Overlord: Ancient One

After Arthur's first fight, he fought a lot of different opponents for the incoming rounds. He has fought a lot of demi-human and heteromorphic players, but he has also met some humanoid players in the rounds he has been through.

His battle with the humanoids—some of them have put up a good fight against him, but Arthur, who hunts humanoids on a daily basis, has no problem with it. In the end, none of them stood a chance, no matter how hard they fought.

As for the demi-humans, he faced several of them, but among them, four caught Arthur's attention—two minotaurs, a troll, and the last one, a female wolf-kin. The first three caught Arthur's curiosity with their unique ways of fighting, and the last one got Arthur's full attention. For a moment, he even forgot that he was playing the game—her charm stats were over the limit, but that was all destroyed when he heard 'her' speaking in a male voice—Being angry was an understatement; he went berserk because of that. It was one of the short fights he fought in the championship match.

And his fight with Heteromorphic wasn't hard, but it wasn't easy either, but some did give him a hard time.

During his fight with them, Arthur didn't take them lightly and took them seriously from the very beginning since he saw that they all have items ranging from legendary to divine class items.

In the end, Arthur managed to defeat all of them without any problem.

The only reason Arthur had a hard time against all of them was that he was not wearing his top-graded equipment and was not abusing his skill as a doppelganger. But even with that, he was able to go toe-to-toe with the best fighter.

Arthur could not manage to escape the battle unscathed as he advanced to the rank of HELHEIM. He continued to take a couple of blows and hits, but did he feel them? Not at all, no. His HP replenishes far more quickly than the harm he takes.

But either way, it's not a big deal since once the players return to the Colosseum, all the HP and MP that were used or decreased during their last fight will return to their original amount so that no one will be at a disadvantage for the next fight.

Anyway, Arthur won all the rounds in the Colosseum he belongs to and passed through all the levels much faster than anyone else. His name keeps going up whenever he wins a fight.

Many names of different players are also rising to the top, but the number of participants has dropped as they all reach the higher stages.

The number keeps decreasing until two names are the only ones that are left at the very top of the HELHEIM North Colosseum, and the two names that are displayed are 'Ancient One' and 'Golden Triple X'.

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Arthur, as always, teleports to the walkway that leads to the arena. As he reached the gate, he heard the sound of an anchor who was talking with his lungs out.

Arthur was not weirded out by the anchor's speech, as he has heard him in many matches.

"—On my left is the Doppelganger 'Ancient One' as Challenger, who has presented us with a unique way of fighting with only his sword and fist." The anchor finished as Arthur entered the arena.

"—On my right is the werewolf 'Golden Triple X' as Challenger, who dominated the arena with his raw strength and agility." Anchor said as a werewolf about two and a half meters in height entered the arena. He has a muscular build and wore armour with gold and grey mixed in it, giving it a good look, Instead of a sword or any other weapon, he was wearing a pair of gauntlets on his every hand.

"As both contestants are here, ladies and gentlemen, the final battle of the North Colosseum is starting. The winner will be able to enter the semi-final to compete against the winner from another Colosseum." Anchor finished as he looked at both of us."ARE YOU READY?"

"YES" × 2

"THEN BATTLE BEGINS" the anchor announced as the werewolf launched his attack with insane speed as he closed the distance between him and Arthur.

As his sharp claws approach Arthur like a reaper ready to harvest life, Arthur quickly raises his sword and blocks them.

"Nice speed." Arthur Said as he launched his attack with his left hand, which was quickly blocked by the opponent's fist.

Seeing that both of them are in a lockdown position, they quickly kick the ground and make the distance between themselves.

As they are at a distance Arthur quickly casts a spell in the direction of the opponent to which the Werewolf smashes the incoming spell with a punch.

Even though Arthur's doppelganger build is focused on the physical aspect and attack Power, he still added some levels in magic-related class but not enough to bring the enemy to kneel with magic alone; It can be used as a distraction, like now.

But when Arthur was about to continue with his attack, The werewolf suddenly vanished from his spot as a heavy kick came from the right side, which Arthur was able to dodge by shifting his body backwards.

The whole fight seems like a never-ending, orchestrated dance. Someone will throw an attack, the other one will block it, then do a counter, then the counter will be blocked by the other, then do a counter too, then it will be blocked again and counter, then repeat. It's like this throughout the fight.

"You're so goddamn annoying!" Arthur shouted as he started getting annoyed by the never-ending loop of giving and taking.

"How strange. Because I feel the same thing about you too!" The werewolf, who had been silent until now, retorted as he blocked the counterattack and threw back his own counter too.

"Oh, now you can talk, I was actually thinking that you were a mute before." Arthur said as he blocked another attack.

Without minding his reply, the werewolf asked Arthur a question. "You are a Doppelganger, right? Then why is it that you never used your shapeshifting ability in any of the matches you played before."

Golden Triple X—that name for some reason Arthur found funny—asked, who looks genuinely confused by Arthur's approach of not using his shapeshifting ability.

Seeing his opponent's curiosity, Arthur decided to answer seriously.

"Because I don't see the point of using my shapeshifting ability to win against someone who can't even block my punches." Arthur's words may sound arrogant, but they fit him well, as he was introducing himself as an arch-villain and an evil mastermind to YGGDRASILL.

Some may ask him—Why is he so fixated on becoming a villain, or rather, depicting himself as a villain to others?

The simplest answer would be, He likes the feeling of being an anti-protagonist and If he were to give a hypocritical explanation then Arthur would say 'The society made me for who I am today.'

But that doesn't mean he is an evil person in real life, and because YGGDRASILL is a famous game whose popularity spreads across the world—there are lots of players Who role play as villains.

So most of the time other players will just ignore them, some may play along with them and the last few will kill them.

And it seems the Golden Triple X belongs to the last category. Hearing Arthur reason the Werewolf didn't utter a word, however—

-The werewolf closed in like a storm; his right hand clenched into a fist, which he threw in a straight punch. If it were anybody else in place of Arthur, then there would be no doubt their heads would be sent flying from such an unexpected attack.

But Arthur was able to dodge the attack by tilting his head. "Don't you know that it is considered impolite to attack a person who just talked to you?" He said this as an angry emoji floated on the side.

There is no doubt that his words pissed off his opponent, not just his opponent but probably all the contestants who fought him with their words.

Ignoring Arthur's words, the werewolf continued to attack with punches and kicks, but all of them were blocked or dodged by Arthur due to his amazing gaming senses and his reflexes.

Seeing that 'Triple X' attack doesn't do anything to Arthur. The opponent used his final Trump card.

{WRATH OF THE FALLEN MONKS} Triple X utters as an illusion of a giant-blood thirsty beast appeared behind his back.

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In YGGDRASIL, there are classes—be it Job class or Racial class— that are very rare and are held only by a small number of players.

For example, {World Champion} was such a class and the reason why these classes are different from others is because of the specialized skill given by these classes to the players.

This is also one of the reasons why players are crazy to participate in the World Championship to obtain {World Champion} as this Particular job class gives players skill that is powerful enough to give their opponents nightmares.

In canon, Ainz also has such a class. he was able to enter this class because he was not fixated on pure power, but had instead focused on roleplaying as a necromancer to the hilt. Had he pursued character power, he would not have discovered this class-which required a very unorthodox build by chance.

This was because the class's entry requirements were five levels of Overlord, a focus on necromancer-type job classes, as well as an overall character level of ninety-five.

In normal games, most people would spread the news of a newly-discovered class on walkthrough sites to share with others. However, games like YGGDRASIL put a very high premium on information. For instance, few people would share news about a World Class Item with others without charge. This was especially true for classes with trump cards.

The class in question was called {Eclipse}

The class description stated, {Only an Overlord who is truly dedicated to the pursuit of Death may enter this class, which swallows up all life like an eclipse.}

Upon reaching the maximum level (fifth) in Eclipse, a skill that could only be used once every hundred hours is given to the holder.

It was the trump card of the Eclipse class.

That skill was called {The Goal Of All Life Is Death}

Because these skills were used as Trump Cards the players usually don't use them in public matches as it was akin to giving future opponents crucial information about themselves.

And in YGGDRASILL PVP it is all about information and strategies.

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As the 'Golden Triple X' Trump Card took effect.

The Werewolf's body swelled up to several times its original size, his golden eyes now turned crimson red and his arms were so long that they dragged upon the ground. This was not pneumatic inflation, but a sturdy arm of muscle and bone that was a weapon in its own right.

Anyone would take a step back just looking at Arthur's opponent. Indeed, Even Arthur was surprised by the sudden change, but only for a moment. Seeing that his opponent decided to go all out, Arthur became a little more serious.

The gigantic arm closed in on Arthur. It moved much faster than he had previously imagined, filling up his field of vision like a gigantic wall. Arthur sensed that he would have a hard time evading and cast one of the defensive abilities he obtained through his job class {Martial Arts Master}.

And at the same time, he felt a massive impact, as well as his body being savagely hurled through the air. His line of sight spun round and round, and he had no idea where he was. When he hit the floor, the impact was such that he bounced lightly off, like a ball. Then he hit the ground again this time sliding to a halt.

However—he was unhurt.

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