Chapter 17: Yggdrasil XV

Chapter 17: Yggdrasil XV

I won the remaining match of the Semifinals with ease. The only reason I managed to win was; because my skill set worked well against my opponent.

And now it was time for the Finals. My opponent was a cursed knight named Shinigami.

In Yggdrasil, cursed knights were able to use magic and weapons. They could release waves of darkness, inflict cursed wounds that could not be healed by low-level healing spells, instant death curses, and so on.

This time I was able to watch some of the matches of my Shinigami before ours. According to my analysis, he liked to keep a distance from his opponent and attack from afar with ranged skills.

And when the HP of his opponent drops below a set limit, he attacks using his Katana. He always used the same skill to end his battle.

As the time for my match approached, I entered the arena.

The commentator announced our entrance and the match began without any delay.

Because he always kept a distance from his opponents, I lunged at him to shorten the distance between us.

In my opinion, he had weak defenses. That's why he kept his distance from his opponents and attacked from a range.

Momonga: 'But this is absurd.'

No one in their right mind would sacrifice their defense for ranged attacks and one powerful close-range attack.

That meant; he had some other trump card,; other than his only powerful close-range attack.

As I closed the distance, he began to fly away using *Fly*. I immediately used "Myriad Phantom Blades," a skill from my 'Weapon Emperor' job class, that manifested 15 ethereal blades around me and attacked my opponent.

Maneuvering mid-air, he expertly dodged all 15 of the ethereal blades.

Momonga: 'He seems to have good agility.'

I activated another skill of the 'Weapon Emperor' job class;

"Mega Ethereal Blade!"

A massive ethereal blade manifested into my head. It mimicked my sword's movement. I tried to strike him. Yet, before I could execute my attack, a palpable wave of darkness emanated from him, spreading outward with ominous force.

As the wave touched me, I began taking damage.

[HP: 100 -> 99.5]

[HP: 99.5 -> 99]

I quickly jumped back to leave the dark wave.

Momonga: 'I need to bring him down.'

During the Tournament, every Player tried to hide their trump card and unique attack combos; because it was being broadcasted worldwide.

If they showed all their cards, it would be easy for other Players to kill them; they would already know their fighting style. And I wasn't an exception to this.

I deliberately used repetitive attacks and hid my trump cards and powerful skills. But I wouldn't shy away from using them if the situation called for it.

That's why I decided to use another skill; that helped attack from a distance and was effective against mages.

"Gaia's Fury Slash!"

A skill from the 'Weapon God' job skill; materialized a giant rocky sword below my enemy's feet.

I struck the ground with my sword's tip, and at the same time, a massive sword-made rock materialized under his location.

Fortunately, he failed to react in time, and the sword pierced his body. Updated from novelbIn.(c)om

Without wasting time, I again used "Phantom Blades." This time a few blades struck him.

As the ethereal blades struck him, he used another spell on me. A black beam exited his outstretched hand and traveled toward me.

I tried to evade the beam but black tendrils manifested below my feet and entangled my legs. The beam hit me, and I lost a large chunk of my HP.

[HP: 100 -> 55]

Momonga: 'Shit!'

I quickly drank an HP recovery potion and broke the tendril with my sword. I haven't seen any of his matches where he used that spell.

I quickly decided to use the Blood Manipulation ability of my 'Vampiric God' racial class. I stroked my hand with my sword to make it bleed.

[HP: 70 -> 69]

Momonga: "I would like a complete set of armor."

???: "Sure thing! Do you have a specific design in mind?"

Momonga: "Yeah, I do."

After that, I began telling them about the design of the new armor.

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I asked for armor because I already had the majority of the resources I needed for my weapon. But, I lacked good armor or protective gear. So, I decided to ask for that.

???: "Sure! Your new item will be delivered to your inventory after it's been made. Have a good day."

Momonga: "You too."

...

The armor I asked for had 3 core abilities.

The first one;

It was able to negate all the damage 3 times a day. It was an active ability that I could activate or deactivate. Only World Items were able to annul this ability.

The second one;

Once worn, the armor would augment my Physical and Magical Defences by 15%. So, if I had 99 state points in Physical Defence, it would be enhanced to 114. This ability also worked with other items.

The third one;

It could devour other armor to enhance its own abilities. There were some restrictions to it like; only armors of Legendary-Class or higher could be used for this.

All in all, it was a very OP set of equipment.

~Scene Change~

After receiving the armor, my clan mates and I began our journey back to Nifelheim. At this point in time, all the initial members of the Nine's Own Goal have already joined the clan. Now it had 27 members. And talks about forming a guild were underway.

After reaching HQ, I went to my chambers and deposited the Gold I had received. With that done, I decided to make some future plans.

I had been playing Yggdrasil for 3 years and only made 7 variants. According to the original timeline, I had 9 years left before the server shutdown. And there were a lot of variants I wanted to create; even if some of them wouldn't be useful in any aspect, I still wanted them.

The reason was; I had plans to merge all the different variants to create a new race. I needed to unlock as many variants as I could and level them to 100.

Because; the more level 100 variants I had, the more of a boost I would get after combining them together. This was also important to break the level limit of 100.

But there was a deeper meaning behind it. And to understand it, one needs to know what a 'Path to Power' is.

A Path to Power is a path; someone takes to reach the higher stages of Existence. There are many Paths available from which someone can choose, like; Stellar Path, Qi Cultivation Path, Magus Path, Faith Path, etc. But all of these had some flaws in them.

In my previous life, I practiced the Stellar Path to Power (PTP). According to this PTP, the practitioner creates stellar objects in their core to reach higher stages of Existence. There is a lot more to this path, but this is the gist of it.

Before discussing these flaws, one must know about the Cores of Existence (CoE). These CoEs combine to make an existence. Existence is something that has consciousness and can practice a PTP. There are 3 CoEs for every Existence;

i. Body

ii. Soul

iii. Bloodline

All of the PTPs focus on the improvement of these CoEs. These PTPs have many flaws, from neglecting one or two CoEs to imposing heavy restrictions on their practitioners.

For the improvement; of the CoEs, all the PTPs use different Supernatural Energies like Mana, Magicules, Qi, Faith, Chakra, etc.

Each of the Supernatural Energy is different from the others. For example, Qi is better at improving the Body, Mana is good at manipulating laws, etc.

Now, according to the System and my thinking, when I would be transported to the new world, I would be practicing the Leveling PTP. And once a practitioner chooses a PTP, they cannot choose another one.

I wanted to choose another PTP instead of Leveling PTP. To do that, I needed to merge different Bloodlines and make one of the CoEs mutate greatly. I learned this ability to change PTP when I reached the 'Existence Realm.' To anyone below the 'Existence Realm,' changing PTP was just a dream.

~Sigh~

'I miss the sensation of power coursing through my veins.'

To Be Continued...

A/N: If I make a discord server for this fic. Would you guys join it?