Chapter 325: Legacies and Lineage (2/2)
+25% to effect of Legacies. +4% to experience gain for your guild. +4 % to learning speed of skills within your guild.
In this way, you've managed to hone your army into a force of your own will. Others may call it manipulation, but you understand it as insight. By giving others knowledge, you offer them a purpose, one you rally behind. In time, others rally with you.
+50% to effect of Legacies. +8% to experience gain for your guild. +8 % to learning speed of skills within your guild.
And a mass forms behind you and your call to action. You've given entire nations and worlds a different history. Without you, they'd be in another place, perhaps better or worse. Regardless of the outcome, that change was decided by you and you alone.
+75% to effect of Legacies. +12% to experience gain for your guild. +12% to learning speed of skills within your guild.
For you listen to their opinions, but they obey your every word. You walk into a room while your presence demands reverence. Your bearing alone instills awe and respect, granting you an undeniable dominance. Others feel it, many hate it, but all are washed away by its glow.
+100% to effect of Legacies. +16% to experience gain for your guild. +16% to learning speed of skills within your guild.
I read and reread the tree a few times, inspecting the various ins and outs of it. While the values weren't enormous, the tree affected more than just me. The effect on legacies compounded with my dimensional modifications, making my guildmates me more potent. The experience gain and learning speed also helped my guildsmen gain some ground.
Casting that net this wide meant my guild benefitted as a whole. Wanting to know what my legacies were, I opened the menu for the first time in who knew how long.
Sovereign | Sovereign Class Legacy | Tier S+ | Grants +100 to all attributes. +10% to base stats. Note - Only available to Followers.
Endless & Undying | Endurance Legacy | Tier S++++++++ | Grants 450 endurance, 350 willpower, 150 intelligence, 125 constitution, and 100 strength to anyone who joins your guild.
Willful | Willpower Legacy | Tier S++++++ | Gants 400 willpower, 350 endurance, 125 intelligence, 100 constitution, and 75 strength.
Meticulous | Intelligence Legacy | Tier S++ | Grants 300 intelligence, 200 willpower, 100 endurance, and 75 constitution.
Orbital | Constitution Legacy | Tier S+ | Grants 150 constitution, 100 strength, and 7 endurance.
Powerful | Strength Legacy | Tier S | Grants 100 Strength, 50 constitution, and 50 endurance.
Aware | Perception Legacy | Tier A+ | Grants 75 Perception, 40 endurance, and 40 willpower.
Fortunate | Luck Legacy | Tier A+ | Grants 75 luck, 40 charisma, and 40 endurance.
Leadership | Charisma Legacy | Tier A+ | Grants 75 charisma, 40 luck, and 40 endurance.
Note - All legacies require at least level 300 to join your guild if you choose to make one. This bonus does not apply to you, only to those that join your guild.
Second Note - Legacy bonuses do not count towards tree or perk unlocks.
I heckled at the number of plus signs beside the endurance legacy. Its bonuses also dwarfed all the other legacies aside from Willful, and to me, that was fitting. Getting that kind of boost at level three hundred ensured a smooth level-up process for anyone involved. The Sovereign tree bonus also kicked into high gear in the later levels, the stat multiplier quite potent overall.
In general, the legacies expanded immensely since I last saw them. Wondering how the furnaces operated on my dimensional notifications, I opened that menu next.
[Modifications - The dimensional fabric composing this structure has been modified with code from the dimensional cipher. The rewards are as follows(Pre-multiplier values):
+7,121 Constitution
+57,414 Endurance
+5,557 Perception
+12,271 Willpower
+1,777 Luck
+72 Strength
+72 Dexterity
+100% to Effects of Legacies
+ 50% Internal Motivation Multiplier
+4,029 Trillion Ambient Mana]
I froze in place, standing in the middle of a Mt. Verner hallway. I leaned back from the modification screen, confused by the numbers. Yeah, the endurance just about doubled since the last time I saw it. That made sense. The willpower stat rose as well, and hey, that was in line with my expectations.
However, the ambient mana...was thousands of times higher. I rubbed my face, making sure I wasn't making a mistake. After a few double checks, I was sure of it. It rose by over 4,000 trillion over the last few weeks. Aside from the fact that number defied my comprehension, it also meant most of my rune's energy overflowed.
I peered down at my cipheric markings, my wrists glowing a bright white on my dark armor. These little guys couldn't handle the increase in mana, and it ended up pouring into the runic markings on my back. In a sense, I outgrew my ability to assimilate mana. Taking a moment, I peered up at the roof.
Torix wasn't the only one struggling with growing pains.
It was a good problem to have, but a problem nonetheless. The ambient mana overflow gave me extra mass, and that's why I grew recently. My Titanic tree generated physical power from that weight as well, so my synergies still held firm, even if I didn't gain endurance solely. Wanting to see the exact difference, I opened my stat menu.
My jaw dropped.
The Living Multiverse | Level 18,767 (Cap: 26,000) | Current Influence: The Rise of Eden | Class: Sovereign
Strength – 117,609 | Constitution – 149,294 | Endurance – 326,125
Dexterity – 60,821 | Willpower – 279,691 | Intelligence – 169,093
Charisma – 61,209 | Luck – 92,124 | Perception – 44,366 |Awe - 5,201
Health: 1.77 Billion/1.77 Billion | Health Regen: 87.4 Billion/min or 1.4 Billion/sec
Stamina: Infinite | Ambient Mana 5.402 Trillion
Mass: 532.1 Million Pounds(241.8 Million Kilos~)
Height: 26'11 |8.2 meters | Actual: 16'5(Mass Manipulation)
Damage Res - 99.46% | Dimensional Res - 100%
Phys Dam Bonus – 3.5 Billion% | Damage Bonus – 40%
The Rise of Eden - enhances base stats by 30%, increased to 40% to allies within aura's radius.
Mana Conversion(Elemental Furnace Count: 23) - 158.4 Billion mana/min siphoned into runes and armor.
I expected a change, but these numbers defied any of my expectations. I stared down at my palm, closing it to a fist. Was I really over ten times more physically powerful than just a few weeks ago? It seemed impossible. My weight jumped up over tenfold as well, with the usual bumps in my endurance and regen becoming an afterthought by comparison.
As I contemplated the meteoric rise in stats, something clicked at that moment. Schema limited me because of this. At this rate, I'd overwhelm a spatial fortress with ease. I'd live for centuries, and by then, I'd achieve an utter, critical mass. Schema wouldn't have a say in anything I did. Hell, fighting Old Ones and making new universes all popped up as new possibilities for me. If I mastered the cipher, anything was possible.
And over millennia, I'd become my namesake - a true multiverse.
A surge of panic spiked in my chest, but I controlled it. I leaned my head back against the wall, taking a few deep breaths. Something terrified me about gaining this much strength. After settling down over the next few seconds, I figured out what it was.
I hadn't felt the change as it happened.
Just knowing that calmed me down a lot. I probably glossed over the shift in mass because I was so caught up in the city building. This also explained why even a ring of my armor weighed someone down. In fact, quite a few signs showed themselves recently. I just busied myself until I hadn't noticed.
It was the same with investing in my trees. Either way, I refocused on getting my position established. Yes, I could misuse my power and mess a situation up. I could also make a lot of difference across the cosmos. Instead of fearing the former, I leaned into the latter. Getting ready for that, I went up towards an outer portion of Mt. Verner.
Near the mountain's peak, I got ready to focus on some runic work. As I did, an insect crawled over towards me. I peered down at it, and the creature cackled at me,
”I'm ready, Harbinger.”
I jumped back before I recognized Plazia's voice. I raised my brow at it, ”Man, please don't talk through beetle like that again...So what are you ready for?”
Many beetles crawled out of the ground into the long form of a snake, ”I'm ready to begin our work. It's time to connect the planes and establish a new era for my lost kin.”
A mouth formed with a viper's teeth,
”We shall offer them a new genesis here, in a garden of Eden.”