Reincarnated Avatar; I got 2 SSS-Rank Unique Skills
Chapter 93: Weapon level-up test

Chapter 93: Weapon level-up test

2 days later after Guild Echelon’s creation...

---<Warstar>---

[Equipment Name: Aetherforge]

[Equipment Type: Weapon]

[Weapon Type: Battle Lance]

[Weapon Rank: SSS]

Level: 20 {Upgradeable}

Durability: 100/100

Physical Attack: +180

Magical Attack: +180

[Passive Skill: Aetherforge]

*Forged with an iron will in the depths of a dying star, the wielder is able to manipulate this weapon into different shapes and forms corresponding to any weapon available in Warstar.

*5 base forms are currently available in the Ether. More forms can be unlocked when the Aetherforge is upgraded.

[Available Forms: Battle Lance; Twin Swords; Daggers; Rifle; Shield]

[NOTE: There is an awakening test for any additional form after the Aetherforge is upgraded.]

[NOTE: Every 10 levels, there’s a level up test where the wielder fights against manifestations of all forms of the Aetherforge. The price of defeat is losing the weapon. This is the weight of holding an SSS-Rank Weapon.]

>Description: A weapon forged for Daemons and Gods<

---<Warstar>---

It was already 2 days since Noah created Guild Echelon, and since then, the growth of the guild already became a bit stabilized.

Since he and his teammates were going to be so busy leveling up and building their in-game Avatars, he delegated the role of Vice Guild Leader to someone he trusted, Nightingale.

At first, he was hesitant since Nightingale was essentially their boss but he was surprised at the musician’s enthusiasm after hearing about it.

Well, after that, Nightingale became Guild Echelon’s Vice Guild Leader.

He was in charge of all the administrative details, allowing Noah to focus on leveling up with his teammates and building their in-game Avatars.

This time though, Noah did not focus on leveling up his Avatar itself, but rather his focus was on leveling up his Avatar’s main weapon, Aetherforge.

There was a price to wielding an SSS-Rank weapon.

The weapons needed to be leveled up regularly, after every 10 levels to prevent them from becoming obsolete.

Aria’s S-Ranked Blades of Aamon and Caleb’s S-Ranked item also required level up tests, but none of them were as daunting as Noah’s SSS-Ranked level up test for Aetherforge.

Due to being busy with a lot of different activities and due to his skill, he didn’t feel it before but now, he felt it.

Aetherforge was becoming obsolete, just like the Spellforged Battle Lance.

This was why yesterday, Noah put the Spellforged Battle Lance in the guild inventory and focused on his Aetheforge again, precisely on leveling it up.

It was time for him to take on the Aetherforge Level Up Test, one of the deadliest trials in Warstar. Unlike ordinary weapons, Aetherforge demands a brutal price for evolution.

After informing his friends and Nightingale, he went about it.

A portal appeared before Noah as soon as he triggered the level up test. Without hesitation, he walked into the portal.

BZZZ!

Noah found himself standing in an ethereal battlefield, a plane of pure, swirling Aether where time and space twist unpredictably.

The only rule?

Defeat every manifestation of Aetherforge’s forms, or lose the weapon forever. The penalty for failure stuck out like a sore thumb.

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*Battle Lance Form: A mirror image of your usual fighting style.

>Title: The Spear God’s Reflection<

...

*Twin Swords Form: Agile, relentless dual-blade combatant.

>Title: The Demon of Blades<

...

*Dagger Form: A swift assassin, striking from blind spots.

>Title: The Phantom Killer<

...

*Rifle Form: A long-range sniper, adept at keeping enemies at bay.

>Title: The Sniper King<

...

*Shield Form: A defensive juggernaut, near impenetrable.

>The Unbreakable Titan<

~----~

"..."

Noah took a deep breath.

This was not just a battle; it was a gauntlet.

He must adapt, outthink, and outfight his own weapon in all its deadliest forms if he was to complete this test.

And worst of all? They don’t fight one by one.

They all attack at once.

This was the true burden of wielding an SSS-Rank weapon.

And then the trial begins...

BZZZ!

One after the other, the five forms materialized around Noah, glowing with pure Aetheric energy, their presence crackling with overwhelming pressure.

Noah grips Aetherforge tightly in its Battle Lance form, eyes narrowing as he accessed the battlefield.

In the Ethereal Battlefield, five luminous figures stood against him, each radiating power as pure as the cosmos itself. They were manifestations of Aetherforge’s potential, given form by the weapon itself.

Each one moves independently, fights intelligently, and adapts on the fly, because they are fragments of Noah’s own weapon mastery, making them his worst possible match-up.

And now, they were coming for his life.

The Battle Lance Form, titled the Spear God’s Reflection was a towering knight clad in war-scorched silver armor, wielding a lance identical to Noah’s, but wreathed in swirling Aetheric flames.

Its helmet had no face, only a void of shifting constellations, as if the universe itself peered through.

As for the Twin Swords Form, titled the Demon of Blades, it was a lithe warrior clad in obsidian-black garb, two shimmering silver blades floating beside it like wings.

Its body was sleek and feline, its movements so fluid they seemed to ignore the laws of physics. The only constant was the deadly gleam of its swords.

And then the Dagger Form, titled the Phantom Killer. This guy was a flickering shadow, humanoid in outline but lacking all substance.

Its entire form is a shifting mist, visible only when it chooses to materialize; right before a kill. Its eyes glow like twin burning slits, promising death.

The Rifle Form, titled the Sniper King is a ghostly gunslinger draped in flowing cerulean Aether, its long-range Rifle glowing with ominous runes.

It stood at the farthest possible range, cold and patient, aiming without emotion. The sight of it was unnerving.

And then the Shield Form, the Unbreakable Titan. This guy is a monstrous juggernaut, over three meters tall, its entire body fused into a titanic shield glowing with molten inscriptions.

It doesn’t wield a weapon; it is the weapon.

Noah took a deep breath. ’This is going to be troublesome’.

They didn’t give him time to think though.

They moved, like a natural disaster.

KABOOM!