Way of Overlord-Chapter 322: A Dream

"Open the quest window" he thought in his mind and the quest window immediately popped in front of him

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[Class Promotion Quest: Archer to Mounted Archer]

You have become an Archer. Your archer skill is good but it could be better. You have chosen to become a Mounted Archer

A Mounted Archer is a skilled and mobile ranged combatant who excels at delivering precise and deadly shots from horseback.

This class merges the agility of a mounted warrior with the marksmanship of an archer, making them formidable on the battlefield.

If you manage to successfully promote your class, some of the key abilities that would be unlocked would be Mounted Precision, Hit and Run tactics, Mounted Evasion, Swift Mounting and Dismounting, Mounted Archery Stances and you would also be rewarded with a few equipment to complement your promoted class.

[Quest Objective]

Your tribe is strong and large. But there is a lack of master archer in your army. You, having proven your marksmanship in archery should undergoes this quest to become a better archer and contribute to the tribe and elevate your skills.

Forge an understanding with your mount

[your mount is now bonded to you by the power of the system]

To become a mounted archer, you must embark on a trial.

1] Hunt one hundred animals using your archery skill while being on horseback. [Completed]

2] Capture ten horses of a different tribe [Completed]

3] Seek the Spirit of the Great Steppe and uses this to enhance your horse [Partially Completed]

4] Spend time bonding with your horse to forge trust and understanding. [Completed]

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Reward:

The archer is not only bestowed with the title of Mounted Archer but also gains a unique enchanted bow, crafted from the wood of the Ancient Woods that used to thrive in the lands of the Great Steppe

Additionally, the mystical bond with the horse provides a permanent increase in mobility and agility when engaged in mounted combat.

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Victory condition : Fulfill at least two of the mission to succeed. [After two mission is completed you could hand in the quest]

Failure condition :Surrendering to the quest.

: Having your bonded horse killed.

: You die.

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Aeryon look at his quest window and sighed.

Everything look the same only that in the quest objective, the objective are all completed, except the Spirit of the Great Steppe

He underestimated these magical things. And he had the feeling that the system is actually scheming against him

This is just his feeling and he could not prove it. But this is his sincere feeling. Because the quest tell him to fuse the Spirit of the Great Steppe into his horse.

But when he holds the Spirit of the Great Steppe on his hand, a different prompt appeared

And it is that prompt that makes him feel shocked

The prompt says

[Detected a magical energy exceeding the understanding of the system. Merging with the energy would unlock the memory lock by the Irregularity Phenomenon and changes the system and bound the user with the Great Steppe]

[Warning: Changing the System would change the fundamental reward and punishment method of the system. The Quest requirement would also change]

[Warning: Changing the System would change the fundamental reward and punishment method of the system. The Quest requirement would also change]

[Warning: Changing the System would change the fundamental reward and punishment method of the system. The Quest requirement would also change]

That is the prompt.

And the moment he reads that, certain things fell into place. And it is all he could think about since then.

Aeryon does remember his life as James. But when he thinks again, his memory is quite blurry.

His most vivid memories was that he read a book and he forgot everything after that.

What actually happens?

He actually has some theory

At that time, after the nuclear bomb was deployed, the whole world become a very nuclear trigger happy.

Each attack could now come with a threat of a nuclear attack. And the nuclear arm race starts again, this time, the effect of the bomb would become bigger and more expansive.

A bomb to destroy all life.

This is not creating hell on earth.

This is wiping out Earth from the universe.

Maybe, in that life he had forgotten, the regimes of government all over the world has managed to create a bomb powerful enough to even wipe out .

Maybe that is what had happened.

But...but.....is that memory real? He begins to doubt it. He even begins to doubt his name

James. Is that really his name? Even though he said it himself, he himself feel that the name is unfamiliar to him.

There is a reason for this doubt.

When he touches the Spirit of the Great Steppe, he saw some things he never thought he would see. And it broke all of his understanding of the world and himself.

What is the Spirit of the Great Steppe? Before Aeryon see it, he thought it is an intangible force.

Maybe this force would show himself to him. Maybe, in the whispers of the wind, maybe in the droplet of rain, maybe in the light of the moon, maybe in the shine of the Sun.

He thought that the Spirit of the Great Steppe lies and dwell in these intangible things in this hard-to-understand concept.

But when he enters the cave, he felt a gust of wind pushes him. He falls down, and water from the ceiling of the cave fell onto his forehead and coolness fills his body.

He goes limp and he became unconscious and when he opens his eyes, he is in a wide field. There is flowers, there is grass, boundless and vast

It was like he had gone to heaven. The wind is gentle, breezy, the scent reminds him of a summer evening, the sun shines on him, but did not burns him but instead fills him with a kind of euphoric emotion that he could not really explain or describe.

Aeryon is unconscious.

He knows it instinctively.

And the moment he went unconscious he is suddenly in this kind of place

Maybe because it has the same kind of trait like his system, he knows that he is in his mind.

Or is it a dream?

It is hard to know the difference.

However, he knows that he is in a different kind of place.

He knows that magic existed in this world. But he never has been the recipient of it or see it in front of his own eyes.

The Ashana told stories of the ancient past, or wizards and warlocks that fight wars using magic.

Waving their hands and changing the weather, grasp their hand and changing the terrain and using the five element to fight all over, from the clouds in the sky to the bottom of the sea.

They told stories of warriors that could cut down the stars above the heavens and warriors that could split the sea with their swords

It was age of gods, of heroes and magic.

Gods fight with mortals at that time and the gods are not completely dominant.

There were false gods and there is heroes and champions of merciful gods and invader gods.

There is many version of the stories and Aeryon concluded that the stories either have been distorted by the time or have been altered, not by design but by natural events

After all, when the Ashana spoke about the ancient times, it does not mean that it happens only a thousand years ago, but maybe tens of thousands of years ago.

In all of that time, certain stories survives, and even if it survives, who could determine its authenticity.

Aeryon never see magic with his own eyes. And this kind of thing is more like mystical talks and did not have any practical effect to his life

He did not ignore it but he did not pay that much attention to it either.

And now, being inside of such magic, he could not help but feel happy.

Excited. Awe. Fear.

All kinds of emotions that he did not the name of filled his heart.

How could he express these feelings that he have no name for. But the reason why it made him happy, because...There is still so much to explore.

The world is vast, there is too many things and too many places, too many mysteries and secrets

None of these made him fearful

Like an explorer that have seen all the things in the world and was about to retire, someone then tell this explorer that there is a new world that he could explore

Aeryon is not an explorer.

However, knowing there is still so much secrets, so much mystery left.....this sense of not knowing something while it brought him a bit of fear, it also gives him excitement

But after the happiness comes the wariness.

Why is he in this dream?

He half expected to be an attack that would come all of a sudden

Maybe some magical attack in a dream. And for a moment he was wary and he looks left and right.

but all he could see was this field of flowers and tall grass that sways , feeling the gentle breeze and he was puzzled.

He walk forward and backward; he look left and right and then the sun set and the moon rises and the day turns to night.

And then he keeps walking. He does not know why he is walking. He just feel like he should walk ahead. And as he walks ahead he looks and feel the things around him

If he does not know this is a dream, he would think he is in real life.

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