Reaper's Resurgence - Book 1 - Chapter 79 - Unexpected Interruption Part I (Patreon)

                                                                  Alexia

After several more minutes of soaking in the hot springs, I stiffen up and teleport out of the hot springs while also equipping my armor in an instant as I sense a source of energy entering the caves. Then I summon my polearm and flip it around to point slightly downwards in a ready position, only to relax slightly when I hear footsteps. Although not entirely.

Seconds pass before the source of the footsteps enters into view, crossing through the threshold of the cavern with the hot springs. A man who at a glance appears to be the same age as me, but considering the System and levels, age basically means nothing in terms of appearance, especially after the Reset. Unless they just straight up look really young. But even then, they could just be a humanoid species with a youthful appearance like an elf.

The man is wearing armor that isn’t actually the starter armor, to my surprise, and has a sword that isn’t starter equipment as well. Meanwhile he is holding the sword at the ready as we stare at each other.

What sticks out to me the most about his appearance are his ears though, as they’re pointed. Kind of like an elf’s. Or really, any other pointed ear humanoid, if I’m being honest with myself. Just that elves are the most common to actually appear in human society of the non-human Class B species.

Then we both identify each other.

{Shawn Velthorn – Species: High Elf – Class: Dread Swordsman – Level 59}

My eyebrows rise at his level. But then my eyes narrow and I ask, “Where did you get your equipment?”

He just stares at me, his grip on his weapon tightening slightly.

I purse my lips slightly at the awkward silence before tilting my head slightly and asking, “The System does have a translation function just like it did before, right?”

That snaps him out of it, and he answers, “Y-yes, sorry. I just wasn’t expecting to run into The Reaper.”

The Reaper? Oh, right. That was my Title.

Not a very flattering Title, but at least it’s cool.

I don’t exactly plan to go around hunting people and things for the System though. So it’s kind of an empty Title.

“Are you going to answer my question then?” I ask while nodding my head towards his equipment. And he finally relaxes his hold on his sword, lowering it a bit. But I notice that he doesn’t sheathe it still, even as he answers, “They were crafted for me.”

That has the corner of my lips quirking up slightly. “Oh? There’s a crafter on this island?”

He literally shivers to the point that I can tell with my enhanced senses as he says, “Please don’t hurt him.”

I raise a brow while dismissing my polearm, simply because he’s too low a level to actually cause me any harm. Even if he used a magical attack. Then I cross my arms and ask, “Now why would I do that?”

The man looks surprised for a second before he says, almost as if confused, “Because you killed who knows how many people to stay at #1 on the leaderboards?”

“Seriously?” I mutter, only to shake my head and explain with more than a little exasperation, “Those idiots were trying to kill my team from before the Reset. Did you just expect me to sit there and let them go?”

He looks even more surprised at my explanation, following which the man opens his mouth to say something, only to close it again. Then he repeats that process once more before finally muttering, “Oh.”

I almost snort in amusement.

The man finally sheathes his sword and steps further into the cavern as he says, “Well, my apologies for assuming. Let’s start over again, shall we?”

I raise a brow. Again.

Both at his rather sudden and yet awkward change of attitude and for how quickly he decided to believe me. Because while it is the truth, that doesn’t mean everyone would just believe me when I say it right away.

That’s just not how people work.

He stops approaching when he gets within two meters of me before the man bows his head slightly and introduces himself, “Hello, my name is Shawn Velthorn, as you could probably guess from my identify.” Then he raises his head again with a smile on his face, only for his gaze to go to my hair that is currently still dripping water everywhere, following which he glances at the hot springs, then at my face again. “My apologies if I interrupted your soak in the hot springs, Lady Reaper.”

“Lady Reaper?” I ask with a light snort of amusement, making the man stiffen up for just a second before he relaxes again, his smile going from a political one to a seemingly genuine one as he says in a joking tone, “Yeah, it’s only polite after all for the future Champion of our Block to be given the respect she deserves, right?”

Yeah… I don’t think I like this guy. His personality is shifting way too blatantly with how I react.

It’s obvious he’s trying to get friendly with me. But is it because of how powerful I am, making him not want to get on my bad side? Or is he trying to manipulate me?

Then again, not like it really matters.

I open my mouth to speak, only to freeze when a System Notification appears in my vision and echoes out throughout the Dimension.

The Legendary Feat snaps Shawn out of his acting by plastering shock onto his face as I too stare at the notification in front of me. All the way till it vanishes.

That’s gotta be a good Legendary Feat to get. I wonder what it gives him?

Also, I get the feeling more Legendary Feats and some regular Feats are going to be showing up soon now that the Tutorial is over. It’ll probably become a much more common thing than before the Reset. At least, for a while it will be.

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Legendary Feat – Crafting Pioneer

Artorius del Ruth de Atler has crafted the first Tier 3 or higher   item in the System!