412.Chapter 410 – 409 Insight of the Wolf God’s Eye
Chapter 410 409.Insight of the Eye of the Wolf God
The Winged Cavalry recruits recovered the lost funerary artifacts and destroyed the grave robbers without a hitch, and also ruthlessly swiped a wave of the reputation of the Hillfolk Tribe, and the little Earl of Cherun preserved his family’s face as well as allowing the most prominent guilds among the players to focus on the affairs of the Xike Collar by renting out the Ancestral Weapons.
It was a win-win situation.
Neither side felt that they had lost out, and the only one who whined a little was Happy Stick.
He had been so determined to get that Vam Decapitator, however, the construction of the military stronghold was already on the agenda, and with the little time left for Maxim and Lord Kudel to give him to start, he had to immediately rush to the Dark Baron’s Domain to preside over the digging and construction of the defense line.
His Scarlet Hammer and Sickle Regiment now only had 30 men, while he had an army establishment of 300 men, how to build up his player legion and pull up the level of training and organization was what Stick would have to headache about next.
He didn’t have the time or energy to stay in the Xicol Territory for a weapon anymore, even if it was a legendary weapon.
As Stick disappeared with his team on the road to the Scarlet Fortress in the dawn’s early light, Meow Meow had already begun their “new job” in the Ancestor’s Woodland.
Little Count Sheridan had given them two tasks.
The first was to escort the elected representatives of the mountain people across the woodlands of the Sax region to the border of the Kingdom of the Golden Birdflower to recruit more displaced mountain people to settle in the Westcoat Territory.
The second task was to clean up the undead on the outskirts of the ruins of Xike City.
As long as they completed their work, the Warmblood Decapitator could be rented out to their team, and probably to make the “bait” smell better, the cunning and badass little Sheridan even made sure that Woo Meow brought this weapon along with him.
The Woo Meow Brother also confessed to Xiao Xue Lun that his team had made a mistake, and did not even hide the fact that they had previously coveted the Wam Chopper, but Xiao Xue Lun did not punish them.
She showed great generosity.
Because she knew that the shame of Brother Woo Meow and his team would make them more focused on the affairs of the Xike Collar.
Which wasn’t a bad thing for her as a lord.
Mercy and forgiveness were sometimes a form of prodding and pressure, and when they were used wisely they produced far greater results than punishment and harshness.
A good chieftain must learn this.
Of course, the battle axe was nominally given, but for a psychic weapon of this caliber, Brother Woo Meow couldn’t bring his full combat power to bear with it without the permission of the current head of the house of Sicomair. However, despite this, the attributes of this Barbarian Battle Axe still made the intensity and relief parties on the forums cry out in crouching disbelief:
Name: Vam Beheader – Cesar Barbarian Ritual Double-Blade Axe
Quality: Seiko – [Legendary] Juggernaut
Traits: Extraordinary Sharpness – Extraordinary Armor Break – Extreme Deadly Strike – Extreme Critical Strike – Enhanced Swiftness – Enhanced Precision – Berserker’s Mark
Special Effects:
I. Berserker’s Mark:
The Vam Decapitator was made by the priests of the Temple of the Berserker in Cesar 400 years ago to kill the “Beast of Ice Bay”, Sicomair. When they made this battle axe, they sealed a drop of Vam the Berserker’s divine blood in it, which gives the weapon [Autonomous Berserker] and [Never Defeat] special effects.
After successfully killing an enemy with this weapon, the Vam decapitator will grant the user the [Berserker] state, which will grant the user a number of enhanced effects such as increased attributes, increased attack power, weakened defense, and immunity to mind control, depending on the level of life.
Tips!
The [Berserk] status requires constant combat to maintain.
At the end of the battle or if the enemy is not killed within ten minutes, the [Berserk] status will be lifted and give the user a temporary status of [Soul Weakness].
II. Eternal Follower:
The “Beast of Ice Bay” Sicomair’s favorite thing in his life besides this battle axe is his loyal war dogs, those loyal war dogs who followed the first generation of Count Sicomair from Ice Bay to kill all over the continent died to protect their masters in the war.
In order to honor their memory, Sicomair used ancient barbarian sorcery to connect the souls of the dogs to his battle axe.
When entering battle with this weapon, the user can summon Sicomair’s Ghost War Dogs by sacrificing the souls of his enemies, with the number of Ghost War Dogs summoned varying depending on the strength of the enemy.
The maximum number summoned is eight.
The summoning effect lasts until the end of the battle, during which the Ghost Hounds will not die, but will take some time to respawn after being defeated.
III. Power of Sicomair:
When this weapon is held by the [Sicomair] family bloodline, all enhancement effects are doubled.
iv. Divine Gift:
This weapon possesses the “Berserker Divinity” due to the Vam Chopper being sealed with the blood of a deity, but this trait is only available to Gold ranked users.
Tip!
This term can be temporarily removed by gaining the approval and commitment of a descendant of Sicomair.
Restrictions on Use: Vam the Berserker has blessed this slaying artifact, however the Berserker has always despised bows and arrows and only cherished melee combat, so the weapon cannot be used by warriors with the [Ranged] attribute profession.
The Berserker also despises the weak, so the user must have Strength ≥ 10 and Stamina ≥ 12 to use this weapon initially.
To maximize the destructive power of the Warmblood Decapitator, the user needs to have the [Weapon Master]/[Giant Weapon Master]/[Battle Axe Specialization] talents.
Maker: Temple of Vam Berserker Priests
Item Description:
[The first Earl Siko never told others a deep buried secret, 400 years ago he led the descendants of the mountain people and barbarians to join the war between Transylvania and the continent in addition to the defense of their homeland, there is another purpose.
He had signed a pact with Vam the Berserker to spread the power and majesty of the Berserker to the continent.
The priests of the temple of Vam did not have pure motives for supporting Sicomair either; those wars were attempts to preach the faith, and unfortunately, the Berserkers, whom the barbarians believed in, were really not very proficient in preaching.
In that war of faith, they were defeated by Avalon believers and Winterwolf believers.
However, Vam and His servants have never quelled their desire to bring the Berserker War to the world, and that unfinished covenant awaits its next successor].
Prompt!
Warriors with the Vam Decapitator can enter the Temple of Vam in Ice Bay to unlock the “Berserker Sequence” career path.
“Alas, if I hadn’t already converted to Boss Avalon, this awesome-sounding ‘Berserker Sequence’ would be worth digging deeper into.”
Brother Woo Meow returned to the game after showing his presence on the forums, and he was currently riding on his horse with that awesome barbarian battle axe on his back, waiting for the prayers of the mountain people’s messengers not far from him to end so that he could embark on the road to the Sax region.
Beside him, Black Silk polished his giant sword while whispering:
“It’s not a problem at all, oooh meow, the weapon word says we can complete the Berserker transfer through it, but it doesn’t say we have to come.
You can totally ‘sell tickets’ during the time you hold the weapon. Gather up the guys who want to be ‘berserkers’ and you’ll lead the way across the Ancestor Woodlands into Ice Bay and introduce them to the priests of Vam.
We don’t charge much per person, 10 gold coins is enough to make us a fortune, this is a special inheritance and a ‘hidden profession’! 10 gold coins per person is considered a profit for them, okay?
Not to mention, you’re just borrowing this thing.
Your belief in the power of Avalon destined you to not be the second owner of this battle axe.
I mean, don’t overthink it.”
“Hey, you’re quite the little wit.”
Brother Woo Meow was instantly amused as he cocked his head in thought and said:
“Good! That’s the whole thing, I’ll make another post . Huh! Why are there people coming over there? Look at that guy who just rushed into the mountain forest, why do you feel as if he looks a bit familiar?”
“Isn’t that that ‘Iron Fist’ Turner? The guy who made the guys’ faces look bad in the Sewer’s Championship Tournament earlier.”
Qu, who had the best eyes, swept over there and said to the others:
“He’s been helping the Blood Rat Gang for a while now, occasionally going to practice his martial arts with Mr. Li and the others, so how did he suddenly come to Xike Collar?
Do you guys think this could be some kind of special plot? Should we go and try our luck?”
“Forget it, the mountain people are about to set off, this is our atonement journey, we can’t make any mistakes.”
Brother Woo Meow glanced at the mountain folk messengers who had already finished their prayers, and he said rather regretfully:
“We won’t be able to make this trip in time, so inform the other brothers and sisters who are still roaming around the Xicol Territory of this news, and let them come and join in the fun.
It’s time for us to depart.
I heard from Valander that on the way to the Sax Mountains, we will pass through the mysterious and dangerous ‘Feather Valley’, where the Pale Vulture Riders and the other Winged Cavalry Captains captured their Blast Wind War Eagles.
Old Qu, haven’t you always wanted a falcon?
Well, this is a good opportunity!
I saw someone selling falcon training techniques at the mountain folk’s place, so hurry up and buy a copy for the road to prepare.” “Okay!”
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At the same time that Brother Woo Meow’s group saw Mr. Turner walking into the woodland, the Winter Wolf Martial Monk with superb perception attribute also noticed them, and he could clearly feel the gazes of those warriors lingering on him.
But Turner didn’t care.
His time in Transylvania wasn’t short, he already had some understanding of these warriors, their passionate and active, always idle passion made Turner very much appreciated, but their reckless and mouthy character made Winter Wolf Martial Monk not very fond of them.
And he hadn’t come running to walk the ancestral woodlands today.
He was here on business.
“You got here pretty fast.”
At the outskirts of the Ancestor Woodland’s promised place, the robust, giant-like Valander Knight was feeding his Blizzard Warhawk with fresh meat.
Upon seeing the hooded Turner appear, the winged cavalry commander stood up and released the falcon into the air, then gestured for Turner to follow him.
The two men moved forward, one after the other, toward the cave in front of them that was guarded by the winged cavalry and the priests of the mountain people, and on the way, Knight Valander asked in a low voice:
“Earl Sherron said that Lady Adele would back up an ‘evil spirit expert’ to come over and check out the situation, I thought she would send a witch hunter, but I didn’t expect a Yankee warrior monk to come instead.
Do you guys know a lot about evil spirits as well?”
“Definitely no better than a witch hunter with a legacy.”
Turner waved his hand humbly, but then he said with a serious expression:
“I’m talking about general cases, this situation before me is obviously special, and I’m a bit more specialized than them in all areas related to ‘twilight’. Perhaps it’s because I’ve suffered enough losses at their hands?”
“Dusk again?”
Knight Valander frowned tightly.
He was one of the few people in Transylvania who knew about Dusk and had faced its forces head-on; in the Broken Castle in Sicor City, he had met the old Earl who had been transformed by Dusk into a Lord of the Underworld with his own eyes.
To this gruff but love-hate knight, Dusk was an enemy he had to track down and defeat.
The two walk into the cave.
The remains of the first Earl of Sicor, previously recovered by the smaller players, were temporarily placed here, and Sherron wanted to send his ancestor’s remains into the mausoleum once it had been redone.
Turner immediately stepped forward after seeing the rearranged bones, and he chanted the name of the God of the North Wind to ask for a “special vision” from the god.
His eyes glowed green like beasts in the darkness, and as Turner reached out and touched the bones, which had been weathered for more than three hundred years, the hidden details quickly revealed themselves.
“Already marked as a ‘servant of the dusk’, all that is needed is to perform the ritual of resuscitation of the dead, and the first Earl of Sicor will become a slave of the dead controlled by the dusk.
It’s fortunate that you guys snatched him back, otherwise there would have been another gold-ranked Ancient Berserker among the enemies we’d have to face, and that would have devolved into a catastrophe.”
After a few minutes, Turner said in a low tone:
“Maybe it was the grave robbers, but I’m leaning more towards the fact that the fools who were thrown out to die had no idea what this trip they made meant.
The remains of the First Earl need to be purified! There’s no doubt about that.”
He turned back to the Knight of Valand and said:
“Will you come with the forces of nature, or shall I hereby request the eternal ice of the God of the North Wind?”
“The Earl of Sherron has made his decision, the remains of his ancestors need to be returned to the Temple of Vam in Ice Bay, where the Berserker priests will cleanse the remains of the first Earl of his defilement.”
Valander said as he waved his hand:
“Not only because the first Earl was a Berserker of Vam throughout his life, but Earl Sherron also wishes to use this incident to inform the Barbarian Priests of the Ice Bay region of the fact that evil spirits exist.
We, the Sikors, are linked to them by blood, and this is a demonstration of what we must do.”
“Hmm, very careful thinking.”
Turner did not reject this answer, he said:
“Then I will have to erase the scent left here by the God of the North Wind, or the Vam priests will think the remains have been ‘tainted’ by the God of the North Wind.”
Turner was referring to the confrontation between Vam the Berserker and Sue, the God of the North Wind.
It was a conflict between the deities, as both Vam and Su had a part of their priesthood related to “war” and “hunting”, which led to the relationship between the two deities to be described as a tense one.
The impact of this conflict of great power on the material world is the centuries-long feud between the Church of the Winter Wolves and the priests of Warm, which also indirectly affects the territorial disputes between the Nords and Cesar.
Although the Nordoff Kingdom has conquered the vast wilderness, the “Barren Land” in the further north of the wilderness is almost as large as the entire Nordoff Kingdom, and that mysterious land that has never been touched by civilization is the country controlled by the barbarians of Western Sahara and the beasts of the far north.
Although the barbarians have never been able to build their own country, the number of all their tribes together is enough to make even the most valiant Nords tremble with fear.
Another important reason why the successive kings of the Kingdom of Nordtorf did not take the pace of war to the continent was that they maintained a year-round confrontation and war with the Western Sahara Barbarians on the national border.
Even the wise and resolute Wolf Woman simply couldn’t come up with a strategy that could crush the barbarians in one fell swoop.
Those barbarians were as resilient as the land of eternal winter beneath their feet.
“Well, Lord Turner, you’re quite early.”
Just as Iron Fist Turner and Valander Knight exchanged mere words about Dusk, Murphy and Tris, who were leaning on their staffs and swords, also appeared in the guarded cave as the scarlet curtain of light was drawn back.
At the sight of Murphy, Valander and Turner stopped their exchange to salute His Excellency the Governor, and Murphy waved his hand; he too had come with a purpose.
The Vampire Lord glanced at the skeleton that had been examined and he asked:
“So, is it confirmed?”
“Uh-huh.”
Turner said as he pulled on his hood:
“It is confirmed that it is related to Dusk, and there is already an imprint on the remains, so I must next make a trip to the Great Plains of Kavhoka to seek out the Snegov family that sent out the grave robbers to inquire about them. If they have fallen to the lure of the Dusk, then in the name of the God of the North Wind, I shall grant them freedom from the Abyss.”
“It is necessary.”
Murphy nodded, then he added:
“But you can’t go alone, I know you have confidence in your strength, but facing a mafia family with underhanded tactics, a straight acting martial monk like you will probably be lured in by them.
Especially in the context of the other party’s suspected defection to Dusk.
Someone from the Thorn Clan will be traveling with you, and Kavhoka is now the domain of Her Majesty, the Wolf Woman, who has her own forces in the shadows that will assist us.
Also, the warriors of the ‘Shadow Faction’ will accompany you to Kavhoka.”
The Vampire Lord said in an aggravated voice:
“You are friends with them all, you should be able to trust the ‘chivalry’ they hold in their hearts, and the warriors’ lack of fear of death predisposes them to play a significant and important role in the cause of chasing the Dusk.”
Turner was silent for a moment as he asked:
“So, in your plan, the Shadow Trackers will be your force in the pursuit of the Dusk?”
“I have not yet decided whether or not I will entrust them with this heavy duty.”
Murphy replied, rubbing his chin:
“Yet they chose this ‘name’ themselves, did they not? In their lore, the duties that the Shadowfinders are charged with on the other side of the world happen to be morally related to the containment of evil spirits.
It may be destiny.
But I still ask you, Lord Turner, please take care of my ‘warriors’, it’s their first time out on the road, so it’s good for them to see the world.”
“Well, I’ll do that.”
Turner agreed in a hushed voice, but then added:
“But there’s still the shadow of the Thieves Guild in this matter, so this line”
“Earl Andre will be in charge of it, his Thorn Clan has always been very prominent in the Thieves Guild.”
Murphy glanced at the skeleton of the first Earl of Sicor, he sighed and said:
“It’s an eventful time nowadays, everyone must go their own way and shoulder their responsibilities, but the good news is that the Black Calamity is coming, even if the Dusk is as powerful as they are they will have to focus their energies on this matter that will decide the fate of the continent.
This means we still have a bit of time to pull out their hidden stakes in Transylvania one by one, but that doesn’t leave us much time.
So, pick up the pace, gentlemen.”
(End of chapter)