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Chapter 280: Surpassed
Chapter 280: Surpassed
Chapter 280: Surpassed
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The kid Originals roamed across the empty, lonely hallways of the crimson castle. However, for the first time in a very long time, the castle at least had some kind of joy.
The servants slightly teared up as the crimson castle had been a place of suffering for the last year, but now, with the children's laughter, they knew that things were finally starting to look up.
At the throne room, Raquel traced her hand across the throne's armrests and sighed heavily.
She could still remember times when her father was sitting on the throne with her on the lap, telling her stories of their kingdom's history.
She loved most the stories about the New World, as those kinds of stories were passed on in the Starborn family, as the creator of Sevenfold was Starborn.
His tales about the New World were passed on in the family, and Raquel remembered every story.
In the future, she would also pass those stories onto her children.
"Well, the throne is yours..." Raquel turned her gaze to Adam, who was standing by the tall window. "You deserved it."
"Mine? No." Adam shook his head. "I don't want it."
"You don't want to be a king?" Raquel asked.
Adam shrugged his shoulders. "The throne doesn't have my name on it. It's yours."
"Mine...?" Raquel turned to the throne and said. "I am not powerful enough to keep this kingdom protected. What if another player stumbles upon here?"
"I'll give you a way to contact me." Adam said. "If anything happens, I'll come back immediately."
"But why? You don't owe this place anything." Raquel asked.
"I feel responsible for it now." Adam said and yawned. "Also I like this place. A paradise for Originals. I think you guys deserve a paradise."
"Originals of the New World... Are they treated well?" Raquel asked hesitantly.
"Not really..." Adam sighed. "Better than you guys were, but still not great. There's a war happening, and unfortunately, many Originals will die."
"If you have a chance, can you lead the Originals here?" Raquel asked. "My father once said that the Originals of the New World are also our family."
"I'll do my best." Adam said. "If a chance arises."
"That's fine." Raquel turned to the throne and hesitantly sat on it.
She thought that the throne felt unfamiliar, as she had only been on her father's lap when she was sitting on it.
Now, the throne felt somewhat cold and hard.
"I'll be in seclusion for a moment. I don't want to be disturbed." Adam said, and headed out.
"Is everything alright?" Raquel asked.
"Yes. It is just time to become stronger." Adam said, and checked the interface. [44%...]
...
Inside the castle's basement, Adam hovered in the air like some kind of deity. He was surrounded by the glowing aura of enlightenment, and quickly, his mastery over Magick increased.
It didn't take him long to reach the peak of the third level, and immediately after, his mana ocean started pushing against the gate.
The gate was bronze in color, covered in intricate symbols that seemed to writhe and twist as the waves of the mana ocean crashed against it.
However, slowly, the gates creaked open, and the water started rushing through.
And just like that, the gates slammed open, and he officially reached level four in the Magick!
A level of Magick that only a handful of mercenaries had ever reached!
He was almost at the level of Magick Masters, who had only mastered the Magick, and he did that while juggling all of the Three Powers.
If those Magick Masters heard about it, they would definitely cough up blood!
"Huff..." Adam opened his eyes and dropped back to the ground.
The enlightenment ended, and it left his clothes soaked.
'That was close. The enlightenment was almost not enough...'
Adam scratched the back of his head and then felt warm light touching his face. When he looked around, he noticed that some morning light peeked through the basement's small windows that were near the ceiling.
It was already morning.
He spent the entire night in the enlightened state, and he didn't even know about it.
'Let's check the calculation.'
Adam opened the interface and was pleasantly surprised.
[98%...]
Soon, he would know his current level of strength!
It was completely a mystery to him.
'It would've probably already finished calculating, but now that I reached level four in the Magick, it has to recalculate some things.'
He chuckled slightly.
[99%...]
One more percent left.
'Cmon...' Adam narrowed his eyes. 'Don't be weak. Don't be weak.'
[100%]
[The calculation has finished!]
[LEVEL UP!]
[Level 25-26]
[LEVEL UP!]
[Level 26 ? 27]
[LEVEL UP!]
[Level 27 ?28]
[LEVEL UP!]
[Level 28 ? 29]
[LEVEL UP!]
[Level 29 ?30]
[You have become Prime Mercenary!]
***
[Name: Adam Palestar]
[Level: 30]
[Percent: 21%]
[HP: 2500/2500]
[Rank: Prime Mercenary]
[Weapon: Greatsword of Forgotten King]
[Shinecoin: 1,681,577]
[—— SKILLS——]
[-The Little God-]
[—Advanced Blade Handling-]
[-Ground King-]
[-Shield Charge-]
[-Pull-]
[-Push-]
[-Ice Breath-]
[-Poisoned Blade-]
[-Minor Healing-]
[-Chi Strike-]
[-Knowledge Master-]
[Inventory]
[Log Off]
***
"Hahaha..." Adam laughed and smiled in happiness. "I've reached it...'
During the time of his death, he was also level 30.
He was at the peak of Prime Mercenary. However, he was only 15% done with the level 30.
Therefore, he had already surpassed his old self!
Back then, his strength was already crazy enough to become one of the generals of the Star faction. However, while he wasn't one of the strongest members of the faction, he received general rank because of his usefulness and talent.
Sapphira truly believed that he would become a great man one day, and she wanted him to be
his righthand man when she would take the throne away from the King Moriarty. However, Adam wasn't aware of all that.
He received quite a bit of scrutiny because some members of the faction believed that they
deserved the role of general more than him.
However, time and time again, Adam proved all of them wrong.
Adam stood to his feet and punched through the air, but he felt like he punched through
something solid and real.
It felt like the air was thick and heavy, as if he were fighting against an invisible force.
However, when his punch finished, the whole basement shook, and so did the entire crimson
castle.
The sleepy-eyed Originals woke up in shock, believing that an earthquake had just struck them, but the shaking soon stopped.
'This is the feeling.' Adam smiled. 'I've forgotten how it feels like to punch through the Mana Air.'
What he felt was Mana Air. It was something that surrounded everything in the world, and only those who've transcended past the human limits were able to see and feel it. Strangely enough, his current strength was equal that of Digby, his guild master. While he
still had a higher percent, around 85, Adam could still give him a hell of a fight.
Maybe even win!
"Is everything alright?!" Raquel slammed the basement door's open. "I felt the shaking
coming from here!"
"Yes, sorry." Adam clenched his hand into a fist, and that alone created another shake.
Raquel's eyes almost popped wide open. She could feel that the young man in front of him
wasn't human anymore. He had transcended that!
"Adam..."
"You got any breakfast? I am hungry." Adam patted on her shoulder with a smile, and left the
basement.
'That strength. Is he really an angel?' Raquel frowned.
Last night, during the late hours, Otis was trying to convince every Original that Adam was the
Winged Angel, ordered by the God Almighty to come here to save them.
While Raquel thought it was foolishness, many Originals believed that, and slowly, she also
began to believe it.
'The Winged Angel...'