Cursed Immortality

220 First Promotion

Jacob didn't know how to feel as he looked at the notification with a rather dark expression.

'What the point of me using so many ZC on this watch if I can't even use its true functions properly!' He frowned with a regretful look.

He then closed the alliance market and opened the Type-1 Universal Magic Manual. This thing was even more expensive than his Star Watch, as it cost him 250,000 ZC!

According to its introduction, this manual had every basic and rare element detail about magic and magic spells. Lastly and most importantly, the reason why he bought this expensive manual was it had full guidance on Primary Stages, Sensing, Using, and Storing!

However, Jacob was almost cured when he opened the manual and saw the words; they were all in rune language, and he couldn't understand a thing.

"I should've known!" He sneered with an angry look in his eyes as he closed the manual and opened the languages he had bought from the champion shop.

This time, he was determined to learn every freaking language before he opened those other books to save himself trouble later.

As for his surrounding, despite his focus on his star watch, he was completely alert, and his senses were at a terrifying level. Especially his hearing, he could even hear tiny insects crawling from hundreds of meters away, much less if someone wanted to ambush him.

On the contrary, he wanted some beast to ambush him by showing his carelessness and opening. This way, he could save himself the trouble of finding them as well as he would quickly absorb his gains.

That's how he started to learn the Rune Language first, which was quite complex, but he was shocked when he discovered his learning capabilities had increased to a terrifying degree.

He almost had a photographic memory as he could easily remember everything, even if he just glanced momentarily at the text.

Jacob was elated since he knew it should be one of the benefits of his cursed heart, so he learned with even more enthusiasm and a terrifying speed.

There was a total of 33 alphabetic in type-0 rune language and over 300,000 words combination. But Jacob remembered them and their meanings quite fast as he walked slowly within the thick forest.

However, after walking for 10 hours, he didn't get ambushed by anything, and it was already morning. Still, Jacob was full of energy and was still learning the type-0 rune language, which was almost done.

Jacob was quite astonished after he was done with the type-0 rune language. He also discovered that the once foreign words he had seen in the dark ruins were now comprehensible.

Especially the riddle in the second secret room.

'Dignity is nothing before Love! So, that's what it meant by those words, huh? What a strange way to put it. Still, I don't know what to do without knowing the answer to those riddles beforehand.' He smiled wryly.

Still, he was astonished since he could easily understand those words after learning just the type-0 rune language.

Previously, he thought that he would only understand the language in the dark ruins after he learned the type-1 part, but he seemed to have misgiving about the Type-0 and Type-1 ranks.

'Could it be the type-0 rank represent anything under the ranks of Common and Rare while the Type-1 is Extraordinary or even Epic…' Jacob mused with shimmering eyes.

Without wasting more time on mulling, he opened the type-1 part of the rune language. He knew the answer to his question lay within the materials he already had.

Because if this was true, then those type-1 materials were not rare but extraordinary!

Jacob was under the impression that type-1 rank was for rare and only type-2 rank should be for extraordinary, which should be normal since there was a type-0 that easily could be synonym with the common rank.

But if his new conjecture was true, then Type-0 could be equivalent to Common, Rare Ranks, or even Extraordinary. But the chance of Extraordinary being included in the Type-0 Rank was almost null because it would be too unbelievable since then Type-1 be the Epic rank.

This was the Rare Plains, so just the Extraordinary Rank existence was abnormal here, much less the Epic Rank.

In type-1 rune language, there are 66 new words and over 3 million words combination, which is a lot for anyone who wants to learn a new language and does not have a good memory or comprehensive ability.

But for Jacob, it was only slightly challenging but not difficult as he annexed the information like a bottomless abyss.

Unknowingly, Jacob had been walking for four days, and he was already deep in the outer region of the magic beast forest.

At this moment, Jacob was still walking while completely focused on the projection over his wrist, and he was still avoiding any trees in his way without looking.

There was a small map projection at the corner of this projection which had an outline of a selected route, and Jacob had been following this route while continuing his study of type-1 rune language.

However, his focus was broken for a moment before he continued, but his lips moved up slightly under his mask.

He suddenly closed the file in front and opened the alliance app and directly selected the second rank-promotion mission, and selected 'Star Recording!'

The projection on his wrist instantly vanished, and he knew the recording had been started.

This star watch had this 3D recording function, and he knew he didn't need to point it at anything, and it could record anything within a 10-meter radius around him.

The videography technology of this Star Watch was quite advanced, and the photograph technology was the same.

Jacob even mussed that if he had tried to record with his other star watch, that function might not work as well in this application since that watch didn't have the 3D recording function, which could show the entire fight without any loophole.

'What delightful timing, I was just feeling hunger!' Jacob smiled as one of his newly acquired Doom Assassin Short Swords appeared in his right hand.

The moment the dark gray sword appeared in Jacob's hand, a silhouette appeared over Jacob's head, and it was over three meters wide!

Without even looking, Jacob slashed his sword vertically as its terrifying wind whistle sounded and the wind was raised in the vicinity.

The next moment, the huge silhouette split into two and landed into two pieces right in front of Jacob.

His attack was so fast and powerful that even Jacob was surprised when he saw the evenly cleaved beast lying in its blood ahead. Even its bones were cut clean!

It was a purple color Ape with a yellow patch of fur over its chest and head!

"A Rare-Tier-9 Purple Ape?" Jacob identified the beast but then frowned because a purple app didn't have anything remotely yellow on its skin.

Still, he decided to stop the recording and try sending it back and see what happened. Because he was sure that this ape was at least tier-9 rare rank since it was able to sneak on him within a few seconds after he detected its movement five hundred meters away!

Jacob was going to start gutting the beast since he thought it would take a while before he received some kind of reply from the alliance. But he was baffled when his star watch vibrated after ten seconds he sent the video.

"Your Promotion Video Recording has been verified!

"You have killed an Extraordinary-Tier-2 Purple Vile Ape!

"Reward:

"1. Rank Promotion to 2-Star Nightmare Warrior Knight

"2. 100 ZC,

"3. One 2-Star Rare Fighter Skill

"Available Missions has updated!"

'How efficient.' He clicked his tongue and had to admit that the alliance was really worthy of its title as the strongest hegemony among the three.

Jacob then checked his new missions, which were changed according to his rank.

'Zodiac Warrior Alliance ID: Faceless Ancient

'Current Rank: 2-Star Nightmare Warrior Knight (Reserve Zodiac Warrior)

'Next Rank: 3-Star Nightmare Warrior Knight

'Mission'

Jacob clicked on the mission section without hesitation.

'Mission

'Promotion Mission Available: 3

'(NOTE: Complete any one of these missions to promote!)

'1. Sent a Recording of You (Faceless Ancient) Defeating a 3-Star Nightmare Knight (Fighter or Magic) in Nightmare Warrior Arena.

-Reward: Rank Promotion, 100 ZC, A 2-Star Rare Fighter Skill

[Star Recording?]