Chapter 312 - 37: No Turning Back (1/2)
A/N : Aht here!
Here is a double length chap for not posting earlier in the week. Not many left in Yggdrasil Arc. Enjoy!
Don't forget to keep dropping those power stones and leave comments below!
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Nao had finally slain Helheim's first World Enemy. It had also granted him Helheim's first World Item. As a reward for these two feats, it rewarded Nao with a hidden class change scroll and a second World Item!
It was said that a single World Item was so powerful that they could bring a non-existent guild into the top ranks. Now, his party had two, while no one else in Helheim had any. In total there were 200 of them. It wasn't known how many were scattered into Helheim, but splitting them evenly, it would be about 22 per realm.
This had brought the party's power to another level already!
The four were directly teleported out of the sealed realm not long after they slayed the giant serpent. The two World Items plopped directly in the open space in front of the four. An ancient looking tan parchment rolled up into a scroll also could be seen next to the obsidian staff and the giant red scroll.
Isabella went to pick up the giant red scroll while Nao picked up the staff and the smaller scroll. Tabula and Bukubukuchagama gathered around the two, appearing very interested in their new loot.
”So these are World Items, hmm? Aren't they known to have the ability to break the balance of Yggdrasil? Who would even create such absurd items...”, Tabula said as he started to utter to himself. His voice was loud enough to trigger a smiley emote from Isabella and Bukubukuchagama responded to him.
”It's obvious the developers created them, duh! I bet to offset them breaking Yggdrasil's balance, each one of them has a specific function. Moreover we got two at once! That was such an exhilarating boss. World Enemies sure are something else.”, Bukubukuchagama replied happily with a smile emote.
”Haha, you're right about that, Buku. Each one of these World Items is specifically designed to do something, and a lot of them can cause different types of destruction on large scales. Honestly speaking, the main target from this battle was Ouroboros. Getting the extra loot was a bonus I wasn't expecting.”
”So you were expecting a drop like this? Well, we did cause us go through a lot of loops and turns with those quests to reach this destination. I say this is rightful reward.”
”Right? I can detail you two on what these two do later, and I'm not planning to use Ouroboros until we conquer a lv3000 Guild Base. A more pressing matter is at hand, the hidden class change scroll here. The question is, who is going to use it?”
”What does that hidden class change scroll do anyway? Does it upgrade our class to another tier?”, Bukubukuchagama asked curiously.
”I believe so. It likely checks to see if our Racial Class can be upgraded once more. High is the end for most players but many don't know that these scrolls exist. As to whether it replaces our existing High class, I do not know.”
Nao really wasn't sure on this point. Ainz's endgame class was Overlord, and that was a hidden Racial Class unique to that of the Skeleton Mage. It only revealed 3 of his Racial Classes, he probably had his High class hidden. What was known was Skeleton Mage, Elder Lich and Overlord.
As for Nao, he started out as an Angel. Rising up he upgraded into High Angel and True Angel. True Angel worked similarly to True Vampires as its name suggested. But Vampires only belonged to a two upgrade Racial Class. Meaning that once a player became a True Vampire, they couldn't upgrade anymore.
However for Angels, it had many possibilities and the likelihood of it being a four upgrade Racial Class was high. it was said in the Angel hierarchy, Seraphs were known to be the highest rank of them all. A group of Seraphs are known as Seraphim and they belonged to the top of the Highest Order.
On top of that, Seraphim were granted six sets of angel wings, one on each side of their back, totaling twelve. Michael, who was also an Angel, had these same features whenever she revealed her true form. She was indeed a Seraph!
And if the scroll upgraded his Racial Class to a Seraph, he too would have twelve wings and would become the second Seraph of his family. But going back to his earlier question, was Nao going to be the one to use this scroll?
Thinking this, Nao let a smile emote after he finished speaking that.
”So we don't even know if we can be upgraded or not?”
”Nope. We can only test the waters. Belle, you are at your second upgrade. Tabula, you are at your second. Buku, you are at your third, like me, right guys?”
”Yup!”, Isabella responded with a smile emote.
”Indeed.”, Tabula replied calmly.
”Yeah!”, Bukubukuchagama replied excitedly.
”Hmm...Belle and Tabula, you two try it first. You two may be at your final upgrade already.”
Hearing Nao say that, he passed the scroll to Isabella first. She tried to activate it, yet it didn't react, causing her to let out a frown emote. She then passed it to Tabula, and it ended up the same result. He let out a sigh but didn't complain. He then passed it to Bukubukuchagama.
She stretched out part of her slime goo into a hand to catch it. It shone a blue light for a brief moment, only for a system notification to sound off on her screen. She bobbed up and down in excitement.
”Oooh, it definitely reacted to me! It says I can change to a True Metallurgic Slime! See if it works on you, Nao!”, Bukubukuchagama replied excitedly.
Hearing Bukubukuchagama say that, Nao turned quiet as she tossed the scroll to him. Sure enough he too received a system notification.
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Seeing this appear on his screen, Nao let out a smile emote.
”Looks like it reacted to me as well. I can upgrade into a Seraph, the highest order of Angels.”
”So only two of us four then, huh? Are you two going to roll for it or something? We've typically distributed our loot based on who can use what up to this point and then give them out if we could increase our stats.”
”That is true. But this isn't something we need to do that for. Nao, you take it. My defenses have proven fine up till now. Just make sure the second one we get goes to me, okay?”
”Are you sure, Buku? This is a one time use scroll. We don't know when we would get a second one.”
Hearing that, Bukubukuchagama bobbed up and down in acknowledgment.
”I'm sure. Besides, you're going to be our Guild Leader, right? It makes sense for you to use it first!”
”And how does that make sense...?”, Nao uttered to himself with a retort.
”Did you say something?”
”No. I will gladly accept this scroll. I'm going to use it now, I don't see anyone around us.”
After Nao said that the three nodded. He threw the scroll up into the air, letting it unravel. It had unique runes written on it that lit up, before the scroll started burn a blue flame. It vanished in a couple seconds and a yellow glow soon covered Nao's body.
A moment passed in silence as the three watched on in anticipation.
Sure enough, once the light died down, there were some noticeable changes. To start it off, Nao was taller! He stood about 8 feet now, even taller than Isabella. Six gorgeous white wings sprouted out from his back. If one looked closely, a second pair could be seen sprouted underneath them, totaling twelve wings. His feathers were tipped in silver.
His hair mostly remained the same, medium length and white. Some bangs went down the sides of his face. If he combed his hair he could tie it up into a small ponytail.
His shoulders were now covered in silver shoulder guards. He wore a dark violet robe that had silver lining around its hem and edges leading out of his arms and legs. As for his skin, it turned from pale white to a metallic silver as well. To finish it off, a majestic wooden wand could be seen equipped in his left hand.
To get a feeling of his upgraded class, Nao let out a small chant.
”Fly.”, Nao chanted. His wings unfolded and fluttered about. He created gusts of winds before lifting off into the sky. He left behind the three as they watched him with stunned eyes.
Soaring higher and higher, Nao soon approached Hel's Winds in the sky. He couldn't help but let out a sigh seeing his new look. He could see all of Helheim from this point, and reaching here was effortless!
”Why am I getting such a familiar feeling by doing this...?”, Nao said, thinking to himself.
”Perhaps you are experiencing a similar feeling to when Ainz saw the clear sky and the vast ocean of stars for the first time in ages, Brother.”, a voice suddenly echoed beside him as if it was replying to Nao.
”Is that you, Miya?”
”Hehehe, your little fairy is at your service, Brother. Your new look is quite stunning.”, a fiery red sylph said, appearing next to Nao, letting out a giggle.
”You really know when to show up at good times, don't you?”
”You know it.”
”You've got something to report in, yeah?”
”I do. Preparations to transfer to the New World are complete.”
Hearing that caused Nao to stare at Miya for a good moment in silence.
”So fast?”
”Yup! Not only that, we found a lv3000 Guild Base we can finally assimilate into! You guys haven't found any besides the Great Tomb of Nazarick in Helheim, right?”
”Unfortunately we haven't. We plan to head into Hel's Palace next but I have a feeling that won't be a lv3000 Guild Base. Where is the one you guys secured?”
”In Asgard!”
”Hoh? Asgard, huh? Chelsea must be having the time of her life in that place full of roaming gods.”
”Sister Chelsea definitely seems to be enjoying herself last time I spoke with her. In fact she is the one who played the main role in securing that Guild Base!”
”Great. Where exactly is it located?”
”The Asgardian Palace!”, Miya replied to Nao bluntly.
”...Hah?”
”You heard me the first time! Chelsea slayed all the gods in that Palace, rightfully claiming it as hers. The All Father, Odin, his two sons Thor and Loki. Even the Valkyries, all gone! It rewarded Sister Chelsea with a lv3000 Guild Base!”
”That's quite a shocker to hear.”
”Right? Once Rising Phoenix is created we can head on over! Are you planning to create it soon?”