volume 3 - Chapter 191 (1/2)

Chapter 191 – The final moment (7)

Professions like Magic Swordsman and Rune Knight were indeed capable of identifying items. Rune Knights were able to use magic, but their true skillset was to a.n.a.lyze magic and fight wizards. They were greatly specialized in anti-magic and well-versed in dealing with Chants.

The words to form a Chant were typically fixed. The only ones who were exceptions to this rule were powerful wizards who could bend the rules. Witches who resided in rivers of concentrated Mana, believed there were thirty-six thousand words in this world that had mysterious power in them.

These words made up the rules of all Laws, Runes and Holy Words. and they were frequently used to activate magical artifacts. The most common words to activate old artifacts were the following.

Eaam was earth, Oss was wind, Vo was water, and Flamme was fire.

But they were not going to work for the cloak.

The magic artifacts created from the Golden and Silver Lineage were indeed old, but the earliest magic artifacts were taken from the Elemental Planes.

Faena sensed the cloak had a powerful Earth Element leaking out from it. She first tried the words that were from the races of the great earth, the Poem of t.i.tans.

There were twelve hundred words in it. Trying them out one by one was nearly impossible, but she was experienced enough to choose the suitable words for activating a magic artifact. It was narrow enough to test them out.

After several tries, she moved on to the tale of ‘Yara’s teeth’, which represented the Shadow Element and the Vibration Rune. Her eyebrows were lifted slightly up and looked up with an air of triumph as she pa.s.sed the cloak back to Brendel.

Her sky-blue eyes were full of pride and her pursed lips were slightly curved upwards. Brendel eyed her for a second as he took over the cloak.

Once a magical artifact’s known usage and activation word was discovered, the game recognized it as ‘identified’.

Green words immediately flashed in his retina:

– King Bruni’s invisibility cloak.

– Magic Resistance: 30%

– Activated ability: Enters a Shrouded state for a hundred and twenty breaths. The user would be as if they have disappeared from this world.

– Activation keyword: Far

[Oh, it’s identified. Wait, the description for this……!]

The corners of Brendel’s eyes twitched. The game explained that the world was comprised of seven layers. There were four Element Planes, two Energy Planes, and a Physical Plane. One’s existence was anch.o.r.ed to one of these seven Planes.

An invisibility spell utilized the Air or Water Element to distort light and deceive the eyes, but it was just a type of an illusion, and the caster could still be seen, heard, and even be touched.

A Shrouded state was significantly stronger. The most common use for this state was to pa.s.s through walls. Under it, there were no ‘walls’ in this world.

[A hundred and twenty breaths. That’s about five minutes, but it’s just the right amount of time to escape. This cloak is a G.o.d-tier item for those who need it. A 30% magic resistance is definitely a mythological treasure. It definitely doesn’t bring shame to the King of t.i.tans and is a fitting collection for his vault.]

Brendel unfurled the cloak to its fullest and covered both Faena and Sifrid.

“Far!” He said.

The cloak became invisible in an instant. The feeling that came from it was incredibly intriguing. It felt like there was a layer of s.h.i.+mmering water all around them.

Sifrid’s eyes went wide and looked around her surroundings, before she turned to the youth with a revered expression. Brendel was always capable of doing something miraculous or unexpected things.

He also took a while to get used to the Shrouded state. There were a few famous solo players who had this equipment, but he had never seen one in action before.

“……Why do you know the activation keyword, I haven’t told you yet!” But Faena was completely shocked and stared at Brendel.

The youth also stared back vacantly.

Then he realized he made a serious mistake. Gamers could directly see the activation keywords once the artifact was identified, but he forgot he was not in a game.

An NPC would have to prove that they had the bloodline of a Star Seer who could see the future. But if they were a pract.i.tioner of Black or Blood magic, it was highly probable they would be burned on a stake.

Brendel stiffened and was a loss of what to say. It did not make sense for him to say that he had the abilities to identify an equipment, since he had brought the two girls to a point where they were close to their enemies. Why did he have to wait before Faena volunteered to identify it?

[s.h.i.+t. I can’t say I don’t know about it, it doesn’t make sense. How do I know how to activate it?]

“Erm……” Brendel coughed once and his mind spun quickly: “Well…… You were muttering words from the Poem of t.i.tans! There’s a section within the Poem of t.i.tans that are related to the Shadow Element, and it’s either Yara’s Teeth or the Rune Words related to the Vibration— In any case, I tried one of them……”

“And you got it on the first try!?” Faena’s jaws dropped. She was supposed to the expert here, but this person had managed to solve it before her with a simple guess. Her confidence was greatly shaken and her eyes trembled.

“No, no,” Brendel hurriedly shook his head and said. Faena was actually being useful for once and did well, and he did not want to break her confidence and become more of a baggage than before: “You were the one who confirmed the scope. I can’t sense the particular brand of magic Element that’s exuding from the cloak…… I’m just slightly better in the knowledge of myths and legends.”