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Chapter 26 - Tribulations are quick

{Dungeon: The majors call

Dificulty: Level 2

Main mission: Help the military (100% complete, F rating awarded)

Secondary mission: They have Gray (100% complete, E rating awarded)

Secondary mission: The psiquic (100% complete, D rating awarded

Hidden mission: Spread the truth (200% complete, A rating awarded)

Left before the expected time (S rating awarded)

Battle performance: Extremely active (SS rating awarded)

Exploration performance: Extremely active (SSS rating awarded)

Special rating 1: Freed the little girl (Z rating awarded)

Special rating 2: Kidnapped the president (ZZZ rating awarded)

Special rating 3: Killed the stillborn Dragon King DANGER (VVV rating awarded, +3 REP, Title: Titan killer)

Special event rating: War for change (200% complete, WW rating awarded)

Special rating: Exterminated the branch from the Esper terrorist organization (WWW rating awarder)

Final rating: WWW

Final rewards:

250.000 points, 60 special points, 23 golden points, Special dungeon: The world at large.

Special dungeon: The world at large - Despite the warnings from multiple sources, most countries were still caught by surprise or umprepared for the monster and esper outbreak. With your help, 'Square' country has reestablished peace and made suficient preparations, but even for them the situation is bad as the primordials rise to search for the one that vanquished their breathen.

Main mission: Starts after entering the dungeon.

Note: This dungeon happens in the same world as the newbie dungeon.

Note: This dungeon will not be counted towards your total dungeon limit.

Note: The dungeon difficulty will be the same as the player's level.

Note: The dungeon will initiate after the player has completed a single player or team dungeon and the cooldown has been reset.

Remark: Because of special circunstances, this special dungeon can only be played on single player mode.

Note: If the player fails the main mission, they will pay a penalty like they had failed a dungeon of their current level.}

And so Aki was out again. And shit had happened just as he expected since the dragon meat seemed to have given him 2 points in each attribute and pushed his spirit into S+ rank. The system notification was right there too.

{Detected character limit reached! SPR attribute may not be raised with Golden points from now on! Special dungeon triggered! Limit breaking dungeon will now super seed any other dungeons on waiting order! Detected player level incredibly low! Do you wish to reduce dificulty? Y/N?}

His browns twitched when he saw the last remark. He wasn't stupid enough to press on it though, it was too good an indicator after all.

[Would you like to pay 214.800 points, 30 Special points and 6 to have dual wielding (Uncommon) raised to transcendent level of proficiency?]

Selecting yes, Aki noted his strenght stat reached 89 points, meaning that uncommon skills could raise your stats up to solid A rank and that something else he'd not paid attention to had happened to his stats, because VIT, DEX and PER had seven points more than he thought they should have. Scrolling through his page again though, the answer presented itself on the fourth line of his skill list.

{Body of the unliving draugr overlord (Epic)}

He had aparently succesfully balanced life and death in his body while acting in his eating frenzy thanks to the dragon meat and blood or something along those lines, because he kept he fangs and vampiric traits somehow, yet when he tried to use his 'transformed state' that was full of teeth, it started to hurt like a bitch, he grew a whole meter up, his skin became dark gray, his eyes an abyss of black, his claws doubled in lenght and his phisical stats received a +1 in rank, except for vitality that got a +2.

It was butt ugly and would likely make grown man cry themselves to sleep, but it was also still him, just with even longer features all around. His back wanted to curve, his arms reached past his knees, fingers more skeletal, muscles practically metal wires coursing through his even thiner frame, a pair of bat wings with a somewhat redder undertone that could emcapsule him and allow him to fly small distances...

It also only lasted five minutes and mentally exausted him quite a bit.

"So i'm basically the fusion of an extra handsome vampire and an average strigoi?" Aki surmised while massaging his jaw, which'd practically dislocated when he fell on his face from the sudden lack of wings. "Yeah, i wouldn't know what to call this either. Draugr overlord is good enough since they're all pretty diferent from each other compared to other undead and unliving." He shrugged, turning back towards his skill list. He knew exactly what he'd be doing while in the dungeon, so he needed to make sure he could properly see his grownth too.

835k points and 97 Special points were just about enough for him to raise most of his weapon proficiency skills to Grandmaster level and remain with 19.000 points acording to the system, so Aki imediatly accepted.

What he did not expect, however, was for his new item to start shining and a system notification to sound in front of him.

[Do you wish to use 10 Golden points to fuse your close combat and weapon skills into a personal ability by ussing the energy stored inside the Origin crystal?]

"You serious? I mean, i was gunning for something like that, but let me just check the math real quick... Ok, so if it is a body tipe skill it should give me between 27 to 64 points depending on rarity and affected status... if i am able to influence the process at all then it should give out some extra benefits besides what the original skills already give out too... Ok, fuck this, system use it and then add the rest of my golden points in a way that no attribute tries to go over 110, preferably at the same time." He specified after confirmind he'd be fine with the results with his preparations as is. How many players would he need to kill if he wanted enough points to get another skill to grandmaster or even Transcendent? There was a limit as to how much someone could go around causing mischief without the consequences battering your door down, and he still wanted to be able to leave his room before he become a proper demi-god.

Seeing as whatever happened would likely be something incredibly painful or pleasurable, Aki had already sat down before saying anything to the system. He hadn't expected for everything to go dark and for him to keep awake.

Then came the cosmos. He wanted to sweat cold, because he had an inkling of what was happening.

A sword slash came at him. He hit it's pomel and diverted the attack with an axe.

Three spears came for his liver, heart and head from three directions. Side steping towards one, he used a sword to redirect the closest one into stopping the other one that'd reach him with their own charge, throwing a knife towards the place where the core of the third wielder should be were there any.

A dagger pierced the back of his shoulder only for him to throw his assailant over his shoulder, tear the blade out and strike the approaching saber.

He'd figure how things worked one way or another, because he obviously had some kind of influence in this test. The system would not ask for payment if it simply wished to kill him, it'd simply do it.

Tens of exchanges, hundreds of exchanges, thousands of exchanges... Each and every time he was faced with killing techniques, then he'd massacre his enemies.

Ten strike, a hundred strikes, a thousand... every strike against his sturdy body became an oportunity he'd take to lead to killing either his oponent or the next.

One, a thousand, a million.... Corpses and more corpses piled up, he danced around and on them, throwing around cadavers like shields and projectiles without regards as to how their blood now stained his teeth.

Lightning tempests, freezing winds, molten rocks.... Making each and every enviroment and projectile into an eventual helper, he coursed through, laughter interupted only by the screams of those under, his body moving less and less.

{CONGRATULATIONS! You have fused your close combat skills into the arts now known as 'Virtuous blade of the massacre' (Epic). Because of your efforts and special constituion, the skill 'Body of the virtuous blade grandmaster of massacre' has formed!}

{ALERT! Character limit reached! Dungeon cooldown period recinded! The limit breaking dungeon will begin in the next twelve hours if not manually engaged!}

The player grined at the system, actually looking at it in his moment of enlightenment, then he passed out.

*****

ID: Aki

Level: 2

Sp: 10

Gp: 32

Points: 44.000

Hp 207/207

Mp 240/240

STR: 110 (S+)

DEX: 110 (S+)

VIT: 110 (S+)

PER: 110(S+)

INT: 110 (S+)

SPR: 110 (S+)

Skills:

Spiritual corruption (Rare) INT\SPR

Intimidating presence (Rare) INT\SPR\VIT

Hexagonal element balance (Rare) ALL

Body of the unliving draugr overlord (Epic) STR\DEX\VIT\PER

Contracted spirit (Legendary) N

Body of the virtuous blade grandmaster of massacre (Epic) STR\DEX\VIT\PER\INT

Stealth: Master (Common) DEX\PER

Knife work: Grandmaster (Common) DEX (X)

Light firearms: Grandmaster (Common) DEX\PER

Heavy firearms: Grandmaster (Common)

DEX\STR

Light sleeping: Beginner (Common) PER

Spirit detection: Senior (Uncommon) PER\SPR

First aid: Pro (Common) VIT

Medical knowledge-humanoid: Senior (Rare) VIT\ INT

Spirit healing: Journeyman (Rare) SPR\VIT\INT

Martial arts: Transcendent (Common) STR\DEX\VIT (X)

Spirit slash: Journeyman (Uncommon) SPR\DEX

Spirit strike: Pro (Uncommon) SPR\STR

Mystical knowledge-spirit: Pro (Uncommon) INT\SPR

Bargaining: Journeyman (Common) INT

Meditation: Transcendent (Common) SPR

Spirit reinforcement: Journeyman (Rare) SPR\STR\VIT\INT

Dodging: Transcendent (Common) DEX\PER (X)

Combat throw: Grandmaster (Common) DEX\STR (X)

Energy transfer: Master (Uncommon) INT\SPR

Ego's brilliance: Journeyman (Rare) INT\SPR\VIT

Inspiring shout: Journeyman (Uncommon) VIT\SPR

Swordplay-one handed: Transcendent (Common) DEX\STR (X)

Life drain: Pro (Uncommon) INT\VIT

Interrogation: Beginner (Common) DEX\PER

Singing: Journeyman (Common) DEX

Spell song proficiency: Senior (Uncommon) DEX\SPR

Celestial umbra: Journeyman (Rare) DEX\SPR\INT

Assassination tools: Journeyman (Uncommon) DEX\INT (X)

Dancing: Transcendent (Common) DEX\PER

Reverberation of silence: Journeyman (Rare) SPR\PER\INT

Gravita: Senior (Rare) SPR\STR\INT

Cessa verunt: Senior (Rare) SPR\VIT\INT

Blood sucking: Apprentice (Uncommon) VIT\DEX

Royal light spirit's eyes: Apprentice (Epic) VIT\PER\INT\SPR

Dual wielding: Transcendent (Uncommon) DEX\STR (X)

Axe wielding-one handed: Grandmaster (Common) STR\DEX (X)

Spear handling: Grandmaster (Common) DEX\PER (X)

Bludgeon mastery: Grandmaster (Common) STR(X)

Axe wielding-two handed: Grandmaster (Common) STR (X)

Swordplay-two handed: Grandmaster (Common) STR (X)

Claw fighting: Transcendent (Uncommon) DEX\PER (X)

Tiers: Beginner-Apprentice-Journeyman-Senior-Pro-Master-Grand master-Pinnacle-Transcendent

Descriptions:

[Light firearms: Grandmaster - You have mastered how utilise side arms, handguns, light machineguns and such better.

1. When reloading with a light firearm, your dexterity is bumped two ranks higher.

2. You calculate trajectories better.]

[Stealth: Master - You mastered how to be undetectable to most means of perception.

1. While in stealth any undetected attacks will temporarily stun the target and have them make less noise.

2. Attacks against weak points gain a 1.5 times damage multiplier.]

[Heavy firearms: Grandmaster - You have mastered how to utilise sniper rifles, miniguns, RPGs and the like.

1. When aiming with a heavy firearm, your dexterity is bumped two ranks higher.

2. Slightly less time needed to aim.]

[Knife work: Grandmaster - You have mastered how to utilise knifes and small daggers. (X)

1. When you cut an enemy with a small blade, they will bleed 30% (50%* if humanoid) more.

2. Reinforced blades become minimally sharper.] (Bonus affected by knowledge skill.)

[Medical knowledge-humanoid: Journeyman - You studied how to better treat all sorts of maladies and understands the body of people. Your patient's vitality is bumped one rank higher while being treated.]

[First aid: Pro - You know how to apply your medical knowledge on the field.

1. Your dexterity is raised by one rank when treating recent injuries.

2. Negative effects on your patients are slowed down.]

[Spirit detection: Senior - You can use your spiritual energy to understand your surroundings.

1. Your spiritual energy can now narrowly perceive spiritual beings and related energies.]

[Martial arts: Transcendent - You are a transcendental weapon. (X)

1. Your kicking attacks gain a three rank bump in strength and agility.

2. Successive kicks after the first one will accumulate force, and add +1, +2, +3 and +4 to the speed of the attack during the second, third, fourth and fifth kick.

3. Your legs also count as high grade weapons depending on how you use them and your body's attributes.]

[Meditation: Transcendent - You are yourself.

1. You recover a great amount more quickly while meditating.

2. You may enter meditative states much more easily.

3. Your resources regeneration is further multiplied by a factor of 2.5 while meditating.]

[Spirit strike: Journeyman - You can launch your spiritual energy out of your body when dealing a strike to cause a feeble rank attack. Your spiritual energy can be launched a meter further.]

[Mystical knowledge-spirit: Pro - You studied your own and other's spirits through your own skills and figure out how to change the physical realm with spiritual energy.

1. Your spirit receives a one rank bump in any check.

2. You derivate knowledge related to the mystic slightly more easily.]

[Dodging: Transcendent - You have transcended the art of eluding attacks.

1. You receive a three rank bump in perception and dexterity as you dodge attacks.

2. You are almost certain to sense unseen attacks.

3. Once a day, when you are about to be killed, your perception and dexterity receive a three rank bump.]

[Energy transfer: Master - You mastered how to transfer energy from and to yourself.

1. Conversion of different types of energy becomes easier.

2. Conversion of energy from different owners becomes slightly easier.]

[Ego's brilliance: Journeyman - Show all your light and purify that which denies you.

1.Your light blinds the spirit as well. Those targeted by it suffer spirit checks of SPR -3 ranks.]

[Spirit reinforcement: Journeyman - Temporarily use energy to reinforce an object or part of it.

1. Reinforced objects also become slightly more resistant to the elements.]

[Singing: Journeyman - You know how to use your voice to perform melodies.

1. When singing your dexterity will receive a one rank bump.]

[Spell song proficiency: Senior - You know how to weave spell and effects into your voice.

1. Spells cast through song cost slightly less.]

[Celestial umbra: Journeyman - The darkness shrouding great light and forming before dawn.

1. You may choose to restrain the dexterity or spirit of someone within your umbra by one rank.]

[Bargaining: Journeyman - You know how to drive a bargain. What you suggest seems slightly more agreeable when in a transaction.]

[Life steal: Pro - Drain others of their life force to power your spells.

1. Your draining touch makes it so your targets suffer in controlling their own life energy. Vitality of target treated as one rank lower when draining.

2. You can convert stolen vitality into energy slightly more easily.]

[Dancing: Transcendent - Your dance has transcended.

1. When dancing, +4 to dexterity.

2. When dancing your movements attract attention to your movements and will be distracted by it if they don't pass a mental check with the difficulty determined by the sum of half your spirit score and half your charisma score.

3. Your movements consume a flat 15% less stamina.]

[Swordplay-one handed: Transcendent - You transcended through the use of one handed swords. (X)

1. When fighting with a sword 75% (100% if humanoid) added damage.

2. When fighting with a sword, it is much easier to enter a meditative state.

3 Fighting with swords reduces stamina consumption between 15 to 30 percent depending on exertion.]

[Assassination tools: Journeyman - You know how to use hidden tools to better kill. (X)

1. Opponents trying to identify you will suffer a -1 debuff to their perception.]

[Reverberation of silence: Apprentice - Transmission through waves, impossible speed and complete silence.

1. You are slightly more sensitive to vibrations.]

[Gravitas: Apprentice - Heaviness, mass and accumulation.

1. Your own mass slightly increases the power of the skill's effects.]

[Cessa verunt: Apprentice - Waves crashing and reverberations, stillness and calm.

1. Your attacks of suitable elements receive a +1 to chilling damage.]

[Royal light spirit's eyes: Beginner - Use your eyes to peer and elude the spirit of others.

1. You are slightly more convincing.]

[Spirit healing: Journeyman - Your energy is able to bring back what once was through your understanding.

1. Your energy influences other entities slightly more easily.]

[Dual wielding: Transcendent - Your dual wielding has transcended. (X)

1. When dual wielding, +1 to strength and dexterity.

2. Greatly increased flexibility.

3. You draw the most out of any mastered weapon type.]

[Axe wielding-one handed: Grandmaster - You have mastered how to use one handed axes. (X)

1. When using one handed axes 25% more damage is caused.

2. When using one handed axes, strikes' weight work as if 10% higher.]

[Spear handling: Grandmaster - You have mastered how to use a spear. (X)

1. When using a spear 25% more penetration.

2. When repeatedly attacking with a spear, slight speed increase up to a small difference.]

[Bludgeon mastery: Grandmaster - You have mastered how to use hammers and clubs. (X)

1. When using bludgeons there is 25% more crushing effect.

2. When using bludgeons, attacks ignored a minimal amount of the target's defence.]

[Axe wielding-two handed: Grandmaster - You have mastered how to fight with two handed axes. (X)

1. When using an axe 10% of defence is ignored.

2. When using heavy weaponry, gain a small bonus to the blade of the weapon.]

[Swordplay-two handed: Senior - You have mastered how to fight with two handed swords. (X)

1. When fighting with a sword, deflecting attacks is easier.

2. When using a bladed weapon, hits work as if the weight is minimally higher.]

[Claw fighting: Transcendent - Your claws have transcended. (X)

1. Using claws will destroy the durability of items incredibly faster.

2. Your attacks with natural weapons are a lot harder to heal.

3. Your bone structure is denser.]