《This Is An Overlord Fanfic. Maybe...》 Chapter -1 - WELCOME MY PITIFUL READERS! I welcome you all to my very own Fanfic. _______________________________ I''m here to just say that. This is an Overlord fanfic. Just in case you haven''t noticed yet. *I don''t own anything, credits goes to Maruyama. The OG Author of the Overlord* This is also an isekai. Yeah, I have said that already for a million times. I know. And also, just in case you''re curious. This is just a story fulfilment. Meaning, the mc will literally do whatever ever the hell he wants to do. And you, as salty as you are, can''t do anything about about it no matter how much you runt. But of course, there''s still some plots but if you don''t like all of that, then feel free to turn your backs. I won''t f*cking care. Bwahahaha! I will leave you with a very motivational quote. Just as a wise man once said. Roses are red, My name is not Dave. This doesn''t make sense. MICROWAVE! __________________________________________ Link for discord!! If you are interested on supporting my work even in the smallest amount, you can PayPal me using the link below. I''ll also promise to fastened the update of the new chapters if you do. PayPal.me/Evrabonzz Chapter 1 Must know: ¡ª Slow Pace ¡ª Not all about Lemon ¡ª Decent Grammar ¡ª Handsome Author ¡ª Author has big pp Note for my veteran readers. ¡ª See that chapter titles? Yeah, Disgusting. I know you guys are frustrated too. I don''t want to do that either but I don''t have a choice for the mean time. But worry not cause after I finish re writing everything and reach the New World Arc again, I will revert it back to its past glory. So just hold on, I promise that to you guys.???? ________________________________________________________________ *Sounds of the Rustling Crowds* In a particular street in Tokyo, you can see a boy, wearing a school uniform while carrying a box that has a lot of stuffs in it. "Ugh, this is so goddamn heavy." His name is Unko, Unko Takahashi. 18 years old. A second year in a nearby high school. His looks are pretty normal, not that handsome but definitely not ugly. His height was around 170 cm, has black hair and black eyes. He had a few pimples on his face but most of it was being covered by his hair. A typical look for a normal Japanese if you ask anybody. He doesn''t have any Noteworthy Characteristics. In short, if this is an Anime or Manga, then this boy will definitely be a mob character. The type of character that you usually see at the background of the story that anyone has watched or read. "Oh man, I''m so tired already. *sigh*" His classes had just ended. He was on his way back home. The books that he was carrying are the materials for their group project that they will present tomorrow, he was the one that has been ?ssigned by his classmates to bring the materials tomorrow as they all have different things to do. ".. *Sigh* my arm is hurting already, this is so goddamn heavy. I wish I have teleportation powers so I can go back home fast." Unko continues to grumble as he walks along the streets. He is tired already and he feel that his arms are starting to sore, so he fastened his pace since right now, he wants nothing but to reach his apartment and get his well deserve rest. After 5 minutes of walk, which almost look like an awkward run, he finally arrived at his apartment. "... I''m home." Unko said as he open the door and enter. But as he expected, no answered back. The only thing that welcomed home is an eerie silence. In fact, he''ll be more surprise if someone answered him. He was living alone in this apartment ever since he started living here. His parents died a couple of months after he was born. The cause of death was, a truck. Truck-kun decided to do his parents when they are both outside for some unknown reasons. In short, it was a double kill. Yeah, pretty unfortunate. But Unko hated both of his parents. Not because he grew up without them but because he was also hated by both of them. His everyday life was so difficult because of his parents. The only thing he knew about his parents is that they hated him. Of course, he is not sure about this since he has no way of knowing but what can he say when they named him "Unko", that literally means sh*t/poop. If it''s not because they hate him and wants to make his everyday life so miserable, then no one knows. Whenever he was being called by his friends or classmates, sometimes even his own Uncles, they can''t stop themselves from giggling even though they don''t mean it. Imagine that you want to call him from a far but you''re in a crowded area where a lot of people can hear you, yeah, it''s pretty embarrassing both for Unko and the caller. This causes him trauma that whenever he was being asked about his name, he is only saying his surname and never the name anymore. He was just saying it if it was really needed. *Tud* After he enters his apartment, he throws his bag to his bed and slam the box full of stuff on his table and immediately change clothes. His apartment is small, that is if you compare it to the normal ones. Though small, it has all the things he needed for his everyday life so Unko couldn''t ask for more. One of his uncle on his mother''s side was supporting him ever since he was a child. He was the one that took care of him after his parent''s death until he reached high school. His uncle has two daughter, his wife died early too, so Unko knows that raising him while also supporting his two daughter is hard, and yet, his uncle still did it. So after reaching high school, he decided to stop being such a bother to his uncle and decided to move to a small apartment near to his new high school. Of course, his uncle didn''t thought that he was a bother in the first place. Of course, someone might ask how did Unko afford to rent an apartment by himself since he rent this on his own. Well, simple, he has a good sum of money. It was his Parent''s money. Supposedly, it should go to his Uncle for taking him in when he was still a child, but his uncle didn''t touched the money and decided to just give it to Unko when he finally hit the right age. Yeah, a good man. That''s how Unko thinks of his Uncle. After he changed Clothes, he goes towards his small kitchen area and prepare food for himself and proceed to eat after that. After he finished eating, he grab the box full of stuff and started sorting it out. He need to study this materials since he will also present some of this in front of the class tomorrow. Although he wants to do nothing right now but watch anime or sleep, he has no choice since he doesn''t want to get scolded by his classmates, that''s why even though the expression that Unko has right now is clearly stating that he doesn''t like what he''s doing right now, he still doing it nonetheless. He simply doesn''t have a choice. ????? A few hours later... *Yawn* "... I finally got it all. Good thing since my head will explode if I do any more of this. *sigh*" After two hours of studying he finally stopped. He stands up to his chair and goes to the bathroom to wash his face. *Splash* "Look at that messed up face. Why can''t I have a good-looking and handsome face just like Takamura? .... AHHH! THE WORLD IS SO UNFAIR! WHY IS MY LIFE SO BORING?!" After a minute of shaking his head in the air, he stopped. *Sigh* ".. I''m so envious of all the good looking guys in the whole entire damn world. My right hand was too tired already and the p?rn on the internet was too generic for my taste that my junior won''t get up anymore, when will my future girlfriend arrive goddamit." After a moment of big desperations, he finally got out on the bathroom with a tired expression and goes towards the bed and lazily slam himself on it. "... Aissh~ My brain is toasted, I''m going crazy..." He continues to mumble some things for a moment and finally, silence had envelop the whole room as he close his eyes and falls asleep. ????? Next morning. Unko wakes up early and takes a bath after eating breakfast, he changed his pajama to his exercise clothing and go outside to do his daily morning exercises. This is his routine every single day, he never missed his routine except when he really need to do something much more important or if he just really can''t. ????? After an hour of jog and bunch of exercises, he finally decides to stop. He sat on a bench in a nearby park to just take a break before going back to his apartment and get ready for school. When he was sitting on the bench while drinking some bottled water. He suddenly heard some commotions from some people in the near street. Curious of what is happening over there, he stands up from the bench and goes towards where the commotion is happening. He slowly walks towards the bunch of rowdy people and tried to take a glimpse to see what is going on but failed cause there''s just too many people blocking the view. He saw a middle-aged man in the far back of the group of people, he is wearing a working suit and it looks like he got here before him, he decided to approach the man and ask him what''s going on. ".. E-excuse me. Sir." He asked the man but the man didn''t respond or even look at him like nothing is even happening. ".. Umm, Sir?" He tries to tap the man''s back just to call his attention but when his hand touches the back of the man, his hand suddenly passes through the man''s body. He didn''t even have time to be confused as the man''s body started to fade like he was Thanos snapped. The man''s body has shattered and turn into dust as it disappear in the wind. ".. W-what?!" He immediately looks at the people around him, he plans to call their attention to see what is happening in front of him but when he looks at their direction, there''s no one there, he was alone. "... What the f*ck is happen¡ª" But Unko didn''t even managed to finish what he''s saying as he suddenly heard some mumble noises. ".. Oy, Ge- o-y of Ther-!" ".. Wha- is tha- kid do-.." "....." He looks towards the direction where the noises is coming from and there, he saw a crowd of people, and from the looks of it, they''re all looking anxious while shouting towards his direction. Unko can''t really hear what they''re all saying since their voices is really distorted, like someone is pressing the mute bu??on repeatedly inside his head. But as seconds goes by, the voices that he''s hearing has started becoming louder, and as it becomes louder, the voices becomes more clearer, and as it becomes clearer, the more he started realizing the situation he''s in as realization had started kicking him in the bu??. It was like he loses his ability to hear things and slowly get it back as the voices of the people and different horns of the cars he heard are getting louder and louder as time goes by. When he saw this, it was like waking up from a long dream and he suddenly realized where he was, he was in the middle of a highway, alone of course since this is not a place that ordinary people shouldn''t go to. He glances on his both sides and saw all the people there, telling them to get out on the spot he''s in. He also saw some of the cars that has stopped since he is blocking the way, the drivers inside of the cars are shouting for him to get his ?ss out in the way. But that''s just "some" since there''s also some cars that didn''t stop and continue speeding up. ''.. How did I get here? Oh sh*t, I need to get out here first!'' He was so confused about how did he get here as he was just sitting on the bench of a park a couple of seconds ago. But he decided to not think about it for now and was about to run back on the sides of the highway, where it is more safe, but as he was about to do so... *HONK!* *HONNNK!* He suddenly heard a loud horn behind him. He looks at the direction of the honking sound and see a big truck rushing towards his direction. He saw the panicking driver inside the truck repeatedly honking and gesturing for him to get out of the way. Base on the expression of the truck driver, he cannot control the truck. It looks like someone is controlling the truck, he stepped on the break repeatedly but the truck won''t stop. ".. OH F*CK!" When Unko saw the truck, it was close already and was coming at him at almost full speed. He knows that he won''t make it even if he tries to dodge it by running on any direction. So he has no choice but to just immediately duck and hope that he was small enough to fit under the truck.. It was all nothing but survival instincts. He didn''t even thought if he can really fit under it. When the truck was about to pass above him, he heard some panic shout and scream of the people. Some even cover their faces and choose to not look at the scene that was happening in front of them. Unko just ducks on the concrete floor with all his might, trying to stay flat as he can. He saw the front wheels of the truck passing through his far sides. Meaning, he successfully fit under the truck and save himself, but he didn''t even have time to sigh in relief when he saw the truck, steers its wheels, and immediately changes direction. ".. GODDAMMIT!!" When he looks at the back wheels of the truck, he saw that it was rolling on his way fast. "..Ugh! ..." He rolls his body to the right side as fast as he can so he can avoid being splat by the truck wheels. But he didn''t notice that the space between him and the bottom of the truck was not big enough, so when he rolled, his left shoulder got caught and hit the bottom of the moving truck that causes his rolling momentum to be interrupted. He still manages to dodge the wheel of the truck but his right hand got caught up and was rolled by the wheels. ".... AAGHK!!" He felt that his hand was crushed as it got limp and can''t feel it anymore, but he didn''t felt any pain from it as his adrenaline was rushing throughout his body like crazy. So when he saw the truck that finally overpassed him and crashes to the side of a building that is under construction, he sighed in relief. Luckily, the driver manages to jump out before it hit the building and no one other than Unko got hurt, which sucks for him. ".. Agh!... F*CK YOU TRUCK-KUN! NOT COOL! AGH! Goddammit!." Even though he was in a miserable state, where his hand got crushed by the wheels and the other one is full of wounds, he can''t help but compare himself to some novel that he had read where the mc was being isekai''d by some truck. He immediately stands up and ran at the side of the building to avoid any further miracles, he was so glad that he didn''t die there but his happy thoughts were suddenly interrupted by some loud noise. *INNNKKKK!!!!* !!!! ".. NOW WHAT!?" As he was running, he suddenly heard a sound coming from above, it''s like a sound of a turning metal that you usually heard in a big metal machines. When he looks up, he saw a big crane above the building. That building is the same building where the truck crashed. The crane suddenly turns its direction and the rocks below it suddenly cracked. *CRACK!* *CRACK!* *BOOM!* The Rooftop of the building where the crane was, suddenly exploded for some unknown reasons and causes the crane to fall below the streets. The people below started to run in different directions. But it''s really weird that the crane is falling exactly where Unko''s direction is. He didn''t wait any further as he ran already in opposite direction. He ran as fast as he can, he looks back and saw that it was about to fall on him. "... F*CK! WHAT IS HAPPENING TODAY? AM I CURSED?" He looks everywhere for a possible chance of survival and saw a maid cafe near him, he didn''t waste any more time as he ran towards that direction and immediately throw his body towards the door and bash himself inside. *BOOOMMM!!!* The impact of the moment when the crane crashes on the ground, causes the ground to shake a little. All the cars in its way were immediately destroyed and flatted, but all the drivers inside it manage to get out before it crashed towards them, and miraculously no one got killed and only a few got hurt. "... Ugh! I''m still alive!... I''m STILL F*KING ALIVE! BWAHAHAHA! CRANE-CHAN YOU B*TCH!" Unko immediately stands up and laughed and shouted like a madman. He looks around him and saw that the people inside the cafe was looking at him with strange gazes. "... Oh, I-i am sorry. I didn''t mean to shout." "... N-no, it''s fine. Rather, you look hurt, are you alright? You should sit here for a moment, your shoulder is bleeding and your hand..." One of the maids has stepped forward and talked to him as she saw he was hurt. Unko realizes it and was about to sit but he suddenly remembers that for some reason, he was like getting hunted, and even though it was just his imagination, it''s really bad that if this people got caught up if what was his thinking is correct. ".. U-uh, thanks for the offer but, I think I''ll just go. Don''t worry about this, it''s not as worse as you think. I''ll just head straight to some hospital later. Um, Goodbye!" ".. Uhm, you su- oh okay, be careful." The maid was about to try and talk to him as she was worried about his state but she saw that Unko immediately run outside, she couldn''t say anymore and just wave him goodbye. ".. Damn! It was still the first chapter but Non-stop Actions are coming already from here and there." When he goes outside, he immediately scans the area and saw that the whole streets are blocked by traffic of cars so no potential running trucks that are going towards him so soon, and also no cranes at the top of the buildings are to be seen. He stepped completely outside but he was still wary of his surrounding, his feet and muscles are all tight up and were always ready to run back towards the cafe just in case something comes flying at him. He warily walks towards the streets but he was still on the corner of the street near the open buildings where he can run to just in case he needed to. He just passed through the traffic of cars and goes towards the open streets, but at that exact moment. *SCREECH!!* Suddenly, a sport''s car was rushing through him at full speed. ".. HA! I KNEW IT!" He immediately runs back at the traffic of cars and jumps at the roofs of it to have some covers and protection from the devil that was coming for his life that is called, Lamborghini. *ZHIIIIIIII!!!!!* *BOOOOMM!* He almost falls from the roof of the car he was standing from the impact of the crash. A victorious smile appears on Unko''s face and stands up with his ?h?st up proudly. ".. BAHAHA! YOU FAILED! AGAIN! YOU THOUGHT THAT I DIDN''T KNOW WHAT''S GOING ON? EVEN IF I LOOK LIKE THIS, I AM SMART TO KNOW WHAT''S YOU''RE UP TO. BWAHAHA! YOU CAN''T KILL ME YOU F*CKING BITC-" *BOOOOMM!!!* Suddenly, a lump of metal that looks like a satellite comes rushing from the sky and immediately crashes to the position where Unko is. The whole street was destroyed, and some of the cars have been flattened completely. "... uh, F-F*ck!" But miraculously, Unko was still alive even after that. The lower half of his body was crushed but he is still alive since he''s upper body was in a direction where the gap between the satellite is positioned. "... A S-satellite? A-are you k-kidding me?" *WI, WO, WI, WO, WI, WO!* Suddenly an ambulance''s sirens can be heard coming towards his direction. "... I-If this was an isekai story, t-this must be the most p-painful isekai story ever, haha- *Cough-blood*... Oh f*ck!" When the ambulance''s siren was getting close, he looks up to the sky. After all this unfortunate events, there''s no way that this is the end of it. "... Alright, nhg¡ª now what?" Suddenly, just the moment when he asks that question, he saw a lot of liquid coming out from the crashed cars near him, and it''s almost flooding the whole floor with it. *TIKS!* *TIKS!* *TIKS!* He heard some noises near him and when he looks towards it, he saw a sparking live-wire from the broken satellite. The satellite was still shaking due to its position, causing the live-sparking-wire to fall on the concrete floor that is full of gas that is leading towards the cars. The exterior of the cars might have been destroyed, but the engine inside are still alive and intact. He knows because he can still hear the engine of the cars roaring as it was still running when the driver immediately leaves their cars earlier. When the live-wire drops on the floor, the gas on the ground ignited and the flames immediately spread and entered the car''s gas tank. And immediately after that happened. "... Ah, Sh*t." Unko said with an unchanging expression. *BOOOOOMMM!!!* From a far distance, a loud chain of explosions can be heard. It lasted for a minute before the explosions, finally stopped. ??????? After the end of that day, the police have finished their investigations and everything was starting to be put back to where they were supposed to. Yesterday''s event was still unexplained and a lot of mystery was going on. But thankfully and surprisingly, only a few people got hurt and there''s only one casualty. The media asked to name who is the person that died in that big accident. ".. The boy who died in a mysterious accident was named. U-Unko Takahashi. May he rest in peace." And at last, for the very first time. No one laughed when they heard his name. (A/N: Press F in the chat.) ____________________________________________________________________ Chapter 2 In a place where anywhere you look you''ll see nothing but white space, a black-haired man lying down on the floor while looking unconscious are to be seen. Of course, this is Unko. He was lying on the floor for a couple of minutes already, and even though he looks like unconscious, he was awake from the very beginning. He was just pretending. But after a few minutes, he realized that what he''s doing is practically pointless so he finally decided to stand up while acting like he just regained his consciousness and also a bit confused. When he tried to look around, he saw nothing but pure white space. He was all alone, no one can be seen within the range of his eyes. He didn''t know whether this space is infinite or not but he didn''t dare to know. He just stays still and waits for something to come. If ever there is. "... I''m not supposed to ask but where the hell am I?" After a couple of minutes, he finally voices out his Question. But no one answered. He waited for a couple of minutes more but when he got tired of standing and looking around, he decided to just sit still and relax. "... Hello, How''re you doing child?" When he was about to sit, a voice of a woman suddenly rang out from his back. He was startled by it and immediately turn around to look who it is. "... Woah! Wait, Who are¡ª I, I mean. Can I ask who are you? ..... P¡ª please~." Unko said with an awkward tone. The moment he heard a voice, he most likely know his situation already. No, actually, he already know it ever since he arrived in this place, that''s why he is waiting for something in the first place. He just let his guard down since the woman that appeared behind him decided to appear when he is already planning to rest and take a break. So if his Isekai knowledge is right, since all the things that had happened to him till now is pretty much a perfect formula for an isekai story, then right now, the being that appeared in front of him is a God, or at least something like that. That''s why Unko immediately changed his tone the moment he realized this. Both his speech and tone became respectful in an instant. He can''t afford to offend this woman by speaking in an informal tone. So after he throw the question to the woman, she immediately answered back with a slightly amused tone. "... Well of course you can.... I am, an avatar of the god that was ?ssigned to be your guide until you leave this realm." She suddenly raises her arms wide and a light suddenly appears around her. She maybe thinks that it makes her look, holy. Meanwhile, while this is happening, Unko is staring to the so called Avatar of the God, really serious. "Ah!" He finally realized why. ".. Uuh, Umm, God? Can I call you that?" "... Yes, You May." The God answered with an unchanging expression. "... Um, okay.... Then, my question is... Is¡ª Is that, your real form?" Unko throws the question with a nervous tone. The God look at Unko for a moment before answering his question... "Hmm... No my child. I don''t have a real form. This form of mine was nothing but an image that came from your mind. Before I appeared in front of you, I look into your mind and find the image you adore the most and like and took it as my current form." "... Uhh, i-is that so? Good thing that it''s not." When God heard this, a confused expression appeared on her face, wondering that maybe, something is wrong with the image she used. "... What''s wrong with the image? I thought that you''ll like it." She tilted her head while Questioning him. The god stares at him for a moment and she suddenly closes her eyes, and once she opens it again. Her eyes are completely different. It looks like you are looking at the stars in the night sky. It was pitched black with a shining dots of lights around it. She stairs at Unko for only a couple of seconds before she closes her eyes again and turns it back to normal. "... I see, I understand. If that is the case, then." She snaps her fingers and suddenly, a light covered her whole body, it only lasted for a couple of seconds and the light slowly died down. When the light completely died, the look of the one that is standing in front of Unko, changed drastically. "... Now, Would this be fine?" The look of what used to be a Woman, changes and is now exactly look like Unko''s uncle. Yeah the same Uncle that raised her ever since he was child. Unko was a bit surprised when he saw this, but it was immediately replaced by a genuine smile on his face. But when remember he just died, he felt a bit sad. He didn''t manage to fulfill his promise to his uncle or even say his farewells before he died. "... Yeah, thank you for your consideration. it''s really perfect." Unko replied to God that has the image of his uncle with a smile. "... That''s good. And also, no need to talk politely to me, it''s completely fine. Don''t worry about it too much. There''s a reason why I picked the image of the person you adored and like the most. It''s so you can develop a feeling of familiarity with me and converse with me more casually. So you can stop worrying too much now." The God said to Unko like he already noticed the worries he has the moment he spoke towards him. "... A¡ª Alright. *sigh*" Unko said with a sigh of relief. He finally got a pass to speak more casually right now. "... So with that, let''s start already shall we?" "... Don''t worry, you will not be hurt anymore. So be at ease." Said by the goddess while looking at his slightly worried expression. "... Uh, no worries. Hah~ I''m totally fine." Unko said with a weird tone as he remember that he was just brutally murdered not so long ago. At least that''s how he precept it. But even so, it''s not like he can throw a tantrum here, asking who send those things that killed him. Even though the God told him to speak casually, Unko knows that being rude and informal is still a red line. So even though he has a lot of question about him being killed, he just pushed it all behind his back since it''s not like he can do anything about it anymore. And the event that had happened to him a while ago didn''t traumatized him anyway, in fact, he''s not bothered at all, like dying for him is just a casual thing to happen every morning, that''s how calm he is. So when Unko said that he''s fine, he is really fine. Mentally that is. " Hmm.. Okay, then. To make things official, Let me introduce my self again. Welcome to my very own White space, my child. I''m an avatar of the god that was ?ssigned to be your personal Instructor. Starting from now on, and until you leave this space. You are not called ''human'' anymore. All the creatures that have managed to come here are called, ''The Guarantors''. They are the ones that have been challenged and tested by the Gods. It is before they died. Do you have any questions?" The God asked Unko. ".. Uh, I''m too speechless." Everything was too sudden for him, all the information was flooding in his mind. It keeps coming and coming that he was having an imaginary slight headache as he keeps on processing all the new information on his mind. "... Uuh, If it''s the same to the novels that I have read. Then, Reincarnations and Three wishes, maybe?" "Oh, you are slightly correct about that. But when it comes to the ''Reincarnation'', it will be your own decision if you wish to do so as this matter is really complicated. You are correct about the wishes, but it''s not exactly three wishes. It can be less or more than that. Sometimes, you won''t get wishes as your reward, it can be other stuff as well, it can be different for every other Guarantors, such as yourself. Now, can you guess where the results are being based on?" "Hmm, is it based on the ''karma'' thing?" Unko said as he remembers that, the MC''s of the Isekai novels that he has read was usually being judge by their karma on their past or present life. That is the most common thing he can remember. And sometimes, for some reason, they get like a F*ck ton of karma, that resulted in them being so Godamn OP. "... Actually, we do. But not for every Guarantors we''ve met. Every Guarantors have different types of challenges that they needed to pass through before they can become an official guarantor. And be rewarded base on their results. For example, let''s have a look at yours, shall we?" The god snapped his fingers and a HUD looking screen appears above them and displays a different bunch of text in it, but Unko can''t understand any of it. "... Hmm, that''s actually impressive. I have met a lot of guarantors that have face the same challenge. Let me guess, you didn''t get any notification first beforehand, right?" Asked by God while still looking in the HUD screen above them. "... Notification?" Unko was confused about what kind of notification he was talking about. If it was on the phone, he gets a lot of notification every day. He didn''t know which notification, the god was referring to. "... Just what I thought so. It happens a lot actually, sometimes if your race was too weak or doesn''t have a single affinity on any type of life energy. You won''t be able to sense or even see the notification." "... Uuuuh... Okay. Life Energy. I have a rough idea. But I will ask anyway. What''s a life energy?" "... Okay. Let''s put it in more, ''Humanly-Terms''. For example, smartphones back in your world. Even if you do have a smartphone. No matter how much I e-mailed you, you won''t be able to receive it or read it, if you don''t even have a Life Energy, or in this case, an internet connection. Now, do you understand it?" "That''s great. Now, since you haven''t received any notification, I''m pretty sure that you don''t know exactly what''s your challenge in the first place." The god snaps his fingers again and the text in the HUD screen changed into Japanese Characters. Now, Unko can finally understand what is written on the screen. |????????????????????????????????| Type: - Survival Challenge Content: - Survive the incoming different types of disasters that are coming for your life. Survive as long as you can before you die. Difficulty: Time Completion: - Infinite ( PS: It means, it''s non-stop until you die.) Rewards: - 1 wish per level achieved. End Results: - Five Levels Achieved |??????????????????????????????????| "... Five Levels. I was attacked five times if the explosion counts. Is that the level?" Unko said as he realized what was the level is. "... Yes, you have achieved Five Levels before dying. And that is impressive. I have met a lot of humans already, and most of them only manage to achieve one level or two. Rarely I have seen some who achieved three. But I''ve only met six humans so far that manage to surpass four levels and above." Unko thought about it more and agreed to it. Even him, If he was not alert enough, he would have died instantly just from that truck who almost hit him not so long ago. ".. Woah, that was really shocking. I mean, you have met someone who passed that falling satellite? Wow, maybe that man was a legend. I mean, I survived that falling satellite by nothing but pure luck. It still hit me though." Said by Unko, while being amazed that someone had survived that madness. Their luck must have been maxed out. "... Is that what it is to you? Well, like a said, all the type of challenges that every guarantor have faced was different in its own way. For the Survival type, the only similarities that you, human guarantors have faced was the thing called Truck at the first level. I heard that the Other Gods that have been keeping an eye on your planet loves to send out some Trucks as a Human''s guarantor first level." ''... Oh, okay. I guess they are the ones who started that fuss huh?'' Unko pondered to himself. "... Well, with all of that explained. I think we should proceed with the rewards already." Said by God as he waves his hand and makes the HUD screen above them disappear. "Ah yes, I''ve been waiting for this. After all the pain i have been through." Said by Unko while looking so excited. " Someone''s excited huh? Well, I can''t blame you for that. Alright, since you have reached five levels, you are obviously to be granted an exact five wishes. But before we get on that, I need to tell you something first. Before you used all of your wishes, you need to use at least one of your wishes to choose your type of departure from this realm. It can be either of the three. Reincarnation, Transmigration, or you can just be transported to the place you wanna go. And also, remember that the wishes is not perfect, so some results may not be what you expect them to be, so when using a wish, be direct about it as possible. If you have any questions regarding about any of that, go ahead." Said by God. ".. Okay, I only have two questions. One, can I choose to go back to where I came from? I mean, to Earth? Second, does the option of getting Transported, Reincarnated, Transmigrated, to a fictional world is Possible? I mean, like in anime or movie world." Asked by Unko while hoping that the second question is possible. "... Honestly. I was actually expecting that kind of question. 90 percent of Human Guarantors I have met have asked the same question and wished almost the same wishes. *Sigh* I believe that you humans called this kind of thing as, Cliche stuff." "Hehe. Well, what can I say? All those things are too good to be true, that it only exists on the dreams of every ugly fat bastard in the whole Earth. So when they know that you can have a chance to do all that, you can''t blame them to ask if that was really possible or not." "... Alright then. Well, regarding your questions. Yes, All of that was possib-" "... YES!!" The god was suddenly interrupted by Unko''s sudden outburst. "*Cough*" "Oh, I''m sorry. Just feeling too excited that I can''t help myself. P-please, continue." Unko was embarrassed by his actions but the smile hasn''t left his face yet as he was extremely happy to know all this. "As I was saying. Yes, All of that is possible. But, if you choose to go back on Earth where you came from. You can only choose the choice of being Reincarnated back to earth with your memory, completely wipe out. Of course, you can use a wish if you want to keep your memory intact. But still, multiple conditions are still to be met after that. It''s not really a wise choice, let me tell you that. But still, your decision is what matters." " It''s fine, I''m just checking if that''s possible or not. Especially now that I know that my second question is possible." "... Alright, let''s get on on the wishes already as I still need to go somewhere after this so, shall we?" The god seems to be in a hurry so Unko just immediately nod. "... Alright, let''s get on with this." After saying that. The god clasp his both hands and a big rectangular-glowing-violet crystal appears above them. It looks really majestic and beautiful as it continuously shines above them. The god raises his one hand and suddenly, five magical circles appear on every corner of the glowing crystal. While all of this is happening. Unko suddenly questioned something in his mind. ''... Wait, why am I called a guarantor if the god in front of me was the one who will grant me a wish? That is so weird.'' But of course, he didn''t voice it out. The god that looks like he finished the things he was doing, lowered his hand, and look at Unko with a passive look and said. "Now, state your wishes, Guarantor." Unko closes his eyes and started to think about the real things that he will really need and the right world to go to. His d?s?r? was completely different from what a normal person would want as he was thinking of something much more, appropriate, and will grant him much better things in the long run. After a couple of minutes, he has already thought of the wishes he wants. After talking to himself like crazy person would do, he opened his eyes and look at the god in front of him, waiting for him to say his wishes. "Okay, for my first wish...." Chapter 3 "... okay, so for my first wish.." Unko hesitated for a moment but decided to say it anyway. "It is to live a comfortable life." "..." For the next couple of seconds, the God said and do nothing but stare at him. Feeling awkward of the situation, Unko tried to explain his first wish. "... Umm, what I mean by that is.." Unko tried to explain, but didn''t manage to do so as he was suddenly interrupted by the God. "... I understand." "... Uhh. You do?" "... Of course, I can see your intent for that wish. But there''s a lot of things you need to know. This wish is possible, but like I said earlier, wishes is not perfect so all your intent about this wish couldn''t be implemented. But I do admit that your intent is extremely well thought unlike any other human I have met where they immediately ask for things such as EMS, Super Sayan bloodline, Rinnegan, and Gate of Babylon." The God said with an amused tone. "... Pfft" Unko almost bursted out after he heard this. He already expect that those powers are probably to most wished powers if some other otaku is in his current position. "... Oh well, to explain what I just said about your wish, it''s like this... Your Comfortable status can''t be applied to everything that surrounds you or linked to you. Remember that it will only be applied on a personal level. For reference, let''s just that you choose to be reincarnated in a medieval type of world. Normally you need to use another wish if you want to choose your status before you reincarnate since the reincarnation departure is actually random. You can be either a boy or a girl, a peasant or a prince, a nobody or something that will bring an impact to the whole world in your next life. Do you understand what I mean?" "... Yes, I understand." Unko said as he listen to the God''s explanation hard. "... But with your Comfortable Status, you pretty much don''t need to use a wish about your Reincarnation status since the status you will have on your next life is a personal level. So with your Comfortable status, it''s hard to see you being born in a poor family since it won''t make your life Comfortable. So the chance of being reborn with a high status is really high. You can either be a noble or a royalty. But for example, you were born as royalty, as a prince of a certain kingdom. Living a life where you have all the riches in the world, wouldn''t you agree that your life will be comfortable?" The God asked Unko, but the God didn''t even wait for his answer as he speaks again. Seemingly to answer his own question. "... Well, it can be both comfortable and uncomfortable, since being a prince of a certain kingdom, comes with a lot of responsibilities. Personal level is the things that will only affect you living your life in that particular world. Also, just to let you know that wishes is also a personal level, so it will naturally be affected by your comfortable status too. But the work and the things that will happen to you while you were living your life will not be part of your Personal Status since only you can decide your own fate. If you were killed by someone in the end, then you can''t blame your status of comfortability since all the things you did in that world are the reason why you are killed. Your fate after your we''re born will not be affected by your comfortable status since you are the only one that can drive your life. Do you understand the concept now?" "... Umm yes, I kinda get it now." Unko is still pondering and processing some of the information he just got but answered yes nonetheless. "... So, do you still want to choose this as your first wish?" The asked Unko with a serious expression. Unko didn''t answered immediately as he keeps pondering for a moment. A minute have passed after that, he finally raised his face and look towards the God. "... Alright, I''ll take that as my first wish." Unko stated with a nod. ''... I see, so that''s what it represents.'', Unko thought to himself as he observes the magic circles. After all that happened, the God faces him again and say... "... Granted, now state your second wish." "... Umm, okay, I will now choose my departure." "... Alright. The type of departure and the world you will go to is both included in one wish. You can say that it''s like a package deal." "... Hmm, I see, that''s convenient. Then I will choose the Transportation as my departure." Some might thought that being Reincarnated or Transmigrated are a much better choice. But Unko thought that in his case, being Transported is a much better case since he doesn''t want any connection at all. Being reincarnated or transmigrated means he will have a family, choosing a certain someone that has no such thing as family or relatives will consume one wish, he can''t rely on his luck too since his comfortable status will intervene. It will surely transmigrate him or reincarnate him in a rich family since being alone and has no one to depend to are really not comfortable. Surely that''s a good scenario for everybody, but Unko has plans, and he can''t have someone that he might be attached to. It will just make things hard for him. "... Like I said my child, I can read your intent like an open book. I know your worries so let me tell you that yes, you will have an identity if you choose to be transported since an identity is a personal status. Living in a world as a person that has no identity is not comfortable is it?" "... I see, thank you for explaining. Then for the world... Umm, before I say the world, can I ask if I can choose what date I will be transported to? Or it is also randomized and I need to use one wish for it?" "... No, you have the right to pick the exact date you will be transported. In fact, not just the date but also the place." "... Alright, then for the world... I choose the world of 2138. In year 2125, the exact date isn''t important but it should be at least mid-year. Then about the place, it''s in Tokyo Japan." This time, Unko stated his wish clearly since he''s expecting for the God to understand his intentions just like he said earlier. "... Hmm. With this wishes, I already know where you''re going with this one. But before all that, I need to tell you one more thing since the path you''re trying to take is a really complicated one." The God said with a plain tone. "... Just as I said earlier, the wishes are not perfect. But that''s not all, the wishes are also one dimensional too. Meaning, you can''t bring the wishes in another world. The wishes will only be usable in the world you chooses from your wish. So the moment you hop in the New World, all your wishes will be gone." The moment Unko heard this, he was stunned. Some of his plans have been ruined immediately. *SIGH* But of course, he just accepted the painful fact since it''s not like he can do anything about it. "... I see. Then as for your concerns, yeah, that particular event will surely happen, only if you meet the conditions, which I know that you know it already right?" "... Oh, yes of course. Then umm, about the pollution..." Unko ask worriedly. "... Yes, it''s a personal level. But note that your comfort status can''t get rid of the pollution completely since the pollution itself is a part of that world''s background and an important factor of that world''s upcoming story. But rest ?ssured since your comfort status will find a way where the pollution can still stay while also not affecting your every day life." "... I see, then I will be fine with that." Unko said with a sigh of relief. The God raises his hand again in the air and one of the magic circle, hovering around the crystal have disappeared. Now only three magic circles are left, same for his wishes. "... Granted. Now, state your third wish." The God said as he finished granting Unko''s second wish. "... Umm, I have a question first, does having a lot of Money, includes on the comfortable status?" Unko said with a hopeful expression. "... No, it''s a material level." "... I see, that''s sad. Then umm, is having unlimited amout of money a possible wish?" Unko with an even more hopeful expression. The moment he heard this, a smile have appeared on Unko''s face, but it immediately disappear as he heard God''s next words. "But as I said, the wishes are not perfect. Having an unlimited amount of money has its ups and downs, but in your case, you''ll surely have a problem with this if you choose to have an unexplainable unlimited amount of money. But, it''s your decision." "... *Sigh* I see, then I guess it''s a bad option. Alright, for my third wish, I wish to have a lot of Money. Like tons of money. At least an amount that will not be extinguished even if I continue spending a large amount for the next 15 years." As Unko said this, he already have an expression that is clearly saying if what he just said is possible. "... Of course it''s possible. Owning a large amount of illegal money will go against your Comfortable Status, so you don''t have to worry, your identity will make out for it." The God reassured the anxious Unko. " I see, thank you very much." The God raised his hands again and the same thing happen. The third magic circle broke and only two are left. The God faces Unko again and ask for his fourth wish, but unlike the earlier, Unko didn''t say anything immediately. He just keeps pondering as he thinks of some things within himself. After a whole minute of thinking, he finally face the God in front of him. "... So I can''t take the wishes with me in the New world right? But what if use a wish for that to happen, is that possible?" Unko asked a question while still pondering about something. "... Hmm. Then, is..." After that, Unko did nothing but ask a bunch of question about the wishes and the God answers all of his questions truthfully. He didn''t say his wishes immediately as he keeps asking a bunch of questions. And finally, after a two minutes of doing nothing but asking question, Unko finally decided to face the God with a satisfied expression. "... Okay, so for my fourth wish..." (End of the third chapter ????) ______________________________________________________________ Chapter 4 __________________________________________ In this world, in the year 2138 AD, there was a term: DMMO-RPG. That word was an acronym for "Dive Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game". These games were played by connecting a dedicated console to the brain via a neuronal nano-interface an intracerebral nano-computer network, created from the fusion of cyber and nanotechnology. These were games that allowed one to enter a virtual world and experience it as though it were real life. This system was originally made in the year 2079. The purpose of its creation was for the military. And then it was developed for the field of medicine, but the cost was absurdly high. It was then simplified after 10 years and now every home has it. ????? After the very first DMMO-RPG was created, many more have followed throughout the years. And among the myriad of DMMO-RPGs that throned the market, one of them stood head and shoulders above the other DMMO-RPGs. YGGDRASIL. This game had been painstakingly developed and released twelve years ago, in 2126. Compared to other DMMO-RPGs of the time, YGGDRASIL''S selling point was "player freedom". It had over two thousand basic and advanced job classes. Every class had a maximum of fifteen levels, and so in order to reach the overall level cap of one hundred, one would need to take at least seven different classes. A player could even take a hundred classes at level one each, although that was very inefficient. As such, in this system, it was virtually impossible to make identical characters unless one was deliberately trying to do so. In addition, one could use various creator tools to fully customize one''s armor, weaponry, flavor text, appearance, and other cosmetic settings. A vast playing field awaited its players. There were nine worlds in total: Asgard Alfheim Vanaheim Nidavellir Jotunheim Niflheim Helheim Muspelheim It boasted a massive world, numerous classes, and freely Customizable appearances. These features ignited the creative spirits of its Japanese players and sparked what would later be known as a stylistic revolution. So popular was it that whenever the word "DMMO-RPG" was mentioned in Japan, listeners would immediately think of YGGDRASIL. (Tokyo, Japan) Year 2125. At this time, the Night-Streets of Tokyo is really busy and crowded. You can see some people are just having fun, some are just walking around or just passing by, and some are shopping or buying some items for their family, friends, or just for themselves. It is the year before the creation of the phenomenal DMMO-RPG: YGGDRASIL. In the current and past years, DMMO-RPG has already made an impact on the everyday life of every Japanese people, even before the release of the YGGDRASIL. But still, the impact that it made is still incomparable to the one that YGGDRASIL will make in the next upcoming years. __________ It is already midnight. The streets are less crowded and few people are to be seen. Some stores and buildings have already closed, a few only are still open. On the secluded area of a certain public park, where no people are to be seen currently. You can see a teenage boy, laying on the grassy ground, looking unconscious. "... U-uh." "... Well, Good thing I was transported in a very convenient place at a very convenient time. Looks like I was worried about nothing." Of course, this boy that was standing alone and talking to himself like a crazy man would do in the most secluded part of a public park was no other than, Unko himself. At first, he was really worried that he will be spawn in the middle of the city in midday as he just chooses the Tokyo Japan as his spawn place and the specific date was unclear. He actually forgot to tell the exact place that''s why when he regain his consciousness, he immediately stands up and looks at his surroundings just in case the things that have happened were the things he wishes to not happen. But due to his Comfort status, he was transported in a place where no one will be able to see him. "... Hmm?" Just next to where Unko was standing. He saw a briefcase lying on the ground. It has a plain matte black exterior and It doesn''t have any noticeable features or design, it''s just smooth and very ordinary-looking briefcase. ".. I guess this is mine." Unko walks towards it and pick up the briefcase. He goes towards a near bench and place down the briefcase. He opens it and looks at the contents inside it. Inside, there''s a stack of documents, a bunch of IDs, Cards, a single ten-thousand yen bill with a small note above it, and many strange things that he couldn''t recognize. He took the note above the 10k yen bill and read what''s written on it. On the note, a certain address was written with a message that says, "The rest was on the red cabinets." The things inside the briefcase were obviously the things that proves his identity as a citizen of this world. "... Hehehe. Finally. After all this year''s, I can finally escape my curse." Unko said with a very happy and dramatic tone as he pick a single item inside the briefcase. It''s an ID. His ID. Of course, this is not the one that made Unko happy but the contents of it. If someone were to read the ID, the name beside his picture was different, it wasn''t Unko anymore, but instead, it was Yuki. His name on his ID was Yuki, Yuki Takahashi. This what makes him so grateful and almost made him shed into tears. "... *sniff* I guess that having a name that means sh*t won''t make my life comfortable." He''s extremely grateful for his Comfort status. For the very first time in his life, he can finally say his name proudly without getting laugh at his face. It was like in a game, the moment he saw this, he quickly throws away his garbage name and equipped his new one. He doesn''t hold any attachments to his old name. He was planning on changing his name anyway back before he died the moment he earned some extra money. For him, it was the most sh*ttiest name that could ever think by the most sh*ttiest parents ever was. That argument was supported by all the people he have ever encountered. "... Starting from now on, no one shall call me Poop. As my new name, YUKI, shall take over the world Mwuhahaha~" Unko said with a creepy voice as he continue laughing until he a mosquito flew inside his mouth that causes for him to cough several times. So just like a thing, he quickly throws away his name and uses the new one on the spot. (AN: And also, I''ll be using that name starting from now on.) At that moment, after getting rid of the mosquito inside his mouth, he felt like he was reborn. He felt like he was a new person. While standing with his arms wide open and repeatedly saying his name like a madman would do. An imaginary light was surrounding him in his mind. He really felt like the stars were also rejoicing with him at this very moment. "... *Clears throat* Wait, I completely forgot." After Yuki said that, he open up his mouth and inhaled a large amount of air. "... Haaa~ Well, the air looks pretty normal. I wonder why is that." Yuki said and look towards the sky after that, and there, some of his questions have been answered immediately. "... A dome?" In the sky, even though it''s already dark, a dome made of what looks like a glass had covered up the whole sky. It spread wide a cross the sky that Yuki can''t even see where it ends. "... I guess this what keeps the pollution out huh." After a minute of admiring the glass dome in the sky, he finally decided to close the briefcase and walk away. It didn''t take him that long until he finally got out of the public park he was in. "... Hmm. I can''t believe that the year on this world was already a hundred years advance compare to where I came from but it still looks quite the same. Only a few things have changed. No flying cars, no robots everywhere, no person with a jetpack flying above the sky. It''s just that, the buildings look quite flashy and advance but other than that, it''s all surprisingly normal. I''m disappointed." After pondering for a moment, he goes towards the nearest sidewalk and waits for a taxi. He didn''t wait long until he got himself a taxi. After that, he gets in and he told the driver to go to the address that was written on the note. It only takes a 30 minutes trip before they reach the destination that was written on the address. It was quite a bit far from the park where he came from, but due to the futuristic high way system where everyone can avoid causing traffic, they arrived earlier than to be expected. And also, Yuki gets to know from the Taxi driver that the Glass Dome above the sky covers the whole city of Tokyo and every major city in Japan has this. Of course, Yuki made some strange remarks so he wouldn''t look suspicious while asking this since no normal person would ask something like this. So after Yuki pays the fees and got out of the taxi, he now faces the massive building in front of him. The building might look different and fancier than the ones where he came from, but one can see from the outside that it looks like a Residential Apartment Building. He looks at the note again and sees that he need to go on the 25ft floor as it was where the pointed address is. He proceeded to go there using the Elevator, and once he arrives, he begins searching the code of the room that was written on the note. ".. Hmm, it should be this one right." It didn''t take a while when he finally saw the door where there is D345 written on it. It was the same apartment code that was written on the note. " Yup, It must be this one. Now what to do?" He looks for a doorbell and presses it. He waited for a minute but no one answered. He tried it again just in case, but still, no one responded. "... O~kay, no one seems to be inside." Yuki pondered for a while. He looks at the door handle and decided to try and open it but as he expected, it was locked. He saw a black box beside the door that is glowing red. He inspects it and saw that you can swipe something in it. ".. Ah! Right." He opened the briefcase again and rummage the things inside. There, he saw nothing that looks like a card, but through all the things he saw, only one item has the same size and can only fit at the swiping box. He tried to swipe it and the black box generated a noise and the red light in it changed into green. "... Mm? it worked I guess." He grabs the handle of the door and tries to open it. *TUD* "Oh, it opened." When it opened, he takes the briefcase and goes inside. The light opened automatically after he enters. Since he knows that no one is here, he just goes straight inside. ".. Woah~" When he saw the whole apartment, he was amazed. Each and every part of it was amazing and beautiful. The apartment was also big compare to the one he used to live. The whole apartment was complete and full of appliances. He recognized some of it, but he doesn''t have a single idea on how to use the others that screams they were from the future. He tried to ignore it for now and check all the rooms. When he entered the bedroom, he saw three Big red cabinets. "... Oh, The big red cabinet. Right, it was mentioned on the note." He walked towards the cabinets and open it one after another. "... Holy Shizz~" When he opened it all. He was surprised at the contents inside it. He saw a piled stock of money that filled every space inside the big cabinets. It''s a sight that no one would think that they will ever witness in their entire life. "... I can literally shower myself with money hahaha. I said a lot of money but I guess he really gives me a LOT huh?" Of course, this is not all the Money he wished for. Inside the briefcase, he noticed some Cards that has a "Bank" names in it, so he made a guess that some of his wished money has been automatically Transferred and put into some bank accounts, cause he knows that even though the Money he has in front of him are many, he is pretty sure that this amount wouldn''t last even for a couple of years. *Sniff, Sniff* "... Ahh, Priorities comes first." He closed the cabinet after a moment of starring at it. He decided to go and check the closet, there are no clothes in it but he saw some bathrobes. He grabs a bathrobe and goes to the bathroom and proceeds take a shower as he felt that he was a bit sticky and smelly from laying on the ground for god knows how long. ????? After he finished taking a shower, he goes back to bed and lay down. He did nothing but stare at the ceiling and think the things that he has gone through. "... So many things that have happened today. I''ve been ?ssaulted by a Truck, Crane, and a Sports car then gets killed by an explosion from a Satellite that comes from God knows where. Then I met a god that gave me wishes. And then, here I am ..... *sigh* I''m too tired already to worry about all the things around me. I think I''ll just leave all that to my tomorrow self. Goodnight me. You''re really awesome." Said Yuki as he slowly closes his eyes, but after a moment he opened his eyes again and look around the room. "... Wait, how do I turn off the lights here anyway?" ________________________________________________ Chapter 5 Tomorrow morning. Yuki wakes up early and takes a bath and eat breakfast after that. But unlike his usual routine, he didn''t go outside and do his daily morning jog. Instead, he sits in front of the computer. He wants to gather information first about the world he was in and figure out everything that he needs to know about himself before doing all the things he wanted to do. Learning every necessary thing is not easy and will take a lot of time. Yuki even does nothing sometimes but stay inside his apartment and sit in front of the computer while surfing the web for the whole day. Little by little, as time passes by, he already has the basic information that he needed to know. Such as the places that he might need to go in the future, or the important events that have happened and might happen around him. He also found out that the money he has right now is some kind of heritage from his long lost grandfather, the information about this is more complex but that''s basically the surface of it, he also saw that the Yuki of this world has some relatives, but all of them are pretty distant relatives so Yuki didn''t gave anymore attention to them since they are no different than strangers really. Yuki also searched for the informations of the things that he might need to use right now and in the future. Not just that but also many other more. But Yuki knows that this is not enough, that he still needs to collect as much information as possible, especially if it''s connected or related about the DMMO-RPGs that were planned to be released in the next upcoming years. But regarding about the YGGDRASIL, there''s not much information that has been released in the web yet. Only some speculations and rumors, but this is not useful enough. While Yuki is doing some Web-Surfing. He also ordered already a Neural Nano-Interface Machine Set, trough online. The Neural Nano-Interface is a human brain augmentation machine that allows your brain to function as a supercomputer. This interface is used to play a DMMO-RPGs by the people of this world. (AN: As it sounds cool to type it whenever I need to say it, it''s too long for me. I will only call it "NNI" from now on. Unless it was needed to be mentioned in dialogue.) There are many more things that are included in the package, such as, VR helmet, Data chip, Neuro-core, and so on, and so forth. ????? Of all the things that Yuki has searched, the first thing he searches for is the Map of the area around him as he needs to know where are the places he needs to go whenever he wants something. Yuki didn''t spend the following days by just staying inside his apartment. He was also going outside from time to time to buy all the things that he needed, such as clothes, accessories, foods and groceries, all the necessities and things that he wants and needed in his life since if someone were to count out the appliances that is already on Yuki''s apartment when he first arrived, then its pretty much empty. So after the first day passes, he spend his following days, buying all the things and stuff he wants. The things that he didn''t managed to have in his past life are now being bought out by Yuki without having any kind hesitation. In short, he was having the time of his life. But that doesn''t mean that he was recklessly spending his money on everything that his eyes will land on. Just like what Yuki says to himself. That he will only spend a big amount of his money once the YGGDRASIL starts. Because the more money you invest in the game, the more powerful you are. It is literally a Pay-to-win game. ??????????????????? It''s already been Two weeks since Yuki was transported into this world. ".. Uwaah~ Nothing beats an early shower in the morning." As he was drying his hair using a towel, he felt like he was hitting something hard behind his neck. ".. Uuh, it''s been two weeks already but I can''t get used to the feeling of having this thing on the back of my neck. If you look at the Upper-Center Back of his neck, you could see a Neural Port in it. A Neural Port is the one that will allow you to connect on the NNI machine using a Neural Cord. Once it''s connected to the NNI System, It will proceed on brain augmentation which will allow your brain to function as a supercomputer and connect it to a proprietary console. Yuki already had the Neural Port ever since he was transported to this world. He just didn''t notice it on day one as he was too tired and too distracted to notice it. Today was supposed to be the day that the NNI machine package that he ordered, was supposed to be delivered But while he is having his breakfast. The doorbell suddenly rang. He opened the door and saw two people standing in front. ".. Oh, hello sir. Are you Mr. Takahashi?" "... Yes, My name is Yuki Takahashi. That''s my name, Yuki." Yuki proudly and shamelessly repeated his name twice. He was too happy that he didn''t need to hide his name anymore whenever he was asked. ".. Ah, yes. I ordered it." Usually, a delivery package was being delivered using a drone. But with this kind of packages, they are sometimes being delivered personally if the customer asked for installation service because some items like this are needed to be installed by some people from the manufacturers so it can work properly and be installed safely. But of course, if the customer says that they don''t have to, they will not push it. It''s still on the customer''s choice. Yuki let them in and have it set up in one of the rooms that he has prepared already. It was supposed to be a spare room that most people turn into a guest room but since having a guest in his apartment has a really lower percentage of happening, not to mention that someone will actually try to spend a night here. For Yuki, that has no plan of interacting with some of the people outside, then thats pretty much impossible. So without any hesitation, he decided to just use this as his Gaming room. But even though he called it "Gaming Room" It''s not as fancy and grandiose if you compare it to others that also has a room that is called, a Gaming room. It doesn''t have any wallpapers, Anime figurines, or any different colors of LED lights in each corner of the room, It literally only had a single Computer and the NNI machine that is still being installed in it. The looks of the room, is plain and bland, but its pretty clean and neat. Some might say that its very minimalistic. But even if the room looks so boring and bland. The only two equipment that it has in is really one of the best. The Supercomputer and the NNI machine that Yuki has are both super expensive that no normal person in this world could have. ????? It takes a couple of hours before the NNI was completely installed and set, it''s already been tested and proved running to its full capacity and doesn''t have any problems. Yuki just signed a few papers and stuff that was given to him by the two delivery men. The two of them immediately leaves after that. Yuki even offered them some snacks but they refused and say that they still have some items that needed to be delivered. Out of Excitement, Yuki didn''t wait anymore and immediately run back to his Gaming Room after he shut close the front door. "... Hehe, Finally... Let''s see.." Yuki read the instructions manual for a little bit just to make sure he didn''t miss something. He already knows how to use the NNI machine when he was Gathering some Information on the Internet, it was one of the first things that he has searched for. "... Yosh, looks like it''s still the same. Now, let''s give this baby a test ride." Yuki takes the VR helmet and wears it on his head. It covered half of his head but the lower part was still exposed. He lay down on the Neuro-Terminal and make himself comfortable. He grabs the Neural Cord and points it behind his neck, he used his other hand to locate the center of the Neural Port where the Cord was supposed to go in. *Inhale* *Exhale* *Exhale* *Inhale* *Exhale* Actually, even though Yuki has already searched for every information about the NNI machine, he was still nervous about putting inside the Cord on his Neural Port. He was too nervous. "... Come on, you''ve prepared for this, COME ON! *Inhale* *Exhale* Alright, Alright... Here goes nothing." He stays still for a moment, then after a minute he straightened his back and put the tip of the cord inside the Neural Port. He slowly slid it in and stop halfway. He su?k?d in a large amount of air and for the very final one... "LINKU SUTATU!" ________________________________________________________ Chapter 6 "... Ugh!" The moment that the Neural Cord was completely connected to his Neural Port. Yuki felt like, something is crawling in his whole body, but it only lasted for an instant, but the weird feeling crawls back and stayed inside his head. He can feel it. It feels like something is tickling his whole brain. It keeps going on but suddenly, his vision started to light up. When he put the VR helmet in his head, he can''t see anything as his vision is getting blocked, but now he can see, it''s like he is not even wearing a VR helmet, he can''t even feel the VR helmet at all. He can see the whole room, but the only difference is, multiple HUD windows are floating in front of him, It has different icons and logos in it and many other more features at the side of it. It was like you are looking at a big computer but instead of a normal desktop design where there is nothing but an icon and logo, it''s more like a Playstation style. There are so many choices of windows, judging by the icon of every window, Yuki can guess what are they for. You don''t need any mouse or controller, you can control anything using your hands. He keeps on scrolling and after a while, he stopped. He tried to reach the window with a note Icon and press it with his finger. *Blink* Suddenly, everything around him changed. Everything went dark, but not long after that, he slowly gain vision, it''s like slowly opening your eyelids. ".. Uwahh!" He was too amazed by this experience, he was like here but he''s really not in here at the same time. Yuki tried to stand-up and jump repeatedly. He was testing if he can really freely move. He tried to observe the whole place he was in and from what he can see, it looks like he was at some kind of karaoke place. He walks towards the nearest table and picks up the mic. The moment he picked up the mic, a HUD screen suddenly appears in front of him that shows a list of multiple songs. "... Heh, okay. Now I know what kind of place this is." Yuki stays there and enjoys his time for about a half-hour until he decided to get out. After a half of hour of fooling around, he finally decided to start his plan. The reason he bought the NNI machine as early as possible is to get familiar with the feeling of playing a DMMO-RPG, he needs to get himself familiar somehow and enhanced his control skills so moving inside the game will feel like a natural thing to do. But that''s not all. Since YGGDRASIL is a fighting genre, he needs to learn how to fight first before he hops onto it. He doesn''t even have any idea on how to properly hold a sword or fight while maintaining your stance. Not just in sword but in different types of weapons. He knows that it will be developed naturally as you play the game but it will be an advantage if you learn already beforehand. He swiped the icons again and stopped at a certain window that has the title of [Shadow Battle]. He reaches his hand towards the icon and presses it by using his finger. *BLINK* Like what happened at first, everything became black. Then when he regains his vision again, he saw that he was at a completely different place, he was at some kind of dojo. It looks like a traditional Japanese dojo. Suddenly, while Yuki is busy looking around, a screen appeared in front of him and it shows. |¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â| ¡ª PLAY ===================== [ Training ] ( Weapon Practice ) ===================== [ Versus Not ] ¡ª BEGINNER ¡ª EXPERIENCED ¡ª MASTER ¡ª IMMORTAL ====================== [ Player VS Player ] Unarmed vs. Unarmed _______________________ Weapon vs. Weapon ? _______________________ Freedom ? _______________________ Tournament ? ".. Hmm, okay then. So I can go against someone in real life or just with a bot. The bot might be a good start but I''ll just do the training first." He selects the training and a punching bag suddenly falls down from the ceiling and a big shelves that contain different types of weapons appeared on the left side of the room. He also noticed that he was now wearing clothing that looks like a Judogi. He feels like he can move better with these clothes. He walks near the punching bag and gives it a light punch. *Tud* He can''t still get over to the feeling that everything felt a bit real, although when it comes to the feeling sensory, it feels a bit off, it''s still impressive. Like he was really here, doing some karate stuff. He decided to give it another couple of hits. After a while, he discovered that he was still affected by real-life reflexes. Even though he knows that everything that he is doing was just in his mind, he can''t do anything or move as he please. He can''t do any kick like Bruce Lee or do some cartwheel and some acrobatic stunts. But he knows that he will get better as time goes by, he just needs knowledge about fighting and applies it to a real (Virtual) fighting situation. He just needs to keep things going and eventually, he will naturally learn it and adapt it into anything. ????? After a couple of hours of practicing some punches and kicks. Yuki also tried some different types of weapons. He also notices that even in DMMO-RPGs, the weapon has some weights. Its not that heavy and the weight it has is probably not the same it has in real life. Overall, Yuki has no problems with it. ????? For the whole week, Yuki spends most of his time inside his Gaming Room, Playing and Diving inside the NNI. He was doing only two things for most of his time. First, he was watching some video tutorials on the internet, about learning how to move and fight like a real professional fighter. If you want to "learn" fast, the very best idea to do that was inside the NNI. While using NNI, it is making your brain to function as a supercomputer. You can learn things inside faster compare to the normal means. Second, after he learns things. He is applying it and practicing all of it on the training ground. He keeps on doing all of that simultaneously for the whole week. After a week''s amount of hard work, he feels like he became better than usual. His moves are more descent, his punch and kicks are not that shabby anymore. He feels like his whole form looks a bit of a fighter now. He opened up the console and select the [ Versus bot ] and choose the beginner as his difficulty level. He pressed [ Play ] and he was suddenly transported to a wide circle arena. The whole place was covered with bamboo trees like they were in the middle of a forest. In far front of him, there''s a black person standing still and straight. Its looks are completely black, not just normal black but pitched black, whole over its body. You can''t see any part of him that isn''t covered with black. It also has no features. "... Wow, this is literally a DMMO-RPG version of Shadow Fight that I used to play back then." (AN: I will call his opponent Shadow) Above him, a HUD screen suddenly appears with some text in it. |????????????????????????| Conditions to win - Make your enemy fall to the ground. |????????????????????????| "That''s it?" [ Prepare for the Upcoming battle! ] [ GET READY! ] Suddenly a voice rang out throughout the arena. It sounds the same to the voice you usually heard in a game like Tekken before a round starts. [ 3! ] [ 2! ] [ 1! ] [ FIGHT! ] The moment that the announcer said "fight", the shadow man that is in far front of him, suddenly rush towards Yuki''s direction. ".. Hou, You''re approaching me? Instead of running awa¡ª Just kidding!" When the Shadow was already at the range, it throws a punch towards Yuki. Yuki manages to dodge it by stepping sidewards but it throws a punch again and again and again. "... Hey! Easy there." Yuki manages to dodge it all by jumping and leaning backward but when he saw that he was already near the very edge of the arena, he decided to push and change his direction. "... I see why this is just a Beginner. Unlike what I saw on the Internet, it''s not doing any flashy moves. It''s just throwing some punches and kicks. If it''s all just this then, I''ll win this." Yuki decided to jump and run away to create a great distance between him and the shadow, this gives him a moment to think and also gain some momentum for whatever he is planning to do next. The shadow man immediately runs towards Yuki and throws away a heavy punch. Yuki easily dodges it by leaning sidewards. He didn''t give the shadow a time to react as he takes this chance to do a light blow on his body. Yuki''s hit manage to connect and made the shadow step back a little bit but Yuki immediately closed the gap by dashing forward and following his attack with an uppercut to the shadow''s jaw. He was in a lower position so his uppercut did more damage than usual since he gains momentum from the very bottom. After the uppercut, the shadow was seemed to be stunned by it and took a couple of steps back, but Yuki didn''t let it recover and dash forward again while still keeping his body lower. When Yuki was already in range, Yuki throws a punch towards the Shadow''s face but even if the Shadow was still in the semi stunned state, it manages to block the attack by raising its arm. Yuki''s punch was blocked, but Yuki immediately follows it up with a solid calf kick that disturbed the balance and form of the shadow. Yuki after that, gain enough time to step back little have all his weight transfer on his one foot. "... HAA!" And with a shout, he did a Spartan-like kick towards the shadow that successfully connected in its ?h?st that greatly pushed the shadow backward. It almost falls towards the floor but manages to recover his balance at the very least. But Yuki didn''t stop there and run towards the Shadow at full speed again. The moment that Yuki gain enough momentum and force from the speed, he leaps towards the Shadow and throws a heavy punch in its face. Combine with the speed and the force that is caused by the leap, the power of that punch was multiplied by a couple of times. ".. HAAAAP!" *DAG!!* Since the Shadow was still on the state of recovering its form and balance, it didn''t manage to notice and dodge Yuki''s attack. When the punch connected to the Shadow''s face, the shadow was thrown to the floor like a puppet that loses its strings. [ PLAYER WIN! ] After that, a voice ranged out and after a few notifications, Yuki was teleported back to the training dojo. "... Haha, That was really fun. I still need to keep this up until I beat the master level at least and proceed to the PVP to test the things I have learned in a real battle with the real person. Yosh, let''s start again." Yuki said as he tightened his fist. After that, Yuki decided to have another rematch with the bot for a couple of times before deciding to finally call it quits and have a rest for the day. ????? Just like what Yuki planned, he keeps on doing his training of learning and fighting simultaneously for every day in the entire two weeks. After all of that. He finally manages to defeat the bot with a [ MASTER ] level of difficulty. It was two weeks worth of pure hard work. After two weeks he finally manages to be a bit proficient on hand to hand fighting. His plan was to practice and train until he was on the level that he can defeat the Master level Bot, and after that, he can only go for a PVP match to truly test his Hard work on a real (virtual) person. *Some time skips* And at last, the time has come. He finally manage to beat Master level Bot. He can finally do a PVP. But Yuki didn''t rush things out and decided to log out for today since he want a fresh mind set when battling against an opponent that has no fighting pattern unlike the bots. So he decided to rest for today. Now, he just needs to wait for the real battle to start tomorrow to see if he can really beat a human already when it comes to a real (Virtual) fight or not. _______________________________________________ Chapter 7 Just like the usual, Yuki did all the things he always does in the morning before he proceeds to do all the things he wanted to do. After all that, he proceeds to go to his Gaming Room and dive into his NNI machine. He logged-in into the game that he always play. The "Shadow Battle". A game where you can fight different players in one arena. You can fight using any weapon that you want or just by nothing but your fists. Yuki has been playing this for three weeks already and he is genuinely enjoying this game. He is not only playing this game because he just needs to learn how to fight but because he also enjoyed playing it. He can fight freely in this game, can do some stunts that he can''t do in real life, and he gets to fight with someone, literally for nothing but just pure fun. Or maybe not since he has yet to fight a real person. This day was the day that Yuki is going to fight at a PVP battle for the very first time. He did some warm-ups in the training ground for about a couple of minutes and finally decided to do it after a bunch of shenanigans. "... Alright, let''s freaking do this!" He opens up the console and press the [ PVP ] and choose the battle mode where they are Both Unarmed, him and his enemy. After that, multiple conditions has also popped up. There are so many ways to win a round. You can choose a condition that you will win if you make your enemy fall to the ground, the same condition on Yuki''s first battle with a bit, or if you manage to land a solid hit to the head first before your opponent, there are so many types of conditions. But even though there''s so many of them, only one condition is commonly used in PVP battle types and that is, an HP based battle condition. Just like what the name implied, Both the player will be given an equal amount of 100 HP. Each successful attack will decrease the HP based on the part where they landed the hit on. For the Head, the hp will be reduced by 20 for each landed attacks. The Upper body has 8, the lower body has 5 and 3 for the arm. And also, throughout the weeks that Yuki played this game, he discovered that the only avatar that you can use in this game is a Black Shadow. Basically the same appearance that the bots has. So you wouldn''t see the real appearance of your opponent and the same for you to them. Yuki chooses the same Condition and press [ Play ] after it. A queuing time pops out in front of him and it only lasted for three seconds to finally found a match. Yuki was suddenly teleported in the same circle arena that has a lot of bamboo trees around it. In front of him, a shadow man was standing, but unlike the bot that was just there standing still, the shadow in front of him is making a bunch of gestures. Yuki didn''t quite understand the meaning of the gestures so he decided to just wave towards his opponent. Not long after that, a notification pops out above them. ????????????????????????| Conditions to win - First to make their opponent''s HP to zero. |????????????????????????| [ Enemy: I''ll beat the shit out of your ?ss you f*cking weaktard. ] Yuki smiled and thought. "... Yeah I knew it, I''ll definitely encounter something like this at least once in a while. It''s an inevitable decease in every community, what did I even expect? *sigh* these kids, really." Yuki just shook his and thought how silly this is as he replied in the most m?tur? way he could. [ You: Yeah keep barking for me dog.] [ Enemy: Motherf*cker! ] [ You: Yeah, I just did your Mom last night. ] Immediately after exchanging some intellectual words, the voice that will signal for for them to start, has been heard. [ Get Ready! ] [ 3 ] [ 2 ] [ Fight! ] ( AN: I''ll be calling his opponent "Shadow" as well here.) Yuki this time, takes the lead and rush towards his opponent. When he got closer enough, he throws a light punch, but the Shadow dodge it by leaning backward and throw a counter punch towards Yuki. Yuki saw this and immediately crouch to avoid the punch. He uses his position to rush towards the Shadow and tackle him on the ground and position himself above to pin the Shadow down on the floor. He took advantage of being at the top to immediately deliver a barrage of punches in the body and face of the shadow. The shadow tried to block the punches with his arms but he failed to block some of the punches as he was focusing to cover his face to avoid getting hit there. *Pug!* -8 *Pug!* -3 *Pug!* *Pug!* -3 *Pug!* -8 *Pug!* -8 *Pug!* -3 The shadow keeps taking a barrage of punches and his HP was continuously decreasing. His HP was already near at 50 and still decreasing as time goes by. The Shadow knows that he needs to get out of this position to avoid the further loss of his HP. The Shadow didn''t waste this chance and immediately use his left hand to grab Yuki''s arm and the right arm to grab Yuki''s Shoulder. The shadow rolled his body and throw Yuki aside, although this is just a light throw and Yuki didn''t receive any damage from it, it was enough for him to break out on his position and rolled towards the opposite direction and jump back to create distance between himself and Yuki. But Yuki didn''t let him go as he please as he immediately stands up and rushes towards the Shadow to immediately close the distance, seemingly to not give him any time to even breathe. The shadow was surprised by Yuki as he sees that Yuki was like a wild animal that keeps on attacking without rest. When the Shadow saw that Yuki was already closing to him, he tried to meet him head-on with a throw of punch. The shadow tried to fake a punch by throwing a light punch then if Yuki dodges it, then he will immediately follow it up with a heavy punch to Yuki''s face. *Tud* - 3 But instead of dodging his punch, Yuki blocked it with his right arm, and counter a punch with his left arm towards the Shadow''s face. The shadow didn''t have time to think as he immediately blocks it with his other arm. *Pug!* - 3 *Tug!* - 8 This made the shadow took a step back, But Yuki didn''t give him time to rest up as he immediately follows it up with a Reverse Roundhouse kick that successfully hit the shadow in its head and throws him off to the ground *Tag!* - 20 *Thud* As he was thrown to the ground, Yuki immediately pins him down again to the ground and deliver a couple of punches but this time. *Pug!* - 20 *Pug!* - 3 *Pug!* - 20 But this time, the shadow was not fast enough and failed to block the punches as Yuki manage to hit his head two times which causes his HP to decrease down to a flat zero. The moment that the Shadow''s HP reached down to zero, Yuki and the shadow was suddenly teleported back to their starting positions. Suddenly above him, a screen appears that had a [ Winner ] written on it and a [ Loser ] on the other side. While he was looking at it, a chat box appears in front of him again. [ Enemy: FCK YOUR MOM FCK YOUR DAD YOU ARE FCLING IDIOT GOT TO HELL. BELELELELEL DUMBASS!!] [ Enemy Player has been Disconnected ] Yuki laughs while reading. "... What a sore Loser." After that, he just shrugged this off while focusing back his attention on the performance chart. After that, Yuki was teleported back to the training ground. "... *Sigh* Looks like I perform quite a bit well than to be expected. Now I have one win on my [ Match History ]. I think i will be able to fight stronger opponents as I play so I should play PVP from now on until I''m confident enough. Yosh, let''s do this again." Yuki enters again for another round of PVP match. He entered a few more times after each round and decided to end the day after that. He immediately logs out after that and goes towards the bed as he feels like he needs to sleep cause Playing MMORPGs was really mentally exhausting. After he lazily slams his body on the bed, not long after that, he fell asleep. __________________________________________________ Chapter 8 ____________________________________________ ..... It''s been ten months since Yuki was transported in this world. During these past months, Yuki spends most of his time inside his Gaming Room and playing different types of DMMO-RPGs. At the first and second months, Yuki played the DMMO-RPG called [ Shadow Battle ]. He played that game to get himself familiar with the feeling of fighting someone inside the DMMO-RPG. Also one of the reasons for playing that game was to learn how to wield and use different types of weapons. Well, he did not exactly learn all kinds of weapons but he manage learn at least ten different types of weapons. Since it''s the only type of weapons he felt comfortable with. It is also the types of weapons that he may plan to equip when he finally plays the YGGDRASIL. He stopped playing the [ Shadow Battle ] after two months. But not long after he stopped playing that game, he played another DMMO-RPG after that. Yuki was doing this because he planned to play as much DMMO-RPG as he could before the end of the year. He wants to completely familiarize himself first on playing different genres of DMMO-RPG before he proceeds to play the YGGDRASIL. In the third month, just the month after he stopped playing the [ Shadow Battle ], he played another DMMO-RPG called, [ Collateral Bullets ]. Its basically a shooting game. If his purpose on playing the [ Shadow Battle ] was to learn and familiarize himself on Fighting someone with or without a weapon inside a DMMO-RPG. Then, when it comes to this game, the [ Collateral Bullets ], it was to greatly increase his accuracy skill in DMMO-RPG. When it comes to skill casting, you really need to have a great focus and accuracy if you want your spell to hit. Especially if the target was moving, making it hit was extremely difficult that''s why a great skill inaccuracy was needed. That''s why Yuki decided to play this DMMO-RPG. Even though Yuki is not planning on using a Gun and becoming an Automaton once he played the YGGDRASIL, It will still help him to greatly increase his Accuracy inside the DMMO-RPG. He played the [ Collateral Bullets ] for a month and a half before he stopped playing it and jumping to another DMMO-RPG. This time, he played a DMMO-RPG called [ Aberage ]. Aberage was a popular DMMO-RPG, when he searched for the top DMMO-RPG at this year, it was on one of the tops. Even though it''s just one of the Popular DMMO-RPG, there''s a specific reason on why did he choose to play this DMMO-RPG. It was because, In the Novel, it was mentioned that, some of Ainz''s Guildmates played this DMMO-RPG before they even played the YGGDRASIL, It even comes to the extent that one of Ainz Guildmates almost quit YGGDRASIL when he finds out that one of his Guildmates is a higher rank than him in this game. The DMMO-RPG Aberage involved players building their own power suits, and then using them to fight each other. Moreover, there are players who could utilize their own respective character build through customization. This includes a balanced type with average armor or the kind that uses paper armor, high speed, and high firepower. Yuki tried playing this DMMO-RPG with a mindset that he will only play this for a month or two as he also needs to test the other DMMO-RPGs. But during his first month, he was hooked on the game immediately. He didn''t even notice that it''s been a month already. Time passes by and it''s already three months but Yuki was still playing the game. All the fighting and weapon techniques that he learned on the [ Shadow Battle ] were being applied on this DMMO-RPG as it also includes fighting and weapons so he was getting better and better at it as time passes. His accuracy also improved tremendously as the opponents that he was shooting down in this game are much more faster and agile than the one in [ Collateral Bullets ] that he played before. His senses and controls inside the game became much better since playing this game needs a lot of mental effort and focus to play since playing this game was like watching a camera footage of someone running while an earthquake is happening. Literally, sometimes, you don''t know what is even going on anymore as every fight became very chaotic once it starts. For almost seven months, Yuki never played any other DMMO-RPG but this. He was really hooked on it, but even though he really liked the game, he didn''t spend even a single money on it. But sometimes, he was already on the verge of pulling out money especially when he saw some newly updated equipment that has been released in the shops. Nobody can blame him as his equipment suck. He didn''t spend even s single money even though he can, that''s why he was so frustrated with himself. But the only thought that is keeping him positive through all this time was the moment that the official announcement of the release date of YGGDRASIL was released publicly. This made him shout and almost jump through the roof. His frustrations were immediately replaced by excitement for the next year. That''s why he manages to hold himself for not buying anything on [ Aberage ] and just promise to himself that. "... Once the YGGDRASIL was released. I swear that I will spam click every buy bu??on of every goddamn Cash item in that game, just you wait YGGDRASIL. Daddy''s coming." Chapter 9 October 11, 2125 On this day, the official release date of the DMMO-RPG: YGGDRASIL was announced publicly. It will be released in the first week of the Second month next year. Meaning, in February of the year 2126. Yuki was one of the people that saw this news first. Every time he finished playing and logged out on his NNI machine. He always checks the web if there is new news or information about the YGGDRASIL. He is constantly refreshing the page to see the latest updates. And on the same day when he was repeatedly doing that, it happened. But a week has already passed after the official release date of the YGGDRASIL was released but only a few people and sites are talking about it. Well, it''s really not that few and considered to be many. But Yuki was still a bit dumbfounded about this, YGGDRASIL was described as the most popular DMMO-RPG in this world that if you say the word DMMO-RPG here at Japan, most people will immediately think of YGGDRASIL. So when the official date was released, Yuki was sure that it will cause an uproar on the local news and websites but it has not. The level of attention that it was getting was no different on any other DMMO-RPG that will be released. Yuki think about this and decided to search through the web about this matter and he found out that, this type of DMMO-RPGs are pretty normal and Generic already for the viewpoint of most peoples. Most people nowadays are into DMMO-RPGs like what Yuki played in these past months. So when people saw this, they have probably thought that "... Oh, it''s one of those." and not care about it. In the description of the YGGDRASIL, the term "Player freedom" was quite a popular term by most of any other DMMO-RPGs. But all of them doesn''t have an actual Player freedom. That term is so used that people usually think if they ever saw that in any DMMO-RPGs descriptions, they will immediately think that it''s just a clickbait. Yuki guessed that YGGDRASIL maybe became famous once it was released. It is when the people have already tried playing it and talked about how the game offers a literal Player freedom. It is that time when it made an uproar to the gaming community. Yuki searched for more to see if there''s still any information that he can gather on the Web. He keeps on Sitting in front of his computer for a couple of hours until he decided to take a rest and end the day with it. For the next two months, Yuki didn''t play any DMMO-RPGs or even use his NNI machine. He just spends his every day watching television, strolling outside, surfing on the web and whenever he was bored and didn''t want any of that, he just played normal Online and Offline games on his computer. ????? Today was the first day of the New Year, January 1. While Yuki was doing nothing but continuously surfing on the Internet. He suddenly received a notification. When he saw this, he immediately clicks on it and saw that he had a message. He quickly goes towards his mail and when he first saw the sender of the mail, he got goosebumps. He saw that the sender of the message was one of the developers of the YGGDRASIL. Back in the last year in the final month, before the end of the year. While Yuki was surfing the net, he saw that there is a new post on the developers'' website of YGGDRASIL. They posted that they will pick 1000 people to play the YGGDRASIL in advance in the first month of next year. When Yuki saw this, he gets so excited and wants to run outside but he suppresses himself as he didn''t want to waste any moment and immediately register himself. He was so fast that he was probably the very first person to register himslef in it. He really wished that he will be chosen to join this first 1000 batch of people that will play YGGDRASIL in advance. He immediately clicks on it and sees what is in the mail. Inside the mail was a message from the Developers, saying that [ Congratulations, you are chosen to be our first 1000 batch of players to play the YGGDRASIL in advance ] ".... YEESSSSS!!!! THANK GOD!" When he saw this, he almost shed in tears. After all the wait, after all the things that he has done and all the preparation that he has to gone through, he can finally play the YGGDRASIL, at last. At the very bottom of the mail, there''s an attached link to it, that will allow Yuki to go to a private site. The link was protected so even if you copy the link or type it manually, you will not be able to access the site unless it was from this mail. Once Yuki access the site, he immediately see the download the download bu??on. He didn''t even waste a single damn second and immediately smashed it. The downloading didn''t take that long as it was finished before Yuki can even realize it, the installation too was really quick since Yuki''s super computer is a mythical beast. Once everything is over, he didn''t wait for any more time and immediately dive into his NNI machine. In the selection of Icons, a certain icon stands out the most on Yuki''s vision, the [ YGGDRASIL ] was displayed on that icon. He slowly reaches for that icon and gently presses it with his finger. A white screen window suddenly appears in front of him showing a lot of things and multiple Terms and Conditions. He read a few of them, but not all of it. Then next, the rules. They heavily implied and mentioned the Rules, these rules are not only for this game but for any other DMMO-RPGs. There are so many rules you have to follow and obey if you want to play a DMMO-RPG, such as R-18 actions were considered to be strictly forbidden. Violators would be publicly listed on the game''s official website, and their accounts would be deleted, or worse. Once the records of these R-18 actions were publicly released, they might be punished for damaging moral culture and thus violating the Social Order Maintenance Act. As such, most people would consider these acts off-limits. Additionally, one of the fundamental rulings which pertained to DMMO-RPGs was that forcing a player to participate in a game without permission could be treated as a form of cyber-kidnapping. As such, forcing a player to test out a game in this manner was a prosecutable offense, especially if there was no way to force-quit the game. It would not be unexpected for a company to receive fines or jail time for such things. If a situation arose where a player was not able to log out of the game, up to a week''s worth of game activity could be stored in a legally-mandated record. This would make it easy to prosecute the company for their violations of the Law. So easy to say, being SAO''d in DMMO-RPG was not possible. There are so many things and stuff that was shown to him until he reached the Log in section. Since he doesn''t have an account. He created an account first, then he goes back to the login section and put it in the newly created account. "LINKU SUTATU!" [ .... ] "I-i mean.." *Fake cough* " Log in." Then, everything around him changed. Chapter 10 Just like any DMMO-RPGs that Yuki have played, it all started in black surrounding. After Yuki logged in, everything became black so suddenly. Then, he slowly regains his vision as usual. "... Mmm, is this... where is this?" When he completely regain his vision. He finds himself standing in the middle of a hall that looks like a royal palace. It was identical to the Ainz''s base guild in anime but fancier and less scary. It was like a palace for royal kings and queens. On the edge of his vision, there are multiple windows floating and following his line of sight no matter where he looks. Yuki knows what this is, it was shown in the anime in the very first episode. It was one of the YGGDRASIL''s game Interface. At the right bottom, of his vision, one can see a little box that was showing a little map of the area around him, the map was really limited and cannot be used for checking long distant places. And at the very top, there''s a long rectangular window that was displaying his current location inside the game. "... Waiting area? Oh, right! I forgot that there''s something like this in YGGDRASIL." The waiting area is a platform space where players can enter to meet friends before diving for a game session in YGGDRASIL. The area acts similar to VR chat, back in Yuki''s Original world. It is where players can congregate via their own avatars. In this area, Yuki was not alone. There are at least fifty of them in this area. When Yuki arrived in the waiting room, there are at least three of them there. But as he checks the game interface, the number of people in the waiting room keeps on increasing as time goes by. But the only thing that Yuki noticed is that all the people around him are using the same avatars. They''re all using an avatar that is shaped like a human, but it is all colored white. It is like the only avatar that all players can use in the game [ Shadow Battle ] that Yuki used to play, but instead of all black, it''s all white. He brought up his own console and found out that his guess was correct. He only found one thing in his console and that is, to make his very own avatar or character first before he can gain access to his console. "... Um, excuse me?" But before he can press the bu??on to start creating his own character, someone approached him. "... Uh, yes?" Yuki responded to the white person in front of him. (AN: Just In case, that''s not a racist word. What in front of him was a literal white person.) "... Oh hey, is this also your first time in this kind of game?" The white person asked. Judging from the demeanor of the white person in front of him. Yuki can already guess what does he want from him. "... Oh yeah, It''s my first time too. I literally have no idea what am I supposed to do. haha." "... Is that so, that''s too bad. Alright, sorry for disturbing you, I''ll go ahead there and try to find someone that knows this kind of game haha, bye." Yuki waved him goodbye and the white guy proceed to run on the other direction to bother someone else. "... What is this? SAO? I''m sorry brother but I''m not Kirito and I don''t need any training montage right now." Yuki turns his focus again in the console and clicks the bu??on so he can start creating his own character. *Blink* Many introductions appeared In front of him and guides on how to properly create your own character. After reading it all, he proceeds to continue and three choices appeared in front of him. |?????????????????????????????????????????| | Humanoid Race | - A race that had a Human-like appearance. | Demi-Human Race | | Heteromorphic Race | - Also known as Inhuman or Monster Races. |?????????????????????????????????????????| "... Hmm, most of these people would probably choose a human. I know that human is good and has a potential especially when maxed out but, I don''t want that. I want those juicy racial classes. But if I''m correct, Heteromorphic has a much better racial class stats than the Demi-Human. The discrimination about Heteromorphic has yet to start too so its a pretty good start for me. If someone saw me, I think that they won''t attack me if I say to them that I''m also a player. But if things go south, I''ll just handle it, I''m confident about my abilities anyway." Yuki said as he fidget with the screen he was seeing. The discrimination that Yuki was talking, is about Pking other players. In YGGDRASIL, you will be penalized if you kill another player. Thus, In Ainz''s time when he was still playing YGGDRASIL, Heteromorphic races were very unpopular because PKing a Heteromorphic player doesn''t give any penalty to the player that did it. Added to that was. In YGGDRASIL, if you died in-game no matter what the reason was, you will drop one of your equipped items the moment you died in-game. And the rate of dropping your most important and powerful items and equipment is so high that most of the players in-game were not equipping all of their powerful items and equipment, except when they were about to raid a dungeon since you can''t clear a dungeon with a half-ass items. That''s why in the future, discriminations about Heteromorphic race will surely happen since their role in-game was an enemy of all the players in the first place. He scrolls the list from the top to the very bottom just to see if there''s some race in the game that he didn''t know and much more powerful. But no, there''s nothing new. It''s all the same as what he thinks that that would be on the list. "... That might be a reason but these players around me are still nothing but noobs. hehe." Yuki selected the Heteromorphic class and a long list of racial classes appears in front of him. Yuki scrolls the list and checks every single one of them. While he was doing this, he noticed that there are many people in the waiting room already. Most of the people in that one thousand that is picked to play the YGGDRASIL earlier than others must have been here already. He also noticed that some of them have already created their own avatars and characters. "... See? I predicted it." Most of the players that Yuki saw, has Humanoid avatars such as, Elf, dark elf, Rainbow eye, Winged elf, Sharp horn, Winged human, and of course, the majority of them, Humans. "... Oh, they''re already jumping in-game?" Yuki saw that some of the players that have finished creating their character have suddenly disappear. Yuki thought that they already dived inside the game already since its your only destination after you finish creating a character. ".. I think I should hurry up" He turn his attention to the list of racial classes again and searches for a particular class. ".. Oh found it. The insect class. I think that this is one of the most powerful classes, just like Touch me. And for the species.... Mmm, let''s see.... I think I will go for a sanguine mosquito. Then I can evolve myself as a sanguine queen later and once I go towards the New World I can breed for a lot of different types of Sanguine Mosquitos to fight for me and I can literally do nothing and let them do all the work... Kyahaha, This probably the most op class ever, yeah let''s go with this." Yuki said as he voices out his great plan that he was planning from the start. "... But of course, I''m kidding, who would think of something so stupid like that. Bwahaha!" Then, Yuki continues to scroll until he spots his real target. [ Vampire ] He chooses the vampire without hesitation and an image of an ugly looking creature appears in front of him. "... Uwah, GODDAMMIT. They said that Vampire in YGGDRASIL is really ugly but I did not expect it to be like this." He look at the ugly image in front of him and think about something for a second. "... Uhh, looks aren''t important right now anyway so I think its pretty fine, but if I want to make this guy a better-looking one, I need a Creator tool. But I don''t have that yet so I can''t, but right now, I can still make this a bit more descent, or... wait why do I need to make it descent anyway? I''m supposed to be a scary monster, a creature that people will make a run for their money the moment they see my face." Yuki said as he keeps thinking of ways to make the Strigoi like vampire scarier but less ugly. He wants it to be a thing that looks like it comes out of a horror movie or something. But he didn''t also want to equip have a hideous and ugly looking avatar so he is really thinking of ways to do that. After a minute of thinking, he turned his focus again on the screen and crack his virtual knuckles and said. ".. Alright, let''s get this bad boy in shape." Yuki said while having sinister smile on his imaginary face." Chapter 11 "Now that is a masterpiece." Yuki said as he look at the image of the avatar he just designed and created. The image of the avatar in front of him looks really terrifying. It''s like a combination of every descent monster that existed. (AN: Descent is a type of monster, look it up.) "... Meh, I''m going to change it later anyway. I''ll use this just for the sake of scaring the shit out of every new player that will saw me, hehe." After he confirmed that he was already finished in the character design. he pressed the finish bu??on and another list of things popped out in front of him. But his avatar also changed into the same avatar that he designed. Now his looks and height changed and the demeanor of his character looks really terrifying but if you hear Yuki''s voice, it doesn''t match his image at all. "... Hii!" A white guy suddenly spawn beside him, and due to his extremely high luck, it turn its head to look at his side, it saw Yuki''s avatar, which greatly terrifies him. He suddenly walks away because it was scaring the shit out of him. "... Hihihihi. *Clears throat* Alright, where should I go with this?" In front of him was a list of all the worlds he can start in YGGDRASIL. As it can be guessed from the title, YGGDRASIL mainly refers to Norse mythology and has nine separate worlds based on it which are: Asgard, ¨¢lfheim, Vanaheim, Nidavellir, Midgard, J?tunheim, Niflheim, Helheim, and M¨²spellsheim. While each world is a leaf of YGGDRASIL with their own particular traits, they were estimated to be two to three times the size of Tokyo. So even though they are called "worlds" They are really not worlds apart. It was like, all of the world''s in the Norse YGGDRASIL was combined into one continent. So meaning to say, even if you started in Asgard, you can still go towards the Midgard by just traveling on foot. But the whole map of the world is very big that even before the server shut down of the game, only 40 percent of the map has been fully explored and recorded. Information about the YGGDRASIL''s Map is extremely valuable, every bit of information that people will discover is not for free unlike in other DMMO-RPGs. Especially if it has to do with the World items. There''s a site called YGGDRASIL''s Wiki. In the novel, it was said to be a famous site where important information about YGGDRASIL is posted. YGGDRASIL Wiki apparently contains fifty of the two hundred World Items covered in their site. All of this information surrounding it and other sorts was put there by players specialized in espionage and deceit. This correlates with how attempts to steal key information will occur and because of that, owners of such items will desperately try to find a way in concealing the fact from other fellow players. When spies of different top-ranking guilds found the information they want, it was later posted here in this wiki with the purpose of gathering intelligence from all opposing sides. For starters, in the Novel, Ainz states that his said strength and cards he had up his sleeve as a YGGDRASIL Player made himself doubtful. This was due to the fact that the wiki got every bit of information about him in their site for the public to see in the open especially his enemies. Since the guild Ainz Ooal Gown was one of the strongest guilds, a certain level of information about each of his guild members was extremely valuable. Of course, Yuki wasn''t worried about it, he doesn''t mind if his information got publicize or anything. He can even use it too, against his enemies. But of course, there''s no need to worry about this since YGGDRASIL''s Wiki has yet to exist in the current day. "... Now, in YGGDRASIL, If I remember it correctly. The advantageous worlds for heteromorphic players were Niflheim, Helheim, and Muspelheim. Going to other World were there''s a lot of humans is a not an option. Not that I can only be hunted, but I might cause the trigger of the early racial discrimination here on the YGGDRASIL for the Heteromorphic players, and that is a huge problem." Yuki said as he don''t want to cause any big impact in the game yet since it might ruin the timeline. So he think his next moves really carefully so he can avoid some nuisance. "... Since I choose a vampire. My weakness is quite a lot but, I think that it won''t matter anymore in the long run." Back in the [ Shadow Battle ], Yuki was described sometimes by his opponents as a very aggressive fighter, and like a wild animal. He keeps on charging towards his enemy whenever he saw a chance, a reason for not giving them even a time to think for their next move, that''s why most of Yuki''s opponent can''t do anything other than dodging. As an aggressive fighter, powerful muscular strength is like a meat and potato of every Fighter like Yuki. And the explanation is not already needed for the summons and fast healing. Not to mention that blood/life drain can heal much better than any type of HP potion. "... So where do I go." Yuki look at the list of realms he can go. He think for a couple of seconds until he finally decides what realm is the most favorable to him after comparing all the realms in his mind. For Yuki''s choice, he decided to go in the realm of Niflheim. Yuki scrolls down the list and saw the Niflheim realm. He pressed the Niflheim on the list and suddenly, a circle appears below his foot. It releases some pixelated particles throughout Yuki''s body and suddenly, his virtual body slowly vanished and his vision became black again. Yuki''s vision is still black, but he can now saw his own avatar. He found out that he was standing in a black space, it was like the same to the white space where he met the God that gives him wishes. A small screen suddenly appears in front of him. It shows the whole map of the Niflheim area in the whole map of YGGDRASIL. A text suddenly appears above the screen saying; [ Choose your d?s?r?d spawn area ] In YGGDRASIL, if you choose the Humanoid or Demi-humans as your chosen racial class, you can spawn in any type of Town or City here in YGGDRASIL. But if you choose as Heteromorphic, you can only choose the option of being spawn in any d?s?r?d area you want, since the majority of the Heteromorphic race is not allowed to enter in any types of town or city in YGGDRASIL. Yuki chooses to be spawn at the very bottom part of the map. Yuki did make sure that he will be spawn at the very edge of NIFLHEIM since this is one of the three worlds in YGGDRASIL that as you go deeper at the very center of it, the more it will become much more dangerous, both the monsters and terrains. Yuki chooses the area where there are swamps. He pressed it and suddenly, everything around him changed, and not long after that, he finds himself standing in the middle of swamps. "... Alright, finally I''m in-game. No monsters around the area other than me and that''s good." Yuki looks at his map and saw that there are no monsters around the area yet. He checked the body of his avatar and noticed that he was glowing. He looks at his status and saw that he was in [ INVISIBLE ] mode. "... Must be an effect if you have just spawned in the area to avoid getting killed immediately." This mode will only last for two minutes so if a player found himself in the middle of monsters or PKs, he will have time to get away and hide. Yuki opened his console and goes towards his inventory and saw an item in one of the slots. [ Gift ] [ You received 10,000 gold coins ] [ You received an Exp boost ticket *24hrs (1) ] [ You received a Weapon Cart (1) ] [ You received a Night Pearl (1) ] "... Oh, some items, and an exp boost? Ok~ay. What''s a night Pearl? That doesn-" *Ting!* Before he can even check his received items, he suddenly heard a new Notification on his inbox. He quickly checks the notification and presses the message to read its contents. ============================ [ Attention! ] You are the very first "Player" to pick a Monster class in the whole YGGDRASIL. You are the very first one to choose the Way of monsters. It will all start with you. You will be the Beginning. ============================ [ Congratulations! You will be rewarded for being the first one to pick the Monster class. You will be given a new Racial Class for being the very first Monster. ] [ You have unlocked a new Racial Class, The "Origin" ] [ Do you want to use your new Racial Class ] "... Oh?" ____________________________________________________ Chapter 12 "Oh?" Yuki was surprised by the sudden notification, but he was more surprised when he saw the contents of it. "... Origin, huh. Well, I haven''t heard anything like that. It''s not even mentioned in the Novel back when I''m reading it." Yuki was surprised that just by being the first player to pick the monster class, the game will give you a Rare Racial Class from the get-go. And just by judging how it was obtained, it''s probably a unique class that only Yuki will have. "... Hmm, I wonder if there''s also like these for the first humans and demi-humans." Yuki pondered for a moment before immediately brushing off the idea, thinking that there''s no use in being curious about that now. [ Do you want to use your new Racial Class? ] Though extremely excited, Yuki didn''t immediately equip it since he was a bit cautious. This is a class that he has never heard of, the effects, skills, buffs, and debuffs, and what it''ll do to his whole character is unknown to him. So Yuki opened up the details and information of the Racial Skill he just received and a big new screen have appeared in front of him, covering his entire view. Just by looking at how massive the screen is, anyone can say that the information and details about this particular class are enormous. "... Sheesh~ what are these?" Yuki muttered with surprise as he looks at the big HUD screen in front of him that''s full of texts. *rustle* Yuki was about to read it but suddenly heard some noises nearby. Thinking that it may be some Monsters, and seeing that he is in the middle of a Hunting Zone, he closes the Status Windows first and move to a Safe Zone nearby, a place where any kind of Fighting is not allowed. Be it a Duel or a PVP, obviously, Monsters can''t be found near this place too since the area around the Safe Zone will be considered a part of it and thus making it an out-of-bounds area for the roaming Monsters. Yuki didn''t go to the Safe Zone itself and just near it since he knows that there''s won''t be Monsters nearby anyway. He opens up the Status Windows again and reads the details of the Racial Class he just got. ... "... Wait, it offers only one skill? Isn''t that too cheap?" " My Mana capacity will have no Limits? Am I reading this correctly? What is this? This is too Broken." ... "Wait! I''ll lose MY MANA AND I WON''T BE ABLE TO REGENERATE IT THROUGH ANY MEANS? What is this Bullsh*t!? What''s the point of having no limits then!?" ... "... oh I see, that make sense.????" ... " I''ll LOSE THIS MUCH IF I DIE?! THIS IS A SCAM! HEY DEVELOPERS! THIS IS TOO MUCH! YOU HEAR ME? THIS IS TOO MUCH!!" ... " Oh, this class is so good! Hahaha" " THIS CLASS IS TRASH!" ... After a couple more emotional roller coaster of Ups and Downs, Yuki finally finishes reading everything about the Racial Class he got. After that, he falls deep into his own mind, he is seriously thinking about it because he thinks that the Class is super good and also super bad. The potential it has is very big and the Buffs and Skills it offers are OP, but the Penalties it had are way too inhumane. Like every time Yuki read a skill, it''s like he''s in heaven, but the moment he goes in the Penalty part it had, Yuki felt like hell descended just right in front of him. He feels like he just got a Nuclear bomb as a power, the possibility of disintegrating any enemy he''ll face is high, but there''s also a chance where hell just blows himself up every now and then and lose everything. This is what Yuki feels about this Class. But after a long moment of carefully considering everything, he finally decided on a choice. "... Alright, whatever, I''ll just be very careful every time." He chooses to equip the Racial Class. [ Do you want to equip this Racial Class ] After that, his avatar glowed for a moment, then it stopped. Yuki looked at his avatar to see what are the changes but he saw that, nothing changed. ".. Alright let''s try to se-" *ting!* [ New Job Classes are now available. ] [ New Skills Have been obtained ] [ Character Status Point Bonus have been applied ] [ Your Mana Capacity has been removed ] [ Due to the Penalty, your current Mana will deplete down to 0 ] [ Your class ''Origin'' has detected your other class ''Vampire'' ] [ Your class ''Origin'' has been successful and greatly influenced your other class ''Vampire'' ] [ The skill ''Link'' has detected an impurity in your class ''Vampire'' and is now attempting to erase it ] [ The attempt of the skill ''Link'' has been successful and manage to remove the impurities in your class ''Vampire'' ] [ The Penalties and Weaknesses of your class ''Vampire'' have now been removed and will no longer affect you. ] [ Your class ''Vampire'' has been heavily influenced by your other class ''Origin''. The Racial Advancement of your class ''Vampire'' might be affected due to this development. ] [ Other achievement has been forcefully delayed due to your low Character Level. ] [ The rewards for the Linked Achievements will be announced after you reached the appropriate Character Level ] "... Oh, yeah, I just realized it. I''m not even level one yet." Yuki said with an unchanging tone. Yuki finds the situation weird since he was not even level 1 yet and he was getting so many good things already. If Players we''re to see this, they will surely think that Yuki probably has some connections to the developers that''s why he''s getting this good stuffs just from the start. As his Origin class grows, so do the penalties. This Class has a lot of Penalties, but there''s one that greatly catches his attention and makes him very anxious. [ ¡ª If you Die, all the achievements, bonuses, and skill perks you received, obtained and acquired from your class [ Origin ] throughout the time will be erased or reset back to the very beginning. Including ongoing achievements and Character Status Bonuses. ] Dying inside the game is a very common thing to happen, but not for Yuki. The moment he equipped the class called Origin, he immediately made a rule to himself. Throughout the upcoming years that he will play YGGDRASIL, he can''t die. Unless he really needs to, which is very unlikely. After all that, Yuki checks out the System more, just to see if he missed something. He also equipped the new Job Classes that he manages got, though all of them are still level 0 since he has yet to Level Up. Earlier, While Yuki is reading a lot of notifications about his achievements, a new notification had popped out. Yuki ignored it earlier since he''s pretty occupied, but now, he brings It out again to see what it is. He pulls out the Notification Window and checks the inbox. There, he saw one unread Mail, the one remaining Mail that he has yet to see. He immediately clicks on it to see its contents. [ The start of a Journey ] - Since you have everything already set up. You can now make a name for yourself. You need something for everyone to remember you. Quest: Set an IGN for your character. Difficulty: Beginner Reward: 100 exp points [ ????????????????????????????????????????] After that, a long empty bar and a virtual keyboard had appeared in front of him. "... Oh yeah, I don''t have an IGN yet. Haha, damn, I totally forgot the thing that I''m looking forward to the most." Yuki said as he scratches his virtual head. Ever since Yuki started creating his character, he always waited for the chance to name himself inside the game, but up until he dives in-game, and already inside the game, the section where he would name his character hasn''t shown up. But at this very moment, it finally shows itself. "... Back then, I have promised that once I get the chance to rename myself, I will change it to the most awesome name ever. Now, even though it was still in the game, it will be mine in the future too. Alright, let''s think about this seriously." Yuki said as he cracks his imaginary knuckles and put on a serious expression... at least that''s what his current gesture looks like. "... A good name. Hmm, let''s see. In all the movies, anime, manga, and stories that I have watched and read, I have heard already a lot of good possible names, but I need to have a flexible name. Not just for this game but for the New World as well. I need a name that would fit there, a Noble-sounding name would be better too. Hmm, what could it be?" Yuki pondered for a couple of seconds but suddenly, after a moment of brainstorming, he finally remembered something... ".. Oh, right. That webtoon! Haha, the Mc is a Vampire too so it kinda fit. And a good-looking one at that." After a moment of remembering something, he turns towards the keyboard and types his d?s?r?d name. [ IGN: Cadis Etrama Di Raizel ] ".. There, what a fancy-ass name." After he typed all the characters, he presses the [ accept ] bu??on to make it his official IGN. [ Congratulations! You have successfully set your official IGN on YGGDRASIL. ] [ ????????????????????????????????????????? ] [ The start of the Journey ] ? - Since you have everything already set up. You can now make a name for yourself. You need something for everyone to remember you. Quest: Set an IGN for your character. Difficulty: Beginner Status: Completed Reward: 100 exp points [ ???????????????????????????????????????? ] [ Congratulations! You have Level up! ] [ Level 0 ¡ú Level 1 ] [ Your skill ''Secret Stash'' has been activated ] [ Your HP has risen by 3 ] [ Your MP has risen by 3 ] [ Your Phy Atk has risen by 1 ] [ Your Phy Def has risen by 3 ] [ Your Agility has risen by 2 ] [ Your Mag Atk has risen by 4 ] [ Your Mag Def has risen by 2 ] [ Your Resist has risen by 2 ] [ You acquired 1 Status Point ] " Oh, noice... Alright Racial Class, it''s time to eat." Yuki said as he used his Status Point to his Racial Class [ Vampire ] and thus, leveling it up. Every Player in YGGDRASIL have different types of routes and style they want to follow when it comes on leveling both Racial and Job Classes base on their chosen race. The Job''s additional class levels that follow certain TRPG classes and etc; They give lower stat points than other classes in general, but often give you more Skills to use. While Racials, are additional or starting class levels that one can take. They often have fewer skills, but compensate with higher stat points than Job classes. Amongst Racial classes, they can be split into Demi-human Racials, which can be considered less versatile but better in terms of stats to Humanoid or pure Job-class based people. The other is Heteromorphs which are Racials that are more extreme which have even better stat gains... in certain stats, but very drastic trade-offs. For reference, Slimes have high Physical Defense but low on Physical Attack. Undead are immune to piercing but weak to bludgeoning and so on. Vampire has a pretty high and balance Character Stats but has multiple weaknesses such as Holy Water, Silver Weapons, Positive Energy, and Sunlight. And so on.. Typically both don''t give as many skills, but they do come with racial abilities in varying degrees. Heteromorphs tend to have more drastic racial abilities like an Overlord''s undead creation and True Vampire''s Blood Pool, which can be very strong and is possible to be a YGGDRASIL''s meta in the future. However, heteromorphs have penalties. They cannot have certain classes, cannot enter certain cities, is fine to get PK''ed, penalties depending on race, and cannot equip certain types of equipment. Even if they take only one level, the penalty activates. Jobs that have difficult requirements would have a higher rate of a skill point increase. And there is the case of only humans being able to have that class. And rather than increasing Racial Class, characters that take various classes would be stronger. This is as skills are better than skill points. However, the final Racial Class of the Heteromorphs has very high skill points. Due to the raw high skill points, strong skills will be even stronger. Crazily stronger. Overall, Job''s are like new move upgrades, while Racial''s are more stat-focused upgrades that unlock varying degrees of skills. Demi-humans are the safer stat-focused ones, while Heteromorphs are the min/max ones that come at a price or clear drawbacks in exchange for Powers. In Ainz''s day of playing YGGDRASIL. Most Heteromorphic Players don''t level up their Racial class since they were getting PK''ed constantly, so leveling up your racial class is not wise. They even have a certain theory back then that if one wants to make a strong character, they should not raise their Racial level. That''s probably the reason why humans and not heteromorphs are popular in YGGDRASIL. But now, there''s no such thing yet. Yuki or any other Heteromorphic Players can still do whatever they want or level up the class they want. That''s why Yuki wanted to focus on leveling his Racial Class, especially now that he had obtained a Rare racial class. He planned to increase the level of his racial classes as much as he can during this one month before all the local players join and enter the YGGDRASIL. And maximize or at least almost maximize it, before the Racial Discrimination on Heteromorphic Players, starts. Just so he can avoid a bunch of Nuisance while he is grinding some Experience Points for his classes. After he finished it all and making sure that he didn''t miss any more notifications. He goes towards the inventory and takes the [ Weapons cart ] item. The weapons cart from his inventory looks like a Cart-like keychain with the size of a normal human fist. ".. Use item!" Yuki said as he raised the Weapon Cart above him. The weapon cart in his hand suddenly breaks into Blue-like particles. Then a screen appears in front of him, showing a list of different types of weapons. The weapon cart is an item that can give a weapon to a player at no cost. It will show a list of all types of weapons that is also available in the shop, out of all the list of that weapons, you can take a single weapon of your choice. "... As I guessed, it all looks normal. There''s even nothing above medium-class item... *sigh* But I guess that this is better than the weapons I can afford with my current money on the shop. This will do for now." He scrolls throughout the list and stopped at a particular weapon. "... Finally, ma bebe~." He clicked his d?s?r?d weapon on the list and after that, the list disappeared and a certain kind of spear, appears in front of him. It is descending from the air slowly. Yuki grabs the spear mid-air and gives it a few thrusts and swings afterward, just to familiarize himself with it. "... Aaah~ Nice. It''s very comfortable, it feels the same as the one I used to use." Yuki said as he recalls the Spear he created and always use back when he was still playing [ Aberage ]. He even calls it "Rose". Yes, Yuki is a Spear person. But of course, he knows how to use various of weapon and is very good at it too, but he''s just very fond of using the spear. It''s like being an Animal Lover, but Cats.... Cats for the win. It''s like that. After all that shenanigans... Yuki goes towards the shop next and purchases a light armor and all the other things that he needed to complete his set of defense. Now, Yuki is all geared up. He closes his Console and starts walking out of the Safe Zone. He checked the map a couple of times. It didn''t take long until he''s finally out of the Safe Area, though there isn''t any kind of Monsters in sight, Yuki is extremely alert and cautious. After reading the Map a few more types, he finally decided on which direction he should go. He decided to explore only the edge of this world since he doesn''t want to go any deeper in his current state. He planned to grind and gain levels as much as he can in this area for the whole week before he starts to push slowly towards the center He readied his spear and sharpened his instinct. He gets on his stance and closes his eyes for a moment, he looks like he was thinking about something but in reality, he was setting his shortcut skill commands. He opened his eyes again after all that. "... Alright, let''s start." And with that, Yuki''s hunt, begins. __________________________________________________________________ IGN: Cadis Etrama Di Raizel Gender: Male Race: Undead / Heteromorphic Level: 1 _____________________ Hp: 14 _____________________ Mp: 9 _____________________ Phy Atk: 8 _____________________ Phy Def: 10 _____________________ Agility: 13 _____________________ Mag Atk: 9 _____________________ Mag Def: 11 _____________________ Resist: 7 _____________________ Special: 10 _____________________ Total Stats: 100 Vampire (1) Origin (0) __________________________________ Blood Drinker (0) Progenitor (0) Negator (0) Monarch (0) *** |¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â| [ Origin ] Level: 0 Type: Racial Class Lore/Description: [ Reach Lvl 3 to unlock ] __________________________________________ [ Racial Buffs ] ( Lvl 1 ) ¡ª The Racial Skill [ Secret Stash ] will be acquired. ¡ª The Racial Skill [ Retrieve ] will be acquired. ¡ª The Racial Skill [ Link ] will be acquired. ¡ª Mana capacity will be removed. ¡ª The Racial Skill [ Absolute Status ] will be acquired. ¡ª +5 to all Character Status ¡ª Killing a Boss or a higher Class Monsters will give you more rewards and a 100% chance of item drop ¡ª Killing a Player that is possessing the class [ Hero ] will unlock some of the hidden features within your class [ Origin ]. This will also complete a certain hidden Episode in the Origin''s Lore. Various and enormous amounts of rewards will also be receive according to the completed Achievement. ¡ª Killing a Player that is possessing the class [ Beast King ] will unlock some of the hidden features within your class [ Origin ]. This will also complete a certain hidden Episode in the Origin''s Lore. Various and enormous amount of rewards will also be receive according to the completed Achievement. ( Lvl 2) ¡ª Contents Locked ( Lvl 3) ¡ª Contents Locked ( Lvl 4) ¡ª Contents Locked ( Lvl 5 ) ¡ª Contents Locked ________________________________________ [ Racial Penalty ] ( Lvl 1 ) ¡ª The Auto Mana Regeneration System will now be gone. Regenerating Mana through any means other than the Skills that are linked to the class [ Origin ] will now be impossible. ¡ª If you Die, all the achievements, bonuses, and skill perks you received, obtained and acquired from your class [ Origin ] throughout the time will be erased or reset back to the very beginning. Including ongoing achievements and Character Status Bonuses. ¡ª You will not be able to Enter some cities. ¡ª Boss Class Monster or higher Classes of Monsters will have their HP and some of their stats doubled while you are in their presence. Various kinds of buffs will also be applied base on the type of Monster you face. ¡ª There will be a Low Chance that you''re position will be revealed after going on Midgard or Asgard for a certain amount of time. ¡ª If you were killed by a Player that''s possessing the Class [ Hero ], your class [ Origin ] will be erased and deleted permanently from your Racial Classes. ¡ª If you were killed by a Player that''s possessing the Class [ Beast King ], all your Status and Level after you respawn will decrease by half permanently. Your position will also be revealed to the player that''s possessing the class [ Beast King ] for a certain amount of time every day for an entire week. This Penalty can be stacked if you were killed repeatedly by the Player that has the class [ Beast King ]. ¡ª If you kill both the Player that''s possessing the class [ Hero ] and [ Beast King ] then you will be label as a Mortal Enemy for both Humans and Demi-Humans. ( Lvl 2 ) ¡ª Contents Locked ( Lvl 3 ) ¡ª Contents Locked ( Lvl 4 ) ¡ª Contents Locked ( Lvl 5 ) ¡ª Contents Locked _________________________________________ |¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á| [ Secret Stash ] ( - ???????? ???????????????? ???????????????? ???????????????? ???????????????? ???????????????????????? ????????. ???????? ???????????????????????????????????????????? ???????? ???????????????? ????????????????????, ???????????? ???????????? ????????????????. ???????????????????????????????? ???? ????????????''???? ???????????? ???????? ???????????????? ???????? ???????????? ????????????????, ???? ???????????? ???????? ???????????????????? ???????????? ???????????????? ???????? ???????????? ????????????????????????, ???????????????????? ???????? ???????????? ????????????, ???????????????? ???????? ????????????????.) ¡ª Each time the You gain Levels, all Character Status will increase by at least 5. All the Character Stat Points that You will get are random numbers between 1 to 5. ¡ª Content Locked ¡ª Content Locked Type: Passive (Skill) Duration: None Casting Time: Instant Cooldown: None Activation Cost: Content Locked |¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á| [ Retrieve ] ( - ???????? ???????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????. ???? ???????????????? ????????????????????. ????''???? ???????????????? ???????????????????????? ???????????????? ????????????????''???? ???????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????. ) ¡ª Every time the you kill a ????????????????, you will absorb its remaining Mp completely. The Mp you managed to absorb will be now yours, permanently. Type: Passive (Skill) Duration: None Casting Time: Instant Cooldown: None |¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á| [ Link ] ( - ???? ???????????????? ???????? ???????? ???????????? ???????????????????????????? ????????????????????. ????????????, ???????????? ???? ???????????? ???????? ???????????????????????????? ???????????? ???? ???????????????????? ???????????????????????????????????? ???????????? ???????????? ???????????????? ???????? ???????? ????????????????''???? ???????????????? ???????? ????????????????????????????????, ???????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????.) ¡ª Everytime your class [ Origin ] detected another Racial Class, it will immediately use the skill [ Link ] to create a connection then heavily influence it. The outcome after the influencing is unknown. The results may change depending on the type of Racial Class where the [ Link ] has been used. Type: Passive (Skill) Duration: None Casting Time: Conditional Cooldown: None |¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á| [ Absolute Status ] ( - ???????????????? ???????????????? ???????????????????????? ???????? ???????????????? ???????? ???????????????? ???????????????? ???????? ???????? ????????????????????. ???? ???????????????????????? ???????????????????????? ???????? ???????? ????????????????????????????, ???? ???????????????? ???????????????????????? ???????? ???????? ???????? ????????????????, ???????????? ????''???? ???????????? ???????????????????????????????? ???????? ???????????? ???????? ???????????????????????? ????????????????????.) ¡ª The duration of any kind of Abnormal Statuses will be shortened by [ 2 / 3?/ 4?/ 6?/ 1?0? ] seconds. ¡ª Content Locked ¡ª Content Locked ¡ª Content Locked ¡ª Content Locked ¡ª Content Locked Type: Passive (Skill) Duration: None Cooldown: None Casting Time: None Activation Cost: Content Locked |¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á| Chapter 13 It''s already been two and a half months since Yuki started playing YGGDRASIL. During those days of continuously grinding exp, so many things have happened already. Last month, the game YGGDRASIL, was finally released to the public officially, and just like what Yuki thought, it made an uproar. In just two weeks after it was released, the server of YGGDRASIL became so packed. So many new Players are being spawned in different areas in each realm. Also at that time, Yuki finally saw and encounter his first Demi-humans and Heteromorphic players in NIFLHEIM ever since he started playing the game. They are all harmless, they just became scared or surprised when they saw Yuki but that''s the extent of their reactions. Some of them even thought that Yuki''s avatar looks cool. Yuki on the other hand, is very friendly towards the newbies. He even helps and guides newbies whenever he is asked for it. He doesn''t help all the ones that he meets but sometimes, he agrees to some of them. Especially if they have a cute voice and sound like a girl. He also keeps hunting on the edge part and slowly pushing his way towards the center of Niflheim. He doesn''t want to take the risks since there''s no reason for him to take things fast and also the penalties for dying are such a B*tch. He can''t just speedrun his way towards the whole world even though he has good items. The thing in YGGDRASIL is, getting Levels and Exp is really easy, but losing them is much easier. That''s why Yuki doesn''t want to risk going further towards the center, just for much higher rewards when he''s still getting a decent amount of it on wherever he''s currently on. He will just decide to go further if the rewards he''s getting are not enough anymore. So far, all the days that Yuki had after all these events are relatively normal. He just keeps grinding Exps for his Classes since he needs to level it all up before he goes to other worlds for the materials and quests. In just a half month, Yuki manages to max out some of his classes already, and of course, by doing so, he also got a bunch of new skills and new classes that are related to the class he maxed out, but he didn''t equip it all, only those he deemed necessary. He even unequipped the first job classes he got since Yuki thought that those classes don''t really fit for grinding Exps. He also obtained and get some classes he wants by doing and accomplishing some achievements. Such as [ Weapon Mastery ] and [ Slayer ]. He manages to complete all that for just half a month worth of playing. He also buys some Cash Ite¡ª wrong. Take two. Yuki had bought EVERY Cash item in the shop, whether it''s necessary or not. An item he can use, or not. He knows what it does, or not. Literally everything that pops out in the shop. Every Cash item that''s getting patch and put in the shop, Yuki will immediately buy ALL the things as much as he is allowed to. If every player only has a buy-quantity limit for certain items, he will certainly max it out. If the item in the shop has a limited quantity, he will buy it all and put the sold-out icon himself on it. Yuki, is what most people call, a Whale. A big, gigantic whale. The majority of Players in YGGDRASIL are so anxious whenever a new quantity-limited item will be released, especially for those who really want a bite of that particular item. They need to be quick because they know that items like this don''t stay available in the shop for 5 seconds. 5 seconds before the ''Sold out'' icon appears. It''s like this all the time, this phenomenon is called by most Players ''The 5 seconds rule''. This is not an actual thing, but this is still happening because of one Player that likes to harvest all the Cash Items for himself, Yuki. Not only Cash items but Yuki also has a lot of Self-Made and customized Items. He made a lot of his own Equipment and Customized some already made Equipment to match it to his liking. Judging by the look of his character, someone might say that he is a warrior, but in reality, he is, and also not. He is a warrior. He does things that a normal warrior does, but for a warrior, the number of Tiered spells and the amount of MP he also has, are already enough to make a full-fledged magic caster cry. Yuki has a full-plated armor and a Spear for a weapon, if someone were to check his Mp using a spell, they will see that he only has 10 MP stats. With these details, no one would be blamed if they were to think that Yuki is just your everyday Fighter. But in reality, all of that is just a front. A front to cover what''s on the back. A problematic problem that needs to be hidden. Yuki has a Ring, a special one that can Seal some of his Stats. Not hide, but Seal. This is to remove the unnecessary and unwanted attention that''s starting to harbor around him. He''s notably too strong. Extremely strong. Compare to a Player that has the same level as him, he''s completely unmatched. At the current state of every Players in YGGDRASIL, he can literally one-shot anyone by just moving around. The Ring uses a Sealing method to do all these things. But Sealing is different than Hiding. Using various means, a Player can see if the other Player is hiding the info of their stat. But if the Stats are Sealed, it can not be seen through. Simply because, it''s not there anymore. For reference. If someone asked you to show them all your money, you can only show them what u have in your wallet, but the one that''s kept in the bank won''t be, unless you bring it out yourself. it is like that. A sealing method is unheard for every Players. The Ring is not something that Yuki bought in the shop, but it was crafted by himself. A Self-Made Item. Sealing is also a method that Yuki created, or at least the first Player that thought and use such a method. So all of that is just for the safe route. Unnecessary attention will only give him a bunch of nuisance, and for the current him, it is not needed. He still has a lot to do, and being in the spotlight is the last thing he would want. He is also being careful about the very existence of the YGGDRASIL''S wiki, that''s why he doesn''t want to reveal any information about him. Especially now that the numbers Players inside the game are continuously growing at a rapid pace. But so far, Yuki''s everyday life was a repeating process between Grinding, Hunting, Mining, Raiding dungeons, and doing Quests. One can say that it is a peaceful and nice pace. Yuki likes it, he doesn''t mind doing this every day, but Yuki himself knows that this is nothing but a wishful thinking and this Game is bound to be Chaotic as days go by. But for the moment, he''ll just enjoy his current peaceful pace. That is actually about to end... __________________________________________________________________ IGN: Cadis Etrama Di Raizel Gender: Male Race: Undead / Heteromorphic Level: 65 _____________________ Hp: 213 Mp: 10 + _____________________ Phy Atk: 70 _____________________ Phy Def: 172 _____________________ Agility: 68 _____________________ Mag Atk: 42 Mag Def: 197 _____________________ Resist: 100 _____________________ Special: 100 _____________________ Total Stats: 972 Vampire (15) Arch Vampire (2) __________________________________ Weapon Master (7) Blood Drinker (6) Fighter (10) Armored Mage (4) Slayer (5) Battle Cleric (5) Summoner(4) Battle Mage (6) *** |¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â| [ Ring of Succ ] ¡ª An Accessory (Ring) that can be used to absorb a particular amount of the ????????????????''s stats. The absorbed Stats will be stored inside the Equipment (Ring) and can be taken out if the ????????????????''s wishes to do so. Type: Accessory ( Self Made Weapon ) Class: Divine Creator: Cadiz Etrama Di Raizel User: Cadiz Etrama Di Raizel Status: Private Item |¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â| * Command 1 * [ Absorb ] ¡ª When activated, The Accessory (Ring) will absorb the stats of the ????????????????. The exact amount and what Stat it will absorb is chosen by the ????????????????. [ Full Seal Release ] ¡ª All the amount of Stats that are stored inside the Accessory (Ring) will be released and give back to the ????????????????. [ Full Seal Mana Release ] ¡ª All the amount of Mp stats that are stored inside the Accessory (Ring) will be released and give back to the ????????????????. * Command 2 * [ Level 1 Status Release ] ¡ª 5 percent (5%) of all the stored Stats inside the Accessory (Ring) will be released and then given back to the ????????????????. [ Level 2 Status Release ] ¡ª 10 percent (10%) of all the stored Stats inside the Accessory (Ring) will be released then given back to the ????????????????. [ Level 3 Status Release ] ¡ª 30 percent (30%) of all the stored Stats inside the Accessory (Ring) will be released then given back to the ????????????????. [ Level 4 Status Release ] ¡ª 50 percent (50%) of all the stored Stats inside the Accessory (Ring) will be released then given back to the ????????????????. |¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â| * Command 3 * [ Level 1 Mana Release ] ¡ª 5 percent (5%) of all the stored Mp stats inside the Accessory (Ring) will be released and then given back to the ????????????????. [ Level 2 Mana Release ] ¡ª 10 percent (10%) of all the stored Mp stats inside the Accessory (Ring) will be released then given back to the ????????????????. [ Level 3 Mana Release ] ¡ª 30 percent (30%) of all the stored Mp stats inside the Accessory (Ring) will be released then given back to the ????????????????. [ Level 4 Mana Release ] ¡ª 50 percent (50%) of all the stored Mp stats inside the Accessory (Ring) will be released then given back to the ????????????????. Chapter 14 ___________________________________________________ "GRAAAHH!!!" At a certain part of NIFLHEIM, the Icy Plains, a loud cry had been heard following by a series of explosions in all directions. Yuki is currently fighting Two ice trolls in the middle of this particular area. These two ice Trolls are actually a group-type of Monsters, they always move in groups. Yuki had actually slain four ice trolls already and these two ice trolls are what''s left in their group. Normally, Yuki wouldn''t have that much of a problem defeating two monsters, but the issue within the Group-Type Monsters is, the less their number becomes, the stronger the remaining ones get. So the two remaining Ice trolls are much stronger than they originally were before Yuki hunted them. But still, it''s not at an alarming rate and Yuki knows that he can still manage, defeating them will just take much more time, that''s the only issue he currently has. *THUD!* *THUD!* The Ice trolls are violently swinging and smashing their Ice clubs towards the ground as they try to hit Yuki, but fail as he constantly dodges every one of their attacks. "... HEHEHE, did you really think that you can hit me with that fat belly of yours!?" *BAGKSH!!* Due to Yuki''s high agility and familiarity with the DMMO-RPG''s controls, he can dodge all the attacks and move inside the game with ease. The two Ice trolls are having a hard time landing a hit with their Ice clubs. As Yuki dodges an attack from Ice troll number 1, Ice troll number 2 that''s standing at a very far distance, immediately opened its mouth and lunches its long and slick tongue towards Yuki at a very fast pace. Yuki saw this, but he knows that he won''t be able to dodge as he is still on the momentum of dodging the previous attack of Troll number 1. But Yuki is not worried about it. *Swaaaa~* When the tongue was about to hit Yuki, a Humanoid-shadow-like figure had suddenly appeared in front of the tongue''s trajectory, seemingly to block it from reaching Yuki. *PAAASSHH~* !!! The Ice Troll number 2 had noticed this and didn''t waste any more time as it immediately retracts its tongue, but, before that could even happen, a spear had suddenly pierced the body of the Shadow-Figure and completely cutting its whole body in half, of course, including the Ice Troll''s tongue. "ARGGHH!!" Ice Troll number two screams after this and retracts its already damaged tongue. Ice Troll Number 1 saw this and became enraged as it immediately rushes towards Yuki. "GRAAA!!!" It swung down the massive Ice Club towards Yuki and made a loud explosion as it hits the ground. But, as if it knows that it didn''t hit anything at all other than the icy ground, the Ice Troll number one had lifted the Ice Club without even looking at the crater it had made. The Ice troll number 1 is trying to look for Yuki as it knows that Yuki disappeared before the Ice Club hits him. But as Ice Troll number 1 tries to find Yuki''s figure, noise from a far distance had suddenly caught its attention. ".. WAARGKK-K-k!" After that, Ice troll number two falls on the ground as its HP reached down to zero, then slowly disintegrates into light particles. When the body was completely gone, a green but a little bit bluish line of light from the disappeared body of the troll, suddenly came rushing out towards Yuki and got absorb inside him. "... Thank you for the Meal!" Behind the now dead and gone, Ice troll number two, Yuki is standing. While standing, Yuki used the avatar gesture and made his avatar smile, which is really not fit for his avatar since instead of making him look calm and happy, It makes him even more terrifying than he already is. His blood-colored like eyes squinted and the Lamprey-like mouth of his, formed a U shape like it was supposed to be a smile. It looks so wrong since while he is "smiling", the long tongue he had is swaying side by side outside of his mouth. "GRAAAAAA!!" The Ice troll number 1 had released a loud roar while swinging its Ice club into a random direction. Probably, due to the death of Ice troll number 2. "... Oh geez, don''t be too angry. You''ll eventually follow that guy anyway." Yuki said with a playful tone. "GRAAAA!!!" Suddenly, the Ice troll had sprinted towards Yuki while still screaming out loud. While it was rushing towards Yuki, Yuki noticed that the eyes of the swamp troll had become red, and its red hair became completely white. Yuki realized that it must be some sort of power-up. That''s natural since this Ice Troll is the only remaining one in its group that is originally composed of six Ice Trolls. Yuki doesn''t want to fight it upfront so he immediately raised his right hand, opens his palms, and aligned it in the Ice troll''s direction. " [ Maximize Magic: Fireball ] " From Yuki''s palm, a red magic circle had suddenly appeared and flames in a circular pattern had come out from it and immediately flew towards the Ice troll''s direction. When the Ice troll saw this, it immediately positions its big Ice club in front to block the [ Fireball ]. *Zhwishhh!* *BOOM!* The Ice troll manages to block the [ Fireball ] but when it looks towards the front again, it saw that Yuki is not there anymore. The Ice troll stopped from running to look for Yuki, but before it could even turn its head, Yuki suddenly appears behind the troll. Brandishing his glowing spear, he shoves it towards the Ice Troll''s neck. The Ice troll was surprised as it was suddenly attacked from behind, but unlike what Yuki thought, that attack wasn''t enough to one-shot the Ice Troll. The Ice troll had immediately gripped the Ice club it holds and swung it towards Yuki. Though surprised, Yuki acts immediately to dodge the Ice Club as he stomps his foot on the Troll''s shoulder and launches himself backward to avoid the attack. "Tch! Tough Bastard." Yuki landed on the ground perfectly, but he didn''t waste any time as he immediately rushes back towards the Ice Troll. " [ Quick March ] " Yuki''s whole body glowed and his speed had suddenly increased. The Ice troll was clearly not expecting his sudden burst of speed that before it could even lift its Ice club, Yuki already passes through between its legs and cut the Ice Troll''s achilles tendon. This made the Ice troll fall on its knees. Yuki didn''t waste this opportunity as he immediately jumps again and landed behind the Ice Troll''s neck. "... GG." After that, before the troll could even react, Yuki plunges his spear into the Ice Troll''s neck. After that, the Ice troll stopped moving and completely falls to the ground. Like the other one, its body had also started to disintegrate into particles. When the body is gone, a green but bluish line of light from the disappeared body of the Ice troll had also appeared and was absorbed by Yuki. After that, a small shiny object that looks like a Crystal and a long Bone tusk were dropped on the ground where the Ice troll''s body disappeared. "Ooh, a Data Crystal. And a high quality at that. Lucky!" The small-looking crystal that was dropped by the Ice Troll is a Data crystal. Even though it''s a small item, it is the second most important and valuable item in the whole YGGDRASIL. Next to the World items. It is the most sought item by all of the Players because it is one of the fundamental building blocks in YGGDRASIL, these crystals are what make the flexible system of customization in YGGDRASIL possible. Data crystals can be used in customization for all facets of the game, ranging from changing the qualities of locations, crafting NPCs, designing personal weapons, altering player appearances, changing abilities, etc. For Reference, items like Shalltear Bloodfallen''s Spuit Lance were made by inserting a data crystal into an item skin to give it said abilities. However, harvesting data crystals is difficult as they do not usually come with the same quality as they always do. That''s the reason why Yuki is happy to get a high-quality Data Crystal. Though it''s not like he is lacking with it, actually, he has a scary amount of it because he constantly buys some Data Crystal in the Exchange Market. But not all his Data Crystals are high quality, so it''s a pretty big deal for him. "... Yosh, I''m feeling lucky today. I should go and grind some more exp before going out." Yuki decided to hunt more Monsters before calling it a day, so he started walking towards the next Area where new Monsters should be. But before he could even leave the Icy Plains, the area where he fought the Ice Trolls, he suddenly sensed something behind the Trees in the far front of him. He sensed two presence. The moment Yuki saw this, he knows that those ''presence'' are Players, and he didn''t even need to be an expert to realize that they are waiting for him. "... Pfft. Is this suppose to be an Ambush?" Yuki thought to himself. He placed his spear in front of him, just so he can be ready for all the possibilities. He slowly walked forward then stopped at a certain distance between the Tree where the Players he sensed are hiding. "... Hmm, That''s surprising. Using a Tree to ambush someone. Wow. Is that the new Meta?" After that, two bursts of laughter can be heard behind that said Trees. "Hahaha!" "Kahaha!" After that, two Players that looks to be a pair of Human came out and face Yuki. One of them is wearing a Robe that''s full of fancy designs while holding a piece of equipment that looks to be a staff. Any Player can probably guess that he is a Magic Caster without a doubt. The next guy on the other hand is wearing full silver-colored armor, which might be a Fighter or a Tank. "... See, told ya that it was a player." Said by the guy that is wearing a robe. ".. Yeah, you''re right, and a Heteromorphic one at that. We got lucky." Said the other guy that is wearing an armor. Yuki, after hearing the Armored-guy remarks, has been intrigued. The fact that they are making it sounds like they are more focused on him being a Heteromorphic rather than he himself, is already enough to catch all his attention. Yuki wants to know what do they mean by that. But it''s not like he can ask it directly. "... What are you two supposed to be? A party? It''s my first time seeing a Human Player here on NIFLHEIM. Mind if ask what a pair of lovebirds doing in this area? Is this supposed to be a place for your honeymoon or something?" Yuki said with a playful tone as a heart emoticon appears above his head. "... Hahaha, good joke buddy but no. We just heard that there are many Heteromorphic Players in this world, so we decided to take a visit, and can you imagine that? In just a couple of minutes, we found you just by roaming around. The others said that you guys are really good at hiding. Haha, looks like it''s just a false rumor." Said by the guy that''s wearing silver armor. ".. Oh really? Well, since you found me. What can I do for you two? Do you want a picture or something?" Yuki said as a blushing emoji appears above him. ".. Hahaha, no. Not your autograph but, something better. I don''t know if you know it but, PKing a Heteromorphic Player won''t give us any kind of punishment. Not just do they give better exp, they also drop items too, and you, my lucky guy, have some pretty damn good equipment on yourself. Haha, not gonna lie, they look expensive as hell." Said by the mage-looking guy while ogling Yuki''s Equipment. "... Feels bad man, but all of that will be ours now." The Armor-guy followed up. (AN: Hmm... Team rocket?) They are not wrong, if someone were to look at Yuki''s whole Equipment, they''ll see that what he had are all high class. From the Weapon, Armor, Accessories, even the Light Armor that Yuki wears had a much higher class than the Armor of the Armor-guy, even though his Armor is much more solid than Yuki''s. Well, Yuki intentionally equipped a Light Armor just so his agility won''t be affected since wearing heavy solid armor makes a Player slow, because the weight it had will reduce the agility of the User. "... Haha, please don''t feel bad about this, it''s just that, you are so unlucky to meet us today." Said by the Armor guy while pulling out his sword. Taking Yuki''s silence as him feeling so miserable and bad. ".. Oh no, it''s actually fine." Yuki said while waving his hand, making the two humans so confused about this. Like, who''s person would feel fine about getting robbed? "... But, before we start the fun, can I ask you something? Does hunting Heteromorphics, a trend now?" Asked by Yuki towards the two. Yuki knows that these kinds of things are bound to happen, but he is so confused since he didn''t expect that the discrimination will begin this early. He needs to know how big this issue had become already. "... Uh no. Not really. I mean, there''s some Players who do this kind of thing but I wouldn''t say that it''s a trend now." Said by the mage-looking guy as he points his staff towards Yuki. Yuki on the other, couldn''t care less about his gesture as he looks even more relieved for some reason. ".. I see, so it hasn''t started yet huh? *sigh* Well, that''s a relief." Yuki said as he wipes off his imaginary sweat. After that playful moment, Yuki looks towards the two in front of him. "... I will feel bad, and I know you guys are idiots, but I''ll at least warn you..." Yuki said as he slowly put his helm on. "... You don''t want this fight." "... Haha, oh we sure do." Said by the Armor guy, while the Mage guy only laughed. "... Then, don''t blame me for this." Yuki said as he raises his spear towards the two. Hearing this, made the confused duo, even more, confuse. ".. Huh? What are you saying, it''s compl-" But they didn''t even manage to finish their line as Yuki lowered his body and suddenly burst forward towards the two of them. "... Hup!" Brandishing his already glowing spear, Yuki immediately closes the distance between them and makes the first strike. ______________________________________________________________________ IGN: Cadis Etrama Di Raizel Gender: Male Race: Undead / Heteromorphic Level: 70 _____________________ Hp: 236 _____________________ Mp: 10 + _____________________ Phy Atk: 75 _____________________ Phy Def: 187 _____________________ Agility: 80 _____________________ Mag Atk: 65 _____________________ Mag Def: 217 _____________________ Resist: 100 _____________________ Special: 100 _____________________ Total Stats: 1,070 Vampire (15) Arch Vampire (2) Origin (2) __________________________________ Weapon Master (7) Blood Drinker (6) Fighter (10) Negator (5) Slayer (5) Battle Cleric (5) Summoner (5) Battle Mage (8) ___________________________________ |¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â| [ Living Shadow ] ¡ª Summon a humanoid shadow that will defend the ???????????????????????????????? from any sort of direct attacks. ¡ª The Shadow will have the same amount of ???????? stats as the ????????????????????????????????. ¡ª The Shadow will have the same amount of ???????????? ???????????? stats as the ????????????????????????????????. ¡ª The Shadow will have the same amount of ???????????? ???????????? stats as the ????????????????????????????????. Type: Passive (Spell) Duration: 2 minutes Cooldown: 4 minutes Mp Cost: 4 Casting Time: 5 seconds |¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â¡Â| Chapter 15 (AN: Exhausting!!) ".. Huh? What are you saying, it''s compl-" *Duksh!* They didn''t even manage to finish what they''re trying to say as Yuki bursted forward then immediately closes the gap between them, startling the two. "... !!! What the¡ª" "... Hup!" The moment when Yuki arrived in front of the two, he didn''t waste any moment as he immediately pulls back his spear while casting a skill... "... [ Overwhelm ]" ...then swing it in front with a big motion, capturing the two within his attack range. "... DODGE!!" The Mage Player shouted so suddenly as a spell that he had already cast beforehand activated, making him disappear on his spot then reappear a few steps back. The Mage Player managed to get out of Yuki''s attack range instantly due to a short-range teleportation spell, but the Armored Player did not manage to get away as he simply just, can''t. With this kind of sudden attack, the Armored Player knows that he doesn''t have any room to dodge, within this close distance and his low agility, he''ll just get hit even if he tries. So that leaves him no choice but to meet Yuki''s attack head-on. "... Haa!" The Armored Player raised his sword in an attempt to parry Yuki''s spear. *BOOM!* But the next thing that happened when his sword met Yuki''s glowing spear, betrayed all his expectations. "... Eh?" At first, he questioned himself, why is he flying after he parried that Player''s attack? But then, he immediately realized that he isn''t flying. He was overwhelmed and got thrown away, violently... *TAGSH!* The Armored Player bounced a couple of times on the ground before he finally manages to stop himself, though that only happened cause he crashed into a boulder of solid ice. [ - 3 HP ] "... You just caught me off gua¡ª" The Armored Player had immediately stand up while saying something towards Yuki, but he didn''t manage to do so as the moment he raised his head to look in front, he immediately saw a spear coming right towards his face. "... Sh*t" He thought to himself, as he knows that he cannot dodge this nor block it. !!! But as Yuki thrust his glowing spear towards the Armored Player''s face, intending to put him down already, he suddenly stopped midway as his ''gaming sense'' tingled. ".. Oh no." It took him almost instantly to know why his senses tingled. Realizing what it is, he immediately leaps away, gesturing like he wants to avoid something. "[ Maximize Penetrating Magic: Silver Lance ]" *Swooosh* "... Be careful with that guy, he''s also an Early Player like us, and probably, has higher stats and levels." Said by the Mage Player towards the Armored Player as he walks right next to him while eyeing Yuki that just landed from afar. "... Ye thanks, I also noticed that." The Armored Player said sarcastically as he stands up then walk in front of the Mage Player. "... But I think that it will be fine. I doubt that he can take the two of us at the same time, that''s probably the reason why he''s trying so hard to kill you. To separate us. Anyways. Let''s just be more careful this time." The Mage Player said with a serious tone as he takes a stance. "... You''re the one to talk." Said by the Armored Player with a grumpy tone, but he clearly understood what the Mage Player said. "... Alright. Round two. [ Teleportation ]" Said by the Mage Player as he teleports himself in a far distance. "... Yosh! Let me return the favor!" The Armored Player roared as he grips his sword then rush towards Yuki with great speed. ".. [ Lesser Dexterity ], [ Medium Strength ]" The Mage Player that teleported from a far distance, casts a Tier spell towards the Armored Player. "... HAAA! [ Disrupting Strike ]" The Armored Player, after casting his skill, had jumped high towards Yuki while driving his sword in front, an attempt to strike Yuki from above. *Swoosh* *PIIGISH!* The two Weapons collided with each other. "... Yup, he has greater Stats." The Mage Player muttered as Yuki blocked his empowered attack without any problems. "... Weak. Is this all you got." Yuki said as he throws an insult towards his opponent, which obviously, agitated him. "... You piece of¡ª Uwah!" The Armored Player was about to retort but got interrupted since Yuki suddenly tilted his spear, making the Armored Player''s sword slides off towards the ground, leaving him open for a second. ".. Sh*t!* The Armored Player tried to pull his sword back, but Yuki did not give him time to do so as he immediately raised his spear and swung it towards the Armored Player''s head. *Swoosh* The Armored Player managed to react and dodge the attack by leaping backward, making the spear hit nothing but air. But Yuki didn''t end his attack there as he actually expected the Armored Player to dodge. Yuki closed the distance instantly again by dashing towards the Armored Player. "... Tch!" The Armored Player didn''t even have time to breathe as he immediately raises his sword after seeing that Yuki threw an Empowered-Kick towards him, probably to block it. "... GODDAMMIT!" But he failed to do so. His posture is pretty awkward due to the jump he made just to dodge Yuki''s first attack, making him unable to dodge or at least block properly. And since Yuki didn''t even give him time to recover his stance, Yuki''s Empowered-Kick had obviously connected, making it land on his stomach and thus, sending him flying across the field, again. *DUGS!* "... AGK!" The Armored Player crashed into a Tree and received some damage. "... Tch! I should have brought Kamomo instead of him." The Mage Player had become frustrated as he watches his partner getting throw around again. "... Whatever. [ Twin Penetrating Magic: Fire Arrows ]" Deciding to finally partake in the battle, the Mage Player raised his hand towards Yuki and cast a spell. Yuki saw this and dodges the incoming attacks by leaning and leaping in different directions. But as Yuki dodges the Fire arrows that are raining down on him continuously, the Armored Player had already recovered and immediately rushes back towards Yuki. "..You''ll pay for that! [ Pulse Point ] " The Armored Player suddenly became like a blur and every move he made leaves an afterimage on his track. His speed suddenly increased and almost instantly, he arrived in front of Yuki. " DIEEEE! [ Absolute Edge ]!" The sword of the Armored Player had suddenly glow. He then thrust his sword towards Yuki with full force. "... This is bad." Yuki muttered as he knows that he won''t be able to block it, not with the rain of fire arrows behind him. So when he was about to get hit by the sword, Yuki dodged it by rotating his whole body. But the Armored Player, just after Yuki dodged, made a follow-up attack. The Armored Player made a vertical slash towards Yuki, but Yuki saw this and made a high jump towards the air to once again, avoid it. "... Leave me alone!" Yuki said as he, while in mid-air, rotated his spear and threw it towards the Armored Player. Yuki knows that his situation might turn ugly if he were to let them attack continuously, so he needs to do something to halt them from doing so. Especially now that he''s still mid-air. The Armored Player that was about to jump up towards Yuki and do a follow-up attack, just as Yuki thought he would do, saw this and immediately stop. "... Ha! Noob!" But since the spear is going towards his head, he just dodged it by simply crouching. *SWOOSH!* The spear passed through above the Armored Player''s helm and hit the ground behind him. "... Hahaha. IDIOT!" The Armored Player shouted towards Yuki with a tone full of arrogance. Yuki just threw his weapon away, his only tool for blocking the next incoming attacks, so it''s natural for them to think that this is a stupid move. But Yuki thought otherwise. ''... Now, that Mage guy''s turn.'' Yuki thought as he turns his head towards the Mage Player''s position, wanting to disrupt any spell that might come from him, but surprisingly, he didn''t saw Mage there. *Zwiiii!!* "... Oh sh*t." Yuki suddenly heard something from a different direction. He just realized that the Mage Player must have teleported earlier in a different position to relocate. Yuki rotated his body to where the sound is coming from and surely, he saw the Mage Player there, casting a spell towards him. Yuki was about to pull out something from his inventory, probably an item that would interrupt and stop the Spell from being cast. But he''s a bit too late. "... [ Chronosphere ]" The Casting time is over and the Mage fired off his spell. After this happened, Yuki''s whole body got engulfed by a big, grey, and transparent dome so suddenly. He didn''t manage to do anything as it happened almost instantly. He just noticed that he stopped falling, not just that, but he also can''t do anything at all since he was in a stunned and petrified-like state. "... This is troublesome." Yuki muttered to himself as he looks around. "... Hahaha! Finally caught you, you slippery bastard!" The Mage Player shouted at him while laughing maniacally. Just right after that, the Mage Player hurriedly brought out some Mana Potions from his inventory and immediately consumes them, then he raised both his hands towards Yuki again. Prompting that he''ll cast another spell. "... *sigh* Alright. Guess I''ll fight seriously." Yuki said with a heavy sigh, like he really doesn''t want to do what he''s about to do and just has to do it because he has no choice. Though what he said failed to reach the two as they are both busy talking sh*t about Yuki. " Ha! F*cking Die! [ Over Maximized Magic: Concentrated Explosion ]!" The Mage Player had cast a spell towards Yuki. The Spell that the Mage Player had cast is a 9th tier spell. It is an AOE spell that deals damage to a wide range of areas. This spell is powerful and has enough damage output to decrease Yuki''s health by a lot and put him in a dangerous situation. If it landed on Yuki that is. That''s only the extent of this spell even though it was enhanced by Over and Maximize magic already, but the Mage and Armor Player thought otherwise. They both thought that this is a sure-kill spell, that there''s no way Yuki can survive this. They already know that Yuki is stronger than them, but they refused to think that it would be by a large gap. They also saw that Yuki did not cast any spell or notable skill throughout their fight so they thought that Yuki is a Min-Max player. If that''s the case, then Yuki has no way of surviving the Spell. But sadly for them, that''s not the case at all. But they didn''t manage to know this because right before the spell can be Cast, the Magic Circle of the Spell, broke apart like shattered glass. "... Huh? What just happened?" The Mage Player knows what happened, his Spell got canceled, but he''s confused as to why it happened. He''s pretty sure that he didn''t cancel it by accident. His MP has been consumed too, if he canceled it, then the amount of his MP won''t decrease and stay the same before he cast the spell. "... It''s not supposed to work that way." The Mage Player said with a tone full of confusion as he navigates his Game Panel to look if something went wrong with the game system itself. *Tut!* But as he busied himself with his own business, completely forgetting the fact that he''s in the middle of a battle, he is suddenly interrupted by the sound of notification and saw that a small window panel had popped out in the corner of his vision. This caught his attention immediately as he looks at it and read what it says. "... What!?" Right after reading the context of the window panel, he hurriedly looks towards his partner''s spot, the Armored Player. "... One down. *Chuckles* One to go." When the Mage Player looked at his partner''s position, he saw that his partner isn''t there, but Yuki is. A green and bluish line of light was also getting absorbed towards Yuki''s body right at the moment. The Mage didn''t know what it is and God knows how much he wants to, but he throws off the idea since he has no way of doing that. "... How in the world?" The Mage said as he looks at the Free and being able to move Yuki. The Mage Player shifted his gaze and look towards Yuki''s previous position and saw that the [ Chronosphere ] he had cast earlier, the one that holds Yuki in his spot, is now gone. He doesn''t know how or why but right now, that''s not his biggest problem. He looks back to Yuki and surely, he''s still there. Looking at him like how a hunter looks at his prey. He doesn''t know if he''s just thinking this because of Yuki''s creepy avatar but right now, on Mage''s vision, Yuki looks very intimidating. He also noticed that Yuki was now holding a new set of weapons. A Stiletto. He has each of them on his both hands. Looking at his current situation, the Mage already knows that he can''t face Yuki head-on. He is alone, and being alone as a Mage isn''t really a suitable thing to do, especially when facing a Fighter. His MP is also very low now. He can still cast a bunch of low-tier spells, but he only has enough to cast one or two high-tier spells. He can consume Potion to make up for what he''s lacking but there''s no way that an opponent will just watch an exhausted Mage, consume some potions in front of him. *Ting!* [========================] [ Message ] Sender: Shinning Yoroi (Party) ¡ª I''ll be up in 30 seconds. I''ll use teleport scroll after that to go there. Hang on. [========================] "... I need to stall time." The Mage Player thought to himself as he saw the Armored Player''s sudden message. If he stalls enough time, the Armored Player can make it here again. With the two of them together, he will be able to consume Potions and continue the fight. So with that thought in mind, he made the first move. "... *sigh* Fine. You got me. We lost, I surrender." The Mage said as he sighed in defeat, raising both his hands in the air. But Yuki, while looking at the Mage, laughed lightly. "... Oh, how nice of you. But I''m still going to kill you though." Yuki said, emphasizing the last part. "... I thought that you''re a Merciful person." The Mage said, acting very disappointed. "... Well, you''re not wrong. It might appear thoughtless to you at first, but I''m sure that, it won''t take long for you to understand that, Yes indeed, I''m going to kill you, but I''m doing it, Mercifully." Yuki said with his best saint-like impression. The Mage Player after hearing this dropped both his hands and sigh deeply. "... I see." And just after this, he immediately raised his right arm towards Yuki. " [ Freezing lance ]" The Mage Player, seeing that his forfeiting act didn''t work out, had chosen to do it in a hard way, which is to fight. His MP is surely low, but he''s pretty sure that he can last for 30 seconds at least. "... Huh?" But as he tried to fire his first Spell off, for some reason, it didn''t come out. It''s the same as what happened earlier. The Magic Circle for the Spell came out, then broke like shattered glass. His MP decreased too. " [ Fireball ]" The Mage tried casting another spell again, but as he expected, it ended up with the same fate as the previous ones. Seeing that it happened, again and again, the Mage lowered down his hand and look towards Yuki, somehow, he''s starting to realize what''s happening. "... Is this your doing?" The Mage asked Yuki with a very serious tone. Yuki, after hearing this, chuckled then answer him... "... Who knows." "... Then can you¡ª" The Mage Player is about to say something more, probably to keep the conversations going since he needs to waste time, especially now that fighting isn''t an option. "... I''m bored already. I know that you''re just stalling time anyway." !!! "... Whatever. Let''s just keep things going shall we?" "... Wai¡ª" The Mage wants to talk, but Yuki doesn''t seem to be interested in chatting anymore since he vanished already within his sight. This caused the Mage to raise his guard. *Tak!* But suddenly, he heard someone appeared behind him. He heard it and noticed it, he managed to react and was about to cast some short-range teleportation Spells, probably to get away and dodge whatever''s coming behind him. He reacted fast, but there''s one problem... Whoever appeared behind him, it''s too close. *PISHK!* Before the Mage Player could even do anything, he was suddenly pierced by a weapon as he saw something coming out of his right shoulder from behind. ".. Tch! You think this is enough?" When the Mage turned his head to look behind, obviously, he saw Yuki, holding the Stiletto that pierced through his right shoulder. But fortunately, he didn''t die instantly since it is not that fatal. Obviously, he saw this opportunity to do a counter-attack. The Mage Player had immediately equipped the small knife from his Inventory Quick Equip-Slot and throws a stab on Yuki''s neck. But... "... Pathetic." *TZZZZZZ!!!* Before the knife could even reach Yuki, he activated the ability of his weapon. The moment he did that, a strong surge of electricity had suddenly burst out from it and electrocutes the whole body of the Mage. ".. W¡ª what?" The Mage Player had suddenly received a [ Shocked ] and [ Paralyzed ] status that made him unable to move for a certain amount of time. "... *giggles* Oh I''m not done." Yuki after this, brings up his other stiletto and pierce it through the Mage''s other shoulder. "... No. No please! Don''t! A¡ªat least give me ten¡ª no! five seconds! Just that, and you can kill me. C''mon! I''m begging you! I want to say something! An important thing, so just wait!" The Mage said as he begged Yuki. All his main items are still equipped. All of it are so important. If he is killed by now, he''ll surely lost some of it, and chances that it will be his most valuable item are really high. That''s why he begged Yuki some time so the moment his abnormal status ends, he can quickly unequip all of it. All he just need is a couple of seconds. *Smiles* But he immediately realized that there''s no way that could ever happen, even just for a couple of seconds since as he continues his plead, the smile on Yuki''s face (Avatar) grows. As if he''s enjoying what he''s seeing. "... HAAAA!!! I SAID DON''T YOU PIECE OF SH*T! AGGGHHH¡ª" The Mage roared as he struggles to release himself, but even he knows that such a thing is impossible. "... HAHAHA. What a pathetic person you are." Yuki said. "... ARRGGGGGHHH!!!! WHERE ARE YOU YOU USELESS PIECE OF SH*T!!! F*CKING HELP ME!!!" While the Mage continues his struggle. "... Now I''m excited to see what reaction you''ll make when I kill you again." Yuki said in low voice. After that, he finally decided to end the Mage''s suffering as he activates the other Stiletto''s ability, but instead of Electrical surges, Flames had suddenly erupted and covered the Mage''s whole body almost instantly, thus, bringing his HP down to a flat zero. *Tut!* With a sound, the avatar of the Mage Player had suddenly disappeared like it was not even there in the first place. ".. Funny enough that the Monster has this particle-like effects when they died, but when it comes to the Players, they just disappeared in a blink of an eye." Yuki had put back the two stilettos on his inventory after this. The stilettos that he used were one of the items he personally made. He made the Stilettos based on Clementine''s weapon in the Anime. Yuki just found it cool to also have something like that, that''s why he made one. The concept isn''t really that hard, for a game where a sword that can open black holes and spit icy breathes exist, a stiletto that can release fire and lighting isn''t something special. (AN: The reason why Ainz said in the Anime that Clementine''s weapon doesn''t exist in YGGDRASIL is that the weapon "Stiletto" itself doesn''t exist there. It doesn''t belong to any melee weapons.) After he put the two stilettos back, he walks towards the place where the two Players died. When Players die in YGGDRASIL, they dropped an item from one of their equipped items before that moment. In this case, the item that has been dropped on Armor Player''s equipment is a Necklace item, and the Mage Player is a Ring. The Items looks really good, but Yuki''s Items is still much better so he decided to just check it all later then put it all away in his inventory. Like what he usually does. He looks around the area and spotted his Spear that is laying on the ground. He walks towards it and picks it up. "... I''m sorry about what happened earlier, I didn''t mean to use you for something like that." Yuki said as he touched and ??r?ssed his Spear. Right after that, he put the spear back inside his inventory. "... *clears throat* Alright, now let''s continue the haul." Yuki said as he brings out a scroll item from his inventory slot. After that, Yuki brings forward his one hand and activates a spell. "[ Locate ]" Suddenly, a map appears in front of him and it is showing two red dots. "... huhu~ There you are.." Yuki brings up the other scroll and opens it up too. ".. Use item. [ Gate ]" *ZWUIIZHH* ????? On a certain area in NIFLHEIM, two players are standing in the middle of Icy Plains. The Mage Player and the Armored Player. They are talking about something. Or more like, Arguing about something. The Mage Player sounds so frustrated and angry as he keeps shouting out loud, again and again. ".. ARGHH! F*CK! OF ALL THE ITEMS, I HAVE! WHY!?" Said by the Mage as he punch the poor tree in front of him, repeatedly. *Thud!* - 0 *Thud!* - 0 *Thud* - 0 ".. Hey, it''s fine. We''ll just get our revenge later and get better things. We''ll make sure to find that guy again. So calm down." Said by the Armored Player as he tried to calm down his friend. "... SHUT THE F*CK UP YOU USELESS PIECE OF SH*T! I''ll PROMISE THAT ONCE WE FIND THAT GUY AGAIN, I SWEAR~ TO GOD THAT I''LL¡ª" But before he could even finish what he''s saying. A black circle, near the two of them, appeared out of nowhere. Suddenly, a terrifying face had come out from it and stare at the duo. Obviously, it''s no other than the very subject of their argument. Yuki. "... Hey. Fancy meeting you here." Yuki said as he completely got out of the [ Gate ]. "... Y¡ª YOU!" ".. Wait, how did he-" The two of them were so surprised that Yuki managed to find both of them that fast. The two of them were playing YGGDRASIL for a while now but they don''t know that this kind of thing was possible. In the future, this kind of move might be a really common move, that''s why some of the players in the future after they have spawned, they will immediately move out of the area and hide to avoid getting spam killed since they can be tracked by the one that killed them. But since YGGDRASIL is still a pretty new game, this kind of strategy has yet to be made. That''s why the two of them were surprised and unaware. Both of them raised their Weapons but they know that fighting Yuki will be much harder, and being killed once again has a high possibility of happening. Especially now that their levels decreased and one of their important items was dropped. "... H¡ª hey, we can talk about this man. No need to take things this far." Said by the Armored Player. ".. Yeah, you can just, let us go and we''ll promise to not bother you ever again. Let''s just act like nothing happened, that we didn''t crossed paths. But if you do this, trust me, we''ll come back here in group and hunt you down forever." Said by the Mage Player, sounding very serious as he gives off a threat. Surprisingly, the Mage''s tone turned completely different. Now, though sounds a bit too serious and threatening, he looked calm and compose compare to how he was a couple of seconds ago. Just trashing around while shouting like a madman. But even if it looks like the Mage has an intention to negotiate, his actual real intention remains unchanging. Cause no matter what Yuki chooses, either he fights them again or lets them walk away, the Mage Player will still call his friends to Hunt Yuki up as an act of revenge. But, even though he was given a threat, Yuki doesn''t seem fazed by this. Instead, he just busted out laughing. ".. Hahaha!¡ª" Yuki laughed for a straight ten seconds then sighed heavily. Though Yuki laughed, one can obviously see that his laugh is pretty fake, that Yuki laughed to just mock the two of them. "... *sigh* Your jokes are good, as expected of a professional clown." Yuki said with a tone full of playfulness, and this pissed the two. But when the duo is about to retort, Yuki spoke again but this time, in a completely different tone that made the two shut their mouth. "... Do you see me as a pushover?" And just after Yuki said this, he disappeared. *Swoosh!* ... And re-appear behind the Mage Player. *Tashk!* "... F*cking Sh¡ª" [ You suffered Catastrophic Damage! ] [ You are now Dead ] These are the two words that the Mage Player saw before everything around him, became black. He didn''t even manage to react or defend. Immediately after that, Yuki disappeared again then instantly re-appear just before the Armored Player''s face. They''re staring at each other at a very close distance. (AN: No homo) "... HAAA¡ª" The Armored Player tried to raise his sword in an attempt to attack Yuki first, but Yuki''s faster. He raised his spear with little to no effort and penetrate the Armored Player''s ?h?st. Which had deal another catastrophic damage, resulting in his HP going down to rock bottom. [ You suffered Catastrophic Damage! ] [ You are now Dead ] The Armored Player died. But before he disappears and gets teleported to another area and respawn, he managed to hear Yuki''s parting words. "... See you in a bit." Yuki said as he brought out a scroll from his inventory, with a charming smile on his face (Avatar). ______________________________________________________________________________ |¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á| [ Overwhelm ] ¡ª Can be applied to any Weapon. Once applied, the next attack of that particular Weapon will be ????????????????????????????????????. ¡ª If the ???????????????????????????????????? attack has been Parried or Blocked, a ???????????????????? ???????????????? effect will be applied in the same attack. Type: Enhancement (Skill) Mp Cost: 7 Duration: 10 seconds Casting Time: Instant Cooldown: 10 seconds |¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á| [ Absolute Edge ] ¡ª Can only be applied to bladed weapons. Once applied, the next attack that the User will make using that Weapon will be an ???????????????????????????????????? attack. ¡ª The ???????????????????????????????????? attack will ignore all the ????????????????????????''s defense stats. ¡ª The ???????????????????????? will be in a ???????????????????????????????? and ???????????????????????????? state if they received damage from the ???????????????????????????????????? attack. Type: Enhancement (Skill) Mp cost: None Duration: 5 Seconds Casting Time: Instant Cooldown: 40 seconds |¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á| [ Chronosphere ] ¡ª Creates a big transparent dome, trapping any ???????????????????? that has been caught inside it. ¡ª Any Invisible ???????????????????? that has been caught inside the dome will be revealed. Type: Active (Spell) MP cost: 9 Duration: 20 seconds Casting Time: 8 seconds Cooldown: 00: 18: 30 |¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á| [ Negating Impulse ] ¡ª Upon activation, a single pulse of a wave will be released in every direction. The wave will travel at a distance of 20 meters, starting from the User''s position. Any kind of working Spell that the wave passes through will be ???????????????????????????? instantly. ¡ª All ????????????????????????????''ed Spells will be Converted into MP stats (User). The amount of converted MP for each converted Spell will be different base on each converted Spell''s Mp cost. (AN: A Fireball spell has 3 Mp cost. So if I Nullify a Fireball, then I''ll get 3 Mp. Get it?) Type: Active (Skill) Mp cost: None Duration: None Casting Time: Instant Cooldown: 00: 10: 30 PM |¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á| [ ???????????????? ???????? ???????????????????????????????????? ] ¡ª Any kind of Tier Spell from Fifth Tier and below that has been ???????????????? by the User will be ???????????????????????????? instantly. ¡ª The User can Learn or Acquire any form of Spells that had been ????????????????. Any unique formats and conditions of the Acquired Spell will be changed according to the User''s fitting. ???????????????? ???????????????????? - Can be ???????????????????????????? instantly. ???????????????????????? ???????????????????? - Can be ????????????????????. ???????????????????? - A chance to be able to ???????????????????? or ????????????????????????????. ¡ª Content Locked ¡ª Content Locked ¡ª Content Locked ¡ª Content Locked ¡ª Content Locked Type: Passive/Active (Skill) Mp cost: None Duration: Optional Cooldown: None Casting Time: Instant Activation Cost: Content Locked |¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á| ???????????????????????????????????? - Any kind of buffed attack. Be it by a Spell or a Skill. ???????????????????? ???????????????? - A force that can push a target away. ???????????????????????????????? - Continuously damages a target''s health for a certain amount and a certain time. ???????????????????????????? - Lower down the target''s agility and narrow the target''s vision for a certain amount of time. ???????????????????? - Targetable entity. ???????????????????????????? - Forcefully stop a spell or a skill. ???????????????? - Anything within a Player''s vision. ???????????????????????????? - Will be added to a Player''s arsenal and can be used already. ???????????????????? - A Player only has a chance to earn it or not. If successful, they will Acquire it. If not, they will be given a penalty. Chapter 16 It''s been two years already since the release of the DMMO-RPG: YGGDRASIL. As Time goes by, the game itself became much more bigger and famous causing more players to join and play the game. Almost every week, YGGDRASIL is the Hot topic for every gaming enthusiast in Japan. Unlike the first months, the game now is much livelier. Back in the day when Yuki just started playing the game, he rarely has encounters with other Players, even if he goes to another world. The player base is just that few back then. Yuki even feels lonely sometimes. He feels like, he''s the only Player in this game. Not that it bothers him that much. He''s so used to being alone anyways. But ever since the game became so popular, he can now interact with Players in every part of the area he was in as much as he can. He even made new friends inside the game. Occasionally, he will go and join Party with them, then go for some dungeon raids and quests. Events too if Yuki needs them. If an Event has been announced where one needs to have a team-first before being able to join, then Yuki will immediately find some team he can join. But if being solo is fine, then Yuki will join alone. Through all the months and years that Yuki played the game, he didn''t play alone every time. Unlike what he originally wants to do. But it''s not like "he did not", it''s more of a, "he simply just can''t". As he ventures deep towards the center of a world, the difficulty rises that even Yuki himself, finds it too dangerous already, that he can''t proceed without having a team to ?ssist him. But in the current standards of every normal Players inside the game, Yuki is way too ahead already. There''s a reason why his only worries are the Monsters and Bosses he might face inside the game. But for the Players, even though he''s being hunt occasionally by multiple parties of angry Players, he couldn''t care less. He''s the current Rank 1 in the overall Ranking List. The one that tops everyone in any aspect. The hailed Strongest Player... But this is not a surprising fact. Since Yuki played YGGDRASIL like a madman with minimal breaks and spends a ton of money on it, this is an inevitable outcome. Unlike other players that have other things to do in real life, Yuki is the opposite. He spends his whole day playing YGGDRASIL and takes only a break if he needs to sleep or gets hungry. He grinds Exps as much as he can and buy all the strong and good items that he might need or basically buying everything off. He also has a lot of strong Items, Unique Spells, Powerful Skills, Jobs and Racial classes that only he has. He has a lot of resources that obviously, many players don''t. And that''s what makes Yuki strong. In the first year of YGGDRASIL, the discrimination about the Monster class had grown worse to the point where it almost became part of the game. Many Players kill and hunt Heteromorphic Players regardless of the situation just because it''s what they call "The efficient way". Thus, the age where heteromorphic players were being hunted down by Groups of Players has officially begun. Many Heteromorphic Players had started to hide or go towards the worlds where they can be safe. Where least PKers can be found roaming around. But the most common World where the majority of Heteromorphic Players choose to hide is the Niflheim. That''s the most popular World where many sought sanctuary. When Yuki first heard about this, he was confused. ".. Huh, Why the Niflheim?" Yuki was really confused about, why would the Players see Niflheim as a safe world for Heteromorphics. Yuki searched for the reason on the internet. Once he found his answer, he was surprised. There''s even a rumor that says; it is really not a real player but a guardian of the Heteromorphic Race in that world. Because it only attacks the other race and not the Heteromorphics. There''s still a lot of articles regarding about the subject, but Yuki can probably guess already that all these articles, talk about him. He indeed encountered and PKed a lot of Humanoid players, but he is not going around, killing all Humanoid Players he sees like some bloodthirsty psychopath. It''s just that, all the Humanoid Players he had met so far, were either PKers, or some angry dudes that want to personally hunt him down. And it''s not like Human is the only race he PKs, there are others too. Just like any other PKers, Yuki also has the same status cause he too PKs a lot. Not just Human but Demi-human and Heteromorphics too. For Demi-humans, Yuki encounters them a lot actually since the majority of normal parties consist of at least one or two Demi-Human. Same for PKers parties. For Heteromorphics, are just a bunch of morons that tried to fight Yuki after seeing his equipment. Yuki is a neutral Player, before someone decides to attack him or do PK when he''s around. But at that moment, Yuki finally understands the reason for the Niflheim being the Safe haven for the Heteromorphic Players. Heteromorphic Players thought of him as a means to scare off the PKers. But more Heteromorphic that choose to come here, many PKers would come and takes no mind about Yuki''s existence as the "Protector". But for Yuki that sees every PKers as nothing but a walking bag of Exps and Items, this is a Win-Win situation. ???????????????????????????? "... Hmm." Yuki expressed as he eats a spoonful of fried rice, followed up by a slice of meat. "... Dyam, Dish ish goov." Yuki just logged out from the game a moment ago and is currently having lunch. *[ Aaah~ O¡ª Onii-Chan! Aaah~ Yame¡ª Aah~ Yamete kudasai! Yaaah~ ]* While watching some "Anime" on the TV. Moments later... "... Thank you for the food." Yuki said as he clasped both his hand. He just finished eating. Then he does what he does every day. His usual routine after eating lunch. An hour later, he comes back. He puts aside all the things he bought, does some more things, appreciates life, watches more "Anime", and when all those things are done, just then, he''ll finally go into his Gaming Room. "... Alright, *sigh* Let''s grind as usual." Yuki said as he lay down on his NNA machine, planning to dive back into YGGDRASIL again. *Tooot!* "... Hmm?" But when he was about to put the VR helmet on, he suddenly heard his Phone''s notification. He opened up his phone to see what it is. [ Mail +1 ] "... What''s is this?" ".. Hmm.... Oh Sh*t! Finally HAHAHA!" Yuki laughed like a madman. When he read the context of the message, he was really happy about it. Yuki knows that the content of the mail is good, but not this good. He''s expecting some new Event, Quest, or Boss Location, but turns out, it''s more than that. What''s inside the mail is the thing that he is waiting to happen ever since he started playing YGGDRASIL. It''s one of the major events that he''s constantly preparing for. "After all this time..." Out of all the long text that is written inside the Mail, Yuki is only focused on a certain part. [ World Tournament Event ] "... Finally. It''s here." _______________________________________________________ Chapter 17 Yeah, to those who has yet to understand what is happening, though it''s pretty obvious, YES I did rewrite everything. And no, just in case you don''t know what "Everything" means, I rewrite everything right from the chapter 1 up to where we are in the past, not just the chapter 16.???? My gosh. Yes, there''s new content and some of the details had been change. Some of the event are still the same in most chapters but I ?ssure you that the content was changed to a much better one. It''s up to you if you want to still read it or not but dont wh?n? in the later chapters if I mentioned something you did not understand. That''s all. _____________________________________________________ ".. Log in" Today is Yuki''s awaited day. The day of the World Tournament Event. It''s been ten days already since the first announcement of the Event. The day when it was announced, many had been so hyped up to the point that the majority of players in YGGDRASIL have been expected to participate. The only reason why there are still some players that did not is either because, they are still low level, or don''t have any good types of equipment. But the ones that are almost or already at the peak and have really good equipment, will surely join. There''s no way that any player will let this event pass through them without even joining or at least trying. Especially after the rewards have been announced. Not only the winners will get a Unique Job class, but the Developers will also give a special piece of equipment, befitting the status of a World Tournament Champion. That''s why all the Players are going crazy. They''re doing all the things they can just so they can make themselves even more strong. They''re grinding materials, buying all the important stuff, and leveling up all the classes that they need to level up. Every participant is desperate. If it''s an item that might increase their chance of winning even by the slightest, they''ll do anything to get it. Anything just for the sake of winning. Of course, with this kind of environment, Yuki wasn''t an exemption. Even though he''s expecting this day and already planning about it even from the very first day he started playing this game, he still did some last-minute preparations just in case something did not go as he planned. He still doesn''t know the rules and the criteria, so there might be something different compare to what he except the World Tournament is going to be like. Even though he already knows that this Event will happen at some point, he''s still going in with a blind eye, just like any other Players. But his preparation compares to the others is pretty minor. It''s just all about checking some leaked informations and stuff. Nothing about his character or anything like that. He did grind and find materials, but he''s always doing that so what he did during these past days is not really for the Tournament. Unlike anyone, he had long prepared the pieces of equipment he''ll use for this very day. Like at least a year ago. He''s just making some constant upgrades and variations in it. It''s like a year-old pair of items that have been carefully brewed with high-grade materials till this very point. The outcome of this Event will change Yuki''s upcoming decisions and plans for the future. Even the Plans he already made will be affected as well. But either way, Yuki has no intention of losing this Event. *Murmurs* "... Now, where are those idiots." Yuki is currently standing in the middle of the ''Waiting Room'' inside the YGGDRASIL. He can see a lot of Players around. Some are meeting with their friends, some are minding their own business, and some are just doing nothing at all, which is weird. *Tut* While looking around, Yuki suddenly received a notification from his console. He opens up his console and checks the notification list. [ You have received an invitation from your friend, Bread Pitt. ] "... Oh, there they are." Yuki pressed the accept bu??on and just right after that, he suddenly disappeared in the Waiting Room. Yuki, after vanishing, had found himself in some small plain room with a long table and many chairs in the corners. [ Bread Pitt ]: eya~ there you are Raizel-san. [ IYELLALOT ]: Yeah, you''re quite late today. [ Buh Buh Bacon ]: That''s very unusual for you, consider that you have nothing to do in your life but play games. [Kentuckycriedfricken]: Hahahaha. He was suddenly greeted by a bunch of Heteromorphic Players that occupied this room first before Yuki. But obviously, Yuki knows who these four are. They are his friends. Though he has yet to meet them in real life, they already know each other inside the game and have been playing together for a while now. Bread Pitt is an Automaton, therefore his appearance is a robot. IYELLALOT is an insect so his appearance is a giant insect. Buh Buh Bacon and Kentuckycriedfricken are both slimes, but due to a Cosmetic Skin, their appearances are also different. "... Well, what can I say? My girlfriend won''t let me sleep last night." [????] Yuki said while gesturing like he''s saying "What can I do about it?" [ Buh Buh Bacon ]: Yeah right~ Good joke buddy. [????] [ Kentuckycriedfricken ]: *Sigh*~ Well, that aside. We''re lacking time already. Let''s talk about the most important stuff, shall we? I still need to prepare after this. [ Bread Pitt ]: Oh yeah, about that. What world did you choose guys? Cause I''m thinking of choosing Nidavellir for this tournament. You know, just for the change. I haven''t been in any other worlds besides Niflheim so... ¡¥\_(¥Ä)_/¡¥ [ IYELLALOT ]: Well, you do you. But for me, I''m still sticking on my good ol'' Niflheim. I''m quite a patriotic man you see.[????] [ Buh Buh Bacon ]: Yeah me too. I don''t think I can win in another world since there''s a lot of skilled Players there. They''re going to destroy me. What can I do? I''m just a cute slime. [????] [ Kentuckycriedfricken ]: Well, I''m also the same. Going to another world is too risky, but since you have a lot of battle skills, I think that you''ll be fine. [ Bread Pitt ]: Yeah, but I''m still thinking about it though. I might change my mind later once I see the selections. Anyway, how about you Raizel-san, what world did you choose? "... Well, of course, Niflheim." Yuki said so casually. [ IYELLALOT ]: Wow~ Raizel-san. Are you that desperate? [ Kentuckycriedfricken ]: I never thought that you were this low. [ Buh Buh Bacon ]: Did you ever thought about the efforts that we¡ª No! All the players in Niflheim just to prepare in this tournament? Join in another world! [ Bread Pitt ]: Y-yeah, that''s a bit¡ª Ah~ like cheating, Raizel-san. ".. Meh~ Git gud." Yuki shrugs them off. [ Buh Buh Bacon ]: You are just lucky that you played earlier than us! ".. What can I do? I can''t trust Niflheim to you guys. Your ?sses will surely be demolished. Since that''s the case anyway, might as well do it myself. [ IYELLALOT ]: Wow, this guy doesn''t have trust in us. [????] [ Buh Buh Bacon ]: GAME ON B*TCH! 1v1 me right now! I''ll show you how strong I''ve become! [????] "... Hahaha! Go away kid. Learn how to walk first before you spit some bullsh*t." [????] [ Bread Pitt ]: Guys. GUYS! Calm down. [ Buh Buh Bacon ]: WHAT!? You''re on this guy''s side? [ Bread Pitt ]: No! I mean, Raizel-san is probably correct. You know, I searched it up on YGGDRASIL wiki last night and I saw that there are so many players from other worlds that plan to choose Niflheim as their base World for the Tournament. Admit it or not, Raizel-san is the only one who can face them." [ IYELLALOT ]: Well Bread-san has a point. That would suck if the winner and chosen to be the World Champion of our world is not even from Niflheim. [ Bread Pitt ]: They''re probably taking the advantage of the fact that there are only a few strong Players there. Not just in Niflheim, but in Helheim and Muspelheim too. "... So, now that you guys know this already, I suggest that you should just pick another world as your target. Those three worlds are taking all the aggro. All the strongest in other worlds are probably going to flock around there, so you should avoid it and pick another one. Just leave Niflheim to me." [ Kentuckycriedfricken ]: *sigh* Oh well, it''s not like we can do anymore about it. [ Bread Pitt ]: Yeah. That''s what I planned to do anyway. [ Buh Buh Bacon ]: No! I''m still staying. I''ve been preparing for this too you know? At least if you lose, the Niflheim still has me.[????] "... Hahaha! Alright then. Do your best." [ IYELLALOT ]: Then if tha¡ª *Ting* A noise had suddenly rung out and grabbed all their attention. It was a notification. They all look at their consoles and to see what it is. [ The World Tournament will start in a few moments. ] [ To all Players that wish to participate, please navigate your Console to pick a Base World you wish to Join. ] ".. Well, looks like it''s starting." [ Buh Buh Bacon ]: Yeah. [ IYELLALOT ]: Alright, looks like after this, some of us might meet each other as enemies. [ Bread Pitt ]: Unfortunately, yeah. [ Buh Buh Bacon ]: Give it with all you got or I will destroy your ?sses. [ Kentuckycriedfricken ]: Oh well, can''t afford to get late. I''m getting tense already so, I think it''s time to cut our a little meeting here. ".. Yeah, let''s just talk after this event. And be sure to congratulate me cause I''ll surely win this one." [ Bread Pitt ]: Yeah. You better be. [ Buh Buh Bacon ]: If I lose that is. ".. Hai hai~" [ IYELLALOT ]: Anyway, I''ll be going ahead, I''m also excited about this. Bye everyone~ [ Bread Pitt ]: Yeah, see y''all on the stage. [ Buh Buh Bacon ]: Okay, Good luck. [ Kentuckycriedfricken ]: Yeah, Best of luck everyone. Bye~ "... Yeah, See y''all there." After that, they all vanished into the room one by one until no one is left. After leaving, Yuki appeared in the position he was in earlier. Just like the Notification stated earlier, Yuki navigated his console and look for the menu where he can enter the World Tournament. After a couple of moments, he finally saw what he''s looking for. He then filled up everything that he needs to fill and after that, a bu??on had appeared on his screen that he need to click so he can enter the Event grounds. He didn''t click the Button right away as he needs to do one last thing before that. He pulled up his inventory console and arrange something on his items and equipment for a moment. After a moment of fidgeting with his screen and making sure that everything is in place, he goes over to his Status Console and changes some of his equipped Classes. "... Alright, that should be it." He looks at it for a moment just to make sure that everything is in order before closing it and going back to the console window where the entry bu??on is located. ".. Alright, let''s freaking win this sh*t." Yuki said with a tone full of confidence, as if he just did something that made him the winner already. After that, he finally clicks the [ Enter ] bu??on without any hesitation then vanishes once again. *Fireworks SFX* But for some reason, after he vanished, confetti and small fireworks had sprung out from his previous spot that greatly surprised the nearby Players. ___________________________________________________________ IGN: Cadis Etrama Di Raizel Gender: Male Race: Undead / Heteromorphic Level: 100 _____________________ Hp: 489 _____________________ Mp: 100+ _____________________ Phy Atk: 100 _____________________ Phy Def: 420 _____________________ Agility: 100 _____________________ Mag Atk: 100 _____________________ Mag Def: 447 _____________________ Resist: 100 _____________________ Special: 100 _____________________ Total Stats: 1,956 Vampire (10) Arch Vampire (5) Origin (5) __________________________________ Weapon Master (10) Blood Drinker (10) Progenitor (5) Eternity (5) Negator (5) Monarch (5) Fighter (10) Armored Mage (5) Elementalist (10) Slayer (5) Striker (5) Prince of Niflheim (5) ________________________________________________________ Join my Pat-reon to support this fanfic and read the Advance Chapters. I''m now posting there daily. Pat-reon.com/Evrabonzz Chapter 18 After clicking the Entry bu??on for the World Tournament, Yuki just found himself standing in the middle of a small white room "... Wow, this room is so lively." Yuki said as he looks around and sees nothing but white walls. He is alone in the room. Yuki even thought that the room looks like a confinement cell for Crazy people. *Tut* "... Hmm?" Suddenly, while minding his own thoughts about the room, a timer had appeared above him. [ Please be prepared within the given time. ] [ 10:00 ] It is the timer that indicates the start of the event. But for some reason, the timer isn''t counting down. "... Is it a bug?" Yuki said as he tried to think of some possible advantages if what''s happening is really a bug. *Blink* But sadly, that doesn''t seem to be the case. Cause just after that, a screen suddenly appeared in front of him. In it, is a list that shows all the Nine Worlds. And above the choices, is a note that tells Yuki to choose the world where he wishes to fight. [???????????????????????????????????] Asgard ¡ª [ 0089/5000 ] Helheim ¡ª [ 0248/5000 ] J?tunheim ¡ª [ 0074/5000 ] Midgard ¡ª [ 0059/5000 ] M¨²spellsheim ¡ª [ 0321/5000 ] Nieavellir ¡ª [ 0187/5000 ] Vanaheim ¡ª [ 0213/5000 ] ¨¢lfheim ¡ª [ 0128/5000 ] [???????????????????????????????????] At the corner of each choice, it shows a column of numbers that rapidly increase as the moment goes by, and it didn''t take that long before each column had four digits already. "... So. Only 45 thousand can join?" Any person can tell that these numbers indicate the capacity of Players that can only join in a particular world. It''s hasn''t been a minute since these choices appeared but Nifleheim is almost at the peak of its capacity already. And so the other choices... Asgard ¡ª [ 3579/5000 ] Helheim ¡ª [ 4248/5000 ] J?tunheim ¡ª [ 3774/5000 ] Midgard ¡ª [ 2959/5000 ] M¨²spellsheim ¡ª [ 4821/5000 ] Niflheim ¡ª [ 4859/5000 ] Nieavellir ¡ª [ 3187/5000 ] Vanaheim ¡ª [ 4213/5000 ] ¨¢lfheim ¡ª [ 4428/5000 ] ".. Ah, sh*t!" Yuki hurriedly pressed the Enter bu??on and choose Niflheim. He dozed off for some reason and forgot that he has yet to pick his choice, but thankfully, he managed to enter before it became full. And in a few seconds after that, all Nine Worlds had reached the maximum capacity. *TUUTT!* [09:58] Then the timer above has finally start counting down. Indicating that after it hits zero, the Tournament will officially start. A screen had also appeared in front of Yuki. In it are the rules and information for the upcoming Tournament. The rules are not that long. ".. I see. That''s something." Yuki read the rules and information really quickly. It didn''t even take him a couple of seconds Although he seemingly just skimmed through it all, Yuki had understood everything. The rules for each fight, how the Tournament is going to be, and what are the multiple conditions. It''s the same as how he thought it would be. It''s all within his expectations. "... Good thing that they didn''t change something." Yesterday, there are many leaked information that has been sold on YGGDRASIL''s Wiki, and Yuki obviously, is one of the people who bought some of it. Although the authenticity isn''t sure, Yuki doesn''t care. All he wants is some knowledge that he can use for comparisons. That''s why when he saw the official Rules and Informations, he already know what each of them means, cause even though it''s not exactly the same, it''s quite similar to what he bought yesterday. "... Alright. Let''s bring out the bad boys." Yuki said he closes the window panels in front of him and brought out his inventory. What Yuki''s intent by doing this is so that he can equip an armor. Ever since he logged in earlier, he''s not actually wearing the Equipment he intends to use for the World Tournament. What he''s wearing up to this point is all normal looking, that is if you were to compare it on what he likes to call "The Overpowered Sets", the same sets of equipment that he wanted to use for today''s event. He clicked and swipe some stuff and operates the panel for a couple of moments and right after all that, all of a sudden, his whole body got engulfed with light. The light started fading after a couple of seconds and once it does, Yuki''s whole body got revealed, together with his new pair of Armor. But if someone, that knows Yuki well, sees him right now, they''ll surely notice that Yuki is wearing a different Armor. Not just for this moment but an actual different kind of Armor. Unlike the usual, Yuki isn''t wearing Light Armor. Right now, he is wearing a Full black Plated Armor, from head to the very bottom. This whole thing is an Armor that came from his Overpowered Sets, an Overpowered Armor. But some might question why is it a full-plated one? For Yuki that likes using Light Armor to choose a full plated one, this is a very weird and sudden turn. But it''s not like Yuki hates Full Plated Armors in the first place, he just has more reason to wear the Light ones. Base on the image of Yuki''s current Armor, It really is different from the Light Armors that Yuki used to wear, but for the capabilities, this Full Plated Armor has something similar to what every Light Armor has, the something that makes Yuki use Light Armors in the first place. The lightness. Even though this Armor is a Hard plated Armor, it does not affect his agility at all, in fact, it''s even being boosted. There''s a reason why Players that have Classes that rely heavily on their agility, do not wear Plated Armors despite the great defense it offers. It''s due to the weight. The higher the defense of an Armor is, the heavier it gets, and the heavier your armor is, the slower you become. And for Yuki that speed is everything, that''s a big no. But his current Armor¡ª no, not just his current, but all his "Overpowered Armors" are different. None of his OP Armors are Light Armor, all of them are Full Plated ones, and each has the same properties of not affecting his Agility once wore. The current Armor that Yuki''s wearing is a Divine class item. That means, it is an item that Yuki made. The amount of Data Crystals and Rare Materials that Yuki spent on each Equipment that belongs to his OP sets are already enough to make any Players in YGGDRASIL lost their minds. The Armor that Yuki currently wears is packed with Buffs and Effects that literally made the Equipment, a nonsensical Item. For example, Yuki decreased the weight of this Armor too much that it''s almost non-existent. He made it this way so it would feel like he''s just wearing clothes, while he still had a Defense that is much greater than most Heavy Armor could offer. "... Good." Yuki muttered as he stretches his arm in some direction, seemingly to try the Armor''s flexibility. Though he just made it out of habit cause he himself knows that there''s no way a flexibility problem would occur. Seeing that his Armor looks relatively fine, Yuki looks at his inventory again, wanting to pull out his next Equipment. Yuki reached out his hand towards the Panel and right after he did that, a long weapon that looks to be a spear had come out. Just like his Armor, this Spear is also a part of the Overpowered Set, has a lot of Buff and Effects, and is different from the one that he usually uses. After giving the Spear a few thrusts and swings to familiarize himself with it, he then equipped the remaining items that he still needs to equip. After all that, he pulled out a mirror and stand in front of it to look at himself. "... Damn I look good." He takes his time, appreciating his own piece of work. After feeling enough, he then decided to finally put the Helm on his head, covering his whole scary face. [ 00:11 ] Once he looks at the timer again, he saw that it''s almost time. "... Alright. Let''s meet my first punching bag." He readied himself and take a quick look at his console for one last time just to check if everything was alright. [ 00:03 ] [ 00:02 ] [ 00:01 ] [ 00:00 ] "... Here we go." *Tuuuutt!* The preparation time is finally over. Yuki prepares himself as he suddenly disappeared in the Preparation room at the same time when the notification sound had rung. ?????? *Swoosh* Yuki suddenly arrived in a big white room. It is massive and has a similar build as the preparation room, but 20 times bigger, and the ground is made of dirt. But this time, Yuki is not alone. When he glanced in the far front of him, he saw that someone is also standing there. He and that someone had arrived in this room at the same time and obviously, this is Yuki''s opponent. The World Tournament had officially started. His opponent is a Demi-human, a Minotaur to be exact. His build is much bigger than Yuki, and his body was much more buffed due to the full armor that he is wearing, but unlike Yuki, his head was exposed. He is not wearing any type of Helm. He is not holding any weapon, but he has a pair of giant gauntlets. "... Let''s see~ A Legacy or... A relic class? Meh, either way, it looks pretty weak." Yuki said as he looks at his opponent''s Equipment. Though what he said isn''t 100 percent sure since he did not and cannot use any Detection Spell. What he said is just purely based on his own opinion. [ 10 ] ... [ 9 ] ... Suddenly, a Timer had appeared above them again and started counting down. It didn''t need to explain everything since all the players had already been given a list of information and rules about the tournament, so Yuki and every participant are expected to know what to do at this moment already. [ 2 ] .... [ 1 ] Yuki clenched his spear and position his feet for a stance. [ 0 ] *IIIINNGG!!!* *Dugsh!* The moment that the timer hits zero, Yuki immediately bursts and rushes towards the Minotaur. " [ Haste ], [ Quick March ]" Yuki immediately chant a tier spell and his body glowed twice. Yuki''s speed had increased and he is now moving towards the Minotaur at a very fast-paced. "... That''s right, Come right at me." said by the Minotaur. The Minotaur wasn''t surprised by this. He immediately reacted by raising his arm and throw a heavy straight punch towards the incoming Yuki. But since the punch was aiming towards Yuki''s face, Yuki easily dodges it by going all fours on the ground. Yuki immediately raised his Spear from the side and made a slash towards the legs of the Minotaur. The Minotaur was not fast enough to block or dodge the attack, this should be the case, but when Yuki''s attack is about to land, a barrier had suddenly erupted and covered up the Minotaur''s whole body. *Tagsh!* The barrier managed to block Yuki''s attack, but right after that, the barrier shattered like glass. Surprising both Yuki and the Minotaur. "... Hou." Yuki is surprised because his attack was stopped. While the Minotaur is more surprised about the fact that his barrier had been cast. "... Sh*t!" The Minotaur for some reason, after this, had become extremely anxious as he immediately pulled back his arm and punch down towards Yuki. But like a frog, Yuki immediately leaps away to dodge the attack. The punch hits the ground and the moment it did, it was like a bomb has been dropped there. *BOOM!* ".. Woah, a min-max player?" Yuki was once again, surprised about this since the power of that punch was no joke. Yuki thought that the Minotaur had invested the majority of his points on Physical Attack that''s why the punch was so strong. "... Heh, then this is even more easier." But Yuki was not feeling scared or nervous about it, in fact, he feels even more at ease. After all that, Yuki didn''t waste any more time and immediately rush back towards the Minotaur and engaged in a fight with him again. Yuki didn''t have a hard time Dodging all the Minotaur''s attacks since his agility was really high, he can also land his attacks successfully. Anyone can see that this fight is pretty one-sided, that Yuki will have no problem winning this one, but the fight was prolonged for some reason. The fight lasted for another minute before the winner was finally announced. Yuki finished the fight by impaling the Minotaur''s head from the back of his spear. Yuki didn''t even drop a single virtual sweat at this match. If more, the moment the fight ends is like Yuki saying that he doesn''t want to fight any longer. Yuki had only treated this match as his warm-up round. That''s the only reason why this match lasted for a whole another minute, since Yuki can finish the match right from the very beginning if he wants to. [ You Won ] The two of them suddenly vanished from the big white room after it announced that Yuki is the winner. Yuki was teleported back to the preparation room and he sees that another ten minutes had appeared on the timer again. "... *Sigh* That was pretty easy." Yuki said as he brought out a chair that he could sit on. *Tut!* Suddenly, a screen had popped up in front of him and it shows an enormous bracket of Players that also joined the World Tournament. *Ting* *Ting* *Ting* ... Together with a joyful sound effects, It zoomed in at his column and saw that his name, ''Cadiz Etrama Di Raizel'' had moved up to the next round. "... Heh, looks like they''re winning too." Yuki said as he looked up his friends'' names in the brackets and saw that they all won their first matches as well. A couple of minutes had passed, Yuki looked up in the timer again and saw that it''s almost time for the next round already. [ 00:03 ] [ 00:02 ] [ 00:01 ] ".. Yosh~ Here we go again~." [ 00:00 ] The moment the timer had hit the zero, he suddenly disappeared into the preparation room, again. _________________________________________________________ |¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á| ¡ª Yuki''s Image with his current Armor and Spear. 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[ Pa-treon.com/Evrabonzz ] Chapter 19 - 18 AN: There, now there''s no old comments anymore you whiny b*tches. ________________________________________________________ After clicking the Entry bu??on for the World Tournament, Yuki just found himself standing in the middle of a small white room "... Wow, this room is so lively." Yuki said as he looks around and sees nothing but white walls. He is alone in the room. Yuki even thought that the room looks like a confinement cell for Crazy people. *Tut* "... Hmm?" Suddenly, while minding his own thoughts about the room, a timer had appeared above him. [ Please be prepared within the given time. ] [ 10:00 ] It is the timer that indicates the start of the event. But for some reason, the timer isn''t counting down. "... Is it a bug?" Yuki said as he tried to think of some possible advantages if what''s happening is really a bug. But sadly, that doesn''t seem to be the case. Cause just after that, a screen suddenly appeared in front of him. In it, is a list that shows all the Nine Worlds. And above the choices, is a note that tells Yuki to choose the world where he wishes to fight. [???????????????????????????????????] Asgard ¡ª [ 0089/5000 ] Helheim ¡ª [ 0248/5000 ] J?tunheim ¡ª [ 0074/5000 ] Midgard ¡ª [ 0059/5000 ] M¨²spellsheim ¡ª [ 0321/5000 ] Niflheim ¡ª [ 0559/5000 ] Vanaheim ¡ª [ 0213/5000 ] ¨¢lfheim ¡ª [ 0128/5000 ] [???????????????????????????????????] At the corner of each choice, it shows a column of numbers that rapidly increase as the moment goes by, and it didn''t take that long before each column had four digits already. "... So. Only 45 thousand can join?" Any person can tell that these numbers indicate the capacity of Players that can only join in a particular world. It''s hasn''t been a minute since these choices appeared but Nifleheim is almost at the peak of its capacity already. And so the other choices... [???????????????????????????????????] Helheim ¡ª [ 4248/5000 ] J?tunheim ¡ª [ 3774/5000 ] Midgard ¡ª [ 2959/5000 ] M¨²spellsheim ¡ª [ 4821/5000 ] Niflheim ¡ª [ 4859/5000 ] Nieavellir ¡ª [ 3187/5000 ] Vanaheim ¡ª [ 4213/5000 ] ¨¢lfheim ¡ª [ 4428/5000 ] [???????????????????????????????????] ".. Ah, sh*t!" Yuki hurriedly pressed the Enter bu??on and choose Niflheim. He dozed off for some reason and forgot that he has yet to pick his choice, but thankfully, he managed to enter before it became full. And in a few seconds after that, all Nine Worlds had reached the maximum capacity. *TUUTT!* [09:58] Then the timer above has finally start counting down. Indicating that after it hits zero, the Tournament will officially start. A screen had also appeared in front of Yuki. In it are the rules and information for the upcoming Tournament. The rules are not that long. ".. I see. That''s something." Yuki read the rules and information really quickly. It didn''t even take him a couple of seconds Although he seemingly just skimmed through it all, Yuki had understood everything. The rules for each fight, how the Tournament is going to be, and what are the multiple conditions. It''s the same as how he thought it would be. It''s all within his expectations. "... Good thing that they didn''t change something." Yesterday, there are many leaked information that has been sold on YGGDRASIL''s Wiki, and Yuki obviously, is one of the people who bought some of it. Although the authenticity isn''t sure, Yuki doesn''t care. All he wants is some knowledge that he can use for comparisons. That''s why when he saw the official Rules and Informations, he already know what each of them means, cause even though it''s not exactly the same, it''s quite similar to what he bought yesterday. "... Alright. Let''s bring out the bad boys." Yuki said he closes the window panels in front of him and brought out his inventory. What Yuki''s intent by doing this is so that he can equip an armor. Ever since he logged in earlier, he''s not actually wearing the Equipment he intends to use for the World Tournament. What he''s wearing up to this point is all normal looking, that is if you were to compare it on what he likes to call "The Overpowered Sets", the same sets of equipment that he wanted to use for today''s event. He clicked and swipe some stuff and operates the panel for a couple of moments and right after all that, all of a sudden, his whole body got engulfed with light. The light started fading after a couple of seconds and once it does, Yuki''s whole body got revealed, together with his new pair of Armor. But if someone, that knows Yuki well, sees him right now, they''ll surely notice that Yuki is wearing a different Armor. Not just for this moment but an actual different kind of Armor. Unlike the usual, Yuki isn''t wearing Light Armor. Right now, he is wearing a Full black Plated Armor, from head to the very bottom. This whole thing is an Armor that came from his Overpowered Sets, an Overpowered Armor. But some might question why is it a full-plated one? For Yuki that likes using Light Armor to choose a full plated one, this is a very weird and sudden turn. But it''s not like Yuki hates Full Plated Armors in the first place, he just has more reason to wear the Light ones. Base on the image of Yuki''s current Armor, It really is different from the Light Armors that Yuki used to wear, but for the capabilities, this Full Plated Armor has something similar to what every Light Armor has, the something that makes Yuki use Light Armors in the first place. The lightness. Even though this Armor is a Hard plated Armor, it does not affect his agility at all, in fact, it''s even being boosted. There''s a reason why Players that have Classes that rely heavily on their agility, do not wear Plated Armors despite the great defense it offers. It''s due to the weight. The higher the defense of an Armor is, the heavier it gets, and the heavier your armor is, the slower you become. And for Yuki that speed is everything, that''s a big no. But his current Armor¡ª no, not just his current, but all his "Overpowered Armors" are different. None of his OP Armors are Light Armor, all of them are Full Plated ones, and each has the same properties of not affecting his Agility once wore. The current Armor that Yuki''s wearing is a Divine class item. That means, it is an item that Yuki made. The amount of Data Crystals and Rare Materials that Yuki spent on each Equipment that belongs to his OP sets are already enough to make any Players in YGGDRASIL lost their minds. The Armor that Yuki currently wears is packed with Buffs and Effects that literally made the Equipment, a nonsensical Item. For example, Yuki decreased the weight of this Armor too much that it''s almost non-existent. He made it this way so it would feel like he''s just wearing clothes, while he still had a Defense that is much greater than most Heavy Armor could offer. "... Good." Yuki muttered as he stretches his arm in some direction, seemingly to try the Armor''s flexibility. Though he just made it out of habit cause he himself knows that there''s no way a flexibility problem would occur. Seeing that his Armor looks relatively fine, Yuki looks at his inventory again, wanting to pull out his next Equipment. Yuki reached out his hand towards the Panel and right after he did that, a long weapon that looks to be a spear had come out. Just like his Armor, this Spear is also a part of the Overpowered Set, has a lot of Buff and Effects, and is different from the one that he usually uses. After giving the Spear a few thrusts and swings to familiarize himself with it, he then equipped the remaining items that he still needs to equip. After all that, he pulled out a mirror and stand in front of it to look at himself. "... Damn I look good." He takes his time, appreciating his own piece of work. After feeling enough, he then decided to finally put the Helm on his head, covering his whole scary face. [ 00:11 ] Once he looks at the timer again, he saw that it''s almost time. "... Alright. Let''s meet my first punching bag." He readied himself and take a quick look at his console for one last time just to check if everything was alright. [ 00:03 ] [ 00:02 ] [ 00:01 ] [ 00:00 ] "... Here we go." *Tuuuutt!* The preparation time is finally over. Yuki prepares himself as he suddenly disappeared in the Preparation room at the same time when the notification sound had rung. ?????? *Swoosh* Yuki suddenly arrived in a big white room. It is massive and has a similar build as the preparation room, but 20 times bigger, and the ground is made of dirt. But this time, Yuki is not alone. When he glanced in the far front of him, he saw that someone is also standing there. He and that someone had arrived in this room at the same time and obviously, this is Yuki''s opponent. The World Tournament had officially started. His opponent is a Demi-human, a Minotaur to be exact. His build is much bigger than Yuki, and his body was much more buffed due to the full armor that he is wearing, but unlike Yuki, his head was exposed. He is not wearing any type of Helm. He is not holding any weapon, but he has a pair of giant gauntlets. "... Let''s see~ A Legacy or... A relic class? Meh, either way, it looks pretty weak." Yuki said as he looks at his opponent''s Equipment. Though what he said isn''t 100 percent sure since he did not and cannot use any Detection Spell. What he said is just purely based on his own opinion. [ 10 ] ... [ 9 ] ... Suddenly, a Timer had appeared above them again and started counting down. It didn''t need to explain everything since all the players had already been given a list of information and rules about the tournament, so Yuki and every participant are expected to know what to do at this moment already. [ 2 ] .... [ 1 ] Yuki clenched his spear and position his feet for a stance. [ 0 ] *IIIINNGG!!!* *Dugsh!* The moment that the timer hits zero, Yuki immediately bursts and rushes towards the Minotaur. " [ Haste ], [ Quick March ]" Yuki immediately chant a tier spell and his body glowed twice. Yuki''s speed had increased and he is now moving towards the Minotaur at a very fast-paced. "... That''s right, Come right at me." said by the Minotaur. The Minotaur wasn''t surprised by this. He immediately reacted by raising his arm and throw a heavy straight punch towards the incoming Yuki. But since the punch was aiming towards Yuki''s face, Yuki easily dodges it by going all fours on the ground. Yuki immediately raised his Spear from the side and made a slash towards the legs of the Minotaur. The Minotaur was not fast enough to block or dodge the attack, this should be the case, but when Yuki''s attack is about to land, a barrier had suddenly erupted and covered up the Minotaur''s whole body. *Tagsh!* The barrier managed to block Yuki''s attack, but right after that, the barrier shattered like glass. Surprising both Yuki and the Minotaur. "... Hou." Yuki is surprised because his attack was stopped. While the Minotaur is more surprised about the fact that his barrier had been cast. "... Sh*t!" The Minotaur for some reason, after this, had become extremely anxious as he immediately pulled back his arm and punch down towards Yuki. But like a frog, Yuki immediately leaps away to dodge the attack. The punch hits the ground and the moment it did, it was like a bomb has been dropped there. *BOOM!* ".. Woah, a min-max player?" Yuki was once again, surprised about this since the power of that punch was no joke. Yuki thought that the Minotaur had invested the majority of his points on Physical Attack that''s why the punch was so strong. "... Heh, then this is even more easier." But Yuki was not feeling scared or nervous about it, in fact, he feels even more at ease. After all that, Yuki didn''t waste any more time and immediately rush back towards the Minotaur and engaged in a fight with him again. Yuki didn''t have a hard time Dodging all the Minotaur''s attacks since his agility was really high, he can also land his attacks successfully. Anyone can see that this fight is pretty one-sided, that Yuki will have no problem winning this one, but the fight was prolonged for some reason. The fight lasted for another minute before the winner was finally announced. Yuki finished the fight by impaling the Minotaur''s head from the back of his spear. Yuki didn''t even drop a single virtual sweat at this match. If more, the moment the fight ends is like Yuki saying that he doesn''t want to fight any longer. Yuki had only treated this match as his warm-up round. That''s the only reason why this match lasted for a whole another minute, since Yuki can finish the match right from the very beginning if he wants to. [ You Won ] The two of them suddenly vanished from the big white room after it announced that Yuki is the winner. Yuki was teleported back to the preparation room and he sees that another ten minutes had appeared on the timer again. "... *Sigh* That was pretty easy." Yuki said as he brought out a chair that he could sit on. *Tut!* Suddenly, a screen had popped up in front of him and it shows an enormous bracket of Players that also joined the World Tournament. *Ting* *Ting* *Ting* ... Together with a joyful sound effects, It zoomed in at his column and saw that his name, ''Cadiz Etrama Di Raizel'' had moved up to the next round. "... Heh, looks like they''re winning too." Yuki said as he looked up his friends'' names in the brackets and saw that they all won their first matches as well. A couple of minutes had passed, Yuki looked up in the timer again and saw that it''s almost time for the next round already. [ 00:03 ] [ 00:02 ] [ 00:01 ] ".. Yosh~ Here we go again~." [ 00:00 ] The moment the timer had hit the zero, he suddenly disappeared into the preparation room, again. _________________________________________________________ |¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á| ¡ª Yuki''s Image with his current Armor and Spear. ( Click Here ) |¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á| [ Turtling Bracer ] ¡ª If the ???????????????? would take damage that is strong enough to be lethal, a shield that can absorb a fixed amount of incoming damage will be cast. ???????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????: 150 ( HP based ) ???????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????: 5 Seconds ????????????????????????????????: 10 hours ( ???????? ???????????? ) ¡ª Gain 10 bonus physical damage whenever the ???????????????? does a Bludgeoning Attack. +10 Magical Defense +5 Physical Defense Durability: 85% |¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á| ____________________________________________ Join my P-atreon to support this fanfic and read the advanced chapters. [ Pa-treon.com/Evrabonzz ] Chapter 20 After he disappeared in the preparation room, he re-appears in a large circular arena. It''s the same as the white room in the elimination rounds but this time, it''s surrounded by waters. It doesn''t have any land that anyone could step on other than the big circle arena in the middle. The purpose of this stage was to restrict the movement of the battling players. Unlike in elimination rounds where one can run around as much as they want, here once they step outside the circle and fall into the waters, they''re automatically disqualified, in other terms, they lost. But still, the circle is quite big, there''s still a lot of space to run and room to dodge. Falling outside the arena by accident is near impossible unless you did it on purpose or you were blown away by your opponent. "... Well, I like this more." What Yuki hates the most is an opponent that likes to run around instead of fighting head-on. Yuki commends the awareness, but still, he''s pretty annoyed by it. So with this much-constricted stage, going against those kinds of opponents will be less annoying than it used to be. "... But I guess that I won''t have that kind of problems with this guy." Yuki said as he looks in front to see his supposed to be opponent. His opponent is wearing a Full Armor that''s bulkier than what Yuki wears. It''s pure silver with a bit of gold in the designs. He is holding a platinum-colored sword in his right hand and a golden shield on the left. Just by looking, one can see that this Player is a fighter. The one that likes to face everything head-on at that. "... So he is that Paladin guy huh." Yuki muttered as he remember that earlier, from the list, he saw someone that looks to be a paladin. *TUUTT!* A couple of seconds after that, a timer suddenly appears above them. [ 9 ] [ 8 ] .... (AN: I will be calling his opponent "Human" here since I''m very creative.) Yuki didn''t look at the timer anymore and just focus on his opponent. The Human also did the same as it looks straight towards Yuki and put up a stance. He positioned his shield in front and raise the sword in the corner. From his stance, it looks like he will immediately rush towards Yuki once the round starts. ".. An aggressive one huh." Yuki chuckled lightly when he saw this as he likes to fight a pretty straightforward opponent, cause those types tend to die faster. After this, Yuki did the same as he also put his Spear in front and do a stance. [ 0 ] *IIIINNGG!* The moment when the round starts, both of them vanished from their spots and rush towards each other. Yuki was the one who takes the first action as he immediately raised the spear above his head and swing it hard down towards the Human. The Human saw this and raise the shield above to block Yuki''s attack. *TSENG!* A loud noise had rung when Yuki''s spear and Human''s shield collided, but Yuki didn''t take any breather as he immediately raises his right foot and delivers a strong kick towards the unguarded stomach area of the Human. ".. Aah." The human ?r??n?d as he steps back a couple of times due to Yuki''s kick. But it doesn''t look like Yuki''s done with his attacks. ".. HAH!" He made an immediate follow-up by swinging his spear hard towards the Human, again... "... Ugk." The Human saw Yuki''s attack and position his shield in front to block it again, but this time, something different happened. *Swiiooshh!* Yuki''s spear suddenly flickered and changes direction halfway through the attack, shifting the direction towards the Human''s left leg. The Human managed to make a single step back to avoid it but the spear was too long that it still reached him. [ You received Great Damage! ] [ ¡ª 39 HP ] [ You have been poisoned ] [ HP will decrease by 2 every 10 seconds ] "... What!?" The Human was so surprised. The spear only grazed his Leg and the damage he received is equivalent to a direct hit. "... How is this possib¡ª ah!" But the Human doesn''t even have time to process what just happened as he saw that Yuki throws an attack towards him again. "... Hup!" But this time, he easily avoided it by jumping high in the air. "... Hoo~ You became extremely cautious all of sudden. I wonder why''s that?" Yuki said towards the Human as he noticed that this time, he didn''t block the attack but dodge it instead. "Tch!" Yuki''s remarks had agitated the Human a bit. He knows that Yuki noticed that he is now aware of him, why he chooses to dodge and maintain distance instead of blocking. He''s getting irritated about this very fact. Throughout all the fight he has been through, he''s the one who''s always going forward without worrying about the incoming attacks, now, all he thinks is that he shouldn''t let any Yuki''s attacks hit him. "... Shut up! [ Extended slash ]!" The Human after he jumps away, sends a bunch of harmful projectiles towards Yuki. *Swoosh!* Yuki dodged all of it with ease, but the Human sends another barrage of [ Extended slash ] towards Yuki again. ".. Tch!" Yuki managed to dodge the majority of [ Extended Slash ] but he was still hit twice. Though the damage isn''t great, and his HP became full again before anyone could realize it, It''s still pretty notable for Yuki since this is the greatest amount of damage he had received so far. ".. Alright, fine. [ Quick March ], [ Haste ], [ Swiftness ] " Yuki chanted a couple of spells and run towards the Human at a fast pace, but as he run towards the Human, Yuki raised his left hand and aim it towards the Human. "... [ Twin Maximize Magic: ThunderLance ]" From Yuki''s hand, two magic circles appeared. From the two magic circles, two lightning-like Lances have erupted and shoot towards the Human at a very high speed. "... Wait, you''re a Magi- uhk!" The Human didn''t manage to finish what he wants to say as he need to immediately raise his shield to block the incoming spells. *TZZZUZZ!* The impact from the spells didn''t even make him budge, but the moment the Spell hits his shield, Yuki, almost instantly, suddenly appears above him. *woosh~* Yuki pulled his spear and thrust it hard towards the Human''s ?h?st area. "... Tch! [ Sunlight Fortress ]!" But before the spear could even reach the Human, he was suddenly enveloped in bright yellow light. *Zik!* ".. Uh!" When Yuki hits the light, the spear was deflected. It was hard, Yuki felt like he tried to pierce a metal wall using a rod. The Human, while still covered by the light, raises his sword and swings it towards Yuki in an attempt to attack him. But Yuki saw this as he immediately kicked the Human''s shield and by doing so, he repulsed himself backward, getting himself out of Human''s range. "... Hmm? A faint?" But before the Human can even make a full swing with his sword, he stopped. Yuki immediately understood that Human''s attack was nothing but a faint. The Human didn''t continue his swing anymore as he immediately rush towards Yuki before he can even land on the ground. "... Haaah! [ Shield''s Radiance ], [ Shield Bash ]." Suddenly, Human''s shield was covered in the same bright light, it expanded and shoot out a Shield like projectile that is made of light towards Yuki. Yuki, while still in mid-air, put the spear in front of him in an attempt to block the Attack. But when the Shield-like-projectile touches the surface of the spear, it suddenly exploded in a shockwave-like manner. The moment when the explosion happens, Yuki was immediately thrown away across the whole arena. He was thrown away so aggressively that he can''t maintain his balance or even stop himself. He continues to do so until he reaches the edge of the arena, he wasn''t able to stop himself as he continues to roll and fall towards the waters. The Light that is surrounding the whole body of Human had slowly died down. He watches Yuki as he was completely thrown across the arena and falls outside the stage boundaries. But he didn''t lower his guard and maintain his stance since he knows that Yuki is, for some reason, a Spell Caster, so he can just use Fly or use any type of spell to get back in the arena. !!! But while he''s staring in the direction where Yuki had fallen, he suddenly detected an appearance behind him. "... Sh*t!" He tried to move away but he was too late. ".. SURPRISE!" Before he could even gather enough force on his feet, a spear suddenly pierced through his ?h?st. [ You received Catastrophic Damage! ] ".. Uk!" The Human saw his HP became non-existent all of a sudden. From a whopping 56 HP to a flat 0 HP. ".. F*CK! [ Skill: Recall of the Bright Heart ]." But thankfully, the Human still has something within his sleeves. While still being impaled, the Human was suddenly, once again, coated by a bright light, but this time, he disappeared instantly in a speck of light. "... Huh?" Yuki was a bit baffled by this. He looks around to look for the Human but he didn''t see anyone around him. He''s the only Player within the arena. At least at that moment. *Wiinggg!* But not long after that, a big magic circle had made an appearance in the sky and fired a ray of light towards the arena. It wasn''t directed towards Yuki, but to a certain spot Instead. The Ray of light had slowly died down and the big magic circle above had also disappeared. But in the spot where the Ray of light was fired, the Human is there, standing. Yuki frowned a bit when he saw the Human since he looked different now. His Armor is glowing with bright light, the same for his shield and sword. But unlike earlier, the light wasn''t in his whole body, covering him entirely, no. Right now, the light was only covering the equipment, it''s like the Armor, Sword, and Shield was purely made of light. "... *whistle* Is that your... Final Form?" Yuki asked the Human with his favorite question. "... Stop talking. I''ll end this now." The Human answered him then raise his shield in front. "... Hoo~ What a main character. Are you finall¡ª" But while Yuki''s talking, he suddenly saw that Human disappeared in his spot. Yuki immediately raised his spear and gets on with his stance, but he''s a bit late to prepare as Human appeared right in front of him while brandishing his glowing sword. *Swoosh* Yuki tried to defend himself from the incoming attack, but failed as he didn''t anticipate the sudden burst of agility of the Human. *Pushk!* Yuki was stabbed right in the ?h?st by Human''s glowing sword. "... Hey, you are not supposed to do that while I''m still talking." Yuki said, seemingly not bothered by the fact that he just got stabbed. Yuki suffered damage, it was greater than any damage he had received so far, but not enough to kill him. They''re both standing near to each other so right after he said those words, Yuki took the opportunity as he immediately raise his spear and thrust it towards Human''s neck. Yuki expected Human to dodge his spear, but he did not. The Human just stand still and let the Spear reach him. *Clangk* "... Huh?" Surprisingly, Yuki''s attack has no effect. For some reason, after the Spear hits Human, it didn''t pierce through like it always did. It just stop on the surface like it met an unbreakable wall. "... An immunity?" Yuki muttered as he saw that Human is preparing for an another attack, but this time, with his shield. Yuki isn''t a fan of taking attacks, he always does that part. So what he''s in right now is pretty displeasing for him. "... Hey, wait." Yuki said. But Human ignored what Yuki just said as he proceed to attack Yuki again. "Hmm?" but before he could do so, he noticed something on Yuki''s Armor. *Zwiiii!* He saw that it''s changing color and releasing some odd noise. For some reason, it''s starting to look like a burning charcoal. As moments go by, it''s starting to shine at a rapid pace. But the way it shines isn''t the same as Human''s armor. "... Sh*t." The Human realized that this might be dangerous as he tried to back off as he tried to pull the sword out of Yuki''s ?h?st, but Yuki saw what he''s planning to do. "... You''re not going anywhere." Yuki said as he hold onto the sword, making the Human unable to pull it out from his ?h?st. "... Tch!" The Human had put more strength as he pull the sword out even harder, and since Yuki is holding the sword''s edge, he didn''t manage to get a good grip and eventually lost the tug of war. "... Oops" The Human manages to pull the sword out of Yuki''s ?h?st, but it''s late already. Yuki holds onto the sword not because he doesn''t want the Human to have it, it''s because he needs to buy time, and just as he wanted, he successfully bought one. "... Sh*t." Yuki''s armor shone brightly as the Human tried to escape, but the next thing that happened had still caught him. *BOOM!* The Part where the Human and Yuki stands had been engulfed by a massive whirl of fire followed by a large explosion. The Human manages to get away but he still got caught up, though it doesn''t seem comparable to how it would be if he''s in the center of what just transpired. The wild fire and explosions lasted for just a couple of seconds before completely disappearing like it''s a lie. After it disappear, Yuki was revealed in the center, looking so unharmed. "... Bonus damage, HP, and agility. You also got immunity for any kind of Physical Damage. You have high Magical Defense but you don''t seem immune to it. I don''t know if I got everything but I guess that''s pretty much it?" Yuki said as he inform the Human about what he had find out about his Skill. "... Tch!" But the Human said nothing as he just displayed his irritation towards Yuki. After that, he raised his sword and shield, seemingly wanting to do an attack again. "... Now now, I''m still doing my speech. [ Skill: Crying Hourglass ] [ Chronosphere ]." But Yuki doesn''t seem to like that as he cast a spell towards the Human before he could even move. The spell immediately appeared after Yuki cast it, which the Human didn''t expect. *Vwooomp* All of a sudden, a big, grey, and transparent dome had appear around the Human and he got caught within it. He didn''t manage to do anything as it happened almost instantly. The Human tried to move but he found out that he can''t do any movements at all. "... [ Skill: Unstoppable Radiance ]" Seeing that he''s trapped within a crowd control spell, he immediately uses a Skill of his that would free him from this. But this Skill isn''t an instant cast. It would take 5 seconds before it could be cast out. But thankfully, Yuki doesn''t seem to have any intention of stopping him. "... A quick reaction, that''s commendable. Though it seems that you''re taking me a bit too lightly." Yuki said towards the Human with a bit of a serious tone. After that, Yuki throws his spear back in his inventory then brings his right arm forward. "... You said you''re going to end this fight right? Go on, end it, I dare you." After Yuki said that with the same tone, for some reason, the ring on Yuki''s middle finger reacted by glowing faintly. "... Use Item [ Level 1: MP Release ]" After Yuki said the Command, a big magic circle had appeared on Yuki''s wrist, then it immediately cracked like glass and slowly break apart. The Human doesn''t know but for some reason, he feels that his situation became more dangerous. "... Don''t worry, you don''t need to tell me that. I''ll end you now." The Human said still with a tone full of confidence. And immediately, right after he said that, a bright light had burst out from his body, shattering the transparent dome that''s keeping him from moving. The skill he had cast earlier had finally been cast out. Now that he can finally move, he does not want to waste any more time and prolonged what Yuki''s trying to do as he immediately raises his shield and was about to blink in front of Yuki again... But before he could do that... he didn''t notice that Yuki''s hand is already pointing towards his direction. "... [ Skill: Rewind ] [ Skill: Crying Hourglass ] [ Chronosphere ]" And immediately after that, Human found himself in the same situation again. Inside a transparent dome and cannot move. He did not even manage to get out of his position before being trapped again. "... How the f*ck?" He cannot understand what just happened. "... Go on. End it, I''m waiting Hahahaha." Yuki laughed madly while looking at him. His arsenal is now empty, or at least he can''t use anything to get himself out of this situation. He can do nothing but watch as Yuki continuously makes fun of him. "... Now now. Let''s play a game. Let''s see how many Spells you can take in the next 20 seconds." Yuki said laughingly as he raise his hand towards the Human again. "... Let''s start." Yuki said as he fired off the first spell. _______________________________________________________________________ IGN: Cadis Etrama Di Raizel Gender: Male Race: Undead / Heteromorphic Level: 100 _____________________ Hp: 489 _____________________ Mp: 1584+ _____________________ Phy Atk: 100 _____________________ Phy Def: 420 _____________________ Agility: 100 _____________________ Mag Atk: 100 _____________________ Mag Def: 447 _____________________ Resist: 100 _____________________ Special: 100 _____________________ Total Stats: 1,956 Vampire (10) Arch Vampire (5) Origin (5) __________________________________ Weapon Master (10) Blood Drinker (10) Progenitor (5) Eternity (5) Negator (5) Monarch (5) Fighter (10) Armored Mage (5) Elementalist (10) Slayer (5) Striker (5) Prince of Niflheim (5) |¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á| [ Sunlight Fortress ] ¡ª Once cast, the ???????????????? will gain ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? for a certain amount of time. Type: Active ( Spell ) MP cost: 6 Casting Time: Instant Duration: 5 Seconds Cooldown: 6 Minutes |¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á| [ Recall of the bright Heart ] ¡ª Upon Activation, ???????????? will be in a state called ???????????????????? ????????????????. While in ???????????????????? ???????????????? state, ???????????? will gain multiple Buffs throughout the entire duration. +10 Phy. Damage +10 Mag. Damage +10 Special +10 Phy. Defense +10 Mag. Defense +20 Agility ¡ª If the ???????????? died while in a ???????????????????? ???????????????? state, the death will be invalid then ???????????? will be Revived again with full status. ¡ª After being revived, ???????????? will gain multiple Buffs and Immunity to Physical Damage throughout the entire duration. +20 Phy. Damage +20 Mag. Damage +20 Special +30 Mag. Defense ????????????????????????????????: 2 Minutes ¡ª After being revived, All Items that ???????????? currently has will gain a Status Bonus throughout the entire duration. Type: Active (Skill) MP Cost: None Casting Time: Instant Duration: 30 Seconds Cooldown: 3 Hours |¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á| [ Vengeful Plate ] ¡ª Once cast, a whirling Fire and Explosion will occur around ????????????. The base damage of the Fire and Explosion is based on the amount of Damage ???????????? received in the past 10 seconds. Type: Active (Spell) MP Cost: 8 Casting Time: 5 Seconds Duration: 3 Seconds Cooldown: 5 minutes |¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á| [ Rewind ] ¡ª End the ???????????????????????????????? for each Spell and Skill that''s on a ???????????????????????????????? State. Type: Active (Skill) MP Cost: 10 Casting Time: Instant Duration: None Cooldown: 10 minutes |¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á| [ Crying Hourglass ] (????????????????????????????) ¡ª Upon Activation, Reduce the Casting Time of the next Spell or Skill ????????????''ll cast to zero. Type: Active (Skill) MP Cost: 5 Casting Time: Instant Duration: None Cooldown: 1 minute |¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á| [ Join My ******* ] ¡ª You will be able to read the advanced chapters and support the Handsome Author. Type: Active MP cost: 10 Casting Time: Instant Duration: 1 month Cooldown: None |¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á| Chapter 21 *Sigh* "... Same old room. We meet again." Yuki said as he was once again greeted by the gloomy, plain, and sad white walls of the Preparation Room. The Semi-Finals just ended and the Finals are about to start in a couple of minutes. Yuki just won the last round, in other words, he won the Semi-Finals. Though it took him quite a bit some time, he still won in the end. "... Haa~ Damn it." Though for some reason, Yuki is not that happy about his last fight even though he won. *Tut* Yuki sits on a chair as he brought out his console and look at his Status. "... *sigh* Five hundred MP, gone, just like that. That''s like... one week''s worth of hunting." Yuki said in a regretful tone. During his last fight with the Human, he spent too much MP than he''s supposed to. The Human has immunity to Physical Attacks, so as much as he doesn''t like to release his MP, he just don''t have that much choice. Yuki always seals his MP because he has some complicated skills that can activate on their own and eats away his MP. That''s also the reason why some of his skills are not Activating because he always doesn''t have enough juice to make it run, whenever it wants to activate itself. Which is pretty convenient for him. But he is not sealing all of it completely, he always left a certain amount for some of the Spells he likes to use whenever he''s hunting or fighting. So, on his fight against the Human, he really need to release some of his MP to fight like a Magic Caster since he didn''t leave enough MP to cast that many Spells, in fact, he''s pretty much out already when he decided to release his MP seal. Originally, he planned to end the match as quickly as possible, but he didn''t expect the Human to be so tough. At first, he belittled him by casting only a bunch of Fifth to Eight Tier spells, but seeing that he''s withstanding them, Yuki upped his game and start cast Ninth and Tenth Tier Spells, but at that time, the Human had started fighting back so the situation became harder for Yuki. If Yuki foresaw how the fight is going to end originally, then surely, he''ll cast one or two Super Tier Spell without any hesitation in the very beginning and immediately end the fight right there. That way, he could have saved more MP. But all in all, Yuki managed to learn something in that fight. A lesson that might be important for the future. That, he needs to decrease his edgy~ness in every fight. "... I need to think straight and take everything seriously from now on." Yuki promised to himself, a promise that he''ll just forget in a couple of minutes. After all that, Yuki proceeds to Seal away his excess MP again. He doesn''t want to fight anymore with his huge MP so exposed like this. And besides, Yuki already saw his next opponent through the Bracket list. Yuki is so sure that in this upcoming fight, he won''t need his MP. He''s pretty confident about it. "... The Finals is a free win anyway." Yuki said as a Magic Circle had appeared on his wrist, indicating that his MP was now sealed again. "... Haaa~ I should celebrate later. Hmm, What food should I order?" Yuki said as he continue browsing through his Console. Wondering where he could waste his money on. Yuki stayed like that for a couple of minutes until a sound had rung, grabbing his attention. *Tut!* [ Get ready. The Finals is about to Start. ] "... it''s about time already huh?" Yuki said after he read the content of the notification. After a couple of minutes of doing nothing but sitting, Yuki noticed the timer above him. [ 00:13 ] It was about to end, and the next round, the final round, is about to start. Yuki ?r??n?d as he slowly and lazily stands up from the chair. He then grabs his spear back from the inventory. "... Alright, Let''s win this." Immediately after that, the timer hits zero and he disappeared into the preparation room... Again, for the very last time. ????? Each name of the Players that will compete for the Finals has been publicly announced. The last round is already the next event and whoever wins this time, will be hailed as the official World Champion of the particular world they choose to represent. In Niflheim, two names were displayed above the list of Players that will fight in the finals. And obviously, Yuki''s IGN is there. His name was publicly announced as a player that managed to reach and will compete in the last round. When his friends saw this, they all have mixed emotions. Happy, Angry, Glad, and Jealous. Happy, because they''re happy for their friend. Angry, because they lost and didn''t even reach the semis. Glad, because one of them who''s originally from the Niflheim manages to reach the finals. And Jealous, for very obvious reasons. The venue for the Finals is the same arena that was used for the Semi-final round, but the difference this time is, there''s a massive audience or crowd that will watch the fight, Live. The water, where no one could go to, is the one that separates the Spectator area from the Arena. Currently, the arena in the middle is still empty. But the Spectator area on every far side is full already. The whole place is bustling with a ton of Players that came to watch the final round. The Final round here on Niflheim that is. The majority of players that are here are the ones that were defeated in this tournament. They came to watch the two strong remaining players that manages to rise to the very top and beat all the players they faced. On a certain spot in the spectator area, there''s a group of Heteromorphic Players that are discussing something between themselves. [ Bread Pitt ]: I knew it! I knew that Raizel-san will reach the finals. [ Kentuckycriedfricken ]: Yeah, I kinda expected it already. He''s the rank one for reasons. [????] [ Buh Buh Bacon ]: Well. He just got lucky. [ Kentuckycriedfricken ]: Oh yeah! I heard you faced off against him at some point. How''d it go? [ IYELLALOT ]: HAHAHAHA! Close fight my ASS! I bet you got your ?ss kicked together with you sh*t! BAWAHAHAHA! [????] [ Buh Buh Bacon ]: You little b*tch! [ Bread Pitt ]: Oi, calm down you two. [ Kentuckycriedfricken ]: Anyways, I''m kinda disappointed when I saw that all Players that reached the Semi-finals are all Humanoids. Of course, except Raizel. [ Bread Pitt ]: True. Even Demis didn''t make it. [ IYELLALOT ]: Yeah, that''s also why I''m hoping that he''ll kick this one''s ?ss so hard that he''ll feel it in real life. [ Bread Pitt ]: Hey, that''s enough. Look it''s starting. They all paused their discussions and focus their attention on the arena. The arena glowed for a moment and a lot of fireworks and unnecessary effects had happened before two magic circles appears on both sides of the arena. After a moment, from the magic circle, two Players had arise. [ IYELLALOT ]: WHOOUU!! BEAT HIS ASS! [ Bread Pitt ]: GOOD LUCK RAIZEL! [ Kentuckycriedfricken ]: YOU CAN DO IT RAIZEL! [ Buh Buh Bacon ]: ... [????] Yuki''s friends have cheered for Yuki, but not just them but many players that know Yuki had also cheered for him. Yuki is pretty famous in NIFLHEIM, almost all Player in that world knows who Yuki is. Not personally but they know him because Yuki was trashing every PKers that came to Niflheim just to PK some Heteromorphics. So many Heteromorphic Players know him as their protector or some sort. But the Audience was halved, the half cheered for Yuki and the other half cheered for Yuki''s opponent. The ones that cheered for Yuki''s Opponent were, of course, the Humanoids and some Demi-humans since, either they lost to Yuki or they are his victims. Either way, they all share the same feeling. They hate Yuki with every fiber of their being. *Shouting FX* The Crowd cheers for the Player they''re rooting to win, they keep shouting towards the arena but actually, the two battling Players in it cannot hear them. There''s a barrier that surrounds the whole arena. That barrier prevents any audio that comes from the outside to reach the participants. It''s all to avoid unnecessary distractions. But the two participants, Yuki and his opponent, can see that the audience is cheering for both of them. It''s just that they can''t hear anything. They all know this already since they have already been notified before the event so they''re not that surprised. [ Bread Pitt ]: On another note, I''m pretty sure that Raizel-san can win this match easily. [ Buh Buh Bacon ]: Huh what do you mean? [ Bread Pitt ]: Look at his opponent. It''s a Magic Caster, hehe. [ Buh Buh Bacon ]: Oh~ Right. I see. What an unfortunate guy. [ Kentuckycriedfricken ]: Haha~ Yuki eats Magic Caster for breakfast. That''s the worst matchup. [ IYELLALOT ]: Looks like Yuki won this already huh. *Sigh* Lucky bastard. [ Bread Pitt ]: Anyway, that guy Is still a finalist, so probably he can still stand against Yuki. [ Kentuckycriedfricken ]: Then, if that''s the case. I would like to see how he is going to do that. [ Bread Pitt ]: Then, let''s just watch. After that, they all stopped talking and focus on the arena where a match is about to start. ????? After being spawned in the Arena, Yuki looked around him just for him to see a massive number of Players that came to watch the Finals. He was in awe. He keeps on looking around, trying to see if he can spot someone he knows. "... There''s too many. Can''t see those idiots." He finally stopped looking around as he look in front of him and see the figure of his opponent. "... A Magic Caster indeed." Yuki said, seeing the giant witch hat and robe that his opponent wears. After a couple of seconds, a timer suddenly appeared above them, and start counting down. They''ve all seen this many times by now and it''s almost an instinct to prepare once the timer hits zero. The Mage stand prepared and so Yuki too. [ 10 ] [ 9 ] [ 8 ] ... [ 3 ] [ 2 ] [ 1 ] *IINNGGGG!* The moment when the timer hits zero, the sound that indicates for them to start fighting has rung throughout the arena. Yuki immediately rushed towards his enemy while brandishing his spear. On the other side, The magic caster, just like Yuki, acted fast as he leap backward to gain more distance then cast an immediate spell towards his surroundings. "... [ Maximized Penetrating Magic: Cliffhanger ]" ____________________________________________________________ Join my Pat-reon to read the advanced Chapters. Pat-reon.com/Evrabonzz Chapter 22 I Deleted my discord account for some personal reasons, so, i also deleted my Discord Server too. I know, I know, that it is not that active as it used to anyway, but it serves its purpose and stuffs. I''ll just make one again, you know, just to start something fresh. And I really need a server for this fanfic anyways. I''ll just link it down in the next chapter. Thank you to those who''s been in that server, really, i appreciate you guys. Expect a more awesome and manly Discord Server Photo for the next Server.???? _________________________________________________________________ The moment when the timer hits zero, the sound that indicates for them to start fighting had rung throughout the arena. Yuki immediately rushed towards the Magic Caster while brandishing his spear. On the other side, the Magic Caster, just like Yuki, acted fast as he leap backward to gain more distance. As if he knows that Yuki will immediately try to close distance with him the moment the round starts. "... Ha. This bunch are too predictable. Thinking that this kind of thing always works against us. Stupid." Muttered by the Magic Caster before raising his arm towards the incoming Yuki. "... Looks like I don''t need to change my strategy huh?" The Magic Caster said before he readied himself to Cast a spell. ''... I just need to let him get a bit more closer before I cast [ Storm''s Furry ].'' He thought to himself while seeing the Incoming Yuki. *Duksh!* Yuki then suddenly, while running towards the Magic Caster, stomped hard on the ground, rocketing himself from his position towards the Magic Caster. This very thing is a bit unexpected, but the Magic Caster, though surprised, still managed to react. ''... Now!'' The Magic Caster shouted inside his mind as he started Casting the Spell he''s preparing to cast. "... [ Skill: True Silence ]." But before the Magic Caster could even do that, it seems that Yuki managed to cast something ahead of him. "... [ Storm''s Fury ]." The Magic Caster had also cast a spell at the same time, Yuki is just ahead by a second. But that second made already a big difference. "... What!?" The Magic Caster finally reacted when he saw that nothing came out of the spell he had cast. But that''s the only reaction he can make as he can''t forget about the fact that Yuki is already near him. He can just think freely once he gained a breathable distance again. "... Tch! [ Greater Teleportation ]¡ª Huh?" The Magic Caster voiced out his confusion when the Teleportation Spell he had cast didn''t... work. He looked at his console to see what''s happening. "... What the f*ck?" There, he saw the reason. His [ Greater Teleportation ] Spell¡ª no, not just that but every displayed Available spell on his console, all his spells, got grayed out. Meaning, for some reason, at this moment, it''s all unusable. "... What is happeni-" The Magic Caster wanted to know what is going on, but it seems that for a moment, he forgot the reason why he wanted to get out of his current spot in the first place. *Swoosh* Yuki, finally reached the Magic Caster as he appeared in front of him. "... What''s the problem Magic Caster? Can''t cast a spell? Oh well, too bad!" Yuki said with a mocking tone before raising his Spear then thrusting it towards the Magic Caster''s head. *Shoou~!* "... Kuk!" The Magic Caster had managed to narrowly dodge the attack by stumbling towards the ground. He did it with just nothing but pure reflex. "... Sh*t!" The Magic Caster cursed as he hurriedly stands up. But it seems that Yuki doesn''t want to give him any time to breathe as before he could even fully stand up, he immediately made a follow-up attack. The Magic Caster saw this, but he knows that he can''t do anything about it. He just dodged Yuki''s first attack, and that was just his pure luck. But this time, Yuki''s attack was faster and at a point-blank range, dodging is impossible. *Taksh!* But the moment when Yuki''s spear hits him in the ?h?st, for some reason, a smile on Magic Caster''s face had appeared. "... Huh?" Yuki saw that his spear failed to pierce through the Magic Caster. It only takes an instant for Yuki to realize that it''s probably the Magic Caster''s robe that protected him. "... DIE!" Suddenly, immediately after that happened, the Magic Caster pulled a staff-looking item in his inventory then swung it hard towards Yuki. A Magic Caster that can''t cast a Spell is practically useless. A walking loot bag. But that''s what it is in the past. Right now, Magic Casters had already made some countermeasures in that kind of situation. Not being able to cast Spells is a common scenario for them because the moment they exhaust their MP, that''s what happens. It''s the same for Yuki''s opponent. What he''s doing right now is one of those countermeasures. The artifact he had pulled out is probably effective against Yuki. He just needs to hit him with it. *Thad!* But there''s a problem. "... AGHK!" Yuki is much faster than him. Before he could even hit Yuki with the staff, he was already sent flying across the Arena. He''s just too slow for close combat. *Thud!* *Thud!* *Thud!* The magic caster can''t stop himself. He keeps on bouncing across the Arena. "... F*ck." The Magic Caster cursed as he hurriedly take something out of his Inventory. "... Use item. [ Stabilize ]." In an instant after that, the Magic Caster stopped. Like what''s happening to him a moment ago is a lie. It''s all thanks to the Magic Item that he used. It''s because of that, he managed to regain balance just on time. "... That''s close." The Magic Caster said as he looks down below the edges of the Arena, that''s also a few inches away from where he''s standing. He was glad that he managed to stop himself immediately. He knows that if he is late at least by a second, he will surely fall in the waters. "... *Sigh* That F*cke¡ª Hii! " But the moment when he returned his attention towards the Arena, he was surprised to see Yuki''s smiling and uncovered face in front of him. Since Yuki is much taller than him, Yuki is currently bending his body down just to meet the Magic Caster''s face within the same level. "... Hey, nice view isn''t it?" Yuki said with a playful tone while displaying the most friendly smile he could muster on his face (Avatar). The Magic Caster was really surprised, shocked, and scared to see Yuki''s face in front of him. Since Yuki''s avatar looks like a face that came out straight from a horror movie, and the Magic Caster is just seeing this now, this almost gave him a heart attack. It''s like a real-time jumpscare from Magic Caster''s point of view. "... Haha, did that scared you?" Yuki said laughingly. Clearly amused by the Magic Caster''s reaction. ".. Y¡ª Yeah you F¡ª F*cking Sh¡ª" The Magic Caster was still caught off guard and tried to catch the breath he lost. His real-time heartbeat had literally skip a couple of times. But Yuki is not that considerate. The Magic Caster didn''t even manage to finish what he''s saying when Yuki suddenly pulled back his right arm and deliver a Strong punch towards the Magic Caster''s face. Since Yuki was standing close to him, the Magic Caster didn''t even manage to react or even dodge. The next thing he just knew, is the sight of the furthering Arena. "... You dirty bastard!" The Magic Caster was sent flying outside the boundaries and is now falling down towards the Water. "... Use item! [ Fly ]!" But before he reach the waters, he managed to pull out a Magic Item again from his inventory then cast the Spell [ Fly ] from it. He managed to stop himself, just a few inches before he hit the waters. Like before, if he''s late even by a second, everything will be over already. "... I need to get back up there before that Guy does something again." The Magic Caster said as he looks up towards the Arena, just to see Yuki looking down at him from the edges of it. !!! But at that moment, just like he predicted, he suddenly saw Yuki raised his finger and point it towards his direction. "... Sh*t." He suddenly had a bad feeling. Judging from what keeps happening a moment ago, Yuki will surely do something again. With this kind of thought, the Magic Caster had immediately burst up towards the Arena. But Yuki fired off his spell before he could even do that. "... [ Dispel ]" Suddenly, right after that, while in mid-flight, the Magic Caster''s body glowed for a moment before slowly losing his ability to fly upwards. "... AAAAHHHH! I WILL F*CKING KILL YOU!!!" He continuously shouts and throws curses towards Yuki while he''s trying to reach the edge of the Arena so desperately. He just need a few more inches, but he didn''t get that as he stopped flying upwards already just before that, then slowly fall down again towards the water. He tried to pull something out of his Inventory again, probably something that would get him out of his current situation, but it seems that Yuki didn''t have a plan to let him do any of that this time. "... [ Flash Freeze ]." Before the Magic Caster could even reach out to his Inventory, Yuki had already cast a spell towards him. The spell covered his whole body with Ice, preventing him from doing any kind of movement. Now, the Magic Caster can do absolutely nothing but stare at Yuki while he''s falling down. "... You f*king Chea¡ª" *Splash* The Magic Caster didn''t even manage to finish what he''s saying as the water submerged his whole body. "... GGez." Yuki said laughingly as he stare towards the spot of the water where the Magic Caster had fallen. *TUT* Immediately after that, the sound that indicates the fight is over, had rung. Yuki was then announced as the winner of the World Tournament and the World Champion of Nfilheim. Many Confettis and Fireworks are to be seen in the sky of the Arena. But for some reason, unlike what someone would usually expect, the Spectators outside the Arena that is watching the fight from the very beginning is very quiet. Not just now but it''s like this throughout the whole fight. "... What is this? What is happening?" ??? "... Is this even the finals." ??? "... Is he win trading?" ??? "... GIVE ME BACK MY BET! THIS DOESN''T COUNT!" ??? "... So much for a Finals." ??? They all know that the Magic Caster is strong. The Magic Caster will not reach the finals if he wasn''t. He''s expected to be at least within the top 10 of the Player Rankings. But he didn''t even have a chance to cast at least one single spell throughout the fight for some reason. And the most depressing part of it is that, he lost because he fall outside the Arena. A single-digit Player, lost the World Tournament by falling outside the arena. He''s a Magic Caster at the top of that. A funny story to tell. But in this event... Some of them felt either Happy or Angry that Yuki won. But all of them share one opinion regarding about the match they just watched. An opinion that will spread throughout the whole YGGDRASIL after this event. That the Player called Raizel, is a scam. _____________________________________________________________________ |¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á| [ Storm''s Fury ] ¡ª Unleashes a blast that knocks back all nearby ????????????????????. Type: Active (Spell) MP cost: 6 Duration: Instant Cooldown: 10 Minutes |¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á| [ True Silence ] ¡ª Prevent the ???????????????????????? from Casting any ???????????????????? throughout the whole duration. Type: Active (Skill) MP cost: 30 Duration: 4 Minutes Charges: 2/3 Cooldown: 20 minutes |¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á| [ Dispel ] ¡ª Cancel all working ???????????????? that the ???????????????????????? had used. Type: Active (Skill) MP cost: 10 Duration: Instant Charges: 4/5 Cooldown: 16 minutes |¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á¡Á| Join my Pa-treon to unlock and read the advanced Chapters. Pat-reon.com/Evrabonzz Chapter 23 AN: I know, it''s late. Whatever, I''m in a place where there''s no internet for a full month so what do you expect me to do? Bla bla. ____________________________________________________________________________ In the game YGGDRASIL, there''s a certain space called Private Platform. This Platform is not accessible to any Players unless they''re allowed to by the Administrators themselves. Though this Platform has no exact purpose. In fact, throughout the whole time that the Game has run, the Private Platform has only been used twice. The first is when a Player used an item that allows him to contact the Administrators themselves, and the second is... today.. The day of The World Tournament. The World Tournament had just ended, and there''s a total of Nine Players that was hailed as the winner, or in other terms, the World Champions. Each World Champions will get two things for winning the Event. The Job Class called "World Champion", and the World Champion Item. Both of these will be given by the Administrators themselves. And since the winning prices of the tournament are not something they can just give straight away due to its complexity, they will have to meet each winner Face to Face. And that is where the Private Platform comes into play. That is where the Winners of the World Tournament got dragged off to right after they won the final round of the World Tournament. ????? In the middle of Tokyo, there''s a certain Building called, Takayama Building. This Building is where the Developers and everyone that is involved in the game YGGDRASIL, works. Right now, everyone inside the Building is pretty busy. Though all of them are pretty much busy every day, today is much more busier since a big Event is currently happening inside the game. On the sixth floor, the floor where the Administrators are located is more busier than the others. They have much more work since they don''t just have to work on the surface of the game, but today, they also need to interact with Players too. Today, they will give some Players a Class and an Item as some sort of reward. Giving Players a Class is not much of a problem, though it will still be a lot of work, it is still not comparable to the sheer amount of work they have to do for the Item section. The Item that they will give is something that the Players themselves will decide. Whatever the Players want, they have to work on it on the spot. It''s not the same as the other Events where the reward Items are already decided. All the Admin''s faces look dead tired. At this current time, they''re on a short break that''s why all of them are to be seen out of their offices. Or at least not all of them. *Intense Typing SFX* One of the Admins who, if one were to look at his face, anyone can see that he looks far younger compared to the other ones, are still inside his office typing something on his computer while looking visibly irritated. "... I''m really going home late tonight." He said as he sighed heavily while still typing continuously. *Creak* Suddenly, the door of his office opened up and his co-worker, who''s also an Admin, peeks inside and says something to him. "... Oi Satoshi, you aren''t going out? Break is about to end already." "... Umm, I''m still pretty busy. I''ll just catch up later once this ends." The Admin who turns out to be called Satoshi, looks towards his Co-worker and said with a sorry face. "... Hmm, okay then. Just don''t overwork yourself." His Co-worker said before he proceed to leave the room and go outside. *Thud!* Now, as the door closes, Admin Satoshi is alone in his office again. "... Argh! It''s all that Guy''s fault!" Satoshi said as he slammed his desk lightly. If one of his co-workers were to see him right now, they''ll surely be confused since this morning, he''s still looking pretty happy then suddenly, this moment, he''s already so angry. "... F*ck!" Satoshi said as he bring his attention back to his Computer. *Extreme Typing SFX* This goes on for almost an Hour. Admin Satoshi didn''t do anything but his Computer. He did not stop typing about something on his keyboard or even move. If someone were to look at a video of his during this past hour, one will see that he did nothing at all or even change his position. What he is an hour ago is the same with him right now. *Tururut* This kind of thing will most likely continue if he didn''t get interrupted by the sudden sound of his communicator, which indicates that someone is calling him. *Tut* "... Hello?" Satoshi said as he pressed his communicator to receive the call. "... Is it time already? .... Alright, I''ll go now." *Tut* The call didn''t last. Satoshi only exchanged a short series of words before ending the call. But he seemingly understands what''s the call for already as immediately after that, he stands up and grabs some Helmet looking thing on a nearby table. This Helmet seems to be a VR Helmet. He goes back to his seat and puts the Helmet on his head. After that, he then grabbed some cable-looking thing on the corner of his chair. He pulled the cable all the way to the back of his neck then without hesitation, plug it in his Neural Port. "... Ugh." As he plugged it in, his VR helmet glowed and his vision changed. Almost everything around him became dark and all he see is a selection of many things. He scrolled the whole windows of Selection and only stop when he reached a certain window that has the word "YGGDRASIL" written on it. "... Alright, let''s meet that bastard." Satoshi muttered to himself before fidgeting something within his vision. After seemingly done with whatever he''s doing, he then rests his arm on his chair. "... Log in." After he said that, his whole surroundings turned dark. A few seconds after that, he regained his vision ever so slowly, only for him to see a different place, though it seems that he''s not new to this as he already knows what this whole thing is about. "... Yo. It''s been a while since we last meet like this Satoshi-san." Suddenly, before he could even regain his whole vision, he heard a voice, in which, if someone were to judge where it came from, it will be right in front of him. A few seconds after that, Admin Satoshi finally saw the whole vicinity and who''s the owner of the voice he just heard. "... Yuki, you ungrateful Bastard." Satoshi said towards the Player with a tone full of hostility. Of course, the Player in front of him is no other than Yuki himself. He just won the World Tournament, and just like the other World Champions, he got dragged in this place, immediately right after the Event ends. "... What? Why?" Yuki said, acting like he know nothing. *Bam!* After Yuki said that, Satoshi slammed the tiny table in front of them and look towards Yuki, though his Avatar doesn''t have any features at all, Yuki can see that Satoshi is looking at him with murdering eyes. "... I gave you the favors you want in the past, and now when it''s my turn, you did me like this huh!?" Satoshi shouted madly towards Yuki. "... But I really don''t know what I want last night!" Yuki said as he prove himself innocent. "... Bullish*t!" But Satoshi seems unconvinced as he throws his hands in the air. "... Look, all I want is a break. I just asked you to simply tell me what your Item is going to be last night so I can work with it already and leave early today, but you son of a b*tch¡ª" "... I don''t really know okay!? And besides... It''s not like I''m sure that I''m... You know, going to win??¡ª" "... I rather believe that Santa Clause is real than what you''re trying to say. You''re not going to win? BWAHAHAHA! *slap* That''s the best joke I''ve ever heard!" Satoshi said while laughing out loud, though one can tell that it is just a fake laugh. "... Did you really believe that someone can beat your ?ss huh? You are like the Cockroach of this game! No one will be able to kill you, unless I personally click your Kill bu??on! Wait, let me try it right now so you can see." Satoshi said as he hurriedly operates his own Console. "... WAIT WAIT WAIT!" Yuki quickly tried to defuse the situation. He can take anything but dying. Dying in-game for Yuki is a pretty big deal due to his penalties. So when he heard dying, all the lights in his head goes red. Though he knows that Satoshi is just scaring him, he still needs to calm him down since he can really do that thing and don''t give a f*ck. "... Okay alright? It''s my fault, I just forgot about what you said last night and fall asleep." Yuki said in an apologetic tone. "... Tch!" Satoshi was still looking pretty pissed, but he still withdraw his hands on his console. A good sign for Yuki. "... I''ll just make it up to you in another time okay? This time, I will not forget about it, I promise~..." Yuki pleaded more as he walks towards Satoshi and gives his virtual shoulder some virtual massages... though he himself knows it''s pretty unnecessary. "... Come on man~" Seeing the unwavering Satoshi, Yuki pleaded more. *Sigh* But Yuki''s plead this time seemed to have worked. "... Whatever." Satoshi said in a grumpy tone as he swat Yuki''s hands away from his shoulder and gestured for him to go back on his sit already. Though looking pissed, he now sounds pretty calm. "... Yay!" Yuki said happily as he jump back on his sit. "... Let''s just get this over with." Satoshi said tiredly as he reach out to his console and operates it again. Throughout the whole conversation they just had, if someone were to hear it, they will surely speculate that the two of them had a not-so-good connection. But the truth is, Yuki and Satoshi are pretty good friends, both online and in real life. That''s also the reason why Yuki knows who Satoshi is right at the very beginning. "... Okay bastard, I already gave the Class to you." Satoshi said after a minute of operating his own Console. "... Ooh~ nice. Good job." Yuki said as he clasped both his hands. "... But there''s a catch. The class had immediately adapted to your whole Character alignment. Therefore, it changed into something else." "... Hoo~ really? What it turned into?" Yuki asked with an excited tone. "... It changed into a World Terror. It sounds cool in my opinion." Satoshi said in an unchanging tone. "... What are the differences though?" Yuki asked, wanting to know what is the difference between the normal one to what he just got. "... Well, that''s for you to find out." Satoshi said, wanting to move to another section already. "... Now, let us go to your World Champion Item. Just tell me what you want." Hearing this, Yuki pondered for a second before answering. "... Alright, I want an accessory type. A ring to be exact." "... A ring? Why a Ring?" Satoshi asked, though he''s already working on it as right after he asked, his hand is already processing Yuki''s choices on his console. "... Well, I already have my OP sets anyway, so I want an OP ring this time." "... Hmm. Alright, what does it do?¡ª Oh! And for the love of God, please, just make it simple okay?" "... Oh don''t worry, it''s pretty simple." Yuki said, reassuring the worried Satoshi before explaining what the Ring he wants to have, does. Yuki''s explanation about the whole capabilities of the Ring didn''t last long as he''s done in under five minutes. "... So how''s that?" Yuki asked Satoshi about his opinion about the details he gave. "... Hmm, it''s acceptable but, I''m still thinking about it." Satoshi said as he keeps pondering about Yuki''s Ring. "... Come on, it is pretty simple, what would you even think about it." "... Yeah, that''s the Problem! It''s so simple! So I''m thinking what could be the hidden advantages that this will give you. I better stay vigilant around you or you might end up breaking the game or something." Satoshi said as he know that all of Yuki''s main items had at least three pages of description, so a simple item like this that has a simple description is pretty suspicious. "... Alright, think about it as hard as you can. But you''ll surely find nothing." Yuki said as he slumped his body on the chair. "Hmm." Satoshi pondered about it as hard as he can. But after a couple of minutes of thinking and ended up with nothing, he finally gave up then agree on Yuki''s idea. "... Fine, we''ll go with this." Satoshi said as he operates his Console once again. But while he''s doing something with his console, Yuki asked a question. "... So, about the thing I asked. Is it possible?" "... Hmm. I don''t know. I''m still not sure about it until the new Patches came out officially. It might be risky for the both of us if I were to work on it now." Satoshi said without even looking at Yuki as he just keeps his attention on his console. "... Alright, just tell me if it''s possible." Yuki said as he sighed deeply. A couple of minutes had passed when Satoshi was finally done with whatever he''s doing with his console. "... Alright done. You''ll probably get it by tomorrow or even today if yours was the first to work on." Satoshi said as he stands up and start walking away. Gesturing that his work here is already done and he now wants to leave. "... No problem, thanks for the hard work." "... No big deal." Satoshi said as he stopped walking and bring up his console again. On his console, a logout bu??on had pop out. He''s about to press the log-out bu??on, but before he did that, he looked back towards Yuki, looking like he just remembered something. "... Oh, right. Someone caught my attention the other day. It''s a very peculiar player, at first I even thought that it was you, but I found out that it wasn''t. That Player even got some interesting things on his hand. A perfect recipe for disaster." Satoshi said with a serious tone. "... What does that mean?" Yuki asked, completely intrigued about this. "... If my speculation is correct, he''s going to a path that leads to nothing but being... A World Enemy." Yuki after hearing this, frowned. He was about to say something, but like his mind got read, Satoshi immediately followed up. "... No, I know what you''re thinking. I can''t tell you who it is exactly even if you give me all your money. What I''m doing right now is already considered a breach in our rules. I might be fired you know? But I can at least tell you this, he''s not among the World Champions." Yuki, after hearing this, was visibly confused. He then starts pondering deep within his thoughts. "... Oh well. What I just want to say is, be careful." Satoshi said in a mysterious tone before focusing his attention back on the console and finally pressing the log-out bu??on. "... Catch you later." And with that, Satoshi finally left the place, leaving only Yuki in the darkroom while still deep within his thoughts. After a couple of moments, Yuki finally stands up and goes towards his console too. He navigates to his log-out bu??on and presses it. But before he disappeared within the dark place, he muttered some words that echoed throughout the space. "... Something has been changed. I need to get ready." ____________________________________________________________________________ Join my Patr-eon to support this fanfic and read the upcoming advance chapters. Patr-eon.com/Evrabonzz Chapter 24 ¡ª The Bounty ¡ª Six months had already passed since the World Tournament happened. After that Event, Yuki became more popular than he already is. And by being popular means, being chased by more Players that want to do nothing but kill him. Usually, while Yuki is in the middle of grinding, a group of Players will always pop out of nowhere and start throwing hands at him without saying anything. Though Yuki always wins with ease. That''s right. This is a normal event for Yuki''s life in YGGDRASIL. Normally, this kind of thing happens for at least once, twice, or rarely thrice a week, but ever since the World Tournament, Yuki had to face this kind of thing every single day. Sometimes, he even had to deal with two groups of Players that wants to kill him at the same time. And unless he chooses to hide, this won''t stop. Yuki became something that many players like to call, a "Bountied Player". A player that if killed, the Killer will receive something great. No, the word great is an understatement already. 720 million Gold, A Unique Job Class, a total of 558 unknown Items, and a 100% Inventory Item Drop rate. That''s Yuki''s current bounty. Yuki is known for his cruelty, especially to his hunters. It is rumored that he won''t let someone go until they''re stripped n?k?d, which is true. This fact scared most of the Players that wants to go after him, but the bounty changed it all. Many had become crazy enough and decided to just risk it all. For the Gold part of Yuki''s bounty, it is a growth type. At first, it''s just at 20 million, but as time goes by, it reached its current amount. The Unique Job class is unknown, but many guessed that this is very great. For the enormous amount of Items, no one knows what is that but many had thought that it''s just a bunch of basic and common items. It''s such a great number to have something great in there, it just sounds too good to be true. The Gold, Class, and a bunch of items are great, but what drives everyone crazy is the 100% Inventory item drop. In YGGDRASIL''s community, Yuki has different titles that every Players likes to call him. Each differs based on the Topic he''s in. One of those titles is where he''s known as ''The Hoarder''. As the title suggests, he likes to take everything for himself and it has to be in large quantity as much as possible, and since this is his title in the Market Section means, everything that the Market offers, he probably has it in his inventory already. But what came out of the Market is just a tiny part. What Yuki can offer is much more than that. This very fact made every Players thirsty for Yuki''s head. No homo. A 100% Inventory item drop rate to a Player that holds multiple World Items? Yuki just became a walking fortune for most of the Players. A fortune for both in-game and real life. So for the next months after the World Tournament, Yuki experienced a non-stop hunting galore. If a normal Player had been put in this kind of situation, they will surely choose to just quit the game. But Yuki isn''t a normal Player. Despite his situation, Yuki is still logging-in in YGGDRASIL for every single day with a full smile on his face, welcoming all the Players that came for his head with an open arms. For some reason, he is very glad about his situation. A void might ask, why is that? Well, that''s because, the bounty that Yuki has, is his own doing in the first place. Yuki''s bounty, as many had thought that this is a punishment, is actually a feature that was given to him by the game system itself. Though it was given to him, it was originally his idea. He''s the one who suggested it. Of course, through his own connection inside the game itself. Even though the bounty looks like a one-sided thing, this is actually a challenge. Not only his killer, but he himself will also benefit something from this. Yuki''s bounty for others is a quest type. They have to accept a certain ''quest'' first before trying to kill Yuki because if they did not, even if they managed to kill Yuki, they won''t receive the bounty price. For Yuki on the other hand, it''s more complex. First, he can actually remove his bounty whenever he wants. It''s not a permanent thing. As it was described, his bounty is a feature. But if he chooses to remove it, the bounty feature will be gone forever. It''s only a one-time thing. Second, for Yuki, his Bounty is an All-rounder. If someone accepted the ''quest'' for killing Yuki, they will become a ''quest holder'' until they choose to give up on the quest, at least that''s what it is to them. But from Yuki''s perspective, he doesn''t see the Quest holders as a ''Quest Holder'' but... a Bountied Player. Someone who also has a bounty in their heads. In short, Yuki too became a Bounty Hunter from every Quest Holder''s perspective but the difference is, they don''t know that. What''s actually happening is, whenever Yuki kills a Bountied Player/Quest Holder, he will receive their bounties, and the bounties he received are adding up to his own bounty. That''s the reason why Yuki''s bounty is growing so big as time goes by. So the Gold on Yuki''s bounty is actually a sum of his and the bounties he had received so far, and the 528 Items are the Items that each Bountied Player/Quest Holder had dropped whenever they''re killed by him. Third. Yuki received a quest. A quest that involves killing a certain amount of Human and Demi-Human Players. An amount that will take him too much time unless he roams in different worlds and start genociding the sh*t out of every Players he encounters. The quest is a class quest, and a quest that was given to him by his ''Origin'' class itself, so Yuki can''t say no to this unless he wants to have some punishments he wouldn''t want to have. So the reason why Yuki thought that his current situation is very favorable to him and why he has yet to remove his bounty even though his life is becoming more stressful is because of these facts. And he is getting some handsome amount of rewards and accomplishing some things along the way so he''s actually the one who''s getting the most out of this. Back then, before Yuki had even begun playing YGGDRASIL, he already made some plans that he''ll do once he''s finally inside the game. He already thought about it carefully. About what are the steps he''ll make, or paths he needs to take. All of it is based on the knowledge he has in this world. But once he finally got inside the game, he found out that, he actually need to be more careful about what he''s trying to do since he realized that even though he has a lot of knowledge about this world, there are many unknown variables to him. Some things that he needs to be cautious of. For example, the crucial events that happened in the Original story of Overlord. He knows the majority of it, but the problem is, he doesn''t know when it all exactly happened. He''s sure about some of the things, but some of the most important ones happen to be included in the ''He doesn''t know'' part. If Yuki holds something very important, then that is his knowledge of the future. It might be something that he should not worry about since it''s not like he''ll put himself in danger if the future has been changed. But just like his original intention for choosing this world, he has a lot of things he wanted to do, but he only wants to do all of it in the future he knows and grown to like. So after knowing that the plan he made will greatly disturb the timeline, he decided to just postpone it. If someone knows these reasons, then they will surely understand why throughout the years that Yuki played the game, he only stayed in Niflheim. He made himself known in YGGDRASIL, but he''s not affecting the flow of the original timeline inside the game. At least it''s not affected up to the point that Yuki wouldn''t be so sure anymore if the Events he knows will still happen in the future. In other terms, it will be like this... The whole timeline is like a room full of quiet people, and Yuki''s plan is similar to shouting out loud. He can''t do that because he will be kicked out of the room. It''s just too quiet for him to start something. But actually, there''s a point within the timeline where even if he shouted at the top of his lungs, it wouldn''t matter any longer since at that moment, everyone became so noisy and the loudest people had already arrived inside the room. The Goldilocks Point that Yuki likes to call is known by many people as, The World Tournament. And since this event already happened quite a while ago means, Yuki can now start doing his long-awaited plan. The go signal has been fired and Yuki bursted out without any hesitation. All the things he had done throughout these years are nothing but a preparation for this very day. The day where he can finally take off the chains that are holding him back and run free. But of course, it''s not like he can actually just run off like that, because the first step of his plans is going towards the World of Helheim. He needs to do something and find someone in that world. But going there means, he will need to leave his turf. The Niflheim. But leaving Niflheim all of a sudden is like, going on a one-year trip in another country while leaving your house wide open. Niflheim for Yuki is like a home. He grew up in that place. He loves that cold, freezing, and snowy world where anywhere you look you''ll see nothing but ice. He''s the first Player that steps foot on its land, he is its World Guardian, he is the first Player that managed to completely explore it, and most importantly, he''s its King. Officially. So it''s not that wrong to say that Yuki owns Niflheim. Though he doesn''t govern it like an actual King, he still has a sense of responsibility. To protect the Players that dwell within his turf? Well, that''s just a part of it but It''s actually to drive the garbages out of his land. If the news about him going to another World and leaving Niflheim has been circulated throughout the community, a massive group of PKers will surely pay a visit. Yuki doesn''t want to be bothered by that, so he decided to get some dogs that will guard his home while he is not around. By dogs means his Friends. Unlike the other Worlds, Yuki "protected" Niflheim, or at least that''s how it looks like, from PKers. Though he''s not 100% successful, he still drove out the majority of them. It''s not like someone will blame a single person for missing some groups that entered in some part of the whole WORLD. But thanks to Yuki, compare to others, the Players in Niflheim or the Heteromorphics in general, are much stronger cause they managed to focus themselves on Hunting and Gaining rather than worrying about the PKers. And fortunately, the Majority of these Players are Yuki''s friends. Though fighting and pushing PKers out of Niflheim is pretty much what they''re doing already, since all of them became strong a long time ago and decided to help Yuki out, Yuki still asked them about it personally. Nonetheless, all of them promised to do what Yuki asked them to do, especially about the specific area that only Yuki''s close friends knows about. But of course, Yuki still made something that sealed the deal. Dogs need a reward so they can be loyal after all. So Yuki didn''t ask them this as a favor, but as a job. He paid some of them with Money and some are some things inside the Game. So in the end, everyone gets to gain something out from this and Yuki can finally go on with his business with ease on his mind. And at that moment, after all that, Yuki finally took his first step. A step where the actual story begins. ___________________________________________________________________________ P-atreon.com/Evrabonzz Chapter 25 - Title *Thud!* In the middle of a forest-looking area, a giant monster suddenly falls to the ground and slowly disappears. From the area where the monster disappeared, a line of bluish light had suddenly erupted and flown towards the Player who killed the Monster. Of course, this player is no other than Yuki. It''s been four months already since Yuki arrived here on Helheim, and Yuki''s days here are obviously, not peaceful. Just like how it is normally. He encounters a lot of PKers in this world. Helheim is one of the common PK hunting grounds after all. He also sees a lot of Heteromorphic Players here, most of them are all new in the game, or at least that''s how it looks to be. Helheim is one of the most common hunting grounds for PKers because this is one of the most common choices for Heteromorphic Players. It''s either Muspelheim, Niflheim, or this. But the usual choice for most Heteromorphics is Niflheim for obvious reasons. In fact, all Heteromorphic players would choose to go to Niflheim if they could, but they can''t because they simply cannot. Each world in YGGDRASIL has its own type of Environment. For example, Niflheim is Extremely cold, Muspelheim is Extremely hot, and Alfheim is filled with greenery, etc. All of those serve as a feature for those who fit in that particular world. But as there''s someone who fits, there''s also someone who can not. Not everyone can go to a certain world as they please, or in this scenario, not all types of Heteromorphics cannot go to Niflheim because if they do, they''ll die before the PKers could even get them. They won''t survive the Environment of that world, let alone the PKers. So they just don''t have any choice but to choose the world that their characters fit the most, and of course, one that has fewer PKers. During these five months, Yuki made a lot of friends and enemies already. Since this world has a lot of Heteremorphics, surely it also has a lot of PKers, and since Yuki and every PKers are not on good terms, Yuki''s enemy list is always rising. But since this kind of thing happens every single day, which is not a normal occurrence in Helheim, Yuki made himself known. A very strong Heteromorphic Player that can fight a party of Players with ease and mainly hunts those who only do PKs. If someone were to tell this kind of story to someone without any context, then they''ll surely say that this can only happen in Niflheim, a world where Yuki and other strong Heteromorphics reside. But since this is Helheim, someone will surely connect the dots about what''s happening. And that''s what exactly happened. The news about Yuki had started to spread throughout the whole YGGDRASIL''s community in just a few weeks of Yuki''s madness in Helheim. After knowing this, many PKers avoided Helheim. They either did this because they''re scared of Yuki''s presence or just simply because, they prefer going to Niflheim instead since Yuki finally left that World. But still, even though many players have already avoided Helheim as their target area for PKing, there are still many PKers who did not. But the only reason why they didn''t leave or still comes to Helheim even after hearing Yuki''s name is that they either don''t care about Yuki at all, or simply because he is there in the first place. But even though all of that happened, nothing really changed on Yuki''s everyday life inside the game. Except for one thing that is. Ever since Yuki started playing YGGDRASIL, he dont stay in any group or parties for a long amount of time. He just joins some Parties for a single activity and after that, Yuki will immediately leave. Yuki made himself known as a Lone Wolf. He doesn''t ?ssociate himself with anyone for more than what he intended. Even his friends are no exception to these kinds of treatment. But in Helheim, all of that changed. In Five months of staying and playing in the world of Helheim, Yuki played or partied with someone repeatedly. Something that didn''t happen before. This started happening 1 month ago when Yuki is fighting a group of giants in a particular area near the edges of Helheim. While Yuki is fighting a group of giants, one of those giants threw an attack towards him, but since Yuki is in an area that a lot would consider as a beginner''s area, Yuki doesn''t really need to dodge it or felt the need to in the first place. In his perspective, It''s like he''s a college student in an elementary school. Everything is so basic. He can stand around in this area for a whole week, tank all the damages he receives, and still won''t die. This might be the case for him, but to others, that isn''t how they would see Yuki''s situation. For others, this might look like a newbie making mistakes for challenging a group of strong Monsters by accident. And since Yuki is wearing a very basic Equipment at that time, one can''t blame anyone for thinking that way. So when the attack is about to hit Yuki, something suddenly appeared in front of him and blocked the attack. "... Huh?" Yuki is a bit surprised by this as someone interrupted the attack he''s expecting. When Yuki looked at the thing that suddenly jumps in front of him, he saw a Pink looking weird slime. It had a grotesque feature and a weird shape for a slime. ".. A shield slime?" Yuki muttered to himself after seeing the one who seemingly "protected" him. But for some odd reason, Yuki felt a strange familiarity with this particular slime. He started going deep inside within his thought as he tries to figure out, why is that. But while Yuki is in the middle of his thoughts, the slime suddenly looked back at him and said with a high-pitched voice. A voice that sounds like it came out from an Anime Character. To which, surprised Yuki for a bit. "... I''m okay, Go attack them, I''ll hold them off, [ Knight''s Challenge ]." Immediately after that, all the Giants'' attention turned towards the blob in front of Yuki. The slime seems to have attracted the Giant''s agro on purpose. ".. Ugh! [ Mega Impact ]" Suddenly, the slime jumped from a far distance to get away from Yuki and activated a spell that makes the Slime''s body bloated. ".. Now! Attack them!" The slime shouted towards Yuki as all the Giants started throwing punches in every direction. This scene looks really funny for Yuki since it looks like the Giants were ganging up on a talking Rubber ball. But Yuki didn''t immediately act up because as he watches the comical scene in front of him, he suddenly realized why he felt the hint of familiarity towards the slime earlier. "... I finally found one of them huh?" Yuki muttered to himself as a smile appeared on his virtual imaginary face. "... Hurry!!" The slime shouted frustratedly cause while this is happening, the Giants are still throwing punches non-stop. "... Heh." Yuki chuckled a bit before releasing a defeated sigh while shaking his head lightly. "... Alright Alright. Hold on a second." Yuki suddenly brought out his inventory and throw away his current spear, after doing so, he pulled out a new one from the same inventory slot. *Zwissh* Immediately after that, the slime heard a strange sound, and the next thing it knew, all the giants around, vanished and turn into a wierd green and bluish light that flew towards Yuki again. ".. Huh? What the hell was that? Wait! You''re strong!" The slime said as it suddenly jumps towards Yuki. The slime looks towards Yuki''s spear and scans all over it. And look back towards at him again. "... Hey, would you like to form a party with me? I''m actually looking for someone to play with, but all the ones that I asked refused. I don''t know why though. But I''m a shield slime, I''m very useful. I can aggro some damage and attacks too, and also, I may not look like it, but I''m really experienced at playing MMORPGs so I''m not a complete newbie at all." Said by the slime in a very smug tone as it desperately asks Yuki to form a party. But Yuki on another hand is just standing there. Doing nothing. The Slime too did nothing as he waited for Yuki''s response. ".. Sure. Why not." Yuki said in a very casual way as a smile emoji appeared above him. "... *sigh* like I thought, you will also refus¡ª ... Wait? Did you just said, sure?" The slime said while looking so bewildered as it keeps walking around Yuki. "... Yeah, let''s do it." "... You''re sus." "... You''re the one who asked to party, did you not?" "... Oh yeah you''re right. I''m sorry. Anyway. *cough* Yes! I finally managed to form a party. Thank you so much, I promise you that you won''t regret this." Said by the Slime in a joyful tone. ".. Yeah, I know." Yuki opens up his console after this and sends a party invitation towards the slime in front of him. After that, the slime accepted the party invitation, and the party between these two players have officially been made. "... Oh~ Alright then. By the way, I know that my name is pretty long so you can just call me whatever you want. I don''t mind." "... Well, my name is pretty long too so you can just call me Raizel. Just like how the others call me." Yuki said towards the Slime in front of him. "... Alrighty. Anyways, It''s already shown there but I''ll introduce myself anyway. Just for the formalities." The Slime said as it stands in front of Yuki and do some poses, or at least that''s what it looks to be doing. "... Hello~ I''m Bukubukuchagama. Nice to meet you. I know that I''m pretty annoying sometimes, as the others told me, but I hope we can get along. Please take care of me." The Slime said with a joyful and playful tone as it bowed afterward. ".. Yeah, nice to meet you. Chagama-chan." ".. Nice to meet you too Raizel~ nii chan." The Slime said in a completely different tone as a winking emoji appeared above her. After hearing that, Yuki flinched a bit for some reason. He didn''t expect that one to come. And with this, these two''s journey in the world of YGGDRASIL, has finally begun, and Yuki''s reason for coming in this world has finally been achieved. A part of it that is, but he''ll surely see the full picture of it, and he can feel that it won''t take too long before that finally happen. ___________________________________________________________ Join my Patr-eon to support this fanfic and read the upcoming advance chapters. Pa-treon.com/Evrabonzz Chapter 26 On a certain area in Helheim, a group of Players is currently walking through a dark forest. The group was a combination of 2 Demihumans and 3 Humanoids. They''re all happily talking to each other when suddenly, one of them, a Player that seems to be an Elf, stopped walking while looking around the vicinity. Judging by his sudden behavior, It looks like he suddenly noticed something around, though their vicinity is pretty much empty. The action of the elf had immediately grabbed his colleagues'' attention as they all stopped too and look at the Elf. "... What is it?" One of them asked the elf. "... I think, I found one." The Elf answered while still doing his thing. "... Where is it?" Another one of them asked too. "... Wait, gimme a second." The Elf answered in a hurry, seemingly close to whatever he''s trying to find. Hearing this, the group looks at each other''s faces for a moment after that. Nobody needs to tell each other what to do as they all focus their attention on the Elf. Though the context of what''s happening may seem pretty vague for others, the group understood exactly what''s happening since they have already done this for many times now. ... Moments after that, the Elf finally stopped what he''s doing. He looks towards his colleagues and says something with a satisfied tone. "... Found it." *Dugksh!* Immediately after that, the Elf bursted out of his position and started running in a certain direction while the rest of the group, followed behind him. It didn''t take them long before they all stopped. The group crouched and hid behind a big boulder while looking in a certain direction. From a not-so-far distance, another Player that everyone can identify as a slime, is standing alone in an open field for an unknown reason. "... Only one?" Someone in the group said with a bit of a disappointed tone. "... Well, at least there''s something." The Elf said. "... *Sigh* I got my hopes up for nothing. I thought we''ll finally have a feast." Another one said. "... Hey, at least that slime is packing." "... Yeah, that slime has a decent level so that''ll do." The group pulls their attention away from the slime as they all discuss something within themselves. But as they''re talking, the Elf tapped one of his colleagues back to grab his attention. "... Huh? What is it?" "... I¡ª I think that slime is looking at us." The Elf said in a bit confused tone. "... Huh? There''s no wa¡ª" One of them was about to disagree, thinking that there''s no way that they''ll be detected. But when he took looked at the slime, he also saw that the slime indeed is looking towards their direction. Being spotted isn''t something to be surprised about since they didn''t use any anti-detection spell in the first place. But they were spotted by a slime, a Heteromorphic Player, a Player that''s below them. For them, this is pretty unexpected. "... Heh? Guess that slime is something huh?" "... Yeah." "... What should we do? Should we move now?" "... Yeah, let''s¡ª Huh?" They''re discussing things with each other while looking at the slime, but as they''re having their conversation, the Slime in their plain sight suddenly, disappeared. But they didn''t even have time to react any further when they suddenly heard a voice behind them. "... I know that I''m very pretty and very irresistible but what you''re doing right now is very creepy." This caught everyone''s attention as they all look behind just to see the slime that they''re looking at a second ago from a far, now standing close to them. ".... Hahaha!" "... HAHAHA." ... While looking at the slime, the Group suddenly laughed out loud. For them, the current situation is so funny. "... What''s so funny?" The slime asked, clearly annoyed that she''s being laughed at. After a couple of seconds, the Group stopped laughing and face the Slime. "... *Sigh* Instead of running away, you came to us. That''s not how it works you know? HAHA." One of the guys in the group said towards the Slime. "... Of course I will come to you guys. How can I beat the sh*t out of you from afar?" The slime spat back with her tiny cute voice that doesn''t really match with the things she''s saying. "... You got guts, I give you that." "... Well, you really are strong compared to other Heteromorphics we''ve seen, but you''re far from beating at least one of us." "... Are you that confident? HAHA. That''s cute." "... Yep, sorry. You''re right, I can''t beat you guys. I''m just a cute slime after all." The Slime said with her cute and tiny voice. The group laughed for a moment, finding the slime funny, but after all that, they all sighed and look at each other. ".. Alright, as planned, it''s my turn now, right?" ".. Yeah, yeah. Go for it." ".. Okay~" After that, one of them stepped forward and drew out his sword. (AN: I''ll be calling this one, "Guy". Gosh I''m so creative.) "... Miss, you got a cute voice, I can spare you if you add me on Instagarm." Said the Guy as he approaches the slime. "... Onii-chan, are you telling the truth?" The Slime said in a cute voice. it''s as if, a little girl asked a question. "... Uwah~ being called Onii-chan makes me feel so great for some reason. Yeah, keep calling me that Haha." The Guy said laughingly. "... Oh okay. But Onii~chan, judging from your voice, you sound ugly as f*ck. Hehe." The slime said, which agitated the guy that''s approaching her greatly. "... Oh really? Haha. Then prepare to die over and over again b*tch!" Said the Guy as he finally reach the slime. As he finished saying this, he raised his sword above him and ready himself to swing it down towards the slime. Seeing the sword that was about to befall unto her, the Slime seemingly crouched and started to shake in fear. At least that''s what she seems to be doing. "... Oh no, I''m so scared. Please don''t do it Onii~chan." Said the slime as she begged, though anyone can tell that she''s just being sarcastic. "... DIE B*TCH!" The Guy shouted as he finally reach the end of his patience. But when he was about to slash his sword towards the Slime, the Slime stopped shaking as she suddenly looked towards him, which made the Guy pause for a moment. "... I had fun. Now, die you piece of sh*ts." Said the Slime in a completely different tone than her usual cute and tiny voice. But before the human could even react to it, the slime suddenly raised her supposed to be right hand. And from her hand, the Guy saw that she was holding a small wooden doll. He knows what this item is, it''s an Exchange Puppet. A chill suddenly runs through his spine after seeing this for some reason. He needs to stop the Slime from using this, but unfortunately, he''s too late to react as a terrifying face suddenly appeared right in front of his eyes. "... Are you ready to die now? OH~ NII~ CHAN?" The face that suddenly appeared in front of him and replaced the pink slime was a face that he''s familiar with. This is a face that every PKers know and do not want to see or even encounter ever. Of course, who could it be but Yuki. The Guy was frozen due to a great emotional shock for a second. But the moment that he was pulled back to reality, he immediately swings down his sword towards Yuki. *Swishk!* He managed to land the strike on Yuki and perform a slice from Yuki''s left shoulder. ".. Hah!... Huh?" But when he was about to celebrate, he suddenly noticed that Yuki''s HP didn''t even move. Which is weird. If this kind of strike was done to other normal Player, it will surely be an instant kill. "... This isn''t fair. How is that even possible." The Guys said in a tone full of disbelief. Yuki that looks like he wasn''t even bothered by the attack he just received, put his right arm on the Guy''s left shoulder and sigh heavily. "... The trash gets picked up tomorrow. Be ready." Immediately after Yuki said that, the Guy was suddenly pierced by a spear on his ?h?st. It all happened so fast that the companions of the Guy that is standing at the far back, was so surprised by the development in front of them. Yuki looks at the group of Players in front of him and says with a smile. ".. Now, who''s next? I''ll gently Onii~chan the sh*t out of you guys. I promise." ????? Two minutes after that, two players are to be seen walking away from the area where everything just happened. Of course, the one that has a Humanoid characteristic but has a scary face is Yuki, and the Odd-looking Pink slime is Bukubukuchagama. "... Grr! Those piece of sh*ts, they have no considerations. I already did my best to act cute but they still wanted to kill me? We should have killed them all until they have nothing left." Said by Bukubukuchagama "... Isn''t that the Plan anyway? They''re just prepared and used an escape item that''s why we didn''t manage to do any of that." Said by Yuki towards Bukubukuchagama as they continue to walk throughout the dark forest. It''s already been a month since Bukubukuchagama and Yuki made a party. Whenever they''re both online, they will always play and hunt together. Yuki helped Bukubukuchagama to gain exp since she was still new to the game. And Bukubukuchagama also helped Yuki on hunting some PKers by acting as bait, just like what she just did not so long ago. During this one month, Yuki and Bukubukuchagama became really good friends. Yuki had more free time in real life that''s why he''s always online, but Bukubukuchagama had a job, that''s why she can''t play YGGDRASIL as often as Yuki does. But they''re always together whenever they had a chance. During this one month of playing YGGDRASIL together, they already talked a lot of things about themselves. Obviously, Yuki already knows who Bukubukuchagama is in real life. In real life, she is actually a famous voice actress. Yuki even knows what she looks like through the picture she has online. But Bukubukuchagama didn''t expect this since she just said to Yuki that she''s a voice actress, not exactly who she is. Yuki also found out that Bukubukuchagama''s real-life appearance was a cute chubby looking girl that love wearing skirts, because almost all the clothes that she was wearing in her pictures online were all skirts. She also had a mainstream stage name, Kazeumi Kumi. But her fans always call her Kaze-chin. Bukubukuchagama was really embarrassed when she heard that Yuki found her online, and also discovered her exact job of being a voice actress for some eroge games or animes. And that she is specialized in Loli characters at that. But that only makes them both really good friends since they didn''t need to be secretive towards each other anymore. Bukubukuchagama also said that she had a little brother that is also playing YGGDRASIL, and that he played the game much earlier than her. Though they don''t play together since she''s still weak and that''ll damage her pride as the big sister. At least that''s Chagama''s reasoning. Yuki knows exactly who Bukubukuchagama''s little brother is since he''s a pretty well-known character. It''s Peroroncino, one of the 41 supreme beings of Nazarick, and also the creator of Shalltear in the original story. ????? Yuki was currently roaming around at the edges of the Helheim with Bukubukuchagama. They always go around in this part of the world for many reasonable reasons. One, it''s because this is the appropriate level and place for the current Bukubukuchagama. Even though Bukubukuchagama had leveled up already during this one month of playing, it''s still not enough for her to explore in the deep part of the World. Since not only the Monsters are much stronger there, the terrains are also much worst that which could danger any Players if they didn''t equip the appropriate equipment before going to those places. Two, Because this is where the majority of the Heteromorphics are. All new and old Heteromorphics are in this part of the area to grind exp and level up. Since this is a place where many Heteromorphic Players stay, then that means, this is also a place where many PKers love to go. And everyone knows how Yuki loves PKers so much. Yuki still had a Third reason for these actions of his, and that Third is probably the Main reason for being in this World. ????? While they were walking along the area, Yuki suddenly saw someone walking in their direction. A fellow Player. After seeing this, Yuki halted his footsteps and look towards the incoming player. He also signaled Bukubukuchagama to stop. After a moment, that particular Player also noticed the two of them. Seeing that the two of them are looking at him directly, that Player got intrigued about the deal of these two and decided to stop in front of them. The moment when that Player arrived in front of them, it immediately scans Yuki and Bukubuku and noticed that the weird slime are being somewhat wary of him. Which made him laugh for a bit. ".. Haha. Relax my fellow Players. I''m also a Heteromorphic like you so please don''t be too alarmed." He said towards the slime with a relaxed and calming voice. "... Don''t worry, we''re actually not." Yuki said passively. But actually, seeing the Player in front of them, made Yuki smile in real life. "... Yeah, If more, I''m just intrigued by your Armor. You''re like a knight in shining Armor. It looks cool" Said by Bukubukuchagama as she turned her voice back to Loli mode again. Whenever she is talking with Yuki alone, she always uses her original voice but whenever she is talking with someone, she turns her Loli voice back for some unknown reasons. "... Oh oh~ I think that you should wear those kinds of Armors too Raizel-nii chan." Bukubukuchagama said. ".. Well, I have Armors like that, though not a big fan of white and shining ones." Said by Yuki as he dodges the question about cool-looking Armors since he loves to wear a crappy-looking light Armors to bait the PKers of thinking he was a newbie Player. "... Oh, are you two... Siblings?" The Player in front of them asked since Bukubuku called Yuki "nii~chan". "... Ah n¡ª" "... YES! He''s my Onii-chan. He even promised to marry me once I grew up. Hehe~" Bukubukuchagama interrupted Yuki and clung onto him while saying that. Though the scene is a bit funny due to Chagama''s slime body. ".. I¡ª I see. What a lovely bond you have. You seem pretty close to your little sister right here." The Armored player said towards Yuki. "... That''s not it. Hey Chagama, stop that!" Yuki said as he pushes Bukubuku away. ".. Tch! What a bummer." Bukubukuchagama said as her voice turn back to normal. The Armored Player in front of them flinched a little bit while watching the scene unfold in front of him. After all that, the three of them had conversations about a bunch of stuff. The Armored Player in front of them asked them a couple of things, and they also did the same. They''re exchanging questions for about a while. Yuki also asked plenty of questions about the Armored Player in front of him, but the truth is, Yuki knows already the identity of the man in front of him. Yuki decided to roam in the Edges of Helheim mainly because of his-called "Third reason", and a part of that reason is the man in front of them itself. After a while, they finally ended their discussions and they all somehow become friends. When the Armored Player discovered that the two of them were also trying to help the other Heteromorphics that are being hunted, the man became really happy since he also have the same goal. To help his fellow Heteromorphics. He came to this world to do just that and right off the bat, he met two individuals that have the same goal as him. After all those discussions, Yuki suggested an idea to the Armored Player in front of them. He offered him to join their party and execute their goal together, which he happily accepted. It didn''t take a while before the three of them became an official party group. "... I know that it''s pretty obvious, but just for the sake of formalities, my full IGN is Cadis Etrama Di Raizel. I know that it''s pretty long so you can just call me Raizel Instead. And this weird-looking slime right here is Bukubukuchagama." Yuki said as he introduced himself and Bukubukuchagama to the player in front of them. ".. It''s really nice to meet you two. I''m really glad to meet some people inside the game who also liked helping those that are in need. I hope that we can work well together on implementing justice." The Armored Player said while shaking Yuki''s hand. In return, Yuki just smiled and reply with a joyful tone. ".. Oh, you don''t know how glad we are to finally meet someone like you, Touch Me - san." And with that, a large part of Yuki''s "Third Reason", has been completed. _____________________________________________________________________ Joining my Pat-reon to support this fanfic and read the advanced chapters. Already uploading at least 4 to 5 chapters a week :) so be sure to check it out. Pat-reon.com/Evrabonzz Chapter 27 Starting next week, this will be the official Chapter release schedule. 3 or 4 chapters a week. To some, this might sound cheap and less. I get what you guys feels, but trust me, this is a much better scenario than what we currently have. ???? The exact day is not something I can be sure. I''ll probably release it all consecutively, randomly, or all of it in just a day. I don''t know. So, happy reading! That''s all. Have a nice day. _________________________________________________________________________ In the middle of the woods. A certain player had suddenly appeared. His whole body was glowing, indicating that he just died not so long ago and got respawn in this area. That Player didn''t waste any time as he immediately ran away the moment he found out that he can freely move already. The way he ran away looks like he was running away from something, he''s running fast like he''s running for his dear life. He keeps running for a whole couple of minutes until suddenly... *Shing!* His whole body suddenly glowed for some reason. He knows what''s happening, and what''s about to happen next, but he''s too slow to react. Immediately after the light engulfed his whole body, he got paralyzed. Or at least that''s what happened. He can''t move a single limb. And since he was in the middle of running when it happened, he stumbled and falls to the ground miserably. The paralyzation didn''t last that long and immediately wear off its effects, but it already did the job of stopping him from his tracks. "... Got some points!" "... Two more and I''ll be able to change class." "... Hurry up and finish him." While lying down on the ground, he suddenly noticed that a group of individuals are approaching him from behind. Given by their distinctive figures, these fellows seem to be Players too. Clearly, if someone were to look at this. They''ll surely see the comparison in levels between him and the group of Players. The group of Players is equipped with some good pieces of Equipment while he had nothing but a poor-looking robe. "... A freaking inhuman." "... You''re disgusting." It looks like the Group has an intention to harm him, and they don''t want to waste any more time and do nothing but that immediately. Knowing what they planned to do, he looked back at the Group, hoping that if he plead enough, they''ll have a sudden change of hearts and just let him be free. But he immediately realized that that''s impossible to happen because as he turn his head towards the group, he immediately saw that one of them, the Guy that has a full Black heavy Armor, raised his two-handed ax and is about to swing it down towards him already. But suddenly, before anything could happen... *Slash* ~ *Slash* ~ *Slash* ~ *Slash* ~ The Group of Players was suddenly attacked by an unknown entity. The attack was so fast that none of them seems to realize it. Not only fast but strong too since all it took to kill them all was only a single attack. ".. o-Oah." The Player that has a poor-looking robe, watches his supposed killers get annihilated in a matter of seconds with awe. After getting attacked and killed, the Group of Players disappeared on their spot, revealing, what seems to be a fellow Player too, who did all that. That Player is wearing a full shining white Armor, holding a one-handed shield on his left hand and a sword on the other hand. ".. A~ Ah... W¡ª Why did you save me? A player you don''t even know. A¡ª And why is there a background music?" The Player with a poor-looking robe ask as he suddenly heard Wild West music in the background as the Player in front of him appeared. "... Saving someone who is in trouble is common sense." Said by the White armored guy while doing a bunch of poses then a bold Text that says... [ JUSTICE HAS ARRIVED ] had appeared behind him. He completely ignored the second question. The Player that has a poor-looking robe was astonished by this as he just keeps looking at the man. To him, this guy seems to be some kind of superhero. But as he was in the middle of admiration, they suddenly heard some claps from a not-so-far distance. ~ *Clap* ~ *Clap* Behind a certain tree at the back of the White Armored Player, two other Players were hiding, at least that seems to be what they''re doing, while clapping towards their direction. One of them has a Humanoid appearance and the other one has a figure that greatly resembles a slime. "... Whoo~ Touch-san that''s so cool! I''m a big fan." Said by the Humanoid one that''s wearing some shabby light armor and a smiling mask. "... Kya~ So Cool! I''m getting wet already!" Said by the slime one in a very childish voice. It''s pretty obvious already that these two are Yuki and Bukubukuchagama. And since this is the case, then that makes the White Armored Player, no other than but Touch me. "... *sigh* You guys... A¡ª Anyway, are you alright. Are being spammed kill?" Touch Me ignored the two like he was so used to it already and just focuses on the Player in front of him. ".. A¡ª ah yes, Thank you for saving me. Actually, it''s my third time already, and supposed to be the fourth if you hadn''t come and saved me." ".. Well, that''s a good thing that we are near around the area when that happened." After all that, they talked for a moment about a lot of things. The Player that the trio had to save was a Newbie. He just started playing the game a week ago and immediately on his first day of playing YGGDRASIL, he was constantly PK''ed by a lot of PKers already. He also said that he''s even thinking of just quitting the game since getting killed a lot is not really enjoyable. Though the trio seemed to have changed this thoughts of his for a bit. So given how kind Touch Me''s character is, when he heard this, he immediately offered the Player to join their party and help each other out. Of course, he asked Yuki''s and Bukubukuchagama''s opinion too, but all of them seems to be on the same page so there''s no any problem. The Player with a poor-looking robe was so glad to hear this and immediately accepts the offer. "... Thank you so much Touch me-san, Raizel-san, and Chagama-chan. I''m really glad to meet the three of you here. Even though you didn''t know me, you still decided to help me. Thank you very much." Said the Player with a poor-looking robe as he bows towards the three of them. ".. Don''t worry about it, we just did what''s right, and that''s to help all the people in need." Said by Touch me. ".. Yeah~ Let''s just do our best to fight off those mean guys that love to hurt our fellow Heteromorphic Players. Right Raizel-nii chan?" Said by Bukubukuchagama ".. Y¡ª yeah, like what she said. *Cough* Anyway, since they already used all the available cool lines about justice and stuff, and I can''t seem to think about some good new ones on the spot... I''ll just do the welcoming I guess." Yuki said as he walk towards the Player with a poor-looking robe and stop in front of him. "... So. I officially welcome you to the team, Momonga-san. Let''s do our best together." Yuki said with a smile (emoji) which the Player named Momonga, positively responded. And with that, another member in their Party of three has been successfully added. But no one seems to appreciate this fact more than Yuki has. For him, Momonga being on their team is like finally eating Oreos with milk after a long time. It just feels so complete. So with that, a massive part of Yuki''s "Third Reason" has been completed, now, he can finally roam the world freely. He doesn''t need to find anyone anymore, at least that''s how it is for now. He can finally play the game normally again. In these past Months in Helheim, only a few selected PK groups feared Yuki''s presence since Yuki can only do minimal work due to him focusing on his "Third Reason", but now that his chains in Helheim got removed, and all of his goals, for now, has been completed, he can finally show why Niflheim back then was the most feared places. Now, PKers in Helheim can finally experience the true weight of his presence. The Uno reverse card has been activated and it''s now their time to feel how it is to run. How it is to be hunted. How it is to beg for your life. At the moment, Yuki can only lick his lips while thinking about the things he''ll start tomorrow. But when the time comes, he''ll surely make everyone in this world understand what being the World Terror means. "... Let there be Carnage. HAHAHA." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "... U¡ª um, who is he talking to?" Momonga asked seeing Raizel laughing maniacaly alone in a certain corner. "... Don''t ask, just ignore him." Bukubukuchagama replied with a passive tone while she''s operating something within her console. "... He''s just like that sometimes." Touch Me said in a low tone as he lean forward to Momonga. "... Oh, okay." Momonga agrees. Though deep down, he just don''t know what''s going on and he''s greatly confused. _____________________________________________________________________ Join my pat-reon and read the 10 advanced chapters. Pat-reon.com/Evrabonzz Chapter 28 It''s already been a week since Yuki, Bukubukuchagama, Touch me, and Momonga formed a party together. They have constantly played the game together, grind exps, finished some quests and missions, finding some dungeons, trashing every PK party they will encounter, and of course, playing some Campaign together. The Campaign is the original or main quest that YGGDRASIL offers to every Player. Through these quests, one will see the whole lore of the YGGDRASIL itself. Its current story, Origin, Conflicts, Purposes, Secrets, Places, and especially, what lies within it. The Campaign has a lot of tasks and missions in it that all the Players need to follow. And by completing it and following each mission that is given to them, based on which world they are in, will eventually lead them to some Unique Places, Bosses, and most of all, the infamous World Enemies. Things that can give anyone riches just by having the information about their location alone. All the missions on the Campaign of YGGDRASIL are connected to its Lore. But even though it sounds easy, one can''t just play the Campaign as they please, since the majority of the missions or quests in it, will not be served in front of them like breakfast in the morning. One will need need to get something or finish some of the conditions through a variety of means before they are given a hint about the next thing they needed to do. Which is not easily accomplished. This is the sole reason why Informations in YGGDRASIL are very valuable. The Campaign missions might be easy at first, but they become more ridiculous as it goes on. According to the lore, back in the day, the World Tree YGGDRASIL had countless amounts of leaves, but then a giant monster appeared which devoured these leaves, causing them to fall one after the other until only nine were left. These nine leaves were the previous incarnations of the Nine Worlds. However, the leaf-eating Monster continued its advance to the point where it seeks to devour the remaining leaves. This was the backstory upon which the Players adventured into their own world in order to protect it. This very thing is the main foundation of the Campaign itself. Players would step out into the unknown and face dangers to protect their own world. As obvious and as redundant as it is, playing the Campaign wasn''t an easy task. Not only because of its difficulties but also because some of the Missions or Quests required a certain number of Players in a certain group. Be it by a Clan, Party, or even a Guild. A World Enemy was described to be an immensely powerful, Boss-level Monster, hidden deep in the game. Following the Campaign Missions will eventually lead you to them. There were thirty-two of these extraordinary monsters in total, and one could infer the dev team''s love of dragons from the number of draconic entities among them. At least that''s what the rumors within the community said. Legends has it that even if thirty level 100 Players work together, fully prepared and forewarned of the battle ahead, entering combat with any one of these World Enemies, the outcome of the match would still be in doubt. If one of these monsters had appeared before them, it would be a threat, even with the full force of the current Rank one Guild. World Enemies'' attacks could bypass the racial resistances of Heteromorphic monsters or any Players. By YGGDRASIL standard, despite a legion, composed of six parties of six players each (36 players in total), they would still not have much of a chance against these unimaginably powerful creatures. While World Enemies are level-breaking monsters, even the weakest one is estimated to be at least level 100, but most of them are higher. They were the first type of monsters confirmed to have a cap that is beyond level 100. If that is not enough for them to be considered as OP. Well, they are also immune to the harmful abilities of World Items like Longinus. But funny enough, the very first Player that made the first discovery is, a pretty well-known Player named, Cadiz Etrama Di Raizel. Yes. It''s no other than Yuki. Though the community is not surprised when they heard this news for the very first time. All Player''s reaction at that time was more like... "Of course, it''s gotta be him." The first discovery is back when Yuki''s still in Niflheim. It''s already a piece of known information that Yuki is the first Player to explore the whole Niflheim. Through this process, he also became the sole King of Niflheim, which made his link to the World, that started to form when he became its World Champion, stronger than ever. Things happened, yada yada, then somehow, he managed to gain access through the whole Niflheim. He got the ability to Control, Manage, and See some things within it. Meaning, he managed to see everything that that World has to offer, and through heaven''s luck, that also includes the Secret Place where one of the World Enemies resides. What happened to the World Enemy? Did anyone manage to successfully Raid it? Actually, other than Yuki, no one knows. Yuki didn''t even release the information about his discovery and it just got leaked within the community for some unknown reason. But no one knows what happened exactly or where is the exact location even. Only Yuki and Yuki alone know where is it and what did he do to it. Disclaimer. Though Yuki explored the whole Niflheim, it doesn''t mean that the World has nothing to offer any more for other Players. Yuki is the only one that managed to see all of it, and for the others, everything is still fresh and a mystery. The second Discovery is actually pretty recent. It was discovered, not so long ago before Yuki''s party with Bukubukuchagama, Touch me, and Momonga has been formed. It was publicly announced 1 week before their party was formed. It was discovered by a certain Guild that is in the middle of a Raid in a certain part of Midgard. They publicly announced it because they are asking for ?ssistance since it''s too impossible for them to take on the Monster with their force alone. Many players have partaken in the event since for the YGGDRASIL''s community, this is their first World Enemy class Monster. At least the first one they that get to fight. This caused an uproar since a strong monster like that could have a really good reward if defeated. If defeated that is, since up until now, the news of the first World Enemy being defeated has yet to be announced. But for Yuki and the rest of the party, it doesn''t matter at all. It''s not like they don''t want to participate in it but more like, they simply just can''t. Just like any other, that is also not interested in joining the Event, they have so many things that are needed to be done. Given the Classes, Levels, the number they had, and the world where the event is happening, they just can''t go even if they want to. Bukubukuchagama and Momonga was still a newbie and low-level players at this point. Even though Yuki keeps shoving them some 100% EXP boost on their throats, they still have a long way to go before reaching the minimum standards for that kind of Raids. Not to mention that Touch me and Yuki''s World champion classes are also in need of leveling up. Yuki''s World Terror is already at level 4 and close to reaching the peak, but that''s only because he''s playing for almost every day, but since Touch me had a real-life job, he can''t play the game as often as Yuki does, that''s why his World Champion class is still at an early level 2. A void might complain why leveling up is so slow, and it''s been a long time already since they got it. Well, that''s because World Champion Class is Unique, therefore the conditions of Leveling it up are also Unique. And it just so happens that the Uniqueness of this class is quite a b*tch. That''s why even for an avid Gamer like Yuki, it''s still quite hard. So overall, it means that Yuki and his Party can''t do any better right now but grind Exps and Gain levels as much as they can. That''s the only path they can take for the current them right now. ???????????????? As time passes by, they gained new members to their little party. It all adds up until it reached the number of nine members. It all started with Bukubukuchagama''s little brother and was followed by the rest of the people that were originally mentioned in the OG novel. A very fortunate thing to happen in Yuki''s case. This is the list of the current nine Players that are in the group right now. Touch Me Cadiz Etrama Di Raizel Bukubukuchagama Peroroncino Nishikienrai Wish III Warrior Takemikazuchi Amanomahitotsu It is actually different compared to the first nine original members of the Nine''s own goal in the Original story. Since Bukubukuchagama and Peroroncino weren''t supposed to join the group this Early. And some of the group that is in the original wasn''t in here yet. ????????????? The moment that they reached the Nine members, Yuki suggested forming a clan already which Touch me and the rest agrees. And like in the Original, their clan was named [ Nine''s own goal ]. Yuki didn''t reject or oppose the idea about the name since it doesn''t matter at all. Well, at least it''s much better than the [ Nine Loli Hunters ] that Peroronchino proposed. While they are in the process of making the Clan, they also choose between themselves on who they wanted to be the leader of the clan. Of course, when it comes to this part of the decision, there are only two choices to choose from. Either Yuki or Touch me. Touch me was known to be a very strong player by the rest of the group since they know that he was a high-tiered player, and they already witnessed his strength personally whenever they are engaged in battles. And they of course know that he was a World Champion, which amazed them greatly. All of that combined with his unique sense of justice and good heart makes him a good leader. But Touch me said that he didn''t mind if Yuki took the Position as the Clan Leader which Yuki immediately refused. Yuki said that he didn''t want any type of responsibility and headache. He also said that he was okay with the idea of Touch me being the leader, and he just wanted to be in the shadows, like a secret weapon because he thinks that it makes him even cooler. Like a hidden someone that stops the one in power in case they misuse their position. Yuki hugged the whole Noblesse vibes on this one. The rest of the group laughed at the idea but agreed to it anyway since they know what Yuki is like. Touch Me is strong, but Yuki is just on a different level. They''re aware of this very fact. After that, the group decided that Touch me will be the leader of the newly profound clan. And thus, the Clan [ Nine''s own Goal ] was officially established. ????????????? It''s already been a couple of months since the Clan was created and they already gained some new members. They''re not really picky on choosing new members for the clan yet but there are not much of players who wanted to join. That''s why the clan is really not that big. It''s already been a couple of months but from the original nine members, they only managed to add 16 new members. All of them were mentioned in the OG story, Yuki knows them all except for one player that joined the Clan. But Since all the members of the clan other than Yuki had a Job in real life, they can''t play the game that much. Touch me sets a particular day in a week when everyone in the group is free and needs to play the game so they can play the game altogether. Its purpose was also just to not gather but information sharing as well. Since all of them are busy, of course, other than Yuki, they all played the game on separate days. They are in situation like; Some are free on this day, some are not. In the 25 members of their clan, only 5 to 8 random members of the clan are to be seen online every day, of course, other than the day that Touch me has set, the meeting day where everyone needs to attend. So the purpose of the weekly meeting was to share the information they all gathered throughout the week. It can be either a new place they found on the map, or new dungeons to raid, or a quest and event that they can do. They all do that for every single week that has passed. They didn''t just stay in a single world, they jumped and go to another world as well. And they''re also scattered sometimes. They multiplied themselves into 5 different teams, each team will go to different worlds or sometimes in the same world but a different part of that world. Their purpose of doing that is to explore and discover a new part of that world that has yet to explore and find things that no other player has discovered. Like a source of different kinds of materials like mines, or new dungeons to explore, or maybe World items since some of the World items are just scattered around the whole YGGDRASIL, and maybe, find a new area to explore or enter. This kind of thing is the goal of the Nine''s own goal clan. To find a Hidden place because it contains some high-value data crystals and drops, it might also have some treasures. But inside Yuki''s mind, he already knows the very important place which will play the most important role in his whole plan. The Nazarick. He didn''t need to explore the whole Nine World just to know where it is because it was mentioned already in the Novel back in Yuki''s old world when he was still reading the Overlord''s franchise. But he knows that it was not the time yet as he still needs to do a lot of things before they all go to that place since that place is very dangerous, and they need to clear that whole dungeon in just a single attempt since it will give them a much better reward if they manage to clear it in just one attempt. That''s why Yuki didn''t need to rush things, but that doesn''t mean that he can just sit everywhere and take his time¡ª No! He needs to hurry up and do the things that he needed to do, since in the original, Nishikienrai is the one who found the place where Nazarick is, and if Nishikienrai manages to find it, it''s not impossible for anyone to do the same. Since he was a being that is not supposed to be in this world, he might trigger some events that are not known to him. And since he already did, just like him winning the World Champion, and changing the first 9 of the Nine''s own goal and many other things, he didn''t want to mess with the timeline anymore or any further than that since the bu??erfly effect of each action he did, might cause him greatly and result to some results that might break his original plans. He''s in a situation where he doesn''t need to rush things, but he can''t also relax. Now, all he can do is pray that everything he wants to happen, happens. Latom. ____________________________________________________________________________ Join my Patr-eon and unlock the advance 12 Chapters. Patr-eon.com/Evrabonzz Chapter 29 AN: HEY! I AM VACCINATED NOW! BANZAI! And now I''m feeling sick. Just great. I''m currently recovering to the tremendous side effects of the Giga Chad serum they injected on me, so understand why I can''t fulfil my qouta yet. That''s all. Bye. _______________________________________________________________ During the days that had passed, the intensity that every activity that the clan [ Nine''s own Goal ] had, have raised to a certain amount for various reasons. And of course, being a member of the same clan, Yuki had done the same things. Though unlike the others, he''s not with any of his Clanmates, more like, he doesn''t have a group at all. No, it''s not like no one wants to be grouped with him, actually, it was him that suggested doing everything alone. He wants to do the expedition solo since he believes that it is more faster and efficient if he does it this way. Things that are most unlikely to happen if he''s together with someone. That or he just probably doesn''t want any liability. Whatever the case is, his clanmates just let him do his own thing, thinking that he had his reasons, which they understand to some degree. Also, after two months of grinding, Yuki finally managed to max out his World Terror class. On the other hand, Touch Me still has a long way to go but it won''t be that long before he could also do the same. Given by their activeness as a clan, they''re already starting to get recognized by many Players. Though this should be a type of news that they should be happy about, it seems that throughout the whole members, Yuki is the only one who''s so happy about this news. They''re indeed recognized, but by the wrong set of Players, and by being recognized means, being targeted by a lot. As they''re climbing within the ranks as a Clan, many Players, or PKers in general, tried to pay a visit and ruin their little clan, though fortunate enough, no one seems to have been successful in doing such a thing. Since the clan was really active, and all the Members are very enthusiastic, it became a Clan that has a very solid foundation. Something that no Player can break with such ease. But to grow even stronger, they need to be more active, which is what they''re currently doing. They complete various missions and tasks. Gather some Materials. Do some campaigns. Campaigning will eventually lead them to some Bosses and Dungeons. Which, whenever happens, they always take a break, call the rest of the clan, then do it all together. Days and Months had passed and this kind of thing had always repeated itself. Explore, Fights, Raids, Meetings, then Repeat. It''s what they do over and over again. This might not change anytime soon, if more, it might be just like this for a very long time. It''s already been a year since the Clan was formed. The Clan had a total of 31 members now. Due to Yuki''s chaotic presence that seemed to have jumbled the timeline for a but, there''s some members that he didn''t recognize. Though thankfully, no one seems to be missing from the original members of the clan that''s supposed to be here, there''s just some bunch that has been added. But all of that didn''t affect Yuki that much. Being with the members everyday, all of them became Yuki''s friends already. Especially for the first nine members since Yuki had been with them much longer than the others. Though during these past months, many events had happened within the clan. The majority of the Clan members had already reached Level 100, some of them have yet to achieve that but they''re already close so there''s not much of a difference. They also managed to acquire a lot of materials and items throughout their explorations. They also discovered a large mining spot somewhere in Nidavellir. Of course, finding such a gem they immediately monopolized that mine as it became the main source of materials for their Equipment and Stuff. They managed to clean out the Mine after a whole month. They''re lucky that no one had found that place other than them so they didn''t encounter any sort of troubles. They really did gain a lot from that mine. Of course, it was equally distributed to all of them, since all of them really need a lot of resources and materials for the weapon, Items, and pieces of equipment that they''re planning to create or upgrade. Except for Yuki that is. So when the clan gave Yuki''s share to him, he just refused. He just told them that they need it more than him. Yuki isn''t being considerate, though, for others, it might look like it. He simply just can''t take it because the amount is too cute for him. It''s like a kid, giving pennies to a guy that likes to spend Millions. They''re giving a portion of what they got from a single mine when Yuki, in these past years, had been indulging in mining galore, Milking the sh*t out of every mine in Niflheim, and still complaining about his gains. It''s just too little for him to be content. So it''s just like what Yuki said. "Let the kids have their Candies." So overall, other than Yuki, they''re all happy with their gains. But whatever reason they have, materials are Important for them, since the majority of them are still lacking on Equipments that have good quality. At least, "Good Quality" in their own standards. But they all managed to overcome it all through teamwork and communication. They''re a whole team after all. But even after all those teamwork and stuff. Arguments among clansmen are inevitable. Conflicts within the clan members grow as days pass by. There''s even a certain day when Touch me had a really huge disagreement with one of the members of the Clan. This resulted in a very bad atmosphere within the Clan. During those days, some of the members have been in a very awkward and gloomy situation. The internal conflict within the Clan back then had left a great scar on some of the Member''s hearts. Only Yuki seemed less affected about the whole situation as he''s the one who would sometimes calm his friends down and say some jokes just to lighten up the mood and break the ice between them. He would even go and talk to Momonga and Touch me sometimes since both of them are the most affected by what happened. According to some of them, it felt like a stain on the glorious memories of a closely-knit clan. Although the conflict was long over, Touch Me developed some guilt over that past matter, feeling that the wrongdoing he had caused created friction with other clan members ever since. But even though the rest of the clan members had started to get over it. Sometimes, Yuki would still see Touch me getting troubled by something, even Momonga and Peroroncino had noticed it. They would sometimes go and ask Touch me about it but he''s just brushing them off while saying to not worry about it. But after all that, everything came back to normal. The whole Clan had gone back to their own businesses and continued to do the things they''re doing every day before that ordeal. No one had ever mentioned the things that had happened on those days and they all decided to just forget about it. Their Clan as a whole, possessed Two world items. The Atlas and The Hygieia''s Chalice. Those two are founded by Wish III and Tabula while they''re on their own explorations. But even though they found it, it was treated as a Clan Treasures. They all agreed that it was a part of the clan and if ever someone wants to use it for something, they all should vote for it. Nobody within them has the right to just use them without any permission from the other members. Even Touch Me himself. But during this, Yuki voiced out his opinion. Since Yuki and the Clan were only using a rented base as their "Main Base". And since Yuki knows that the safety of these World Item isn''t guaranteed here if they choose to keep them here. He chooses to act and propose the idea to them, that he should hold onto them until they finally have a much more secure place to put them. Though Yuki is friends with all the Clan Members, he''s not that close in each and every one of them. So those who don''t know Yuki well, especially the new members that joined their Clan not so long ago, doubted Yuki. Which made Yuki laugh hysterically, confusing those who asked about his capabilities in protecting the World Items. After that, Yuki immediately slapped them with a massive Flex on their faces. "... I''m the Strongest Player in the whole YGGDRASIL. The current Rank one. I can trash the Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth-ranked Player with ease even if they were to come at me together. So if you believe that I can''t protect these World Items, then that means, no one can." [ ???? ] Other than those who know Yuki very well, all of them had seemed to swallow their own tongue. Some of them, especially those who cannot believe it, looked towards Touch Me as he is the current 3rd Rank Player. Someone that Yuki added in the Players, that according to him, he can easily beat. Their gaze seemed to be saying "... Did you hear what he just said? Aren''t you going to say something about that?" Which Touch Me replied, much to their disbelief. "... Well, It''s the truth though. Can''t argue about that." After Touch Me said that, Peroronchino followed up, as if to support Yuki''s opinion earlier. "... In any case, it''s already a well-known fact that Raizel already holds multiple World Items. Entrusting these two in his hands seemed to be a good idea." After hearing these, the Clan Members that don''t know about these facts about Yuki up until now, had been mind-blown beyond reach. He is carrying a bunch of World Item around with him ever since? He is the 1st Rank Player? Then Why isn''t he the Leader? Why do we not know this? Why did no one tell us about these? That we have the Current Rank one in our Clan. These are the questions they had in their mind after all that. They don''t know who Raizel is exactly before after these happenings, they just know that he''s a high rank Player and an important part of the Clan since he''s a founding Member, that''s all. No other information other than his name is Raizel. They don''t know him, but they do know the Famous Rank One. About his achievements, the greatness of that Players, the issues he has, the weight of his name, all the Titles he have, the Merits he accumulated, and kinds of stuff like that. For them, as a fellow Heteromorphic Player, the Rank One is their living Idol in YGGDRASIL. And that same Player is with them all along? A void might ask. How did they not see Yuki''s info if anyone in YGGDRASIL can just check someone''s basic info such as IGNs through their very own consoles? And why did no one tell anyone about Yuki''s real information then? Why did they hide it from the others if they''re just going to reveal it in the end like it is a well-known fact that everyone should have known already? Well, First of all, they didn''t hide it, it is just that, no one asked about it. Second, Yuki has an item that hides his basic information. The only thing that shows when someone checks him up is his Health bar and the always depleted MP bar. He made it like this so PKers wouldn''t run away so fast the moment they check his Info. Lastly, no one really explained it so openly due to Yuki''s role in the Clan. Their secret weapon, or the Fail-Safe just in case something goes awry within their Clan. A Noblesse just how Yuki likes to call it. Anyway, after all those discussions, commotion, and a roller roster of emotions, Yuki finally managed to convince them all to let the World Items stay with him. But actually, other than worrying about the World Items'' safety, he had another reason for insisting that he should take care of it. In the Original timeline. Atlas was the first World Item founded by Nine''s Own Goal, but unfortunately, it was stolen away from them. That''s what happened in the original timeline, but now, due to Yuki''s bu??erfly effect, they found not only one, but two World Items instead. Yuki didn''t mind if the Atlas was stolen, but it is a different topic when it comes to Hygieia''s Chalice. This item is really important. The effects of this World Item will come in and play a big role in Yuki''s future plans. Though he doesn''t plan to monopolize it, not now at least. But another Void might ask again. Why he doesn''t care about Atlas? That he doesn''t even care if it was stolen by the others from their Clan just like how it happened in the Original. Well, it''s not like Yuki doesn''t actually care about it, it''s just that he also had another reason for this. A theory. This is a theory that Yuki made when he connected the dots from the moment he saw what can the Atlas do, up to the fact that "It was stolen" in the Original timeline. Well, his theory is that, it''s probably meant to be stolen. The ability of the Atlas is like a World Shaper. By using it, one can literally change the form, landscape, or anything you see within the nine Worlds as you like it to be. Easy to say, it was like, you can freely customize a certain World to your liking if you use Atlas. But if you do something like that, it will surely be one of the major events in the whole YGGDRASIL. Something like that will surely be stated prior to it, being stolen. But there''s not even a record of a Player, doing that or even using that in YGGDRASIL back in the Original timeline. But when Yuki remembered the picture of the Map of the New World that he saw in his past life. He realized something. The Map of the New World, resembles the Middle East by a lot. And Yuki, being none the wiser, didn''t want to think that it''s just a pure coincidence. So, easy to say, the Atlas made it to the New World. Yuki theorized that the Player who stole the Atlas from the original timeline, or if not, to whoever it was passed to, is one of the first Players to be Transmigrated in the NW after the server shut down. Those Players who have the Atlas had probably used it to change the whole New World into the New World he knows. Even though Yuki knows that this is just a theory of his, he didn''t want to take his chances and just decided to follow the same route since if his theory was correct, it''ll be his advantage, and if not, it''ll be something that he''ll greatly regret. Because the very last thing that Yuki would want, is him, jumping into the New World, only to find out that the New World he got into, is not the same New World he used to know. ___________________________________________________________________ Join my Pat-reon to read the advanced 13 Chapters. Pat-reon.com/Evrabonzz Chapter 30 [?????????????????????????????????????] YGGDRASIL''s Players Death count. Cadiz Etrama Di Raizel: 0 [?????????????????????????????????????] Yuki currently holds the record of the player that has the least Death in the whole YGGDRASIL. The number of his recorded death ever since he played the game, was only, none. Meaning, ever since he played the game on day one till now, he never died. Which is pretty mind-blowing given the nature of the game, since dying in this game is pretty much normal for all the players of YGGDRASIL. Fighting a lot of Monsters. Exploring the vast unknown and hazardous lands of every nine worlds. Raiding Dungeons. And also, fighting your fellow Players. This event is what happens in the everyday lives of every Player in YGGDRASIL. With this kind of event, it is really not weird to have at least a 100 death count and above after playing the game for three years. But Yuki''s number on that criteria is pretty empty. Many players might or have to ask Yuki. How and Why? It''s already given that Yuki is a strong Player, so being killed easily by any normal monsters is pretty much unlikely. He was a known World Champion. A high Ranking Player. Obviously, a much stronger Player compare to the Players that have the same level as him. Or in all Players in general. It was recorded that he can even fight 10 Level 100 players at the same time. ALONE. And still win of course. So unless he was Hunted down by a Legion of level 100 Players and forced to fight them all with no means of escape. Then no one can pretty much beat him. And there''s still his sealed Stats and MP. No one can also ignore the fact that unlike others that have a cap in their growth, Yuki has none. He only grows stronger as days go by. As long as he plays, his strength and utilities keep getting stacked. Though throughout the year that Yuki played YGGDRASIL, he didn''t even have a single moment where he can finally unleash all his sealed stuff and go crazy. In short, he doesn''t know how it feels to go all out. One might say that if that''s the case, how about fighting Top-ranked Players? Surely they''ll offer a good fight. Well, at first, Yuki thought the same thing, but he realized that in his perspective, everyone only has two types of distinction... The very weak ones, and The less Weak ones. For reference, one can use the comical scene that Yuki made at the finals of The World Champion Tournament. The Magic Caster that he managed to defeat, or more like, trashed over, is the current Third Rank player at that time. Speaking of that Magic caster that Yuki fought in the finals. That Player''s rank right now was just below 50. How? Well, due to how furious he was at Yuki. A couple of days after the World''s Tournament, he set up a party and hunted down Yuki at his lovely home, Niflheim. He planned to Hunt down Yuki and strip him off till nothing is left anymore. This is his supposed to be "way" of getting back at Yuki to what he had done to him on the Finals of the World Tournament. He really hugged the Young Master troupe on this one. First of all, no one knows this piece of information but fighting Yuki in his own turf is probably the worst thing that any Hunters could even think of. Plus to that was Yuki''s overall strength at that time. It was a really poor decision for the Magic Caster''s side since he should have known that after gaining the World Champion class, Yuki will be more stronger compared to the Yuki he fought at the Finals, where he''s still got trashed nonetheless. What the Magic Caster planned to do to Yuki, about stripping him off clean, was also done to him Instead. Well, at that time, it was pretty much a ritual for Yuki to strip every PKers and Hunter he came across. But probably, the most unfortunate and sad part about all of this is that, the Magic Caster has a World Item in hand. It''s called, The Crius Glyph. It was a sealing type of World Item. It almost had the same effect as the World item, Depiction of Nature and Society. But this item can literally isolate or trap any chosen player in a dimension-like space as much as the Caster wants. The Player that had been targeted by this, can only be released if the Caster wills it or the current Caster''s Player data have been removed. Which is only possible if it was done by using another world item "Longinus" or that particular Player(caster) had quit and stopped playing the game. Yes. This very item was used on Yuki by the Magic caster out of desperation. But since Yuki had a World Champion class, he had the skill to deflect the effects of this kind of World item. Although it requires great accuracy and game sense to successfully do, which is not a problem for Yuki. His accuracy in-game and Game sense is so high, he can dodge attacks and hit someone even if his eyes are close. That''s a skill Yuki developed in real life due to him, gaming for almost every day in this past four years. So basically, he pretty much deflected the World Item''s effect with ease. A void might say that for a guy that is pretty paranoid about his safety, he''s pretty calm about the fact that if he failed to deflect that, he is pretty much doomed for good. To answer that, well, that''s the point. He is a paranoid guy that he wouldn''t be doing this kind of stuff if he wasn''t sure of his outcome in the first place. Even if he failed to deflect it and the World Item reached him, Yuki still had a bunch of hidden trump cards and fail-safes just in case this kind of thing, happens. But actually, Yuki can protect himself in the first place. He can apply a certain barrier to himself that''ll protect him from being reached by the World Item''s effect. But given by Yuki''s edginess, deflecting something that is supposed to be the most powerful thing in the whole YGGDRASIL with a flick of his arm will certainly make him look cool as f*ck. At least that''s his own opinion. But since he successfully deflected the skill, he doesn''t have to worry about those things anymore. So in the end, to make the story short. The Magic Caster''s party, which he ?ssembled just to hunt Yuki down, and consisted of high-ranking Players at that, was trashed horribly by Yuki. The happenings after that were pretty much obvious already. The Magic Caster and his "Friends" were stripped off clean until they had nothing left. Yuki plundered all their Items, of course, including the World Item as well. Though the Crius Glyph is a bit tricky. It''s like Momonga''s Red orb back in the original story. It was named and can only be used by its first User, meaning, the Magic Caster. It''s could be problematic for others, but not for Yuki. By using a "Certain item", Yuki managed to change the ownership of the World and take it for himself. After all that, Yuki didn''t see the Magic caster anymore. Yuki thought at first that he will come back again to take revenge and try to take back the World Item that he stole from him but it''s been a year now and even a shadow of that Magic Caster has yet to appear before Yuki. Well, going back to the Question about Yuki''s death count. How. Well, if one were to look at his alignment of skills and the majority of the item he had, they''ll surely notice that it was all to prevent him from dying easily. Just to give anyone a peek at what does it take if someone wants to kill Yuki, for good. Welp, to start off, Yuki had a certain skill that if activated, it would turn all his Status back to normal. And by Normal means, the state when everything is literally unscathed. Even if he only had a remaining 1 HP and 0 MP. If he activated this skill, all will be back to being how it was before the fight started. He also has a bunch of self-healing spells and skills. It was a variety of Active and Passive types. The Active isn''t much, but the Passive ones, which is the Majority of Yuki''s arsenal in these criteria, are what made killing Yuki, a loophole of a nightmare. Just for a reference. 3 Seconds after receiving a damage, Yuki''s HP will start regenerating. From 1 HP, Yuki will only need 6 seconds before his HP''s back to full again. Not to mention that this is just the work of his Passives. Speaking of Rings. Yuki has so much of it, and the majority of those Rings have something to do with the same criteria of survivability. One of those is a Ring that activates whenever Yuki''s HP reaches down to Zero. The effects of it once activated are pretty simple and straightforward unlike the other Rings on Yuki''s hand. What is it? Well. It just immediately restore Yuki''s HP back to 100 percent. Simple right? There''s still more to where these things came from. But all of these are already enough to make the Job of everyone that wants to kill Yuki like hell. So in a nutshell. Yuki had a lot of ways to prevent himself from dying. He has a lot of Items, Spells, Skills, etc, to support himself from doing all that. ???????????????????? "... Hmm, I think that they finally found it huh?" Yuki was currently walking in the Waiting Area. He was going to a place where his Clanmates are supposed to be. Today, Yuki received a message from Touch me that they will have a meeting today. Touch me also said that Nishikienrai found something. ".. Oi, Raizel. We''re here~" Peroroncino waved towards him to catch his attention. Yuki saw his Clanmates, gathering in some corner. He walks towards them and greets them. After a couple of minutes after that, they rented a Private Room and proceed to have their weekly "Clan sharing information". The majority of them have not much to tell since this week, there''s not much that had happened. Or more like, there are no new things to tell, everything they did is being done over and over again anyway. ".. Alright, now that''s settled. Nishikienrai, can you tell the others about the thing that you discovered?" Touch me said as he signaled for Nishikienrai to go in front. ".. Yeah, Of course." Nishikienrai agreed as he stood up from his seat and walk towards the front to face all his Clanmates. He seemed to take a deep breath before speaking slowly with a hint of excitement in his tone. "... I discovered. A new dungeon. And of course, it''s still fresh... What do y''all think?Amazing right? This could be our chance." Said by Nishikienrai enthusiastically. The whole clan was truly amazed by this as they all voiced out their excitement. ".. Alright, where did you find it?" Asked by Touch me. "... Around Helheim. About 100 meters away from the Piercing Crystal Plains. The place where it''s in is called Grenbera Swamp if my memory serves me right." After that, the whole clan discussed about this. After an hour of discussions, they finally made their decisions. "... Alright, it''s settled. We''ll investigate later." Said by Touch me as he stands up from the chair he''s sitting on. The whole clan was about to burst in excitement but pause when they suddenly heard Touch Me say something again. "... But before that, I have something else to say." The whole clan members faced Touch me as they all noticed the change in his voice and the air of seriousness around him. "..." Though Touch me said that he wants to say something, he didn''t say anything for a couple of moments. The others can''t say anything too given by the weird tension they feel around them. *Clears throat* After a moment of silence, Touch Me seems ready to finally speak as he clears his throat and raises his head to meet the gaze of his Clan Members that are starting to worry. With a seemingly passive tone, he speaks... "... I''m thinking of dissolving the clan." _____________________________________________________ Join my Pat-reon to read the Advanced 12 Chapters. Pat-reon.com/Evrabonzz Chapter 31 "... I''m dissolving the clan." After Touch Me said that in front of his whole clansmen, a sudden outburst had followed. "... Wait! This is too sudden." "... WHAT!? WHY?" "... What''s happening?" "... Hey Touch-san, calm down. Let''s just talk about this for a second." "... Yeah, no need to rush things." All of them had immediately questioned Touch Me''s sudden decision of dissolving the clan. Like they can''t believe it. A moment ago, they''re just planning to do a Raid and now he suddenly thought of dissolving the Clan. ".. What? Oh! W¡ª wait. Everyone. I think that you got it all wrong." When Touch Me realized that his Clansmen have completely misunderstood his intentions, he immediately spoke up to explain and clear out the misunderstandings. He explained that at this point, they can hardly be called a Clan any longer. So what he''s planning is, he wants to Upgrade themselves by creating a guild of their own. The time is quite good too since if they''re successful with their upcoming Raid, then they will gain their very own Guild Base immediately. "... So that''s why I wanted to dissolve the clan, so we can create a Guild. Everyone. What do you think about that?" Touch me ended his explanation as he asks his Clanmates'' opinion about his idea. After the misunderstanding had been cleared up, everyone immediately agreed to Touch-Me''s idea, which surprised the man himself as they all agreed so fast. Actually, the creation of a Guild is already a heated discussion among the members for a long time, but they''re relieved that Touch Me brought it up himself. So no wonder about why they agreed so fast since all of them are waiting for this very moment anyway. So after that, they immediately planned and discuss about the Guild they were about to create. Yuki didn''t reject or oppose any idea and opinions of his friends about the Guild. Except for one thing. Being the leader. Yuki rejected the idea of being the Leader. His reasons? Well, still the same as when he rejected the Idea when they first created their Clan. He just wants to be the secret weapon, a Power in the shadows. He just loves the idea of being a Noblesse like the original Raizel. For him, being the leader sounds stressful, plain, and lame. Something that will hold him back. He''s not the type of Player that just sits there and order or plan things for others. He''s the one that does the action. Not to mention that there are still a lot of unchecked things in his "To-do" list so being held back is the last thing he would want. But of course, that doesn''t mean that Yuki will not be cooperative in the group. He was still a part of the whole Team. He knows what Teamwork is. He will do everything he was tasked with if it''s reasonable and won''t get in the way of his own goals. For example, on Raids. If the whole team had planned something, he will stick to the plan and not be a jackass that does whatever he wants. But that doesn''t mean that someone can just order him around and force him to do some things he doesn''t want to do. He is a founding member of the group. His words still hold some weight. So overall, Yuki doesn''t want the leadership because it is stressful, and it will be even more once he was he finally reach the New World. Where all things become real. As Yuki likes to say... "... Why become the leader if there''s someone who can become one for you." ????? Since Yuki rejected the leadership, and Touch Me said that he will not be the leader anymore because of what happened in the past, they became confused about, who will they ?ssign as the leader for the Guild then? After a moment of pondering...Touch me suddenly suggested his friend, Momonga. Momonga was taken aback by this as he suddenly tried to refuse. But Touch me insisted and Yuki also supported the idea. After a couple of minutes, they have finally come to a decision that Momonga will be the new leader of the new Guild they are planning to create. This decision is supported by all of them, as no one refused the idea. Momonga is also a founding Member anyway. Their discussions about the Guild have ended in a couple of minutes after that. And just like in the original timeline, they all agreed to name their not-yet-created Guild as... Ainz Ooal Gown. The rules they had set for their Guild are still similar to what they set on their Clan back then. They had yet to include the rule that every new member that wanted to join must have a Job since it was only created in the original timeline so that everyone can give financial support to the guild and for themselves. So to make the story short, their Guild was finally created and Momonga became the Leader. Touch Me became the second leader for a moment just to support Momonga. Then Yuki''s role is still the same. Though his role isn''t an official role or part of the system itself, but for all of them, it was. Well, for Yuki, being unofficial is much better since being official, kills the point of his role''s secrecy. The other Members might not see the point of his role, since it''s not like someone will go rouge to some extent, or if that happens, would Yuki''s role really matter? But little did anyone know, that there is a certain time in the future, where everything, or more like, almost everyone within their Guild will become a ticking time bomb. Beings that can be a threat to everything they have created so far. When that time comes, Yuki''s role as the Noblesse, will surely shine... the most. ????? A few minutes more after that, Touch Me had ended their meeting and proceeded to leave the Waiting Room as they all dive inside the official gaming server of YGGDRASIL. They all choose to go to Helheim and proceed to go to the place where the new dungeon was discovered. ????? For the rest of the day, they didn''t do anything other than scouting and investigating the whole "Dungeon". As they investigate, they discovered a few things about this dungeon. This dungeon is called. The Great Tomb of Nazarick. It was also a high-tiered dungeon that one must be at least Level 80 before Raiding this Tomb. This dungeon is also big. It is composed of 6 floors going down below. Every floor has a pretty unique texture, which can put any one of them into disadvantages if not prepared. After doing their investigation/scouting/observation throughout the whole interior of the Tomb, they finally end the day there and decided to go back to their Base(rented) and have their second meeting for that day. Now that all of them have the basic pieces of information about the dungeon they were planning to raid, they talk about the things they needed to do and have in this upcoming Raid. Their meeting lasted for an hour before they finally settled down. They planned to do the Raid two days from now as they still need time to prepare, both in-game and in real life. Since all of them have a job, except for Yuki of course, their schedule is pretty full. So to make up for the upcoming raid, they all decided to file a day off in their job tomorrow and do everything the next day after that. Yeah, all this effort just so they can play a game. And about the Guild, they''re planning to create. Touch Me said that he will do it tomorrow since creating a guild in YGGDRASIL isn''t just about clicking a bu??on and Boom, the guild was created. It needed a lot of things first before it can be officially called, a Guild. After that, Touch me opened up his console and goes towards the clan feature. He clicked some things and after all that, a window popped in front of him that all of them can see. [ Are you sure you want to delete the ( Nine''s own goal ) Clan? ] Touch me look at it for a moment before clicking the [ Yes ] option. *Zwiing* After that, all of their clan Statuses, features, Option, have disappeared. Touch me stands in front of his former Clansmen and spoke. ".. And with that, the Nine''s own goal has been officially dissolved." ____________________________________________________________________ Join my Patre-on to read the 12 advanced Chapters. Pa-treon.com/Evrabonzz Chapter 32 [ 5:59 ] *Snore* In a certain apartment, Yuki can be seen sleeping inside his unlit bedroom while drooling over himself. He stayed up so late last night due to a particular in-game event that he need to finish as quickly as possible. Quickly as other Players that is, since it doesn''t really need to be finished that fast actually. Yuki is just too paranoid of it having a secret bonus for the Player that managed to finish it first. Though he didn''t get one so he just kinda tired himself up for nothing. So because of this, he got drained so hard. He''s so tired that he didn''t even take a shower or change clothes before going to bed, he just straight-up crash on his Bed then sleep after logging out on YGGDRASIL. *Tut* *Tut* *Tut* *FBI! OPEN UP! BOOOMM!!* (Alarm-Clock SFX) But while he''s in the middle of enjoying the feeling of being surrounded by hundreds of Anime Titties, a loud noise had suddenly rung close to him, startling the heck out of him, thus pulling him out of his imaginary bubble. ".... Uaah~ WHO DARES!?" As fast as Yuki can, he suddenly jumps out of the bed and puts a fighting stance while looking in every direction of his room. While looking around, one can see from Yuki''s face that half of his soul is still in the Dream realm as he looks like a drunken man. After a moment of realization, Yuki dropped down his hand while sighing heavily. "... Why did I ever think that putting that in the alarm is a good idea? Aissh~ dammit." After ruffling his hair in annoyance and turning off the alarm, he closes his eyes again and slams his body back on the bed. Right now, Yuki wants to do nothing but sleep and see hundreds of n?k?d Onee-san engulfing his whole vision, and for him, nothing in this world can make him stop doing that right now. Or so he thought, cause before he could even re-enter his Dream realm again, a gale of wind together with a sudden realization of today''s activities had caused for his eyes to f?r??b?? open again. "... *Sigh* Right, today is the day." After remembering the reason why he set up his alarm in the first place, though extremely annoyed, Yuki slowly stands up from the bed and proceeds to go out of the bedroom. He actually didn''t want to wake up yet, heck he will choose that 100 percent if today is just your everyday normal sad day, but he simply has no choice since he has an important thing to do today. So he lazily drags himself inside the bathroom and splashed his face with some cold water to wake up his sleeping soul. After he did that, finally awake, albeit looking half asleep, he finally walked outside the bathroom, ready to do the things he always does in the morning. His everyday routine after waking up. After that, his morning-shower routine. Then, he proceeds to eat his breakfast while watching some "Anime". And last but not least, going towards his balcony to taste some fresh and slightly polluted air in the morning. Just to relax his mind, making it ready for the stress it''ll take for the rest of the day. Only after all that, is when he can finally enter his Gaming Room and start the real deal. ".. Alright, it''s time." He picked up the VR helmet and put it in his head. Next, he lays down on his Neuro-Terminal and picks up the Neural Cord then aligns it towards his Neural Port. Unlike the First time he did it, the hesitation is not there anymore as he pushes it all inside in one motion. ".. agh~" Though the slight m??ning is still there. The VR helmet glowed and his vision suddenly changed after that. He scrolls all the windows of apps in front of him and stopped in a certain Icon where the displayed logo, is the YGGDRASIL''S logo. He slowly clicks it and a login screen appears in front of him. "... log in." Immediately after saying that, everything around him turned black. ????? At the Piercing Crystal Plains, a place in Helheim, a group of Players is to be seen. This group of rowdy Players is, of course, the members of the newly formed guild, Ainz Ooal Gown. Yesterday, Touch me had finished setting up the whole Guild thing, and today is their first mission as a Guild. That''s why failure is not on their to-do list as they need to give it with all they got. That''s also the reason why they are all fully equipped with their main Equipment since this dungeon that they will about to raid is not an easy one. In preparation for their raid on the newly discovered dungeon, the Great Tomb of Nazarick, 30 guild members are currently present. Though they''re still missing one member to be fully complete. "... Touch-san, have you message Raizel already? He''s still not here." Momonga walks towards Touch me and asks him about Yuki. "... Oh, yeah. I already contacted him and he said that he just did something and he''s already on his way here." Touch me replies to Momonga. ".. Oh okay. Thanks." Momonga said as he noticed his three Guild members approaching him. A moment ago, Momonga asked Nubo, Flatfoot, and Nishikienrai to scout and check the surroundings to make sure that no one is spying on them. And the three agreed. After a couple of minutes after that, the three of them came back and reported that no one js spying on them and that the surroundings are clear of enemies. After that, Momonga announced to his whole Guildmates that they should do their final equipment preparations since they''re just waiting for Yuki to arrive and they will immediately proceed towards the Grenbera Swamp after that. They all did what Momonga said but not long after that, a [ Gate ] suddenly appeared near them all, startling some of the Guild Members. From the [ Gate ], Yuki stepped out, fully equipped with a new set of black Armor. An Armor that''s new to all of them. ( The Armor ) "... Yo." Yuki simply greets his Guildmates and vice-versa. They all discussed a few things after that before they finally begin their March towards the Grenbera Swamp, the location of their targeted place. ????? While on their way. The Guild encounters several obstacles but manages to bypass everything with ease and without anyone getting harmed. It didn''t take them that long before they finally arrived in front of the Great Tomb of Nazarick, though they didn''t step any closer to it yet as they might trigger the whole place. They all scouted the vicinity again after that to make sure that no one other than them is here right now. Finding no general threats, Blue Planet conjures a makeshift base for the guild to plan their next course of action. Even though they already planned this several times already, they still need to make things clear about what everyone should do inside the Tomb since the plan they made yesterday isn''t that solid yet. There''s still some part of their plan that is yet to be addressed, for example, the group which everyone should be belonged to. Since there are only a few powerhouses within their Guild, and that some of the members are not compatible to be within the same group. Like how some of them lack of Magic Casters or Tanks, or Fighters, etc. Or if not within that, they just lack someone who''ll carry them. Like for sure, they''re complete in terms of classes, but all of them are pretty average, they still need a powerhouse within them that''ll carry them through the floor so they won''t be trashed by some bosses. Punitto Moe suggested to them that all of them should have different parties for the dungeon expedition. However, Tabula argues against him, alongside some other members believing to stay in their current parties. The same one they had whenever they''re doing expeditions. The decision is given to Momonga, but since he doesn''t want to come out as someone that favors a certain side more than the other, he decided to just hold a vote then. Though in the end, Tabula and the other''s decision came out victorious. They stick with their current parties. When it comes to their strategy, they also stick to their usual strategy for Raiding. They split themselves into different teams and spread throughout the Dungeons. That''s what they always do, believing that they can conquer the dungeon fast by doing it this way. So given by their plan, and since the Tomb of Nazarick is composed of Six floors, they all group themselves into 4 teams with 6 members each. But since they stick with their current parties, that means Yuki is alone by himself on this raid too. Since the whole Guild knows how Yuki loves to do some soloing, they all agreed to leave the first floor to him. Not just because they believed in his strength as a Player, because they also love to see him fail and if possible, die. Since they know how confident Yuki is when he said that he wanted to solo the first floor, they all thought that it will be hilarious if he fails. They wanted to see what kind of expressions, the great and undefeated Yuki will make after the Raid if that ever happens. Since Yuki loves to troll them all by scaring the sh*t out of them by suddenly appearing in front of them with his scary avatar, they just all wanted to get back at him somehow. And if Yuki actually failed the first floor, then they can all just go to it and finish it by themselves. Though there''s no harm in their decision as they''re not actually doing this on purpose to get Yuki killed. It''s all for the sake of fun in their perspectives. They don''t know Yuki''s penalty for dying in the first place, actually, if they know it, they''ll be the one that will stop Yuki from being a Solo-Player in the first place. But still, some of them tried to argue about this decision, clearly worried about him, but the majority agreed and Yuki insisted anyway so no one can say about it anymore. "... Raizel. It''s not like I''m doubting you or anything but, even for you, going alone and soloing the first floor is still..." Peroroncino said to Yuki as he was still worried about him. He''s aware of how important and valuable Yuki''s items are so if he dies, he will surely lose some of it, especially now that Yuki finally equipped his Main ones so the losses for him will surely be big. Though still unchanging, Yuki just ?ssured Peroronchino that he will be fine and he should just worry about himself and his own team instead. To which he complies with a heavy sigh. They ended up their meeting after a couple more discussions and made one final swoop around the area. They all leave the makeshift base that Blue Planet had created and go back in front of the Tomb, finally ready to start their raid. "... Alright everyone, here we go!" Touch me who''s in front, shouted to his whole Guildmates as they all March forward towards the Great Tomb of Nazarick. And just as everyone expected, upon getting closer into the tomb, their presence initiates the Dungeon''s defenses. Which led to the beginning of their raid. __________________________________________________________________ Chapter 33 I don''t know how Christmas works so... HAPPY BIRTHDAY SANTA! JK. MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YA''LL. ________________________________________________________ "... Alright everyone, here we go!" Touch Me, who''s standing in front, shouted to his whole Guildmates as they all march towards the Great Tomb of Nazarick. Upon going deeper into the tomb, their presence initiates the dungeon''s defenses, which is the indicator that their raid has begun. As they move closer towards the Tomb, they''ve been welcomed by a lot of Undead immediately. Skeleton, zombies, lesser vampires, ghouls, etc. Though greatly outnumbered, such a thing can hardly be a problem for all of them. Actually, a single Player''s work is already enough to sort the obstacle they''re facing on. So, with all that, they all managed to pass through it with little to no effort and finally enter inside Dungeon. Since the Tomb has six floors, it also means that it has Six Levels. Just like they planned, Yuki will take on the first floor alone, and the rest of the floors will be handled by the rest of them. As they all step in on the first floor, a bunch of enthusiastic undead had welcomed their presence. They all run madly towards them, wanting to do nothing but rip their lives out. Though just like the situation before, this can hardly be a problem for them given by their overall strength as a Guild. But just as they thought, this raid is not going to be an easy one. That what they just experienced so far is nothing but a taste of what''s about to come, because it hasn''t been that long since they had gone inside, and yet, they''re starting to notice the difficulty spiking up already. Like, the wave of undead they have faced earlier, can''t be compared to what they faced just now. The sudden spike of difficulty that this place has is just too absurd even for a high-tiered dungeon. Multiple waves of Undead kept coming towards them in every direction. At first, dealing with them is not a problem, but as time goes by, it starts to annoy them. Sometimes, for a straight couple of minutes, they''re doing nothing but be stuck in a certain place while fending off against a large number of Undead that keeps pouring out of God knows where. The Undead is not a problem, but their numbers are just too great that it''s starting to become one. It always takes them some time before they can finally manage to clear out the whole waves of Undead and finally have some breather for themselves. "... Alright, we can''t waste any more time since another wave might come again. Just as we planned, we''ll leave this floor now to you Raizel-san, please be careful." Momonga said as he pulls something out from his inventory. "... Yeah sure." Yuki said nonchalantly. "... Alright everyone. Here we go!" Momonga said as he raises the item he just brought out above him. "... [ Use item ]." The item that Momonga holds suddenly cracked and immediately shattered like a glass after that. All of them except for Yuki, have their bodies engulfed in white light, outlining their shapes, after the item in Momonga''s hand disappeared. "... Good luck." Said by Peroroncino towards Yuki before he and the rest of the Guild, except for Yuki obviously, vanished in thin air, leaving only some light particles where they previously stood. So, Yuki was now left alone. What just transpired is a work of a certain item. A Cash Item to be exact. With the help of it, the Guild managed to scatter themselves in different floors of the Tomb without the need to clear each floor one by one. "... Heh~ what are they even worried about?" Yuki said laughingly as he gazed from a far distance, seeing another batch of Undead had spawned, and just when that happened, all of it started running in Yuki''s direction. *Rustle* "... Hmm?" While looking towards the incoming horde in a far distance, Yuki also heard some sort of commotion coming from behind, grabbing his attention. Yuki turns around just to see another horde, running madly towards him. Just like his previous scenarios with his Guildmates, he was again surrounded by a bunch of Undead, but this time, he''s alone. "... Alright. Now that they''re gone. I can finally go wild." Yuki said in a sharp tone while reaching out for his Inventory. Simultaneously, he threw the current spear he''s using back to his inventory while pulling out a new one. "... This one is pretty new, so be glad that you guys can do the first drive." Pulling out the new Spear, Yuki said as he brandished it while looking at the incoming horde. (The spear) "... Now, let''s start the fun." Suddenly, Yuki raised the spear above him. Though the way he holds his spear, compare to how he usually does it, is very strange. He''s holding the spear with no proper stance at all, a proper spearman stance that is. He''s holding it with just one hand (right arm) and his stance is that of a guy that''s not holding a spear, it''s more like, he''s holding some sort of blunt weapon. *GRAAAAA!!!!* The moment when Yuki raised his Spear, the wave of Undead is actually near already. Like 10 meters close and still closing at a fast pace as moments go by. Yuki stomped hard on the ground as he put more force on his upper body while leaning backward. *... GRAAAA!!* The Undead are already close, too close, both in front and behind. Some of it that are already close to Yuki by a short distance, pounced towards him, readying to tackle him towards the ground. "... [ Sudden Impact ]" Yuki, before any of the Undead could reach him, suddenly swings his now glowing Spear down towards the ground. When the Spear made contact with the ground, it was buried deeply due to how hard Yuki swung it. But what comes after that is an eerie silence. Everything around Yuki became standstill. Like all stopped moving, including the rowdy horde of Undead. Everything became quiet for a second before... ???????? On the Second Floor of Nazarick, Momonga''s party that is consisted of Ulbert Alain Odle, Warrior takemikazuchi, Bukubukuchagama, Yamaiko, and Nishikienrai have arrived. "... Wow, this floor looks massive. Look at this big lake." Ulbert said as he stares at the massive lake in front of them. ".. The vibes that this floor has are completely different to the First Floor." Yamaiko said a she walks forward towards the Lake. "... Yeah. I even thought that we got transported in a different place for a second." Nishikienrai said as he agreed with Yamaiko''s remarks since the difference between the first floor, which looks like a Graveyard, to the current floor they''re in, a giant Lake, is massive. "... But still, something migh¡ª" Momonga was about to say something, but he was suddenly interrupted by a loud sound of an explosion, from somewhere above them. *BOOM!* A small and short earthquake that seemed to have shaken the whole floor they''re in, no, not just the floor but the whole place, followed. They''re all confused as to what is that explosion. It''s not that loud, in their perspective, but they know that it was a strong one since they still heard it even though it''s pretty obvious that it happened from a far distance. They all looked towards the Sky like ceiling where the explosion seemed to have originated. They''re all thinking what is the cause of that, all of them except for a certain one. ".. Heh~ Someone''s having fun." Bukubukuchagama said while having a smirk on her virtual face, which was expressed by using an emoji. "... Huh? What do you mean? Who''s having fun?" Momonga asked Bukubuku about her remarks? Actually, the rest of the party had the same question. Chagama seems to be the only one that managed to understand the situation. To which she replied by pointing towards the sky by using her blob of a hand and say... "... That''s the First Floor, did you forget?" With a multiple "... Oh." coming from them, they all seemed to finally get it. ".. Hey, watch out!" But their moment of realization was cut short when Warrior Takemikazuchi shouted towards them. Looking towards where Takemikazuchi''s gaze is, they all saw some Spawned Creatures from a not-so-far distance that already running in their direction. "... Alright guys. Talk later, let''s finish this first. Just like the usual. C formation!" Ulbert shouted to which all of them agree. They all changed positioned without flaw, like all of it has been done in one swift motion. Their supposed to be "Formation C" is a formation that places Momonga and Ulbert in the center of the group, while the others are surrounding them. They always do this kind of formation whenever they are fighting some aggressive enemies. ".. Alright, let''s do this!" Bukubukuchagama released her supposed to be Battle Cry before, the group of Spawned Creatures pounced towards their direction. ?????? A half of an hour after that. On the first floor of Nazarick, Yuki can be seen running around the whole catacombs. He''s been roaming around the first floor every since. He''s just running around, killing everything that gets in his way. For the Undead, he''s like a moving disaster. There''s no spawned Undead on this floor that has yet to halt Yuki from his speed-running massacre. Every swing of his Spear, a loud screech, and scattered body parts, flying in mid-air, followed. Be it a strong, weak, or even a Boss level Undead, they all met the same fate. If someone were to look at this, they might think that Yuki was just Speedrunning the whole floor. He is even ignoring the drop loots of the Undead he had killed so far. He never stopped and pick some of it, he''s just literally running around, slashing everything and everyone on his way. Other than the walls of course. Well, no one can be blamed for thinking like that, but actually, that''s not really the case here. How can Yuki, the guy that values everything, from the trashiest item to the Godly ones, leaves a certain drop behind, that''s very unlikely to happen. So whatever he''s doing right now, he surely has a reason for it. So after all that madness, Yuki was currently spinning his weapon, turning all the undead around him into a streak of light that was immediately absorbed by his body for some reason. The undead creatures here might be strong, but it''s not that strong for Yuki. Although they landed a couple of hits and spells towards Yuki, it''s way too weak. Not even worthy of his attention. Didn''t even make his HP or his Armor''s durability tingle. Though if a normal Player heard these remarks, they''ll surely cry out of envy. The level of Undead that Yuki''s facing right now is no joke for a normal Player. Just imagine the faces of every Player when they find out that Yuki is just tanking every attack that every Undead here throws at him while if they were in his position, they''ll surely die in no time. Yeah. At this point, just like how the community likes to describe him, Yuki is like a ???kroach. Well, a ???kroach that has Armor and can Regenerate that is. And can also blow you up into smithereens. So going back to Yuki at the Catacombs of the Great Tomb of Nazarick. The first floor in other words. Yuki finally stopped his rampage. Though not because he''s tired already or something like that. It''s just that, he finally reached the goal. Throughout this time that Yuki''s here on the 1st floor, Yuki''s doing nothing but a running marathon. The massacre is just a part of that. And since it''s a Marathon, there is a goal obviously. That very thing is now in front of Yuki. ".. Looks like I finally found the final boss room." Yuki said as he stare at the Huge and Menacing door in front of him. *Rustle* But while appreciating the door, Yuki suddenly heard something or someone behind him. He looks behind to see the one that caused the rustling sound. Though unlike the usual, Yuki''s guard was not up. It''s as if he already knows who''s making a fuss behind him, and whoever that is, it''s harmless. Yuki saw a humanoid silhouette, running along the dark hallways of the Catacombs, going in his direction. But it is stopping momentarily to pick something on the ground and run towards Yuki again... and stop again to pick something on the ground... and run again... Repeat. Yuki knows who this is, or more like, what it is. This "someone" that is currently on its way towards Yuki, but keeps getting distracted by something on the ground, is not an Undead, nor a Player, it''s actually an NPC. A custom NPC to be exact. A void might question. How did he have a Custom NPC even though Custom NPCs are only obtainable if you have your own castle already? Well, to answer that. Obviously, through an item of course. Not just any normal item, but a World Item actually. This item is called, the THESIS. Yuki managed to get this one through a certain event a year ago. And actually, throughout the World Items that Yuki has, this is his most favorite. No matter how OP, Destructive, or Game changer his other World items are, this Item is placed in Yuki''s top 1. Why''s that? Well, simply because... This World Item will let Yuki create an NPC of his own. The NPC that''s currently running towards him is one of that. But the creation is not for free of course. It will just let him create an NPC since creating an NPC without a castle or a guild base is impossible. The only way to have an NPC outside without a Guild is by hiring or buying a Mercenary NPC. But Custom NPC and Mercenary NPC are completely different. Custom NPC will let you create your own NPC freely. It means you can do whatever the hell you want with it. But Mercenary NPC is fixed. You can''t do anything about it other than commanding it. That''s why Yuki liked this item the most. But the sad part of this item is, it has a limit. It will only let him create a certain number of NPCs since this item only had a 2000 level to be distributed. Meaning, he can either create 2000 of level 1 NPCs, or Twenty Level 100 NPCs. It is also a bit costly to create some NPCs since all the pieces of equipment and finances of it will be Yuki''s responsibility. Which is not a problem for him actually. Though the amount of 2000 is actually a lot already, that is if someone were to compare it in some Guild Bases that offered its Players less. But the thing is, this is not a World item if it doesn''t have any Game-Breaking effect. This effect is the thing that makes Yuki happy the most. It''s that, the NPCs that are created by this World item, cannot die. Well, actually, they still die if their HP bar reaches down the very bottom, but whenever they die, their data will be sent back in the World Item and once that happens, Yuki can just re-summon them again or customize them to make them stronger. Yeah, it''s OP. It''s Super OP. And on this very day, is the first day that Yuki used it and summon one of his "Already designed" NPC that he had long created. Yuki created a lot of NPC already, he just saved it inside that item. He was just waiting for the right time to summon them all since he doesn''t have any moment where he feels the need of it, other than now. Yuki only summoned one, and it is just so someone can pick up the drop item and Materials for him while he can focus on his rampage. But even though this NPC is just doing nothing but picking up some drops, this NPC, is a strong NPC. A Level 100. A Guardian Level. Plus to that is the pieces of equipment it had right now are Items that came from Yuki, meaning, it''s all overpowered. Other than Touch Me, when it comes to raw status, this NPC is much stronger than any of his Guildmates. But all of those stats are not important right now since Yuki is just using "Her" to pick up some drops. The NPC finally arrives in front of Yuki. It did nothing but stare at Yuki''s face. ".. Hmm, good work. [ Stay ]" Yuki ordered the NPC to stay still as he brought out his console to check all the items that his NPC managed to collect. Since Yuki is doing nothing but Hit and Run, she, the NPC, did the picking for him. ".. Hmm, considering that this is the first floor, some of the drops are not good. But at least there''s decent enough. Oh well, at least there is something good." Yuki said as he closes his console and looks towards the Huge Door ahead of him. ".. Alright we''re going in. [ Follow ]." He ordered the NPC to follow him as they both walk towards the Huge door. *KRIIIING!* Yuki pushed it open and it produced a loud creaking sound. Inside it is a dark room. Even Yuki that has a Night Vision can''t see what''s inside. "... Looks like it was not programmed to see what''s inside." But as he said that, the torches at the corners of the massive room had suddenly lit up, illuminating the whole room in the process. Yuki can now see the whole room, and what he saw was a room full of skulls. The ceiling was made of skulls, and the walls too, even some of the pillars are the same, but luckily the floor isn''t. it was made of some black marbles. Yuki, not caring about all of this, walks inside the room, the NPC did so. *DUGS!* The door behind them closed itself as both of them walk deeper inside the room. But Yuki didn''t even bother looking at it as he saw this happen a hundred times already throughout the Dungeons he had been. All of a sudden, immediately after the door closes, a big black magic circle appears on the other side of the room. These caught Yuki''s attention as he knows that the true boss of the first floor is about to show up already. Slowly, something is surfacing from the big black magic circle. "... Hmm, so that''s the Asura huh?" Yuki said as he scans the ascending Boss in a not-so-far distance from them. What appears from the Magic circle is the final boss of this Floor. The Asura. The boss resembled a wrathful Nio. It stood five meters tall, it has six arms, and its body is covered by an exquisite armor. Three of its arms hold a different kind of weapon. A spear, an ax, and a club. The rest are empty. Seeing the number of weapons that the Asura has in hand, Yuki smiled as he pondered to himself. "... I guess they already cleared three of the floors huh." But while Yuki is in the middle of his thoughts, a voice had suddenly erupted that echoed throughout the whole room. "... Oh foolish one who challenged us, know the might of those who become stronger with every layer of binding removed from us." It was the Asura that''s talking to Yuki, but obviously, it''s just a dialogue that was programmed for it to say. *TUUUTTT!* Suddenly after that, the signal for the fight to start had rung. "... Hmm. This is going to be a hard fight. Nethel, what do you think?" Yuki said as he look towards his NPC, which only looked towards him upon hearing her supposed to be name. "... Yeah. I also thought the same thing." Yuki said as he look back at the Asura who''s already preparing to launch an attack towards them. "... Alright. Nethel. [ Activate Battle Mode ]" Yuki said towards the NPC, to which, the NPC responded by bringing out a large and heavy gun-like weapon. The moment Yuki said those commands, the innocence on her face disappeared and was instantly replaced by a battle-hardened expression. "... Alright, let''s start this sh*t. [ Engage ]." And with that, the battle between the two and the Asura, began. ( The NPC ) _______________________________________________________ Join my Patr-eon to read the Advanced Chapters. Note: About to do a 5 Chapters release, two days from now. Pat-reon.com/Evrabonzz Chapter 34 "... Hmm, I wonder what should I eat for dinner." In Yuki''s apartment, Yuki can be seen sitting on the couch while watching some Anime. He just logged out an hour ago from YGGDRASIL. Today is an uneventful day for Yuki, be it in-game or in real life. And since that was the case, Yuki decided to log out early and relax since he felt that he played enough for today, and there''s no need to stick in-game for much longer. There''s no event. There''s no one he could play with. He''s bored. The vicinity he''s currently at in YGGDRASIL is already cleared of Monsters. No Quests or Missions he can finish or do. So pretty much, no reason to play today. *MESSAGE!!!*(ringtone) Suddenly, while Yuki was wondering about his dinner, his phone rang. "... Hmm, who could it be." Yuki said as he picked up his phone to see who sent him a message. "... Peroroncino?" When he opened up his email, he saw that Peroroncino messaged him and sent him a bunch of images. He click some of the pictures, looking forward to seeing some n?k?d Onee-san, but all he saw is a bunch of pictures of him and his Guildmates. Them in YGGDRASIL of course. Though greatly disappointed, he''s still happy to see all of this. He scrolls throughout the whole album and sees various images. He even saw some pictures of Momonga sitting on some big throne while acting like a king, but not just Momonga but all of them have the same pictures on that particular throne. Though actually, all these pictures that were sent to him were no ordinary photos since all of these are taken inside the Tomb of Nazarick after they finished conquering it. Yes. They managed to defeat all the Bosses and clear out all the Floors. It''s already been three days since then. After they cleared up all the floors, they have been rewarded with a lot of extremely good things and one of those is the Whole Nazarick itself. They spend their days inside the Tomb, doing a lot of things and exploring the part of the Tomb that they haven''t explored yet. And also, since they managed to clear the whole Nazarick on their first try, it was considered an achievement. And since it was considered an achievement, they have been rewarded for it. One of them is a world item called. Throne of the Kings. It is the same Throne that Momonga was sitting on in one of the pictures that Yuki saw earlier. (Here) They celebrated after all that and officially make the Great Tomb of Nazarick as their main Guild base. The whole Guild had become more excited about their new Guild Base and can''t wait anymore to do the things they wanted to do in it, and of course, including Yuki since this is the moment that he was waiting for, ever since he started playing YGGDRASIL. The moment where he can finally Lay out everything that''s hidden within him. Everything he''s constructing so far, can finally take shape and form. And no one knows how much Shaping and Forming Yuki''s planning to do. God can only cower in fear. ????? First part: Floors _________________ Five months had already passed. For that whole five months, the majority of the members of the Ainz Ooal Gown guild, did nothing but spend the rest of their days inside the Nazarick to do what they''re planning or doing in it. They go outside sometimes to hunt and find some materials but most of it is just for the sake of them being inside the Nazarick again. Prior to them conquering this whole Dungeon, the Great Tomb of Nazarick that was originally set to have only six floors, had been reconstructed and stretched to a whopping 13 floors. They also get rid of the stairs that connect each floor as they all see it as, Boring and Lame. So, to travel between floors, they made specific points on each floor, where there are open gates that allow magical transit. One needs to take these gates at specific locations to go level by level if they want to go from a lower floor to an upper floor. In the Original Timeline, Nazarick was only reconstructed from Six floors to Ten floors. But due to Yuki''s presence, it was changed. But Yuki didn''t touch or change anything on the original floors as it was managed by his Guildmates, and there''s no practical reason to do that. The whole Floors right now are like this. 1st~3rd Floors: Grave. 5th Floor: Glacier. 6th Floor: Jungle. 7th Floor: Lava. 8th Floor: Wilderness. 9th~10th Floor: Citadel 11th Floor: Royal Suite. 12th Floor: Throne Room 13th Floor: Acropolis They also made a Treasury but it''s not accessible by any normal means. In their early days of renovating the whole Nazarick, the Treasury is the first thing they created since they needed a room where they can place their whole valuable items, safely. Yuki also helped when it comes to the Defense since he knows about the event where the whole Nazarick is attacked and raided by Thousands of Players. That''s why he increased the level of Defense they have just in case it happens in time that he was not expecting it to happen. As obvious as it seems, Three of the floors in Nazarick that do not belong in the Original ten floors of the Original Timeline, the Citadel, and the Acropolis, are created by Yuki himself. These floors belong to him. He created it all by himself. Actually, these days, he is not even going outside anymore. During these five months, Yuki spends all of his time inside the Nazarick, doing nothing but customizing and constructing his floors. Yuki only focused on the 9th and 10th floor in these five months. He didn''t do anything yet on his other floor, the 13th floor since he wanted to finish these floors first before going towards the 13th since that is the most practical way. The 9th and 10th floors that Yuki''s creating serve as the last line of Defense of the whole Nazarick. But this Floor is not an ordinary Floor that''s just meant for Defense. Cause if people heard the word "Floor that''s supposed to be the very last line of Defense", People would immediately think about a floor that''s filled with Barriers, Traps, Guardians, and many other more, but NO. It has all of that but this floor is not specifically made to contain all of those. But Yuki did make sure to create this floor with the "Last line of defense" as the main intent of these two floors. Yuki even said to his Guildmates that these floors are so unpassable that even if all the Guild members were to step in here, they wouldn''t last for long. Yuki took five months just to completely finish these two floors. For the whole five months, he didn''t let any of his Guildmates to enter these floors. He locked the whole floor so that no one will be able to sneak in. If they were suddenly attacked by an outside party, the intruders from the 8th floor will be immediately redirected to the 11th floor if they access the teleportation portal there, completely skipping the first two floors. That''s how dedicated Yuki is to his secrecy regarding these floors. Only Yuki can have access to it, even by the use of the Ring of Ainz Ooal Gown, they wouldn''t be able to go inside it. But after five months of dedicated hard work, Yuki finally invited his Guildmates to check his newly created masterpiece. Yuki even challenged them all by saying that if someone manages to pass the two floors he created, he will reward them a World Item. They exaggerated about it but Yuki just said that that''s just how confident he was about his creation. They all accepted it and think that Yuki is just giving away his World items since it will be pretty easy for them to pass only two floors. They already conquered these once, how different could it be? They all entered the First floor of the Citadel, the 9th floor, and what welcomed them is a white room. The room was four-dimensional. Inside, they saw nothing but four metal doors on each side. They actually raised their Defenses since they thought that there would be traps everywhere. But after a minute of making sure that the room they''re currently in is practically safe, they all proceed to go towards the Door. They also checked if they can destroy anything in here using some spells or skills, but they only found that their spells, for some reason, are not working. Having no choice but to walk on the path that was laid to them by the oh-so-great Yuki, they all decided to go towards one of the doors. The door was surprisingly plain. If one were described it, they''ll surely say that "It''s a metal door." That''s how uncharacteristic it was. Touch Me is the one who volunteered to open the door. Believing that he''s the toughest one, that he''ll be able to take whatever kinds of trap that Yuki set on the other side. So slowly, he opened the door, and once it''s fully open, just then, they finally see what''s on the other side. The scene they all saw on the other side of the door had sent chills to their spine. Anyone can recognize what''s on the other side. A hallway of an Hospital. An abandoned, dark, messy, and where lights are flickering type of Hospital. They''re all staring at the hallway, weighing their options on whether to go out or not. But while they''re in the middle of their thoughts, at the end of the hallway they''re looking at, a silhouette of what seemed to be human, appeared. The human is walking slowly, passing across the hallway. But all of a sudden, it stopped, and slowly turn towards their direction. They all stared at it, and that human stared at them too. Though they can''t see its features, they can tell that it is looking at them. Slowly, that human''s whole body turn and without any qualms of hesitation, started running towards their direction. *Boom!* Without asking any question, the metal door was suddenly shut by Chagama. After that, she looks at the ceiling and shouts at the top of her lungs. "... YUKI! WHAT THE F*CK IS THIS!" After this, as if to respond to Chagama''s outburst, Yuki''s voice echoed throughout the room. "... Easy there darling. Don''t ruin the fun. Hehe." Though they can only hear Yuki''s voice, everyone in the room can already see Yuki having a sadistic smile on his face while saying this. "... GRR!! I SWEAR, ONCE I GET OUT HERE, YOU BETTER GET YOURSELF READY YUKI! YOU HEAR ME!? ARGGGGHHH!!!" And with that, their journey through the peaceful land of the 9th floor, continues. (AN: The second part of this will come again in the form of [ Side Story: Citadel''s Journey ] and will only be available on my Patr-eon.) _________________________________________________________________ Join my P-atreon to read the 10 advance Chapters. Pa-treon.com/Evrabonzz Chapter 35 AN: Where the f*ck is the "Write" Button at the app. Why did they replace is it with a huge f*cking "Sale"??? ARRRGGHHHH!!!!!! ___________________________________________________,______ Second Part: NPCs ___________________ [ NPC ] A word that is not common in the whole Nazarick itself. The Ainz Ooal Gown Guild is pretty much known for having an enormous amount of NPC. Wherever a certain someone goes inside the Nazarick, he or she will surely see a lot of NPCs. Be it a Spawned NPC or a Custom NPC. No surprise to that since when the whole Guild had recreated the whole Nazarick, NPCs are the ones where they focused their attention by a lot. They even made a lot of in-game purchases just to expand and stretch the max data storage just for the sake of having more of them. But out of all the members of Ainz Ooal Gown, there''s one of them that holds the record for creating and having a huge amount of NPC in Nazarick. This Player is actually the sole reason why they even need to expand the max data in the first place, due to him, almost consuming the entire available data for his creations alone. That''s right, a void guessed it. It''s no other than Yuki himself. Due to this weird habit of his, his own Guildmates had even started to call him an "NPC Maniac". Well, calling Yuki an "NPC Maniac" is actually not an exaggeration on their part because the number of NPC that Yuki had created, is actually much greater than what they had created so far, even if they were to combine their whole results. Yep, that just shows how obsessed Yuki is when it comes to creating NPCs. Even though he created a lot, not all of it has been seen by anyone. Yuki''s close friends within the Guild are not even an exemption. The only thing they knew is that, Yuki created a LOT since they can see it in the Records of the whole Guild, but up until now, if someone were to estimate how many NPC they have seen yet on Yuki''s creation through a percentage, then they only yet to see 30 percent of Yuki''s overall creations. Everything other than that is pretty much a mystery. But Yuki''s records are still increasing even in the current day. Meaning, the madness is still ongoing. But no one stop him from doing all that since, why would they? First, Yuki''s creating all his NPCs with his own resources. Meaning, he didn''t take a single Gold coin or Data crystals in the Treasury for all of his creations. It was all on him. Second, in the end of the day, what Yuki''s doing is for the sake of their guild anyway. All the NPC he created is not just for his floors but for others as well. He even helped his Guildmates when it comes to the creation of their own NPCs. Whenever they ask Yuki''s help, he''s always happy to ?ssist. So why would they stop him? So what they can only do is watch what he''s doing in silence and be thankful. That''s the only way they can express their appreciation for him, or at least, that''s what Yuki asked them to do. To just let him work in silence, and just simply leave him be. ????? [ Floor Guardians of Nazarick ] Floor Guardians are a group of specialized and unique NPCs who manage the defense of their given floors and have the highest authority throughout all the NPCs in the Great Tomb of Nazarick. If someone were to do a comparison, then Floor Guardian''s roles were similar to that of a boss in every dungeon. The Asura, the raid boss for the Great Tomb of Nazarick, is a great example of that. ?????? [ 1st~ 2nd~ 3rd Floor: Grave ] On a certain room inside the 11th Floor, the Royal Suite, Peroroncino and Yuki can be seen sitting on a couch together. Though unlike their usual attitude whenever they''re alone together, their atmosphere right now is somewhat serious, like they''re so immersed in what they''re doing that they can hardly give a damn about each other. An everyday normie might not be able to recognize what type of Window Console is floating in front of them due to the complexity of its appearance. But anyone that plays YGGDRASIL or any MMO can know what screen they keep fidgeting on. A Character Customization Console. That right, currently, both of them are creating or crafting their own Custom NPCs, or the supposed to be Floor Guardians in Nazarick. Peroroncino is the one who is tasked to create the Floor Guardian on the First floors. But since Yuki and Peroroncino are somewhat of a close friends, they decided to create their very own Guardians together since Yuki too is ?ssigned to create some. Yuki owned three floors in Nazarick, therefore, it is his job to create and bestow Guardians upon it. Earlier, Peroroncino and Yuki discussed the NPC they wanted to make. Both of them just have a wide variety of ideas, so wide they can''t seem to decide what to implement in their creations. But thankfully, their thoughts are somewhat aligned with each other, so, as their conversation goes on, they finally realize the NPC/Floor Guardian they both wanted to create. As a great quote once said. Great minds think alike. "... A little bit here and there... and~ there! This is pretty much the layout of it. What do you think?" Peroroncino said then ask Yuki, who excitedly look at his screen, for his opinion. "... Hmm. Overall, it''s fine. Though I think you should decrease this part a little bit and make this part, more white. Also, I think you should make this a little bit short too since it''s too distracting. The dress is better to be less bulky too. The simple it looks, the better it is. Then for the colors of that..." Yuki keeps spitting his opinion for a straight minute before he finally stopped, seemingly finished too all the things he wanted to say. After hearing Yuki''s suggestions and opinions, Peroroncino pondered and think for a moment... then face Yuki again. "... I think what you said is really good. Yeah, I''ll do that. Thanks." Peroroncino agreed to Yuki''s ideas because for him, it really sounds like, it''ll make things much better compared to the one he has now. Actually, at first, he kinda disagrees because he thought that it will make his current creation, a whole lot different from what he''s planning to do, but after considering Yuki''s idea for a whole minute, he finally sympathized with his friend''s idea, for some better reasons. And he can''t hate the idea in the first place because all of it is... up to his taste. (? ?¡ã ? ¤Ä ??¡ã) Both of them got back to what they''re doing, they started getting busy again, but all of sudden, in the middle of their business, Yuki look towards Peroronchino. "... Hey. Are you going to make her... you know... Flat?" "... Umm, yeah. Something''s wrong with that?" Peroronchino said with a serious tone, a bit offended that Yuki seemed to be questioning his tastes. Peroronchino, is a firm believer of, "Flat is Justice", though he likes it Big too, he is currently leaning a bit in the Flat side for some reason. Noticing the piercing gaze that Peroronchino''s giving him, Yuki shook his hand to diffuse the situation. "... Don''t get me wrong alright? I think it''s good and nothing''s wrong with that. Hey, look at my creation, they''re pretty much the same in your current aspects. But, I think that you shouldn''t make them... that flat. Like, I mean, make it at least... Grabbable. Get what I''m saying?" [ ( ?¡ã ?? ?¡ã) ] Yuki said to Peroroncino, which made the other party''s eyes lit up like he just got enlightened. "... Oh! Hohoho, yeah you''re right. I knew that you''re a good comrade." Peroroncino agreed to what Yuki said as he sent a thumbs-up emoji towards Yuki. Yuki also did the same. After all that fuss, they both go back to their own businesses. Anyway, it''s already been hours since that conversation happened and both of them are still doing the same thing. Pinning their ?sses on the sofa while continuously fidgeting with the screen in front of them. "... HUA! FINALLY!" "... OH MY GOD. THAT WAS F*CKING TIRING." But after a couple more hours, together with a sudden outburst, both of them dropped their backs on the sofa and lay down more comfortably. An indication that they seemed to have finished what they''re doing already. "... Hey, let me see yours." Peroroncino said to Yuki as he lean forward towards him to see his screen that displays the final results of his Floor Guardian. "... Here. Pretty good right?" Yuki replied as he tilted his screen so he can give Peroroncino a better view of what he had done. "... Oooh~ It sure is. That''s really good. Is that the Guardian for this floor?" Peroroncino asked Yuki enthusiastically. "... Yeah. Now, hurry, let me see yours." Yuki replied as he hurriedly ask Peroronchino to show his, since he''s probably the most excited to see what the others had made. "... Sure, here." Peroroncino brings up the screen and shows it to Yuki. "... Yeah, that''s good. See? Now that''s much better." Yuki said with an excited tone. "... But hey, I just noticed this now but... These two are pretty much alike, aren''t they? I mean, they both have silver hairs, they also have the same Racial class. They''re like two sides of a coin...." Yuki said. ".. Yeah, they''re like a bit identical, like a relative... Like sisters..." Peroroncino jolts up after he said that, like he suddenly thought of something good. "... Sisters huh?" Yuki also did the same. "... Yeah, Sisters." Peroroncino said. "... Sisters ( ?¡ã ?? ?¡ã)."Yuki repeated "... Hehe, Sisters ( ?¡ã ?? ?¡ã)." Peroroncino replied. "... Alright, let''s do this." both of them said at the same time. And with that, they both decided that they will make the two NPC related to each other. And thus, that day, the Floor Guardian of the 1st levels of Nazarick, had been born. Both of them decided to come up with the name together since what they made are practically relatives. So for Peroronchino''s creation, they settled with the name... Obviously. Shalltear Bloodfallen. Yuki is the one who suggested the name actually, and Peroroncino loved it then immediately agreed to it. Well, why would he not? It was him who originally come up with that name in the first place anyway. Yuki''s just making the process faster. But Yuki, while looking at the image of the Shalltear they had created, can''t help but think to himself... "... Shalltear will surely thank me for this. Haha." ( AN: So, Shalltear now ended up looking like this.????) ?????? [ 4th Floor: Underground Lake ] The Floor Guardian of this Floor is already set. It''s a part of the Bonus when they managed to conquer the whole Nazarick. It''s called. The Strategic Siege Golem: Gargantua. Gargantua is an ultra-large, stone golem with a height of over 30m. This golem looks like a two-armed, two-legged colossus that seemed to be carved out of stone. Its arms and legs are chunky, so it may look cute if one disregards its size. While so, its round eye sockets and for this part, are glowing with red lines that permeate from its ?h?st, like a heart. But since Gargantua is a part of the System, it''s not one of the Custom NPCs that is made in the Great Tomb of Nazarick. Therefore, it is not able to freely move without being commanded to do so. ??????? [ 5th Floor: Glacier ] The very first created Floor Guardian was for this floor. Of course, excluding the 4th floor. The name of the setted Floor Guardian for this floor is. Cocytus. His creator is Warrior Takemikazuchi. And since Warrior Takemikazuchi is into some Warrior stuff, he of course set Cocytus to become a full-fledged Warrior... a being with a Warrior''s Heart, and a Warrior''s Soul, and a Warrior''s Dic¡ª and a lot more Warrior''s stuff. ?????? 6th Floor: (Jungle) To be Continued¡ú _________________________________________________________________________ Join my Pa-treon to read the 11 advanced Chapters .Patr-eon.com/Evrabonzz Chapter 36 (AN: I won''t put that much of an explanation on the information that you guys surely know already.) [ 6th Floor: Jungle ] The one who is tasked with the creation of the Floor Guardian on this floor was Bukubukuchagama. But what she created is not just a Floor Guardian, but Floor GuardianS, since she made two entities for the role. A twin to be exact. A girl and a boy. She named those two as, Aura Bella Fiora, for the girl, and Mare Bello Fiore, for the trap. ?????? [ 7th Floor: Lava ] The Floor Guardian here was called Demiurge. He was created by Ulbert Alain Odle. There''s not much of a difference if someone were to compare this Demiurge to the original one since Yuki didn''t meddle with his creation. ?????? [ 8th Floor: Wilderness ] The one who is ?ssigned to create the Floor Guardian for this floor is Ancient One. Actually, Ancient One just accepted the task out of pure excitement, but at that time, immediately after he accepted it, he suddenly realized that currently, he has some circumstances. So he just made an excuse that he won''t be able to do the creation right away since he need to do something first. Actually, he even thought that he should just refuse the Guardian creation, but he was too embarrassed to say it. Not after he excitedly accepted the task. But Yuki, seeing through Ancient One, knowing that there''s a lot more to his excuse, had immediately grabbed the opportunity to talk to him and volunteer himself to create the Guardian for the 8th floor. At first, Ancient One tried to refuse since he already knows that Yuki had done a lot of things already inside their Guild, and that he was also tasked to create the Floor Guardians on multiple Floors. He was hesitant to accept Yuki''s offer since he felt like he is taking advantage of Yuki''s goodwill. But in the end, due to Yuki''s nonstop persuasion, acting like a devil whispering in his ears, he finally gave up. He just let Yuki do his supposed to be job while wondering, why does he want it so bad? Do he really want to create Floor Guardians that much? But in the end, he left these questions be, since he already knows that, there''s just no way for him to see the exact answers. But after all those events, Yuki immediately started the creation for that certain NPC/Floor Guardian. In the Original Timeline, the ?ssigned Floor Guardian for this floor is named Victim. Though Yuki can understand this NPC''s usefulness, he''s just really not a fan of it and finds the idea lame. Victim is surely strong, Yuki can''t deny that, since he has an ability that can stop an advancement of 1,500 Players when Nazarick got invaded in the Original Timeline. But Yuki is sure that he can do or create much better than that. And that''s exactly what he tried to do, and why he''s so adamant to be the one to create the Guardian here. So for the creation, It took Yuki a whole two days before he finally finished creating the supposed to be Floor Guardian. He spent a lot of money, time, effort, and materials just to create this thing that, he can consider already as a Masterpiece. But he doesn''t have a single regret for this decision. So the masterpiece that he created is obviously, a Female. But unlike the others, this NPC isn''t Heteromorphic, nor a Demi-human. What he created is, a Human. A very surprising fact. But overall, this NPC is not just a normal Human, but an Immortal Human. And to make things better, out of all the current Floor Guardians in Nazarick, this NPC is arguably the second strongest. Yuki named this Floor Guardian, Sakura. Well, Yuki thought that the name he choose is so fitting since he made the NPC reside on the Cherry Blossom Sanctuary. A place where there''s a lot of Sakura trees. (Here''s how she looks like.) So after Yuki created her, he immediately sets her role and sends her to the 8th floor so she can finally begin her duty as the Floor Guardian. ?????? 9th~10th Floor: (Citadel) This is Yuki''s floor so of course, Yuki is the one who will create the Floor Guardian for this floor. Though it is not like someone told him to do so. In fact, his Guildmates even said that they should be the ones to create the NPC for this floor already, since Yuki created the floor itself. But Yuki, being the NPC Maniac that he is, strongly refused their goodwill. He''s like a hissing cat from his friends'' perspective. Seeing Yuki''s reaction to them, his Guildmates just let it be since it''s his own floor anyway. They''re just offering their help to lessen Yuki''s burden. And besides, they already know that Yuki''s rich anyway. They don''t know how rich he is exactly, but seeing how much money he spends inside the game and somehow, still doing so, they all thought that he might be a son of some Billionaire. That or he has Sugar Mommy. So overall, Yuki is the one who created the Floor Guardian on this floor. But actually, unlike his other creations, Yuki''s created NPC/Floor Guardian for this floor is... somewhat different than the others. If someone were to look at his created NPC, they''ll surely notice that all the NPC that Yuki created so far, are all Women. All his friends or Guildmates cannot guess why''s that or what''s the reason for that? Is the Female stronger than the Male? Bullish*t. Are there any hidden effects or rewards if someone were to create a certain number of female NPCs? No one knows. But they all doubt that and just think that Yuki loves or preferred to create female NPCs rather than the Male ones for some... unknown reasons that only he knows. So what made his created NPC/Floor Guardian for the 9th and 10th floor different from the others is, he didn''t make a Female NPC, nor a Male one, or any Monster-looking NPCs. What he created looks like... a Chicken. The void heard it right. A normal-looking white chicken ????. The reaction of being surprised about this is pretty normal, as Yuki''s Guildmates, when they saw it, was also the same. ~~~~~~ Peroronchino''s Reaction ~~~~~~ "... Raizel! There you are. I''ve been looking for you ya know. Last night, I found some good Western Por¡ª Wait, what''s up with the chicken?" Said by Peroroncino as he was telling Yuki about his great discovery, but was suddenly interrupted when he saw the Chicken that''s sitting on Yuki''s head. "... Oh this? It''s the new Floor Guardian I created for the Citadel." "... Pfft¡ª That''s funny." "..." [ ???? ] "..." [ ???? ] "... Wait you''re serious?" Peroroncino followed up as he saw Raizel''s piercing gaze. "... Yeah." At this point, Peroronchino is trying to understand what Yuki''s thoughts are. He''s trying to figure out why did Yuki create a Chicken when all he does is either Loli NPCs, or Onee-san NPCs. Rarely, some Milf. But no chicken or any Animals. But after a minute of pondering, Peroronchino exclaimed, looking like he finally realized Yuki''s intention for this one. "... Oh I see! So a Beast now eh? [ ???? ]. Well, personally I like Nekos more, but if you''re into Chickens, I respect that." [ ???? ] Said by Peroroncino while nodding his head in approval. "... Uuh, no. It doesn''t transform." Yuki said passively, freezing the smile on Peroronchino''s face. "... It doesn''t?" "... Yeah. It''s just a chicken. No human form." All of sudden, an eerie silence had erupted between the two as they both stare at each other. Then all of a sudden... "... Who are you?" Peroronchino suddenly asked Yuki a strange question. "... What?" Yuki replied while sounding confused. "... WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY FRIEND YOU FAKE!? WHO ARE YOU!?" ~~~~~~~ End ~~~~~~~ Though every Guildmember that also saw the supposed to be Guardian of the 9th and 10th Floor, was greatly surprised too. But their reason for being surprised is much different from Peroronchino''s reaction. All of them had already been in the Citadel once, and they definitely don''t want to be there ever again, so they find it surprising and a bit funny that a Chicken will manage a place like that. Imagine being in a place full of horrors and hardships, then you suddenly find yourself facing against a White Chicken for the Boss battle. It''s just weird and hilarious in some way. But even though the appearance of this Floor Guardian is just a normal-looking chicken, the creation process for this NPC/Floor Guardian is nowhere near Normal at all. And small it may be, this Chicken is literally the strongest being in the whole Nazarick. As in WHOLE Nazarick. Yuki included. That''s right, Yuki created something that''s much stronger than him. And since that''s the case, saying that the Chicken is the strongest being in the whole Nazarick, is not wrong. Well, to others, this might come as a surprise, but given by the process of its creation, this should be an expected outcome already, since a World Item came into play. Three of Yuki''s World Items to be exact. Well, a Void might ask why Yuki did this, as he should know that this move is already a pretty risky move? Well to answer that. First, Yuki already knows the circumstances of his strength. That he''ll run out of juice someday and be weak. So when that time comes, when he doesn''t have the power to defend Nazarick, he need someone to depend on. Someone that''s benefiting to be Nazarick''s last line of Defence. At least until Yuki gained strength again to do all that. Lastly. Even though the Chicken is much stronger, Yuki programmed it just to be a simple Chicken. To act just like a normal, gullible, cute chicken. In short, Yuki''s pet. Though it may sound complicated, Yuki actually made the Chicken much faster than any Custom NPC he had created so far. Actually, he felt that it''s even harder to decide on the name than the creation itself. Since Yuki''s naming sense is not that great, he had a bit of a hard time thinking of a really great name that will fit the chicken. But after running out of any cool Names, he just settled with the simplest name he could ever think of. Frank-Hen-Stein Trivia: The Three world item that''s used to create Frank-hen-stein is like a synergy type of World Item. Meaning, one is used to another so the other can be used for the other one so that the other one can be used to combine them all into one and be used to that specific item so this unique effect will be created that leads to the creation of Frank-hen-stein. Get it? ?????? 11th Floor: (Royal Suite) To be continued.... Chapter 37 [ 11th Floor: Royal Suite ] If someone were to describe this Floor, then they''ll surely say that, it doesn''t fit at all and it''s kinda out of place. A void might ask why? Well, it doesn''t look like a place that anyone would find in YGGDRASIL, or in a place like Nazarick to be exact. Unlike the other floors, which are specifically made for defenses, this floor was made for entertainment and non-security purposes. Basically, a floor where they, the Guild members, can do or create whatever they want. This floor as of now, contains various of things. Personal Rooms, Communal baths, Cafeterias, Beauty salons, Clothing stores, Grocery stores, Fitness salons, Nail salons, and many other more. Basically, the whole floor became like a Mall. A place that no one will expect to see inside a Tomb. Though these facilities were just for decorations, and doesn''t serve any purpose at all, in-game that is. They still did it nonetheless, just for the sake of having fun. But the one who actually proposed the idea for this Floor is Yuki himself. That''s also the reason why Yuki is the one who''s been tasked to create the Floor Guardian of this floor too. No, not tasked. More like, Volunteered. Yuki insisted and of course, his Guildmates didn''t stop him from doing so since they know that, he''ll just do it anyway no matter what they say. They just can''t understand why he is so obsessed on NPCs. Basically, at this point, 70 percent of all the NPC in Nazarick are Yuki''s creation, and that percentage are still growing. Not to mention that the majority of them has a High Level and Equipped with a set of High Class Equipments. Just hearing about this can make anyone go crazy. They just can''t comprehend how he''s managing to afford all this stuff. But of course, none of them voiced that question out, since they already know what Yuki would say if they do. "... Cause i''m rich." Though Yuki created the Floor Guardian, that doesn''t mean all the contents of the Floor too. Everything that this Floor has, was Built by each and every Guild Members. This was their so-called, Entertainment Floor anyway. They just can''t let Yuki do all the fun stuff. Of course, Yuki built many things here too. Actually, he built a lot of things that it came to the point where there''s no more space to build stuff, and this thing happened when not even half of his Guildmates had yet to touch the Floor. That''s how fast he had eaten the whole Floor for his own stuff. So being the culprit of the situation, and not wanting to make his Guildmates hate him, Yuki made an in-game purchase to expand the whole floor itself just so he can make up for the spaces he devoured. Well, due to that happenings, Yuki accidentally made this Floor, the second biggest Floor in the whole Nazarick. Second to the 13th Floor that, funny enough, Yuki also owned. A weird pattern is starting to arise. Well, even though all of this served no purpose at all, they all are still so passionate about it. But unlike the others who only see this as an eye candy, Yuki sees this place differently. Although this place serves no purpose at all, he knows that it will be different soon. But even though this place is described or made for a non-security purpose, that doesn''t mean that this is just a Resting floor for the possible Invaders. No. Just having Yuki''s presence on this floor, made that very thing, unlikely. Even though this floor doesn''t have any traps that can hinder the Invaders, it has something similar at least. It''s called, Lock Down. What that does is basically locking down the whole Floor, preventing anyone from using any type of Teleportation Spells or Skills. Once activated, it also erases all the Teleportation Gate that leads to the Throne Room throughout the floor, making the stairs on the other side of the 11th Floor''s entrance, the only way to go forward. To others, that kind of function might sound Lame compared to others, but one must not forget that this Floor, house has the largest number of NPCs. Though they are all Maid-looking NPCs, all of them are capable in combat since the majority of them, are created by Yuki. But honestly, this serves nothing but to hinder the Invaders, not to stop them. Why? Because what could this floor do if the Citadel, which serves as the last line of Nazarick''s defense, got passed through by the invaders? Yuki did all the stuff on this Floor while knowing all that, even so, he still created a Floor Guardian in this place cause, why not? In the Original Timeline, this floor doesn''t have a Floor Guardian, but why would Yuki not do it? An extra layer of defense, small it may be, is still beneficial for all of them. Though what Yuki created for this Floor is not a Floor Guardian exactly, but more of a Manager. Or it can be both. A Floor Guardian and a Manager of the Royal Suite. Well, the Floor Guardian of this floor is actually the same NPC that Yuki created when he''s with Peroroncino. He created this NPC/Floor Guardian at the same time as Peroroncino''s creation of Shalltear. And it''s the exact character that''s supposed to be Shalltear''s sister. Yuki named this one, Nona Bloodfallen. (Here''s what she looks like.) Obviously, Yuki took a reference from an Anime character he watched in his past life. He just thought that the very Characteristics of this character, fits the concept of the 11th floor itself. Nona and Shalltear are somewhat the same, but also not at the same time. They have a lot of similarities, but they also have a lot of differences in some parts. For example, Yuki made Nona as the Elder Sister, so he programmed her to act more m?tur? and more dominant to Shalltear, and Shalltear to her, vice versa. She also doesn''t have the same level of ??wdness or fetishes that Shalltear has, but of course, she still has some, because Peroroncino insisted, that its supposed to run within the family... Other than all of that, Shalltear and Nona also don''t share the same kind of Classes other than the True Vampire Class. That means, unlike Shalltear, she won''t go on a rampage and transform into a hideous thing when some conditions are met. ETC. But, even though the Floor she was set to guard isn''t a Floor that''s actually meant for Defense, doesn''t mean she is weaker than the others. Yuki made her, so she''s obviously strong to some degree. A void might ask, how strong exactly? Well, It depends on the circumstances. Though she is stronger than the majority of NPCs or certain Floor and Area Guardians in Nazarick, Status wise, she can still be beaten in some cases. All NPCs have unique traits that makes them strong in their own aspects. Not all of them are relatively weak compare to the others, it''s just that, some of them are much stronger or much weaker in some aspects, but all of them are still equally the same. Even Gargantua that has the most higher stats in the whole Nazarick is not much of a different from the others. Though... I smell BS This might be what Yuki''s Guildmates would say if they hear those lines about NPCs. They stopped believing about those facts for a long time already, because they knew that if it was created by a guy named Yuki, then it''s surely absurd and overflowing with a Money Aura. ??????? 12th Floor: (Throne) This floor is where the Throne is, obviously. The throne where the Guild Master would sit on. Though Momonga only sits there occasionally. He would not do that for no reason at all, unless he want to be teased or made fun off by some of his friends for looking so edgy as hell. The Floor Guardian of this Floor is of course. The Guardian overseer, the one and only, Best girl Albedo. (AN: Do I really need to explain who she is?) ?????? [ 13th Floor: Acropolis ] Everything about this floor is pretty much a mystery to the rest of the whole Guild. No one knows or even entered this floor other than Yuki himself. The information about to this floor is not known to others. The only thing that they know is that, this floor has a Floor Guardian too. Knowing Yuki, everyone knows that, its gotta be a female one. How strong she was? No one knows, probably even Yuki himself. Though up until now, no one has yet to know what Yuki did on this floor exactly. But judging from the time and effort that Yuki gave just to create this floor, everyone, even when they are standing from afar, can already smell the thick scent of Money, overflowing from it. That''s why they already stopped imagining what could it be because it''s surely something that even their tiny and poor imagination couldn''t comprehend. ?????? [ Area Guardians ] Yuki didn''t manage to touch this area that much, since Yuki has been so busy on his own matters. Besides, just like how some of them are tasked with the creation of the Floor Guardians, the Area Guardians were also tasked on the other Guild members too. Yuki just doesn''t have an extra time to pursue this part any longer. That''s why if someone where to compare the Area Guardians that the current Nazarick has, in the Original Timeline, not much had changed. All the Original Area Guardians are still there, but the areas that some of them guards, are now slightly different. For example, Aureole Omega. In the OG Timeline, she is the leader of the "Pleiades Seven Sisters" and the Area Guardian of the Cherry Blossom Sanctuary. She also controls all the teleportation gates in Nazarick, so If an intruder attempts to enter through it, she will use some sort of unknown portal to teleport or divert the intruders into the isolation area of her choice. Right now, she still does all that, but since Sakura, Yuki''s creation, occupied the Cherry Blossom Sanctuary first, she was now stationed in a different area instead. But it was still on the 8th floor, just on a different part. It''s also the same for the others, still there but some of their original positions had changed due to Yuki''s work and presence. Even Albedo''s two sisters, Nigredo and Rubedo, still have the same roles, but different locations. Though Rubedo, the strongest entity in Nazarick, in the Original Timeline that is, is obviously not the strongest anymore, since Frank-hen-stein took the spot. So overall, Area Guardians are still somewhat the same and nothing too absurd has been changed. ?????? [ Guild Weapon ] _______________________________ Description: The Staff of Ainz Ooal Gown takes on traits similar to that of the Greek God Hermes'' caduceus. It is entwined by seven serpents and in each of the squirming serpents'' mouths hold a jewel of a different color. Its grip has a transparent quality like crystal and emits a bluish-white light. When touched, it spews a dark red aura. Sometimes, the faces of humans in agony would appear and crumble away dance on its surface. Such an effect from the staff is so vivid that it felt as though one could hear their voices of pain. ___________________________ Nothing much to be mentioned, it was still the same. Yuki didn''t put his interest that much in the Guild weapon because he has so many items that are much better than their current created Guild Weapon. What Yuki invested in is the place where their Guild weapon is to be kept. Since their Guild weapon is a type of item that symbolizes their Guild itself, it must be highly protected at all cost, because the destruction of the Guild Weapon is the time where the Dissolution of their Guild happens. So Yuki did his best to hide this Guild weapon. And where would be the best place to keep it and make it as secure as possible? Yes, on the 13th floor of course. Why there? Simple, it''s because not only do the Invaders need to pass through 12 high defensive floors where they need to fight a lot of entities and traps, which is almost impossible, they also need to break through the 13th floor, which by no means easy. Not to mention that they also need to face whatever abomination Yuki created there. ( The End of the Nazarick''s overall Summarization ) ___________________________________________________________________________ Join my Pat-reon to read the Advanced Chapters .Patr-eon.com/Evrabonzz