Chapter 235 - The Heroes' Curse

All the items I had out on started to also glow with golden light before splitting off into energizing the dormant runes with the same golden color. All the dull crystals also began to become filled with energy and also glow with the same light.

[Dormant runes have been activated]

[Runes have the mana of entity -Atlas-]

[Entity -Atlas- now own 3/??? Legendary items from the Martial Sovereign's set]

I did not stay stagnant either after hearing the notifications from Hela. My hands moved at a blurring speed to grab everything on the mannequin, making the constant sound of notifications ring in my ear.

Everything I grabbed quickly turned glowed with runes before shrinking to my size, like the tree other accessories that I had equipped earlier on. They also all bore my mana signature making it that no one could take it as long as I was alive.

[Name: Martial Sovereign's Bracelet

Item: Sensory item

Age: 30 000+

Description: Soul-Energy becomes 500% more efficient. Any attacks using soul energy are 2.5x more powerful. Was created 30 000+ years ago by a legendary blacksmith to an elf and was passed down generations, lots of wars, and much more before reaching the host.

Creator: Unknown

Materials: Cosmic Titanium

Grade: Cosmic S

Durability: 100% 

Enchantments: Mending, Camouflage ]

[Name: Martial Sovereign's Dagger

Item: Sensory item

Age: 30 000+

Description: Increases the speed of whoever is holding it by 3x for 1 minute. Was created 30 000+ years ago by a legendary blacksmith to an elf and was passed down generations, lots of wars, and much more before reaching the host.

Creator: Unknown

Materials: Cosmic Titanium

Grade: Cosmic S

Durability: 100%/ Cooldown: 1 Day

Enchantments: Mending, Camouflage]

[Name: Martial Sovereign's Assassin Cloak

Item: Stealth Inducing Item

Age: 30 000+

Description: Makes someone, no matter their race, able to hide their presence from almost everything. Speed will increase by 50% while the item is equipped (Note: Cannot hide from divine eyes in the astral realm tiers)(Note: Does not work well against those in the Cosmic realm) Was created 30 000+ years ago by a legendary blacksmith to an elf and was passed down generations, lots of wars, and much more before reaching the host.

Creator: Unknown

Materials: Cosmic Titanium

Grade: Cosmic S

Durability: 100% 

Enchantments: Mending, Camouflage, Stealth ]

After finally putting all those on except the cloak since I thought it would look silly without the armor, I finally retreated back a few steps with a much more satisfied look on my face.

"What do you think of this armor Hela?" I asked while constantly jittering 

[You asked me this before, I think? I can't keep count of your questions anymore] I could almost taste the contempt in her voice even though it was technically robotic and emotionless.

"Miss? Are you not going to take the armor?" The warhorse asked me from behind

"I am, why?" I glanced back at her with a weird expression

"There are a few powerful mana and battle aura signatures coming towards us at extremely high speeds. While it may take them long to get through all the passages, they can always just choose to dig right through meaning we have a little under 8 minutes to escape." The warhorse's previous jovial voice was no longer there and was instead replaced by a distressed tone.

Hearing this, I frowned before looking back with a slightly determined expression towards the horse and muttering "I see. So my time has come" before pushing my imaginary glasses up and imagining the lenses glowing.

[You aren't taking this seriously enough]

'I am!' I retorted before continuing 'You're just jealous you can't do cool anime poses'

[Let me assure you, I would be more focused on surviving. Now please take everything in the room with you while equipping that armor. I already calculated the fastest escape route that would allow us to completely avoid them at the same time. The wyvern was clever, so he had dug out a few escapes exists that would allow us to get to the surface without anyone realizing, especially since you have that cloak.]

'Tsk... Party pooper! Come on! Live in the breeze and sway with the wind. Land wherever the sea takes you'

[Are you high?]

'No' I pouted

[THEN STOP ACTING LIKE A FUCKING RETARD AND GET YOUR ASS IN THAT ARMOR!]

'AH! Yes ma'am' My ears were almost bleeding and my brain had become rattled from the volume of Hela's scream.

I dashed towards the armor that stood much taller than me before touching it. After touching it, I watched as runic formations all over the armor began to light up starting from where my palm had landed all the way to the ends of the armor.

The armor gradually began to melt and shrink for some reason before turning into a spherical black blob of what looked like sewage. However, unlike sewage, I felt an immense amount of power and even danger from the armor even though it was not even activated yet.

[If you squeeze it in the palm of your hand, it will wrap around your body and clad you in it. After that, something about 50% of your life expectancy being sacrificed but don't worry about that, it won't work on you]

Even though what I had just heard from Hela seemed a little far-fetched, the fact that she had been completely honest with me about what was about to come up while also being confident that it would not affect me made me want to trust her even more than I already did. 

I quickly squeezed the ball of black metal in my hand, allowing it to wrap around my entire body and giving me the 'Drip', as the youngsters of earth used to say, I needed to before going into some life and death battles. 

I also did not forget to equip the cloak which in reality was just a red cape that could be used for agility and stealth.

[Entity -Atlas- now own 7/7 Legendary items from the Martial Sovereign's set]

[50% of the host's soul flame will be sacrificed due to the -The Heroes Curse-]

[Unable to sacrifice 50% of the host's soul flame due to the title -Transdimensional Migrator-]

[Unable to sacrifice 50% of the host's soul flame due to the title -Prideful-]

[Unable to sacrifice 50% of the host's soul flame due to the host's unique soul flame]

[Unable to sacrifice 50% of the host's soul flame due to the title -Possessor of C("£$os]

[The Curse has been broken and lifted off the armor]

A strong surge of mana, something way beyond my current power shot out of my body, or in particular, out of my body that had been modified to become much stronger due to both the accessories and armor that I had just equipped.