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Shin watched the battle from the walls at the coast along with the rest of his Elental Spirits, waiting for Grimrace to finish his job.
He was quite confident with this abomination spirit, especially when the latter was showing rapid growth during the battle. Grimrace was becoming more proficient at using his psychic powers and even combining them with his innate shadow elent.
But there were a couple of accidents during the battle. One of such was when the giant jellyfish suddenly started using its hallucination techniques. This Sea King cloned itself through these techniques, confusing Grimrace.
Even Shin and the others in the distance were affected by the technique to a certain degree.
With multiple bodies surrounding Grimrace, the abomination spirit was suddenly trapped and unable to retaliate when the jellyfish and its clones attacked from every direction.
The rest were about to lend a hand when they noticed that Grimrace was able to hold his ground despite being on the back foot. He was able to ward off most of the attacks while blocking the rest with his psychic powers.
The group then learned that Grimrace seed to be learning the techniques of his opponent while constantly adjusting with every exchange.
At the end of the battle, Grimrace was able to learn everything before he finished off the jellyfish and ended its suffering.
"This clown sure is lucky. Fortunately, that Sea King is gravely injured, or he will find himself in an ugly situation," comnted Hanzo as he watched from the distance.
Seeing that they no longer needed it, Hanzo took the initiative to return unsummoned and beca a speck of light that circled Shin.
The rest also did the sa aside from Astaroth, who remained by Shin's side to protect him and keep the stone wall active.
Shin was about to recall Grimrace when he saw that this nutjob was being a nutjob once again. He saw the abomination spirit dived down to the massive body of the jellyfish without even asking for his opinion.
Not long after, Shin saw that the corpse of the Sea King turned into specks of lights that were being pulled by a strong suction force.
Upon closer inspection, Shin saw that the one at the center of this suction force was the familiar figure of his Shadow Reaper. Grimrace was seated in a cross-legged position while absorbing everything.
At the sa ti, there was a crystal-like object floating right in front of the abomination spirit.
Shin did not need to know what it was as he already had the idea. It must be the Sea Soul that Hanzo had ntioned earlier.
He was thinking about what to do to that item when he saw Grimrace open his mouth wide and swallow the Sea Soul whole.
"What?"
Shin knew that Grimrace wanted sothing from the Sea King, but the thought that the core and its corpse were more than enough for him.
He also knew that the corrupted Sea Soul would be helpful to Grimrace. He knew that the latter wanted to eat it to reach the next rank. But he was not expecting that this abomination spirit would be too impatient to absorb the natural treasure even before Shin could read its details.
He could only shake his head and smile bitterly as he watched Grimrace from the distance.
Imdiately after, he recovered a string of notifications from the system.
*Ding*
System: You have successfully defended your land from the invasion of the Sea Monster Horde!
*Ding*
System: Your Shadow Reaper, Grimrace has acquired a Sea Soul and absorbed its powers.
System: Your Shadow Reaper, Grimrace has successfully beco a Supre Elental Being.
System: An Ancestor Bloodline is ford, the Eldritch Psychic Spirit Bloodline!
System: You are the first to acquire an Ancestor Bloodline Elental Spirit!
*Ding*
System: You have received a special reward for this new achievent.
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The first string of ssages was sothing that he had sowhat expected. He had already gotten the idea of what he would be getting.
He slightly nodded his head and accepted what happened. Grimrace had already devoured the Sea Soul, so there was no point crying for it.
He just opened the special panel for his Elental Spirit Companions and looked for the updated information.
As usual, he checked the special border of the na card first. Unlike the others, the border that Grimrace had was sowhat plain and did not possess much design.
Aside from the grey border, there was also a shadowy flow of mana shrouding the na card. It was also reflecting light as if it was made of glass crystal, smooth and appealing, which was completely different from the rough and troubleso personality that Grimrace possessed.
After appreciating the new na card of Grimrace, Shin proceeded to look at the updated information that it had.
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Spirit Na: Grimrace
Status: Reaper's Retainer – Shadow (Psychic)
Race: Abomination Elental Spirit (Shadow)
Bloodline: Eldritch Psychic Spirit
Purity: Supre
Transformation: Yasha Transformation
Ability Status: Temporarily Sealed
Tier: Current 3 (Potential 5)
Level (Sealed): Adjusted to 170 (Max 500)
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Shin slightly nodded his head as he read the extra data that was not there before. Right now, Grimrace's information was comparable to the rest, particularly their potential.
With all that, Vladimir was the only one left, waiting to reach his peak potential.
Shin was about to wrap everything here and head out to look for the clues of the other condition for his quest when another strong of notifications interrupted him.
*Ding*
System Warning: You have been targeted by the factions: Supre Temple and Martial Alliance, for stealing the Sea Soul.
System Warning: A bounty has been issued for your head by the Court of Demonic Churches and Corrupted Cult.
System Warning: You will be hunted down by the four factions for two days straight (in-ga ti).
Note 1: Your locations will constantly update every 2 hours.
Note 2: The tir will be paused whenever you log out or enter a sealed-border or independent world.
Note 3: You will be automatically kicked out of the said independent spaces once you enter them for an extended period. (Maximum ti of stay 2 hours)
Note 4: The sealing border will be taken down automatically once you stay them for a certain period. (Maximum 2 hours)
System Warning: You are discouraged from using your authority as the Envoy of the Church of the Sun and Moon when facing the factions of Supre Temple and Martial Alliance as it can cause a faction war.
*Ding*
System: Survive this hunt and you will get a huge surprise.
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Shin halted his steps and stared blankly at the string of ssages that he had just gotten before cursing. "What the heck is this? Why am I a thief now?"
"It is not my fault that that stupid Sea Spirit steals your treasure. I just killed it and acquired my reward!" he cursed before quickly looking at the progress bar of his quest.
He might have cleared one part of his current quest a little earlier since they had killed the Sea Spirit and had gotten quite lucky after getting the Sea Soul, but it seed like those two had gotten him another trouble.
He felt like having a headache as it had reminded him of the first big event that he had experienced when he just joined the ga – that ti when he was trapped in the Shunkai Forest along with Charlotte, Lawless, Faker, and the rest of their team as they were being hunted by a quite a lot of guilds and sched by Undying Guild.
"This will sure bring back so unpleasant mories," he mumbled as he shook his head.
But this would surely be more troubleso since he was the sole target and even had a true bounty on his head. His coordinates would also be constantly updated on the track of his pursuers.
Sighing, Shin took a couple of screenshots of his system log before sending it to Shiella along with a helplessly sighing emoji.
Right after he sent the ssage, Shiella's reply imdiately ca right after.
Snow White: What have you done this ti? I rember sending you to the coast to clear the monsters in the area. What happened?
Shin sighed as he explained everything starting from when he was investigating the area.
Shiella fell silent for a few monts before replying.
Snow White: You sure are a magnet of trouble. Wherever you go and whatever you do, everything will turn into a ss in an instant.
Sickarius: I cleared the coast, though. We can relocate to Calderock Town now.
Snow White: Yeah, good job. (Rolling eyes emoji)
After sending a sarcastic remark, Shiella quickly followed.
Snow White: What is your plan now?
Sickarius: What else? I have to play tag with these guys.
Snow White: Alone?
Sickarius: Don't worry Big Sis. It will not be that easy to catch . I will ask for your help if things get a little troubleso.
Shiella was silent for a minute before nodding.
Snow White: Do as you see fit, but don't get too confident. Those two factions also have monsters in their ranks, particularly the Martial Alliance.
This piqued Shin's interest and about to ask, but Shiella suddenly added.
Snow White: Beware of the God's Paradise, particularly Ashura. That guy is not simple.
After that, Shiella did not continue to chat with Shin as she imdiately asked to give her permission to manage Calderock Town as an administrator so that she could handle its relocation and promotion, especially when Shin could not afford to be around due to his sudden quest.
Sickarius: I will go to the administration office of the Holy City before heading out to play.
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Shiella, who was sitting inside her office in the newly built branch of Golden City, sighed as she closed the ssage panel.
She was silent for a couple of monts before re-opening the panel once again before clicking on a certain na in her friend list and sending a ssage.
Snow White: I have a job for you.
The reply ca almost instantly as if the person on the other side was always waiting for it.
Jhin: Oh! What a surprise! To think the Club President is contacting . What this humble servant can do for you?
Snow White: Stop with the nonsense. Let's talk about business.
Jhin: Tsk! Tsk! This is making brokenhearted.
Snow White: Just tell if you don't want the job.
Jhin: Of course, I will be taking it. If not, then who will?
Snow White: You are a part of Martial Alliance, right? Monitor their movents and give a regular update.
The other side seed to have instantly realized what was going on and asked.
Jhin: Eh? Is it related to the Faction Quest that is released by the Martial Alliance and Supre Temple? Are you related to it or know the 'culprit?'"
Shiella did not find any problem hiding the truth from this person as he was one of the most loyal mbers of her club in the real world.
Snow White: The target is my brother. You should understand what needs to be done, am I right?
Seeing the ssage, the person on the other side fell silent for a mont quickly replying.
Jhin: If that is the case, then I will be moving the entire unit. Don't worry, Club President. We will protect your brother without fail.
Shiella sighed before emphasizing.
Snow White: Have you read my ssage? I am asking you to give regular updates on the movents of the Martial Alliance players and nothing else.
Jhin: But-…
The guy wanted to say sothing, but Shiella instantly shut him.
Snow White: Just do what you are instructed, and do not interfere with anything. The report is more than enough.
Jhin did not know what Shiella was planning, but he could tell that she wanted to use this opportunity to train her brother while also keeping a close eye on everything.
Jhin: I understand, Club President. I will arrange everything.
After closing the ssage window, Shiella leaned back on her seat while tapping the table with her index finger. "Since you want to challenge, then let set up a good stage to prove yourself to the world."
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