Chapter 3: Uncontrolled Luck?

A person clad in shining white armor fell from the sky.

Rumors say that the [Hero] has been summoned and everyone rejoiced at the appearance of the white knight.

But there was something wrong.

The person that fell was indeed wearing the [Mithril Set] that only [Heroes] can wear, but surrounding him, was a black mist darker than the black night.

So dark, even though it’s the middle of the night, they could still see the outline of that deep black mist.

The [Hero] landed with a loud boom.

Then began the horror.

Light crosses immobilized the monsters surrounding the [Hero].

*RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*

With the sound of a beast’s roar, everyone flinched.

“R-retreat!!! The [Hero] will begin his rampage! Retreat if you value your lives!!!”

The driver that seemed to have carried the [Hero] shouted to everyone in the battlefield.

At first, the soldiers thought that he was not worthy of that order as he was just a driver, one of the many soldiers that could be easily replaced. But after seeing the [Hero] trash around like a wild beast, they dropped their weapons and turned tail.

It was a horrific scene.

A torrent of slashes could be seen damaging the monsters immobilized by [Heaven’s Crucifixion] while the [Hero]’s figure blurred.

However, that still wasn’t enough to kill them. Transparent black and white masses appeared on both sides of the [Hero] still clad in darkness and began trashing about destroying everything in his surroundings.

Even though the soldiers are already afraid of the [Hero] and began retreating, the monsters still came towards him like magnet of opposite poles attracting each other.

But that still wasn’t enough to kill the [Hero].

With three swords, the [Hero] slashed a monster with every move he makes.

At times, the [Hero] would even dissolve into bats, lifts monsters high in the air then drops them with tremendous force.

Monsters would immediately freeze, tornadoes would be born out of nothing, countless wind blades would tear them to ribbons, pillars of water would sprout from the ground, the ground would bend at his touch blocking some of the monsters’ attacks.

It was too much, nobody has seen that much magic being used by a single person before.

The soldiers didn’t know whether to be scared, happy, surprised, or relieved.

From time to time, red and blue light would come out of the monsters and travel towards the [Hero]. This is actually the vampire’s skill [Life Steal] and [Mana Steal] but they didn’t know that.

[Life Steal] decreases the caster’s MP as price for gaining the enemy’s HP with a 1:3 ratio of HP gained and MP decrease and vice versa for [Mana Steal].

But with [Draughtsbane], all Lucas had to do is use [Mana Steal] and gain HP by slashing the enemies with [Draughtsbane]. But with the [Dragon’s Wrath] being activated, he’s now only using every skill in his arsenal using instinct and not really giving everything he do much thought.

Again of course, the soldier doesn’t know that and hence, can only be terrified and amazed by this [Hero] rampaging in the battlefield.

At this moment, they felt grateful for the driver’s warning earlier to retreat. If he hadn’t warned them, then they would probably be caught up in this mess.

The massacre battle went on with the [Hero]’s one sided rampage. More powerful spells emerged. Huge waves of water flooded the monsters, cages made of ice began appearing one after another encasing monsters here and there, ice fell like raindrops from the sky, a whole area of 6 meters in diameter encased in ice…some soldiers even started to pity the monsters at this point.

Sometimes, a heroic minotaur would emerge and tries to ram him with its horns only to be stopped with a punch to the head making the minotaur’s face slam on the ground then afterwards, the [Hero] would stomp his feet repeatedly on the minotaur’s head whilst releasing small earthquakes until the minotaur dies. At the sight of this, as expected, even the monsters would flinch in fear.

*RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*

The battlefield, enveloped by that roar, was brought to an end.

Piles of monsters made a mountain of flesh, on top of it was a [Monster] [Hero], clad in white shining armor now drenched in blood and darkness with blood red cape fluttering behind him.

The soldiers, beginning to think it’s over, rejoiced and started to run over to the [Hero] to congratulate him, when suddenly, a change occurred.

The white shining armor from before was being slowly devoured by a dull black. The Golden ornaments had also changed into blood red design. Horns sprouted from the helmet. The pure white swords on each hand also turned demonic.

What stood in front of them was no longer a [Hero], but a [Monster].

*ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*

Before, the roar was but a man’s shout, but this time, it really held the roar of a monster.

*Grrrrrl*

The [Hero] [Monster] let out a low growl.

It turned its back towards the soldiers as if losing all interest in them and ran off who knows where leaving the soldiers behind.

“J-just what…was that?”

“…T-that’s supposed to be the [Hero] right?...Why did the [Mithril Set] turn black?”

“How should I know?...I’m still shaking even after he left…”

“…I think I need to change my pants before going home…”

“Me too…”

One after another, they began to leave the battlefield wanting to see their families immediately to seek comfort.

Even though they had won, with the [Hero] like that. They can’t help but feel dejected and no one had the mood to celebrate.

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“…Dear, is he really a [Hero]?”

The Queen, having watched the battle from the balcony asked her husband.

“…Yeah…but I can see now why he had such a [Title].”

“What do you mean?”

“When we were summoning him, we were allowed to actually choose who to summon but he as he was the only one who had a [Hero] title, we were left with no choice and summoned him.”

The process summoning in this world involved using a stone tablet which displays [Titles] of people from other worlds who has the [Hero] title in it, then, after erecting 4 pedestals used for summoning, the summoners would call the [Hero] using his/her [Title] along with the chants used for summoning a person from

a different world in order to summon the said [Hero].

“His [Hero] title was the [Light Hero shrouded by Darkness]…I don’t know what sort of circumstance had let him had such a title but looking at him now…he certainly was surrounded in darkness while wearing the [Mithril Set].”

“…What a troubling [Hero]…to have two opposing elements within him…and it has to be [Light] and [Dark]…”

“Troublesome indeed, but still…he’s strong.”

For a [Hero], normally, they have to be associated with anything but [Dark] attribute as [Dark] equates to [Evil]. But Lucas has, for some reason, a [Dark] attribute title along with [Light].

Having [Dark] attribute is somewhat still normal when it comes to skills and magic, but titles are different.

Say for example, a [Dark] attribute mage goes around helping people and was given a [Light] attributed title, would you think that the mage was good or not? Of course it would be good.

But when a [Light] attribute mage starts rampaging and gained a [Dark] attribute title, would you still say that the mage is good despite having [Light] magic?

This is because titles say what sort of person you are while skills are but weapons to use in fighting or in everyday life.

“In any case…we need to do something about this.”

“Yeah, even though we had won, the [Hero] became like that and left leaving the soldiers’ morale drop.”

“Ah, yes. That too.”

The King nodded at her wife’s words which made the Queen wonder.

“What? You were thinking of something else?”

“Well…”

The King scratched his cheek while glancing at his daughter nervously with a troubled smile.

Looking at her daughter curiously, she immediately knew why her husband was worried.

Why? Because now, the Princess’ eyes was sparkling like a kid having found a new toy.

“…Let’s hope that he doesn’t come back here…”

“Agreed…”

With a sigh, the two parents left the balcony to prepare to regain the soldiers’ morale.

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“Ugghhhh…”

As soon as I gained consciousness, I felt a pang of pain in my head.

NoticeCongratulations! You have gained a new Title: Monster Mass Murderer!

For one-sidedly killing monsters in the battlefield, monsters would now look at you in fright! You like the blood of the monsters drench your body and would smile at the hundreds of corpses beneath you!

The more monsters’ blood covers your body, the more strength you gain!

+1000 Fame

NoticeCongratulations! You are the first to discover this dungeon!

For 1 week, you will have double EXP in this dungeon.

For 1 week, you will have double drop rates in this dungeon.

+300 Fame

“Huh?”

When I opened my eyes, I was greeted with these messages.

Looking at them, I can now conclude that I actually won the battle earlier! Looks like rampaging using [Dragon’s Wrath] was the right choice indeed but I don’t really want to use that too often…

How do I say this? It’s like being in autopilot. I don’t even know what I’m doing.

Like somebody else is in control…

In any case, I won, and am now back to normal.

But where am I?...For me to go in a dungeon……it’s like that time with [Denneth’s Cave] all over again.

I slowly stood up and looked at my surroundings.

Instead of being in a cave, it looks like I’m in a flower field. Which is weird since I’m in a cave.

I look at the ceiling and sure enough, I see it covered in rocks.

Well, the vampire village also has trees for some reason despite being in a cave…maybe I’m back? No, that couldn’t be it.

This is a new dungeon. And if I’m back, I should be back to my room. So where am I?

Everywhere I looked, there are only flowers and flowers so I decided to give up and rest for a while to calm myself.

I still have that headache from using [Dragon’s Wrath] and this time was more painful than before.

While bearing the pain, I looked at my armor and weapons.

“Uwah….I can’t believe I almost used up their durability…”

Everyone except from [Durandal] which has no durability had extremely low durability.

As expected, wildly using them like that, of course they would get this exhausted.

No choice then, I’ll have to use [Metallurgy Repair] on them. It’s a good thing I unlocked that skill before…but this is the first time I’m using this skill….

Notice[Metallurgy Repair] has failed!

-1 Durability

“Gh-!?”

Ugh….a penalty…alright, next. I’ll succeed on the next try!

Notice[Metallurgy Repair] has failed!

-2 Durability

Notice[Metallurgy Repair] has failed!

-5 Durability

Notice[Metallurgy Repair] has failed!

-4 Durability

…

I thought I have high LUK!?

Well…I guess it’s because I’m repairing high rank weapons and equipment with Beginner skill….let’s store them away for now…

I thought to myself as I change into the [Nocturnal Set].

Haah…I should’ve bought cheap weapons and armors to practice when I was in [Drachedge]…and I gave away all the demi-vampire equipments to Noir to sell……speaking of which, I haven’t received my money yet from him! How dare he try to trick me!

Well, I also forgot but still! As a merchant, he has to have remembered it! And he didn’t make me remember!

GNnnnggnngngngngngn……………haah…I seriously need a rest…

But before that, I need to allocate my [Stat Points]…How much level did I get I wonder?

After viewing my [Status Window], my jaw dropped to the ground.

“F-f-fif….FIFTY ONE!!!???”

That’s right, I leveled up a wooping 51 times! Well, with the X2 EXP and item drop and the high difference in level, not to mention I did fight hordes of monsters, of course I would level up by a lot but still, after looking at it, I can’t help but be surprised after all.

“Hehehehe, looks like [Dragon’s Wrath] amplified my strength by a lot! This is amazing! Just how high did my [Rage] stat go up anyway?”

Though I asked that, I’m pretty sure no one can answer me anyway.

I brought the tip of my finger towards the up arrow in LUK thinking I’ll allocate about 10 there before anything else and began clicking.

Oh yeah, I did have X2 item drop as well right? I wonder what drops I got from that battle?

It would be nice to have high rank equipments and weapons. If it’s low rank, I can use it to practice my repair skills.

Ingredients would be nice as well, maybe they would have a good effect when I cook them.

Speaking of which, I still haven’t unlocked [Cooking] from the [Basic Cooking Skill Tree Book], guess I’ll unlock it later. My Satiety has sure to have gone down as I haven’t eaten yet since I went to this world…and does that system still exist despite using [Character Switch]?...I need to test on this later.

Maybe there’s rare minerals that dropped as well. I can try [Smithing] as well. For leathers, I can practice [Tailoring]. Huhuhuhu, I don’t understand why others would think crafting to be boring. Just thinking about doing them already excites me!

As I indulge myself in excitement, I notice my hand still holding down the up button on the status window.

…

I continued to stare at my status in silent.

…

…

“NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! COME BACK!!!!! MY 255 [STAT POINTS]!!!!!”

That’s right. While I was thinking of other things, I somehow forgot to remove my finger on the up arrow in LUK. The result, 255 [Stat Points] was allocated solely by LUK and now, I no longer have any [Stat Points] to spare.

“Damn! Damn! Damn! DAMNIT!!!!”

While in orz posture, I kept pounding on the ground with tears falling in my eyes.

Uuuu…that last time I tear up was when I watched the pure-blooded vampires being burned to death. Just goes to show how much I was devastated with the 255 lost [Stat Points]…

“I’m definitely going to find the person capable of [Stat Reset] later! Definitely!.......If there’s one………ughhh…”

In some games, there is certainly an NPC designed to reset [Stat Points] but I don’t know whether [Harus] has one of those.

Though [Harus] has functions like a game, I need to remember that [Harus] isn’t a game…well, to some, that might be true.

“Well….no use crying over spilt milk now…I need to find the way out and defeat the Demon Lord and be done with it.”

I walked over the flower field whilst looking at them with [Herb Appraisal] skill hoping to find something amazing.

Sure enough, I did found a couple of useful herbs and flowers.

NameBlue Butterfly LeafRankEDescriptionMP + 10 when eaten directly.

NameRed Moth PetalRankEDescriptionHP + 10 when eaten directly.

NamePurple Spur BerryRankEDescriptionInstills poison when eaten directly.

NameYellow Bear TongueRankEDescriptionInstills confusion when eaten directly.

When I saw the descriptions saying when eaten directly, I realized that you would need to mix some in order to get their effects so I picked every kind I saw.

Of course even I’m not so heartless as to take every single flower and herbs here. I only took about 50 of each kind…

I took a look at my inventory seeing the drops I had from the battle earlier.

There were items like [Minotaur Horn], [Giant’s Toe], [Mammoth’s Tusk], [Cyclops’ Eye], [Mornhound’s Tooth], [Groundworm’s Tail], [Troll’s Bludgeon], [Steel Waraxe], [Iron Greatsword], [Mammoth’s Leather], [Mornhound’s Leather], [Mammoth’s Meat], [Mornhound’s Meat].

What weird items…

I wonder where I would even use some of these for? Well, it’s possible that they can be used as ingredient for something…

While picking flowers, I noticed a change in the scenery in front of me with [Dragon Eyes].

At the far end of the flower field stood a huge tree that seemed to be glowing. Beside it was a cottage where smoke seems to rise from its chimney.

“S-someone’s living here?”

This is a dungeon right? Just what kind of person would inside a dungeon?.....Wait, I just saw a whole village in a dungeon before…and speaking of which, I haven’t seen any monsters here either.

And I even have a bonus of X2 for finding this dungeon and for being the first to discover this world which would make me have X4 EXP and item drop!...but that’s pointless if I don’t get to see any monsters…

I kept my guard up while I approach the cottage and used [Hide Presence] and [Enemy Appraisal].

+ + +

Boredom.

Euomun sat at the porch located behind her cottage while drinking tea and staring at the never ending flower field before her.

She had always been here and had already lost count of the days as there was no sign of day and night in this cave.

The only light source she had is the huge tree beside her cottage.

The [Tree of Life] or so they called it. Because of that tree, these flowers could be born even in this dark cave.

Even she has no idea how this tree came into being.

“Haaah…for how long must I be caged in this prison of mine…”

With nothing to do, she started to pluck the petals of a flower.

“Should I sleep? Not sleep? Sleep? Not sleep? Sleep? Not sle-”

Before she finished deciding whether to sleep or not, she detected of a presence unknown to her. Though it looked like it tried to hide itself, that level of hiding presence wasn’t enough for her not to notice.

“This presence…it’s not Slazore’s…no, it’s not even a demon’s! Just who is this intruder?”

Euonum circled around the cottage hoping not to get noticed and saw the intruder.

The intruder had white hair wearing a black sleeveless hoodie and black shorts. Unlike her, this intruder doesn’t have pointed ears nor horns.

Though an elf’s pointed ears are longer, a demon’s ears are also pointed yet shorter and has horns.

That’s right, Euomun is a demon.

“What is a human doing here? How did he get past the guards? Did he come here to kill me? Wait, was there a human that has the strength to defeat Slazore? Ah, he did mention he was going somewhere before so they might’ve missed each other. No, even then, this place shouldn’t be known to any humans nor demons…only a select few knew I’m here. And their strength is no joke…”

Euomun has a lot of questions in her head but no answer would come so she mustered the courage to ask the intruder. If she is killed, then so be it.

She circled around the intruder and approached his back.

It seems that the intruder has yet to notice her so after calming down her fast beating heart, Euomun stretched her hand towards the intruder and touched his shoulder.

“U-umm…”

“Dowaah-!?”

The intruder let out a weird sound clearly surprised.

“A-ah, what. It’s just a girl…”

The intruder let out a sigh of relief when he saw Euomun.

“What do you mean just a girl? Can’t this guy see the horns and pointed ears? And this boy…it’s my first time seeing a human with red eyes…maybe he’s a half?”

As she said, there shouldn’t be a human with red eyes like his. At most, it would be orange or bright brown but never this red.

“Hm? Horns? Eh? Don’t tell me this is what a female minotaur is like? That shouldn’t be the case though…”

“Who are you calling a female minotaur!? I’m a demon! The Demon Queen!”

Immediately after Euomun said that, she regretted it deeply.

If this intruder did not know of her identity, it would’ve been better to play along.

“Demon Queen? Huh? What are you doing here? Eh? Last boss immediately?”

“Haah, what are you saying? Didn’t you come to this place knowing full well that the Demon Queen is imprisoned here?”

Sighing, Euomun decided to just come out clean.

“…Seriously? I traveled all the way here unconsciously!? Eh? Then where’s the Demon Lord or King or whatever? I need to kill him so I can go home already.”

“Eh? This guy seriously doesn’t know what this place is? And what does he mean by travelling here unconsciously? And what’s this about the Demon King?”

Euomun was full of questions yet again.

“…There’s no Demon King. Just me.”

“Oh…”

“Before you kill me, at least tell me who you are and why you came here unknowingly.”

+ + +

This girl…is she not going to fight back?

Something feels wrong here…wait, she mentioned something about being imprisoned earlier…could it be like the pure-blooded vampire’s case? Is this another misunderstanding? If that’s the case…

“…My name is Lucas and I was summoned to this world by an annoying King to end the conflict between Humans and Demons.”

“S-summoned!? So you’re a [Hero]!?”

“U-ugh…I don’t really want to but yes. Unfortunately I am…”

As I though, just hearing someone call me a [Hero] sends shivers down my spine…

“I see…a [Hero]…then as promised, you can kill me and go home as you wish.”

The Demon Queen closed her eyes and opened her arms as if inviting me to hug kill her.

Though killing her would indeed solve the conflict, but doing it like this leaves a bad taste in my mouth after all.

Even if I kill that annoying King, I don’t think I can also do it. Even if he’s annoying, he really hasn’t done anything that would make me kill him. And how’s she any different?

I opened the mission window and saw that there’s only 5 days left till time unfreezes again…I actually slept for a day.

Speaking of it, [Quests] are different from [Missions]. [Quests] are like requests, you can say no or when you can’t, you can fail to stop it. It’s only for a certain period of time. [Missions] however, are different. You can’t say no to them nor it’s not possible to fail it.

Why? Because like in this case, if I had made a mistake and failed to kill the Demon Lord, I can just kill the King to succeed, if I fail to kill even the King, then it’s still possible to mediate between the two, if I still can’t, the only way to leave this world is to die.

And I’m not even sure I’ll be back to my previous world after a week. It’s highly possible that I’ll be sent back here still bound to my [Mission].

Even if I was exiled, I still have the restriction of not being able to go home unless the conflict is settled. I can’t even switch back to my real body when I tried earlier saying all functions of [World Key] has been stopped.

When I summoned Freya a while ago, I received a message saying I can’t summon anyone from a different world while time is frozen so I can’t get outside help.

“? What’s wrong? Aren’t you going to kill me? Or are you that type, the type that wants to win while fighting? Just save all that energy and go home.”

“No. At first I thought just killing one side’s leader would end it but…I have a feeling there’s a misunderstanding somewhere.”

“Eh?”

“You said you were imprisoned here right? Tell me the details.”

“Eh? Eh?”

“What, you want to die instead? Fine, but I’m not doing it myself.”

“N-no I…”

“Then tell me what happened so I can help.”

“…I understand. Please help me.”

Lucas has no idea, but the words he had said are already worthy of a [Hero].

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NameLucasLevel68GenderMaleMoney10 G 54 S 50 CJobWanderer LVL 21

Painter LVL 13RaceHumanHealth7530Mana7475STR170INT135SPD168DEX120VIT146LUK487TitleLight Hero shrouded by Darkness

Marquis of Watervliet

Monster Mass MurdererFame104770Charisma3000Art Sense25Rage0Charm100Fire12Water15[/b]Earth14Wind15Light11Dark11Passive Skills[Play Dead] Beginner LVL 6(12.23%)

[Dragon Eyes] Intermediate LVL 5(53.45%)

[One Foot Walk] Beginner LVL 9 (12.35%)

[Mouth Mastery] Intermediate LVL 2 (35.45%)

[Photographic Memory] Intermediate LVL 3 (25.75%)

[Art Appraisal] Beginner LVL 5 (42.57%)

[Potion Appraisal] Beginner LVL 3 (45.65%)

[Herb Appraisal] Beginner LVL 1 (0.00%)

[Wood Appraisal] Beginner LVL 5 (12.24%)

[Ore Appraisal] Intermediate LVL 2 (14.52%)

[Cloth Appraisal] Intermediate LVL 1 (14.45%)

[Metallurgy Appraisal] Intermediate LVL 6 (12.24%)

[Item Appraisal] Intermediate LVL 6 (75.57%)

[Ingredient Appraisal] Beginner LVL 2 (75.25%)

[Food Appraisal] Beginner LVL 6 (45.65%)

[Trap Appraisal] Beginner LVL 1 (0.00%)

[Enemy Appraisal]Intermediate LVL 4 (25.45%)

[Magic Appraisal] Beginner LVL 2 (86.52%)

[Staff Mastery] Beginner LVL 1 (0.00%)

[Gun Mastery] Beginner LVL 1 (0.00%)

[Bow Mastery] Beginner LVL 1 (0.00%)

[Gauntlet Mastery] Beginner LVL 1 (0.00%)

[Katar Mastery] Beginner LVL 1 (0.00%)

[Dagger Mastery] Beginner LVL 1 (0.00%)

[Whip Mastery] Beginner LVL 1 (0.00%)

[Spear Mastery] Beginner LVL 1 (0.00%)

[Mace Mastery] Beginner LVL 1 (0.00%)

[Warhammer Mastery] Beginner LVL 1 (0.00%)

[Axe Mastery] Beginner LVL 1 (0.00%)

[Two-hand Mastery] Beginner LVL 9 (25.41%)

[Dominant Arm Mastery] Intermediate LVL 6 (25.12%)

[Weak Arm Mastery] Beginner LVL 9 (25.45%)

[Sword Mastery] Intermediate LVL 8 (25.85%)

[Warrior’s Presence] Intermediate LVL 2 (45.36%)Active Skills[Bash] Master LVL 10(100.00%)

[Stomp] Master LVL 10(100.00%)

[Dragon’s Wrath] Intermediate LVL 2 (25.75%)

[Dragon Claw] Beginner LVL 4 (25.82%)

[Dragon Roar] Beginner LVL 4 (45.25%)

[Colour Picker] Beginner LVL 8 (53.12%)

[Colour Mix] Beginner LVL 8 (97.52%)

[Fotiá] Beginner LVL 3 (37.14%)

[Neró] Beginner LVL 2 (82.45%)

[Gi̱] Beginner LVL 2 (82.45%)

[Mien] Beginner LVL 2 (82.45%)

[Fo̱s] Beginner LVL 2 (82.45%)

[Skotádi] Beginner LVL 2 (82.45%)

[Metallurgy Repair] Beginner LVL 1 (24.74%)

[Cloth Repair] Beginner LVL 1 (0.00%)

[Hide Presence] Beginner LVL 4 (12.35%)

[Summon Freya] Master LVL 10 (100.00%)PopularityPure-blooded Vampires +57000

Drachedge Kingdom +10000

Church +10000

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Author's Notes

Ughhh....something's wrong with the table...

And color picker and color mix kept changing into the color bbcode for some reason.....

Also, I'm already posting the Chapter 4, just wait for me to finish on the tables.

And why does the bottom part kept on being erased!?

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