Reincarnated Avatar; I got 2 SSS-Rank Unique Skills
Chapter 117: Skill points spree [1]

Chapter 117: Skill points spree [1]

"Well, let’s start". Noah muttered, taking the first step forward.

And then from the inky ocean, figures began to rise; warriors in rusted armor, spectral knights with hollow eyes.

[You have encountered the Lost Champions!]

The Lost Champions, those who had succumbed to the siren’s melody and were now bound as her eternal guards.

BOOM!

They moved, attacking in synchronized, hypnotic movements, as if still moving to the song’s rhythm.

Their swords were imbued with echoes of the melody, each strike carrying a faint hum that threatened to sink deeper into the mind.

As for Noah’s counter strategy?

He anchored himself by attuning his movements to a different rhythm, using the clashing of weapons and the sounds of his own breathing as a counterpoint to the siren’s song.

His Aetherforge, now a Berserker’s Greatsword glowed with pulsating energy, each swing emitting shockwaves that disrupted the eerie harmony.

Beside him, Aria and Benjamin launched aggressive attacks, not allowing the Lost Champions to fully synchronize with the melody.

As for Genevieve, she deployed a holy barrier, a flickering light that fought against the creeping mist.

Caleb summoned shadow tendrils, twisting and distorting the battlefield to interrupt the flow of the melody.

After an intense battle, the Lost Champions collapsed back into the sea, their souls released from the curse. But this was only the beginning.

The ancient Siren took it to the next level.

Her eerie voice grew clearer, no longer just a song carried by the wind but a direct whisper in their minds.

"You cannot fight forever... rest... sink... belong to me..."

The environment began to shift; the ground felt unstable, the ocean seemed closer than before, as if reality itself was bending to her will.

The team’s willpower was being tested, and the ones with weaker mental resistance started seeing illusions.

Aria’s vision blurred. For a moment, she saw herself standing alone, her teammates all gone, abandoned.

Behind her monitor, Aria knew that this was just an illusion created by the ancient Siren, but there was nothing she could do about it.

’This quest... is harder than expected’. She thought.

Genevieve saw shadowy figures of her past failures, moments where she stumbled in the past, even as far as when she died in the Demon’s Tower, the shadowy figures whispering that she wasn’t strong enough.

Genevieve was stunned. ’Warstar... is this advanced already?!’

’They can even use player’s past experiences to devise quests now?!’

While Aria and Genevieve were caught in illusions, Caleb’s mind calculated countless battle scenarios, yet none of them led to survival.

His usual cold logic became his own worst enemy today.

Benjamin’s humor faded; a first for him as an overwhelming sense of dread seeped in. it was still just a game, Benjamin secure behind his monitor but when he wanted to say a joke, his in-game Avatar no longer accepted the input.

’Damn! These guys are devious, unfair!’

As for Noah? Noah was still, watching, observing, and analyzing.

Then, he smirked.

"Cute trick".

With a stomp, he drove his greatsword into the earth, sending a shockwave that momentarily disrupted the illusions.

He knew exactly what this was. A mental siege. But a siege required a point of entry, a weakness to exploit.

And if the siren thought she could break them, she was underestimating the wrong team.

Noah called out. "Gene, cast an anti-illusion ward. Caleb, disrupt the melody’s frequency. Benjamin, say something, anything, just say something stupid".

"..."

Benjamin blinked, then grinned. "You ever wonder if sirens just need a hug? Like, maybe all this chaos is just an elaborate cry for therapy?"

"...!" Noah almost choked on his own spit.

"Bro, the hell! Where did that come from?" Noah was impressed.

The sheer absurdity of the statement cracked the tension. Just enough for Genevieve’s ward to flare to life, purging the illusions.

The siren screeched in frustration.

They had reached the final stage.

BOOM!

It happened suddenly.

The ocean split apart, revealing the siren herself; a towering, ethereal being with flowing silver hair and luminous sapphire eyes.

Her form shifted between beauty and monstrosity; her lower half still submerged in abyssal darkness.

Her song twisted into something more violent, more primal.

Waves crashed against the shore, forming into serpentine water spirits that lunged at them as the melody turned into an auditory weapon, vibrating the air itself and sending sonic shockwaves through the battlefield.

That was it. The final stand.

Noah’s strategy? He communicated it to his teammates in an instant through their private group chat after briefly consulting with Caleb.

And then, the execution started.

Genevieve countered the sonic attacks with resonant divine magic, creating soundwaves that disrupted the deadly melody.

Caleb manipulated shadows to distort the siren’s voice, interfering with her control.

As for Benjamin, he just yelled nonsense. And somehow, this actually helped.

Genevieve could not wrap her head around it but it was working. ’This unique skill of his is truly crazy..., what were the developers thinking?!’

On the other side, Aria went full offense, launching herself at the siren with relentless sword strikes, not giving her a moment to stabilize.

Noah? He just grinned.

"It’s over".

All the pieces in his puzzle finally came together, forming a whole.

Aetherforge pulsed in his hand, once again shifting into its most destructive form, an executioner’s greatsword, brimming with explosive energy.

And then with a single leaping strike, Noah cleaved through the siren’s chest, severing her physical form.

SHRIEKKKKKKK...!!!

She let out a soul-shaking shriek.

And then she let out one final, sorrowful note before dissolving into mist, her melody fading into silence.

The quest... was complete.

[Congratulations! You and your team have completed the quest, the Song of the Eternal Siren!]

[Skill Points +5]

[You have received additional +10 skill points for hidden storyline!]

[Title Unlocked: Abyssal Songbreaker]

>Grants minor resistance to auditory-based illusions<

[You have received a Unique Item: Siren’s Tear]

>A consumable that negates mind-control effects once<

As the battlefield returned to normal, the team exhaled in relief.

Benjamin clutched his chest. "We almost got turned into fish food".

Aria stretched. "Tood bad. Would’ve loved to punch her again".

Caleb adjusted his glasses. "This was a dangerous one. But... effective".

Genevieve smiled softly. "One quest down. More to go".

Noah, standing at the edge of the dark ocean, just smirked.

This was only the beginning.

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