Cosmic Ruler

Jake and others logged in, and then they rushed to kill any field boss that might come their way.

"Now let's see, Layla, can you tell me the location of Field Bosses?" Jake asked as he stood in the middle of a plain.

The little fairy again magically appeared, and then a world map appeared in front of Jake. "Here, the big, colorful dots are the boss location, with their color representing their grade, Bronze for Bronze grade, and so on," Layla said, and then vanished back.

"Why is she in so much hurry?" Jake mumbled.

[What she is doing is against the World's End rule after all,] Nexus replied.

"Then, I guess, I can't share this map with my friends?" Jake

[yes]

"Well, then let's go and do some serious grinding," Jake mumbled as he stretched his limbs and then started moving in the direction of closet Dot.

The ambient sounds shifted, and the atmosphere grew tense, signaling the presence of a formidable Beast. A golden dot appeared on his map, indicating a gold-grade field boss—known as the "Golden Maned Lion."

The landscape transformed into a grassy plain, and in the distance, a majestic lion with a shimmering golden mane emerged. Its eyes glowed with an intensity that hinted at the power it possessed.

"Now a metal attribute beast, interesting," Jake mumbled, then dispelled the steel horse and then sprinted towards the lion.

Taking out his Sword, Jake mentally said to Nexus, 'Nexus, I have decided to use the skill upgrade to upgrade my sword mastery'.

[Correct choice....Complete]

[Sword Mastery: Adept->Master]

Jake momentarily closed his eyes, to feel the changes, and then abruptly opened his eyes, because he didn't feel even one thing.

[It's just a virtual body after all.]

"tch" Jake clicked his tongue and then used the sword to block the assault of the Golden Lion.

Perfectly blocking it, he then maneuvered around it and then slashed at Lion Side, but the Lion jumped, and Jake missed the mark.

"It's stronger than the goblin lord." Jake mumbled and then utilized his lighting affinity, but instead of white-colored lightning, black-colored lightning appeared due to the influence of the Abyssal core.

[Don't worry, nothing has changed, except now it's power is reduced. Even this Abyssal lighting can't match up to the powers of White Extinction lighting.] Nexus

"Well, I guess, I got Nerfed then," Jake shrugged, and he concentrated the lighting on the blade edge.

The steel sword then got changed to a black lighting-clad blade. Empowering his body with lighting, Jake moved at fast speed towards the golden lion, who has his mouth open wide and is getting ready to do a breath attack.

As Jake was only some distance from the Golden Lion, it shot a golden light beam towards Jake. Jake jumped upwards, but it also moved the breath attack towards Jake. Swiftly Jake used the sword blade, then slid over the golden light, and then, reaching the Golden Lion, he cut the neck off it's body.

"Phew, it worked." Jake wiped the non-existent sweat and sighed.

[That was something else.] Nexus voice sounded amazed

"I remembered that move from a certain Kame Ahme Ha." Jake smiled and said,.

"Now for the loot," Jake said as he moved towards the dead body of the lion and touched it. The moment he touched the body, the body disintegrated into lights, and those lights then formed two things.

Jake picked up the badge and inspected it.

{Golden Village order}

"I got it, but they never told me I would get an egg too," Jake mumbled as he picked up the egg.

{Golden Lion Egg}

"Nothing else?" Jake

[It requires some conditions to be met.] Nexus

"And those are?" Jake

[Find it yourself.] Nexus.

"Well, I won't be needing it anyway." Jake shrugged and then tossed the egg into the game inventory.

"Even this has an inventory." Jake was pissed that his system didn't have any inventory.

[You also forget about it.] Nexus defended himself.

"Well, let's just find the condition needed to upgrade the System and add Inventory" Jake sighed and said.

"Now to the next one," Jake said, and then summoned Shiroy, and hopped on his back and started moving towards the next target, which is the silver dot closest to him.

Though what he didn't know was that someone else was watching him on a big screen, eating some snacks—quite literally.

"This Jake is really a talent, Slurrrp, Aiyeh. I will get a promotion now if he ranks first in the Academy test, hehhee." Alina, sister of Johnny.

Mark and others are also hunting, but they are only capable of hunting monsters up to silver grade. For Jake, it's more than enough.

Jake after killing a Giant mole, moved to his next location, which is a gigantic waterfall. "Just how big is this?" Jake mumbled, raising his head upwards, but still wasn't able to see the top of the water fall.

"Anyway, the next target is him," Jake muttered, and then inspected the figure sitting inside the water fall.

{Diamond Skin Monk}

"I guess I will use speed here," Jake mumbled, and he started utilizing the lighting to empower his speed.

Jake dashed to the monk and quickly move to stab at his eyes; the sword tip was only an inch away when the monk clasped the sword from both sides. Jake smirked at seeing this and discharged a large amount of lighting, electrocuting the monk.

"Fool, you are wet from head to toe, yet you dared to touch this sword." Jake mocked, and the monk's eyes flashed red.

The rock beneath the monk cracked as he jumped towards Jake. Jake waited, and the moment Monk was punching at his face, he swiftly dove and stabbed the sword upwards. Jake's aim was Monk's head, but in time Monk tilted his body and his left shoulder got impaled instead of his head.

The monk looked at the limping left hand and then tore it away and stated focusing his energy on his right hand..

Jake readied himself, raising his focus to maximum, and then the monk's fist glowed with bright red light, and he punched towards Jake, and a red illusionary fist moved towards Jake.

Jake concentrated the lighting and slashed forward, and then a black slash pulsating with lighting collided with the red fist and booooooom, a massive explosion occurred, sending dusts and shock waves.

Shock waves pushed Jake backwards, but Jake after stabilizing, jumped upwards in the air, and then, using the distraction created by the collision of moves, he slashed at Monk once again.

And this time the slash reached its mark, completely killing the monk.

"Dam, it was tough," Jake mumbled, then touched the corpse and got one Golden Village order and an art.

{Body Fortification Art-Diamond Defense}

"Hmm, an art, huh?" Jake

[It's good; in my opinion, it can increase your physical defense.] Nexus

"Hmm," Jake nodded and put the art in the inventory.

"Now on to next."

{Logging time exceeded; forced logout}

Opening his eyes, Jake found himself back in his bedroom.

Raising the curtains, he saw it's morning. "Huh?, I missed dinner!!" Jake.

Coming to the middle area, he found Tom and Alfred.

"Master Jake, it was a splendid battle against the monk," Alfred said.

"You saw it?" Jake asked, sitting there.

"Yes, last night I went to wake you up for dinner and saw you fighting against a gold-grade field boss, so I displayed the video here for everyone to see," said Alfred.

"Hmm, can you get me something to eat?" Jake nodded and then asked.

"Of course." Alfred nodded and went to the kitchen area.

"It was truly a good battle," Tom praised Jake.

"Thank you," Jake smiled.

"Your swordsmanship has improved, right?" Tom asked

"Yes, I had a break through in it while battling the golden lion," Jake nodded and said.

"Hmm, that means you are now in Master Grade; you can use Sword Aura now," Tom rubbed his chin and said.

"Sword Aura?" Jake asked.

"It's an advanced technique of utilizing core energy with the sole purpose of enhancing sword sharpness," Tom explained.

Tom continued his explanation, delving into the principle of the advanced technique. "In this technique, the wielder channels their core energy directly into the blade, creating a temporary but immensely sharp edge. The energy aligns with the molecular structure of the sword, enhancing its cutting ability to unprecedented levels."

With a focused expression, Tom began the process of channeling his core energy into the blade (the table knife). A faint glow enveloped the knife as the energy surged through it.

"As the core energy infuses the blade, it resonates with the inherent properties of the metal. The result is a cutting-edge tool that can slice through materials with remarkable ease. It's not just about brute force; it's about precision and control," Tom explained while executing precise slashes that effortlessly sliced through the metal block he brought out of his ring.

He then placed the knife back on the table, but the knife broke into fragments and he turned to Jake. "Mastering this technique takes time and practice. It's not just about the strength of your core; it's about understanding the harmonious interaction between your energy and the weapon. It's a skill that can turn a well-forged sword or any other thing that can sustain it into a lethal instrument in the hands of a skilled practitioner."

Tom concluded with Passing Jake, the book, that has a detailed explanation of sword aura.

And Alfred also returned with a bowl of soup and some other side dishes.

Seeing the food Jake placed aside the matter of sword aura, Tom shook his head. Seeing Jake eager to eat the food, he smiled and thought, 'I hope they can maintain this smile for much longer'. As he thought, he unconsciously released a bit of his aura, but Jake didn't notice. The one who noticed the aura is Alfred.

'An Imperial Rank' Alfred gulped in fear as he looked at Tom, who was smiling innocently and gesturing him to stay quiet.

Alfred nodded like a chicken pecking at food.