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The entire Japanese archipelago was in a heated buzz from the video that was being broadcasted through their screens. The video showed the splendor of the sunset that casted over forty ships and one Korean player on the seas! Several broadcast drones were able to film the battle in the seas as they laid witness to the forty ships that got sucked inside the miracle’s whirlpool. They were also able to broadcast the scene of the thirty nine ships being sunk by a single attack, as well as the downfall of the Black Pirate’s Red Hawk’s ship!
All of the headlines of every newspaper in Japan talked about this event. The game broadcasting stations that did not show any interest in the happenings at sea at first, also started to set sail. And…
[Wow. That was really amazing. He just stabbed his sword towards the sea and all of the ships sucked inside the vortex were destroyed…]
[It’s a very refreshing sight to see. I can’t even do any quests at sea because of those pirates. I even died more than five times because of them.]
The people of Japan cheered as a player from another country eradicated and hunted their own players. This was because the ‘pirates’ were a great source of headache for the players that wanted to play normally in their own continent. These pirates would often come to land to plunder, and would even PK the players that wanted to go to sea, just so they could monopolize all of the contents prepared at sea.
The worst part? Their numbers and strength were far greater than what the normal players had expected that even the guilds, kingdoms, and empires of the Japanese Server could only let them do as they pleased.
But now, a single man was fighting against these pirates and spilling their blood. How wonderful that was!
The entire country was discussing the events at sea.
[Who in the world is he?]
[I looked closely at the video but I don’t know who he is at all.]
[Maybe he’s a hidden unofficial ranker in Korea?]
[If we’re talking about a Korean player with that much power then the only one I can think of is the ‘Food God’ but his face is completely different…]
[No matter how strong the Food God is, there’s no way that he can destroy forty ships at once. He’s clearly a hidden ranker.]
[Ah, if I recall correctly… didn’t Lundnu say ‘The Food God will be nothing but a loser if I met him at sea’ or something along those lines in the past?]
Along with that comment, a new article appeared and replaced the number one real-time search term.
[Real-time Search Term Number 1. A re-examination of Lundnu’s past remarks.]
That was right.
In the past, Lundnu had mentioned that the Food God would be nothing but a mere loser if they were to meet at sea. Various media outlets started to publish articles about this. Even if Lundnu did not talk about the Food God, the fact that he mocked Korea and their beloved ranker would not change.
And now, all of the spotlights had turned towards Lundnu and the unidentified player. As the buzz burned hotter, another shocking notification hit them.
[A player that has created a shocking legendary achievement that surpassed all of the legendary achievements made in the past has been born to the world!]
[This message resonates across all continents.]
The Japanese players were all excited after hearing the notifications.
[It’s not a notification about a God-rank artifact’s acquisition but a world message about a new achievement that broke all of the achievements of the past? This is my first time hearing something like this.]
[Wow. I wonder who it is? Also, what kind of achievement did they make to break all of the legendary achievements made in the past?]
The number one real-time search term had changed once again. This time it was about the ‘Legendary Achievement’. It was followed by the ‘Re-examination of Lundnu’s Past Remarks’ at second and the ‘Japanese Pirates’ at third. None of them could ever imagine that the first, second, and third real-time search terms were all related to one person and one person alone.
***
Gorfido watched as the blue energy swirling in the sky got sucked into the sword in Minhyuk’s hand. Minhyuk looked extremely delighted. After the sword returned to its original color, Minhyuk stood up and headed somewhere.
The people called the island that they were currently located at, the ‘Turtle Boulder Island’. The reason why they call the island as such was because of the huge boulder, with a height that reached four meters. It looked like it was a turtle hiding in its shell resting in the middle of the island.
“What are you trying to do?”
Minhyuk did not answer Gorfido’s question and just walked forward until he stood in front of the huge turtle boulder. The character ‘Crazy’ was engraved on the flat of his sword.
“How do you read that thing written on your sword?”
“Crazy.”
Then, Minhyuk hacked his sword at the huge turtle boulder. When Gorfido saw this, he thought that it was a ridiculous action. From what he had heard, those that have reached the supreme level of swordsmanship could break boulders with a slash. However, that was when they were talking about regular stones and boulders. But this rock, the Turtle Boulder, was something that existed from when Gorfido was alive up until this point in time. This was a very tough and sturdy boulder. But then…
Swooooooooooooosh—
…a powerful force that seemed like it could tear anything and everything in its path flew forward and literally slashed the boulder right down the middle.
Boooooom—
“…!”
Gorfido could not believe it even after seeing it with his own eyes. In fact, even Minhyuk could not believe it. These were the notifications that Minhyuk had heard after he used the last God’s Ore Vlad in his possession.
[You have achieved ‘perfect’ reinforcement.]
[You have successfully added a +4 reinforcement to the Continent Destroyer Sword.]
[You have surpassed the achievement of the one that created the best sword using God’s Ore Vlad in the past.]
[You have gained 3,000 REP.]
[All of your stats have increased by 3%.]
[You have gained 50,000 AP.]
God’s Ore Vlad was a reinforcement stone that could reinforce the artifact from +1~+5. And in his last and final try, he was able to successfully add a +4 reinforcement! The most shocking part was that it was a reinforcement of a God-rank artifact.
When Minhyuk looked at the ‘Continent Destroyer Sword’’s status window…
(Continent Destroyer Sword)
Rank: God
Requirements: Level 500 or higher, The One Brod has Acknowledged
Durability: ∞ / ∞
Attack: 2,499
Special Effects:
•A 41% increase in STR, AGI and STM.
•Passive Skill: Supreme Sword Mastery has reached Level 9
•Cutting Power and Penetrative Power has increased by 60%.
•Critical Hit Rate has increased by 70%.
•Active Skill: Armor Break
•Active Skill: Continent Destroyer
•Passive Skill: Lightning
•Attack will double against the undead. All passive skills’ chances of getting triggered will be at 100% against the undead.
Description: After cutting down more than a million enemies, Brod’s prowess has been recognized and acknowledged by the God of Death. The God of Death has added his full power into this sword.
The Continent Destroyer Sword was now truly the best weapon in existence. World messages were usually relayed only after the players made achievements, and they had nothing to do with NPCs.
After all, there were quite a few NPCs with God-rank artifacts that were scattered all over the continents, which meant that the strongest among the players were not the strongest in the entirety of Athenae.
However, the birth of this sword proved that it was superior to any sword in existence. The fact that the sword’s attack had increased by more than 500, with the 7% increase in STR, AGI, and STM, the 10% increase in cutting power and penetrative power, and the 20% increase in critical hit rate, was something that should also be taken note of.
There was also the ‘Crazy’ mode added to the passive skill: Lightning.
(Crazy)
Artifact Skill
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Level: None
Mana Required: None
Cooldown: None
Effects:
•When using Crazy Mode, there is a 30% chance of triggering a sword wind with 1,100% additional attack power that can rip through anything and everything in its path when attacking with a basic attack.
•When using Crazy Mode, there is a chance of consecutively triggering Crazy Mode.
•There is a 20% chance of triggering the Crazy Mode two times in a row.
•There is a 5% chance of triggering the Crazy Mode three times in a row.
•There is a 1% chance of triggering the Crazy Mode four times in a row.
•In Crazy Mode, there is a 10% chance of bringing the opponent hit by your attack into a three-second stunned state.
•In Crazy Mode, there is a 20% chance of turning the Continent Destroyer Sword’s Active Skill: Armor Break into a passive skill and triggering it to destroy the opponent’s sword.
Crazy was an outrageous skill that utilized only the greatest advantages of the Continent Destroyer Sword.
‘Are you telling me that there’s a chance that I can trigger the sword wind with an additional 1,100% attack four times in a row?’
The skill was literally the most outrageous of all outrageous skills. In fact, Minhyuk was able to split the turtle boulder into two because he was able to trigger the Crazy Mode three times in a row. With the addition of this shockingly outrageous skill called Crazy, combined with the dramatic increase in attack, Minhyuk had become much, much stronger.
“Shall we test it?” Minhyuk said confidently.
***
Ever Seas.
There were a total of 630 ships roaming the seas and searching for one existence.
Tetsuya, the captain of the Black Skull Pirates and Lundnu’s de facto right hand man, was hailed as the Ever Seas’ Great Mage. When at sea, Tetsuya could exert 1.7x more power with his water attribute magic’s attack power. Right now, Tetsuya was staring at the sea in a daze.
‘Crazy bastards. How dare you compare Sir Lundnu to the Food God?!’
Tetsuya was talking about the ‘Re-examination of Lundnu’s Past Remarks’, the article that appeared as part of the top real-time search terms. Even though they were all Japanese, the people were calling Lundnu arrogant and conceited. But Tetsuya was confident that even if the Food God appeared here, as long as they were at sea, Lundnu would be the one reigning supreme. Lundnu’s ship was unbreakable and as long as it was operated properly, anyone that went against it would immediately face death.
That was right. Tetsuya was Lundnu’s bootlicker.
“Sir Tetsuya. This family of three, a mother, a father and a daughter, tried to escape. We caught them trying to board a small boat that they had unloaded.”
Tetsuya’s brows furrowed upon hearing the words of his subordinates. The three captives that they have caught trying to escape were a family. The middle-aged couple were covered with whip-marks while the young girl was trembling with fear.
“Is that so? Then, let’s just kill them.”
The three trembled at Tetsuya’s words, especially the frightened young girl. She looked more scared than before. Tetsuya was among the people that saw NPCs as mere artificial intelligence. The total number of NPCs that he had killed? Perhaps he had already surpassed a few thousands.
“Kid, do you want to live?”
Nod.
The girl, Riley, nodded in fear.
“Then, let me give you two choices,” Tetsuya smiled in delight as he continued to say, “I will spare you if your mother and father jumped in the sea.”
“…!”
“…!”
Riley and her parents’ faces all turned pale at Tetsuya’s words.
“Ah. But if you jump, I will spare your parents. The choice is yours.”
“You, you’re not human!!!”
“How can you make a child do something like that?!!!”
“We’ll jump!!!”
“Shush. Your daughter should be the one to make a choice. You have committed a sin, so you should be punished,” Tetsuya cackled as he watched Riley walk towards the edge of the ship with her trembling legs.
“Riley!!! No!!!”
“Riley!!! No!!! Let, let us go instead!!!”
Riley looked at the blue sea and the ships floating above it. As the cool breeze caressed her cheeks, she said, “The Sea God will punish you!”
Riley bit her lips tightly. She had heard about the legend of the sea. According to that old legend, the Sea God descended personally to give judgment to the vicious and heinous pirates and bring peace to the seas once again. With a shaky inhale, Riley closed her eyes and tried to jump out of the sea. But before she could do so…
“What, what’s that?!”
“What the hell?! Why did the ships suddenly sink? They’re all in good condition right?!!”
“Captain!!! I think you should see this!”
Riley, who was about to jump, slowly opened her eyes again only to see the ships sinking under the deep blue sea. And…
Shwaaaaaaa—
A fierce blast of wind rang in her ears.
Vwooooooooooom—
That was when Riley saw a man swinging his sword as he went from one ship to another. And…
Slash, slash, slash, slaaaaaash—
Crack, crack, crack, crack—
…a hole was torn through the bottom of one of the ships. She also watched as water started to flow inside the ship which forced it to sink. After doing so, the man jumped to another ship.
Slaaaaaaash—
Another ship started to sink as the man blasted a hole through the ship’s bottom.
“E, everyone! Prepare for battle!!!”
In a blink, the man arrived at Tetsuya’s ship. The man’s face, which was reflected by the light of the sun, glittered and sparkled as he smiled refreshingly and greeted, “Hello, little lady?”
Riley looked at the man as she clasped her hands together and said, “After the Sea God descended, he declared…”
Before she could finish her sentence…
Shwaaaaaaaa—
Baaaaaaaaaaaaang—
…the ship rocked strongly from the strong impact of the man’s attack. Then, Riley spat the end of her words, “…Fools. I will bring you judgment!”