[Real Mode Activated]
Once again, all the stats and numbers disappeared and my perspective once again aligned with the body of the character. The sword that's hanging on my hips. I mean, the Excalibur. I wonder why it suddenly feels so heavy. I stepped along the central hall that looked like a mirror with its perfect symmetry and went towards the porch that was set to one corner. As I opened the glass door, a strong wind blew on my face, stronger than I expected. What an amazing effect. Although I've seen the Sky Castle fly high up in the sky with a dizzying difference in height, it was the first time I was actually riding on one. Feeling curious and amazed, I looked down at the ground but then was hit with a realistic feeling of vertigo even though it was a virtual thing.
The actual reason I came to the porch was also to use the magic circle as well. Standing on the permanent teleportation magic circle that was drawn as a blue circle, I manipulated the 8 magic stones that were embedded onto the floor. I say controlling it, but all that I am doing is focusing my mana towards one of the stones. Usually, for Teleportation Magic Circle like this, it starts to operate when all the magic stones are charged with mana.
(Teleport Magic Circle has been activated. Please select the location you wish to move to.)
With a simple mechanical sound, a simple memo describing each of the saved locations opened in front of me.
Among them was a magic circle located at the mansion situated at the central plaza at London City, which is the biggest city in this server, as well as magic circle locations put in many different dungeons that I couldn't recognize the names of, but the monsters and difficulty levels for all of them were at a similar level. The one that caught the most of my attention was the StoneHenge.
Famous for being England's most popular tourist spot, I read it is also known for having groups of death knights appear as well as being a paradise for undead type monsters. Since I have light attributes and they would be weak to my attacks, it is a very easy area for me to hunt at, it's a good place to train with my character. I need to be familiar with it. I have always been good with Ilnis. The way I move and fight has always been easy. It should be easy with Artoria.
"Move to StoneHenge."
My vision was blocked for a moment, then it slowly started to return to normal as the white light faded away. The sight of the wide grassy plains and heaps of stones in the distance was quite distinctive.
With 114m in diameter and an embankment built inside the ditch, there were 82 Menhirs visible in the shape of a double ring. In the middle was a double ring-shaped formation of stones and some that were shaped like a horse's hoof. The outer stone circle was 30m in diameter with 30 of them lined up.
In any case, that's the basic appearance of Stonehenge. I guess you could call this sightseeing in a way, but this place is a hunting ground first and foremost. Looking around, there aren't that many users as this place is where many high difficulty monsters often appear. Well, it may also be the case that they could be in another part of this location as it is a large place and there's more than one teleportation circle.
I pulled out the Excalibur hung on my waist and stepped out of the safe zone that's on the teleportation circle. Soon, Death Knights that have hidden their presence will appear.
Actually, the reason why I chose Death Knights as my target for practice in fighting after so long was simple.I'm really great at dealing with them. Not at this level but I should be fine. I became used to enemy movements and patterns more than the majority of other players of this game. I'm used to farming them alone.
And right on time, a Death Knight appeared. As it was in pretty close range, I cracked a smile as I righted my Excalibur. Just as I predicted, the Death Knight's attack pattern is still the same. Phantom Steed. The so-called 'ghost horse' that the Death Knight rides slowly gains speed as it gallops towards me. This was the charge attack that I've been waiting for. Even though the charge attack is very powerful, it leaves the Death Knight wide open. Right now I can see it tilting its body towards my direction as it draws the sword hanging on its back.I easily bent my back towards the left as the Death Knight attempts its slashing attack. I then exchange my left and right feet's location as I turn my body completely around, while simultaneously swinging my Excalibur.
Slash.
I received good feedback from my sword. As I twirl my Excalibur around and look at the Death Knight that had lost its head, it starts to dissipate.
(Critical Hit! Congratulations. You have earned the title 'First to OHKO a Death Knight'. You acquire bonus stat +2 and 20% extra EXP.)
To think that there was no one that had achieved this before in the whole of England. I spent all my bonus stat points on Strength. On top of that, I saw my EXP bar filling up quite well, seemingly due to the bonus EXP that it gave.à
This was only possible due to the enormous amount of effort I put into practice, as well as the minimum of 800 points in strength. Without either of those, I wouldn't have been able to deal that much damage in a single blow and achieve this title. In any case, the character that I had been using in the past and this Artoria character had a lot in common. Offensive character with a huge amount of strength. On top of that, a rare two-handed sword master as well. Usually, players would opt to have a balance in attack and defense by wielding both a sword and a shield.
"But wow, it's a shock to see that there was no one that killed a Death Knight in a single blow in the whole server"
Since I had achieved that title around 4 months ago, I thought that it would be obvious that someone in England would have also achieved that title, but I was surprised to know that it wasn't the case.
In any case, it was an all-around good thing for me, so I felt a bit smug.