[The battle spirits fallen on the battlefield dwell in the ‘Sword of the Lost Battlefield’ and regenerate it!]
CLAAANG─!
With the light, the event items gathered in the smithy.
As if following them, the dwarf ghosts and Kelvin headed into the smithy.
“Wait! From now on, I will begin forging your sword!”
─Watch, young man.
─Our final hammer blows!
Blacksmithing tools wreathed in magical light floated into the air of the smithy. Then Kelvin and the dwarf ghosts began repairing the Sword of the Battlefield in unison.
HSSSS!
The Medusius Serpent’s poison burned, heating the sword, and the Necromancer’s Soul Fragment became light and melted into the sword.
On top of that.......
“H-huh. Kylo, look. Something came!”
Ivelin made a fuss and tapped me. Just as Ivelin said, an unusual energy was gathering around the smithy.
VWOOOM.......
Clumps of white light. They looked close to ghosts without defined forms. From time to time, what looked like human faces appeared in them.
“G-ghosts?! They aren't dwarves....... Are they undead monsters?”
“Calm down. They aren’t monsters.”
According to the setting, were they the souls that had died on the battlefield? In any case, they were on our side.
‘But the effect is pretty unusual.’
There were more ghosts gathered than I remembered. Was it because the quest completion rate had gone higher?
─We saw your battle too.
─It truly was a magnificent battle.
─You were the very image of the hero I wanted to become on the battlefield.
─If it is you...... I feel you will become the hero who defeats the demonfolk in our stead.
─Please, for our share as well.......
─We hope you will defeat the demonfolk for our share too.
The ghosts who finished speaking like that gathered around the blade of the battlefield sword, which was burning bright red, and circled it.
“......From now on, what will dwell in the sword’s magic stone is the will of those who died on this battlefield. According to their final wish, their souls will become a blade that aids you!”
Kelvin shouted.
CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!
Then Kelvin and the dwarf ghosts struck the sword mercilessly with their hammers, as if hammering the gathered ghosts’ souls into the sword.
Flames and mana, souls and poison became fire, light, and a great roar that echoed all around.
And then.
─It is complete.......
“Ha, haha.......”
─To think we can leave behind such a masterpiece at the very end.
─It is more than enough of a weapon to adorn the end of our lives.
“Everyone.......”
─Now, Kelvin.......
─We leave the finishing touch to you.......
With satisfied smiles, the dwarf ghosts became smoke and melted into the sword. Before the furnace where both the battlefield souls and his companions’ ghosts had disappeared, Kelvin remained alone and swallowed his breath.
A moment later, Kelvin approached me holding the sword and spoke with a somewhat choked voice.
“This newly forged sword contains the souls of those who died on this battlefield. Please, do not let the hearts of those dwelling in this sword go to waste.”
I nodded silently.
Then Kelvin handed me the completed sword.
CLACK.
The moment I received the sword Kelvin handed me.
[Obtained ‘Regenerated Requiem Sword’.]
[Completed all additional elements!]
[The abilities of ‘Regenerated Requiem Sword’ are enhanced to the maximum!]
‘Nice!’
With this, I had obtained the unique weapon I had aimed for!
And that was not all.
‘There are more messages than I remember!’
The rewards upon quest completion were greater than I remembered. Surely, the reward granted must have become even stronger than before!
‘Shall I check?’
Just how much had the [Requiem Sword] obtained at the highest completion rate, which I had failed to achieve before, been enhanced?
I checked the [Requiem Sword]’s abilities.
[Regenerated Requiem Sword]
◆ Grade: Legendary
◆ Category: Weapon (One-Handed Sword), Event
◆ Physical Attack Power: 23 - 92
◆ Magic Attack Power: 11 - 65
◆ Ability Correction
[Strength C][Strength rank increases]
[Mana C][Status effect resistance increases]
[Agility B][Critical increases]
◆ Equip Requirements
[Equip requirements have been permanently removed by the power of the souls dwelling in the sword.]
◆ Mana Enchant
[By consuming mana, magic damage can be added to attacks.]
[While enchanted, poison attacks and undead attacks can be cut down. At this time, indirect damage and indirect effects are not received.]
◆ Event
[In the Eighth Supply Base area, adds 300% specialized attack power against ‘Medusius’ monsters.]
─[A sword where the souls of those who died on the battlefield against the demonfolk dwell. Pacified souls dwell within it. The souls dwelling in the sword display the power to drive away evil spirits and demonfolk.]
“Ohhh.......”
The [Requiem Sword]’s performance was perfect beyond expectations.
Originally, it had been limited to things like 200% specialized attack power against Medusius in the event zone and not corroding from poison.
But this time?
‘It can parry poison and undead attacks with [Mana Enchant]?’
Was that all? It also blocked indirect effects that activated on contact.
‘I was planning to go with a close-range physical build this time too.......’
Considering [Blade Master] or the [Sword of the Sky], my build would likely be close to a melee warrior character this time too.
The more a character’s build was like that, the more easily it could be countered by status effects, crowd control, and indirect attack types.
‘But now, if I use this [Mana Enchant].’
It meant I could counter that weakness.
An effect this good on a weapon option was truly uncommon.
‘This is the season-end equipment level, isn’t it?’
That was true even just looking at its attack power. The maximum attack power of a one-handed sword weapon usually had an attack power around the appropriate level +10.
And the Master Level of Elysium Online Season 1 that I remembered was 50. In other words, the average level 50 one-handed sword should have a maximum attack power of about 60.
From there, once you entered end content equipment farming, you could obtain weapons with attack power around level +20 to +30 if you rounded generously, but.......
‘This has a maximum attack power of 92.’
This Requiem Sword had a full 92 attack power. Based on level 50, that was 40 higher.
‘In the first place, weapons with [Mana Enchant] itself are incredibly rare.......’
Only weapons belonging to the hidden magic sword category had this Mana Enchant option. Other than that, you had no choice but to use Mana Enchant through a class skill in certain classes.
For physical melee classes, this Mana Enchant was quite an important method.
Without Mana Enchant-type skills like this, it was impossible to hunt monsters with physical resistance or immunity types at all.
During the leveling section, there had even been times when people begged for party members who could apply enchantments just for one Mana Enchant.
‘Getting Mana Enchant this early is quite a big gain.’
On top of that, its Magic Attack Power was high too!
If the maximum Magic Attack Power was 65, then at level 50, it was around level +10. Even for hybrid-type classes that used both physical and magic attacks, this value was not bad.
It did not have set options or unique options, but in return, it had attack power and specialized elements.
It meant this was an incredible weapon that an ordinary user could keep using even until the next season!
‘The ability corrections are solid too.’
The options given when stats were above a certain rank were also solid and efficient.
‘The rank increase option attached to Strength is especially good.’
This was an excellent option in the growth section, where specs were incomplete.
If Strength was C rank, it immediately gave a B-rank judgment, and if it was B rank, it immediately gave an A-rank judgment. During leveling, there were no options as efficient as rank increases.
“How is it? Are their souls satisfactory in your eyes?”
As I was reading the weapon information in fascination, Kelvin asked me that. Before even hearing my answer, a smile was on his face.
Was it confidence that he had forged a perfect sword?
“It is perfect.”
“Thank you for saying so. Please, with that sword, become a vanguard who protects humanity.”
“Yes.”
Right after I answered like that,
golden sunlight illuminated the surroundings from the navy-blue sky of dawn and brightened the world.
At the same time, the white souls flickering in the smithy and on the sword I had received wavered like heat haze and disappeared into the dawn sky.
“Wow. That was a nice scene.”
Ivelin let out an admiring sigh.
Inwardly, I also thought it was quite a decent sight.
In my previous clear, I had not thought to help the ghosts attain peace, so I had not seen such a perfect direction.
Perhaps not only the item, but also this changed direction, was a hidden reward for clearing the hidden quest with full achievements.
That was while I was feeling the lingering impression of the quest clear.
[Completed the ‘Fighting Spirit of the Lost Battlefield’ quest!]
[Perfect Achievement!]
[Perfectly honored the souls of the vengeful spirits who died on the battlefield.]
[Reputation greatly increased!]
[Hidden reward unlocked!]
‘Huh?’
Here, another hidden message beyond my expectations began to appear.
‘A hidden reward?’
The [Requiem Sword] had already been granted in a state several times more enhanced than the reward I knew, and now something else was being given here?
What else was there in this?
[Obtained title ‘Requiem of the Battlefield’!]
[Reputation greatly increased!]
‘A title?’
I could not help but be shocked.
‘A real title? Here?’
Titles were rewards rarer than most rare items!
They were rewards you could only obtain by completing certain actions, conditions, or quests, and the moment you obtained them, you permanently acquired stats or effects.
In terms of effect, the [Gold Medal of Honor], which had raised its reputation wildly at the Eighth Supply Base, felt similar to a title.
Of course, there were quite a few differences between titles and event items like the [Gold Medal of Honor], which exerted effects when equipped or presented.
Titles tended to give more permanent and rarer effects without restrictions.
Because of that, they were much more difficult elements to obtain.......
To think I would obtain a hidden title here.
‘This hidden linked quest is already supposed to give a title at the end.......’
In fact, the hidden quest route for the Eighth Supply Base region had a separate title given upon final clearance.
Because titles were so hard to obtain, even in long hidden quests like this, it was considered fortunate if one title was given for one quest.
No, even that was incredibly rare.
But another title had been hidden in the middle of such a hidden quest.
‘As expected of Elysium. They hide things almost obsessively.’
At this point, it was almost perverse.
The streamer and viewers I met earlier had not known about this hidden quest at all, and they hid a hidden title inside it?
Even I, who had cleared this hidden quest on the original server, had not known about it. Had no one obtained this on the original server either?
But what was surprising was that it did not end there.
[World Message]
[Reincarnator ‘Kylo’ has obtained the title ‘Requiem of the Battlefield’ for the first time on the server!]
[Recorded in the Title Hall of Fame!]
“What?”
“Wow!”
My shock and Ivelin’s exclamation overlapped.
“Title Hall of Fame?”
What was this now?
[Tutorial]
[You have obtained a title for the first time on the server and have been recorded in the Title Hall of Fame!]
[When you obtain a title of ‘Legendary’ grade or higher for the first time on the server, you are recorded in the Title Hall of Fame!]
[The title acquisition video will be recorded on the homepage!]
“Ah.”
Wait. What is this?
Being plastered on the homepage? Is this real? What kind of thing is this?
‘This didn’t exist in my time.’
Why did being server-first feel like more of a loss?
[You can receive a commemorative gift for entering the Hall of Fame. Please refer to the homepage for details.]
“A gift......?”
“Wow, Kylo, you’re seriously insane.”
“......Do you know what this situation is?”
“That World acquisition message is something that only people who first-clear raids get! It appears to inform the entire server of an achievement!”
“Wait. The entire server......?”
“Yes! It’s a World Message, isn’t it?”
“......”
So my name had been plastered in real time across the entire server? Not just on the homepage? This was maddening.
‘I don’t think World Messages appeared for this kind of thing back in my day.......’
They usually appeared billboard-ad style when a top-grade gacha item was drawn. Or when a player sent a world-wide message with a magic horn item.
‘But a World Message to announce a server-first achievement.......’
Was it to induce achievement competition?
Part of me even thought enhancement success messages or SSR acquisition messages from random boxes might be healthier.
“I heard only the real top 1% experts on a server can get things like this....... Wow, I feel like I saw something truly amazing!”
Ivelin was wildly excited, but I felt somewhat uneasy.
‘It was an interesting hidden element, but still.’
Making this much fuss when I was still in the middle of the quest felt like something else.
“Rankers from the original server sometimes show things like achievement gifts on YouTube. You can probably do that too, Kylo!”
‘A gift.......’
If possible, something useful in the game would have been better, but a souvenir?
‘......Could I sell it on Karrot?’
Well, it said I had to check the homepage first, so I would confirm it later.
Unlike Ivelin, who fussed and rejoiced as if it were their own business, Woo-jin did not feel much excitement about the [World Message] or [Hall of Fame].
It was only because this was the classic server that he had achieved it somewhat early.
It was merely an extension of the things he had done without much thought back when he played the game.
That was the extent of how it felt to him.
However.
Aside from the “Master Level first-come achievement event” that Kylo only knew existed, all sorts of competitions currently existed on the classic server.
For example, there was competition over the future pro league that Ivelin was concerned about.
And the representative indicators that allowed people to see that competitive situation among top rankers were none other than the [World Message] and the [Hall of Fame].
Therefore.
[BEST][Did a new Hall of Fame entrant appear?!]
Kylo’s entry into the [Hall of Fame], when he was currently suspected in the community of being a hack player,
[BEST][??? Isn’t this guy the hack suspect???]
[BEST][What the hell is this title?!?!?! There’s no information on it even in the original?!?!]
Had tremendous ripple effects and once again shook the communities related to the classic server.