Starting With an SSS-Rank Swordsmanship Talent

The monster’s eyes trembled in the face of its impending death.

“Alright.” Lucas nodded his head.

He didn’t make it suffer for long and killed it with a single punch to its head.

Blood and brain matter splattered all over Lucas, but his eyes remained calm.

Now that the greatest danger has been eliminated, this war is over…

With the collapse of the winged goblin monarch, the goblin army fell into chaos.

Half of the goblin monarchs even left and retreated with their troops, leaving the goblin army with only a few thousand warriors.

In the next two hours, the allied forces of the humans and elves took care of the remaining enemies.

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Mission complete!

Rewards: 1500 Battle Points, 50 EXP, 50 Stat Points, Equipment Upgrade Card x1, Random Trait Upgrade Card x1

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[You have done the impossible! A bonus reward will be granted for killing the special monster! (Only applies for extreme difficulty missions)]

[You received an Elite Knight Card!]

Alaric who was resting against a tree was stunned when he saw the rewards.

What?! There is actually a bonus reward!

When his mission’s difficulty was changed to ‘extreme’, he thought that the rewards were atrociously low. Now, he finally realized that he was just overthinking it. The true reward of the extreme difficulty mission lies in how he would complete his task.

Alaric Silversword [Elite Knight] EXP:169 —> 219/1000

Potential: A

Traits: Horseback Riding (C), Swordsmanship (SSS), Close Combat (C), Archery (E), Hunting (E), Tracking (E), Sixth Sense (E), Monster Affinity (F), Mana Gathering (C), Appraisal (B)

Strength: 170

Stamina: 180

Agility: 180

Vitality: 150

Endurance: 160

Mana: 230 —> 235

Battle Points: 1960 —> 3460

Stat Points: 67 —> 117

(Requirements for the next advancement: 1000 EXP, 250 in all attributes, and 10000 Battle Points)

[Do you want to use the Random Trait Upgrade Card?]

[Yes] [No]

[Do you want to use the Equipment Upgrade Card on the selected item?]

[Yes] [No]

[Do you want to use the Elite Knight Card?]

[Yes] [No]

Alaric was eager to click [Yes], but he stopped himself and decisively closed the cyan screen with a thought.

“We won, my lord.” A jubilant voice drifted into his ears.

Alaric turned his head and saw Galanar leading a few Elite Knights from the three houses.

Alaric smiled at them. He didn’t want to dampen their celebratory mood.

“You have done your part well, everyone. I am proud of you.”

His words made everyone feel honored.

“We were only following your instructions, my lord.” Baron Smith Heinrich said with a flattering smile.

“Lord Smith is right. We were only able to accomplish all that because of your commands, my lord.” Another one piped in. It was Jared Paxley.

Facing their enthusiastic praises, Alaric could only smile helplessly.

He replied to them one by one before he excused himself and went to help with the extraction of the beast soul crystals.

The elves promised to give them all the beast soul crystals so he was happy to help with this simple task.

“Your name is Alaric, right?”

Suddenly, he heard someone speaking to him in the common tongue.

Hm?

He turned around and realized that it was actually the elven king, Garandel Greenwood.

Just like all other elves, he also had handsome facial features. Alaric also noticed some resemblance between him and Yvanna.

“Your Majesty!” Alaric lowered his head.

In front of the elven king, he didn’t dare to be presumptuous.

Garandel nodded at him. He then observed the young man and found him more likable than when they first met.

He had witnessed Alaric’s valiance in battle. He was still young, but he acted like a veteran commander.

Many witnessed his abilities and he also has the formidable Lucas to back him up. I don’t think any of those high elves will come to trouble him if ever my daughter decides to marry him.

If it weren’t for the human warriors, they would have lost this battle. He couldn’t even begin to imagine what might have happened if they had fought the goblin colony by themselves. Just that winged goblin monarch alone was enough to destroy the elven army!

However, such a ferocious monster still fell under Lucas’ hands.

“Your father is still being treated by our healers so I came to you instead. Thank you for helping us in our time of need. The elves will never forget this favor.” Garandel lowered his head to express his gratitude.

Some would say that it was demeaning for a king to lower his head, but to Garandel, it was nothing as long as it could help him protect his kingdom.

Alaric hurriedly waved his hand and replied. “There is no need to be like this, Your Majesty. Yvanna is my friend and I cannot bear to see her suffer. Besides, we are also getting rewarded for helping you.”

Garandel smiled upon hearing his words. “I understand now…” He replied with cryptic words which baffled Alaric.

What did he understand?

Alaric wanted to ask the elven king, but he noticed that the latter didn’t want to explain himself so he decided not to pursue the topic.

Garandel approached him and tapped his shoulder as he said.

“Inform your men to prepare. We will go back to the Greenwood Kingdom soon. You guys better stay and recuperate. I promise that all your injured warriors will be treated by our healers.”

Alaric didn’t reject his kind intentions. He lowered his head and replied. “Yes, Your Majesty!”

“Good.” Garandel chuckled and left to deal with the remaining tasks.

Meanwhile, Alaric immediately gathered his men and told them to prepare for the return trip. He also instructed them to build makeshift wagons for the injured soldiers.

An hour later, the allied forces left the forest and headed back to the elven kingdom.

On their way back to the kingdom, Alaric was on horseback, acting all calm.

These elves are staring at me openly…

He could sense the elves’ gazes on him, but he pretended like he didn’t notice anything.

Facing all this attention, he could only shake his head and smile bitterly.