"Before we leave, I need my Iron Mike Cloak back".
"Oh, I almost forgot". Aragorn slapped his head.
Before leaving the Gundam Shelter to the Great River of Gold in search of opportunities to grow stronger, Rex made measures in place to look after the safety of his 2 friends having known about Arthur's arrival in the shelter already.
Having clashed with Arthur Holmes multiple times already, he had a basic idea about how this sworn enemy of his worked and he did not take any chances.
Despite going to an extremely dangerous region himself in the Great Desert, Rex was still benevolent enough to leave 2 of his trump cards to his sworn brother and sister to carter for their safety.
For Aragorn's safety, Rex gave him the Super Grade mystic treasure, the Iron Mike Cloak that he won from his ancestor in the micro world of Elias.
As for Princess Elanor, for her safety, he gave her his Affection Necklace. The Elven Princess may have other impressive mystic treasures, but none of them could not offer an advantage like was offered by the Affection Necklace.
With those two gifts, Rex was then able to leave with peace of mind.
Now on his return as he was about to ignite a war between the Berserk Gang and the Gandalf Gang, he needed to be in his peak state and he finally needed his 2-trump card mystic treasures back.
Aragorn went into the warehouse that was inside the workshop before returning with the massive red cloak that looked like those of Superman.
The only difference was that the cloak had a more menacing look to it.
"Thank you". Once Rex grabbed the cloak, his system lit up another notification.
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[Iron Mike Cloak!]
[Bonded Warrior: Rex Vector!]
[Current Grade: Super Grade!]
Rarity: Very Rare
- Defense: 6,000
- Offense: 13,000
- Durability: 18,000
[Passive Mystic Effect: Cloak Defense!]
[Cloak Defense: The Cloak will instinctively protect you when you are in danger!]
[Mystic Effects: Iron Mike Uppercut; Shadow Mirage; Blood Flight!]
[Iron Mike Uppercut: When activated, the cloak wraps around your hand to help you unleash a lethal uppercut attack that enables you to deal damage ranging from 400-1000% of your base damage.]
[Shadow Mirage: When activated with a shadow mystic ability, you can create shadows that can obscure you from vision. When supplied with enough shadow energy, the mirages become real and can attack.]
[Blood Fight: When activated with your bloodline powers, you can fly.]
[Remark: Iron Mike's ultimate knock-out cloak!]
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Even as Ben accompanied Aragorn as they went to don their own mystic treasures in preparations to go mobilize the Berserk Gang army, Rex returned to the Berserk Mansion where he met 2 lovebirds expressing their love again.
"Ugh…" He facepalmed. "Max, can I have your girl for a minute?"
"Sure, gang leader". Max bowed respectfully before shrinking and escaping.
"What's happening?" Princess Elanor asked in a surprised tone as she eyed Rex's stacked form suspiciously. "Are you going for a battle?"
"No, we are going for a battle".
Rex did not waste any time as he explained his intentions to Elanor, after which he finally asked for his trump card mystic treasure.
"I need the Affection Necklace back, it's my luck charm".
Princess Elanor pouted at his demand but she still went inside to bring it. Once Rex set his eyes on this beautiful necklace again, his heart softened as the image of the girl who stole his heart flashed past again.
"I will do all I can to meet you again!" Rex vowed as he finally grabbed the necklace only for his system to lit up another notification.
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[Affection Necklace!]
[This necklace contains the affection of a daughter of the river of time.]
[Bonded Owner: Cassandra Putin & Rex Vector!]
[Current Grade: Myth Grade!]
Rarity: Extremely Rare
Requirement: The love of the giver.
[Passive Mystic Effects: Soul Nurture.]
[Soul Nurture: When equipped, the Affection Necklace constantly nurtures your soul, increasing your resistance against ethereal and soul attacks.]
[Active Mystic Effects: Love Protection; Soul Protection; Absolute Protection!]
[Love Protection: When activated, a heart-shaped defense shield is erected around you that protects against physical attacks depending on the level of mystic energy that is offered.]
[Soul Protection: When activated, a heart-shaped defense shield is erected around you that protects against soul attacks depending on the level of mystic energy that is offered.]
[Absolute Protection: When activated, provides absolute protection against any level and type of attack for 10 seconds.]
[NOTE: The lowest level to activate absolute protection is the super mystic warrior realm. It can also be barely activated by you in the advanced grade, but you'll need to make a lot of sacrifices for it in blood.]
[NOTE: When used by a myth grade warrior, the duration for absolute protection increases exponentially to a level befitting a myth level ability.]
[Remark: A remake of Romeo and Juliet's love. Watch out for part 2!]
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Though this was not his first time looking at it, like usual, Rex was still amazed by the defensive capabilities of this mystic treasure.
This was the best parting gift that Cassandra could have ever given to him in his opinion, he cherished this mystic treasure with his life.
With the Affection Necklace secured, Rex was finally ready for war. He was ready to face any opponent and showcase his newfound strength to the world.
"Bring it on!" He growled softly as he accessed his system status again.
While the army was being mobilized and as Elanor and the others got prepared for the war, he decided to use this time to check his personal system status again after checking it last months ago.
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Name: Rex Vector
Age: 19
Race: Vampire Ancillae
Blood Rank: Vampire Knight
Rank: Advanced Mystic Warrior
Advanced Warrior Grade: 5th tier
Strength: 3,540
Speed: 2,900
Mind: 1,700
Vitality: 5,000
Agility: 2,000
Dexterity: 2,000
Health Points [HP]: 16,500/16,500
Mystic Energy Points [MEP]: 10,800 /10,800
[Basic Skills: Piercing Stab; Trident of Ethereal Blackfire; Blood Prophecy; Zone; Blood Strike; Ghost in the Night!]
>Advanced Sword Skills<
[One Autumn Leaf- 3rd Move: Annihilation Slash!]
[Nirvana Slash!]
>Advanced Blackfire Skills<
[Self-Combustion!]
>Advanced Shadow Skills<
[Shadow Doppelganger!]
[Dark Arrow!]
>Master Level Skills<
[Ultimate Iron Defense!]
[Oxygen Manipulation!]
[Phoenix Ash!]
[Precision Slash!]
[Master of the Elements!]
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[Movement Technique: Drizzling Rain Steps.]
[Sword Technique: Aurora Swordplay.]
[Sword Level: Mystic Sword Domain!]
Mystic Energy: Domain/Ethereal
Mystic Ability: Upgrade/Blackfire/Shadow
[Upgrade Abilities: Mind Time Travel; Spectator; Photographic Memory; Overload; Rebirth.]
Special Constitution: Vampire Hunter
[Vampire Abilities: Blood Rejuvenation; Blood Adrenaline Surge; Cell Regeneration; Heightened Sense, Blood Hunter, Bat Hunter.]
[Special Vampire Abilities: Morphing.]
[Current Morphing forms available: Half-bat; Bear-man.]
[Mystic Treasures: Berserker; Blood Tome, Oath of the Ancients; Death Daggers; Coffin of the Ancients; Parasitic Armor; Affection Necklace; Iron Mike Cloak; Aragorn's Weapon Set- Boots; Gauntlets; Kneepads.]
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[Blood Tome, Oath of the Ancients!]
[Bonded Owner: Rex Vector!]
Rarity: Extremely Rare
Requirement: 200 Combined Stats
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[Coffin of the Ancients!]
[Bonded Warrior: Rex Vector.]
[Quality: Upgradable!]
[Current Grade: Myth Grade!]
Rarity: Extremely Rare
Requirement: 400 Combined Stats
[Mystic Effects: Humanoid Transformation; Beast Transformation!]
[Transformed Beasts: Grey; Storm; King!]
[Transformed Warrior: Ambition!]
[NOTE: All transformed creatures are always loyal to you!]
[Remark: My boy living the dream!]
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"What are you doing staring into empty space? You drunk?"
Rex turned to look at Elanor with a smile. "I'm not drunk, I'm just marveled at how much I've grown within just a year".
"I wonder how much stronger I'll be in 3 years".
"You know that our growth speed is finally capping right?"
"Yeah…" Rex nodded.
Elanor was correct, after the rapid growth spurt that he enjoyed for a large part of the year, he already noticed that his growth speed was capping.
Not only his natural growth speed, but it was now harder to trigger system missions too. Without a doubt, his path ahead would be tougher and longer.
Despite the challenges that were up ahead though, he believed that he was up to the task. Instead of fearing the challenges, he rather anticipated them.
Rex turned to face Elanor again. "You ready?"
"Yeah".
Rex wore the Affection Necklace, and with that, his war gear was complete. He sheathed Berserker in its scabbard before marching out of the mansion.
On arriving outside the mansion, Rex saw an army of mystic warriors already gathered before him with Aragorn and Ben at their front.
After months of growth, the Berserk Gang already crossed the 5000 mark in terms of number of warriors. At this moment, about 3000 mystic warriors were gathered before him who were all pumped and ready to go to war with him.
Rex took the center-stage. "Today, we kill those who killed us!"
"Today, we avenge our dead brothers!"
"Today, we dine in the blood of our enemies!"
"To war!"
"TO WAR!!!"
With the mighty response, the warriors boarded the military vehicles that were already waiting for them as they drove out of the Berserk Gang compound in large numbers. The Berserk Gang was about to prove a point today.
As the other military vehicles left the compound, Aragorn's Monster Truck also left the compound and went to war.
Today was going to be a long and bloody one.
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