I Start with 13 Hidden Traits Chapter-338

Ch-338. **The Nameless Eagle**

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The being that appeared by overwriting the Twelve Heavenly Sovereign—
the **Raven of Destruction**.

The very first retainer that Randolph became able to summon after acquiring the class **‘Another Destruction.’**

However, I had never known how to summon the Raven of Destruction.

I couldn’t recklessly transform into Randolph, and in the first place, it wasn’t an entity that could be summoned simply by will.

*To think it would be summoned like this…*

A method that required specific conditions to be met.

It seemed that a **retainer** could only appear by devouring a completed *shell*—
only when there existed a perfected vessel for it to overwrite.

Come to think of it—

Hadn’t the retainers of Destruction all appeared in the world already complete?

Moreover, the Raven of Destruction that devoured its shell looked nothing like what I had imagined.

Its long, gray wings stretched wide enough to seem capable of splitting the sea itself,
and its sharp beak looked as though there was nothing it could not pierce.

The tips of its twelve tails bloomed like lotus buds in full blossom—breathtakingly beautiful—
and the long plumes extending from both sides of its head shone as fiercely as the sun.

For something called a retainer of Destruction, wasn’t it far too radiant?

Soon, I understood why.

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**【Nameless Eagle (Grade 100)】**

**Trait (1):**
A new form born when the *Raven of Destruction*, a retainer of ‘Another Destruction,’ devoured the existence of the ‘Forgotten Sacred Heaven,’ the Twelve Heavenly Sovereign.

**Trait (2):**
An Old One—an ancient divine beast that once perched atop the very first World Tree ever born.
A being that belongs nowhere: the **Nameless Eagle**.

**Trait (3):**
The *Primordial Attribute* grants 50% resistance to all attributes, including light and darkness.

**Trait (4):**
Originally a retainer of Another Destruction, but due to the mysterious power held by the *Lord of the Stars* and the divinity of the Forgotten Sacred Heaven, it has been bound into an entirely different form.
Instead, all traits are mysteriously enhanced.

**Trait (5):**
Within the *Flowers of the Sun* at the ends of its twelve tails are stored the powers of its previously evolved forms.
Currently stored forms: five
(Dianax, Angel Behemoth, Ten-Tailed Fox, Eleven Sacred Heavens, Twelve Heavenly Sovereign)

**Trait (6):**
The Nameless Eagle devours the *name* and *form* of its opponents and evolves endlessly.

**Trait (7):**
Through the *Armor of Omen and Ash (Primordial)*, it can transform into a helmet and be equipped. (Linked)

**Trait (8):**
Depending on the alignment of the form stored within the *Flowers of the Sun*, it gains either divinity or darkness.
(Currently: **Divine Possession**)

**<Stats (Change depending on form)>**

Strength: 100 ~ ???
Vitality: 100 ~ ???
Agility: 100 ~ ???
Intelligence: 100 ~ ???
Mana: 100 ~ ???

Skills: Vary depending on the transformed form.

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……

As I read through the endlessly cascading status window—
a total of eight traits—I couldn’t help but shudder deeply.

I had never once seen a summon like this.

A being that could become anything, transform into anything—
the true form of a *Soul*.

And yet, it felt like evolving into the **Nameless Eagle** hadn’t been mere coincidence.

*This Nameless Eagle represents me.*

This creature embodied my very identity.

Perhaps that was what it meant for it to dwell within my soul and be engraved upon my body.

After endless evolution, it felt as though I had finally encountered *myself*.

An inexplicable sense of kinship welled up within me.

*…It was right to keep challenging myself.*

I had worried whether I was pushing evolution too far.

If it evolved in the wrong direction, it would have been worse than not evolving at all.

But trusting myself and pressing forward with stubborn resolve had yielded the best possible result—

one that couldn’t have been better.

*Since it inherited my experience gain rate and proficiency growth, its growth speed was inevitably unmatched.*

The reason such growth was possible wasn’t simply because it hunted at higher tiers.

It was because it inherited my additional attributes wholesale, forming an overwhelming foundation for growth.

Over 500% total experience gain.
More than 2,000% proficiency efficiency.
Along with numerous other powerful auxiliary effects.

Of course, there was one more reason as well.

*…The Armor of Omen and Ash.*

The primordial gauntlets given as the final reward by the God of Omen and the God of Ash.

They didn’t merely enable switching between Park Hyun-myung and Randolph—
another ability lay hidden within them.

*The two gauntlets possess a linking function. We called it transformation, but its true name is Link—connection.*

Transformation.

Or switching.

That was what I had called it until now, but that meant I had only understood half of the gauntlets’ function.

The Armor of Omen and Ash was inherently interconnected.

And I was connected to the summoned entity through *sensory sharing*—
at some point, the gauntlets’ true function had begun to surface.

**Link.**

A unification in which the Soul and I became one—
it became me, and I became it.

With every evolution, I became the *Soul* itself.

Simply put—it was fusion.

That was why higher-tier hunts became possible, and evolution accelerated so dramatically.

After all, *I* was the one doing the hunting.

Likewise, the Nameless Eagle’s ability to transform into a helmet and be equipped
was entirely due to the gauntlets’ influence.

*The true purpose of a Soul…*

A realization struck me.

Perhaps this was the true purpose of a Soul.

Not merely summoning and evolving it, but understanding its essence and applying it directly to oneself.

At that moment—

【Mysterious Achievement ‘The Meaning of the Soul’ achieved.】

【Mysterious Achievement ‘Unification’ achieved.】

【Mysterious Achievement ‘Endless Evolution’ achieved.】

【Mysterious Achievement ‘Old One’ achieved.】

【Mysterious Achievement ‘One Who Achieved Many Feats Alone’ achieved.】

……

An endless stream of Mysterious Achievements.

But these were achievements I had cleared alone.

【‘Golden Scale Knight Order’ has completed 54 Mysterious Achievements.】

【Dungeon Mysterious Achievement Progress: 118 / 370】

At some point, we had surpassed fifty achievements.

Nearly half of the total possible count.

Even with seven knight orders competing, this was an overwhelming lead.

Proof that not only I, but the other members of the knight order, were giving it their all.

*We’ll surpass seventy on this floor.*

At minimum, seventy was within reach.

And I would push the Order’s prestige as high as possible to challenge **Divinity Acquisition**.

*Prestige 400, 500, and beyond…*

Each Forgotten Knight’s Soul increased prestige by five.

Reaching 400 with eighty souls granted an absurd additional effect—
*the entire knight order’s level cap increases by one*.

I had thought level caps could only be raised in the Tower of Rifts.

And that wasn’t all.

At 500 prestige, one could obtain **Divinity**—an effect that could never be ignored.

To do that, we had to win.

Overwhelmingly—by stealing every last Mysterious Achievement.

But the problems were the **White King** and the **Forgotten God**.

The White King likely possessed abilities optimized for nurturing,
and since the Forgotten God had prepared the trial, he must have started with far more favorable conditions.

…Perhaps that was why—

I had one lingering unease.

*What if the Raven of Destruction had devoured even the Soul’s ego?*

I quietly met its gaze.

Didn’t I hate being controlled by someone else more than anything?

Until now, I had comfortably handled it because the Baby Hydragon’s personality had carried over—but if the Raven of Destruction had truly taken its place…

KIIAAAH!

Suddenly, the **Nameless Eagle** let out a powerful cry and rubbed its face against my cheek.

…I breathed a quiet sigh of relief.

It seemed the Raven of Destruction hadn’t been able to devour the Soul’s ego.

But how?

A first retainer like the Raven of Destruction should have been more than capable.

*The mysterious power possessed by the Lord of the Stars.*

I reexamined the traits and focused on that line.

**Lord of the Stars** was the name of my class.

It was an evolution of **Star’s Successor**, branching apart from Randolph.

And yet, there was a description stating that another retainer of Destruction had been bound into a different form by the mysterious power of the Lord of the Stars.

Which meant—

*The Lord of the Stars… is it a class on par with Another Destruction?*

Of course, the divinity of the Forgotten Sacred Heaven—the Twelve Heavenly Sovereign—had played a role,
but no matter how I looked at it, the class itself seemed to have had a profound influence.

Meaning the **Lord of the Stars** was in no way inferior to **Another Destruction**.

*I still don’t fully understand the true abilities of the Lord of the Stars.*

At least **War God** lived up to its name.

But I knew very little about the Lord of the Stars.

*…I’ll need to pay closer attention and figure it out.*

I hadn’t expected much, but the effects far exceeded my imagination.

Nodding, I looked once more at the Nameless Eagle.

Suddenly, a thought crossed my mind.

If I gave the Nameless Eagle a name, would it become an eagle *with* a name?

KIIAAH?

“No. Let’s use the remaining time wisely.”

With a faint smile, I began to move.

I didn’t want to waste even the last remaining minute.

SHUAAAH!

At the same time, the Nameless Eagle transformed into a helmet—

“….”

I was left speechless once again.

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【The time limit has ended.】
【The ‘Soul Duel’ begins.】

【The ‘Forgotten God’s Knight Order,’ the ‘White King’s Knight Order,’ and the ‘Golden Scale Knight Order’ will battle. The victor will claim all Mysterious Achievements obtained on the 3rd Floor.】

【‘White King’s Knight Order’ has completed 17 Mysterious Achievements on the 3rd Floor.】

When time expired, the location changed into a coliseum.

There, the White King looked over his knight order and smiled.

“Not bad.”

Perhaps because they consisted solely of flying, crawling monstrosities.

Their Soul cultivation was respectable.

After all, this trial had been tailored perfectly to them.

*Seventeen.*

Far more than what they had achieved on the first and second floors.

Which meant the White King’s Knight Order simply could not lose.

No—
even if they were behind in numbers, it didn’t matter.

*Mork.*

The White Tiger Clan’s masterpiece, once called the Extinction King or Demon, stood at his side.

A monster capable of overwhelming everything on its own.

Who could possibly defeat Mork?

Just then—

SHUUUUUNG!

【The ‘Forgotten God’s Knight Order’ appears.】

At last, the Forgotten God revealed himself.

Seeing him, the White King tilted his head.

*Hm…?*

Monsters he had never seen before filled the field.

Yet even so, he felt no fear of defeat.

And then—

SHUUUNG!

【The ‘Golden Scale Knight Order’ appears.】

The White King smiled leisurely as he looked toward them.

But the message that followed wiped that smile away.

【The ‘Golden Scale Knight Order’ has completed 40 Mysterious Achievements on the 3rd Floor.】

Had he seen that wrong?

*Forty?*

There were forty Mysterious Achievements on the 3rd Floor?

And since achievements couldn’t overlap, it was all the more shocking.

Still—forty?

*Compared to that…*

But soon, the White King regained his composure.

Because compared to the number of achievements, the evolution of their Souls was utterly pitiful.

Most of them were nothing special.

Except for one.

One presence that stood out above all others.

*The Druid of the Golden Scale.*

At the same time—

Upon seeing him, the White King couldn’t help but furrow his brow.

*…What in the world is that?*