Ascension of the Nephilim

The appearance of Kyros was shocking, to say the least.

A powerful dark energy that they could not understand followed him, and the figure of a strange horned dark being emerged. 

"A pitiful defense." Kyros laughed. He had manipulated the darkness and used the synchronized power of his Dark Core and the Cloak to create the horns and wings. Then, as he emerged, he activated Taunt and used the power of the Charmed Fallen.

The power of Taunt and the charm caused the orcs to fear the being that appeared.

"Blood Calamity! You will die!" The Orc captain roared.

"Blood Calamity? That pitiful queen? I have killed her! How did you think that orc managed to escape? If I had not attacked the Blood Calamity, that orc would have died. Now I grow hungry. Who shall be the food of me, Cracky Batcheeks the Naked Offender?" Kyros laughed. Black tentacle-like vines began to squirm about.

"That was just too forced..." Calaminus sighed.

"Shut up! I'm busy here!"

"Servants of the Eldrich! You may have killed me in my past life, but now... The Blood Calamity, the Okto-Khefali in the Midlands, and the Fallen Scourge will all fall!" Kyros laughed.

Kyros reached out as if to pull something as the black vines moved in front of Kyros. As Kyros touched the black tentacle and pulled it, several long, thin objects resembling arrows appeared.

But suddenly, several dark creatures ran out of side. Two winged humans jumped out and began to fly and zoomed into the sky.

The orcs were stunned at the sudden creatures, but then, the arrows reached some.

FWIP! FWIP! FWIP!

Kyros retrieved the bow and arrows inside the darkness and made it look like Kyros was crafting a magic bow out of his darkness. But when the winged creatures emerged, it drew their attention, and then the swift and silent arrows reached them.

Three orcs died as it struck them in the throat.

"Enemy attack!" The orc shouted.

They gazed at the strange dark creature with tentacles in the middle

"It's him! Shoot him!" The orcs ordered.

The orcs began to shoot arrows, and the mages charged for attacking.

But then the dark-winged creatures flying in the air also began to shoot black arrows from the skies.

"ACK!" A pained cry from one of the orc magi was heard.

"Magic attack! Those winged summonses can also do what their master can! Shoot them down!" An orc cried.

Kyros's figure disappeared as a thick ball of darkness covered him and created what looked like a ball of darkness with sharp fangs and claws. It looked like several thin, strange dark creatures tangled up into a ball.

The ball moved and began to give a strange cry as it went.

FWIP! FWIP! FWIP!

Several arrows shot out once more, and another orc got wounded.

The ball moved so fast and changed its form. It would even break apart and reveal several thin creatures and would merge back again. The attacks of mages would miss because of this.

"We might need to fight with it in close range..." One of the Orc captains reported.

"This is bad. We don't have many means to fight aerial enemies!" The orc cursed. As the town was deep in the middle of Airom Logat, there was no need to assign archers, mages, and other Force users to attack aerial enemies.

The battle continued to rage, and arrows would strike several more soldiers.

Meanwhile, Kyros was hiding in a thick shrub near the area he first appeared.

"Ah... The basic principles of performing magic! You could write a magician's guide with those tricks!" Calaminus praised.

"You made a dramatic entrance and revealed your form, created that scene where it looked like you could create arrows from your darkness to attack. But then you simultaneously released the aerial forms of your familiar, which can now, surprisingly fly thanks to your powers of darkness. Everyone is focused on the flying object, and when they were, you shot the arrows to bring back the attention just in time as your Shadow Ghouls have already taken the place of your dark aura. And during that misdirection of attention, you already escaped back to a small shrub where you can keep on sniping the enemies with arrows as your dark minion's attack. Not to mention you are releasing a weak form of darkness to hide from this shrub. Very smart." 

"It's all to keep them busy. I need to kill as much as I can and find an opening to get behind enemy lines. Hmp! I missed again! Things would have been easier if I was an archer. I have Martha's blood. Shouldn't I have the power to acquire an archer's job?" Kyros frowned.

"Well, in theory, you should. I mean, you are a god. Those job classes were something the Greater Gods bestowed to humans. So you should have the ability to activate them. But maybe you need the Temple to bestow it on you?"

"That doesn't make sense. I didn't need the Temple to bestow the Dark Artificer and the Earth Artificer jobs. The Heretic jobs could be understandable since it's something my bloodline created. But in theory, I should be capable of assuming a job!" Kyros complained.

"True. I wonder why it hasn't surfaced? It would make things easier if you have the job of the archer."

"I really wish I have it..."

[Archer job acquired.]

"..."

"..."

"Why?"

"I don't know why. You did wish for it." Calaminus shrugged.

"Hmm... I wish I have a huge D."

"A what?"

"Dragon. I was hoping this dragon egg would hatch and give me a huge dragon."

"Oh... I thought you wished for something else."

"But this doesn't make sense. It feels like this ability was in me. But if I try to awaken any random job, it won't work."

"Try using it. You might gain some more understanding if you use it."

"Right."

Kyros took aim once more in the dark bush. His eyes watched for the enemies at the distant area and could feel the power of the archer job coursing in through him. The ability that he could see was Martha's skill. Her memories and training were shown, and it created a faint pulse of energy around his blood.

"It's Martha!" Kyros realized the source of the power he was sensing.

Meanwhile, on the north side of Airom Logat, in a region near the last outpost overlooking the mountain...

Martha was with Hunter, Helms, and Hemsey and continued to discuss their plans.

It was then. She felt the strange call of power.

"It's lord Kyros!" Martha could sense his power. She closed her eyes and allowed a bond to begin. She felt a strange power and realized that she could now create dark energy.

"What happened?" Hunter asked.

"Lord Kyros called out to me. He wanted to gain the powers of the archer. It's like he was using the blood in me to help him understand more about archery." Martha explained.

"But somethings strange... I could feel it too." Martha realized that the power of Kyros's blood had more secrets, and she began to summon the power in her blood.

Back in Kyros's location...

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Martha Steele gained Heretic Archer Job!

Martha Steele gained the Dark Arrow ability!

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"Oh, that's why. It's because of the Coven." Calaminus nodded with understanding.

"So the Archer job was something that I managed to learn from Martha. Martha is already on her second archer class. It seems that because of that, I managed to awaken the basic job class."

"That's very helpful. You can cultivate your Path and have these guys try out whatever Classes they want, and you can still level up!"

"Right."

"Lord Kyros!" Martha called out.

"I know Martha. Just enjoy it. Yeah. Give me a sec." Kyros focused once more.

[Swordsman job acquired.]

"I knew it." Kyros smiled.

"Wow. You're the only person to have acquired a job without all those rituals and blessings from gods and stuff. Not to mention the Archer God and the Sword God are two totally different Codes."

"Tell Hunter, Hems, and Hemsey to meditate just like you did," Kyros ordered as he turned his attention back to fighting.

"So this is the Archer class! Although I trained in this, I never used the resource to actually learn the class since I thought I already trained it in my previous life. But now... Even pulling the bowstring seems easier and lighter, and I feel the bow as an extension of my body!" Kyros was amazed.

Kyros then used Force energy to fill his eyes.

"Kyros... What do your elf eye see?"

"Very funny." Kyros ignored Calaminus and shot several arrows.

His speed in shooting arrows was faster. It was as if shooting no longer needed conscious thought, and he could do it without putting an effort.

"I can even tell where the wind blows... Amazing."

"You can what? I'm pretty sure normal archers can't do that." Calaminus shoot his head.

With Kyros's dexterity, he began to shoot all of the remaining arrows in his quiver.

The arrows were more precise, and Kyros imbued each arrow with a small bit of darkness, and as he shot, Kyros could somehow sense the dark energy he released.

[Dark Manipulator max level reached.]

[Dark Controller skill acquired.]

The arrows moved, and with the darkness guiding it, it aimed and struck for the vital organs of the orcs.

"AHH!" The screams of the orcs were heard as Kyros's arrows struck some right in the eye.

"Perfect. Now's my chance." Kyros smiled and began to move out.

The Shadow Ghouls and the flying shadow familiars fought on the other side of the battlefield while Kyros raced towards the gap where the orcs were wounded from his attacks.

"Hm? Kyros?" Calaminus sensed a strange urge.

"I know. I'm getting thirsty. Relax. I won't give in to the darkness. This is probably just me getting excited about a meal." Kyros answered as he brought out the Bloodied Sword.

"You really need to up your Light side, Nephilim." Calaminus shook his head.

"I know." Kyros answered as he flung his sword towards an Orc.

The orc was the first to notice Kyros's approach. As Kyros drew closer, his darkness could no longer fully hide his form. But before he could scream, the sword stabbed him in the mouth.