Chapter 302 Discipline of the Warpath Blade (1/2)
Izroth explained the talismans that he found in the wreckage of the caravan that was designed to make their original quest fail regardless of what future actions they took. After all, there was no way for them to possibly know about the talismans since they were placed on the wagons before any of their parties even arrived.
”I see, so that's how it is. This system sure was cruel to hand us such an unreasonable quest.” Midnight sighed.
”Normally I would be cursing the system, but we did manage to get an S-ranked quest out of it. This feels weird to even say, but I'm kind of grateful that we failed the quest.” Mirage said.
”I hate failing, but I have to agree. An A-ranked quest can't even come close to comparing to one that's S-ranked.” Omega stated.
”Hey, how do you know so much about everything anyway?” Mirage asked Izroth out of curiosity.
To be honest, everyone else was also curious as to how Izroth was so knowledgable about things within RML. For example, how did he know so many details about cursed weapons and talismans?
”I've just read a few books, that's all.” Izroth replied in a nonchalant manner. Of course, saying a ”few books” when he read two entire floors worth of books within the Amaharpe palace library was a gross understatement.
As the group continued to follow the route on the scroll, they discussed a few small matters.
Two hours pa.s.sed by, however, for Izroth and his party, it felt like an eternity.
After moving for around two hours, the group ran into numerous monster waves and small scale bandit attacks.
Of course, everyone was itching to fight and prove themselves after Izroth's most recent display of power. It only made them want to improve even more so than before in order to reach that same point. However, the costs of maintaining such a constant pace of fighting had finally started to reveal itself.
Krrrrk! Bang!
Qi Jiguang's fists rained down upon one of the monsters from the wave of attacks. The strength behind each strike was so powerful and concentrated onto a single point that it caused small holes to appear in the body of the monster. A few moments later, the monster's body shattered to countless pieces as if it were made out of gla.s.s. The blue glow around Qi Jiguang's fists disappeared.
”That's the last one.” Qi Jiguang said. He took a deep breath before exhaling to control his breathing. However, there was still a look of fatigue on his face and he was not the only one.
Ying Yue, Midnight and Omega were also feeling fatigued. Izroth, and surprisingly Mirage, were the only two who did not appear to be fatigued. For the last two hours, they had been fighting nonstop against monster waves and bandit attacks without rest. Thankfully, none of the bandit attacks were nearly as large as the first one, however, the monster attacks were becoming more brutal.
In the last monster wave, the number of normal monsters was practically nonexistent and a good number of elite monsters showed up in their place.
RML did not have a fatigue bar that allowed players to keep track of their fatigue, instead, it was a hidden stat with no clear hints as to how to improve upon it. There were certain rumors going around that it was based on willpower, and others that said it was based on one's HP value. But, in the end, no one was absolutely certain on what determined the limits of one's fatigue.
Izroth could tell that the fatigue was starting to have an effect on everyone but Mirage's overall performance.
'We haven't been able to cover much distance in two hours due to the constant attacks. If things continue at this rate, then...'
Izroth opened his inventory and removed four aqua-colored pills. These pills looked as if there was water flowing around inside of them as they released a refres.h.i.+ng aroma. Just by breathing in its medicinal scent, everyone began to feel as if their fatigue was fading away.
”What a refres.h.i.+ng scent. Just what are those pills?” Midnight said with a hint of amazement in his voice.
”These are called Ocean Spring Pills. Taking one will help to alleviate the majority of the fatigue you're currently experiencing.” Izroth explained.
”There's such a miraculous pill?” Omega exclaimed.
Midnight looked over at Mirage who had a smug look on her face.
”I see, so you too. No wonder the two of you are fine after all this time.” Midnight said with a sigh. He had been secretly wondering how those two were not tired after so much fighting. For Izroth, he simply wrote it off as another ridiculous skill he possessed, however, it was different for Mirage.
Izroth gave one pill to everyone excluding Mirage who he already gave one to back at the Blazing Temple.
After consuming the pill, it was just as Izroth said. The large majority of their fatigue had disappeared! It was as if a large burden was lifted off their shoulders and everyone felt as though they could fight forever!
”What a useful pill!” Omega could not help but praise the Ocean Spring Pill.
”It's like a gentle ocean current flowing throughout your body. Not to mention, the other effects are incredible.” Qi Jiguang said in a tone of disbelief.
Name: Ocean Spring Pill(II)
Rank: Grade-Two
Usage: The user who consumes this pill permanently gains the pa.s.sive skill «Ocean Rejuvenation».
«Ocean Rejuvenation»: Greatly reduces the user's fatigue. Grants the user a 10% chance to ignore any crowd control effect(s). This effect is doubled if the user is below 25% HP. If the user is under crowd control effect(s) when their HP falls below 25%, all enemy crowd control effect(s) on the user is instantly removed and for 2 seconds, the user becomes immune to all crowd control effect(s).
Special Note: Consuming this pill more than once will not grant any additional effect(s). However, consuming a higher grade version of the pill will replace its effect(s).
Not only did the Ocean Spring Pill relieve a player's fatigue, but it also granted them a certain degree of crowd control immunity.