The Heir of the God of Death
Chapter 87's

A moment inside the Ancient Ruins world...

[You've been in the prep zone. You can only go through it if you already wear Heredis mode.]

"Hmm, this place..."

I looked around and there were only neatly lined walls.

"It's not a dungeon in general."

I was a little surprised to see it, because this place is like in the general dungeon that I often enter out there. Now I was in a dark hallway and was lit only by the fire of torches that stuck on each wall.

[You want to enter from Heredis mode?]

[Yes/No]

"Yes..."

Bussh...!

As usual this cold black aura had enveloped me. But one thing that astonished me, the feeling of each entering this mode had been slowly dissipating.

"Is my body getting used to this power?"

[You have entered Heredis mode, now you can enter the world of Ancient Ruins.]

As usual, I had to check my status first and Norum before entering, and add some SPs that I got after leveling up.

I immediately popped up the status window :

[Name : Arkha Peteng

Job: Heredis of Death (Ruler of Soul: Level 2)

Age: 20 years

Level 68

Gender : male

STR :531 (+50%) INT :424 (+50%)

AGI :429 (+50%) DEX :388 (+50%)

VIT : 493 (+50%) LUK :386 (+50%)

HP :23100/23100 (+50%)

MP : 4240/4240 (+50%)

SP : 7.]

I looked closely at my status and it seemed that his stats were starting to unbalance.

"Since I now have a very powerful long-range weapon, then I will focus this SP on the DEX to strengthen my long-range attack and the accuracy of its attack, then I will focus this SP on the DEX, as well as my instincts to easily avoid dangerous attacks lead to me. Then LUK to bring up always stacked or critical attacks, so that much damage can be received by the enemy, the percentage of my critical appearance is very small because my LUK is very low."

[DEX :388 (+50%) > 392 (+50%)

LUK :386 (+50%) > 389 +(50%)

SP : 0]

Since I've focused my SP on DEX and LUK, then my "Soul-destroying gun" will get stronger.

"It's not also the higher LUK then drop the item I get then it will be a lot huh?" I immediately remembered the RPG game I used to play. "I don't think that's the case in this system, because the appearance of the item that every time I kill a monster might just be luck. Because this system is only focused on strengthening myself."

I immediately opened the Norum status window and I was impressed to see his status. Because her status is way above mine and it makes me a little jealous of her.

[Name : Norum

Evolution: Blaowolf

Level 79

Gender: Male

STR :611 INT:506

AGI: 519 DEX: 463

VIT : 552 LUKE: 479

HP: 35100/35100

MP: 5160/5160.]

"Whatever Norum is part of me, but still why do I always envy seeing this."

I sighed as I closed this status window and began to step my feet out of this preparation zone.

[You have entered the world of Ancient Ruins, the entire system will be disabled except for the item storage system.]

[Warning!

You can get out of the Ancient Ruins world if you manage to conquer 10 floors of this world, and you can get out of this world if your HP is below 10%, you will be given the option to continue or get out of here. If you choose to give up then you will not be able to enter this world again and have been considered a failure.]

Seeing this warning message that is still the same as the world before. I immediately walked forward down the dark hallway that was only illuminated by this orange-yellow light.

After a while of walking, I looked at the end and there was quite a bright light there.

"What the fuck is this place, am I in the water?"

When I got there, it really surprised me. Because the ceiling of this world is like the color of the sea and moves like being touched something or blown by the wind.

I looked at the sky long enough and like I saw a vast sea from within its own sea.

Cring... Cring...

The sound rattled small objects while the person was always walking. His steps were extremely calm like water, and noisy like ocean waves. His arrival indicates that it is time for him to do his duty.

"I don't think I have a guest."

I was very surprised and immediately turned towards that voice.

"That guy..."

Cring... Cring...

The gurgling sound of small objects like bells was stuck in the clothes he was wearing.

"Is he the keeper?"

I don't know why I didn't hear that little bell from earlier. Even though my distance to her was very close and I did not feel her presence at all from earlier as well, was I too focused on her sky? So that my attention is temporarily distracted.

"It seems that you are very fascinated by this view of the sea" said the person as he looked at the sea sky.

I looked back at that beautiful sky, the color was so beautiful that it was a blend of light blue and white. Plus there is a light like the sun that makes it look more beautiful.

"Yes, this is beautiful" I said.

I looked directly at the guard and I felt him smiling at me behind his face covered in his stone mask.

"I think the guest who will come here is very arrogant, it turns out my guess is wrong. It turns out you're very calm, but very hot in it. It's like a merapi mountain that is under the sea, which always erupts but the calmness of the sea is still the same."

I understand what he said and I don't deny what he said, that it's all true. Because the power of this system makes me somehow calmer, but my heart always feels restless every time and maybe it has something to do with the problem now.

"Oh yeah, I forgot to introduce myself my name is Cetus. I'm guarding this place."

"My name is Arkha Peteng."

Cetus looked at me closely and I was not curious about what he saw in me anymore.

"So you're just like us. But not completely perfect yet..."

Hearing that made me wonderfully open and what does it mean that I am not yet fully perfect? Although I asked him that question, there is a possibility that this system intervened again withholding the information I received.

"But yes, at least you've fought hard like us."

After saying that, Cetus walked straight to the right and I followed him from behind. This street looks very common and there are many rocks and coral plants everywhere.

Blup... Blup...

"Hm?"

I was a little surprised because suddenly there were some fish floating right in front of me.

"So we're really in the sea huh."

"That's right. This place is called the 'Sea of Eternity', everything that is here is a success and will always be like this forever."

So this place is almost exactly the same as the world of Purgatory and Hades that entered before. It's just Hades and Purgatory, a world based on a place for "Law" and will be restored as before if the law has been implemented.

While this place I feel very much different from the two worlds. Cetus said that everything here is true and will forever exist, so this place has no laws that can govern completely and will always be in the same place, it was as if time in this place had stopped.

"So everything in this place will remain at the same time, even if it has been destroyed."

"Yes, you could say so. You already understand the outline of this place, that time in this place will run on the same axis, unchanged and will not stop either."

So in the end this place is like a circle that just rotates in the same place. When I looked at the sky, it was true that the direction of the change in movement remained the same neither forward nor backward. As well as the fish and other sea creatures, they just revolve around here and are in the same place constantly.

After walking far enough, we finally got somewhere and I saw ten stairs with many stairs that could not be counted.

"Alright, only up here can I drive you."

"Aren't you asking me why I can get in here?"

"I don't need to know, because there is an order I received from ■■■■■ that anyone who comes here, has the right to receive all his relics."

Hearing that person's name censored again made me even more curious about the figure of the person who created these worlds that I entered.

"Oh yeah, that's true. I came here because I wanted something."

I walked to the middle of the stairs and saw them one by one. Looks like these stairs will take me somewhere, and unlike the previous world I conquered it from the bottom first or in sequence. But this world is so different, I am free to choose which floor I can enter to finish it off.

"Oh yes, son. One thing you need to know..."

I turned towards Cetus and noticed the message to be given to me.

"Don't overextend yourself in terms of everything you can't achieve, if you keep pushing yourself then it just leaves a scar on your heart that's hard to heal."

Hearing that made me stare and smile behind my black mask. What he said was true, that all this time I was always upset about me who felt less capable.

"Thank you for the advice. But still I had to force myself to reach my goal."

After saying that, I immediately set my foot on one of the stairs.

Brecks...

Suddenly the ladder I was stepping on just now was cut off from where Cetus was standing now.

"So then, the ladder will reconnect if I manage to finish this floor."

I put my feet back forward and stepped one by one the stairs to the top of this ladder.

Cetus who saw me from under the stairs seemed to be silent with an unknown expression behind the stone mask.

"The poor young man..."

Cetus walked up to the disconnected staircase and tried to get a closer look at Arkha, though he could not see his back anymore.

"But at least you have managed to show the determination that every one of your predecessors has gone through. We wish you dearly, 'The Light of Great Hope', you are our only last hope."

...•••...

A moment on the floor of Mount Olympus...

After climbing the stairs long enough, I was amazed again by this view.

"So these stairs lead me to this place huh."

I looked at the vast green field and looked down at where the stairs came from. There were thick white clouds surrounding this place. Then I saw that a large building had collapsed and there was only rubble and solid pillars still standing.

[Welcome to the ruins of Olympus Kingdom.]

Seeing the message of this system really makes me wonder and confused, that I am in a place where these names are not foreign out there.

"The ruins of Olympus, based on his myth that this kingdom stands on a giant mountain. Then where I stand now..."

I looked around me again and only the vast sky stretched everywhere.

"So this is true, I was on Mount Olympus. I think it's just a myth, but it's not weird that this system did it."

I immediately walked towards the ruins and I saw only the ruins of this kingdom scattered everywhere.

"I don't feel the presence of life here. Is this really a test of the system?"

I kept walking forward and looking in all directions.

Cracks...

"Hm? What'sthis?"

Bing!

"!!!"

Suddenly the thing I stepped on was glowing and made me temporarily blind.

The bomb!!!

"Gee!"

Shut! Brak!!

Suddenly I bounced far enough because the object exploded suddenly.

"Ohuk... uhuk...! I never thought it was a trap and again..."

[HP :19690/22200 (+25%)]

I saw my HP status drastically reduced due to the explosion.

"It's no wonder why it feels so sick."

I try to get up again.

But nevertheless...

Cracks... Bing!

"!!!"

The set!

The bomb!!!

I quickly dodged before the explosion hit me again.

"So there's a lot of traps in the si-"

Cracks...

My feet stepped on something again.

"Damn!"

Shut! Phew! Phew!

Suddenly something that shot out quickly with a flash of lightning pointed at me.

Dor's! Dor's! Dor's!

I immediately pulled out my gun and shot towards that light attack.

Shut! Cracks!

[HP : 18979/22200 (+25%)]

"If this continues, I can only die from these traps!"

Suddenly a message from the system appeared.

[Warning!

You can't get The Arcana out during the exam.]

"What!"

I was really surprised to see this and took out my inventory to recuperate with the HP potion.

[(- Book of true scientist X1) X

(- Excalibur X1) X

(- Emperor X1 Ring) X

(- Colt Revolver M-1836 X1) X

(- Rune Stone (Dark blue) - 145 X1) X

(- Rune Stone (Purple) - 10 X1) X

(- Rune Stone (Yellow) - 77 X1) X

(- Potion HP 20% X7) X

MP 20% X10.]

"Why is HP potion in the inventory? And only MP potions are not."

Once again a system warning appears for a moment to bring up the inventory from earlier.

[Warning!

You cannot use recovery items and recovery skills during the exam.]

Seeing the warning system was frustrating, because I needed recovery so I could move around painlessly.

"I didn't think the test this time would be much more troublesome."

I was silent in place for quite a while because moving recklessly would only trigger a trap by accident.

"Can I use my Aura?"

Because it is remembered by the Goblin's time event where Aura and Mana are not synchronized at all.

"Because of that time the system detected Aura Aran as a foreign thing. Now what about my Aura."

I immediately practiced it and closed my eyes, for a moment I felt my Aura had spread throughout my body and I felt the pain subside for a moment.

"So yes, although the pain recovery is very small because I am not yet proficient in mastering the Aura completely, but at least this is very helpful."

I turned my head in various directions and only the crushed plain stones were here.

"I can't feel any traces of Mana here and moreover the traps are concentrated from Mana as well."

While trying to find something, I immediately remembered Aran's martial art that focused on censorship and agility.

"The martial art of Feng, the fifth movement..," I murmured.

...WAVE SOUND...

Wush...

Suddenly my whole senses became more and more sensitive and I could feel every little movement of the pebbles falling on the building.

After a while, I still could not find any traces of traps here.

"Even with this, it can't. Then there is no other way but to use 'Soul Binders'."

When using this teleportation skill, another warning from the system appeared.

[Warning!

You cannot use any ability that can move you instantly.]

"It turns out that neither can this. The only way now is to break through it."

I took a deep breath and exhaled it, and prepared to face it.

"Conditioning."

[Buff has been given, now STR, AGI, and VIT are increased by 20% in six-minute brackets.]

Not yet there, I used martial arts again to increase my speed.

"The martial art of Feng, the third movement..," I murmured.

...LEAVES FALLING...

Instantly my leg muscles tightened and I felt my legs getting lighter. Feng's martial art is very different from the second movement of Siva's martial art, Feng's martial art focuses on agility, speed and sensitivity while martial arts focuses on the balance of all aspects in the body such as strength, speed, defense and sensitivity. In terms of Feng's superior speed, that's why I had to use martial arts.

"It's a pity that I can't use more than one martial art, because my Chi or Aura is still very difficult to control and is not completely stable."

After the preparations were finished I looked towards the front and started to focus.

The set! Shut!

With wind-like speed, I quickly shot forward.

Cracks! Cracks! Cracks!

Bing! Bing! Shut!

The bomb!! The bomb!! Phew!!

Various devices had been activated as I stepped on and touched anywhere in this place.

"Damn, that was almost."

I continued forward and was overwhelmed avoiding every one of these traps that grew more and more as I advanced forward.

The bomb!! Phew!!

Running while dodging really takes a lot of stamina and makes me almost exhausted.

After several obstacles passed, I finally reached the end of this place, I saw a small altar standing with a small object on top.

The set! The set! The set!

"Finally up, huh.. huh..."

I catch my breath first, even though I'm entering this mode but it still makes me very tired through each of those traps.

After enough rest, I advanced towards the small altar.

"What'sthis? What are pieces of ancestral treasure?"

I tried to take that thing.

But suddenly...

Bing!!!

"!!!"

"Harrrhg!!!"

The bomb!!!

Suddenly the surroundings of the small object emitted light and exploded quite strongly.

"Thank you, buddy."

"Grrh..."

I managed to survive thanks to Norum who came out and pulled me from behind, biting my robe.

"If I get hit by that explosion, my HP will definitely run out immediately."

After the wisp of smoke disappeared, I saw that the little thing was still intact and carefully approached it if there were any more traps.

"I hope there are no more surprises this time."

I tried to grab my hand again to the little thing and managed to get it.

"Akhirn"

Bing!

"What!"

"Grrh!!"

Suddenly a small object glowed and I found it difficult to remove it from my hand.

Bing!!

A moment the light grew bigger and blocked my view.

...•••...

...•••...

"uh? Where is this?"

Suddenly I was in a strange place and it looked like this place was very shabby, and the people here were very thin and like they were lacking in nutrients.

"Am I going back in time again?"