BXBX NOVEL Chapter 126 The End Of Something (10)
Several weeks ago, in Russell\'s dormitory room.
"Oppa, we can take advantage of this. If I\'m the only one going into the Nether Realm, a portal won\'t appear, you know. So, basically, I could switch it on and off like a simple lightbulb, but there\'s still a 3-second delay."
Freya – who just came back alone from the Nether Realm – spoke to Russell and Amelie who was sitting on the bed and long couch respectively.
"The problem is that we cannot communicate with each other via telepathy through Chaos Connection.
"It\'s the same thing will Amery on the Chaos Training Grounds."
Russell pondered for a moment before he looked at his younger sister in casual clothes as though she was taking a walk in a mall, then after a few seconds, he added a question.
"Freya, will the Party Chat function through your Star Quest Party work? You know it\'s about you as a Death Executioner, and it might work if you attempt to communicate with us as being members of your Star Quest Party."
"I think that\'s probable, but I\'m curious about the Time Difference in the Nether Realm and this world; It\'s 1 to 7 respectively.
"If you leave here for less than 7 seconds, it\'ll probably only split seconds that you were there. Is that even possible? What I mean is that there might be a time lag between our communication."
Amelie interjected, causing Freya to fall silent, and Russell to contemplate her words.
"Hmm... I think it wouldn\'t matter that much on Freya\'s side, rather, it\'ll be our patience that\'s going to be tested."
What they attempted so far was for Freya to go into the Nether Realm, then use the telepathy via Chaos Connection through Russell\'s identity as the Mediator of Chaos; something that\'s still vague for him until today.
To no avail, Freya couldn\'t be reached when she was in the Nether Realm.
"...Don\'t mind that for now... First, let\'s try the Star Quest Party Chat."
Freya interjected as she agreed to her older brother\'s words; the time was 7 times slower in the Nether Realm, so it would be Russell and Amelie\'s problem to wait for her according to the plan they\'re attempting to carry out.
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<Oppa? Amelie? Hello, Can you read it?>
Freya went to the Nether Realm and messaged her companions through the Party Chat; a function for the leader and members of the Star Quest Party.
<Hey, it works! By the way, don\'t forget to leave a sign of the place where you were, okay?>
Amelie replied through the Party Chat, reminding Freya of the location she was in.
As she moved to the Nether Realm, if she came back, she\'ll be in a different location; it\'s the reason why they got lost after they went back to Earth after their first journey in the Nether Realm.
Though the Earth\'s general structure and the Nether Realm\'s general structure were not entirely the same, the truth still remained; that there\'s always an equivalent place from Earth to the Nether Realm.
For this reason, Russell, Freya, and Amelie devised a plan to take advantage of this phenomenon; to use this equivalent respective location and map tracing between the realm and the world.
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Thirty minutes ago before Russell and Amelie arrived in the Blue Circle Bar.
The three of them first checked into a quite expensive hotel due to it being located in Obelisk City. This hotel was located just a few meters across the Blue Circle Bar.
"Freya, use this map of the area here."
Amelie handed Freya a printed map of the small area where the Blue Circle Bar was located.
"Okay, thank you. I\'ll check first where this place is equivalent to in the Nether Realm."
Upon reading some of the books that she received from the Ruler of Death, specifically the [Ruling as Death Executioner Guide (Ancient)], she learned that she could access the Nether Realm without using her Unique Skill: Death\'s Call.
"Gateway of the Dead."
She muttered softly, then within two seconds, her body seemed to become dark and formless as though she was swept by the wind.
During their first time in accessing the Nether Realm, Freya had to use the Unique Skill: Death\'s Call, then make a contract with a familiar before they could return to Earth with the words \'Return to the Living World\'; but this time, Freya, having the Profession: Death Executioner, could access the Nether Realm by her own.
The only conflict about this way was that she couldn\'t bring her companions or the Star Quest Party Members unless they proved themselves in helping her by subjugating Evil Spirits.
After a few minutes, Freya came back as though she appeared in thin air.
"Alright, the place where I landed is somewhat desolate, but the good news is that there\'s a destroyed floating debris or some kind of rocks that\'s equivalent to where the Blue Circle Bar is standing."
Freya said in relief, causing Russell and Amelie to look and nodded at each other.
"If that\'s the case, let\'s recount the plan first."
Russell then said after taking a heavy breath.
...
Present, Blue Circle Bar, VIP Room 001, a minute or two before Freya stabbed Arthur Wolfson from behind.
<Freya, go back here right now.>
Russell said through the Party Chat function.
Freya wasn\'t on Earth at this moment, but moving on her own in the Nether Realm with a map on her hand that she was using to trace her steps from the Nether Realm and Earth.
<Russell, this guy\'s planning something, let\'s attack first.>
Amelie said through the same means: Party Chat function.
<Hey, I\'m here! I won\'t deactivate Junain\'s Blanket because my presence might be detected. Let\'s go.>
Freya, from taking her steps into the Nether Realm and matching the place from where she was to the place they were right now, arrived in the bathroom where Russell went as an excuse.
<Oppa, leave first, I\'ll follow behind you.>
Under the Artifact: Junain\'s Blanket, invisible to the eyes of everyone, Freya followed her older brother closely.
As the door of the bathroom closed, Freya took her strides with silent footsteps towards the back of Arthur Wolfson, the Student Council President; unable to be seen by the B rank guards.
The Junain\'s Blanket was capable of stealth that even some Obelisk Security Guards wouldn\'t detect so easily.
"Sir Arthur, thank you for accommodating me in this luxurious bar. I\'ll make sure to remember your kindness."
Russell said before grinning, while his deep blue eyes turned cold.
Freya, in a second, had deactivated the stealth artifact, which made her appear so she could take another action; it\'s the restriction of the Junain\'s Blanket... That any offensive action couldn\'t be taken if it\'s activated.
But it\'s too late... before Reinhardt, Ruina, or the two men in the formal black suit could react to the unexpected, Freya stabbed Arthur through his chest, from his back; with a shortsword she bought through Thorn of Rose, \'Arianne\'s Wish\' (Unique) that costs about a few billions of Obel.
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– Arianne\'s Wish
Crafted using the Monster Core of the Boss Monster: Royal Knight of the Forgotten Land from the Peak Dungeon Tower, \'Tower of the Desolate\'.
Rank: Unique
Classification: Weapon
– Enchantments:
[Sharpened Upgrade]
Effect:
It makes the edge of the sword easily cut through metal.
[Weight Adjustment]
Effect:
The weight of this sword will be halved from its original weight.
– Intrinsic Effect:
[Magic Amplification]
Effect:
The wielder of this sword will be granted a 25% amplification of the Skill: Mana Blast.
[Arianne\'s Will]
Effect:
The wielder of this sword will have an additional +20 Willpower and Tenacity stats.
[Desolation]
Effect:
When a player is stabbed by this sword, he or she will receive a Mild Poison Debuff for 1 minute; this will drain the player\'s Stamina by 20 per second.
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[Your Trait: Nihility has completely concealed the surroundings!]
[Any form of noise will not be heard outside of this area.]
[Any form of electronic communication will be rendered useless.]
Similar to Markim\'s case — the branch manager of the Shadow Guild that handled the underground facility or prison where slaves were forced to mine the mineral Urum (UR) — any way of sending an electrical message would not work; it\'s with this case that Markim hurriedly previously told the 50 employees — who Amelie killed — to report the situation outside.
"Arthur!"
Reinhardt shouted in shock, but he quickly took out his \'Personal Weapon\' from his Dimensional Inventory, it\'s the same case with Ruina.
While the two B rank men in formal black suits didn\'t hesitate to lunge towards Freya, but before they could reach her, Russell with the Sword of \'???\' in his hand, ran towards his younger sister, then caught her away quickly.
...
With his evolved Weapon Mastery, the Skill: Cull and Cut (EX) made his Agility, by using a sword weapon, 5 times his original Agility stat.
At this moment, he\'s a C- rank with an average stats range of 243 - 343, but he\'s nearing breaking to C rank, which means that his specific Variable Stats: Strength, Agility, and Magic Power were at more than 300; then, with the benefit of "Cut" under the Skill: Cull and Cut, his Agility would be around 1500+.
But there\'s more to it; Russell, at this moment, was wearing a dirty white mask or the Mask of Night, increasing his Agility stat by 100 normally, then +300 if he blended into shadows.
With this artifact, his "original" Agility stat would be around 400+ to 600+, making it 2,000+ to 3,000+ with the "Cut" effect.
And the B rank guards\' average stats only ranges from 900 to 1350, though there\'s a huge difference with Russell\'s Strength compared to the two men in a black suit, it wouldn\'t matter if they couldn\'t hit him.
Russell was only able to dodge Markim when he was blending in the shadows that time, during his first fight against someone with a massive gap in strength, but these people were clearly slower than an A- rank player.
...
"W-what...?"
Reinhardt couldn\'t believe his eyes as he saw Freya seem to glitch out of place.
"Ruina, tend to Arthur! He\'s still alive!"
Ruina took out High-Grade Health Potion and forced it into Arthur\'s mouth after opening the lid.
Although the attack was sudden, she\'s somehow composed.
\'I need to leave this place.\'
She didn\'t expect the power of Russell, though she clearly saw previously his Status Window that\'s only around F rank.
\'I need to report this to them.\'
Crouching down near Arthur who was slowly recovering, she devised a plan to escape first, leaving everyone in the area as though she didn\'t care in the first place.
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<Oppa, sorry, I miss striking his heart. He\'s f*cking clumsy.>
<It\'s okay, Freya... anyway, Amelie, take care of Ruina but keep her alive. Also, be careful of her.>
Amelie didn\'t respond to the telepathy, rather she started to move while holding the Staff of the Lost Shade (Growth).
Russell then lunged towards the two men and quickly rendered them to be unable to move by deeply pressing their pressure points that were equivalent to \'movement\'; while Freya lunged towards Reinhardt who was on guard and guarding the recovering Arthur.
...
"Why are you doing this? Didn\'t the trade successful?!"
Reinhardt blocked Freya\'s sword with his \'Personal Weapon\' that\'s also in the form of a sword. It was a family gift due to his achievement of getting admitted to the Obelisk Academy.
"It\'s clear that you are planning to get rid of us here and now even if we didn\'t do anything, so shut your filthy mouth, you hypocrite noble!"
Freya jumped again and utilized the Skill: Short Blink.
Clang-! Whoosh-!
"Ha... Hahahaha! I see... it seems Arthur\'s judgment was right, especially about Amelie... I won\'t need to drag this fight with trash like you.
"Ah! Wait, I remember now... I asked some men to investigate your background... What a filthy fami–..."
Reinhardt\'s words didn\'t manage to come out of his mouth.
A small, roundish crimson thing flew out to the floor, making him lose the ability to speak.