Ascension of Chaos

Ashley

Well that was a nice haul.

I let out a yawn as I continue lazing around on this throne before looking at the flood of System Messages in front of me. Which number a few too many to read them all.

{You have been granted 25 Skill Points for killing a monster within a Unique Domain.} x88

{You have slain a being while Assimilate is active. You have now unlocked the Skill Tree: Storm Rider}

{You have slain a being while Assimilate is active. You have now unlocked the Skill Tree: Blood Caller}

{You have slain a being while Assimilate is active. You have now unlocked the Skill Tree: Blood Pact}

{You have slain a being while Assimilate is active. You have now unlocked the Skill Tree: Friend to Beasts}

{You have slain a being while Assimilate is active. You have now unlocked the Skill Tree: Runesmith}

{You have slain a being while Assimilate is active. You have now unlocked the Skill Tree: Weaver of Souls}

{You have slain a being while Assimilate is active. You have now unlocked the Skill Tree: Iron Warden}

{You have slain a being while Assimilate is active. You have now unlocked the Skill Tree: Wielder of the Shadow Veil}

{You have slain a being while Assimilate is active. You have now unlocked the Skill Tree: Storm Blade Dancer}

{You have slain a being while Assimilate is active. You have now unlocked the Skill Tree: Denizen of Flames}

{You have slain a being while Assimilate is active. You have now unlocked the Skill Tree: Archer of Souls}

{You have slain a being while Assimilate is active. You have now unlocked the Skill Tree: Steel Archer}

{You have slain a being while Assimilate is active. You have now unlocked the Skill Tree: Dancer of Ice}

{You have slain a being while Assimilate is active. You have now unlocked the Skill Tree: Mage of Starlight}

{You have slain a being while Assimilate is active. You have now unlocked the Skill Tree: Nature Swordsman}

{You have slain a being while Assimilate is active. You have now unlocked the Skill Tree: Food Warrior}

{You have slain a being while Assimilate is active. You have now unlocked the Skill Tree: Dragon Rider}

{You have slain a being while Assimilate is active. You have now unlocked the Skill Tree: Slayer}

{You have slain a being while Assimilate is active. You have now unlocked the Skill Tree: Anti-Nature's Vessel}

{You have slain a being while Assimilate is active. You have now unlocked the Skill Tree: Holder of Temperance}

{You have slain a being while Assimilate is active. You have now unlocked the Skill Tree: Harbinger of the Nightmare}

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{You have slain a being while Assimilate is active. You have now unlocked the Skill Tree: Cold Spring}

{You have unlocked a new Skill Tree, therefore the root skill of the Skill Tree, Mid-Stage Lightning Mana Manipulation, is now unlocked for your usage.}

{You have unlocked a new Skill Tree, therefore the root skill of the Skill Tree, Mid-Stage Blood Mana Manipulation, is now unlocked for your usage.}

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{You have unlocked a new Skill Tree, therefore the root skill of the Skill Tree, Mid-Stage Blood Mana Manipulation, is now unlocked for your usage.}

{You have unlocked a new Skill Tree, therefore the root skill of the Skill Tree, Beast Affinity, is now unlocked for your usage.}

{You have unlocked a new Skill Tree, therefore the root skill of the Skill Tree, Basic Runesmithing, is now unlocked for your usage.}

{You have unlocked a new Skill Tree, therefore the root skill of the Skill Tree, Low Grade Soul Mana Manipulation, is now unlocked for your usage.}

{You have unlocked a new Skill Tree, therefore the root skill of the Skill Tree, Summon Shield, is now unlocked for your usage.}

{You have unlocked a new Skill Tree, therefore the root skill of the Skill Tree, Shadow Veil, is now unlocked for your usage.}

{You have unlocked a new Skill Tree, therefore the root skill of the Skill Tree, Storm Blade, is now unlocked for your usage.}

{You have unlocked a new Skill Tree, therefore the root skill of the Skill Tree, High Fire Resistance, is now unlocked for your usage.}

{You have unlocked a new Skill Tree, therefore the root skill of the Skill Tree, Soul Shot, is now unlocked for your usage.}

{You have unlocked a new Skill Tree, therefore the root skill of the Skill Tree, Piercing Shot, is now unlocked for your usage.}

{You have unlocked a new Skill Tree, therefore the root skill of the Skill Tree, Low Grade Ice Mana Manipulation, is now unlocked for your usage.}

{You have unlocked a new Skill Tree, therefore the root skill of the Skill Tree, Mid-Stage Starlight Mana Manipulation, is now unlocked for your usage.}

{You have unlocked a new Skill Tree, therefore the root skill of the Skill Tree, Nature's Blade, is now unlocked for your usage.}

{You have unlocked a new Skill Tree, therefore the root skill of the Skill Tree, Hunger Maw, is now unlocked for your usage.}

{You have unlocked a new Skill Tree, therefore the root skill of the Skill Tree, Dragon Taming, is now unlocked for your usage.}

{You have unlocked a new Skill Tree, therefore the root skill of the Skill Tree, Kill Streak, is now unlocked for your usage.}

{You have unlocked a new Skill Tree, therefore the root skill of the Skill Tree, Nature's Kill, is now unlocked for your usage.}

{You have unlocked a new Skill Tree, therefore the root skill of the Skill Tree, Mid-Stage Temperance Mana Manipulation, is now unlocked for your usage.}

{You have unlocked a new Skill Tree, therefore the root skill of the Skill Tree, Nightmare, is now unlocked for your usage.}

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{You have unlocked a new Skill Tree, therefore the root skill of the Skill Tree, Low Ice Resistance, is now unlocked for your usage.}

{Congratulations, you have now reached level 276. Your PHY and MEN have increased by 1 point, and your MAG by 2 points. Please choose where you wish your 1 Free Point to be allocated.}

{Congratulations, you have now reached level 277. Your PHY and MEN have increased by 1 point, and your MAG by 2 points. Please choose where you wish your 1 Free Point to be allocated.}

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{Congratulations, you have now reached level 289. Your PHY and MEN have increased by 1 point, and your MAG by 2 points. Please choose where you wish your 1 Free Point to be allocated.}

Yeah, there's no way I'm remembering all of that. And I'm sure my Skill Tree window is going to be even more cluttered now.

Although after skimming through it, it does look like there are some rather interesting looking skills in the mix.

Which makes sense. This is a Planetary Official System Event after all. So all of these people that I just slaughtered are some of the strongest on their respective worlds.

So I just got quite a few good skills.

Some of which seem to include some resistances and mana manipulation skills too.

I think I even see one of the seven virtues as a mana manipulation skill amongst them too.

Chaos lets out a chuckle that it sounds like he was trying to hold back, making me narrow my eyes a little. Only for him to mutter, "Temperance… you of all people got temperance…"

Then he starts outright laughing.

I purse my lips before deciding to ignore his amused laughter as I focus on the surroundings. Which I've pretty much turned into a complete wasteland.

The fact that the event hasn't ended means some of them survived.

Well, that and the leaderboards that are saying two of them survived.

On that note, I can't help but wonder about these weaklings.

Are all events going to be like this? Because it'll get boring real fast.

"No," Chaos answers in-between laughs. "When you reach Class C, things will start to get tougher. And you won't be able to steamroll everything."

Huh. Gotcha.

"Even now you may not be able to steamroll absolutely everything," Chaos says while finally calming down again. "Focus on how much mana and energy you have left."

After doing that I quickly realize that destroying the island really did take up most of my energy and mana. Practically almost emptying my tank.

"Class D is the first Class barrier blocking the majority of people from advancing past it to Class C, which makes the opponents in Class C on average quite a bit tougher to deal with," Chaos continues, sounding serious again. "So there will be opponents that can survive attacks like these. At which point you'll be left without any energy as they begin to counterattack."

Hmm. Understood.

"Take advantage of the weakness of Class D to get as many Skill Trees as you can before things get tougher," Chaos says. "Because even if you have an infinite number of skills, you're still limited in your energy capacity."

I nod my head before looking around in search of the last two enemies. Only to find them rather quickly as they try to climb up the sides of the pyramid.

Looks like it's time to fight up close and personal.