Xavier opened his status sheet.
XAVIER COLLINS
Age: 24
Race: Dragonkin
Grade: D
Moral Faction: World Defender (Planet Earth)
Class: Otherworldly Reaper (Legendary)
Level 200
Strength: 10,637 (41,484) [Attunement: 21%]
Speed: 9,577 (43,097) [Attunement: 21%]
Toughness: 10,279 (40,088) [Attunement: 21%]
Intelligence: 11,391 (44,425) [Attunement: 21%]
Willpower: 11,831 (57,972) [Attunement: 21%]
Spirit: 12,670 (62,083) [Attunement: 21%]
Mastery Points (D Grade) until next level: 0/1,000
Available Spirit Energy (D Grade): 62,573/62,573
Available Willpower Energy (D Grade): 50,070/50,070
Available Speed Energy (D Grade): 42,100/42,100
Available Skill Points: 0
Free stat points remaining: 0
Titles:
Bloodied Hands, Born on a Battlefield, Settlement Defender, Quester, First Defender of Planet Earth, Survivor, All 100, First All 100, 1,000 Stats, First to 1,000 Stats, Greater Butcher, All 1,000, First All 1,000, Level 100, First to level 100, E Grade, E Grade Progenitor, E Grade Speedrun (Unmatched), Destroyer of Hordes (Unmatched), Ahead of the Pack 2, Goliath Killer 2, Tenth Floor (Tower Milestone), Homeward Bound, First Dungeon of Earth, Dungeon Diver 110, Dungeon – First Clears, Dungeon – Solo Clears, Dungeon – Record Clears, 10,000 Stats, First 10,000 Stats, All 10,000 Stats, First All 10,000, Nineteenth Floor Climber, Nineteenth Floor Ranked 1 – RECORD HOLDER, Solo Tower Climber 19, 1st Nineteenth Floor Climber, One Grade Up – Support, Two Grades Up – Support, C Grade Killer, C Grade Demolisher, C Grade Destroyer, Strongest E Grade (Unmatched), D Grade, D Grade Progenitor, D Grade Speedrun (Unmatched)
Spells List:
Spiritual Trifecta – Rank 100
Heavy Telekinesis – Rank 100
Spirit Break (All) – Rank 100
Spirit Infusion – Rank 100
Soul Harvest – Rank 100
Soul Strike (Ranged) – Rank 100
Soul Block – Rank 100
Soul Harden – Rank 100
Willpower Infusion – Rank 100
Core Burn – Rank 100
Summon Otherworldly Spirit – Rank 100
Otherworldly Communion – Rank 100
Soul Shatter – Rank 100
Soul Puppet – Rank 100
Hover Dodge – Rank 100
Enhanced Telekinetic Strike – Rank 100
Time Alteration – Rank 100
Time Prison – Rank 100
Soul Sacrifice – Rank 100
Skills List:
Physical Resistance – Rank 100
Magical Potency – Rank 100
Magical Resistance – Rank 100
Physical Damage – Rank 100
Assimilate Properties – Rank 100
Scythe-Staff Mastery – Rank 100
Meditation – Rank 100
Aura-Control – Rank 100
Core Strength – Rank 100
Cultivate Energy – Rank 100
Identify – Rank 100
Split Mind – Rank 100
Evasion – Rank 100
Aerial Combat – Rank 100
Dismantle – Rank 100
Red In Tooth And Claw – Rank 100
Iron Grip – Rank 100
Close Combat Fighting – Rank 100
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Ritual – Rank 100
Minor Spirit Coins: 500,542
Lesser Spirit Coins: 7,812
His mind was blown by the sheer number of attributes he possessed. Though he had just joined the rank of D Grade, he couldn’t help but wonder if he was already more powerful than the likes of Gimble, or at least Gimble’s other party members.
There were certainly things that he was capable of doing that none other in the raid group could. But he didn’t know that he could take a hit like Gimble had been able to—not without spending a great deal of his resources, anyway.
At least, he certainly hadn’t been able to do that before he’d advanced. But now… he’d come so far. All the skills he’d ranked up to 100 had a significant effect on boosting his attributes. A ton of them were percentage based, which meant when he received titles like the ones he’d just gotten—for being the first E Grade Denizen to defeat a C Grade Denizen solo and all the titles he’d gained as he’d advanced to D Grade… looking at his attributes, somehow he had become roughly twice as strong in the past five levels.
That’s insane… that’s absolutely insane!
He knew D Grades were significantly stronger than E Grades, but he hadn’t ever imagined the extent of it…
Xavier tapped his foot on the hard ground as he stared at his race. Dragonkin. That was still coming as a shock to him. He looked to his left, then to his right, at the wings that had sprouted from his back. God, it might be vain, but he wished he had a mirror right now. A massive, full-length mirror, so he could gaze at the glory that was his new wings. He wondered what his wingspan was…
Things had changed drastically for him today. He felt so giddy and excited to see what classes would be available to him.
Xavier released a breath. He only had twenty-four hours to make his decision. But, as he looked at the timer, not even a second had yet passed, despite the fact that minutes had gone by for him.
My Time Alteration spell. The timer for this must be connected to the universe I’m residing within, just like cooldowns are.
That meant he had far more time to make this decision, though he doubted he would need very long. Whenever class choices had been put before him, he’d never had much trouble deciding which he needed to choose. He doubted this would be any different.
Xavier willed the notification with the different class choices to show up. In an instant, the selection list appeared in his vision.
Otherworldly Reaper – Legendary Class
Master of Time – Legendary Class
Soul of the Dragon – Legendary Class
Temporal Soulweaver – Mythic Class
Wayfarer of the Infinite Path – Mythic Class
Xavier tilted his head to the side as he looked at the different class options. Like the last time he’d done this, he had been given five classes to choose from. Unlike the last time, none of those classes were below Legendary. He supposed the System knew he wasn’t about to downgrade.
The names of the classes intrigued him. He wasn’t surprised to see Otherworldly Reaper on there again. He might not be able to walk backward on the path, but he could keep walking the same path if he wished.
His gaze couldn’t help but fall to the bottom of the list, onto the two Mythic classes. He hadn’t even known what the classes above Legendary were. It instantly made him wonder if there were any classes beyond even Mythic. He wanted to skip ahead and look at them, but he couldn’t discard the possibility that one of the Legendary classes might have a path he was looking for.
He looked at Otherworldly Reaper, to see if the class had changed.
Otherworldly Reaper Class (Legendary):
An Otherworldly Reaper is an ultra-rare class of versatile mage that focuses on magic of the spirit, mind, and will. They can be a long-range fighter, a close-range fighter, or a mix of both, and they wield a scythe-staff in battle—a hybrid, melee/magical weapon. They can wear any armour they wish and have the ability to imbue Spirit Energy into their equipment to strengthen its qualities—though this lasts for a limited time.
Otherworldly Reapers have the ability to harvest the souls of those they slay and can call upon those souls in moments of need. They also have the ability to call upon spirits from the Otherworld.
The Otherworld is a land between universes. A land where the impossible dies. Little is known about this place by most Denizens of the Greater Universe.
Attributes per level: +50 Strength, +50 Toughness, +50 speed, +75 Intelligence, +75 Willpower, +100 Spirit, +200 free stat points.
Xavier frowned. It was the exact same class as he had right now, with the exact same description…
No, not the exact same description. This description had the attributes he would gain per level now that he was D Grade.
And they were five times as many as he gained when he was E Grade! That was insane. He racked his brain, trying to think about how strong the D Grade enemies he’d been facing had been and… it didn’t add up.
Could they have truly been gaining this many attribute points per level?
No. Of course they weren’t gaining this many attributes per level. This is a legendary class, not a common, uncommon, rare, or even an epic class. It’s stronger than all of those.
Xavier gazed at the description, his attention mostly sitting down at the attributes he would gain. He could see why some people would want to remain with the same class—to keep it static—and he knew that this was already a powerful class.
But he was hoping for something a little… more.
His spellset was unique. He’d gained a lot of different abilities since the last time he’d made this decision. Altering time, and his melee abilities… they should be taken into account when it came to choosing his next class.
He just hoped he would have a few good things to decide from.
While Xavier didn’t completely disregard the Otherworldly Reaper class—it had served him pretty damned well so far, after all—he would feel disappointed if that was the one he ended up choosing.
Xavier looked at the next class available.
Master of Time Class (Legendary)
This class it not simply for those who wish to alter time, but for those who wish to master time itself. They have the ability to manipulate time in powerful and unique ways. They can freeze a moment in time almost forever. This path is for those who are patient, for a Master of Time can spend eternity within a single moment.
The strongest Masters of Time are able to alter the flow of history.
This is primarily a support class with limited offensive capabilities.
Attributes per level: +20 Toughness, +210 speed, +100 Intelligence, +50 Willpower, +20 Spirit, +200 free stat points.
Xavier tilted his head to the side and sighed. While he loved his Time Alteration and Time Prison spells, he didn’t want to put himself into a box and specialise. He was actually worried that choosing one of these classes—even the very class he still possessed—might make him lose some of the spells he had.
That would cripple his effectiveness in battle.
Xavier wasn’t built for specialisation. That much was clear. He needed a class that would be more versatile—one that would allow him to show off every aspect of what he had become. His long-raged mage spells, his close-range bestial attacks, his ability to alter time and to control the minds of others, not to mention his reaping of souls and summoning of spirits from the Otherworld.
He wanted to hold onto everything. He just wasn’t sure what would give him that option, and he didn’t want to read too deep into the class names further down the list.
Xavier pushed forward to the next class, scratching off Master of Time from his options. He would never choose a class with limited offensive capabilities, and he was hardly someone who would thrive as support.
Soul of the Dragon Class (Legendary)
Soul of the Dragons can be both long-range and close-range fighters, or a mixture of both. Soul of the Dragon is a Legendary class that allows a Dragonkin to summon different departed dragons to their cause. The souls of the dragons can manifest physically, outside of the Dragonkin, or they can inhabit the Dragonkin’s body and enhance their physical and magical attributes while guiding their fighting styles and tactics.
Dragonkin are innately connected to the dragons of old. Their blood is as one.
One cannot walk backward on the path.
Xavier tilted his head to the side, his eyes glazed over, eyebrows raised, as he read through the description for the Legendary Soul of the Dragon class. He didn’t think he’d ever received a race-specific class before. Which he supposed made sense. Humans seemed to be pretty boring in that department.
Dragonkin…
Ever since he’d decided he needed instructors, he’d been looking for them for everything. Liana had helped a great deal with his time magic, to the point where he’d mastered the two spells of those he had. Rhaalir had helped him master—as much as anyone could—the Otherworldly spells that he had access to, and had even helped him get another one of them, Soul Sacrifice, which was a hybrid Otherworldly/Reaper spell.
Though Xavier wasn’t about to choose the Soul of the Dragon class—it really didn’t sound like it would suit him at all, as it was highly specialised—it did make him wonder if he would need to find someone of the dragonkin race to help him understand his new self better.
There must be things about this class I don’t know, and if all dragonkin have wings—something I’m not even sure about—they might be able to help me be better at aerial combat.
Xavier ruminated on that for a little while before he brought up what the next available class was.
The Temporal Soulweaver—the first of the two Mythic classes that were offered to him.