Reset: DPS to Support?!

[ You have dealt 56 damage to King Vadius! ]

[ You have dealt 56 damage to King Vadius! ]

[ You have dealt 56 damage to King Vadius! ]

[ You have dealt 98 damage to King Vadius! ]

Shinto's eyes quickly filled with despair as he looked over to his system logs. The damage that he dealt to Vadius was only just 56 and 98 for Moonlit Wave and Light Ascension respectively? He couldn't fathom the possibility, so he thought it would be impossible. But here it was, right in front of him proving that possibility to be true.

'W-What...? Why is the damage so low?!'

He stared dumbly at the screen, looking at the unbelievable numbers. For all his years in-game, he had dealt so much damage that he became numb to it. This was the first time since reaching level 100 that he had ever dealt so little damage in a raid battle.

'What kind of gimmicks does he have for me to have done so little damage? Or... Is it because he is of a high level?'

Shinto thought to himself as he let his trail of thoughts loose. However, his thoughts were cut short as he heard the steps on the cold hard floor of the throne room echoing through the room. It was the shadow-like knights.

Hearing the footsteps of the knights, Shinto quickly snapped back into reality. From then, he screamed in pain as he had abruptly moved, forgetting that he was still impaled by the sword because of the initial shock earlier.

"Hahaha, you think you can defeat me? You best think again." Vadius's voice resounded through the room as it rang through Shinto's ear.

'Damn it! I got lost in my thoughts...!' Shinto clicked his tongue as he forcibly shuts his eyes, quickly calming his breathing and his mind which was in amidst of chaos down. 'I shouldn't let all this get to me. First, scan the situation and then... Get out this mess.'

Shinto opened his eyes as he quickly scanned the room, identifying a total of 14 shadow-like knights approaching him. His eyes moved towards the end of the room where he sees the king sitting on the throne as he snarkily sent a face of amusement towards Shinto.

While he scanned the room, Shinto placed his hand over towards the hilt of the dark blade impaled in him, as he hastily attempted to pull it out. But to no avail, his efforts were futile. A force of energy was at a power struggle with him, quickly preventing him from pulling the sword out.

'What is this force...?!' Shinto quickly gripped the hilt of the sword tighter as he swelled his muscles, his biceps bulged as put his all into pulling the sword out. But his attempts bore fruitless, as the force grew stronger and stronger the more strength he placed into his arms.

'Ugh... This is just...!' Still making a vain effort in order to combat against the force, he abruptly stops as he heard footsteps drawing nearer, step by step, the rumbles on the ground rang. The knights were approaching Shinto steadfast.

Looking at the oncoming knights, Shinto desperately looked around the room once more in order to find a way to break this force. But there was nothing that he could find useful. Just the pillars in rows, a red carpet leading up to the throne, and the king sitting on it amused as he watched the struggling Shinto and the knights making their way to Shinto.

'Tch...! Is there nothing I can do...?!'

If Shinto doesn't get out of this predicament, then he would most certainly die from the assaults of the knights. His face grew dire as his heart thumped in panic.

'The only last method I can think of... Is that...' Shinto quickly averted his gaze over towards his skill list. Looking towards the passive section, he hastily skimmed through his seven combat passives which raised his stats or gave him attributes useful for battle. Finally reaching to the bottom of the list he leered over to the foot of it, locking his eyes onto where the passive [Lunarium Aura] stood.

[ Lunarium Aura Lv 1 ]

Under the gias of the moon, SPD and STR will be increased by 30% for 10 seconds after usage of a Lunar Sword Technique Skill. When consecutively connecting skills after skills from the technique, the percentage of the buff will Increase by 10%, up to a maximum of 100%. (The time will reset to 10, however, it will not increase.)

Upon connecting at least two skills, [Lunarium Nights] will be available to use once for the next 30 seconds after connecting the attack.

[ Lunarium Nights Lv 1 ] [ 600MP ] [ Cooldown: 72 Hours ]

Encompass an aura of the moons around you, as you enter into a state of transcendence for 5 minutes.

During this state, your senses are enhanced and your stats relating to combat is greatly Increased by 60%. While in this state, skill [Transcending Point] will be available for up to the maximum usage limit of three during this state.

Upon the end of this state, you will be hit with terrible fatigue, thus being unable to continue on and would require rest urgently.

[ Transcending Point ] [ 120MP ] [ Cooldown: 20 Seconds ]

Envisions a direction in which you would like to go to, within a radius of 50m, then teleport over towards the area. (By teleporting anything on you that you so chooses to bring along will accompany you towards the targeted direction.)

Shinto looked at the skill details as he clicked his tongue 'This is the last resort... I don't want to do it... But with the situation like this, I guess this is the only way.'

Shinto wanted to avoid using Lunarium Nights at all costs, not because the buffs weren't good, but because of the side effects of the skill. If he were to use this skill in a raid, he had to make sure he could finish it off within the 5-minute time frame otherwise he would be in real trouble.

Without an estimation of how long this battle will last, he couldn't freely use this skill. If he couldn't beat Vadius in under 5 minutes, he would have to greet death and the penalty which was placed upon him by Vadius.

Not to mention the unknown quest failure reward from the SSS quest. The risks were incredibly high, taking into account everything. But what choice did he had? This was the only option left.

Shinto calmed his breath, as he cleared his mind from the doubts and the worse case scenarios within his head 'I have to do this. It is the only choice I have left.'

Hearing the footsteps draw more nearer, Shinto hurriedly moved his eyes over to the corner of his eyelids, looking over towards an empty space where no one stood.

Simultaneously as he did it, the rumbles from the hard cold floor stop, as it became deadly quiet.

"Now! End this peasant! This is punishment for challenging me!" Vadius's voice continued to resound through the room breaking the silence.

The knights held up their swords, as they prepared to make their assault.

Though; Just as they did so, they heard a shout coming from Shinto. "LUNARIUM NIGHTS!"

[ You have entered into a state of transcendence for the next five minutes! ]

...

The swords cleaved towards Shinto as a sudden bright light flashed, blinding the knights.

As the light dissipated, Shinto was gone.

"What?! Where did this peasant go?!" Vadius who was enjoying the scene frowned at the sight of the disappearance of Shinto who was originally pinned to the wall.

Confused as Vadius scanned the room, there were no signs of Shinto.

The silence once again came, it was eerily quiet as the knights frantically looked around the room.

"WHERE IS HE?!" Vadius roared in anger.

There was no response.

As the silence continued, as a sudden flash of light appeared from above Vadius as a voice resounded through his ears "Right above you."

"...!" Vadius hastily looked up to see Shinto, in the air.

Shinto swayed his body over to the side as he gathered his energy on the tip of his sword, quickly he released it, sending waves of light towards Vadius.

[ You have dealt 2176 damage to King Vadius! ]

[ You have dealt 2176 damage to King Vadius! ]

[ You have dealt 2176 damage to King Vadius! ]

[ You have dealt 2176 damage to King Vadius! ]

Vadius was bombarded by the attack, as Shinto quickly entered into a draw position while still in mid-air.

"How dare you!?" Vadius reached his hand out as he forced the sword that was stuck on the wall back to him.

'If my guess is correct...' Shinto flicked his sheath open as he unleashed a blade of shimmering light onto Vadius. Soon after he moved his body forward diving headfirst towards Vadius as he unleashed another attack.

[ Lunar Sword Technique: Lunar Moon ]

Quickly sending a white linear flash of light over towards Vadius. He turned his body around and activated a skill in succession, Crescent Light. Quickly protruding a pillar of light over towards the steadfast moving sword, successfully stopping it in its place.

Everything had been done in almost an instant. With Shinto clearing his mind he had meticulously used Crescent Dawn to leap up into the sky as he made his way over towards Vadius.

During this interval, he had let his trail of thoughts run loose, thinking of how to deal with the 'gimmick' which Vadius has that made Shinto deal such low damage.

'It couldn't have been a scale of level during this battle... If it was; the damage dealt by the knights or by Vadius would've been higher.' Shinto thought back to the attacks which his enemy had dealt to him, 'So it must be a gimmick. What is it?'

There were two possibilities.

The first was whether or not the knights played a role in making Vadius 'invincible' or mitigate a lot of damage or the second possibility which he thought would be far fetched was Vadius's sword.

Putting this into the works in proving his theory he began his plan, which resulted in this, allowing for him to raid Vadius successfully. Though there was a problem of whether or not he could defeat Vadius before his transcendent state wore off.

...

"YOU PEASANT! WHO DO YOU THINK I AM?!" Vadius roared angrily, as forcibly released an aura of darkness around him. The aura quickly protruded towards Shinto while he was in the air.

Noticing the aura coming right at him, Shinto twisted his body evading the attack as he continued diving towards Vadius. In the next moment, he unleashed a sharp ray of light over towards Vadius.

Quickly enveloping him into the light, Shinto lands, as he activated abilities in succession, Lunar Flurry, Tidal Moon, Dawn Sword...

Barraging his attacks onto Vadius, without the protection from his sword, he finally falls.

"Huff... Huff..." Shinto breathed heavily as he stabbed his sword to the ground getting a hold on himself.

"YOU... YOU...! I THE EMPEROR OF SHAODON WILL COME BACK SOON AND HE WILL HAVE HIS REVENGE ON YOU!" Vadius cried out as he turned into grey ash.

[ You have defeated the weakened vision of King Vadius, Shaodon Emperor! ]

[ You have obtained Replica of Shaodon's Sword Piece ]

[ You have obtained 'Torn ??? Page Piece' ]

[ You have defeated the 'Fourth' and the last trial of this instance dungeon, you shall now be rewarded. ]

[ You have cleared the quest 'Girzo lu Elwr' ]

...

Looking at notifications after notifications on his system logs, Shinto continued to breathe heavily as he was on the verge of falling down with his transcendence running out in the next 10 seconds.

However, the next few notifications took him by surprise.

[ You have received the hidden reward: Altric's Truth ]

[ As you have received Altric's Truth, a class change will now begin. ]

"W-What...? A class change...?"

[ Current class: 'Lunar Swordsman', will be changed into, 'Shadow Diviner' ]

He thought for a moment, 'Shadow Diviner? Is this some sort of—'

[ Would you like to continue with the class change? This hidden class will be of the support archetype with an unknown rarity. ]

Shinto's eyes bulged as he contemplated at a hidden class, "A hidden class?" Shinto looked over towards the words 'unknown', "And it's rarity is unknown..."

Hidden classes were quite rare in Spiritual Warriors, of course, lived up to its name. A hidden class would be better than a normal class due to many various factors: skill, stat progression, and its unique playstyle.

Only a handful of players had gotten a hidden class. A total of 100 players to have one of the hidden classes known in public. Out of those players, only six acquired an 'Epic' hidden class, while the rest had acquired an 'Elite' class.

Spiritual Warriors had a rarity system, much like its predecessor, the MMORPG games. In this game, there are seven rarities in the following order: Common, Uncommon, Rare/Elite, Epic, Unique/Exotic, Legendary, and Ancient.

His brows creased, 'This hidden class could be good, but a support archetype?'

Earlier today, he grew sick of dealing high damage, raked in high amounts of DPS, and whatnot. Maybe the opportunity presented itself. He could take it upon himself to try something new and enjoy the game from a new perspective.

Shinto thought to himself, '—It's an opportunity to change into a hidden class, and if this is the reward for clearing this dungeon, then it's most likely a good class, and it would be of a high rarity!'

But he was stumped by his thoughts, which made his eyebrows arched up, 'Though, changing from a DPS to Support—Should I take the risk?'

He was just optimistic at this very moment. Who knew whether this game would screw him over and give him a horrible class like those from the novels and manhwas he read? Most probably, if this game had some evil developers. But fortunately, there seemed to be no cases of that as this game was fair.

Shinto scrutinized towards the screen, who popped up with vibrant text and colours, for who knew how long as if time had stopped. He muttered, "Yes." Then let out a deep sigh of relief.

[ The class change will now begin. ]

[ Everything will be reset, all current items and titles you have on will be temporarily locked until you reach back to level 201. ]

[ 3... ]

[ 2... ]

"W-Wait...?! R-Reset...?! W-What does that mean...!?"

[ 1... ]

[ Reset completed. ]

Just as the notifications ended, a bright flash surrounded Shinto however at the same time his transcendence state ended, thus forcing Shinto into heavy fatigue.

"Argh... N-No...!"

Shinto quickly fell down to the ground, as everything went blank.