The Nameless Crown
Chapter 8 - The Illusion of Darkness

that's Ryan launched his special ability, the Assassinate. A sideways horizontal slash managed to obliterate the rightmost Hobgoblin.

After that Ryan spun around quickly, rolling to the left side where the closest Hobgoblins were panicking. His shadow-like figure was now behind him. A powerful stab successfully launched Ryan right on his back.

His Backstab abilities allowed him to gain an additional attack power multiplied by 3.25x. So that the small basic attack increases up to many times.

When the second target is destroyed into pieces into a virtual data shard. One more Hobgoblin. He is no longer careless or surprised, now the status he has is vigilant.

“You want to play one-on-one? Go forward!”

The hobgoblin immediately growled and ran towards Ryan while carrying a dagger.

“Groarr..

“C’mon!”

When Hobgoblin thrust her dagger at Ryan. Ryan immediately turned his body 90 degrees to the left side, then he floated a hard sideways kick to make Hobgoblin was blown far enough.

Green liquid came out of his mouth. His teeth began to tremble and looked angry.

His two pale red eyes were staring at Ryan with a sinister look. Godam in his right hand he swings like he is warming up.

Ryan looked at it calmly.

“Are you done?”

Accompanied by his flat tone, the look on his face now seemed to be in excitement.

The hobgoblin growled back with veins coming out from the top of his head. It was clear and his eyes were starting to glow reddishly, brighter than ever.

He ran again but with a single throw from his foot. It was like a long-range missile.

The dagger is pointed forward.

Like the welcome statue of Jakarta, Ryan thought.

However, Ryan's guess was wrong. Godam it will not be destroyed again, but when it comes near Ryan. A hobgoblin of almost the same body size seemed to be stalled with its right foot jolting the ground.

He dropped it and a heavy blow hit Ryan's chest. Ryan bounced slightly and a red wound appeared on his chest.

“Guhh! ... Hehh, can also.”

Now the bar HP Ryan reduced quite a lot. Because the attack hit Ryan's chest deep enough.

The cloudy weather and hiding the sun behind it cast a small shadow. Its cotton-like shape began to move slowly up there.

After the wind blew strong enough and the silence lasted for a moment. Ryan and Hobgoblin were crashing at each other. When he launched two double attacks, the Hobgoblin lowered its head.

However, a hard kick managed to jerk his chin, he growled in pain and rolled around. That's when Ryan jumped high and launched the final attack.

The dagger he held had stuck right in the heart of the Hobgoblin, his mouth gaping while screeching and his body shattered into pieces of data.

Ryan paused for a moment while sitting down.

“Huhh hahh .. I never thought this sensation was not a fantasy. Even my stamina can be drained and similar as in the real world.”

[Levels Up!]

[Levels Up!]

[Levels Up!]

A notification appeared for a moment he wanted to lay down his body. Ryan just smiled in excitement, some points he got.

That's when Ryan opened his status panel and added it to some of his skills.

Back Stab skills that he uses passively so that it can not be improved again. He also saw his status from Vitality, Strength, Agility, Intelligence, Luck and also Atk and Def increased.

Some slots he can see empty, there are about five empty slots. However, one has been filled by the expertise of Backstab.

When he shifted and turned it into a Skill Tree panel. He saw so much, but when in the middle stopped by a sentence.

“ ‘Required Next Jobs’ , huh? That means my Job can be upgraded again.”

Ryan's a little disappointed, but what can I do. Games like this will always be like that.

“Skill I need is not too much, but I need some that can help me in times of urgency.”

Ryan's eyes waded through Tree's skills and he saw a skill that caught his eye.

“Shadow Dash? This skill increases the Agility power 1.5x, can be paired with Backstab to allow 20% of Link occur and cause Shadow Slash.”

Ryan was flabbergasted to see it, then next to it was [Required Lv.7] a sign and it just so happened that this time Ryan's level had risen to level 7.

After that when he will choose it, right next to his left there are skills that are not playing his ability.

“[Hidden Pressence]—This expertise can take away my existence. Can be activated and sacrifice 20 MP when using it, pretty well,” murmured Ryan.

When looking at the status five points, Ryan added them to both skills. Compared to 3:2, three for Shadow Dash and two for Hidden Presence.

For some reason now in his heart, a strange feeling he could feel when he managed to get both skills. While resting his body, Ryan touched a Status column.

Name: Ryan Angga Baskara

Race : Human

Job : Assassin Lv 7

Vitalities: 319

Str :16 Psy Atk: 17

Agi: 20 Psy Def: 13

Int: 12 Mag Atk: 11

Luck: 11 Mag Def: 10

【Skill】

【Active】

—Hiden Presence's

【Pasive】

—Back Stab

—Shadow Dash's

—Counter Attack's

【Tittle】

None

【Unique Skill】

Unknown

When Ryan saw his status, he was like observing a bunch of books stacked in a mess. Full detail.

“Lumayan too... but Tittle? Unique Skills? It seems my journey is still long.”

At that moment he immediately got up, his status panel that still appeared before him was closed.

Unexpectedly he heard a clap.

“Woaww .. big brother, you're good too.”

At once Ryan immediately turned around, from the tone of his voice alone it sounded like a woman. But not a woman of her age but a gothic little girl carrying a big gun.

The little girl was dressed in black. From the tip of the hair to his subordinates all black. Except the color of his hair and his terrible weapon.

His face was slightly oval with two faded blue eyes. Because her tiny lips were covered in a young color, she looked like a princess. Unfortunately, her clothes showed the opposite of it all.

A frilly shirt from the side of the left shoulder to the right shoulder. The pattern is white boxes with a skirt that is slightly inflated. Black-and-white stripes. His shoes were a pair of tall shoes, his straps in dead knots.

Then chart his arms wide. To the bottom of his arm he used two pieces of protective cloth. Blond hair on my sideways, like Ponytail.

Then with the size of the weapon that is not playing, Ryan gaping. A pale red Halbert. The front is a forked spear while the back is a sharp scythe.

Its height is about two meters, inversely proportional to its own height which is only about 150 cm.

“Etoo... Who are you, yes?”

Ryan closed his mouth again that had gaping and returned to the real world.

The little girl before him gradually stepped forward. Surprisingly, the weapons he had seemed more dangerous compared to the weapons owned by Ryan himself.

“Hmmm... My name is Elen.”

Even his voice is like the voice actors in Japanese animated films.

“Elen?.. Then what are you doing here, are you on a mission?”

“Not”

“Then?”

There are some possibilities for a player like him who is here.

One he does not know the road aka blind direction, two he was on a mission but did not know the place... perhaps the third is that he was out for a walk and happened to see Ryan who was fighting Hobgoblin alone.

But does that make it three?

“I was out for a walk and happened to see big brother here,” he said with a small smile.

Could it? thought Ryan.

Not long after that, they continued their journey. Elen decides to follow Ryan on a weapons upgrade mission.

“Elen?”

“Hmm?’

“Are you a princess?”

Unexpected by Ryan, Elen also lowered his head and he looked glum.

“A-a-ahh.. If you don't want to talk about it, you don't have to force yourself.”

Ryan seemed to have flown the wrong flag.

“No, no. It's just that it's been a long time no one asked me like that. Especially with this weird hobby of mine that I'm very interested in..”.

Ryan sighed softly, but the look on his face looked unapologetic.

“Let me guess..you're a noble daughter, but since you have such a hobby—“.

Both of Ryan's eyes immediately looked at Elen's clothes that were so gothic.

“—you were alienated by your own family,” he continued.

Elen was surprised to hear Ryan's guess, but he did not expect just from the word “Hobi” he can find out up to that detail.

“Whoaaa... Big brother guess, ya”

“No, just the origin of guessing.by the way, the weapon you have really contrasts.”

An awkward smile adorned Ryan's face this time.

“Ohhh... about this...”.

Thank goodness she was not moody anymore, making a little girl cry was not a good thing, Ryan thought.

“Because My job is quite unique, as the bonus is this weapon, Finisher Halbert.”

This time the look on his face looked happy and Ryan was relieved because he did not make a little girl moody.

“Job unique?”

“ Hmmm..

Elen nodded in spirit.

“I'm a Vanguard!”

“HEHHHH!!!???”

The vanguard? It's impossible to have by someone at the beginning of the game. Because that Job is the next level of a Guardian.

“Did I not hear wrong?”

Elen only smiled broadly while carrying his giant weapon.

“Huhh .. Then what do you want to do right now, I will go to Castle of Monochrome”

“About that I'll come with you, brother. I don't know the name of brother” yet

“Ryan's. Clear enough for you?”

From Ryan's point of view, Elen was a little girl who was no older than about 13-14 years old.

“Un ... Then quickly, I can't wait to conquer that Dungeon,” he said passionately.

Only a smile was responding to the spirit of Elen. However, Ryan only replied with a resigned gust.

Inevitably it seems Ryan has to hold it. Now with Elen, he went to the Castle of Monochrome. Actually the goal there is to get some material.

The material was used to improve the quality of the weapons he now had. Moreover, with its Class that is at the level of Inferiority.

Only one additional ability was obtained from the weapon. One additional attack if multiple conditions are met.

***

“Woahhhh ..”

Arriving there, Elen was fascinated by the place they would conquer. However, the word conquest was heavier, so Ryan only used the tourism of the streets.

“What's Elen, we—I'll just take a walk here, won't conquer it”

“But, but..”.

The place they see now is enormous. It was like a huge kingdom. The gate made of wood has been rambati various plants.

There is also a lot of blood on the outer surface. The faded brown color also displays a mysterious impression.

“Wendy... are you seriously allowing a Player with lv.7 to enter into this monstrous Dungeon?” muttered Ryan.

“Do not forget a beautiful girl who accompanies you.”

Inevitably Ryan and Elen also entered the Dungeon. The moment they wanted to open the gate, a gap they could see. This means that this gate has been opened and there are several players who also enter this Dungeon.

Finally they entered even though their levels were not too big, not too small.

As soon as Ryan looked into it.

“I-i-this is impossible!”

How shocked he was to see that the weather had darkened and moreover some Monsters had greeted them in front there. Some of the players they can see are fighting with a bunch of Slime Monsters.

The destroyed houses along with blood spots are very antique with the atmosphere this time.

Just above a height that a castle stands majestically. The clock tower was visible to his left and it started to clang a few times.

From the ground suddenly appeared Zombie with shabby armor. They started to approach Ryan and Elen who had just arrived there.

“Elen!”

“I know, Brother Ryan!”

They also started to enter combat mode. Over Elen's head, Ryan could see his status.

In his deepest heart, Ryan did not expect that the little girl beside him already had a much higher level compared to him.

Level 40 was even more so in a very short period of time. What mission did he take to be like that?

Finisher Halbert in Elen's hand has warmed up, he immediately hit a group of Zombies on the left. In just one wobble, the Halbert blew out a wave of fire that was quite fierce.

The fire instantly devoured the enemy army in an instant, making it ash in a split second.

Ryan doesn't want to lose. Finally he immediately ran forward, a bunch of Zombies and Skeleton Warior were docked. They're swarming some exhausted players.

It stopped right behind them, one-two-three-four to five slashes instantly knocking them all out. With the Back Stab and Shadow Dash skills, Ryan's attack speed is faster and stronger.

The attacks were like life-defying scythes, a Monster closing in on Ryan. Elen yelled in his warning, but Ryan knew it.

He also pulled his right foot to the ground. The whole place seemed to be slowing down from Ryan's sight. He also accelerated a quick maneuver to get behind the Monster and launched a vertical slash while jumping to the left side.

The slash he took out emitted the element of darkness. The darkness element immediately grabbed and destroyed the Monster until it was left.

[Levels Up!]

When Ryan got up and stood up straight, he opened the status panel. Then when he saw the passive skills of Shadow Dash. He did not expect that the combination of Shadow Dash and Backstab featured Shadow Slash. And what makes him stunned again is when he saw the details of the combined expertise of the second it—Shadow Slash.

“[3% Chance of Instans Kill]... What's up!? Elesis you really have crossed the line, the time of the Player who just played is given a terrible Skill like this.”

However, he remembered Lesta's words.

You are the Special Player and the most unique compared to the others, that's what Lesta remembers the most.

The intention of “Special” is that the expertise he has and has not met the criteria has extraordinary strength?

However, Ryan immediately dispelled the thought as soon as Elen arrived beside him.

“Are you okay, Brother Ryan?”

“As you saw yourself”

“But what was it?”

“What is it?”

Ryan's head tilted a few degrees to the left side.

“Tadi it was like...”

Elen also exhibited it very well, although the language was too dramatic.

“Ahh .. earlier it was my passive Skill, don't think too much about it. We better hurry up to the castle”

“Un...” Elen nodded in spirit.

They both went back on their way after helping some struggling players.

Some Monsters such as Zombies, Skeleton Warior, and Slime were very numerous. They even looked like the guards of this place. A kingdom with a dark castle that became the base of all chaos.

The more Ryan and Elen approach the castle, the longer they travel.

“Any...”.

Elen stopped as Ryan muttered something.

“What's up, brother?”

“Elen... did you not realize that we were running in the same place?”

“Eh...”.