Chapter 1110: An Essence of Madness



Quest Name: An Essence of Madness

Quest Difficulty: SS

Recommended Level: ???

Recommended Party Size: ???

Objective: The >'s >.

-0/1 Save >.

Reward:

-The > will consider you a mortal enemy. You will be actively hunted by the >'s creations.

-Gain 5,000 fame with >

-Max favor with «Princess of the Fourth Great Clan, Tesselia>>

-X1 >>

-X5 «Fragment of the Philosopher's Stone>>>

-x1 !

[System Alert: Warning! When you destroy > research, a temporary debuff will be applied![

[System Alert: Warning! Destroying research will cause you to be marked and hunted by all monsters in >![] [System Alert: Warning! Destroying «Head Lab Assistant, Zitra The Cruel» research too many times will cause all monsters in «> to become

![]

'If it's like this, it will be better if I defeat Zitra and rescue the test subject before destroying the research. But, will it really be that simple?'

Izroth was not too worried about most debuffs thanks to the increased negative effect recovery rate from his Might of the Primordial Colossus and Might stat. However, he did not know the effects or duration of the debuffs. But, seeing as how it was an SS-ranked quest, Izroth knew that the debuffs could not be looked down upon.

More importantly, the quest was framed in a way that made one want to save destroying the research for last. After all, why go through the extra hassle of everything that was followed by the research's destruction? Unfortunately, the system was never that kind.

Izroth believed that not destroying the research first would undoubtedly bring about some consequences. Still, as long as the debuffs were out of the picture, Izroth was confident in dealing with whatever was thrown his way.

After he received the quest, Izroth spent the next minute looking around and searching the room. He read over the scattered notes on the table and discovered various topics of research that ranged from the potency of certain plants to the effect of poisons on organic life. Izroth also tried reading the tomes housed in the bookcase, but whenever he opened one of them, he was greeted by blank pages and a sinister aura. When he attempted to place one of the tomes into his inventory, Izroth received a message from the system alerting him that the tome could not be stored in subspace. As a result, Izroth decided to store one of the books in his Attire of a Silent Night and give up on the rest for now.

"Now, then-shall I finish this before I'm interrupted?"

The following moment, Izroth removed an arrow from his inventory. The arrow was pitch- black with silver markings running along its shaft. It was roughly 80cm long and the arrowhead had a unique curve on one side that bent inward. This was the Whisper Striding Arrow Izroth obtained from winning a bet during his time in the Ancient Celestial Realm.

Woosh!

Suddenly, Izroth unsheathed his Sword of the Storm as a gust of wind erupted around him.

Bzzzzt! Crrrckle!

'Call of the Thunder God, First State: Heavenly Descent.'

In the blink of an eye, two purple bolts of lightning struck down at Izroth's position as the Sword of the Storm transformed into a longbow made of purple lightning.

Izroth drew the bowstring with the Whisper Striding Arrow set in place to fire.

"Head Lab Assistant, Zitra The Cruel."

Right after Izroth said that name, a terrifying penetrative force encompassed the Whisper

Striding Arrow. At the same time, Izroth released the arrow as the sound of a thunderclap echoed throughout Polkentin's Secret Underwater Base.

The arrow flew forward at a frightening speed, piercing through anything in its path with

ease.

Zeeeut!

Izroth's figure flickered in and out of existence as he activated Flickering Steps and followed

the arrow's path.

'Since my Energy Vision Sense can't peer into the heart of this place, I'll just have to use a more direct method of finding my target.'