[The level system in this world is like this = Novice, Soldier, Warrior, Knight, Lord, General, King, Emperor, Demi-God, God]
Iron Mountain Stronghold is also called Iron Mountain Overpass. Even though the purpose of the massive military base is to guard the passageway in the event of an attack, this place houses thousands of civilians as well. Civilians didn't intentionally come to this place in the hope of shelter. Instead, they came here to live.
After a soldier gets assigned to the Iron Mountain, they live the rest of their life in it. Even though it is an absolute honour to guard the iron gates (Passageway entry into the kingdom), they feel homesick.
So once they are assigned to the Iron Mountain overpass, they also bring their families here. The houses and the cost of the relocation are all paid by the royal treasury. That's why there are currently thousands of civilians living in the military stronghold.
The stronghold is divided into 2 parts, The upper sanctuary and the lower sanctuary. The lower sanctuary is the place where everything happens.
Civilian infrastructures, soldier housings, magical/Mundane defences, Soldier housing, training grounds, Storage areas and even the cemetery are here. This is where 1 / 4 th of the kingdom's army resides.
The upper sanctuary hostss a glorious, massive castle. This castle is the tailor-made residence of the 'Red Lion', the Fourth general of the kingdom's army. There is no army guarding this place except for the blind maidens who are here to protect his harem.
The Iron Mountain is a mountain with low height. The top part of the mountain is the upper sanctuary while the base and everything around it is the lower sanctuary. A behemoth wall with a height of 100 meters protects both parts.
Gregory was standing on the deck of the ship while observing the iron mountain. Han was standing beside him, waiting for his orders. Even his superior vision of a vampire couldn't pierce through the distance of 10 kilometres.
He squinted his eyes and then lowered his eyes.
"Farsight [Common], All-seeing eye [Divine]"
[Far sight = This ability allows you to clearly see anything between 1 – 100 meters.[Nigh]]
He activated fars sight with his eyes, hoping to see the defences and traps laid in the framework of the Iron Mountain. But his hopes were shattered instantly as the effect of far sight was too low to peer the distance of 10 kilometres.
He frowned and started to scroll through his abilities in the hope of finding a better skill. Suddenly, he saw a very useful ability that could help him greatly in the coming years.
'Of course, how could I forget about this? I brought this ability from the store after getting sick from scrolling through my massive amount of abilities.'
[Searchbar = This skill suggest the most optimal skill or ability to the user based on the user's situation. Users can switch on or off this skill any time they want. Usage of this skill doesn't cost any mana.]
His eyes gleamed with excitement as he switched searchbar ability on. The wandering thought appeared in his mind.
'This search bar ability doesn't have a rank, and it is very different to the one had in the game. In the game,e I could use this skill to search the list of abilities, but now it has somehow changed.'
He frowned and looked at the distant stronghold.
'I should focus on the mission right now. I have to destroy the overpass no matter what.'
Then he closed the status panel and thought that he wanted to look at the distant stronghold.
Suddenly, a blue panel opened up in front of him.
[Upgrade or Degrade [Divine] = This ability allows you to switch a rank of a skill or ability to any rank between common to legendary. The ability or the skill has to be lower than legendary and this ability can only be used on one person at one time.]
Gregory frowned as he turned thoughtful.
'Hmm, it seems like I don't have any good skill or an ability like far-sighted. Even I have, they aren't useful enough for the ability to recommend them to me.'
He sighed and activated the skill recommended to him by the search bar.
"Upgrade Far Sight to legendary."
After seeing that, he opened the far-sight panel again, and in front of him was an evolved version of it.
[Far sight [Legendary] = This ability allows you to clearly see anything between 1 – 100 km.[Nigh]]
Then he activated the far sight again. This time, however, he could clearly see everything that was happening inside the fortress.
Soldiers clad in silver and blue-coloured armour were manning the wall in a hurry while mages prepared the C Grade cannons up on the walls. Despite the trajectory of their path and the distant noise of the ringing bells, the atmosphere inside the fortress looked calm and peaceful.
The Civilians went on with their usual businesses and daily chores. The children were laughing and playing while a couple of men flirted with their mothers. The two old men were playing a strange board while chugging downed beer. The soldiers manning the wall were confident, prideful and a little bit anxious.
Gregory smirked a little as he looked more and more.
'They don't know what's coming for them.'
The magician and the Soldier's levels varied from Novice to Warrior. The only one who was worth paying attention to was a man named Derek, who was in rare rank and Lord level.
'Finally someone strong...…..I hope he is strong enough to entertain me at least a little.'
After thinking that, his attention was drawn to the invisible barrier surrounding the fortress.
[Harvind's Apple [S rank] = The Apple creates a barrier of any range the Harvind wants. This barrier will only allow the person to enter or leave the barrier if Harvind approves.]
Gregory looked at the description with wide eyes.
'Well, this kind of equipment is to be expected from a fortress that is vital to the survival of the kingdom...…Who is this harvind guy anyway?'
Then he shrugged and opened the inventory. After searching for a couple of minutes among the seventy-three items in it, he took two of them out.
He looked at the two items' panels with a dark expression.
'Here we go again.'
[Face of the Dracula [SSS rank] = This white Face paint protects you from any detection skill. As long as the user wears this face paint, one will be able to recognize the user no matter how powerful they are. Users can change it to any person they desire and take over their skills, rank, level and everything]
[Cape of the Dracula [SSS rank] = This Cape can summon the night. While fighting in the night wearing this user will be 10 times stronger. This cape gives you the ability to fly. This cape can protect the user from any kind of attack, no matter how powerful they are.]