Hello dear readers! Here is an early chapter to compensate for the previous late release. Hope y'all enjoy it!
As usual, if you find any inconsistencies or errors comments I will try to fix them as soon as possible.
That's all hope you all have a good day or night!
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As soon as Nix entered the trial room the whole atmosphere changed, the earlier creepy room got way more scary and the entire air felt alive as the flames lit up in quick succession.
The dying silence is a reminder of the chaos to come in a few moments.
Nix took a closer look at the statues, they looked completely lifeless and had an ancient vibe to them with signs of damage and the growth of moss-like plants on them.
They all held different things, some held swords or spears while some held different musical instruments.
All their armored bodies were decorated with intricate patterns, and one gatekeeper looked particularly fearsome resembling a particular dark lord from Middle Earth holding a mace.
There was one statue that stood out amongst all the others, even while sitting on a throne it was taller than the rest.
His gigantic form served as a reminder of the battle ahead.
[IMAGE HERE]
He decided to check their stats window to see if he could battle against them if things went south.
//------STATUS------//
Level:- 80
Race:- Living Statue
HP:- 12,000/12,000
MP:- 0/0
Job:- Trial Guardian
Job Level:- ?????
Alignment:-?NA?
Skills:- [Pierce], ?????
//-------END-------//
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//------STATUS------//
Level:-100
Race:- Fake God
HP:- 15,000/15,000
MP:- 100,000/100,000
Job:- High Executioner
Alignment:- ??ERROR??Pure Evil??
ERROR??
Skills:- [Distengeration Beam],
[Stomp],?????
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//------STATUS------//
Name- Architect
Level:-65
Race:- Cursed Mage,???
HP:-???/???
MP:- 120,000/120,000
Job:- Trial Overseer
Job Level:- Broken Creator, ???
Alignment:- Lawful Chaotic~Netural
Skills:- [Flight], [Achitect's Pride] [Admin Rights],?????
//-------END-------//
Looking at the status windows of the statues Nix knew he wasn't even close enough to even think about fighting one of these.
They could count as boss monsters at these crazy levels and skills.
As he was thinking about these things an unexpected message appeared before him.
{A glitch in the system has been detected!}
{The user would be awarded appropriate rewards after consideration.}
{Yggsrasil will update in 15 minutes and the servers will be shut down temporarily.}
Reading the contents of the message Nix decided to hurry up and finish the trial quickly.
He quickly went towards the acting Architect, then as he was about to read he remembered he couldn't read runic language.
Then one of the NPCs came forward and spoke.
[Carthenon Temple's Commandments]
["First, worship the lord."]
["Second praise the lord."]
["Third prove your faith."]
Then there was a small pause which seemed to last forever, as the air got colder and heavier as the last comment was spoken.
["Those who do not follow these commandments, will never return alive."]
As the NPC finished speaking the doors closed loudly. The NPCs suddenly went out of control and started screaming.
Nix was surprised by this development, now he couldn't command them as he could before, making things a lot more complicated.
["The door's just closed!"]
["What do we do no--"]
["Dammit! I can't stand this anymore!"]
["All of you listen up! It's all your fault that we are in this situation! Who told you to risk all our lives fighting impossible to defeat a high-level monster for some meager amount of money!"]
["It was a mistake to even come here with this bastard! I am leaving!" You can take all the treasures for yourself!]
Nix ignored the rest of the NPC's ramblings and cries as most of them died as soon as the giant crepy statue started shooting laser beams he bowed down.
The NPCs soon followed when they said that Nix was fine, but some dumb ones said they bowed their heads to o one and other dumb stuff needless to say they were disintegrated pretty quickly.
After bowing for a few seconds the giant statue smiled like a maniac which gave Nix shivers down his spine.
Seeing the real thing felt different, he snapped out of his thoughts when the giant statue got up and started to stomp NPCs to death.
He t told them to get to the statues with instruments if they wanted to live, some seemed hesitant at first but followed his advice nevertheless after seeing he was their best chance to survive.
Nix quickly ran towards the statue the OG got. After looking around he quickly found a statue of an angelic woman.
As he got close enough, it started singing. He deduced he had a bit of prep time seeing how the NPCs were busy arguing or sacrificing others or themselves.
Nix decided to cast some spells in the meantime but he found out that none of his holy spells worked he was worried as a ton of the spells he cast were holy.
He quickly caused one of his delayed holy spells
Which were working fine which meant that [Delay] magic somehow worked.
'Weird' he thought
After casting other spells he quickly drank a mana potion and a defense potion after which he sat down to watch their live drama for entertainment the final 6 survivors were chosen.
'Took them long enough.'
Then the creepy statue did his whole thing and the altar was raised, and all the statues started moving.
Nix took this queue and ran towards the alter, which caused a flame to appear. The rest followed him after seeing that he was their only chance of survival.
As they entered the fire was lit in an octagonal shape and a blue fire started burning out and the closed doors opened.
Which tempted them a little but they reminded themselves that it could be a trap.
"It's your chance to escape, leave before they reach us," said Nix.
"No, we can't do that, it was our choice to come here knowing something like this could happen and we intend to fight till our dying breath."
"No, that's pointless I was the one who got us all into this situation in the first place I have to take responsibility as the leader.
"No that...."
What followed was a quick but long conversation in which Nix was trying to persuade the NPCs to leave but they were so stubborn.
They said as a member of their honorable ancestors they would not run like cowards blah-blah-blah.
After bickering for a while he managed to persuade them into leaving.
"We will never forget your brave sacrifice, sir!"
What Nix didn't realize was that the NPC's had thought him to be like the other players' greedy bastards who could do anything for power sacrificing their comrade's lives just to complete 'Quests'
But after the conversation their image of Nix had shattered, they had believed he would sacrifice them to escape but he did the opposite.
This painted Nix as a Hero ready to sacrifice his life for others.
They would not forget this and this is what would eventually save Nix's life in the future.
Moving on now Nix was stuck in the same situation as the OG without any comrades to keep an eye on the evolved form of the doctor who weeping angles.
Then after thinking for a long time, he came up with a way to survive.
'How can I keep an eye on all the statues?' He thought but eventually came up with an answer.
The answer to this question was having companions or summons which Nix' had the spell already ready to use. Delay magic was a blessing to strategists like him.
Without wasting any more time he spoke
"[Delay Magic:- Release
(Boost Magic, Maximize Magic, Over Magic, Triplet Magic)]
[-Summon 5th Tier (Ophanim)-]"
A bright magic circle appeared from which emerged three circles made out of a gold-like metal with many circles inside it each with a ton of eyes on them.
After summoning them he cast all the buffs he knew which depleted him of all his mana and he had no potions left.
[IMAGE HERE]
The statues stopped moving for a while but suddenly the Ophanim flew towards the statues and started attacking them.
Nix tried to stop them but they didn't listen to his commands. They did some damage to the statues but were soon killed.
Now Nix was in a very bad situation, to say the least without any way to survive but trusted his luck and decided to act.
He thought the worst that could happen was his death and loss of 5 levels but it wasn't much for him.
But if he knew that he would die if he died here he would have had very different thoughts.
The statues neared him he took out a normal-looking sword and taunted the statues.
"Come!" He shouted with all his strength.
The statue emotionally stabbed him with his giant spear. Which caused him a lot of damage.
{HP:-29/58[Bleeding(Critical):- User will lose 1 HP per second]}
The statue took out his spear which caused Nix to land on the altar with his blood flowing down like water.
"Hark!" He didn't know what happened but it felt like he was stabbed. He started breathing heavily fearing he would die.
A statue with a sword thrust it toward him and stabbed him straight in the chest.
"ARGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!"
{HP:- 8/58}
The pain was intense but as some sort of a counter, his subconscious mind automatically cast the last spell he had saved.
'[Delay Magic:- Release
(Boost Magic, Maximize Magic, Over Magic)
-Greater Heal-]'
{HP:- 24/58}
Just as his [HP] regenerated another statue was about to stab him when...
*FIRE DIES*
The last fire went out and time seemed to stop. A blue screen with a message appeared in front of him.
{(!)ALARM}
[You Have Completed All The Necessary Requirements Of The Secret Quest 'COURAGE OF THE WEAK']
'Finally.'
[You Have Earned The Right To Become A Player Will You Accept?]
'I thought I was going to die. That was way too close.'
[You Do Not Have Much Time Remaining.]
[If You Refuse Your Heart Will Stop Approximately 0.02 Seconds Later Will You Accept?]
[>Yes<] [>No<]
'Am I dumb of course I accept!'
"[>YES<]!"
{(!) ALARM}
[Welcome Player.]
With that, Nix lost consciousness at this point nothing else should have happened but...
{The game will shut down in 15 seconds}
[Error....Presence Of Another System Dected Calculating...Calculated.]
[It Has Been Detected That The Goals Of The Other Syste Align With The Goal Of The System.]
[Merging.....]
{It has been detected that the player has acquired another syYS&^$^%!}
[Success]
[Error Found.]
[It Has Been Detected That The Player Has The Soul Of A Human But Is An Angel. ]
[Calculating.....]
{The game will shut down to update in 5 seconds}
[It Has Been Decided That The Host Will 'Play' As A Humanoid Player Until He Has Cleared The Final Quest]
[Partion Accepted]
{The Update Will Begin! We Wish You...}
[Good Luck Player.]
When Guys I think someone has cursed me, this week has been terrible for me like almost every day I got injured somehow.
Most of the time it was a minor inconvenience but just yesterday I SOMEHOW managed to injure my hand which delayed the progress of this chapter.
Send me your positivity and remove this foul curse placed upon me!
My goal is to get in at least the top 200 fanfics in any of the That will be all and have a nice day!
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{Update completed!}
{New bosses, monsters, items, and a new stat have been added. Please enjoy the game.}
{Additionally, you can support the developers with the gacha while earning rewards!}
(This is cannon, once Yggdrasil did have a fatigue system.)
//Somewhere In Helhime//
Inside a dead forest covered heavily with snow, a firey red portal opened out of which emerged a firey red chick after looking around and saw that it was safe, chirped loudly.
A group of similar chicks emerged from the portal as if it were some signal.
The only difference was their age, some looked older while some looked younger, they seemed to be dragging a young handsome-looking man who looked unconscious.
After dragging the man deeper into the forest, the chicks stopped as if tired, their bodies became more spectral and partially see-through.
The flame covering their bodies looked weak as if even a gust of wind could extinguish it.
"Chirp! This is too tiring big brother, why is he so heavy? " Asked a young-looking bird.
"It's not that he is heavy its just that we have grown too weak, before we could lift even
mountains now we can't even lift the body of a level one human. Truly a shame."
"I wanted to ask this before but couldn't because we had to escape with this impudent human, but why was he chosen?"
"Yeah, there are humans and heteromorphs stronger than him around level 15, some are even level 20!"
The eldest-looking one replied,
"It isn't our place to judge 'Her' decision if she chose him as our hope then he must have some special quality."
"Yeah, she always has a good reason to do something."
"You all may be right, but I think this man here is dumb. Who would choose to go to Helhime? He is a human! I don't know why a human would decide to start in the realm of the Heteromorphs. "
"Who knows, maybe he likes the thrill of such things?"
As they were talking the portal they came out of closed and their bodies became even more transparent.
"Because of all your ramblings, you forgot to close the friging portal! Are you all idiots!?"
"Sorry big sis! Please forgive us!"
"Hmph! You all are lucky if I had more time I would have taught you-"
Before the angry bird could become a young master all of them disappeared.
Now the young man who was Nix was unconscious in the middle of the forest of Helhime.
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{(!) Welcome, Player. -x}
The man suddenly jolted awake panting heavily as he grasped his chest tightly seemingly trying to hold his dear life and was for a second confused about the blue transparent screen in front of him but then remembered what had happened.
As the man awoke, for a moment he was confused as he remembered seeing red birds and now he was in the middle of a green forest.
He was dazed for a while but in a moment he remembered what had happened, his excitement came in like a tsunami making him forget everything about his 'Dream' he had.
Like a child who had found his favorite toy, he said "System" out loud still trying to act mature but failing miserably.
{<Message> -x}
{Welcome, [Player] (Unread)}
{[Daily Quest: Preparing To Become Strong] Has Arrived(Unread)}
Nix seeing the fruit of his hard labor was beaming with joy, if the player models in Yggdrasil had facial animations anyone would be able to see he had gotten a jackpot.
Nix got out of his thoughts and decided it was best if he facked ignorance to avoid suspicion he asked.
"What are you? What is your purpose?"
{(!)Alarm - x}
[The System Will Help The 'Player's Growth.]
{(!)Alarm - x}
[If He Fails To Obey The System's Orders There My Be A !#PENELTY#! ]
{(!)Alarm - x}
[Your Rewards Have Arrived.]
He asked continuing his act "What is the daily quest?"
{(!) Quest Directions}
[Daily Quest - Getting Ready To Become Powerful]
[Goal]
[Incomplete] Push-Ups [0/100]
[Incomplete] Curl-Ups [0/100]
[Incomplete] Squats [0/100]
[Incomplete] Running [0/10km]
[WARNING!- Failing To Complete This Daily Quest Will Bring A Punishment Associated WIth The Quest.]
Nix decided to finish the quest as fast as possible, so before doing his quest he decided to check his stats.
"Status!"
{//------STATUS------//-x}
Name:- Nix Ashborn
Level:- 1
Fatigue:-0
Title:- True Player, ???
Job:- None
HP:- 210
MP:- 150
Strength:- 20
Agility:- 10
Sense:- 13
Intelligence:- 20
Vitality:- 20
Remaining Points:- None
{//--------END--------//}
Nix noticed that most of his stats were probably higher than the OG, even if he was level one he had higher stats.
It had to do with the fact that he was level 40 before but acquiring the system quantifies all the stats with its parameters.
With all this Nix decided it was time to powerlevel.
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//TIME SKIP:- A FEW DAYS//
Nix had made quite a few important discoveries about the new system, first, he felt that he could feel everything as if it was real even pain which almost led to his death.
Second, he had deduced that he could set two types of armor on top of each other, as when he equipped armor it didn't register in his SL system.
Every time he leveled up he would still get three skill points and stat points upon every level up.
He had taken the liberty to get the [Assasin] job class.
Third, completing the daily quest increased his stats, which caused his strength and vitality to be increased by +1.
Nix Had been grinding to level up but it seemed that with the new update the EXp given by monsters was decreased and the amount of EXp required to level up increased.
This proved to be a problem for him as he had been busy making and uploading on Z-tube to earn money, which meant he couldn't spend as much time as he did before.
But even with all these new restrictions he managed to reach level 15.
Another major thing that happened was that Yggdrasil EXPLODED in popularity.
The people had never seen such much freedom and detail in almost any area.
Currently, he was on his way to his first instance dungeon, just yesterday he received his E-rank dungeon key.
It also seemed that the random reward box was somehow linked to the gacha and gave items from both series.
He had received potions, items, and even a high-class light armor which he was currently wearing.
He was heading towards a Heteromorphic town which sadly was where he had to go for the dungeon.
Being a human had a fair share of problems in Helhime, firstly the items cost more, and the gold required for any services was increased.
And now to enter towns he had to pay fees and finally, the penalty for being stuck in random blizzards increased which was already enough on its own.
And lastly, he had to sell all his items at lower prices. He was planning to move to Asguard or Midguard as they were humanoid realms.
But he decided to complete his daily quest by running to the town.
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//AT THE TOWN//
It seemed that the distance was too short, so he had to run around the town walls a few times to complete the quest.
Not to forget on his way here he encountered multiple groups of monsters which caused him to reach level 16.
{(!) QUEST DIRECTIONS}
[Daily Quest - Getting Ready To Become Powerful]
[Goal]
[Incomplete] Push-Ups [100/100]✅
[Incomplete] Curl-Ups [100/100]✅
[Incomplete] Squats [100/100] ✅
[Incomplete] Running [10/10km] ✅
{(R)QUEST REWARDS}
[Choose Your Reward.]
[You May Choose One Of The Rewards Below.]
[REWARD#1. Status Recovery]
>[REWARD#2. Status Points +3]<
[REWARD#3. Random box +1]
[Will You Accept?]
[>Accept<] [Reject]
"Accept status points."
After thinking for a while, Nix got the free
status points, as he felt they would be the most useful.
"Status."
{//------STATUS------//-x}
Name:- Nix Ashborn
Level:- 16
Fatigue:- 15
Title:- True Player, ???
Job:- None
HP:- 2,900
MP:- 400
Strength:- 50
Agility:- 37
Sense:- 30
Intelligence:- 29
Vitality:- 29
Remaining Points:- 3
{//--------END--------//}
(Hey guys, if you think he should be something more than a dagger-wielding assassin let me know in the comments. I watched the 'How Strong is Jinwoo by Aninews' and I think he is powerful enough for me.)
Nix decided to add 1 point to intelligence, vitality, and agility. With this done he decided to enter the town.
After entering it he saw that it didn't look anything special, it just looked like any generic starter town found in games with houses made of wood and some bricks, dirt roads with NPCs, and a plethora of newbie players.
As soon as they saw him they stooped in their tracks surprised that a human was there in Helhime.
They approached him and started asking him questions.
After answering them as swiftly as he could he made his escape.
He hid in the shadows and quickly reached his location with his swift movements.
After some close encounters, he reached the World Bridge, which was a method by which players could enter different realms.
They all had different looks based on the realm they were situated in.
In Helhime it was a copy of Mordor's Lava Mountain with some color and atmospheric changes.
The lava was flowing from the top of the mountain, it was green with the souls of the dammed trapped in it.
It was pretty chilling site for him.
As he stood in front of the gates he checked to make sure no one was around after doing so he took out his instant dungeon key.
[ITEM:- Dungeon Key]
[Rank:- E]
[Type:- Key]
[A Key That Allows You To Create An Instance Dungeon. You May Use This In The (World Bridge Of Helhime)]
As soon as he did so a 2D holographic lock appeared before him. He quickly inserted the key and opened the lock.
Mana gathered at a point in the form of a sphere and quickly exploded, illuminating the whole area for a second, as it dies down a bluish broken mirror-like crack could be seen in space.
Nix took a while to admire the portal in front of him and how cool it looked, it also reminded him of sorcerers of the Marvel universe but he got out of his nostalgia he swiftly entered it and the door closed behind him.
{(!) Alarm}
[You Have Entered The Instant Dungeon.]
As soon as he reached the other side, he took out his medium-rank dagger called the [Reptile Slayer] it was a dagger made of [Frozen Steel] and it dealt extra damage against reptiles.
Nix had bought it for this occasion only for 1000 Gold coins which was a lot even for him.
{(!) Alarm}
[You Cannot Leave The Dungeon. Either KIill The Boss Or Use The Return Crystel]
He decided to look around more carefully for the red wolves and he noticed that the place looked different than the original.
It wasn't a subway station but looked like the castle of Souron mixed with modern technology.
It was bizarre to see but Nix decided to search for the monsters here as he thought they might have changed.
But it seemed all his worries were for naught as he soon encountered a [Steel Fang Raikan] and it was red colored.
Nix was surprised by this but he just punched the thing and before it could even react it was killed.
Its body fell with its head smashed into pieces.
[You Have Leveled Up!]
He searched the body and found [Raikan's Fang] which he sold for 20 gold.
'That was easy' he thought and as if reacting to his thoughts he sensed a bunch of wolves coming his way.
Their numbers would have been a problem if he didn't have his own Yggdrasil skills. Besides he thought out loud.
"There is nothing to fear. I have already 'died' once before."
As the Raikan's surrounded him and attacked so did Nix.
"[Barrage]" It was a spell that dealt AOE damage to the targets around him Nix was sure this would make quick work of the monsters.
{(!) Alarm}
[The Player Cannot Cast Any Outsourced Skills. Only Skills given To The Player By The System Can Be Used.]
"Well, I am F##### then."
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