Blades

Coldblooded Fighter. Blades is an original shadow soldier in Solo Leveling: ARISE based on Baruka.

Appearance[]

Resembling Baruka, Blades is clad in dark, angular armor with glowing blue accents and intricate designs. He wears a shadowy, tattered cape and wields dual glowing short swords. His helmet has a high crest and a skeletal mask, revealing only his piercing blue eyes. Blades exudes a cold, menacing aura, embodying the essence of a fearsome shadow warrior.

Obtaining and Promotion[]

Blades can be shadow extracted from the Army of Shadows menu for 100 Traces of Shadow after completing Normal Chapter 12 Episode 1 <The Return>.

Rank	Max Army Level	Shades Required	Shadow's Authority	Cost
Common	+5	100	All team members' Attack increases by 3%.	x100
Elite	+7	100	All team members' Attack increases by 4%.	x150 x22,500
Knight	+9	100	All team members' Attack increases by 5%.	x200 x32,500
Elite Knight	+11	100	All team members' Attack increases by 6%.	x250 x40,000
General	+13	100	All team members' Attack increases by 7%.	x300 x50,000

*The cost to obtain Blades and promote them from Common to General is 1,000 Traces of Shadow and 145,000 Gold.

Skills[]

Skill	Details
Basic Attack (Lv.1-Lv.10)	The user attacks by performing two large left and right swings with a dagger. Damage: 150-300.12% of the user's Attack
Basic Attack (Lv.1-Lv.10)	The user gathers energy into the daggers in both hands and attacks by performing a large slash to the front. Damage: 164.35-328.83% of the user's Attack
Moonlight Dancing (Lv.1-Lv.10)	After gathering their power, the user attacks by performing a zigzag circular spinning slash towards the front. Damage: 316.01-632.27% of the user's Attack
Frost Gazer (Lv.1-Lv.10)	The user gathers the power of coldness into a sword, plunges it into the ground, and then attacks by unleashing a blast of coldness to where the enemy is located. Damage: 353.75-707.78% of the user's Attack
Spinning Strike (Lv.1-Lv.10)	The user gathers their power and creates a circle of sword energy around themselves, then propels it forward in a straight line to attack enemies within the range of the effect. Damage: 293.75-587.74% of the user's Attack ・When using this skill, applies the [Attack Increase] effect. [Attack Increase] Increases the user's Attack by 100%. Duration: 10 second(s).
Silent Strike (Lv.1-Lv.10)	The user hides in the fog and disappears before reappearing above the enemy and slashing down. Damage: 392.5-785.31% of the user's Attack ・When using this skill, applies the [Critical Hit Rate Increase] effect. [Critical Hit Rate Increase] Increases the user's Critical Hit Rate by 50%. Duration: 10 second(s).
Armament Skill (Lv.1-Lv.10): Silent Strike	The user hides and throws a dagger into the air. The user then teleports behind the enemy to strike them down. Damage: 444.44-889.24% of the user's Attack ・When the final hit lands, it [Stuns] the target. [Stun] This skill immobilizes the target. Duration: 1 second(s)

*Spinning Strike is only unlocked upon reaching rank Knight.
*Silent Strike is only unlocked upon reaching rank General.

Armament[]

A Shadow's Armament can be Crafted and Advanced in the Army of Shadow's menu once the Shadow reaches General Rank. Unlocking Blades's Armament also unlocks the Armament Skill.

Baruka's Dagger: Replica
		Type
		Element
		Additional Attack	400 - 2400
		Precision	500 - 3000
Blades's Exclusive Shadow Armament
	The Shadow's Attack increases by 2.5% and their Defense Penetration increases by 2.5%.
	The Shadow's Attack increases by 15% and their Defense Penetration increases by 15%.

Armament Advancement Cost
Advancement	Cost
	Shadow Echoes x20 Gold x20,000
	Abyssal Crystal x5 Shadow Echoes x5 Gold x25,000
	Abyssal Crystal x10 Shadow Echoes x5 Gold x30,000
	Abyssal Crystal x20 Shadow Echoes x10 Gold x45,000
	Abyssal Crystal x25 Shadow Echoes x10 Gold x70,000
	Abyssal Crystal x35 Shadow Echoes x20 Gold x100,000
Total	Abyssal Crystal x95 Shadow Echoes x70 Gold x290,000

Secret File[]

Baruka was the leader of the Ice Elves of the Snowfield and a frontline fighter against the Yetis.

When Baruka began to lead his own troops, they became quite famous, despite the fact that they didn't actively participate in battles due to the Ice Elves' policy on war.
This was due to their appearance.

Baruk's group was skilled at hiding their presence through "Camouflage." They often used this method of sneaking up on enemies before suddenly launching an all-out-attack, inflicting devasting damage.

Enemies had fallen to this tactic repeatedly but were unable to come up with a plan to counter it.
This was because the Ice Elves rarely joined the fight first. When the enemy wanted to detect their presence in advance, the battlefield was already swarming with numerous other magic beasts.

However, no strategy in flawless.
The enemy borrowed the power of "an object with some special power," and it did its job.

Baruka and his group were captured through the "Mirror of Reverse Sight."
The "Mirror of Reverse Sight" is a tool that makes all things it reflects look like the opposite of what they really are. And when Baruka's soldiers used "Camouflage," they appeared to be hidden: thus, the mirror revealed them.

Unaware of this, Baruka's troops were unable to fight back and were trapped in another dimension: inside the "Door of Another Space."

They continued on for an indefinite period of imprisonment.
And when their memories of war and lives before had begun to fade, they heard a voice.

"Kill the otherworldly being."