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Chapter 3 - Three

The slime vanishes in a cloud of smoke, a loud looking notification appears before NoobianK¥NG.

[Congratulations you have discovered and defeated a Cardinal ranked boss...]

Cardinal bosses are the highest rank of entities found in Cardinal they are even higher ranked than divine rank entities.

[You have earned the wraith of The Everlasting. You have lost fifty thousand Reputation with all Void side powers. You have earned the Blessing of The Almighty...]

NoobianK¥NG Is a little shocked he heard the rewards are amazing but a blessing in his first mission rewards is beyond lucky. In his old life, there were only around thirty known blessing and only five of those had their requirements widely known. He smiles at this blessing it amazing and he knows that. At the same time, he scratches out two other blessings that require one to be neutral with the forces.

If NoobianK¥NG was happy before he is melting now, the blessing is well above anything from his old life. The blessing of the Almighty does quite a few wonderful things. First, it gives him a divine body. At the cost of the expanded experience cost, his growth is exponential. Meaning that at each level instead of earning one stat point he will gain one for each of his stats and have four more to use as he wants. Even better than an Arch which is amazing.

[Congratulations on defeating the Almighty slime, you have earned a title...]

Titles in general are valuable in Cardinal because they work like deeds giving access to areas other players can't access. With the Argonaut title not only is he going to earn more reputation than normal all light side forces trust him. The only disappointing thing is how terrible he was in his first life. The notification that appears now helps him to form a new idea.

[Congratulations to player party, One punch A hundred Men, your party is first to find a hidden dungeon and clear it on the first go. Party rewards and reputation will be awarded according to contributions.] NoobianK¥NG Plans to support this player party before they are wiped out in a few years when they try to raid the Koen's library. What makes these guys special is that they are soloist who only comes together for big missions.

NoobianK¥NG has to sit the rewards lighting up his hud, first, he activates the class scroll. Selecting yes when prompted about undergoing a class conversion. This is the first of his missions done. This will also help the entire player base as this particular slime was known as the first disaster in his old life. When most players made it to the first milestone level One hundred. the Almighty slime exploded out of this tomb and destroyed the only location to do the class advancement quest. This left his old life players without a way to further develop their classes until a player kingdom was built however those six years crippled the advancement of many.

[Congratulatin to I.T.Burns for securing a new technology....][Author note: I.T. Burns is the only player to have triggered a universal message appearing on other worlds. The rewards make that chapter boring because of how lengthy they are.]

The scroll evaporates as his class changes to Sage, in the common tongue the closest word that remotely means anything similar to his class is Sage. Now as a dynamic class he has to use a core, which is sitting cosy in his core inventory. He takes out his single-use locked item the Execlisor, the black liquid will improve an item by one rarity rank. Of the three bosses that have a similar rank of core the almighty slime is the only one that has the 'perk one with nature.' This single trait will make him have a hundred per cent compatibility with every element.

He pours the black warm liquid. It makes The Almighty slime core foam, shaving the gem-like outrage crust crumble off it. Leaving only a dazzling pearl-like sphere in his hand. He eats the sphere which fizzles in his mouth like a sweet.

[Refined Monster core detected...Intergration Succesful...The Slither of Almighty has chosen a new host...Sage core stability three hundred per cent...due to increased stability skills rank up thrice as fast...you have gained a divine realm diety stat created...The slither occupies your divine realm...Your Divine Body is boosted +1 to all stats...The slither will drop upon your death warning the backlash will be severe.]

[Congratulations to NoobianK¥NG, for defeating a Cardinal boss, your reputation and rewards will be boosted.]

NoobianK¥NG Wants to cry out loud if he only got one of these rewards he would be able to dominate the game. Now he can dominate and decimate, but importantly he can help his fellow player. Cardinal he hopes will be their salvation, not their doom like in his previous life. He let the system announce him since nobody besides him knows what a Cardinal ranked boss is.

A message bubble from Athena comes in, NoobianK¥NG doesn't notice it yet as he is in the rewards going over each one carefully.

"Hey what faction are you with?" Says TyphoidTerri, NoobianK¥NG is so caught in the processing of his rewards that he has not moved for about ten minutes. The sorting of rewards is important in Cardinal especially if you plan to lead from the front. It takes a kick from her to jolt him out of his stupor.

"What?" Says NoobianK¥NG the less he says the less he can give away, TyphoidTerri is a succubus disguised as a virus hiding inside human flesh. In his last life, he found a horrible secret of hers, that all her levels were gained from player kills only.

"What power are you with scum?" Says TyphoidTerri a small vein popping up on her forehead.

"Not any." Says NoobianK¥NG his new skill set is coming in based on his core and with his upgraded divine body he can hold several hundred skills instead of just the opening three.

"Then I suppose nobody will miss you," says TyphoidTerri as she unleashes her newfound treasure. She flips it open to the first page, a short incantation later. She has a light spirit soldier ready to fight for her.

NoobianK¥NG Shakes his head he thought she became a vile person over time, now it seems she was always like that. Unfortunately according to the lore players are technically immortal they can die but will be revived after a week Ingame or two days in real-time. TyphoidTerri is a player who was highly regarded in every circle she was in her betrayal was and still is a complete shock to him. The worst part is the rage he feels won't be satisfied because she hasn't done it yet so she is also somewhat innocent. The spirit soldier made of a white viscous plasma moves towards him.

A light is produced by NoobianK¥NG it is his first rank skill from the light element. The slime monster had light, fire, lightning, healing, air, earth, wood and water. Now he has a skill for each of those elements. This is the benefit of a dynamic class, which can also lead to doom.

If he only had the core as a reward his next item would have to be a damage amplifier so that he can solo some more bosses hidden around the world. The light is bright and white with how sudden it was TyphoidTerri isn't prepared for it. She is an arch human which means she starts with triple the stats of a normal person. Plus with her Book of Souls, she has now has stronger creatures to summon.

Swish!

TyphoidTerri grabs at her neck, a clean slice having been made by NoobianK¥NG, in the early game no player has a defence against mortal wounds, not even him with his divine body. Mortal wounds ignore all armour and are usually one-hit knock out attacks. She stammers as she says "Impossible," NoobianK¥NG stands over her picking up her book as she fades from Cardinal. As her only item of worth, her drop in death is her book.

"This is too much you know. If you wanted power you should have just levelled like the rest of us." Says NoobianK¥NG to himself as he remembers this scandal about this book.

Three things happened on day one of Cardinal first over twenty players all within an hour of launch discovered secrets most of these players went into hiding. Second is the announcement that as part of the drive to get people involved governments around the world would subsidize anyone who wants a game pod for a share of their loot. And last but certainly most shocking was the theft of the Book of souls from Holy Land Cathedral. In his old life, the mission to acquire the book was one that was never solved. TyphoidTerri being the main leader force for or the search of the book. NoobianK¥NG Feels like a fool she had played him perfectly in his last life, he wonders how many more things he didn't see.

A young woman, writhing with fury escapes her gaming pod. Her long flowing blue hair is tied up. She types from her gaming cube to her sister and chapter master about the events that have just transpired. She blames a rival faction for interference with their plans and asks for assistance in tracking and recovering the book of souls.