Axie Online

Chapter 48 - Growth Weapon

After escaping death and penalty, Rudy began to land in a forest not far from Viredeta village. Within that forest, there might be a Raid group encampment that would attack Viredeta sometime soon. At least he could return to rest in a safe place.

Currently, Rudy is sitting under a tree resting his body for a moment. Although his stamina could be restored through the Vigor Potion I he drank a while ago, it was only physically. One's mental fatigue couldn't be recovered even in the virtual world because it involved the mind.

Please note that the characters in Axie Online are the embodiment of a giant program that comes from the mind. Everything that happens in this world will not affect the physical in the real world but can affect the mind directly.

In other words in the virtual world that works is the brain and mind, in short mental.

Solid Gear captures brain waves, receives, composes, translates, and then gives commands to programs to move characters around in a virtual world. That's how Solid Gear works in a nutshell.

As long as there is a program that can translate these brain waves and apply them to the virtual world, whatever the user thinks and wants, everything can be fulfilled. Yes, the programs and codes for creating a virtual world are enormous in number and complexity.

While resting, Rudy continued to use his Black Form. Why? Since Black Form has no time limit for usage and Energy is absorbed periodically, Rudy still wants to upgrade this skill to level 1-2 or higher as soon as possible.

But what is the risk of using this skill is the cooldown which is twice the duration of use. If Rudy uses Black Form for one minute, then the cooldown required is two minutes until it can be used again.

By now Rudy had used the Black Form for about ten minutes. If Rudy took it off now, he would have to wait 20 minutes before the Black Form could be deployed again. Half an hour was a long time for Rudy who was a little impatient.

Instead of having to wait 20 minutes, he wanted to use that time to increase his level later. That's why he was resting without releasing the Black Form from his body.

While waiting for his strength and stamina to recover, Rudy began researching the Blackstar Sword further. It's possible that there was something he was missing from this sword like a decrease in the Magic Devour effect found on Blackstar when fighting magic users higher than him.

"This ...."

While examining the Blackstar Sword and its deeper abilities, Rudy discovered something new that he had never seen before in the Items or weapons he saw. Something that made him widen his eyes and even if others knew he could really be hunted because of this sword.

Blackstar Sword

Level: 20

Next Level: 100%

It was another explanation from Blackstar that Rudy had just discovered. Equipment not only has a Level Requirement but also levels and percentages that indicate the need to level up? It is quite interesting and amazing.

Interested and confused Rudy took the Ironforge Sword from the Inventory and looked for the same explanation panel as Blackstar Swords, but he couldn't find it anywhere. He only found status panels such as Damage, Durability, and Enchant on Ironforge Sword, no level panels like Blackstar Swords.

“Blackstar Swords… Does that mean these are Growth-type equipment, huh?”

Rudy started to smile happily seeing the newest thing from this weapon. Growth-type equipment is equipment that can grow as long as the user wears it and gives it experience like a player character like himself.

In the world of Axie Online, Equipment is also divided into two types based on its Req Level. Normal-type equipment is Equipment that is Level Required and its status cannot be changed unless strengthened or forged. This equipment is a piece of common equipment found in the world of Axie Online.

Another type of equipment is the Growth type, the type that can grow while gaining experiences like players or NPCs. As stated on Blackstar Swords' level panel, Growth-type Equipment had a percentage indicating the need to level up itself.

When the level of a Growth-type Equipment increases, the Level Requirement also increases with its level. Then the status of Damage, Defends, and Durability will also increase when reaching or raising certain levels. This is the power of Growth-type Equipment that many players want to own.

In addition, Growth type Equipment is a very, very rare item that exceeds the Dual Wielding Skill Emblem, but not as rare as Relic.

The public knows that there is two Growth-type Equipment that two of the Hundred Best Players have, namely Wield Staff and Sun Gauntlets. It was said that both players who possessed this Growth-type Equipment obtained it when completing certain quests that were different from each other.

They admitted that they didn't expect to receive a Reward in the form of Growth-type Equipment when they accepted the quest. But they have something in common when taking quests, which is that they don't hesitate to help those in need.

What and where the quest they took, it's still a mystery to all Axie Online players until now.

"How do I level up the Blackstar Sword? Do I have to give my own experience?"

What Rudy thought wasn't wrong because Growth-type Equipment could only be increased user experience, but the problem was that he didn't understand how to do that. Therefore he didn't think too much about it and continued researching the rest of the Blackstar Swords.

Unfortunately, there are no other features that he gets from Blackstar Sword other than the Blackstar level increase percentage. He wasn't disappointed, on the contrary, he was happy. If only this sword had other features and privileges he could have kept the Blackstar Sword in the Bank because he could depend on it so much.

Apart from being too dependent on Blackstar, Rudy can also feel the danger that could threaten him in the virtual world and the real world. With the development of technology nowadays, it is not difficult for someone to track their whereabouts and appearances, especially for Rudy who doesn't really change his appearance from the real world.

He had to keep this sword a secret from the public so that troublesome trouble wouldn't come to him.

If he wanted to be used as freely as possible, he had to either successfully hide his identity or become much stronger than ordinary players. He could also go to hidden places to increase his level and status, but the Plainfest continent had almost all been explored by players and NPCs.

“An item that is too great will only bring trouble when possessed by a weak person.”

After saying that, Rudy stood up with a sigh. He formed a stance ready to fight as soon as he heard the sound of a large number of footsteps from the outside of the forest. Most likely the owners of those footsteps were the mob monsters from Viredeta village who were chasing after him.

Rudy had more than enough rest. His Stamina, Health Points, and Energy had almost fully recovered, it was enough to take on dozens or dozens of these monsters. Since he currently had an exit and a strategic place in battle, his chances of victory were not as low as before.