NOVEL NEXT Chapter 15: Ruler of Light
[Heart Wood Spear]
[The Host should go on and touch it.]
"..." Following the instructions, he went ahead and walked to the spear. "Why does it looks like... sharpened branch...?" It looked like a branch, it just looked like a straight-trimmed branch it was nothing fancy
'There is not even a feeling exuding from it...' As it was edged in the ground it looked like a normal long straight stick placed there...
*sigh* "Let's see it..." Without much expectation, Temorsth took it in his left hand but then...
*Ugh* 'What!?' Pain shot through him, but the strange thing was that it didn't come from the hand holding the spear.
'Why is mom's seal reacting...?' The pain came from his right side, from the three tattoos on his ankle, wrist, and neck. The three white tattoos glowed up with a green-yellow light.
'The shackles and the seal weakened...?' With the glow, the outline of green-yellow faded a little. "Huh!? This...!" The light, the energy, the Mana which leaked out from the seal traveled to the spear through his body.
'Is it absorbing my power...?' The spear suctioned the energy and with it, the light slowly went away...
"Oh...! Oho!" Energy in the form of flames burst out of the spear, the flames were white but they looked like real flames, as they swallowed the spear "It is not burning...?" Temorsth hand was too caught up in the fire.
While the energy traveled back to his body from the spear it surrounded him "This is cool... it's like I'm burning in pure white flames!" the energy of light flowed and burned around his body. His face even showed a small smile from simply feeling this power and aura.
"Did it refine my unrefined energy of light...?" With a thought, he looked at the spear in his hand calling forth its status window.
[Name: Heart Wood Spear
Rank: True Immortal || Rarity: Very Rare
Attack Power: 1703 || Defense: 685
Durability: 20 886/20 875
Element: Nature(Life)
Strength: 16
Dexterity/Agility: 16
Vitality: 12
Will/Mind: 14
Attunement (Required): Only by an Elf or Half-Elf
Description: The spear is made entirely of wood without a metal point. It's extremely dangerous for Vampires as it represents a Stake made from White Oak.
Story: ...
Skills: ...]
'Isn't the Attack Power low...? It is higher in Rank but it's not even a whole thousand more than my wooden short sword...' Seeing the Attack Power he asked Aidana.
[I didn't explain the Ranks and Rarities that much until now I only said it correlates to power so let me explain.]
[Since the Host is still too low with ER to hear everything I can only tell that if the Host turned the True Immortal Ranked Attack Power of 1703 the Host would get around 14K Mortal Ranked Attack Power...]
"Huh?"
[The real difference is not a thousand but instead, it's almost 20 times the power of that short sword.]
'Why those it need to be complicated that much? Can't it just write out in the same category of numbers?'
[This is how it is, I feel sorry for the Host, but you have to get used to it.]
*Sigh* 'Then never mind... anyway it's powerful if we look it at that way...'
'Hm, let's see it then, what is its Story...'
[Story:
Ardantha of the White Wood was a lovely young man. He was innocent and kind to all he met. His folk was often cold to strangers, but he had a boundless curiosity. He was beloved by the Elves of his clan, and the Summer Queen herself.
He was exploring the wood one day and spotted an old keep that had long since been thought abandoned.
As he watched he saw a beautiful pale maiden enter the haunted place. Struck by the maiden's beauty and the oddity of her being in an old abandoned place, he entered the keep...
Three days later, what came back to his home was no longer Ardantha but a vampiric spawn bent on blood. He killed three before he was struck down.
The Queen of Summer was heartbroken by his death and his transformation. In her grief and rage, she wept over his body...
An odd White Oak tree quickly grew where she wept. Its branches were strong and straight. She commanded that one branch be cut and a spear fashioned.
The Heart Wood Spear would forever be the bane of vampires and was given for their extermination. Every thousand years a new branch is clipped and fashioned into a new spear.]
'It was too long... so it was really a trimmed branch...' Looking at the spear in his hand there was no smile on his face.
'I understand this 'Story' thing now but... it is pretty old-fashioned...'
[It doesn't matter, if people believe in it it becomes the truth!]
'Ugh...' Realizing the difference was lying, he lost interest and turned to look at the skills tab.
[Skills:
The Bane of Vampires...
Protection from Evil...
The Weapons Will...
Guiding Shot...
(Special) Balance Breaker/Alter...]
"Oho! It has many skills, I'm interested... let's see them, will there be some OP ones...?"
[The Bane of Vampires :
Type: Passive
There is a negligible chance of instantaneous death magic activating when hitting a Vampier of the Immortal King Rank an extremely low chance for True Immortal Rank, a meager chance for Immortal, and a low chance for Mortal Rank.
Any undead that is damaged by the Heart Wood Spear cannot recover more than half of the damage unless a True Immortal Greater Healing and Remove Curse is cast or they repel the energy of life from their body in another way.]
'Wait... Instant death...? Isn't this insane, even if there is just a little chance it's an instant kill, and to top it off it halves healing too...'
'If this is the first what will be the rest...?' With excited thoughts, he brought out the next skill.
[Protection from Evil:
Type: Passive
Protects the user against aberrations, fiends, and undead, these creatures have a harder time attacking the user since an aura of life will envelop the user.
In addition, the user is immune to being charmed, frightened, possessed, or stunned by these types of creatures. Lastly, if the user is already under an effect the user has an advantage in any attempts to lift the effect.]
'Immune to status effects? If immune means immune like in games... I'm invincible...'
[The Weapons Will:
Type: Active
Summoning Range: 60 m
Active Range: Same plane of existence as the Heart Wood Spear and the user.
A floating, spectral spear appears within range, it is controlled by the thoughts of the user.
An attack will inflict True Force damage which is equal to 800 multiplied by the Host's Will spellcasting modifier. (Defense doesn't count against True damage type.)
When attacking, if the target is at or below True Immortal Rank, evasion is impossible, and unless magic like Teleport is used, the target will always be cut.
Every attack will take down the durability of the Heart Wood Spear by the amount of damage dealt/100.
If the attack were to reduce the Herat Wood Spears' durability to 0, it would only decrease to 1 and after the attack was finished all summoned weapons and charges would disappear.
The skill will be sealed for a week if all the charges are used up as they will only recharge one after the other. (If the ability is forcefully cast before all charges are recharged, any uncharged charges are permanently lost.)
Every skill and attack requiring the use of a spear can be used with the summoned spear.
If recast before the duration runs out a new spear appears(It can appear beside the last summoned spirit weapon).
Can be cast at a higher Rank with it the multiplier for the attack grows by 1.7 for every Rank up from Mortal.
Duration: 20 Min.
Summoning Costs: Half of the user's mana and one-quarter of stamina.
With every spirit form summoned the Heart Wood Spear becomes weaker. (-5% from all stats/summoned weapon, -5% /Rank higher than Mortal)
Cooldown: It has 6 charges every charge takes a full day to recover, if tried to summon the seventh time it will not happen but if forced the spear would be destroyed.]
'Multiple weapons and they move with thoughts!? They ignore defense too...'
[Guiding Shot:
Type: Active
Range: Sight
Fire a bright flash of burning Radiant energy from the tip of the spear, leaving behind a residual glow to aid the user in their attacks.
It is a ranged spell attack against a creature to inflict 24,000 Radiant damage. It counts as a Spear throw, and any gains from throw attacks are activated. (Magic resistance is protection against Spell attacks)
If the Spear is thrown right after the skill, it will hit the target no matter the distance or the skill used to protect. After the hit, the Spear will come back in the same route it took to hit the target. (Armor counts as defense)
Can be cast at a higher Rank with it the multiplier for the attack grows by 1.7 for every Rank up from Mortal. (The summoned weapons can be ordered to do this attack and they can be used as thrown spears too.)
Cost: 10% Mana +5% / Rank above Mortal
Thrown Spear Consumes 10 Mana/100 meters both to and from (even if Mana runs out the spear will come back).]
'A direct attack which is undodgeable and even a follow-up boosted attack... not to take about the range is Sight...'
"This is the last right...? Hm, what is this... Special?"
[(Special) Balance Breaker/Alter:
Type: Active
This is a power uniquely given to this spear by the Great God of Spears
Reverses all targets of the skills and turns the element of the weapon to Nature(Death).
Cost: Nothing.]
"Wait...What the hell, don't tell me..." 'Aidana, what is this, is it really what I think it is?'
[Yes, this spear isn't that great of a weapon for a True Immortal Rank, but it becomes one because of this 'Balance Breaker' skill.]
"Then does it...?"
[The Host should try to use it instead of questions, simply look at the spear again after the skill was activated.]
"..." Temorsth held the spear in his left hand, since it was pointing at the ground he raised it to point forward.
"Alright... Balance Breaker!" With that, instead of something activating, *Ugh* "Why did...? What happened?" he felt extreme pain from the spear, like needles going into his hand making him reflexively threw the spear to the ground.
[Warning: The Heart Wood Spear rejects the Host due to the Dark energies within the Host's body.]
"Wait, I can't use it!?"