[Due to black sword Bahamut’s influence, the insignificant dragon lineage power sleeping within Richmond has been strengthened.]
[Summon Richmond with mixed insignificant dragon lineage bones awakens some traits due to the influence of awakened dragon power.]
[Can grant dragon lineage monster traits to all summoned undead.]
[Receives greater influence from unique authority of dragon lineage domination ability.]
Richmond, who evolved from Demi-Lich to Arch Lich, had both eyes change to purple gems, and the old crown he wore transformed into a shining crown studded with colorful jewels.
The difference from Arch Lich Verdi was that two large horns sprouted from Richmond’s head.
Richmond was overjoyed seeing the horns and crown on his head.
“Master! Look at this! H-Horns! This is so cool!”
It seemed the dragon lineage traits had manifested, causing horns to grow.
Zeke spoke to the delighted Richmond.
“Richmond, can you raise these ones again?”
Though the Arch Lich disappeared when Zeke devoured it, the skeletal knights’ bodies made from the paladin corpses still lay on the ground.
“I’ll try, sir.”
When Richmond stretched out his hand and chanted, the fallen skeletal knights’ eye sockets lit up again.
KIGIGIGIGIK!
The skeletal knights rose and formed ranks. At the same time, their appearance began to change.
They transformed with purple bone armor, bone swords, bone shields, and their heads changed to dragon-like forms like reptilian skeletons.
[Skeleton Knights evolved into Skeleton Dragoons through summon Richmond’s power.]
[Skeleton Dragons are limited to 10 units for summoning.]
‘Skeleton Dragons.’
Perhaps because they came from paladin corpses, they felt noticeably stronger.
Zeke calmed down Richmond who was flying around joyfully and immediately dismissed the summon.
When Richmond was dismissed, the skeletons disappeared as well.
After stopping the undead legion, Zeke finally approached the ark slowly.
He placed his hand on the ark and channeled mana into it.
Suddenly white light erupted from the ark’s surface.
[Administrator System Access]
[Code Verification]
[Terakan Draker’s Heir Title Verified]
[??? Ark Entry Permission Authenticated]
After the messages appeared, a black hole formed on the ark’s surface where Zeke had placed his hand.
‘What is this?’
Though he peered inside the hole, he couldn’t see what was inside.
This time Zeke tried putting his hand in. His hand went straight through.
It seemed to be an entrance, but since he couldn’t see inside, he was hesitant to enter rashly.
‘…Should be fine.’
After hesitating briefly, Zeke carefully entered the hole in the ark.
As soon as Zeke went inside, the hole in the ark disappeared.
* * *
“Wow, what is this place?”
Surprisingly, the scenery inside the ark felt familiar to Zeke.
That’s because it was similar to the Dragon Slayer’s Haven and Kaisir’s Haven.
Clean white corridors stretched out on both sides.
Zeke tried to check the path using his map. But surprisingly, none of the paths inside the ark were marked.
‘This is the first time this has happened.’
Puzzled, Zeke turned off the map and decided to explore directly.
Since he received entry permission through the system, it seemed there wouldn’t be problems.
As he walked down the corridor, eventually a door appeared.
Zeke was shocked when he saw that door.
“Huh? That crest…”
It was indeed the Sun’s Crest.
From the mark seen in Fab Valencia’s underground catacomb to Agamemnon’s mask, the ruins’ murals, and now the crest carved on the ark.
‘They must be connected somehow.’
Zeke placed his hand on the door and channeled mana.
[Terakan Draker’s Heir Title Verified]
[Bridge Entry Permitted]
The tightly closed door split into four parts and opened.
Zeke slowly went inside.
The space didn’t appear immediately, but after passing through a corridor, a new area appeared.
“This is…?”
The bridge that the system mentioned seemed to be exactly that – a ship’s bridge.
It was a large hall with ship controls, seats for multiple people, and crystals of unknown purpose.
Zeke looked around the bridge.
‘Is this where they control the ship?’
While it was definitely a bridge, it looked markedly different from the warship bridges Zeke had seen.
So it was hard to even imagine how it could be controlled.
The control panel embedded with crystals everywhere looked like something only mages could handle.
“A mage controlling a ship? Does that make sense?”
Full of questions, Zeke headed toward the helm at the center of the hall.
The helm had a traditional ship’s wheel attached for controlling direction.
Zeke stood in front of the wheel.
“At least I understand this one.”
Then he grabbed the wheel with both hands.
At that moment.
[Terakan Draker’s Heir Title Verified]
[Inheritance Procedure Initiated]
WOOOONG!
The wheel tilted back and a cylinder began rising from within.
‘What is this?’
Seeing the sealed box inside the cylinder reminded Zeke of what he saw at the bird’s race ruins before.
It was similar to when he inherited the chains left by Terakan Draker.
Zeke opened the sealed box without hesitation.
His prediction was right.
“This is the Holy Grail?”
Since they said it was a holy relic containing the Fairy King’s power, Zeke had imagined an elaborate treasure-like chalice.
But the cup in the sealed box was a crude wooden cup that looked like it could be sold at a market.
The surface was bumpy as if carved by an amateur craftsman, and there were many scratches all over.
Zeke picked up the Holy Grail from the box.
“A miraculous cup that grants immortal power.”
At that moment.
Suddenly light burst forth from the Holy Grail.
‘What’s this?’
Messages appeared before his eyes one after another.
[‘The Fairy King’s Cup Containing Brilliant Light’ detects the title Terakan Draker’s Heir.]
[Class skill will be granted according to inheritance procedure.]
Zeke was bewildered by the suddenly appearing messages.
‘Grant class skill?’
[‘The Fairy King’s Chalice Filled with Brilliant Light’ detects the unique class ‘Immortal’.]
[‘The Fairy King’s Chalice Filled with Brilliant Light’ grants the unique class ‘Immortal’ exclusive skill ‘Healing Factor’.]
[An error occurred during skill granting.]
[It has been confirmed that this skill is already possessed.]
[‘The Fairy King’s Chalice Filled with Brilliant Light’ grants another exclusive skill.]
[‘The Fairy King’s Chalice Filled with Brilliant Light’ grants the unique class ‘Immortal’ exclusive skill ‘Infinite stamina’.]
[An error occurred during skill granting.]
[It has been confirmed that this skill is already possessed.]
‘Immortal exclusive skills?’
The Healing Factor and Infinite Health that the chalice was trying to grant as Immortal exclusive skills were actually skills he had when he was a Healer class that had transformed when his class changed to Immortal.
The message appeared again.
[‘The Fairy King’s Chalice Filled with Brilliant Light’ creates another Immortal class exclusive skill.]
[A new skill that has never existed before has been created.]
[‘The Fairy King’s Chalice Filled with Brilliant Light’ grants the unique class Immortal’ exclusive skill ‘Limit Break’.]
‘Limit Break?’
It was a skill with an unfamiliar name.
The chalice that granted the skill gradually dimmed its light until it completely disappeared, returning to its original ordinary cup form.
“What just happened?.”
Since everything happened so suddenly, Zeke tried infusing mana into the chalice, but there was no reaction.
He examined the chalice in various ways but couldn’t find any other changes.
Finally, thinking there wouldn’t be anything more, Zeke checked the information of the skill granted by the chalice.
[This skill is currently locked.]
[It is difficult to identify the skill’s information.]
[To unlock it, the soul’s level must be increased.]
“What?”
Zeke couldn’t hide his bewilderment after checking the skill description.
Although he received the skill, it was locked and impossible to check.
“Hmm, is this similar to the previous Incarnation skill?”
The requirement to increase the soul’s level to use the skill didn’t quite make sense.
In the case of Dragon race skills, even when locked, the information could be viewed, and they could be unlocked with Karma points, so this felt strange.
‘Well, since it’s an Immortal exclusive skill, it should be useful once it’s unlocked someday.’
Putting aside thoughts about the skill, Zeke examined the seemingly plain chalice and fell into another question.
“Granting class skills according to inheritance procedures. Does this mean Terakan Draker left the chalice here as a kind of arrangement for the heir?”
Zeke had been inheriting and growing stronger through the legacy left by Terakan Draker.
Bahamut’s heart and fangs, the secure archive, and now the Soul Sealing technique. It seemed the chalice would be added to this list.
‘What did Terakan Draker prepare all these arrangements for?’
While looking at the chalice in his hand, Zeke suddenly remembered the information Arataso had mentioned.
“Right, the Demon Lord was looking for this holy relic. If it’s a being other than dragons targeting the material world…?”
But the idea of a Demon Lord trying to invade the world seemed too far-fetched.
Zeke shook his head.
“There’s no use pondering alone. If I show it to the hermit of stories, he might know something.”
Zeke packed the chalice and prepared to leave the ark.
It was when he tried to put the chalice in his inventory.
Suddenly, a message appeared before Zeke’s eyes.
[Authority Fortune activates.]
[In connection with the authority, the dragon race skill ‘Dragon’s Sense’ activates.]
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