Chapter 2: Oxian’s Abilities

[Breaking news. Unidentified monstrous creatures are appearing in droves across the country.]

[These creatures are indiscriminately attacking citizens, and there are also countless reports of citizens transforming into these creatures,]

[Reports have come in that most of these creatures match the characters of the VR game ‘Arising’.]

[Therefore, the government has declared martial law and announced that it will devote all its efforts to investigating the incident─]

── Click.

“…”

As expected, The TV news and all sorts of internet media were talking about this inexplicable phenomenon.

As of this morning, a large-scale phenomenon has occurred where most people have suddenly transformed into characters or monsters from the game ‘Arising’, and this is happening simultaneously not only in Korea but also in China, Japan, Europe, the United States, and other places around the world.

“It’s a mess.”

The attention of the world was focused on this, to the point where all the sites I could access with my smartphone were only talking about this, and the same was true for the internet community I often visited.

“A post summarizing the situation…”

As a quick-witted person posted a post summarizing the situation on the main page of the community, I scratched my chin and gently clicked on the post.

“Hmm…”

Then, the facts of quite interesting content were listed one after another on the phone screen.

According to the summarized post, Those who had undergone changes were divided into two categories: one was those who had transformed into human-type monsters with intellectual thinking abilities, and the other was those who had transformed into monsters that moved only according to instinct.

The changelings who transformed into human-type monsters, the so-called elves, dwarves, humans, devils, or monsters in a human-like form like their own characters, could retain their original memories and also use their in-game abilities in reality.

But the people who had transformed into ‘monsters’ who couldn’t think and moved only by appetite, sexual desire, and the desire to kill, such as Minotaurs, Orcs, Goblins, and Mister Hydra, immediately began to kill, forgetting their memories as humans.

Perhaps this was the reason why I, Oxian, who had transformed into a girl’s form, was able to maintain my rationality, unlike the Minotaur and Mister Hydra I saw outside the window earlier.

“Comments.”

After reading the post, I naturally scrolled down to the comment section. Perhaps because it was a popular post, quite a few comments were left, and the contents were more surprising than expected.

[This really opens a status window.]
[Quests are coming out too lol]
[Yeah, but if you fail, you die]
[R.E.A.L.?]
[I don’t know, that’s what I heard

[There are 50 Hydras outside my house…]
[Wouldn’t the police or soldiers kill them?]
[There’s a Reccacha in the army and it’s a mess]
[Reccacha? That bug-type season boss?]
[Yeah]
[It’s ruined]

[In Busan, the Aria guild is butchering monsters]
[Oh, that rank 7 guild?]
[Yeah the guild master is so pretty]
[No matter how pretty she is, it’s not Oxian]
[That’s right]
[Our neighborhood is just a hunting ground, Users are doing a raidㅋㅋ]

[Hey, the season bosses need to come out too]
[Exactly, at least the human-type bosses should help, right?]
[R.E.A.L. Oxian will finish it all]
[It seems like it can be solved by the low-end 링 메이]
[You f*ckers, what’s the chance that Oxian will appear in Korea?]
[I don’t know, but the guy who got it, will be super jealous]

“…Oh, Reccacha came out?”

Among the numerous comments, the news that Reccacha, the boss from season 12/13, had appeared caught my eye first.

S-class difficulty.
With a body length of 30 meters and a rhinoceros beetle as its model, Reccacha’s shell was also very hard, so the soldiers’ bullets and shells would not easily deal damage, and it was clear that there would be great difficulty in suppressing it.

Moreover, if it were just a mob, it would be difficult to deal with monsters with A-class difficulty or higher with the power of modern science and technology anyway.

They could easily block dozens of fireballs in the game, so things like bullets and missiles would feel like a child’s play.

The good news was that the users who had transformed into their own characters and large guilds had quickly stepped up.

If they could really use their in-game abilities, they would be a great force with a lot of experience.

Well, it would be easier if the season bosses with S-class difficulty or higher came out, but among the 20 season bosses, there were only 6 human-type monsters who could think normally.

The rest were mostly in the form of monsters, so the probability of a hostile season boss appearing was much higher than that of a friendly season boss.

“Hmm.”

At that moment, a sudden curiosity began to pour in.

If Reccacha, which was only S-class difficulty, was wreaking havoc on the military unit single-handedly, how strong would I, who was judged to be unplayable, be?

“I want to check it out…”

The desire to test the notorious strength of Oxian, who had never lost even once in the boss subjugation battle where guild units were given the right to challenge in season 18/19, began to bubble up.

“…”

As I scratched my head and pondered for a moment, I snapped my fingers, and a blue screen with complex letters and numbers, the status window that could only be seen in ‘Arising’, really appeared before my eyes.

《Info》
Name: Oxian

Position: Season 18/19 Boss
Difficulty: EX
Race: Half-Devil
Gender: Female
Title:
Destroyer
Archduke

LV: 3,531

Class: Mage
ㄴAffiliation: Summoning Magic
ㄴClass Level: 1,000

Sub Class: Fighter
ㄴAffiliation: Speed
ㄴClass Level: 982

Traits:
Dictator:
Oxian is the queen of the demons who rule the blood waterfall.
Content: Automatically obtains command of all demon-type monsters.

Spy:
Oxian’s red eyes can see through all opponents.
Content: Able to see basic information of all opponents.

Blessing of the Cocoon:
The cocoon of the underworld gave Oxian a gift.
Content: Regenerates and heals wounds on the body immediately.

Protective Instinct:
No man in this world would not be swayed by her cute appearance.
Content: Seduce a male of LV.10 or less.
*Automatically obtains command of the seduced male

Iron Man:
No indoctrination can subdue her.
Content: All mental attacks are neutralized.

[Space Collapse]
Distorts a certain area of space to annihilate enemies. When the enemy dies, the space returns to its original state.
-Affiliation: Wide-area annihilation magic
-Cool Time: 6 hours

[Meteor]
Drops a small meteor within 5m to the enemy.
-Affiliation: Small-scale striking magic
-Cool Time: 3 hours

[More]

[Blood Wall]
Creates a wall made of blood to neutralize the opponent’s attack. The duration is 30 seconds.
-Affiliation: Defense

[In Fighter]
Strikes the opponent with fists and feet covered in dark energy. When the technique hits, the opponent has a 70% chance of being paralyzed.
-Affiliation: Close-range attack

[More]

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“I’m crazy.”

After reading the entire thing, I was amazed, with a shocked expression.

…It was because the length of the status window was overwhelmingly long, but each skill had an overwhelmingly broken balance.

“No, was this made to be broken?”

Other season bosses had 5 traits, which were hardly present, and rare and extra skills were countless.

It seemed that the manufacturer had made the boss while drinking a lot of medicine.

Did they fail to control the capacity because they put in a spoonful of cuteness?

Finally, it was the moment I understood the feelings of the users in the community who were clamoring, ‘Oxian is so strong’, ‘how do you break this’.

…But, well,
Now that it’s my body, I’ll use it gratefully.

“…Can I really use this skill?”

Oxian’s skill is summoning magic,
And her representative summon was the Death Knight…

“Hmm, uh, summon?”

As I muttered, stretching out my dainty hand, a black magic circle really appeared on the floor of my apartment, and the heavily armed Death Knight began to appear.

「Have you summoned me, my lord.」

The Death Knight, kneeling and speaking to me sitting on the bed.

It seemed that the grandeur and the husky voice were so cool that they were about to explode.

“Wow, this is actually happening…”

At the same time, it gave me the ability to use Oxian’s abilities as they were, so it was an even more meaningful Death Knight.

「Please give me any order.」

He bowed his head and spoke solemnly.

I squinted and looked at him, wearing the noble black armor.

[Durangbal]
Race: Death Knight
Attribute: Evil
Level: 1731

“Wow.”

The words that were overflowing on his head.

I was seeing the profile name that could only be seen in the game in reality, and naturally, an exclamation came out of my mouth.

“Hmm…”

I twisted my shoulder-length, soft pink hair with my fingers and spoke to the summoned Death Knight.

“Do you know where this is?”

The first question I blurted out after some thought.
It was a question with a deep meaning, and a question to check whether the familiar was a mere NPC or not.

If it was an NPC, it would answer with Oxian’s residence, ‘Blood Waterfall’, a set answer, and if it was no longer an NPC as befitting the rapidly changing situation, it would give a different answer.

「…」

The Death Knight tilted his head back and forth at my question, then bowed his head deeply and gave a blunt answer.

「I am sorry, but in my opinion, I do not know where this is.」

“Hmm…”

Doesn’t know where.
The answer came from the Death Knight’s thoughts, not a set menu.

In this way, it was possible to deduce that the familiar could also think intellectually like a human and that it had gone beyond the limits of an NPC.

“Yes, this is my apartment, that is, my bedchamber.”

「My lord’s bedchamber, indeed, is that so.」

The Death Knight nodded lightly as if he had gained the enlightenment of Confucius.

I couldn’t see his expression because he was wearing an iron helmet that covered his entire face, but somehow, he seemed to have a profound expression.

I threw another question at him, who was kneeling.

“Do you know what’s going on outside?”

Since I was the original familiar of Oxian, not a changeling, I was expecting that he might know something about the phenomena happening outside.

…But the Death Knight shook his head heavily.

「I, I do not know.」

He scratched his iron helmet and answered bashfully.

Indeed, no matter how original a character is, he doesn’t know what’s going on.

The Death Knight then turned his head towards the window and muttered.

「However, I feel the energy of insignificant creatures outside. If you leave it to me, I will cut them down right now.」

At his appearance, as if he would jump out and wield a huge sword, I waved my hand as if to calm him down and said.

“Stop, it’s okay, come here and sit down.”

「Yes, my lord.」

As the Death Knight knelt down again in front of me, I cleared my throat and threw him a final question.

“You, are you really swearing allegiance to me?”

Although the question seemed meaningless given the Death Knight’s actions so far, it was impossible to completely ignore the possibility that he would betray me now that he had gained intellect.

It was a matter that had to be addressed once for psychological peace of mind and confirmation.

At my question, the Death Knight bowed his head even deeper, and he shouted with a voice that shook the room.

My ears ached, and it hurt, and even if I was Oxian, I didn’t seem to have ear immunity.

「I, this life! This body! I will dedicate it to you forever, so please do not worry!」

“Y-yeah…”

Well, since the summoner is me, there’s no way he could betray me.

It seemed like it was a pointless worry.

Hearing the Death Knight’s vow, I looked blank and said to him.

“Go back now. I’ll call you again if I need you.”

I asked all the questions, Since there was no enemy right now, Go back now.

The house is small.

「Yes, please call me anytime.」

As I commanded, the Death Knight, revealing his loyalty to the end, disappeared back into the magic circle as if he had fallen into a swamp.