Lord Evolution: Starting With SS-rank Skills

The sun had resumed its place in the sky and it bathed the land with its beautiful glow. Not so far away, the pillar of mesmerizing light from the weather changing magic formation could still be seen piercing the sky. However, its glow was weakened by the radiant light of the sun.

Under the sun, the war got even more heated as time went by speedily. Both humans and monsters died every second.

The battlefield was filled with a cacophony of cries from both races, the sound of weapons clashing, flesh tearing apart and many more terrifying sounds of war filled the area.

The combined efforts of the soldiers had been able to completely wiped out the entirety of the lower-rank monsters.

This was a great achievement but unfortunately, it left them with even stronger monsters.

The E-rank monsters were merciless in dealing with the soldiers. They smashed and tore them about like rags, avenging the death of their weaker comrades.

The soldiers joined hands together, fighting single E-rank monsters in group but it still wasn't enough. More deaths occurred quite like never before.

Even with all casualties, they continued pushing back with a single mission in mind — Protect the people of Winterseed.

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Far away from the battlefield and within the premises of the dark forest.

Black Drifter in his biggest form could be seen towering over an unconscious Rowan. The bird constantly let out frustrated cries as it tried waking up his master, yet there was no response; still the monster did not give up.

A few seconds after, Rowan suddenly coughed back to consciousness, his eyes fluttered open and met with the scorching ball of light hanging on the sky.

'The sun is out?'

The last time he was conscious, the sky was dark, signifying the beginning of the weather calamity. But now it was sunny.

'Dragun succeeded with the weather altering spell formation, impressive.'

He turned his eyes to the massive body of Black Drifter whose eyes were staring at him with relief.

Rowan flashed his pet a smile as she struggled back on his feet. His body was energized beyond imagination and he felt way stronger than he was before losing consciousness.

Rowan performed a few stretches before standing upright, preparing to interact with his system when several notifications flashed before him, most of them were the usual reports of his monsters staying monsters or getting killed by them. But there were a few that caught his interest.

[ Congratulations on your successful evolution ]

[ Congratulations, you've entered top 1000 in the novice ranking, current rank — 577 ]

[ Benefits of your new ranking would be discussed very soon ]

[ Congratulations, you've fulfilled one of the three criterias to evolve your territory ]

[ Congratulations, you've received a special package ( Gift From Monarch of Darkness, Benzene ) ]

The messages filled Rowan with a joyous feeling, one usually felt upon a great achievement.

Once he reached the last one, his eyes widened as he suddenly recalled the meeting with Benzene which felt like a dream. Unlike their last meeting, he was able to recall every details of this one including talks about the scroll, a mission and also the gift Benzene spoke about.

Without wasting time, he clicked on the gift and a holographic present box with golden design appeared in front of him.

The box opened and disappeared into a new set of texts.

[ Skill: Curse of death, stage 1, has been added ]

[ Affinity: Darkness, has been added ]

[ Artifact: Soul Harvester has been added to inventory ]

Rowan eyes widened as he observed the gift he had just received. He quickly clicked on the (?) beside the new skill and its description was revealed.

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Curse of Death ( Stage 1 ) A unique divine skill capable of inflicting immediate death on a targeted territory and every being that dwells within.

NOTES:

—Consumes 100 million evolution points to activate

—How big the territory skill affects depends on the wielder power

—Can bring immediate death to every enemy below A-rank

—At Stage 1, Skill has a cool down of 20 days. Cool down time reduces at every stage.

—This skill cannot be upgraded with evolution points

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Rowan eyes shone with amazement as he studied the sky. Everything about this skill was different from any skill he ever possessed.

First was the large amount of evolution points needed to activate it and then there was its overpowered nature, able to bring immediate death to all enemies below A-rank!

With a skill like this, clearing the calamity would be an easy cake. But that also depends on the second note which stated that how big the space effected, depends on his power.

There was also the insane cool down but Rowan quite understand, using the skill once was already overpowered. If he was able to spew such a skill anytime he wanted, he would easily shift the equilibrium of the world in his benefit.

"This is insane!"

Rowan felt so excited that he couldn't even react properly.

He opened his inventory and a beautiful piece immediately drew his interest — The soul harvester.

Rowan equipped the Soul Harvester and felt its weight settle in his hand. The blade was pure black, as if forged from shadow itself. It drank in the light around it, leaving only a faint sheen on its surface.

Along the flat of the blade ran a winding pattern of red veins. They pulsed slowly, like the heartbeat of some living thing. The guard was a pair of swept wings, black steel tipped with crimson. At its center glowed a small red gem, cold and steady.

The soul harvester was nothing short of captivating, Rowan was immediately drawn to the sword.

His love for the soul harvester grew the moment its description appeared.

[ Soul Harvester (Legendary): An ancient piece forged in the deepest part of hell, an active devourer of souls. It absorbs the souls of adversaries slayed by its blade and grows stronger. ]

"A sword capable of growing stronger, how incredible. Next time I meet benzene, I would ensure to thank him." Rowan swore to himself as he swung the sword around with a smile on his face.

"Time to return to the battlefield."

Rowan climbed on his pet and they flew back to the battlefield.