Chapter 12: Final Touches
It is now three years since the full establishment of Nazarik. During this time the team and I strengthened the defenses, created NPCs, modernized the floors. I changed the flavor text of the maid NPCs. Now they won't work to death. They will just love working too much and it will be their hobby, but they know they have the right to rest when needed. I played a big role in the creation of all the NPCs, helping and manipulating all the supremes to make them the way I wanted them. I took special measures against Bukbuchagama in particular: Even before she could create her NPCs, I summoned her to my side and asked her to help me create NPCs and in return she would have half rights to the NPC. Within this half right I gave her the NPC's name, race, clothes, personality, class choice and deprived her of the appearance part, which was essential for me. As a result, Aura was created as a male who looked like he had just turned eighteen. Everything else remained as in the original Aura. And this way Bukbuk liked the npc too. I kindly refused to let her create Mare, citing lack of resources as an excuse.
My next target was Perrochino. I helped him create Shaltieri and made changes to the NPC. The original average 14 year old flat chested small body was created as an 18-20 year old medium breasted femme fatale. In addition, fetishes in his mindset were added as fantasies and he was made to have sexual conversations with his brides instead of sexual intercourse.
In addition, Rubedo was created and the resources spent on him were used on other NPCs. All NPCs have some more powerful Divine-class items. I would occasionally interact with NPCs, sometimes gathering them in an area and then raiding or attacking enemy players. Of course, this was because I had a profound effect on them, and when I crossed over to the New World.
Also, during this time, the team and I captured the [Celestial Uranium] mine for the guild, but because I had Ouroboros, no one could take us out of the game for a month. And in a one-on-one battle, they were afraid of us, so they tried to do nothing but claim this mine. But I know that this has angered them. Eventually they will answer us with a big raid, so I have to get stronger.
I used Ouroboros for that. The GM immediately contacted me and began to speak in a tired voice:
"Player, you used the Ashfall Nightshade world item Ouroboros. What kind of wish or change do you want?"
"I want to break my level cap."
"Unfortunately, this is not possible. But we can increase your level limit up to a maximum of 300. Of course, as you know, the higher your level, the harder it is to level up. I can't even imagine how hard it will be to get to level 300. I wish you good luck because you're going to need it."
I thanked the GM and closed the conversation and immediately realized that my level cap had risen to three hundred. 'These guys work really fast'
I raided the original Nazarik by myself to establish a second base. It was impossible for me to conquer it alone, so I stored a lot of potions and consumed them, taking breaks from time to time. The conquest was successful, but it took too long. As a result, I got Throne of Kings, but because I conquered this dungeon alone, I got [World Tree], a much more powerful NPC than Gargantua. But he wouldn't let me use this dungeon. I think it's because of the use of NPC data. Instead they gave two world items and a lot of exp and money and this dungeon disappeared.
Level up 100-110
World-class item [Gatekeeper]
This key-shaped item allows you to teleport costlessly and instantly open a door anywhere you want.
World-class item [Stopwatch]
It allows you to use a daily slice in time in any way you want.
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When I got back to the guild, Momonga gave me the shocking news:
"Ash-san, they just sent us an ultimatum. Please read this"
I started reading the message he sent me
'We, the alliance of eight powerful guilds, demand that you abandon the Celestial Uranium mine within the hour, acknowledge that we have the legal rights to it, and make an official statement on the server for taking it from us by force. We also demand a payment of one world item as an apology. If the demand is not accepted or if there is no response after the deadline, we will destroy your guild with an army of 1500 people.'
"Ash-san, they are openly provoking us. All these demands are unacceptable.
"Momonga-san, the situation is dire. I was expecting a raid like this, but it came sooner than I expected. As you can imagine, they clearly want to destroy us. But don't worry, we must make the most of the one hour we have. Start preparations for battle immediately, send all non-automatic summoned NPCs from the first to the fifth floor to the sixth floor and fill the remaining gaps with traps and monsters. Give the [Avarice and Generosity] item to a person with high stealth skill. That player's job is to collect the exp of every creature that dies."
"This is a good idea, but most members of the guild are level 100 now. It would be better to send that person to war or intelligence missions rather than using them for exp. But on the other hand, if we can sell the collected exp, we can make a profit or use it for the [Wish Upon a Star] spell. I also have a suggestion for the lack of fighters. Let's turn some of the servants into war servants. This way we can use them as a distraction force on the necessary fronts."
"Quite a clever idea. Create Pleades and prepare the sixth floor for the final defense."
We spent an hour preparing to the maximum and by the time it was over a large army had gathered at the entrance to the guild like flies to shit. As soon as the clock struck one minute, the attack began. The front part of the attacking force was made up of NPCs and monsters, the middle part was made up of low level players and there was no unity between them. As a result, the defenses on the first three floors melted all the weak NPCs/monsters on the front line.
When they reached the fourth floor, the demon and angel monsters held off the enemy forces in their church/castle for a considerable amount of time, but with strong players supporting the attack, the entire fourth floor was destroyed. On the fifth floor, ice maidens hidden by the icy terrain and the storms, and the hit and run of the ice maidens, shattered the enemy's center lines. On the sixth floor, the strongest enemies clashed with our strongest defenses.
Among the enemy players were two World Champions, one of whom was transformed into a World Enemy and overpowered. Meanwhile, he ordered the Victim to sacrifice himself in order to minimize casualties, resulting in extreme debuffs for the enemy and extreme buffs for us. I began to fight the enemy, one of the seven deadly sins, one on one. He was so weakened that I fought him with my Nephalem transformation without the need to transform into a dragon. My body became overgrown, similar to the Dominion of Authority. My body was dark red, gold, grey and three pairs of large wings grew from my back, two horns and a red halo appeared on my head. He attacked me first with his sword but my armor ignored all physical damage and sent some of the damage back to him. For the counterattack, I created a hundred sacred swords with the power of [Symphony of Sacred Swords] and turned him into a hedgehog. The enemy got angry, broke Hourglass and attacked me with the spell [Fallen Down]. I used the [Cheater Flash] spell repeatedly to teleport away from the point of attack. I used the [Vermilion Nova] spell to attack him and the already powerful spell caused devastating damage due to the items on me and pierced the enemy's protection spell, dealing critical damage. Before he could recover, I cast [Grasp Hearth] and of course the instant death spell didn't work, but he was stunned. I took the opportunity to cast [God's Punishment: Gugnir] and spent 500k gold. The clouds in the sky were pierced and the enchanted metal spear hit the enemy's body. The explosion killed many players, including World Enemy, and heavily damaged the area. After this attack, the few remaining enemies lost all will to fight and surrendered, but we slaughtered them. But it didn't end there. I ordered the guild members to attack the now weakened enemy guilds, after all, we had to get to the root of the matter. For myself, I used the [Gatekeeper] item to teleport to the reborn World Enemy, killing him over and over until he was down to level four. I killed him with a single blow. His account was deleted as soon as he died because he was below level five.
[You defeated a World Enemy, Yggdrasil is now safe]
[You obtained three world class items Seeds of the World Tree]
The next few days after this event were all about the destruction and pillaging of enemy guilds. All eight guilds collapsed and hundreds of players were hunted down until their accounts were wiped. We got so much loot that we used a few Divine-class items in the crafting of our items, and every floor guardian got all ten of their items Divine-class items. We also got five World-class items, but the most important thing for me was getting to level 300 using the cosmic amount of exp stored in the Avarice and Generosity item. Despite the huge amount of exp spent, there was still a lot of exp left and I divided it in half and stored it in two magic orbs. I placed the orbs in the center of the church and castle on the fourth floor.
I used all the levels I earned for job classes
Name: Ashfall Nightshade
Level: 300
Health. 100+(200)
Mana. 100+(500)
MagAtt. 100+(300)
MagDef. 100+(350)
PhiAtt. 100+(300)
PhiDef. 100+(300)
Agilty. 100+(250)
Resist: 100+(200)
Special: 100+(200)
After Transforming With Max Potencial: all stats +1000
____Racial Levels_____
Great Dopelanger. 10
Master Dopelanger. 5
Nephalem. 10
Arch Nephalem. 5
World Enemy (Dragon). 5
Devourer of the World: 5
Limit Breaker: 5
Beyond God: 5
Total: 50
____Job Levels____
Ki Master(Spiritual): 15
Exorsist: 15
Cleric: 15
Sorcerer: 15
Unholy Knight: 15
Dragon Adept: 10
Overed Dragon: 10
War Mage: 10
Shapeshifter: 10
Dark Knight: 10
Holy Knight: 10
Martial Adept: 10
Ki Master (Elemental): 10
Purifier: 10
High Cleric: 10
World Disaster: 5
Cronomanser: 5
High Wizard: 5
Black Guard: 5
Abyss Lord: 5
Martial Lord: 5
Paladin: 5
Paragon of Virtue: 5
Dragon Slayer: 5
Yang Master (Spiritual): 5
Holy Banisher: 5
Valkyrie: 5
Weapon Master: 5
Total: 250
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Time Skip...
After a twelve-year run, the Yggdrasil game has announced its closure. Although the game was extremely popular at first, better games came along and eclipsed it. More and more players quit the game and the number of players decreased. The game makers tried their best, but they couldn't stop the game's decline. Our guild was affected by all this and members returned their items to the guild armory and deleted their accounts. Eventually it got to the point where I played the game alone for weeks.
Actually, the players quitting and the collapse of Yggdrasil helped me the most. I've bribed GMs to get items I wouldn't normally get, I've gotten world item codecs, and I've even spent a lot of money to get GMs to upgrade my items. After all, no one would put effort into a game that was 100% going to fail, and the GMs saw my bribes as their last winnings in this game. Sometimes they asked me why I was spending so much money on a game that was going to die, but I brushed them off with answers like "I loved this game so much, now I want to enjoy my last moments with it". Thanks to my efforts, there were 20 World-class items in the guild and 15 in my personal storage. The guild with the most World items after us had 3 World items. Furthermore, my items became so powerful that each one of them alone had the power of a World item.
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I'm sitting at the round table on the ninth floor of the Abyss of Nazarik Tomb, chatting with Herohero across from me. Momonga wasn't in the game. Of course it was because of me. After all, in this world it is possible to kill people with a little money. Besides, all his stuff is in my storage.
"It's been a really long time, Ashfall-san"
"I didn't expect you to come back here after two years, Herohero-san"
'Actually I was expecting it, but I want to pretend to be surprised and play with you for the last time. When are you going to fuck off, I still have to go and round up all the floor guards'
"Has it been that long? This is bad. My perception of time is distorted by overtime."
"Please don't wear yourself out so much, how is your health?"
"My body is already worn out. Oh, I must run, I'm getting sleepy, I have a shift tomorrow."
"Have a good rest"
"I'm actually surprised that Nazarik still exists. You've done well as a guild leader."
'What do you think, pimp. 'I will live in luxury in the New World while you go and exhaust your body by overworking yourself with overtime'
"Nazarik has come this far thanks to the efforts of all of us"
"I hope we'll meet again somewhere"
As soon as the protagonist exited, I immediately went to work and gathered all the important NPCs and brought them to the throne room. I gave the command "stand by" and sat on the throne and started to look at the NPCs.
'These are your last moments as NPCs. Make the most of it'
I checked the NPCs for the last time and put the finishing touches on them. I deleted the word [Bitch] from Albedo's flavor text and added the phrase [Albedo secretly developed a secret affection for Ashfall and fell in pure love with him, but she could not admit it. But she does his best to be worthy of him.]
I gave the command "Kneel before me" and NPCs kneeled along the throne on the left and right.
The clock started counting down the last five seconds. I closed my eyes and started counting inside. '5...4...3...2...1'
As soon as the countdown was over, a chill ran through me and I felt like I was being filled with power. When I opened my eyes, I immediately checked the command panel. There was no command panel....
## I was really teleported to the New World ##
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