Chapter 2: The light of the stars, showing its brilliance for the first time.
Arthur pendragon
LV.1
Strength: I (0)
Endurance: I (0)
Dexterity: I (0)
Agility: I (0)
Magic: I (0) → I (1)
——Magic——
Wind of the King
• Imbues magic, ultra-short aria.
• Envelops weapons in wind to boost attack power and accuracy, or releases wind pressure for a piercing ranged attack.
• Aria: "Invisible Air, Wind King Hammer."
Star Crystal
• Permanent magic, can be activated at any time, restrictions being released.
• Greatly boosts attack power, defense, and recovery.
• The strongest fantasy, a wisp of starlight.
——Skills——
Symbol of the Red Dragon
• Greatly boosts magic resistance.
• Greatly boosts conscious perception.
• Possesses the bloodline factor of the strongest fantasy species, generating endless magic simply by breathing.
Eternal Blessing of the Star Spirit
• Greatly boosts environmental adaptability.
• Greatly boosts personal luck.
• A blessing from the Earth Mother and primates, praying for the holder to never fall into disaster.
Brilliant Journey
• Number of opened gates: 0.
• Invites you to cross dimensional gates and traverse the unknown in infinity.
...
Arthur slowly walked out of the living room, holding the parchment Loki had translated, feeling the faint but real new power within his body.
According to her introduction, Level, Basic Abilities, Magic, and Skills are the fixed components that make up the status.
As a product of systematic planning by the gods over thousands of years, they can effectively reflect the children's growth progress.
"Level, stats, magic, skills... It feels a bit like the online games mentioned in the data."
"Fufu~ (〃^ω^)"
Fufu lightly jumped onto his shoulder, peering at the parchment, seemingly curious about the content written on it.
Arthur raised his hand and scratched Fufu's chin, chuckling as he held up the parchment closer to her.
"If those madmen in the magical world knew that God's Grace could awaken magic, their expressions would surely be interesting."
Fufu comfortably squinted her beast eyes and raised her chin, instantly losing the slight interest she had in the parchment.
Seeing the little one lose interest, Arthur shook his head helplessly, extinguishing the trivial desire to share in his heart.
He folded the parchment and put it into his pocket, then turned his head to look at the towering grey-white tower in the city center.
"Tower of Babel, which unites all human races in the world."
"It's a city built above a Dungeon full of monsters; isn't such a building a bit too high-profile?"
Actually, Arthur had only just learned from Loki that Orario is a city that suppresses an underground demon's den.
Before the gods descended and humans had not yet received Grace, monsters from the Dungeon brazenly invaded the surface.
Later, the gods, yearning for entertainment, descended to the lower world, and humans, with the power of Grace, sounded the horn of counterattack, establishing a fortress city surrounding the Dungeon entrance.
Over time, that fortress gathered the gods and the most elite adventurers, gradually developing into the world's number one labyrinth city, Orario.
Thinking of this, Arthur's eyes flashed with unconcealed excitement and curiosity.
"Not only various fantasy races and gods, but even the evil monsters opposing them are ready; I absolutely love it here!"
"Let's go, Fufu, let our adventure begin!"
"Fuwu!"
...
Thump, thump, thump—!
Arthur's footsteps echoed in the empty cave; the Dungeon, at this moment, was as quiet as a graveyard.
As a literal underground labyrinth, it had tunnels extending in all directions.
Even adventurers accustomed to battle could easily get lost without a map.
Arthur flipped through the general handbook issued by the Guild: "Let me see... the common monster on the first floor is a Kobold?"
"That's strange, dog-people are a beast race, but Kobolds are monsters. What's the difference between them?"
The Dungeon answered his question without reservation.
Splat! Splat!
Accompanied by the eerie sound of breaking walls, one by one, short Kobolds with sharp fangs and claws and blood-red pupils jumped out.
"Yaa!"
The Kobold closest to Arthur let out an incomprehensible roar, then crouched on all fours and leaped, swinging its claws.
For an ordinary person who had just become an adventurer, suddenly being attacked by a monster would inevitably cause panic, and some timid adventurers might even run away.
However, for Arthur, combat was just routine.
He calmly closed the handbook, and a circuit-like glow spread from his hands and feet, before he slammed a punch into the Kobold's face before its claws could land.
The powerful force directly blew up the Kobold, its remaining body falling limply and slowly turning into ashes.
This violent scene made the remaining Kobolds come to an emergency stop, only daring to let out threatening growls at Arthur from a distance.
Despite being surrounded by monsters, Arthur seemed oblivious, clenching his fist, completely disregarding these Kobolds.
"Hmm, the effect of reinforcement magic has increased by about sixty percent compared to before, proving that the initial Grace also has a bonus effect on physical functions."
"Next, let's test the magic awakened by Grace."
"Yaa!" x4
Evidently, the Kobolds' patience was limited, and driven by their malevolence, they chose to gang up and attack Arthur.
Clang—!
Amidst a shower of golden sparks, Arthur, holding a broad-bladed longsword, swept through the air; the blade hadn't even been drawn from its sheath, yet it had already cut down all the Kobolds.
Bang! x4
The platinum longsword inflicted almost crushing damage on the Kobolds; they exploded into ashes before they even had a chance to hit the ground.
???
Arthur quickly raised the platinum longsword to his eyes, his expression surprised as he examined his magic.
"So sharp? It hasn't even been unsheathed."
Actually, when he first received Grace, he already had a basic understanding of the two awakened magics.
Wind of the King was similar to a spell for elemental combat.
Star Crystal, on the other hand, was a summonable longsword weapon.
Arthur had not anticipated the longsword being so sharp, all because Loki's translation was so outrageous.
The strongest fantasy, a wisp of starlight.
Anyone reading such a description would surely take it as an exaggerated embellishment.
Click!
Arthur raised his hand and tried to draw the longsword, but a metallic biting sound came from the sheath, preventing his next action.
"I see, this is what 'restrictions being released' means, the True Name..."
"Fuwu~"
At this moment, the five magic stones that had fallen to the ground caught Fufu's attention, and she patted her owner's cheek.
Arthur stopped examining the platinum longsword and frowned.
"Buy fried potato balls? Actually, I'd rather save some money to buy armor."
Fufu was displeased, Fufu raised her paw.
"Ow, ow, ow, don't pull my hair! Alright, I'll buy you fried potato balls."
Arthur quickly bent down, picked up the five magic stones, and put them away, feeling exhausted by his pampered pet.
Looking at the walls that had returned to their original state, he pondered for a moment, then took out the general handbook from his pocket again to check.
"Based on my physical functions, the monsters on the first floor won't provide any training. It seems I'll have to go deeper."
He closed the handbook, his gaze fixed on the deeper, darker passages of the Dungeon.
That was where true danger and opportunity coexisted, and it better matched his expectations for adventure