The Heretic Chef: Exaworld Online

Darkness

Against a Monster that was level 4 times higher than him naturally made Nier's leveling speed soar extremely fast and now he had already reached level 19!

The level increase made Nier get 16 more status points then he entered 7 points to STR, 7 points to AGI, and 2 points to VIT. With this power killing the Trolls would be even easier.

Before fighting again Nier rested for a moment because he saw his health bar was only 30% left, by resting the player can regenerate his health but that was long enough when compared to drinking HP Potion.

However Nier was different from the other players, he had the Title [Blessing From Gods] which made his health regeneration speed double! And sure enough 2 minutes later his health bar has reached 100%.

Not willing to wait for long, Nier immediately ran in search of another Troll Monster, he had to be fast because he only had 48 minutes of buff left.

A while later he found the Troll and just went straight to attack using the first Troll-like tactic, but this time it was easier and faster as his stats improved.

A few minutes passed and he had killed the fourth Troll, Nier Level increased to 34. It was a pity that he did not have an active Skill to use, even so he was able to defeat all four of these monsters in just 32 minutes. Nier smirked, This Quest is not a trashy Quest as he thought because this Quest helped him level very quickly.

Buff [Dragon Steak] was still 28 minutes away and he did not expect that killing a level 50 monster would be this easy. Nier didn't want to waste time and went back to looking for the last Troll, but not long after he became panicked because there were no more monsters around.

After running for two minutes he still found nothing, then Nier decided to return to where the old man was.

'...Isn't this so weird?'

Upon returning he became suspicious of the grandfather who was in front of him, he saw that the grandfather was sitting with his eyes closed without fear of being attacked by monsters, he said, Nier becomes guessing that the grandfather in front of him has a secret that makes him not targeted by the Monsters.

Nier walked up to the old man but before he stepped his feet a very loud roar sounded from behind him.

GRRRAAAAAAHHHHH!!!

Nier was startled and immediately jumped forward in fear of a sneak attack, he fell down and again jumped to the side with a hand that took out the [Silver Sword] in his Inventory.

Other than a loud roar he heard no signs of the sound of an attack, Nier turned around and saw a 5-meter tall Troll.

『 Drea Troll Boss

Level 50

HP 134,000. 』

When the Troll wanted to get close to Nier Monster it glanced at the old geezer who was relaxing, yet directly ignored him. Nier asks why the old man was not attacked by the Trolls even though he looked like free food.

Although he was curious and wanted to ask, but he immediately broke his intention when he saw the Troll clenching his fists and running very fast.

When the Troll's attack almost hit him Nier moved slightly to the side so that the Troll's attack was only a few centimeters away from his body.

A monster is still a monster, although its body is large and its stats are high, its movements and attack patterns remain the same as other Trolls. Nier smiled broadly because for the past 30 minutes he had memorized all the patterns and movements of the Troll.

Nier attacks the right arm and continues the attack on the Troll's left chest, but both attacks fail and are repelled by the Troll using his speed.

"Heh.. You want to rely on speed? too naive!" Nier grinned and then put his 30 status points into Agility which made his Agility total to 111 points.

Nier's speed became so fast that the Troll could no longer fend off his attacks.

Nier used the previous tactic by striking the eyes of the Monster and then followed with slashes on his neck, head, and eyes again.

『 Critical! 』

『 You have dealt 324 damage to the target! 』

『 Target hit Blind status. 』

Nier's attacks continued until 15 minutes later the Troll's health dropped to 10%, but there was something strange about his appearance, The troll suddenly stopped attacking and his body became veined with a faint red aura around him.

AARRR GRWAAAAARRR!

The roar sounded so loud that his ears hurt, Nier knew that the Troll was so angry now that even his eyes continued to glare at Nier unblinkingly. Nier had never seen a Troll Skill like this so she became more cautious and entered survival mode.

The troll kicked the ground and dashed towards Nier at an unexpected speed, in just two seconds the Troll was already before him, but fortunately Nier had already anticipated the Troll's attack.

Nier dodged and shifted to the right side then with his silver-colored sword he slashed at the Troll's legs and neck, he was still convinced of his plan but an unexpected blow struck Nier's body until it bounced far back.

『 You have got 532 damage. 』

"Ugh.. This damn monster doesn't even survive now..."

Nier's health dropped sharply, even one brief strike from a straight Troll cost him 1/2 of his total health. Nier's expression became even more serious because as long as he fought here no monster could inflict so much damage on him.

Nier's movements became more and more cautious, he started attacking the Troll from strange angles but his ability remained accurate, nier's eyes focused on the Troll's body and if he saw any slight movement in his muscles Nier would instantly dodge and re-attack.

another 3 minutes passed and the buff [Dragon Steak] was running out, the Troll's health had already reached 1% yet Nier was still careful because he did not know what else this Troll had.

As expected, Nier saw the red aura on the Troll becoming increasingly concentrated and it began to be colored like blood red. Not only his aura but his entire body suddenly turned red.

"As I thought, this Boss has other abilities..."

Because the shape had changed to such that Nier was confident that the boss would issue a very strong final attack.

But Nier's hand is currently very itchy because seeing the health of the Troll is only 100 points left. He was doubtful whether to attack or should take cover. Then his gaze stopped on the [Silver Sword] that was in his hand.

"May head or chest... Ahhhhhhhhhhhh... Whatever it is, it has to be!"

Nier took a swing and threw his silver sword towards the direction the Troll was in.

『 You have dealt 2 damage to the target! 』

"Allen!"

Unfortunately Nier's attack misses and only scratches the Troll's shoulder.

Nier was afraid of being killed and ran away leaving the boss, whose body was already bright red, but when he ran, a scratch made by Nier with his sword throw came out of a small fire and shortly afterwards...

BOOOM!...

Nier bounced off due to the powerful explosive force and landed with his face the first to touch the ground.

The explosive power destroyed everything nearby and it was fortunate that Nier was out of his reach.

Nier then looks at the mad boss and finds the Monster has become ashes. When he was about to see the sword he threw earlier, he was overrun by the system notification.

『 You have defeated Drea Troll Boss. 』

『 Drea Leather Armor obtained. 』

『 Level has increased. 』

『 Level has increased. 』

『 Tel level..

Nier reached level 40! And immediately saw his new armor.

『 Drea Leather Armour

Rating: Rare

Requirements: level 40

Durability: 180

Add VIT Status +10

Add AGI Status +5. 』

Good armor, Nier immediately put it on and looked for the [Silver Sword] he had thrown earlier.

When he saw the Silver Sword, the sword had broken and melted due to the explosion, Nier now knew how terrifying the boss' final attack was. If it gets hit it might make him die.

Nier is upset about losing his best weapon. Now in his Inventory there is only a short sword used at the beginning of the game. Nier could only fight empty-handed now he was thinking, will he be able to return from this forest?

Nier saw the old man who had brought her here and walked up to him. It was time for him to complete this strange Quest.

"Grandfather, I've already killed 5 monsters that grandfather asked for and here's some of the meat, so. can we go back?" The old man opened his eyes and smiled without saying anything.

Seeing his smile Nier gave a slight goosebump. The old grandfather slowly stood up then suddenly Nier heard the sound of a leg pounding where. He was terrified, this leg stomp numbered more than one whereas he already had no weapons whatsoever and could only rely on his fists.

"Grandpa let's go now! I can't kill them all!"

However he did not get an answer and the grandfather remained calm, he looked very relaxed as usual. Seeing his behavior Nier cursed and wanted to escape leaving this old geezer alone.

Gggrrrrrr!

Suddenly the ground shook then Nier saw hundreds of Monsters running towards him, they were not ordinary Monsters because their highest level was level 100!

Nier sighed softly as he had already resigned, he was standing in the middle of the Monster army with the old geezer who was beside him.

"Other times I won't take any more random Quests..." Nier could only curse himself and the old geezer who invited him to die.

But when the old grandfather saw Nier's resigned face made him laugh.

"Son, don't despair, in front of you is only meat and food!" the grandfather said it calmly then took out a knife from his bag.

'This grandfather's mouth has indeed gone mad!' Nier cursed him again.

The blade looked small and seemed to be made not for fighting, but Nier's eyes were wide-eyed as a moment later the blade extended and looked like a sword.

The old man did not art there after taking out the old man's knife took out a small bottle of pumpkin. Seeing Nier's actions become confused, had this old geezer gone mad? He could only see this grandfather's madness before dying.

There were already hundreds of high-level monsters running towards them and the number kept growing, even Nier occasionally saw the status of a Monster with a level of '???'.

The old grandfather grinned while raising the blade that had turned into a one-handed sword and not long after that a black-coloured aura appeared around his sword. The black aura was getting thickened so as to make the blade become pitch black, the color was like bottomless black Nier had never seen such a black color.

With the sword in his hand the grandfather slashed the wind by doing a 360° round. The movement was an ordinary movement, but from his black sword came out a dark light shaped sword slash and shot at all the monsters present.

THE PSSZZZZTTT!

Blood suddenly shot out and gushed from the bodies of all the monsters, they were all cut clean into two pieces.

"This power..."

Nier froze looking at what was around him, after the attack it was not only the Monsters that were affected but the trees, soil, and even mountains were cut in half. This is a god attack!

The old geezer's movements did not stop there, he raised his lab up high and then a black aura emanated from it appeared.

"Yes god... Who exactly is this grandfather..."

The little pumpkin sucked up the thousands of monsters that had been killed until there was no more drop of blood left there.

"Ohukkk.."

The old grandfather suddenly coughed with a hint of blood from his mouth, his skin also started to turn into wrinkles, he was even more wrinkled than when Nier first met him.

"Grandfather, you're hurt." Nier ran over to the old man.

The old man just smiled shaking his head.

"It's okay, there's not much time left." every time he spoke, a little blood came out of his mouth.

"Grandfather!..." Nier took out all the HP potions he had but the old man shook his head, Nier knew that HP potions could not cure all diseases let alone cure people of his old age.

"Son, ..I see you have the ability and the good in you..." The grandfather looked at his aging body and asked Nier again, "Son, do you want to continue with my dream when I'm alive?"

Nier was stunned for a moment, "Grandfather, whatever it is I'll do to repay my benefactor!"

"Okay, good attitude..."

The old grandfather extended his hand forward then arrived [Unknown Emblem] who was in the Nier Inventory flew into his hand.

The emblem was clearly floating above the palm of grandfather's hand and not long after that a black Aura came out from his body and the [Unknown Emblem] absorbed all of the black aura.

Nier was stunned and slightly retreated backwards, he had already seen how terrifying the beam was.

The black energy released slowly grew bigger and bigger so Nier could not see what else.

* * *

Vondaze Empire, capital of Dazel.

The originally extremely clear sky suddenly started to darken, everyone was confused by what was going on. Because this empire was in the desert there had never been an event like this let alone the arrival of this darkness was getting darker which made them unable to see, hear, and feel.

"A-What is this?, could the server have an error!?"

"Wait, how can it be like this!"

"Could this be the first bug in Exaworld Online? This will be a serious matter for them!"

Darkness continues to spread throughout the world so that all the places in Exaworld Online are colored in black, no one can see and know what has happened.

[Unknown Emblem] kept spinning violently sucking all the darkness out of grandfather's body.

Nier's vision began to improve and soon all the black energy disappeared and merged with the [Unknown Emblem].

"Son, are you sure?"

『 Virtez wants to pass down his dreams and powers to you. 』

『 Do you want to receive it? 』

"Yes!" answer it without any hesitation.

The old grandfather nodded and pushed the [Unknown Emblem] that was still drifting towards Nier.

Nier did not know what he should do and directly took the emblem.

『 Virtez has bequeathed his abilities to you. 』

『 Due to job change, the level is set back to 0. 』

『 Congratulations you have become 'The Heretic Chef'. 』