God-Tier System: Kill Beasts, Cultivate Forever-Chapter 49: Mask Of The Unknown (2)

[Mask of the Unknown

[Tier: Gold]

An enigmatic artefact crafted from the essence of the Shadow Mist Serpent, this mask is revered by spies, assassins, and those who walk unseen. It is said that wearing the mask not only conceals one's identity but also blurs one's presence within the elemental flow of the world.

Abilities:

Passive Skill - Shifting Visage:

The mask allows the wearer to assume a different face at will, mimicking any person they have seen before. This illusion is near-perfect, fooling both the sight and spiritual senses. However, those with significantly higher cultivation may detect faint discrepancies.

Passive Skill - Elemental Dissolution:

The wearer's elemental signature becomes unstable, making it difficult to track them via elemental detection techniques. Their presence feels like shifting mist, preventing most conventional tracking methods. However, those with strong spiritual perception may notice occasional distortions.

Active Skill - Cloak of the Unseen:

For a brief period (up to 10 minutes), the mask shrouds the wearer in an elemental void, rendering them completely undetectable by spiritual senses and elemental sight. During this time, their aura is erased, and their movements become whisper-quiet. However, this does not grant true invisibility to the naked eye. Cooldown: Every Minute of use increases cooldown by 1 hour, Max: 10 Hours.

Drawbacks:

Echo of the Mask:

With prolonged use, the mask begins imprinting traces of past disguises onto the wearer. If overused, the user may experience sudden, uncontrollable shifts in appearance, even without activating the skill. In extreme cases, their original face may become permanently lost.

Promise of Truth:

Can't tell a Truth, the Mask restricts telling any truth. If the user tells the truth the mask will revert back and reveal your real Face.

Telling the truth 5 Times will lead to the destruction of the Mask.

Limit: (2/5) ]

"Are you sure you want to give it out?" Harry asked because this item alone should cost more than a million.

As I told you there were some happenings during its creation. The forger who created it made a mistake and spilt a beast's blood, and the blood belonged to a rare beast, which helped the item to ascend to the gold tier.

But since the process was hindered it has grasped the unknown abilities and unknown drawbacks.

Normally, forgers have basic ideas of skills items will possess. But when the process doesn't turn out as they wanted they can only guess.

I got it from my friend who was a forger. He didn't want to sell it to anyone. Since he won't be able to tell the skills and drawbacks of it.

He didn't even try to wear it since there was a chance that it could have some serious drawbacks like the user can't remove the mask after using it.

Harry hearing it understood why Aiden was keen to give it away. Others can't find exact information but in his case inspect skill was working.

Not like Aiden knew about his inspect skill but he just wants to get rid of it.

He never considered this skill important. But he had to change his mind; it was convenient to see the level of any cultivator.

Then these artefacts, The details it provides about them is precious.

"So that's why you are giving it to me", Harry said, grabbing the mask in hand.

Aiden seeing the reaction misunderstood.

"No, I have already used it once. There are no major drawbacks; it just has an unusual drawback, which is that if you talk, the mask will disappear. I have used it twice, and when I talked to my friend, the mask dissolved and dropped to the ground. The skill that I figured it has is you can change your face shape, and there is also a skill that helps you hide your presence".

Harry, keeping a straight face, put the mask away in his space ring. He can understand why Aiden understood that by just talking the mask goes back. But he knew talking wasn't the problem; talking the truth was.

If Aiden had only used it twice, then he could understand why he wasn't aware of the more serious drawback.

Coming out of his thoughts Harry brought another space ring out and gave it to Aiden.

"We are even now," Harry said and bolted out of the room.

He knows Aiden wants to have cards if he needs to control Harry.

Aiden was using a simple trick; just overloading Harry with help and debt. Though it won't work consciously subconsciously, one person becomes eager to do tasks if he has some favour to pay back.

Harry giving another space ring removed any type of boundation for future. Although the ring was not as valuable as the mask, he traded things, so on the base level, Aiden gave something to Harry, and Harry did the same.

...

Seeing Harry going out of the room, a smile appeared on Aiden's face. Has talent, has wits, knows politics.

He could survive at least for the time. But these things also make it harder to put a leash on.

He could become an uncontrollable variable if he grows. But that would make things interesting.

"Alrisha, you marked her, Right?" Aiden said.

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"I did, but giving that mask could bring some problems," Alrisha said opening the door while the voice changed from coming to his head to his ear.

"Don't worry, though the mask has some skill that helps to remove this type of ability. But yours is different; you can track them, and you can just hear what they say and talk to your mark from an indefinite distance."

"Don't expect much since I have limited access if the marked person doesn't allow me to use my ability on them".

"It's okay if you can't get any information; I just need his location in an emergency", Aiden shrugged.

"What is the preparation for the Inner branch exam.

Do our students have the intent to survive the test." Aiden asked.

"Most likely, they are not lagging behind in case of cultivation but the intent, not many are there who could even kill a human. We are providing them with all the resources without putting them at risk." Alrisha said checking her nails.

"Our outer branch has the tower which helps students, but on different planets, they have to fight monsters and fellow humans to gather resources.

In the end, only cultivation matters in an exam, but this time, the arena has changed. Only the people with firm will—Will to survive in any case, would pass.

Failing means death." Aiden said sighing deeply and seeing a message on one of the screens.

"I thought you didn't love these types of acts, but now you are playing along."

"What choice do I have until unless there is an unexpected variable, things can't be changed" with that, a smile appeared on Aiden's face.

Alrisha raised an eyebrow but didn't say anything.