MMORPG : Ancient WORLD

“Domain Ruler, The Watcher gave you the location of Archaic Ring?” Lady Margaret asked in a shocked tone.

After hearing Alex’s shocking statement, both of his shadow guardians were in shock for a few seconds, but they didn’t doubt it because the only stranger any NPC could blindly trust was AI Zero.

“The Archaic Ring is in possession of the Demon Prince Named [Rongradin], and he is just a peak fifth Rank warrior—-,” Alex stopped mid-sentence as his vision turned black, and he heard no sound even when he could clearly sense he was able to speak.

“What is going on?” Alex tried to shout out loud, but he heard no sound.

[System Notification]

[Player Hidden One can’t disclose the information related to Archaic Ring because it will break the first restriction placed on you.]

[First Restriction]

[?①- Player Hidden One can’t use his authority as the Ruler of the Malefis Domain to attack any organization run by the Players or NPCs. [Time – Five Years]

‘I didn’t expect this to count as breaking the restriction.’ Alex thought after reading the system notification.

After thinking for a second about the consequences of his action, Alex came to a logical conclusion that made sense to him.

‘This sounds logical because after knowing how to acquire the Archaic Ring, all big shots of Malefis Domain will do everything in their power to acquire it,’

‘This will result in many deaths as they will be targeting a demon prince, which will be considered attacking the demon royal family, and I will be directly responsible for it.’ Alex thought.

‘This means I can’t take help from the Malefis Domain?’ Alex questioned as his eyesight returned to normal.

‘I can’t ask them to kill the demon prince, but what if I, the demon prince, try to kill me and, in return, get killed by my shadow guardians because this shouldn’t be considered as me breaking the first restriction.’ Alex thought, thinking of a solution.

‘I need to test this theory on some weak opponent before trying it on anyone strong.’ Alex thought.

“Domain Ruler, I just heard you say [The Archaic Ring is in the possession ———-] and I know you said something else, but I heard no sound.”

“I wasn’t even able to guess by lip reading because your face became blurry to me as the space in front of it distorted.” Lady Margaret said in a serious tone.

“It looks like I can’t reveal the information to you because Watcher won’t allow it because of my agreement with him,” Alex said with a wary smile, knowing things just became very difficult for him.

“If Watcher is responsible, then this strange phenomenon makes sense,” Darrien said, looking less alert than before, and didn’t ask anything about the Alex watcher agreement.

‘I can’t give them the direct information, but can I give them clues?’ Alex thought, and without delay, he tried it.

“Demon Continent,” Alex shouted out loud, and as he hoped, nothing happened, making his voice boom in the closed room.

pàпdá-ň?νêι.сóМ “The Archaic Ring is on the Demon Continent? so does it have any connection with the Demon King?” Darrien asked in a serious tone.

‘Seriously, Zero?’ Alex thought, looking at the system notification.

[Player hidden One is prohibited from revealing any clues that have a chance of breaking the restriction.]

“I can’t confirm or deny it because of the Watcher,” Alex said, knowing there would be consequences if he tried to act slick with Zero.

“If it is a yes, and the ring is in some way related to the Demon king, then it is the worst possible scenario, but even if it is not, then getting it from the demon continent will be very problematic,” Darrien said in a grim tone with a troubled look.

“Domain Ruler, Let’s continue this discussion after we return to the Malefis Domain,” Darrien said.

‘I wanted to know more about the Demons and Demon continent, but it looks like I have to wait.’ Alex thought.

“Elder Darrien, you want to return to the Malefis Domain after the continental teleportation skill is off cooldown?” Alex asked.

“Domain Ruler, you should reach peak Third Rank minimum and increase your Ruler Authority by at least one Rank before we even consider the matters related to the demon continent.”

“This should also give you enough time to unlock the selective Refinement skill of the incomplete artifact, test its potential, and see if it could cure the Devourer curse,” Darrien said and vanished from his place, and after giving him a smile, Lady Margaret also became invisible.

‘I never plan to visit the demon continent while just being a mortal, as I still don’t know if my plan will work or if Zero will stop it.’ Alex thought as he opened the system window of the bracelet.

‘Let’s start by unlocking the third skill.’ Alex thought as he clicked on sealed skill and used 10K points to unlock it.

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[Energy points (10K/10K)] [Completed]

[Ancient RED GEM Third Seal] [Unlocked]

[Skill (Philosefer Library)] [Unlocked]

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‘I expected this broken skill to unlock at fifth Rank.’ Alex thought, shocked by the skill name.

Alex quickly clicked on the skill to check its details to see if it was the same skill he had read about in the Beastmen records.

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Name: Philosopher Library

Grade: UnRanked

Effect: Allow the user to gain new knowledge or improve existing knowledge by using the Philosopher’s points.

Grade Zero: Locked (0/100K) Hundred thousand energy points are required to unlock Grade Zero of the Philosopher Library.

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Description: An Skill created by the [Thinker], The most knowledgeable and wise Ancient Titan to live in the Ancient world, which allows the user to access the personal library of the Thinker.

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Important Note: [One Philosopher point could be gained after spending Ten Energy points, or a certain number of points could be gained by discovering new knowledge that is not present in the Philosopher Library]

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[The Player needs to use the Appraisal skill on any living or non-living materials to check if their information is recorded in the Philosopher Library.]

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‘This is the real deal.’ Alex thought extremely happy with the new skill. .𝘯𝘵

Alex had read about this skill in the Beastmen’s records, and even though there wasn’t a lot of information, what was available was more than enough to convince Alex of its extreme value.

The skill allowed Alex to buy new or upgrade the existing knowledge, which included everything that could be considered as knowledge, including the understanding of world laws, but there were two limitations the unlocked Grade of the Philosopher Library and the price.

Alex could buy the law understanding required to reach the peak seventh Rank if he had enough Philosopher points, and the Seventh Grade of the Philosopher Library was unlocked.

‘In theory, the Philosopher library should have a cure for the Devourer Curse, but I am pretty confident that the ingredients will be either extinct or extremely rare.’ Alex thought, remembering the experience of the Beastmen with the skill.

The Philosopher library was great as one could buy almost any kind of knowledge, which was outstanding in the case of acquiring ancient skills or unique techniques.

But sometimes, the ancient knowledge of Forging, potion concoctions or fighting techniques, or potion or forging recipes could be useless as it was impossible to use them because not being able to fulfill their requirements.

“Let’s unlock the fourth skill, and hopefully, it is the refinement skill.” Alex thought as he clicked on sealed skill and used 100K points to unlock it.

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[Energy points (100K/100K)] [Completed]

[Ancient RED GEM Fourth Seal] [Unlocked]

[Skill (Refinement)] [Unlocked]

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‘Let’s check the skill.’ Alex thought with a happy smile as he opened the skill details.

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Name: Refinement

Grade: Mortal Rank

Effect: Allow the user to refine anything.

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Unlocked Abilities:

Minor Refinement: The user can refine living and non-living things from minor impurities and slightly improve their quality. [Could be Upgraded](Cooldown 10 Minutes) [Mana usage will depend on the quantity and quality of the selected item.]

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Sub Ability:

①: Non-Living Material Refinement.

??-Metal Refinement: Locked [0/10_Million] Ten Million energy points are required to permanently unlock the Metal Refinement skill.

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Description: An ancient refinement skill of unparalleled potential created by the wise Thinker.

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“What the Fuck?” Alex said out loud, seeing the ridiculous requirement of energy points just to unlock the first sub ability.

‘I spent around half a million gold coins to get these materials that gave me 472K energy points, meaning I will need around 10 million gold coins worth of material to unlock just one sub ability.’ Alex thought with a blank look.

‘At least the sub ability will get permanently unlocked.’ Alex thought about the only good thing about the skill.

‘I didn’t plan to ask the Varon to give me materials until I can’t afford them, but it looks like I will need to ask him to help me.’ Alex thought, not planning to waste all the hard-earned money when he planned to spend it on other important things.

‘The best way to quickly gain points will be by using higher Rank materials, and to use them, I need to reach a higher Rank, so let’s postpone the skill unlocking until I reach the third Rank.’ Alex thought, closing the system window.