Chapter 31: The Fabled Ghost King.
'Everything makes sense now.' Alicia thought and pursed her lips wryly.
"Does that mean not only me, not even Aunty could have noticed his movement?" She said, giving a glance at Lumine. Slapping her forehead, she thought, 'What was I getting so worked up for then?'
Luis closed the distance between them and said, "You understand why I wanted to hide it, right?"
Alicia nodded her head seriously. 'If this matter was revealed, it would bring a lot of problems for Luis. Until now, only mutated attributes had been known and Luis was the first person to have dual attributes.'
Then her eyes looked at Luis, a little moist. 'He revealed such a big secret to me. This shows how much trust he has for me.' Thinking of her attitude just now, she felt very bad in her heart. She decided she would make up for it to Luis.
*Clap*
"It's over, right?" When Lumine saw the drama was over, she finally spoke up. "You guys did a good job for your first dungeon run." She praised them, which made them smile.
Then she continued, "Also, it seems you guys are also ready to break through to the next rank. Is that correct?"
Both Luis and Alicia nodded with soft smiles on their faces.
Before entering the dungeon, both Luis and Alicia were hovering around the peak of G rank. That is 5 stars of Rookie. After the continuous fights and the battle with the dungeon boss, they were ready for breakthroughs to F-rank, also known as the Beginner Rank. Currently, they are suppressing themselves from breaking through.
The ranking system in this world is as such.
G) - Rookie Rank ( 1 to 5 stars )
F) - Beginner Rank ( 1 to 5 stars )
E) - Novice Rank ( 1 to 5 stars )
D) - Order Rank ( 1 to 5 stars )
C) - Expert Rank ( 1 to 5 stars )
B) - Master Rank ( 1 to 5 stars )
A) - King Rank ( 1 to 5 stars )
S) - Overlord Rank ( 1 to 5 stars )
SS) - Transcendent Rank ( 1 to 5 stars )
SSS) - Ascension Rank ( 1 to 5 stars )
After Awakening, it goes from G as the lowest to SSS, which is Ascension Rank. Though people believe SSS rank to be the highest rank. But Luis knows it's not. Because in the games there were many hints about entities whose strength is far higher than SSS rank. Which also gives a reason for the existence of higher ranks.
Currently, it's still far in the future, so Luis has a lot of time to think about it. Anyway, although Luis was excited to break through. There was still something he wanted to do before that.
"Then let's go back first. I'll give you some things that will be beneficial for you at the time of breaking through," Lumine said as she took out Return Crystals from her mana bracelet.
Seeing the expensive Return Crystal in reality, Luis thought it was good to be rich. When he played the game in his previous life, this Crystal was very costly. So he always used it sparingly. 'Wait, it's not the time to reminisce about that.'
So he hurriedly said, "Wait, Mom, we haven't taken the reward yet."
Lumine looked at him weirdly and asked, "Do you want to keep that Red Skull as a memento?" She had already prepared rewards for them, but if Luis wanted to keep this, she could only agree. Alicia also seems to share the same thoughts as her.
Shaking his head, he said, "Mom, that reward is not useless."
Hearing this, Lumine raised her brow and asked. "Do you know something about it?" She believes that if Luis doesn't know something about it, there is no way he would be so confident.
Not answering her question, Luis first went to pick up the reward chest that appeared after defeating the boss monster. Inside it was laying a skull dyed in red blood. There were two horns on the skull, which shows the skull wasn't that of a human.
Under Lumine and Alicia's curious gaze, Luis' voice sounded. "Do you know about 'The Fable of Ghost King?'"
Alicia had a confused expression on her face. She had read a lot of books, especially about the legends of the past, but this was her first time hearing it.
Lumine had a thoughtful look on her face. "I think I've heard something about it. But I don't think I remember."
Luis nodded his head and explained, "Well, that's understandable. It's not a widely circulated tale. The only place you could read about is in the church."
"Who was this Ghost King?" Alicia asked, not hiding her curiosity.
"He was called the legend, who became evil to fight evil and in the end was devoured by darkness." Luis' explanation made Alicia frown as she asked, "Then, does that mean he became evil in the end?"
Then she rubbed her chin and mumbled, "Is it because of the ending that this fable wasn't widely circulated and was kept inside churches?"
"Bingo!" Luis exclaimed, then continued. "How can they let people read story books where the heroes became evil in the end?"
"So what does it have to do with this reward?" Lumine asked, although she was curious about the legend. She was more interested in the reason that legend is connected to this dungeon's clear reward.
"It's connected," Luis uttered, then continued. "In the book, there was a story about a demon child that was saved by the Ghost King."
"In the war between races, many legends were made, but also at the cost of many innocent lives. The demon child was also someone innocent who got involved in this war between races."
"The village in which he lived consisted of many races. But the war affected their mentality. Because of their anger toward the demon race, the child's family became the outlet. All his family members were ruthlessly murdered by the villagers, and he alone was saved by a passing traveler, who was later known as the Ghost King."
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Quiz Time:-
What will happen to the demon child?
1) He will become stronger and take revenge on the villagers.
2) He will die at Ghost King's hand.
3) He will forgive the villagers and move on.
4) He will become the Ghost King's pupil.
5) He will still die because of the war.
6) None of the above.
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