Chapter 411: Saint of the Blackest Blade

Fang Raon stepped out of the purple mist and arrived at the 6th floor, right by the Sun Park, a famous place for couples to spend time together.

It was later in the day, so it was quite empty at this very moment.

He walked down Sun Park and, at that moment, found a bench to sit on that was right by the pond.

’I didn’t have time to do it before, but before logging out, I should decide my next path forward.’

Fang Raon thought and then pulled out the interface.

[Choose your class!]

[=LEVEL 6=]

[Black Knight Extremus - Innate Skills: Black Knight’s Physique/Extremus Edge/Knight’s Last Stand]

[Swordsman of Heart - Innate Skills: Heart of the Sword/Intent Severance/Unbroken Heart]

[Saint of the Blackest Blade - Innate Skills: Blackest Blade/Saint’s Sword Domain/Blackened Immortality]

’Indeed, respectable choices for level 6 class. It’s the last level of High Rank, one step away from Divine Rank.

’Black Knight Extremus’ sounds good. Sounds powerful. Black Knight’s Physique sounds like it is an Innate Skill that improves my physique in a way.

’Very tempting.

’Extremus Edge... I don’t know quite what that means, but it might be something to do with sword skills.

’Knight’s Last Stand sounds like once I reach low health, I will get the last boost of power or health to turn the tide of battle.

’Could be very useful.

’Swordsman of Heart is also pretty good. Not sure what Heart of the Sword entails, and not too sure about Intent Severance either.

’Unbroken Heart sounds like my will won’t be broken that easily. Maybe it allows me to resist Tank’s intimidation better.

’Saint of the Blackest Blade sounds insane. Blackest Blade is the first Innate Skill... the same name as my sword.

’I have no idea what it does.

’Saint’s Sword Domain does sound like I Challenge You, but instead of sending an opponent to a different dimension, it allows me to cast a domain where my powers are enhanced.

’Blackened Immortality... Don’t tell me it actually gives me an immortality because that’d be far too broken!’

Fang Raon rubbed his chin, but deep inside his mind, he had already made his decision on what class to choose.

’It has to be this.’

Fang Raon pressed his finger on the accept button.

[You have chosen the "Saint of the Blackest Blade" class!]

[Choose your Innate Skill!]

[=INNATE SKILLS=]

[Blackest Blade - The Saint’s sword possesses an unnatural edge capable of cutting things that should have no physical form—magic, curses, barriers, spiritual connections, and supernatural phenomena]

[Saint’s Sword Domain - A silent domain of absolute darkness surrounds the Saint. Within it, hostile supernatural effects are suppressed, distance becomes difficult to perceive, and the Saint’s Sword can strike from anywhere within the domain]

[Blackened Immortality - As long as the Saint retains the Blackest Blade, fatal wounds cannot immediately end their existence. Their body becomes temporarily anchored to the sword, allowing them to continue fighting despite otherwise lethal injuries]

’Blackest Blade is just Maxima, basically. It can be really, really useful for those who are not aware of the Pillars of Power, but to me, that is worthless.

’Saint’s Sword Domain sounds insane, but if I had to guess, it’s really, really exhausting to use it all the time. Inside that domain, I would be almost a god.

’Blackened Immortality sounds... amazing. As long as I hold onto the Blackest Blade, I will not die easily.

’However, there is also a problem with that.

’From what I could tell, Innate Skills do get transferred to the real body, so when I am making these decisions, I also have to think about my real-life self.

’In real life, I do not have Blackest Blade!’

Fang Raon thought about it.

It was honestly hard decision between the Saint’s Sword Domain and Blackened Immortality—one of the hardest decisions so far.

’...The world is changing, and strength is a must, now more than ever. Sword’s Saint Domain could be useful... but in the end, to get stronger in real life, I need to get stronger in Black Online.

’And Blackened Immortality will make sure that I will stay alive.’

Fang Raon made his decision and pressed on the "Blackened Immortality" as his final and ultimate choice!

[You have received 100 stat points! Please allocate them wisely!]

[Stamina: 165 → 181]

[Attack: 169 → 189]

[Defense: 109 → 130]

[Speed: 136 → 144]

[Vitality: 100 → 120]

[Mana: 70 → 85]

Fang Raon then pressed "accept," and his body glowed as the stat points were distributed throughout his body.

It felt like he had become a new man.

***

[Name: Fang Raon]

[Class: Saint of the Blackest Blade]

[Legacy: Fang Raon’s Legacy]

[Level: 6]

[Next Level: 0%]

[Coins: 2,993,221]

[Health: 1250/1250]

[Stamina: 181]

[Attack: 189 + 2]

[Defense: 130 + 5]

[Speed: 144]

[Vitality: 120 + 5]

[Mana: 85]

***

"That’s good."

Fang Raon smiled.

Then, his finger hovered in front of the [Log Out] button, and he was about to press it, but out of nowhere, his hand froze.

It refused to move!

’What is this?’

Fang Raon’s eyes widened in a shock.

"Don’t be in such a haste, young man."

A voice came next to him—Fang Raon was barely able to turn his eyes to the source of the voice—he couldn’t move his neck.

He could only see the silhouette of a tall figure standing next to him—his hands clutching the eagle-headed cane tightly.

He had a top hat, a long overcoat, and a face that kept changing—at one moment, he was young and beautiful; next, old and bitter-looking.

It was like he was constantly growing younger and then older, like he was a person that lived outside of time.

"I’ll make that system interface disappear for you."

The man waved his hand, and Fang Raon’s interface window disappeared!

’What the hell is this?’

Fang Raon looked shocked.

Everyone knew that nobody except yourself could touch your system interface—yet this man was able to somehow!

In that moment.

Fang Raon was able to move again, and he immediately jumped to his feet and pulled out the Blackest Blade.

[Blackened Immortality activated!]

"Who are you?"

He pointed the sword at the man.

It was impossible to recognize the man because his face kept changing all the time—sometimes even having a beard, other times appearing as a child.

Only his height did not change.

"You know who I am, Experiment No. 001."

The man lifted his head and looked straight into Fang Raon’s eyes that were shaking with understanding.

"You are not Shiryuu... I am certain of that thing. Your voice is very different. I think I know who you are...

"Kuroganehara Izan."

Fang Raon said with a serious look on his face.

The man with the top hat smiled, took off his top hat, and then pressed it against his chest and bowed.

"It is an honor to finally meet you in person."

Kuroganehara Izan was basically God in Black Online—it started to make sense why he was able to touch his system interface.

"There have already been reports of people with superhuman strength appearing all around the globe. There is a video making rounds around the internet where a kid, around your age, lifted a car with one hand as if it was nothing.

"It is just a matter of time before the news breaks out worldwide."

Kuroganehara Izan said.

"Yeah... You caused quite a stir in the world. Does the government know yet?"

Fang Raon asked.

"They do. And they know that I’ve escaped to the Necro Region. I am now the enemy of the world, according to them, haha."

Izan said with a chuckle.

"Why did you do this...?"

Fang Raon asked.

"Humanity needs to keep evolving. This is just a new step in that evolution. Also, do you really think that this is it?"

Izan asked.

"What do you mean?"

"You think that I did all of this just for humans to become a little bit stronger and faster? Oh please, there is so much more to come."

Izan said with a grin.

"What..."

Fang Raon was about to ask, "What do you mean by that?" but then his mouth suddenly closed, unable to form the words.

Izan disappeared from the bench. He appeared next to him. Then he touched his shoulder with his pale hand.

"You will see soon. I’d suggest you reach the 100th floor as soon as possible. It is the only way to save humanity."

Izan smiled, and then he opened Fang Raon’s system interface right in front of him, and he grabbed Raon’s hand and guided it towards the [Log Out] button.

"You wanted to log out, right? Let me give you a hand."

Fang Raon’s finger, guided by Izan, touched the [Log Out] button, and at that moment, he started vanishing from the world.

’What is he planning to do?’

Fang Raon asked by himself as he looked at Izan’s face, but he had a feeling that he had underestimated Izan.

The release of Virtual Reality Pod X was just a first act. It was nothing compared to what was to come next.

And he had a feeling that it was going to change everything.