Epoch: A Berserker's Rise

Adam took his sword out of the Troll's body and took out a health potion before splashing it on his nose. A part of his HP was recovered and his nose was repaired.

He then looked at the rest of the team and said "Everyone is okay?"

They looked around themselves, checking everyone was okay, before bursting out in laughter. The group gathered next to the Dwarven Brothers and as Louisa healed them and Adam, they were finally able to breath.

After a moment of silence Eddy sighed and said "That was… intense. Honestly, I'm surprised we are all alive. Hell, I thought we would all die!"

Next to him Jude haughtily snorted and said "With master here, there was no chance for those monsters to win!"

The group looked at her speechless, she sure was good at licking boots! Still, they couldn't deny that without Adam, they would have died countless times over.

Eddy suddenly bowed toward Adam and said "Adam, you have done so much for us…" Before he could finish Adam said "Don't be like that, I had fun during this little adventure. If you want to thank me, then let me take their loot."

Eddy immediately nodded, and said "That's the least we can do." He looked at the others and they all nodded back, they shared the same opinion.

But Adam then said "What about that thing you came here for? That should help you with your graduation. Don't tell me it was the journey?"

Eddy laughed and replied "Of course no! Although we don't know what exactly we are supposed to get, we know it is an actual item that will help for the promotion test."

Adam shrugged and said "I'll check the bodies, I will tell you if I find anything that could be what you are looking for."

Eddy nodded and Adam strode toward the corpses, nearly unable to hide his excitement. While he had been fighting he had already seen that good loot had dropped from the two bosses, loot he knew he would put to good use.

He first headed toward the Troll, as he knew the armor clad monster would give him the best loot.

Adam approached the dead boss and looked at the loot around the corpse. There were multiple kinds of items, with different glows that meant they were of different ranks.

According to the colors he was seeing, there were items ranging from Common to Rare rank, the Common items shining in White, the Uncommon in Grey and the Rare in Green.

The Common items were five different kinds of materials, which Adam pocketed directly as they didn't have much value. For the Uncommon, there were three pieces of equipment, as well as a Troll's Toe, a material for alchemy.

The final two items were both Rare Rank, and were respectively a Hammer and a Helmet. Adam easily recognized them as the weapon the boss used as well as its own armor. Adam immediately checked their attributes.

[Smash Sorrow] (Rare, Level 20)

Requirements: Level 20, Berserker, 70 Strength, 50 Endurance

Attack: +350

Strength: +60

Endurance: +60

Concussive Smash: Launches an attack that ignores 30% of the enemy's defense. Cooldown: 10 Minutes.

[Massacre Helmet (Replica)] (Rare, Level 20, Set)

Requirements: Level 20, Berserker, 60 Endurance, 40 Strength

Defense: +100

HP: +1000

Strength: +60

Endurance: +60

Massacre I (1/5 set effect): Heal 20% of your HP instantly, three charges every two hour.

Massacre II (3/5 set effect): All attributes +50.

Massacre III (5/5 set effect): Use the sorrow and pain of your enemies as your energy. +30% to all stats for 10 seconds. Activation Requirement: Kill 1000 enemies for one activation, non stackable.

The hammer was interesting on its own, it was quite powerful, unfortunately Adam didn't use a Hammer, so he would never get to fight with it. Instead he would have to sell it.

For the Helmet though, this was exactly what he was searching for. Although it needed him to be level 20, once he does hit that level he will become able to equip it. What was even more astonishing though was the fact it was a set equipment.

The set effects were really good, especially the last one. Although it was only a boost that would last 10 seconds and would need him to kill 1000 enemies to activate it again, becoming 50% stronger for 10 seconds was more than enough to win most fights.

It was also quite interesting as this was the first Berserk skill he acquired, despite them being his class' core skill. This was exactly what a Berserker was, a warrior who unleashes their strength for a short period of time.

But this one was even more interesting because it didn't even have a weakening effect. Most berserk skills in games would dig into the user's strength and thus weaken the user after the boost is over, but because this skill was using the energy from slain enemies his body didn't weaken in the slightest.

Two question weighed on his mind though. The first was, since this was a replica, did this mean there existed a better armor out there? What rank would it be then?

But more importantly, where was he supposed to find the other parts of the set?

Unfortunately he couldn't answer either questions, so he put the items in his inventory and beheaded the Troll, taking its head in his inventory too. He still had to deliver their heads to the guild after all.

He then headed for the corpse of the High Shaman, less hyped than before. There was bound to be good loot, but this was a mage, there wouldn't be much for him.

Much to Adam's surprise though, he was wrong. The Common and Uncommon items weren't anything particularly good, the pieces of equipment would go for sell, and the materials would either go to King Slayer or the auction too.

However, there were three interesting items on this corpse. The first was a key to open something in this room, although he didn't know what. But more importantly, the other two were two Rare Equipements, a pair of daggers and a ring.

[Star Glitter (Left)] (Rare, Level 20)

Requirements: Level 20, Assassin, 50 Strength, 50 Agility

Attack: +150

Strength: +60

Blind: Brightens up the weapon to become blindingly bright for anyone looking at it. Looking at the dagger provokes a 3 second blind status.

[Star Glitter (Right)] (Rare, Level 20)

Requirements: Level 20, Assassin, 50 Strength, 50 Agility

Attack: +150

Agility: +100

Heat up: Heats up your weapon to deal 100% additional fire damage for one attack. Cooldown: 30 seconds.

[Massacre Ring (Replica)] (Rare, Level 20, Set)

Strength: +120

Massacre I (1/5 set effect): Heal 20% of your HP instantly, three charges every two hour.

Massacre II (3/5 set effect): All attributes +50.

Massacre III (5/5 set effect): Use the sorrow and pain of your enemies as your energy. +50% to all stats, HP +2000 for 10 seconds. Activation Requirement: Kill 1000 enemies for one activation, non stackable.

The mage's loot was even better than the Troll's! The two daggers were really good, absurdly so, and would provide an incredible power up to any assassin who would equip it.

And the ring, it would provide an instantaneous power up to Adam, and a really big one. He wouldn't even have to take off one of his current pieces of equipment as he still had an empty slot for a ring.

He immediately put the ring on and the sent pictures of the two daggers to King Slayer, asking if he was interested. The reply came almost instantly, and it was quite a surprising one as he replied in the negative, saying he didn't need them.

Adam shrugged and stored the daggers in his inventory, and looked at his status, he already knew his Strength attribute would be incredible, but he still wanted to see it. Upon seeing it, first a wide smile plastered his face before he froze, and almost faceslapped.

His Strength was at 380, and that was without the enhancement of the Godslayer's Heart. However, further down in the status he saw something that made him flinch, and that was his unused AP. He had 20 of them, that means he had 15 of them during the Boss fight, and he had forgotten to put them in…

Although it probably wouldn't have made much of a difference, it most certainly would have helped. He used them on the spot, adding 6 to both Agility and Endurance, and the remaining 8 to Strength.

With everything set, his new status looked monstrous, Adam was ready to bet he was the player with the best Strength in the whole game right now.

Name: Valiant Heart

Level: 16 (0/100 000 XP)

Title: Monster Slayer

Race: Northman

Class: Berserker

Rank: Iron

HP: 2450/2450

MP: 200/200

Strength (+3 per level): 80 (388)

Agility (+1 per level): 50 (131)

Endurance (+1 per level): 50 (127)

Intelligence: 15 (20)

Wisdom: 5 (10)

Free AP: 0

Skills: -Mighty Strike (E, Level 9/10)

-Charge (E, Level 8/10)

-Wind Blade (D, Level 7/10)

-Parry (D, Level 6/10)

-Lunar Smite (C, Level 4/10)

-Crushing Blow (C, Level 3/10)