Ch.219Chapter 219: Age of Chaos (3)

Academy Dormitory, Valt’s room. After agonizing over the weight of the continental catastrophe and his own limitations, Valt finally steeled his resolve. Setting aside his past aversion and pride, solely to gain power to face the impending disaster… he decided to unseal the System.

‘System window… open.’

As he commanded in his mind, a transparent blue system window gently appeared before his eyes. Amidst the academy’s emergency situation, and in the shadow of a continent plunged into chaos, the system window containing Valt’s personal journey quietly glowed.

The window displayed Valt’s current information.

【Name: Valt Gerungtu】

Race: Gerungtu

Affiliation: Gerungtu Alliance, Halkin Empire Academy

Stats: Strength 470, Agility 200, Intelligence 50, Spirit 87, Will 200, Mana 70

Remaining Stat Points: 0

Skills: Smash, Battle Cry, Throw, Physical Magic, Spirit Magic, Blood Magic, Aura-Mana Fusion

Traits: Barbarian, Mixed Blood, Impressive Barbarian Attitude, Do No Harm, Magic Nonetheless, Friend of Powerful Spirits, Soul Contractor, Master of Strength.】

Valt examined the familiar yet strange information displayed before him.

But he noticed something odd.

‘The level is gone?’

He didn’t know why.

Perhaps levels no longer held any meaning.

There were no remaining stat points since he had used them all during the Death Knight battle.

‘Quite a lot has accumulated. Were there that many completed quests?’

A ‘Completed Quests’ list notification appeared on the system window.

Valt checked the list.

Academy Enrollment, Eastern Orc Final Battle, Vampire Migration, Duron Kingdom Mission Completion… numerous quests both large and small that had accompanied his journey were marked as ‘Completed’.

Below them, a ‘Claim Rewards’ button was glowing.

‘No need to hesitate, I suppose.’

Valt calmly pressed the ‘Claim All’ button.

It was the moment when the system’s evaluation of his past efforts would pour forth.

Ding!

Ding-ding!

Along with the system notifications, unimaginable rewards began processing.

【Quest ‘Eastern Orc Final Battle’ reward acquisition complete! Massive experience points, stat points, traits, and skills acquired!】

【Quest ‘Duron Kingdom Magical Tool Parts Recovery’ reward acquisition complete! Massive stat points, traits, skills, and karma points acquired!

Quest ‘Swift Delivery’ reward acquisition complete! Massive stat points, traits, skills, and karma points acquired!】

…

The notifications continued endlessly. His level increased explosively, but the level field in the system window still showed nothing.

【Available Free Stat Points: 355】

An unimaginable number of stat points had been added.

‘With this much…’

Valt felt inwardly excited.

He intended to invest these 355 points into intelligence and mana.

It would clearly help him overcome the 5th Circle barrier.

【Additional Traits: Opponent of Magic, Nemesis of the Dead, Orc Slayer.】

Traits were added from his time in the east.

A trait for countering magical energy, a trait for easily dealing with undead, and a trait for countless orc kills.

Valt gave a somewhat bitter smile.

【Karma Points: 100,000】

His karma points had accumulated in tremendous amounts, proportional to his past good deeds.

And next to it, the words “Available for Use” were glowing.

【Karma Shop: Accessible】

‘I’ve been wondering what this is. Better check it out.’

The karma points, whose application he hadn’t known, were finally activated. Valt’s past good deeds were now ready to be converted into tangible power.

The system window displayed one final, most important notification.

【Main Quest: Introduce Magic to Gerungtia】

Status: Completed

Reward: Completion reward acquired

‘The main quest is completed?’

The main quest to spread magic to the Gerungtu.

Kwan’s order had been completed.

Below the quest description, a summary of Valt’s journey to complete this quest passed by once more.

Successful vampire migration, blood magic transmission through contracts with them, contribution to magical city development through cooperation with the Lamrpo Company.

The system finally acknowledged that his efforts and contributions had ‘completed’ this main quest.

With the quest completion, the system displayed a notification about the release of the quest’s ‘special condition’ effect.

【Special Condition Release Notification: Due to the completion of the main quest ‘Introduce Magic to Gerungtia’, the ‘special condition’ effect of this quest has been released.】

【Trait ‘Do No Harm’ Released】

Description: That intimidating physique was just for show!

Effect: Unable to directly inflict damage on living beings using your body.

Status: Released

“!!!!”

The trait that had constrained Valt all this time.

‘Do No Harm.’

Valt felt a subtle magical release effect in his body.

The most fundamental and frustrating restriction given to him in the past, ‘Do No Harm’.

That restriction, which had made it impossible to directly strike living beings with his physical body, was finally completely lifted.

This alone was an enormous increase in combat power.

Valt felt confidence growing for his confrontation with the Dark Society.

It meant that his fists, his kicks, his physical body itself was no longer just ‘decoration,’ but had become a weapon capable of directly destroying and harming opponents.

‘How foolish, I should have checked earlier.’

A faint smile appeared on Valt’s face.

The thought of not wanting to use the system now seemed foolish.

Valt briefly turned his gaze to the real world. Outside the academy, the shadow of chaos still loomed. But now, that shadow didn’t feel as overwhelming as before.

With this power given to him…

He closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

The past aversion he felt about being manipulated by the system in the great flow of ‘fate’.

But now, facing this catastrophe, that aversion was merely a luxury.

If the system had given him such power… if it wanted to entrust him with a mission… if that was his ‘fate’…

‘Yes. I’ll accept it. If it’s about smashing things… with this power… I’ll smash everything.’

Valt resolved to willingly accept his fate.

If the system had given him power and wanted to entrust him with a mission… he would use that power to stop this catastrophe.

As his determination solidified, a new main quest notification appeared on the system window.

【Main Quest: Protect the World.】

Description: The Dark Society’s massive conspiracy has begun! This mysterious organization has been laying extensive groundwork to either dominate or destroy the continent for a long time.

No one knows what the Dark Society’s true purpose is.

Now you have become the guardian of the continent.

You must stop the Dark Society’s conspiracy and protect the continent. Otherwise, something very, very bad will happen to the continent.

Reward: Success – ???

Failure – Something very, very, VERY bad.

Valt’s eyes wavered as he saw the new main quest window.

‘Protect the World.’ A simple but clear objective. The success reward was unknown, but the consequence of failure was written as “something very, very bad,” though by his estimation, it meant ‘the destruction of the continent’.

It was a mission he could neither refuse nor avoid.

Valt selected the [Accept] button.

【Main Quest: Protect the World.】

Status: In Progress

After accepting the new main quest [Protect the World], Valt took a moment to catch his breath while keeping the system window open.

Massive stat points, released restrictions.

The potential power in his hands was beyond imagination.

But he hadn’t yet properly examined all these rewards. He looked at the system window before him again.

What caught his eye now was the ‘Karma Points’ section.

【Karma Points: 100,000】

Next to it, the phrase [Karma Shop: Accessible] was glowing.

An unknown realm that he either didn’t know existed in the past, or knew existed but couldn’t access due to insufficient points.

The realization that ‘Good Karma Points’ had accumulated and become available for use finally sank in.

Not just simple points, but rewards the system had given for his ‘good choices’. And a special function accessible through those rewards.

With curiosity and anticipation, Valt selected the ‘Karma Shop’ option.

The system window’s display changed.

What appeared was a space with a mysterious atmosphere, different from a typical shop interface.

There, unique and powerful items unlike ordinary skill books or items were listed.

‘Sword of Destiny’, ‘Gauntlets of the Volcano’, ‘Blessing of the Star Goddess’, ‘Superior Curse Removal’… The descriptions for each item were brief, but just their names suggested they were far from ordinary.

Items purchasable with 100,000 karma points were separated from those requiring more points.

Valt examined the list carefully.

Amazing abilities, items that transcended common sense.

To think such power could be obtained with karma points.

Abilities that could decisively help him fulfill his mission to protect the world caught his eye.

‘To think I can buy such things with this many karma points…’ With admiration, he continued scrolling down the list.

Then, at the very bottom of the karma shop list, or in a special category…

Valt’s eyes stopped.

Something that appeared in the list. It was something that might be the most helpful to Valt right now.

His usually calm expression broke as his eyes widened.

‘T-This… could it be…?’

Valt’s hand moved to check the description of that item.