BXBX NOVEL Chapter 92: First Encounter, Crazy Artifact
3. Vampiric Umbrella: +100 magic defense +100 physical defense….
4. …
Erix read every artifact\'s details before choosing the one that cost 10,000 Labyrinth Points.
\'If I am going to spend points, I might as well invest in a good one.\'
[ M1-X Gravity Field Badge ]
_Type: Artifact
_Perks: +100 Physical Defence, +200 magic defense.
_Effect: Consume 50 to 100 mana to produce a 50 to 100 meters radius gravity field with you as the center. Gravity Pressure in the field can be adjusted from -100g to 100g at will. (Earth\'s gravity power is 1g for reference)
_Hidden Effect: Gravity also affects you, but its effects are halved on you.
_Duration: 1 minute.
Erix spent 50 mana to use the badge as he tapped on it and activated it.
Instantly, a transparent wave of power spread out from the badge that encompassed 50 meters area around Erix.
Since he set the gravity to -10, the water in ponds, leaves, rocks, and other things started floating until they reached fifty meters high in the sky!
\'The overall range of this field is great!\' Erix\'s eyes lit up, seeing the wonderous power of this artifact.
[Emergency Encounter. Task: An Abyss Servant has hatched nearby. Find it and kill it. ]
\'Finally!\' Erix quickly looked around with his Aura Gear on. He was wondering where to find the Abyss Servants since one of the tasks required him to kill twenty of them.
The reason he stuck with Darius, Dylan, and Xander was to get information from them since they knew about Abyss-related things and possibly get a shortcut to the upper echelons.
*Screeee!!!*
*Splash!*
But he didn\'t have to search long as a dark blue shining humanoid came out from a pond 60 meters away and rushed towards Erix.
It had a shark head, two muscular black slick arms, and two legs with a pair of creepy flat wings carved with strange black and blue patterns.
[Abyss Servant-Deep Dread]
_Level: 80
_HP: 100%
_Attack: 800
_Defence: 800
Due to -10 Gravity, that monster\'s flying speed became quicker, but Erix smirked and adjusted the gravity to 50.
*Boom!*
The Abyss Servant smashed into the pond but didn\'t take any damage.
At the same time, Erix summoned his Windfury Cannon and pointed at where the Abyss Servant smashed while trying to stay afloat by controlling the metal plates.
\'25 gravity is already no joke, so I won\'t be able to handle 50 gravity with my current strength.\'
*Boom!*
The Windfury Cannon released a black wind-whirling orb that instantly broke the sonic barrier and hit the spot where Abyss Servant smashed into the ground.
-1350
Erix saw that the creature lost just 23% of its HP, making him dumbfounded.
\'Are you fucking kidding me? I spent 500 Undead energy on that shot. How high is its defense?\'
*Chreeeecchhh!*
Erix heard a strange cry before he saw the Abyss Servant resisting gravity and floating up as it opened its mouth towards Erix.
\'-50.\'
*Swoosh!*
With the gravity going in minus, both Erix and Abyss Servant flew up!
Since the gravity field moved with Erix, people from slightly far away saw spectacular scenery of a fifty-meter transparent barrier holding floating water, various small and big fishes, rocks, trees, and two humanoids.
"It\'s going up and up. What kind of power is that?!"
"Who is doing that?"
Erix laughed as he smashed his fists together with Radiang Smash Gauntlets before flying towards Abyss Servant, who had missed his attack because of gravity changing. Meanwhile, Erix was still flying up, and so were others because of the Gravity Field.
\'This is awesome!\'
But Erix\'s quick dash and punch were met with Abyss Servant\'s strangely muscular dark blue fist, making Erix slightly shocked at how fast this creature reacted.
*Boooom!*
-23!
-640!
\'I was injured?!\'
Erix felt a jolt passing through his body as his internals were slightly damaged, reducing his Life Orb by 23.
\'This is both advantage and disadvantageous,\' Erix also realized an important aspect of this Gravity Field.
In a way, the gravity in minus was beneficial to move quickly since it increased one\'s propelling speed due to minus gravity.
But since the effects of Gravity Field were halved on Erix, he would benefit more from Plus Gravity rather than Minus Gravity.
As such, before the Abyss Servant could attack, Erix grinned, increased gravity to 100g, and took out Babin Maw Hook.
With the gravity suddenly increasing to 100g, Both Erix and Abyss Servant in the Gravity Field shot down like shooting stars, but when Erix was fifty meters away from the ground, he activated the Babin Maw Hook without throwing since he couldn\'t move his hands with 50g pressure on him.
The Babin Maw Hook faintly shined as the serpent\'s mouth grabbed onto space, stopping Erix from slamming into the ground.
On the other hand, the Abyss Servant slammed terribly into the pond-ground from five kilometers of height.
-2135!
\'That must have hurt,\' Erix chuckled after seeing the damage prompt.
He adjusted the gravity to 10g and floated ten meters off the ground before waving his hand towards the Abyss Servant, who came out of the pond and shot towards Erix while screeching in rage and madness as its wings released powerful dark blue streams of energy!
But Erix adjuted the gravity to -100 again, causing the Abyss Servant\'s speed to increase drastically such that it shot out of the Gravity Field towards the sky, and Erix quickly followed it by manipulating his metal gauntlets.
*Screee!!*
On the other hand, Abyss Servant stopped its rush after crossing six kilometers and turned around to attack but was met with another Windfury Cannon shot that hit it right after it turned around!
*Boom!*
A second later, Erix arrived with his right fist\'s gauntlet aimed at the creature and hit with 50-mana Imposing Fist!
*Smash*
The final hit was a death blow as the creature exploded and died.
Fortunately, this Abyss Servant wasn\'t the type to explode after its death like the one Rin encountered.
But this creature was clearly stronger. If Erix didn\'t have Gravity Badge, he would have suffered way more in combat.
[You have killed a level 80 Abyss Servant. 1x Dual Recovery potion has been added to your inventory.]
\'Awesome,\' Erix grinned. \'This Gravity badge is nuts.\'
…
After flying back into one of the arrays of trees, Erix sat down on a branch and took out a healing potion and mana recovery potion.
The six storage rings from Hamrax\'s men got him six healing potions and seven mana potions, a total of 13,490 gold coins, and several Normal-Tier and Tier-1 items that he planned to share with others after returning to Earth.
After resting for five minutes, Erix continued his hunt of monsters to complete missions of Adventurer\'s Guild.
An hour later, he finished all six missions and returned.
When Erix was halfway to the Yorick Kingdom\'s capital, he received a call from Dylan.
[ Dylan: Erix, do you know a couple called Kenshin and Sameira?]
Erix was startled.
[ Erix: How do you know them? ]
\'Did they also arrive at Yorik Kingdom?\'
[ Dylan: Well…We just received a beating from them. We are waiting at the adventurer\'s guild, so come quickly. ]
Dylan\'s voice was slightly helpless, making Erix dumbfounded.
\'Just what exactly happened there?\'
He knew that Kenshin and Sameira were powerful. He had dueled with them and won only three out of nine times against them, so it was not strange that this trio received a beating. Kenshin and Sameira had powerful martial art techniques to pair with their skills, making them one of the most powerful people in the meadow.
[ Erix: I\'ll be there in a few minutes. ]
Erix increased his speed.
...
"What?! Who killed my men?!"
Inside a big mansion in Marquis Hamrax\'s territory, Hamrax shouted while spitting at a middle-aged man wearing a full-body dark red armor.
"We don\'t know who killed them, lord. I\'ve sent my men to investigate."
Hamrax sat down on his chair before asking with a dark expression. "What about that PearlEye tribe?"
"They\'ve relocated."
"Find them! Send more people, search their trails, and do whatever you want. But I want their eyes!"
"And also, find me those who dared to poke their nose in my business!"