Grand Lust Sovereign-Chapter 83: Clearing Floors (8)
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[Main Quest #2 — Cleansing]
Difficulty: D
Clear Condition: Find the Mindless Soul Stone and use it to cleanse yourself off the demonic impurities. Use it for the second time to modify the demonic resurrection spell.
Time Limit: 100 days.
Reward: A cleansed mind and soul. No more going berserk upon resurrection. Level up +2.
Failure: Corrupted mind and soul. Possibility of turning into a mindless demon.
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[Main Quest #3 — Arcana Shard]
Difficulty: E-/??
Clear Condition: You have stolen a binded Arcana Shard. Break the linkage to use the shard to upgrade your own Arcana Card or follow the linkage and steal the enemies Arcana Card. The choice is up to you.
Time Limit: 100 days.
Reward: Upgraded personal Arcana Card/Stolen Arcana Card. +1,000 XP. Level up +1.
Failure: None.
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’So that’s an Arcana Shard…’ Julien saw Jackie holding the red crystal and thought.
At least he got some sort of valuable item on this floor.
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His misfortune was so bad, he ended up dying again, but on the bright side, three good things emerged from it.
One, he found the Arcana Shard.
Two, he found Amelia had a resurrection skill.
Third, his relationship with Amelia improved considerably.
It was a big loss, but the gains were tremendous too.
At this point, Julien still couldn’t tell whether the coin toss was influenced by his bad luck or not.
’Ah well, the sample size was too small. I just went through two tries, so…’
At least a few tens of times, he would need to toss the coin to understand its effect.
’Anyway, other than this Arcana Shard, what’s the topic of concern is the lingering demonic effect on me. If I can somehow overcome the berserk state, I can have as many revives as I want… well, not as many, but many for sure.’
From what Amelia had told him, a maiden’s purity was a needed sacrifice for the revival to work.
Julien would need to gather many pure maidens if he wanted to be revived.
Another important thing was to ensure the demonic effect on him was gone first. If it wasn’t, unlimited revival wasn’t possible. He would simply lose his mind after a few resurrections and turn into a berserk demon.
’There’s so much to do, I can’t even fathom where to start.’
There indeed were many things Julien had to do.
"Master, we have arrived." Jackie’s voice pulled Julien back to reality.
The party was in a big hall where a broken altar was placed.
Through this altar were stairs connected to the upper floor.
Their journey to the core was smooth and nothing went wrong anymore.
This was how it was supposed to be until the 10th floor.
Many Players had been through these floors, clearing most of the hidden quests too.
There shouldn’t be any challenge, but Julien somehow managed to die even then.
’I need to be more cautious and less reckless.’ Julien made a mental note. ’…and, I really should learn how to swim!’
Thinking along the lines, he ascended through the stairs and reached Floor 6.
The journey from here to Floor 10 was smooth like butter.
Nothing major happened and they did not gain anything of vital importance either, except for a few XP here and there by defeating monsters.
They all rose by one level, and so far, their stats were:
Julien — Rank: 1; Level: 24;
Jackie — Rank: 2; Level 3;
Amelia — Rank 2; Level 2;
Julien was the only one who wasn’t able to level up as smoothly and faster.
It had to do with him dying on Floor 5 and running from monsters while Jackie killed a lot of monsters and Amelia honed her healing abilities.
In just half a day’s time, a lot had happened, and the three were exhausted—mentally and physically both.
Floor 10 was a safe zone and had no hidden quest or floor boss.
It was livelier compared to Floor 1, but not as much as Floor 25.
Floor 25 was where everything was currently at.
Every 25 floors, the world was much bigger and it also contained a Floor Guardian.
Guardians were different from bosses and were of much higher level. They were three to five times more difficult to defeat than the previous floor’s boss, and it would usually take more than a few teams to rally and defeat them.
To reach Floor 25, the journey was arduous. The three wouldn’t be able to do it on their own, and would definitely need to hire some mercenaries or adventurers.
Thankfully, Julien neither lacked funds nor connections to do so.
He and his party went straight to the Crimson Night Guild’s branch on Floor 10.
Floor 10 looked like a normal medieval fantasy’s capital city. The center had all the important things while the outer periphery housed the miscellaneous elements such as farms, houses, mills, and so on.
It was a proper civilization here and one could stay here forever. Land on Floor 10 however was limited and couldn’t house a lot of people, just about a million.
The Crimson Night Guild was one of the topmost guilds, ranking 2nd among the many guilds present.
Its branch was naturally going to be in the very center of the floor.
The branch’s building was a castle with tall columns and arches. It was painted with dark colors and the shade of red was also blood-colored rather than bright.
It was quite ominous.
Despite the repulsive appearance, a lot of adventurers could be seen walking in and out of it. Some looked happy while most had serious expressions on their faces. Some looked haggard and worn out, appearing to have just gotten out of a quest.
Entering the castle looked nothing short of a paradise. There were multiple waiting areas having proper seating arrangements, guild staff attending to the Players personally, and a lot of stalls having receptionists who were ready to help.
The place did not lack staff and there wasn’t any queue whatsoever despite the place being so busy.
"Players from higher floors who haven’t reached Floor 25 yet also come here for information and quests." Jackie briefed, stating why the place was so busy.
"I see." Julien said and walked towards a non-occupied receptionist.
She greeted him and his party, and he greeted her, then showed her the token.
The receptionist was shocked for a split second, then composed herself and gave Julien and his party an even warmer smile.
She got out of her stall and escorted the three away from the busy reception area, towards a private chamber.
She then served them tea and asked them to wait for a while stating someone would come to attend to them shortly.
"This place is so fancy." Jackie stated and began describing the place to Amelia, who couldn’t see anything.
Julien helped Jackie describe this place better, and while doing so, he felt something odd.
This place’s interior was oddly similar to his home’s. The Lichtenstein Castle had a similar type of dark and gothic themed decor.
After waiting for ten minutes, someone finally attended to them.
It was a tall lady in flowing black mage attire. She held a skull-top staff in her hand, and her face was devoid of any expression.
"Greetings, esteemed guests."
