Path of the Extra Chapter 395: Becoming a Main Character
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[QUEST TYPE] → Main Objective
▸ Title: Becoming a Main Character [1]
▸ Description: Your name must now hold prestige among royals and nobles. Forge your legacy, Apostle of Life.
▸ Objective(s):
– Create an ally—or become genuine friends—with one or more royals of the Great Clans.
– Create an ally—or become genuine friends—with one or more nobles of the Lesser Clans.
– Become friends with Princess Jasmine Crimson, or grow as close to her as possible.
– Become influential enough that nobles and royals take you seriously and show you respect.
– Have either Master Ranni or Master Margaret view you favorably, or respect you.
– Have Princess Jasmine Crimson view you favorably, or respect you.
– Have Princess Celestina Frost view you favorably, or respect you.
– Have Prince Caleus Nebula view you favorably, or respect you.
– Have Prince Lioren Dusk view you favorably, or respect you.
– Have Princess Veronica Nebula view you favorably, or respect you.
– Have Prince Vioren Dusk view you favorably, or respect you.
– Have Prince Hioren Dusk view you favorably, or respect you.
– Have members of the Ten Heavenly Churches view you favorably, or respect you.
– Have the Saintess Liliane of the Ten Heavenly Churches view you favorably, or respect you.
– Under no circumstances allow the Heavenly Knight Jegudiel to see you as an enemy.
– Under no circumstances have Prince Caleus Nebula see you as an enemy.
– Under no circumstances have Princess Celestina Frost see you as an enemy.
▸ Time limit: 17 hours left
▸ Reward(s):
– +2 working Health Potions
– +2 working Mana Potions
– Voucher for Level 2 Skills
– Voucher for Level 2 Combat Arts
– Voucher for Level 2 Soul Armors
– Voucher for a Greater Affinity
▸ Voucher Note: Vouchers can be redeemed at the System Shop for complimentary items. The quantity you claim relies on the vouchers each item demands.
– +100,000 SP
– Bigger Storage Ring
– The cost of upgrading the System Shop will decrease by 100% permanently.
▸ Penalty for Failure:
– Temporary System shutdown.
▸ Time limit: 2 weeks
– The cost of upgrading the System Shop will increase by 100% permanently.
– -100,000 SP
[QUEST TYPE] → Main Objective
▸ Title: Ruthless Royals
▸ Description: In this strange world overflowing with endless prospects, even the elite seize every chance. What dark intentions hide behind Prince Lioren Dusk and Prince Caleus Nebula?
▸ Objective(s):
– Confront Prince Lioren Dusk and stop his plan.
– Prevent Prince Caleus Nebula from killing any more innocents.
▸ Time limit: 17 hours left
▸ Reward(s):
– +2 working Health Potions
– +2 working Mana Potions
– Voucher for Level 1 Skills
– Voucher for Level 1 Soul Weapons
▸ Voucher Note: Vouchers can be redeemed in the System Shop for items free of charge. The number of items you can claim depends on how many vouchers the item requires.
– +50,000 SP
▸ Penalty for Failure:
– Temporary lock on the use of your skills.
▸ Time limit: 1 week
– Temporary lock on the use of your Storage Ring.
▸ Time limit: 1 week
– Temporary lock on Achievement rewards.
▸ Time limit: 1 week
– -50,000 SP
From a window within the count’s estate, Yelena pointed with thrill. “Look, Lumine—they’re starting another round of fireworks!”
“Yeah,” Lumine responded, flashing a faint smile he failed to hold for long.
Tonight, both donned the customary robes sported by everyone. Gold adorned Lumine’s, green graced Yelena’s.
In it, she struck Lumine as utterly adorable—yet breathtakingly beautiful.
He longed to praise her, but the sheer embarrassment held him back. Since confessing his emotions to himself, sustaining eye contact grew tougher, leaving him rattled by the tiniest details.
Fortunately, his turmoil escaped her notice.
Yet despite their attire, why hadn’t they ventured outside the estate?
Neither possessed the spirit to join the festivities. Yelena’s room provided a serene, cozy refuge instead.
It stung, but no choice remained.
That dinner’s horror...
The savage sight of Caleus’s hand bursting that man’s head haunted Lumine and Yelena endlessly, replaying without mercy. Their festival enthusiasm had utterly evaporated.
Thankfully, fireworks sparked a bit of recovery.
Yelena far more than Lumine.
Prior to the dinner—before Caleus slaughtered that man—death had crossed Lumine’s path only once, right before his eyes.
...But no prior demise matched this one’s ferocity. Its savagery. Its utter senselessness.
The mere thought of the gore—the brain fragments spraying—threatened to choke him anew, yet he held his face neutral and body rigid. Yelena was rediscovering sparks of delight, and he wouldn’t shatter them—least of all after the ordeals she’d suffered through him.
Lumine yearned to relish the fireworks with her same fervor.
Yet he kept the main quests secret from her—the ones that popped up in his vision seven hours earlier, quests impossible to refuse.
They crowded his thoughts.
A heavy burden indeed.
On top of the terror from witnessing Caleus's brutal killing just to set an example, the system now pushed Lumine to become a figure the Great Clans would truly respect.
…He wondered if he could shoulder such pressure.
But options were scarce.
The system offered none.
And with its rising intensity, things looked set to worsen. Failure on these quests meant death, thanks to the crippling penalties.
…Indeed. He simply needed to win over the world's most powerful figures—those ruling it now or destined to—without forging foes.
Particularly not among the two heirs he must oppose.
Certain objectives struck him as odd, however.
Apparently, Lioren turning hostile was acceptable, but not Caleus?
In Lumine's eyes, Caleus stood as the craziest—the most repulsive after his actions. Still, Lioren chilled him more. Words failed to capture it, but that prince...
He resembled something inhuman.
Like a creature cloaked in flesh—triggering deep primal dread.
Then came the directive on Celestina.
Why stress avoiding enmity with her above all?
Lumine had no plans to. He even sensed her favor already. But why single out Celestina? Caleus's threat was clear—he could strike fatally. Celestina seemed different.
And regarding power, volatility, raw lunacy... thankfully, she lagged behind the leaders.
Quite peculiar.
The Heavenly Knight Jegudiel followed suit. Lumine knew little, just his role as the Saintess’s devoted guardian.
Danger lurked everywhere.
Yet the task that unnerved Lumine most was Jasmine's—befriending her or drawing nearer.
He couldn't pinpoint why, but the mere idea sent shivers through him.
The window stood ajar. Fireworks boomed on outside, painting the night sky in vivid bursts.
Yes. Strange and perilous both.
Thoughts of Jasmine inevitably led to Azriel.
Curiously, every royal earned a mention—except Azriel.
Why command respect from Vioren, Hioren, Veronica, but skip Azriel? If anyone besides the heirs deserved alliance, friendship, true regard...
Azriel topped that list.
…Lumine already fumed over missing dinner chances to talk, much less challenge him on key matters.
This omission only stoked his suspicions.
Why?
Did the system overlook Azriel...?
Why act as if he vanished?
A cold dread gripped Lumine’s heart.
Opportunity loomed close.
Yet only seventeen hours remained for these impossible feats.
And right on schedule, the fireworks dimmed at last.
The spectacle ended. A fresh drama now unfolded.
