Chapter 402: Cosmic Treasure Arcade Center (6)
[Pirate Ship: Whispering Tempest]
_Level: 1 (Reach 100 Fame to reach level 2).
_Stats:
—> Attack skills: Thunderblast Cannons.
—> Defense skills: Storm Field.
—> Movement skills: Vortex Fan.
—> Utility skills: Storm Summon.
"100 fame to level 2. This won't take long," Erix grinned. "Let's go to that island and finish off some monsters."
The ship sailed forward on the fast flow of the ocean. Erix used Vortex Fan immediately after getting a straight passage towards the destination island.
A dark blue lightning fan manifested underwater, causing the surrounding waters to crackle with lightning. The fan spun and the ship instantly zoomed forward at the speed of 100 kilometers per hour.
Rin and others had to swiftly grab something or the speed would've flung them.
"Erix, at least give a warning beforehand."
"Sorry. I didn't expect it to move this fast, haha. Anyway, ladies. Grab your weapons from the armory on the 1st hull floor. We are reaching the island soon."
Rin grabbed a sword, Isabella grabbed a shotgun rifle, and Aria picked up two pistoles.
After the ship arrived at the island, they docked it by dropping the anchor while Erix also went to pick up his weapon.
After looking at several options, he decided to pick up two chakrams. 'These will be deadly here.'
The squad left their ship and entered the island. Right as they left, a strange barrier appeared around the ship.
No other pirate or phenomenon could touch or break the ship if no players were inside.
Erix and others went into the jungle on the island and soon started encountering monsters.
Giant Razor Ants!
Ten ants surrounded them swiftly and the battle began.
The Giant Razor Ants scuttled forward with razor-sharp mandibles clicking menacingly.
Erix took the lead, swiftly twirling his chakrams with a quick flick of his wrists as they moved forward in a crescent shape, slicing three ants' heads as they separated from their bodies.
The razor-sharp discs sliced through the air and intercepted the ants from the other three directions before they could reach the rest of the crew.
Right as the ants were paused and the chakrams returned to Erix, Rin lunged forward with her sword, parrying the attacks of the ants skillfully before swiftly slicing an ant. Isabella positioned herself strategically and took aim with her shotgun rifle, blasting off an ant's head quickly.
Only two seconds had passed and five ants were dead. Of the remaining five, two were immediately killed by Aria she gracefully danced around the ants before firing her dual pistols with precision on the two ant's heads at close range.
The three ants targeted Aria, but Isabella dashed forward and blasted her shotgun to kill one ant.
Another one was killed by Rin throwing her sword right at its forehead while the last one was sliced into two with a throw of chakram by Erix.
The first wave of monsters died, and the Unfettered Pirate group gained 100 fame.
[Your ship has leveled up. You have gained a treasure chest.]
A golden treasure chest adorned with gems appeared before the group, making them surprised.
Erix went ahead and opened it, causing faint colorful lights to shine out. Rin, Aria, and Isabella arrived and surrounded the big treasure chest as they looked inside.
Shining, colorful, modern weapons!
[Tesser Heat Katana]
-Description: A thaumaturgy-based energy blade capable of slicing even island rocks.
-Effect:
—> Increase your movement speed by 10% while holding the katana.
-Durability: [100/100] (Item will be destroyed once durability falls to 0)
"This is mine," Rin grabbed the katana.
The treasure chest had five more items!
"I'll take boxing gloves," Erix grinned and grabbed the red metallic boxing gloves with golden linings like some futuristic gadget.
"I'll take the spear," Isabella grabbed the glassy crystal spear with red and blue patterns.
"Then this is mine," Aria grinned and grabbed the laser rifle gun with three modes of shooting.
Aria shot at a boulder as a constant laser burst released and melted the rock. "Woah!"
"This is a big boost indeed," Erix nodded and punched the air, causing winds to form in a small area. "These gloves have the effect of gathering wind around me if I continue to punch and I can control that amount of particular wind, haha. This is gonna be fun to use."
"We still have an energy shield," Rin said. "I don't want to hold on to it because I'll only focus on attack."
"I'll take it," Isabella said as she grabbed the shield. "I can wield a spear with one hand and hold the shield with the other. If we need it, then I can rush over swiftly for aid and expand the shield."
"Good," Erix nodded and then took out the last item—a brown teddy bear with full body armor.
"Aria, this is yours," Rin grinned. "You'll be cute and you also need it, so you can shoot your rifle, which requires both hands."
"Okie!"
Aria entered inside the brown teddy bear armor, with only her face visible. "Wow, these hands feel like they are mine, and it's also cool and comfortable in the armor."
Aria grabbed the rifle with bear hands and since it was a big futuristic rifle already, the bear's index fingernail could comfortably pull the trigger.
This armor gave a certain amount of physical defense and immunity to water and ice attacks.
"The next level up will happen at 500 Fame. We need to kill 20 monsters. Let's move."
The group went deeper into the island, fully equipped with the new powerful gears.
However, they got powerful gears for a reason when they arrived in an open area with a cave attached to a hill, a new wave of monsters emerged from them.
Giant Earth Beetles!
Even though there were only seven of them, the battle still took time to finish because they were tougher and didn't die in just one attack.
Everyone coordinated and attacked their weak spots to kill them. It took them a whole two minutes to kill all of them.
The group acquired 70 fame by killing monsters.
"Let's go in that cave," Erix said as he walked towards the cave. "We might find a puzzle here."
After everyone entered the cave and walked through a dark passage for a minute, they arrived in a huge cavern illuminated with crystals attached to walls and ground.
"There are four statues, three fountains, and the creepy altar in the middle with a grotesque mix of multiple monsters."
Rin nodded and added, "This does look like a puzzle."
"Let's look around and see what is it about."
The group looked around the cave for ten minutes and inspected the anomalies. Afterward, they spent five minutes solving the puzzle and finally succeeded.