[Eon's POV: ]
A long, long time ago, in a distant village of the eastern continent, there one day out of the blue, cases of people of all ages started going missing.
There was a speculation that some kind of a demon was taking those people away, however, since the village was a distant one, no one actually knew much about their situation.
At least, not until one day when an adventurer party stopped for a night in this village and discovered their issue.
'The villagers begged them to look for the demon that was stealing their children, elders, and lovers away from them and, the adventurer group, curious by the unique tale of the villagers, started investigating the problem.'
However, the next morning, one of the adventurers of the group went missing overnight.
The adventurers searched for them all day long and even decided to continue their search over the night, however, they ended up losing two of their members the very next morning.
It was evident to them that whatever the creature hunting the people of this village was... it had most certainly taken a liking to their foreign blood.
It was hunting for them, they could sense instinctively that whatever creature they were facing was not something that any kind of adventurer could deal with.
That's why they didn't waste even a moment and left the village the very moment they had figured these things out... or, at least they tried to do so.
'Only one of them managed to return to the nearest city alive.'
And before breathing her last breaths, she told the citizens and her healers what they had witnessed in that damned forest.
'She warned them.'
The creature that they had faced, the young yet ferocious creature that had devoured every living creature in that forest, a creature that had killed and devoured even the villagers and her teammates... that beast, they knew no simple force could stop it.
And, it was coming for them next.
'She was a mage.'
The only reason she was able to get away from that beast was thanks to her number of movement skills and large Mana pool, as well as the spells.
However, she knew the creature had found her the most instresting among their group since she was the only mage.
And, it had followed her until the end of the forest.
'She knew it.'
Even as she was telling them about it, even as she was bleeding away and warning them, that creature was waiting in the shadows.
'It was a nocturnal nightmare.'
It lurked in the shadows, light hindered didn't suit it. It hunted in the moonlight, under the stars, when the sky was clear.
And, it hunted swiftly, covertly as well.
'It was coming for this city as well.'
It was only waiting right now.
It was strong enough to have defeated several other creatures of that forest, even the strongest ones.
She had seen the cave filled with corpses and bones, she had seen the creature, looked it in the eye... she had seen how brutally it killed her teammates.
So she knew just how strong it was.
'That one city was not enough to stop it in its tracks.'
She urged them to contact their capital, tell the kingdom's forces for their support to defeat this creature.
She told them how it can grow stronger just by eating what was present before them, how it was still growing stronger with each being it absorbed, with each life it took.
It was merciless and purely ran on instincts, a beast, a predator that only saw what was before it as food.
She warned them about it until she took her last breath, and when seeing a high ranking adventurer like her in that state, a mage at that, they couldn't just take her word lightly.
And, just like its beauty, it was also something amazing.
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{Resonance}
[Type: Skill stone] ★★★★☆
Effects:
—-> A unique skill of a calamity that hunted under the moonlight and was a nightmare for the inhabitants of eastern lands.
—-> Under the moonlight, senses are enhanced in proportion to the compatibility of the skill, moonlight, and light elemental powers.
—-> The skill allows one to resonate with the world and search for any object as long as they have had some kind of connection with it.
—-> The skill allows one to get stronger physical powers by consumption of unique natural resources. However, one has to have collected all the elements of those resources.
—-> One can use the power of moonlight, and if one is able to cultivate the original power that the Moon receives, it's possible for them to freely cultivate the power of moonlight as well.
—-> Light is the source of all elements that exist while Darkness is an amalgamation of all elements that could exist. Mastering the skill allows one to earn the power to Obliterate and Cure.
Conclusion:
—-> Take it.
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Calamity 4D8DWAG was also nicknamed (Terror under the moonlight).
It was an origin beast of mixed origins, containing a strange power of moonlight and characteristics of a dragon.
'It wasn't as big as the dragonoids like the Wyverns or Drakes, but it certainly resembled a young wyvern.'
It had speed and power, but the most dangerous thing about it was its hunger for more...
It was a unique being that wasn't too old when it died, and it certainly had not reached the full extent of its potential either so none knew just what it could have evolved into.
'And still... it was called a calamity.'
And now a skill that belonged to it, was sitting right before us.
"That creature could use the power of moonlight, not the moon itself, not the night but the moonlight.
And, from what I understand, moonlight originates from the sunlight itself."
The holy sword had its own long history and interesting tales that many people in this world already knew about.
'The sword itself was easily distinguishable as well.'
It was a famous holy sword and anyone who had seen it anywhere, in the books or in the famous commercials we use for many of the products, would recognise it at a glance.
The aura it exuded alone was testament to its uniqueness.
"Reinelle has her unique weapon with the power of a world turtle, and the world turtle possesses the power of earth Origin.
If I'm right, she might be able to absorb the holy sword itself into her unique weapon that would evolve the weapon further and since the world already considers the weapon to be lost, it's better off with someone that can use it in a better way."
The headmaster was saying something absurd once again, however, his words didn't sound unbelievable anymore.
'My eyes were telling me to get the skill, and in the same way, they were advising something similar to what the headmaster just said.'
He knew what he was doing.
And, he didn't seem even a little bit concerned about his decision.
'He wanted us to have these items, and... they were simply too good to pass on.'
We didn't really have any choice but to accept them, ultimately.