Chapter 255: Assisting Rini

"I want you to assist my disciple, Princess Siren in this war against Uflenor."

"Eh?" Wil was taken aback by her demand. 'Rini is her disciple? On top of that, I should help her in this war?'

"But, our Llyne will also soon face the war," Wil replied to her, implying that he wouldn't have time to help out.

"There are thousands of soldiers, Royal knights, and I heard the current Queen is also quite powerful among the other rulers. With or without your presence, they can fend off their enemies on their own." Aerona explained to him.

'Rini is also a legend class user with a Phoenix. Why would she need my help? Not to mention, this kingdom has two Ascended NPCs. As long as this elf made her move, the war will over in an instant.' Wil wondered whether there is something else she isn't telling him.

Something clicked in his mind, 'abnormality. Did Aria seal her powers or something? No, that's highly unlikely cuz if her powers her sealed, she can't Appraise my equipment, either.'

While Wil was in deep thoughts, Aerona was observing him, trying to figure out his thoughts while watching his three days of past. She was surprised as she found the method he used to discover her whereabouts.

After thinking for a while, Wil took out an exquisite armor and placed it on the table. "If I accept, will you also appraise this Armor?"

The armor was black with an attached garment on top of it. There's also a strange symbol drawn on the clothing.

Taking it, Aerona nodded, "Yes but I want you to remind that the entire credit should go to my disciple."

As she raised her hand, a mask of tranquility appeared in her hands. "This will help you in hiding your identity."

"Hmm?"

*Ding! You received a quest, Assist the Princess.

Description: High-Elf Aerona Marten wishes for you to assist her disciple in the upcoming war against the Kingdom of Uflenor while hiding your identity.

Reward: Appraisal of Seraph's Ring and Armor 

'Help out Rini while hiding?' Wil now understood her intention. Originally, he hesitated to accept her request as he felt it wasn't worth giving an Entire kingdom to Rini just in exchange for mere Appraising his mythic grade ring.

After all, he can ask Seraph for that.

But then, as he thought more about it, Wil felt that his thinking is illogical.

Even if the war is won by Searvale, Rini still won't become the Queen unless the latter dies in war but he was confident that a former high Priestess like Aerona won't stoop to such a level even if it was for the sake of her own disciple.

So, trying to take advantage of the situation, he took out his Armor that he acquired from the inheritance quest.

Luckily for him, she accepted the deal but asked for a big favor. If he accepted the quest, not only will he lose out on the War points but he will also lose fame. Whether it is worth the sacrifice?

As Wil outweighed the pros and cons, unknowingly, he raised his right hand and felt something hit his chin.

He saw the pillar. His eyes lit up, developing an idea in his mind. 

A smile appeared on his face as he took the mask, "I accept, Lady Marten."

*Ding! You accepted the quest. You received the quest item, Mask of Tranquility.

Aerona was delighted by his response and immediately appraised the ring as well as the Armor.

Wil started receiving continuous notifications.

She returned both of them to him.

*Ding! You received the Quest reward in advance. The Quest, Assist the Princess has turned into mandatory Quest.

Description: High-Elf Aerona Marten wishes for you to assist her disciple in the upcoming war against the Kingdom of Uflenor while hiding your identity.

Failure: Favorability with Aerona Marten drops by 50.

Conditions for Failure: Searvale faces defeat against Uflenor, Princess Siren dies in the war or the user escapes the battlefield.

"Let's see…" Wil didn't care about the warning notification. He was only excited to see how the unlocked stats turned out.

Seraph's ring – Left (Bound) +10

Level: 300

Grade: Mythic

Attack: 300 +360%

HP: 750% +900%

Critical rate: 150% +180%

Pierce: 150% +180%

Mana: 600% +720%

Critical Damage: 150% +180%

Increase Damage: 75% +90%

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Seraph's Armor

Level: 300

Grade: Mythic

HP: 839,808,000

Defense: 139,968,000

Critical resist: 150%

Critical Damage resist: 75%

Pierce resist: 75%

Decrease Damage: 75%

Heal: 150%

Mana: 300%

Skill: Absorbs 10% of damage when received critical damage.

"Oh! Heal stat... That's cool. But I wonder whether it is only receiving or will it apply to my basic heal skill too..."

He equipped them without wasting any time.

After finishing his business, Wil said goodbye to her, making an excuse that he had some other business to attend.

He returned to Llyne and then using the medallion, he instantly, teleported to level-300 zone nearby the dungeon cave where he won't be disturbed by anyone. It was the best place to implement the plan.

After transforming into an Angel, Wil then used a mana scroll to recover all of his mana points before he spoke, "Activate, Cloning. 1 clone."

A clone appeared with the staff replica in its hand. He pointed towards the horizon. "Just fly as much as you want. Don't stop until I give you the order."

The clone nodded and flapped its wings, disappearing from his sight.

Meanwhile, Wil started to enhance the mythic grade equipment, using all the 11013 augment stones and 18 limit break stones to enhance their limit.

*Ding! Seraph's Dragon bow has been successfully enhanced to +10

*Ding! Seraph's Armor has been successfully enhanced to +10

"Okay, I still have over 10400… Let's hope it will last until +30. I wonder if I maximized the enhancement level, I can evolve them to Mythic+… If it works for legendary-grade equipment, why not for mythic?"

"Here we go…"

He used a limit-break stone on three of them, increasing their maximum limit to 15.

Consuming another 734, 560, and 846, respectively, Wil successfully enhanced their limit to 15, and then, once again, he used three limit break stones to maximize their limit to 20.

Wil underestimated the difficulty of enhancing the mythic grade. He knew that enhancing higher grade equipment is difficult but didn't expect there would be so much difference between a legendary grade and a mythic grade.

*Ding! Seraph's Dragon bow has been successfully enhanced to +20

*Ding! Seraph's Armor has been successfully enhanced to +20

*Ding! Seraph's ring has been successfully enhanced to +20

"Oh boy… Only a little over 5000 remained.

From 21, the stones will be needed 140, 160, 180, 200, and 250… and the success rate will likely fall under 5%. I guess I have to choose only one piece of equipment to enhance.

Should I choose the Armor to improve my HP or attack, or maybe, accessory…

Comparing bow and armor, the obvious choice is the bow but the accessory has more buffs. Hmm… let's go with the …"

*Ding! Seraph's ring has been successfully enhanced to +25.

"Only 1200 left… Oh! I forgot about the earrings… Even though they are legendary, they are still useful."

*Ding! Aerona's earrings have been successfully enhanced to +15.

*Ding! Aerona's Earrings have been successfully enhanced to +20.

"Still have 116… What to do with them?" As they are useless to him, he threw the rest of them into inventory and once again, concentrated on the clone.

Since they are telepathically linked, Wil was able to track him down.

Wil clenched his fist with excitement as he found the clone was already flying above the Xynnar Ocean.

Right then, he received the system announcement.

*Ding!*