Orbis Online
217. Idle Time

Reus decides to wander through Alvast to spend some time waiting for Nocht to have a conversation with Aulcrat and Sylph, who have been missing for a long time.

Nocht had told him that Sylph and himself were not close friends, both victims of Lucius Maen'ra who possessed Aulcrat's body. Sylph lost her family and citizens, while Nocht's life was threatened.

Reus asked what had triggered Lucius Maen'ra's success in seizing control of Aulcrat to Nocht considering that the Blackmoon Dwarf was one of the people close to Aulcrat, but Nocht seemed hesitant about the answer.

Nocht said Aulcrat almost never left the castle if there was no urgent business, then one day a suspicious cloaked figure appeared in Alvast. Aulcrat ordered the guards to watch this suspicious figure closely.

This figure had not been in Alvast for a long time, only about a few days before it mysteriously disappeared.

Since the figure disappeared Aulcrat had a high fever, but according to various doctors who examined Aulcrat's life was not in danger. There was no curse attached to it so there was no suspicion.

Perhaps for ordinary people Aulcrat only attacked by ordinary diseases, but for Nocht who was sensitive to aura, Aulcrat transformed into an unknown figure.

From then on Nocht restricted his communication with Aulcrat and, at its peak when Sylph was arrested on charges of massacring his own citizens, Nocht fled Lavore Kingdom for Bailendra Kingdom.

   "Aura, huh?"

Reus rubbed his chin contemplating Nocht's story.

Nocht's explanation was not at all wrong, he himself managed to realize the existence of Lucius Maen'ra in Aulcrat's body because the aura of the old king did not look like a human, he said, it was like a Chaos race he had faced in Huroud, Ash.

Reus was not as sensitive to aura as Nocht was, if only he had never faced Ash at the Huroud before he might not have noticed the existence of one of the Chaos Order's higher-ups either.

   "If you think about it, that Aura Skill is a rare skill, right? It's great that I can have three different Aura Skills."

Although not using it too often, Reus realized until now he had three different types of Aura Skills, namely Dragon Aura, Swordmaster Aura, and Conqueror Aura that he had recently obtained.

Reus obtained Dragon Aura after bathing in Arshwind blood and obtained the title The Half-Dragon-Man, while Swordmaster Aura was given by Randolf as a split gift along with the Black Sky Sword Art Series.

Then, the last Aura Skill he had just obtained, Conqueror Aura.

   "Different from Dragon Aura and Swordmaster Aura, Conqueror Aura's power can be affected by Conquer's status, huh?"

Conquer, a special status recently obtained by Reus after getting the title Sovereign Killer. Different from the four basic states Conquer can not be improved by allocating CP—Customize Point, special status like this can only be improved through special means.

Since the first release of Orbis Online, every player who gets special status has a different way of obtaining it, as well as in increasing it. This was not something extremely rare, but it was at least more difficult to encounter than an Epic Skill Emblem.

Not infrequently among special status owners there is a similar status so that information about the special status can be known and can help other players who have similar status.

The special status of Sneak that Ikshan obtained after changing classes to Phantom Reaper was not new in the world of Orbis Online, with the ability to collect information Ikshan can immediately know the usefulness and how to improve it.

In Reus's case, he gained Conquer status which was a special status he had never heard of.

   "But looking around, the development of this status is quite rapid as well."

Reus rubbed his chin staring at his Conquer status that had risen far from zero even though he did not know how to raise it. He tried to suppress the status and a small panel appeared before his face.

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Conquers

Conquer is one of those hidden special statuses that can only be obtained through certain means. Those who get the status of Conquer will look more dashing and authoritative like a conqueror.

This status can also help reduce the user's directed Debuff effect, improve the user's status when facing a ruler-type enemy, as well as strengthen Conqueror Aura.

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It then made Reus scratch his head, he still did not understand both how it worked and how to improve the status of this Conquer.

   "Well, I'll just give up for now."

Reus let out a long sigh before closing the two panels. He felt that the burden of his mind would increase even more if he kept thinking about this so he chose to close the topic of his special status in his mind.

He continued his walk down Alvast while watching the surroundings. Unlike the first time he came to this city, this time Reus did not see any trouble coming at him all of a sudden.

When he and Ikshan visit Alvast for the first time, Reus is confronted by Dunk and Kynel who are being chased by a group of Gaia's Tree members. As the one who recognized the two Reus immediately helped and the matter ended with the destruction of the Gaia's Tree headquarters of the Alvast branch.

It continued until the end of a great battle between the royal forces with the group of Reus who then became the hottest news that was circulating in the Orbis Forum until now—tentunya without Reus knowing.

   "Hey, Reus!"

As Reus stepped over while daydreaming, a familiar voice sounded in his ears. He turned to the source of the voice and found Ramsey riding on Gordon walking closer to him.

Seeing that Reus spontaneously grabbed the sword on his back and took the fighting horses with a sharp gaze fixed on the giant winged cat that was ridden by Ramsey.

   "You approach me more than this with the creature, so I won't hesitate to cut off his head."

Gordon's steps came to a halt as soon as he noticed Reus's thick hostility, his body trembling for a moment before Ramsey rubbed his neck gently trying to calm his eyes.

After Gordon felt calmer, Ramsey stepped down from the Azure Cath's back and returned it to the Pet Realm.

   "Why do you always have to be that way with Gordon? What if she's traumatized you?"

   "I don't care. Me and the cat are mortal enemies, if you understand that, don't ever come near me with a cat."

   "Well, I understand you and the cat are sworn enemies. Remove those eyes and aura of hostility."

Ramsey sighed in astonishment and disappointment at Reus' attitude to the cat that never improved, even though he brought Gordon approached Reus with the intention of wanting to reduce his good friend's hatred of cats, but the result was always inversely proportional than he expected.

As soon as Gordon returned to the Pet Realm Reus was relieved, he sheathed back his sword and took off his fighting horses. Of course, the look of cold and sharp eyes and the aura of hostility towards Ramsey also he pulled back.

   "Well, put that aside, what are you doing here? I thought you were on your way to Bailendra Kingdom with Ikshan."

When an awkward atmosphere began to spread between the two, Ramsey raised her voice first in order to melt the atmosphere. He was also a little curious about Reus' presence in this place.

   "There's a certain incident where I have to come back here, so I'll be in this town for the next few hours."

   "Hmm? Did I hear wrong? A few hours instead of a few days?"

   "Your ears are not broken anyway, I will leave after being assured of this."

Ramsey raised next to his eyebrows did not understand Reus' words that sounded unreasonable, but because his brain could not digest finally Ramsey ignored Reus' words as if they had never existed.

   "By the way, do you have time?"

   "Of course, I'm unemployed. What's up?"

   "Chairman Crystina said he wanted to meet you and asked me to pick you up."

Reus tilted his head and put on a stupid look, not understanding why Crystina suddenly wanted to meet him.