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Chapter 604 The Challenger Recognized by Tianba Jikevelm!
Secondiel, Hall of Resurrection.

Although Seiya had not yet reached the town's resurrection point, because the place where he died was the closest to this town, he was still forcibly teleported here by the system after he died.

"Damn it, that bastard lizard! Next time I see him, I'm definitely going to make him into sashimi!"

With a flash of white light, the resurrected Seiya appeared in the hall, cursing and swearing.

His unusual behavior quickly attracted the attention of many other players.

"Look at this person, is he out of his mind?"

"The character model is quite well-made, but it's a shame that he's a pervert. He actually wore only a short-sleeved shirt in such a public place."

"By the way, the freckles on his face are so cool! Is that some new fashion item or special effects?"

Hearing the gossip of other players around him, Seiya looked down at his body and realized that he was indeed missing all his equipment except for a pair of shorts.

Jikvelm's final dragon breath not only killed him, but also destroyed the durability of all his equipment.

If it weren't for the fact that "Shangri-La Border" doesn't consider the game to be 18+, even his last pair of shorts probably wouldn't have survived.

To avoid being seen as a pervert any longer, Seiya had no choice but to quickly find and equip the beginner gear that the system had given him at the beginning.

Equipping his clothes and pants went quite smoothly, but just a few seconds after he put on his headgear, a snapping sound rang out, and his beginner hat instantly turned into pieces and disappeared into thin air.

"Ding! The beginner's hat has run out of durability due to the curse of Jikvelm, and the equipment is now damaged."

Looking at the information in the status bar, Seiya was obviously stunned for a moment. Then, when he opened his character panel, he discovered that he had a permanent debuff at some point.

The Curse of Skyba Gikvelm - In-Depth

This curse comes from Ghikvirm, one of the seven strongest races. The mark of the Sky Overlord will be left on your face, preventing you from equipping headgear and accessories. (Forcing an item to be equipped will cause its durability to deplete rapidly, eventually destroying the item.)
Effect 1: Immune to low-level abnormal effects such as charm, poison, and petrification.

Effect 2: Challengers recognized by the Heavenly Tyrant Gikvelm will have their mark intimidating effects on monsters lower level than the player.

"Ding! Congratulations, player, you have triggered the Ex storyline—'The Overlord Who Rules the Skies.' Would you like to accept the quest?"

While Seiya was still wondering what exactly the curse of Jikvelm was, a quest prompt popped up in front of him again.

Upon seeing the description of the task, Seiya didn't hesitate much and immediately pressed "yes"!
He had originally planned to settle accounts with that giant lizard, and now that a special plot had been triggered, he really had no reason to refuse.

After accepting the mission, Seiya soon arrived at an inn in Secondir and saw the so-called "Curse of Gikvelm" in the mirror.

Marks, like freckles, covered almost half of his face and even extended to his chest.

To be fair, the so-called Gickwell Mark, the marks left on his face, are not ugly at all; in fact, they add a touch of wild handsomeness to his original face.

Having always wanted to be attracted to a more mature and masculine Kirito, I imagine he'd be drooling with envy upon seeing this extremely mature and wild mark.

However, when Seiya saw the side effects of the Curse of Gikvelm, he couldn't help but feel a headache coming on. The equipment slots in "Shangri-La Border" are only six: weapon, head, upper body armor, lower body armor, shoes, and accessories.

In addition to the attribute points gained from leveling up, equipment can also provide players with significant attribute boosts.

At lower levels, the difference between having good and bad equipment isn't very noticeable.

Once you reach a certain level and are able to equip high-level gear, the difference will gradually become apparent.

The character can only equip six parts, and because of the curse of Jikvelm, he can no longer equip headgear and accessories. Doesn't that mean he is inherently one-third weaker than others?

Originally, challenging the seven strongest species was a great feat for players in "Shangri-La Border," but now they've been given this debuff. What's the point of playing now?

"That giant lizard is the ruler of the sky, but when it fought me, it didn't even move much, let alone soar through the skies."

Damn it, that guy underestimated me!

If this were in the real world, I would definitely censor that with mosaics, but this is a data-driven virtual game..."

After lying down on the hotel bed and saving his game progress, Seiya logged off.

In "Shangri-La Border", when a character goes offline or disconnects, the original character does not seem to disappear directly.

Therefore, for the sake of character assets and safety, players usually choose a safe environment when logging off.

After logging off, Seiya called Kirito, originally intending to ask about "Tenba's Zekevelm".

But after calling for a long time without getting a response, Seiya guessed that Kirito, that game addict, was probably still in the "Shangri-La Border," and might even be planning to cultivate immortality tonight, so Seiya just lay down and went to sleep.

The next morning, Seiya was woken up early by the ringing of his cell phone.

And the person disturbing everyone's peaceful sleep so early in the morning could only be Kirito, so naturally it couldn't be anyone else.

"Saint, how was your haul last night? 'Shangri-La Border' is a pretty good game, just as I said, isn't it?"

As soon as Seiya answered the phone, he heard Kirito's rather excited voice. It was obvious that this guy must have had a good haul last night, otherwise he wouldn't have called so excitedly.

"It's a really good game. I played until about midnight last night and finally reached level 10, but I got killed by someone and now I'm down to level 9."

"You reached level ten last night! What time did you enter the 'Shangri-La Border'?"

"Didn't you say you'd be online at eight o'clock? You were never on time last night. I logged on right on time and searched for your character ID, but I couldn't find it at all."

"I couldn't log on on time because... no, you, you leveled up to level 10 in just four hours?"
And you got killed by a monster? Are there really monsters that powerful in the newbie area? Or were you the target of malicious PvP by other players?

Kirito was quite surprised that Seiya had leveled up to level 10 in just four hours, and he was even more surprised to hear that Seiya had been killed!
(End of this chapter)