Chapter 60: Invitation To Watch And An Overpowered Weapon

“Rat, I’d appreciate it if you showed yourself,” the old man began looking around and making it seem as though seeing Rael was just a coincidence

What the fuck was that…? A sound weapon? I’ve only heard about them on the forums, but they were deemed as shit, so what was that? Rael thought, confused.

There was nearly an infinite number of weapons available in Sketa Online, and this violin and rapier combo was just a bit unique.

Rael’s thoughts were cut short when, all of a sudden, a beautiful sound rang out, followed by—

[HP -98,411! 362,189/460,600]

Huh? Rael quickly checked his body.

He was definitely not hit, but the amount of damage he took was simply astronomical.

Or so he thought, but he soon noticed a few droplets of blood trickling down his face and landing on the ground.

My ears. Rael finally realized, as he brought his hands up to them—and they were tainted with blood.

This motherfucker is attacking my brain directly, Rael thought warily, as he stepped out of cover, prepared to run.

However, before he could take another step, a few more notes rang out—when all of a sudden, Rael felt as though all of his stamina had been drained.

His feet nearly buckled, but before he could fall, he felt someone grab his collar and lift him up.

It was the old man, turning Rael around to meet his eyes.

The moment he did, Rael finally realized something.

He’s blind…? He can do that kind of shit while blind?

“Hmm? You don’t smell like shit, which means you’re not a spy… what are you doing in this part of the palace?” the old man asked as he threw Rael back down to the floor.

Rael tried to balance himself, but instead, he fell flat on his ass.

“I got lost,” Rael replied, as he scrambled to his feet and stood upright. “Sorry if I overstepped some boundaries, I’m new here.”

“Being new here is no excuse to go around where others train,” the old man said before scratching his beard. “Did you dodge the sound?”

“Dodge the sound? I don’t think so,” Rael replied, puzzled.

“So after I turned your brain to mush and stopped your heart, you’re still standing before me?” the old man said, before breaking into a fit of laughter. “Hahaha, I must really be near my grave to be seeing shit like this.”

Rael nodded. Yep, you’re definitely crazy.

“Anyways, kid, wanna stay and watch me train? I’ve gotten a bit rusty since the last time I did this,” the old man suggested.

Usually, Rael would get out as soon as he could, as being around such troublesome people would do him no good.

However, he was a bit interested in this type of weapon.

Therefore…

“Alright, but could you lend me a hand? I feel like I’m going to topple over again.”

The old man smiled before tapping the left-most string, which just so happened to be green.

All of a sudden, the disorientation he felt a moment ago disappeared, replaced by a single message which made his eyes widen.

[HP +100,000! 460,600/460,600]

“All better?” the old man asked, and without even receiving an answer, turned around and walked back to the very middle of the training grounds.

In the meantime, Rael was barely keeping his mouth from opening wide in shock.

He can heal… with the green, he can damage with the red, and he can even fucking debuff with the black string… Rael glanced at the violin carefully. It has a 4th blue string too… there’s no way it’s some defense barrier, right?

“Are you coming?” the old man asked impatiently, Rael immediately made his way over and sat down on a nearby bench.

“I usually start my mornings with fine-tuning the violin and then sharpening the rapier. It’s a very boring process, but I can’t imagine starting my mornings without it,” the old man stated softly.

“Looks like you enjoy what you do. I respect it,” Rael praised as he tilted his head. “If you don’t mind me asking, what is that weapon?”

“It’s exactly what it looks like, kid,” the old man chuckled. “A violin that acts as a medium and a rapier that makes everything you saw a moment ago possible.”

“I see…” Rael muttered, clearly not satisfied by the answer.

“Anyways, stop with the chit-chat and pay attention—you might learn a thing or two,” the old man stated before taking a deep breath and facing the target dummies on the other end of the training grounds.

Suddenly, the old man brought the rapier to the right-most string, which just so happened to be the one that made the attacks happen.

Rael didn’t even see a flash of light or even the wind parting.

The only thing he heard was a faint note, followed by the dummies in the distance having their wooden bodies severed vertically.

“Sound at its essence has no form, so it can do stuff like this…” the old man trailed off as he played the same string again.

However, unlike the last time, there was no slashing. Instead, a small, nail-sized hole appeared in the head of the dummy.

Then, the old man did it again, and instead of a hole, there was a squiggly line traveling through a dummy.

Even more strangely, its size was uneven—wide in one place and extremely thin in another

“Ah… my youth is simply tingling every time I play this tune,” the old man said, as his blind gaze traveled back toward Rael, a sly smile appearing on his face. “Wanna try?”

“T-Try? That?” Rael snapped out of it. “I don’t want to accidentally break your violin, so no thanks.”

“Don’t worry, come here. You won’t be able to break it either way,” the old man urged, causing Rael to sigh as he stood up and walked over.

“Hold this. I’ll show you what to do next,” the old man passed the violin and rapier to Rael, and he couldn’t help but inspect it.

Yet, the moment he did, he nearly dropped it in shock.

—Stinging Violin Blade Replica (Pseudo-Legendary)

Durability: 69,920/100,000

Damage: 14,359–59,221

+15,000 Attack Power (AP)

+10,000 Spell Power (SP)

+2,500 Strength

+2,500 Agility

+3,000 Intelligence

+1,500 Wisdom

+150% Critical Hit Damage Increase

Red String – Harmonic Slash

Strike the red string, dealing a basic attack and adding a stack of [Resonance]. At 5 stacks, your next basic attack is enhanced with 100% more damage.

Green String – Healing Wave

Strike the green string, and heal the selected person or group for 100,000 HP + Modifiers.

Blue String – Silent Barrier

Strike the blue string to create a barrier that absorbs 30% of the wielder’s HP as damage.

Black String – Mind Blast

Strike the black string, unleashing a sound that bypasses physical defenses and directly targets the target’s mind, and inflicting [???]

Passive – Requiem Pulse

Every critical hit releases a musical shockwave that deals 50% of damage inflicted as magic damage to enemies within 3 meters and applies the [Dissonance] status effect, lowering their casting speed and evasion for 3 seconds.

Rael gulped as he turned to look at the man, before flashing a warm smile.

“Old man, you wouldn’t happen to be looking for disciples, would you?”

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