Chapter 12 : A Mess of a Character to Others (1) (2/2)

‘Should I go explosion?’

Explosion necromancers recently garnered attention.

This necromancer went into the explosion magic that necromancer’s had. There were things like Golem Explosion, but the reason explosion necromancer received public attention was that mass explosions were possible. It required a lot of time commitment, but the power from mass explosions of corpses, skeletons, and golems went far beyond what magicians of the same level could do. But to be an explosion necromancer, it was best to put all stats into intelligence as explosion magic scaled with intelligence.

Hyrkan had to consider his options carefully. To solo raids, he knew he needed a strong, one-hit move. Jabs only worked against someone of similar size. Given most raid bosses’ large sizes, he would most likely be killed before he could finish off the bosses with just jabs.

‘There’s also the immortal necromancer.’

The immortal necromancer wasn’t currently known. It went into the necromancer’s Body Modification skill tree, and these necromancers put all stats into stamina.

The immortal necromancer appeared thanks to a level 140 skill called Life Vessel. This skill allowed the user to become a lich. No matter how much damage the body received, liches did not die as long as their life vessels were safe.

Of course, they weren’t actually immortal. It was just that as long as they avoided taking direct damage to their life vessels, they could see up to a 10 times increase in stamina. Under this Life Vessel skill were various, lower-ranking body modification and regeneration skills.

This allowed them to become excellent tanks. They were the result of guilds seeking for more efficient tanks.

These were the three types of necromancers that Hyrkan knew of.

But Hyrkan couldn’t decide on one among these three.

It wasn’t that he was indecisive.

‘This isn’t enough.’

It was just that these three couldn’t match up to his expectations. None fit the image he had in his mind.

However, if he had to choose, he would go with the standard build as Rich Lich had done.

There was just no other choice.

But looking at the Skeleton Warrior’s combat capabilities, Hyrkan changed his mind.

With the defend first attack second method, the summons had no choice but to take some damage.

But if the summon could avoid attacks well enough, there was damage taken. It would be fine to have fewer points put into magic power. At least, in theory.

To put this theory into effect, there had to be a teacher or a role-model for the Skeleton Warriors to follow. There had to be someone to fill the Skeleton Warriors’ sponge-like combat AI.

Who could act as that role-model?

It was, obviously, Hyrkan.

Hyrkan was confident. No one could fight as well as he could. Given the same level, stats, and items, he was confident to triumph over anyone.

As such, no one was a better teacher than Hyrkan.

And that was the problem.

‘The Skeleton Warriors can’t dodge my attacks because of my current stats. Later on, they’re going to see my punches in slow motion.’

Now was the extent to which Hyrkan could teach his Skeleton Warrior to fight. If his Skeleton Warrior got a spec-up, it was near impossible to teach them how to fight with hand-to-hand combat. To teach them down the road, Hyrkan had to invest in strength.

But if he were to do that, his character would be a complete mess.

Before Hyrkan returned to the past, he had invested all his points into strength. This was because he was a swordsman. Even with the same stats, once swordsmen received buffs and used their skills continuously, they could easily perform 10 times the expected result.

Magicians had a similar skill as well. There was something called magic swordsmen, who used magic power to maximize their combat potential. As such, some magicians invested stat points into strength and stamina.

Black magicians were no different. There was a skill that allowed them to fight in close-quarters using their magic power. Even so, they weren’t as strong as swordsmen.

Most importantly, such stat distribution led to a mess of a character that was invested in invested in neither strength nor magic power.

At the same time, this resulted in going into various skill trees.

‘It’s not a bad thing per se.’

But if this was the goal, it was better to choose white magic and learn magic of all attributes to the peak.

Of course, a mess like this could become a big hit as well.

But at the very least, it was a road no one had tread before. The road could cut off in the middle or lead to a dead end. If this were the case, that would be the end. There was no way to recover after going down this path. There probably wouldn’t be another chance to reset his life.

‘I can’t dwell on this for too long.’

Hyrkan closed his eyes.

No matter what he chose, regret was inevitable. The question was which path would lead to fewer regrets.

‘Rich Lich was able to succeed in solo raiding, but even after throwing so much money in the game, he was unable to become the best.’

If it was his fate to fall off a cliff, then it would at least be better to throw his body towards a dream.

‘Gaming is the one thing I can do well. If I can’t be daring in games, my entire life would just be lame.’

Hyrkan controlled his watch, making a hologram window of his stat. Looking at the hologram window, Hyrkan smiled.

“All strength necromancer. What a concept. At least it’ll make for a good clickbait.”