Chapter 510 - v3c289 The Passage of Time (1/2)

Rokshbe Hall’s long corridor was clear like a piece of mirror, and from time to time, there would be a priest in red walking by, their footsteps clicking as they move. Brendel was sitting on a long bench inside, fiddling with the menu sheepishly under the moon. Sometimes, a system window would open up beside him as he checked the time.

It had been three hours since the incident in the afternoon.

The ma.s.sacre in Acacia manor had shaken the Holy Cathedral, and they had started investigations, but it was predicted that results would not be produced in a short period of time. But besides that, Brendel realized that, after he had cut down two Gold rankers and several Silver rankers, he managed to raise one level. And now his Holy Knight Cla.s.s had reached level 16. As the cla.s.s was an Ascended Cla.s.s, it needed more experience to level up, and that to level up to level 16, it would require as much experience as a normal Warrior leveling up to level 25.

But for every level up for an Ascended Cla.s.s, the stats would have a greater increase when compared to the Basic Cla.s.ses, so it can still be said that being a Holy Knight is stronger than the other Basic Cla.s.ses. It was until two years later in the game that the first Ascended Cla.s.s appeared, so in essence, Brendel was faster than the players by one year. It was all thanks to Mavicart’s Grimoire. However, even it was now a small piece of what it was originally as the Nine Luminaries Sword Art was like a black hole, sucking in all the experience the Grimoire has to give.

Brendel was checking on his newly added stats as he sucked on whatever was left of the Mavicart’s Grimoire. He leveled up once more, closing the gap with the peak of Gold rank. If he excluded his other Cla.s.ses, Brendel expected that he would have to reach at least level 60 to reach the Elemental Realm. It would be an arduous and long task, but he did not have the liberty of the time to do that with all his responsibilities as of now.

“But if I can’t get into the Elemental Realm in time, it would be hard for me to protect myself when the Demonic Waves come,” Brendel shook his head. “No, it had already started.” The Loop of Winds was just an opening act, and although it had not affected the majority of Vaunte yet, it was bound to happen.

And it is evident that there had been a higher activity with the Magic Beasts recently. The astrologists in the South even thought that it was a side effect of the Loop of Winds.

They were only half correct. It was not a side effect, but rather just the beginning of the Demonic Waves. As someone who experienced this once before, Brendel was really knowledgable about all of this.

He pressed on the ‘+’ symbol on his system window, and then notifications for confirmation began to pop up.

-System notification: Holy Knight Skill ‘Blood of Sun’ leveled up to Level 10.

-System notification: Holy Knight Skill ‘Crown of Thorns’ leveled up to Level 10.

From the Ascended Cla.s.s onwards, the player would be required to reach certain levels to unlock Medium tier skills. To get those of the Holy Knight, Brendel had to level up to level 30 in the least.

Level 5 ‘Blood of Sun’ could only reflect up to 25% of damage, Level 6 ‘Colliding Halo’ only added three points to his Defense. It was only until now that his Defense was pa.s.sable to be considered a true Warrior. Previously, he was more like a Night Swallow or Wanderer Cla.s.s.

Brendel laughed. Although he may be leveling up really fast compared to his previous life, his equipment was still lacking. He may be equipped with the Crimson Red Blessing, Spectral Knight Crystal, Warrior Ring, and Halran Gaia, he did not have anything else that was of good quality. He even had items like Elemental Bracelet or Flame Ring that were items about level 20 and could be proved to be insufficient at times.

The reason for that was because he was always busy with other matters and did not have the time to clear the instance dungeons. Ever since he left Fortress Riedon, due to the Red Bronze Mercenaries, his entire plan was ruined. And ever since leaving Trentheim, Brendel felt that his own abilities were lower than he had expected. Fortunately for him, his plan was executed smoothly and he managed to partake in the n.o.ble’s meeting, or else he would have to question his own worth in this world.

At the thought of that, Brendel raised his eyebrows. History really did change.

The meeting was supposed to delay until noon back in the game, but that was completely different now, and the location had been swapped from the Anderla Cathedral to the Sophora Manor. Brendel raised his head and looked down the corridor. It was the first time he felt so lost ever since he came to this world.

Just what is the reason behind the incident this morning?

When he had locked gazes with Arreck, he was sure that the old fox was part of it. But that would not make sense. Won’t hurting the Royal Family be detrimental to them? Just what is happening that made Arreck stand on Seifer’s side?

Besides him, the other n.o.bles also realized the anomaly. Most of the influential n.o.bles did not come, which meant that they had probably known about it from the beginning. And he was even suspicious that the Holy Cathedral was part of it too. Ampere Seale was well protected by the Holy Cathedral of Flame, that if he wanted to a.s.sa.s.sinate someone here, he would have needed to rely on the Cards of Fate. So how could such a big group of Evil Cultists appear?

That just seemed impossible.

From past experience, the Royal Faction won. Although the princess was weak, she had a lot of supporters, and once Duke Arreck sided with her, she will emerge victorious in this civil war. It was just that in this lifetime, the people who backed the princess seemed to have disappeared, and he could not come up with an explanation for it.

He racked his brain to come up with an explanation, and did not leave out any details. Plus, with his knowledge about the future, albeit it would be a little different, the main outline would still remain. And with just a little more time, he was confident that he could perfectly see the outcome.

He pursed his lip, and the wrinkles on his forehead deepened.

But then, a shadow came before him and into his vision, causing him to momentarily stop breathing. Freya was in her military uniform, her ponytail tucked behind her head, looking really das.h.i.+ng yet soft at the same time. She seemed to realize just how awkward the mood was, and said, in a blus.h.i.+ng manner, “Long time no see.”

Brendel laughed. Somehow, whenever he saw this girl, all of his troubles would disappear. [T/L: Uh oh, Romaine you seem to be in a precarious position.]

“Are you only here to say that to me?” he said with a smile. The headstrong, unwavering war G.o.ddess that was unparalleled seemed to be gone, while the image of her from Bucce seemed to be getting clearer and more relatable.

He could still remember she tended his wounds in a panicking state. She was obviously mad, but cute as well. Seems like she’s still Freya and not the stone cold war G.o.ddess that I know of from the game.

“You!” Freya pouted. Although she came here under the orders of the princess, she could not say that she did not antic.i.p.ate meeting Brendel. She could see that the reason she was chosen was due to her relations.h.i.+p with Bredel. But she did not know just how did they realize that she was affiliated with him.

“… Brendel, why are you here?”

“Did you forget that I was the one that wanted you to get close to Princess Gryphine?”