"Well aren’t you a powerful leader?" While facing the alpha of the horde, Kaelen suddenly said jokingly while locking gazes with the beast.
But it seems like the beast understood Kaelen as with a roar, the beast charged Kaelen, it’s heavy paws pounding the ground like thunder. Kaelen waited, his stance calm and measured. As the beast bore down on him, Kaelen’s Blade began to glow, taking on a more ethereal form. As if it had become one with the air itself. When the monster was only a feet away, Kaelen struck
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The blade of Eternity cut through the air in a fluid, precise arc, it’s edge finding the beast’s thick neck with effortless grace. A bright flash of light followed, and the beast’s momentum carried it past Kaelen–its head severed cleanly from it’s body. The alpha collapsed to the ground with a massive thud, it’s lifeless eyes still glowing faintly as the blood pooled around it’s remains.
"Time to move on to the next, I have a game I gotta win" Kaelen quickly thought as he spun to face the rest of the horde, and with a shout, unleashed a flurry of strikes–each one faster and more devastating than the last. The blade of eternity seemed to sing as it moved cutting through flesh and bone with ease. Beast fell in rapid succession, unable to withstand Kaelen’s mastery over the sword.
His movements were fluid and almost otherworldly, as though he had become one with the blame itself.
Morris and Ethan fought beside him, slaying the remaining creatures, but it was Kaelen who stood out. His power was unmistakable, his blade a blur of motion as he cut down beast after beast. In the end, it was Kaelen who felled the last of the monsters–the largest and most ferocious among them–its decapitated from crumpling at his feet.
The forest frew still once again, the horde of beasts now nothing more than lifeless bodies strewn across the ground. Morris and Ethan, bloodied but victorious, stood panting as they looked at Kaelen, who stood tall and steady, his blade of eternity glowing softly in his hand. The silence was deafening after the battle, broken only by the sound of Kaelen sheathing his sword.
**Congratulations!! You have defeated a horde of Ironheart Wolf!!**
**10,000Exp gained (need 25,000 till level up)**
"At this rate, you might just leave us in the dust" Morris suddenly said with a bitter smile on his face.
"Oh come on guys, I was just lucky" Kaelen replied with a wry smile on his face while he thought.
’I still have some ways to go before I arrive in level 20’
But right after, Kaelen stood over the fallen horde, surveying the carnage. His breath was steady, despite the intensity of the fight, and he wiped the sweat from his brow, feeling a sense of satisfaction. As he lowered his Blade of Eternity, preparing to sheathe it, he felt something strange—an unsettling vibration within the blade.
Kaelen furrowed his brow and looked down at his sword. The Blade of Eternity, usually calm and responsive, now seemed restless, almost alive. A soft hum emanated from the blade, growing in intensity as though it were reacting to something in the air. The blue energy that often cloaked the blade began to swirl erratically, flickering like a flame caught in the wind.
’Huh? What’s making you to act this way?’
With that thought in his mind, Kaelen scanned the area, confused, until his eyes landed on the alpha beast’s body. Amid the blood and torn fur, a peculiar object glinted faintly in the fading light of the forest—a shard of mystical steel, unlike anything Kaelen had ever seen. The shard was a deep, dark silver, almost black, and seemed to pulse with an eerie energy of its own.
It must have been buried deep within the alpha’s chest, hidden by the creature’s flesh until now.
The moment Kaelen’s eyes fixed on the shard, his blade responded violently. It trembled in his hand, the hum intensifying into a sharp, high-pitched whine. Kaelen’s grip tightened as the Blade of Eternity grew hotter, as though it wanted to leap out of his hand toward the mystical steel. He gritted his teeth, trying to control the weapon, but it was as if the blade had a will of its own.
"What the…?" Kaelen muttered, astonished at the sudden change in the sword’s behavior. The glow around the blade became erratic, flickering between blue and white, as if it was feeding off the energy of the mystical steel.
Morris and Ethan noticed Kaelen’s struggle and quickly rushed to his side.
"Kaelen, what’s going on?" Morris asked, concern etched across his face. He looked down and saw the shard of steel gleaming beneath the alpha’s body. "Is it that thing?"
Kaelen nodded, struggling to keep the Blade of Eternity under control. "It’s the steel… the sword is reacting to it."
Ethan crouched down, carefully lifting the shard from the ground with the tip of his dagger. As soon as the steel left the ground, the Blade of Eternity jerked in Kaelen’s hand again, pulling toward the object with even more force. Kaelen braced himself, locking his arm in place, but the sword’s energy was growing wilder, as if it recognized the shard and was desperate to reunite with it.
"I think it’s connected to your sword somehow," Ethan said, his voice steady despite the strange situation. "Maybe that steel… it has the same origin as your blade."
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Kaelen’s eyes narrowed as he tried to calm the sword. He could feel its energy pulsing through his arm, a relentless surge of power that was both exhilarating and terrifying. The Blade of Eternity felt alive in a way he had never experienced before, almost as though it had its own consciousness, driven by an unspoken need.
’This must be the stuff Alaric used to create this sword’
With great effort, Kaelen thought as he took a deep breath and slowly knelt beside the alpha’s body, his eyes locked on the shard of mystical steel. He reached out cautiously, his hand trembling, and when his fingers finally brushed against the shard, a surge of energy shot through him.
The shard glowed brighter, and for a moment, Kaelen felt as though his blade was singing—a resonant hum that filled the air around him.
Then, just as suddenly as it began, the blade quieted, its energy calming, though it still pulsed faintly in his hand. Kaelen looked down at the shard in his palm, a sense of foreboding washing over him. Whatever this steel was, it held some deeper connection to his blade—and possibly to him.
With a deep breath, Kaelen decided to trust his instincts. Slowly, he brought the shard closer to the blade. Almost immediately, the sword began to hum again, softly at first, then louder, as though it recognized the energy. The blade grew warmer in his hands, trembling slightly in anticipation.
"Here goes nothing," Kaelen whispered, more to himself than to anyone else.
He pressed the shard against the blade. Instantly, the Blade of Eternity reacted, the blue glow intensifying as it absorbed the shard with a voracious hunger. The shard melted into the blade’s surface as though it were being devoured, leaving behind faint traces of light that danced along the edges of the sword. The hum became a deep, resonant pulse, reverberating through Kaelen’s entire body.
Kaelen’s eyes widened as the shard was consumed fully by the blade, and the energy within the sword surged. The blade began to shimmer with power, its glow turning from soft blue to an intense, almost blinding white. Strange runes appeared along its surface, glowing faintly with the same energy as the shard, twisting and shifting as though they were alive.
Kaelen had never seen anything like it—the sword seemed to have evolved, becoming something far more powerful than before.
**A shard of silver steel has been absorbed (need 4 more shards for next upgrade)**
’Huh?’ Kaelen thought in surprise as he heard that monotonous voice in his head while looking at the screen right in front of him.
But while Kaelen was being lost in thought, the sword’s hunger had been sated, but it left behind an aura of overwhelming strength, a sense of completion, as if the Blade of Eternity had just taken its first step toward unlocking its true potential. The air around Kaelen crackled with the residual energy, and he could feel it coursing through him, bonding him even closer to the blade.
When the energy finally subsided, Kaelen let out a breath he hadn’t realized he’d been holding. He stared at the blade in his hands, now subtly transformed. Its surface shimmered with a dark, polished gleam, the runes glowing faintly beneath the surface like veins of power, as if the sword had absorbed the essence of the shard into its very core.
"How did that sword absorb the shard!?" Morris exclaimed with a shocked expression on his face. Even Ethan had a surprised look on his face.
"I... Don’t know, but I think I know who might"
Kaelen thought as he slowly stood, feeling the weight of the sword in his hand—it felt more balanced, more connected to him than ever before. He gave it a light swing, and the blade sliced through the air effortlessly, leaving a faint trail of light behind it.
As the blade settled back into silence, Kaelen couldn’t help but wonder what exactly he had just awakened. But one thing was certain—the Blade of Eternity had become something far more powerful than it once was, and its journey was far from over.