[Class: Death Knight
Level: 59<65
EXP: 89%<36%
Health: 1,590/1,590<1,680/1,680
Health Regeneration: 68/min<72/min
Mana: 1,435/1,435<1,600/1,600
Mana Regeneration: 70/min<72/min
Bloodline: Demonic Blood
Abilities: Striker Type, AOE Type, Minion Type, General Type
Passives: Pain Tolerance, Blunt Resistance, Regeneration, Magic Resistance
Bonuses: Horde, Death Pact, Soul Domain, Split Mind, Swap, Soul Seal, Blood Price, Dead Embrace, Last Stand, Imbuement, Blood Aura, Reaper, Fine Control, Dark Sight
Stats:
Strength: 235<247 Wisdom*: 350<368
Dexterity: 216<243 Intelligence*: 267<300
Constitution*: 298<316 Free Points: 0]
Alaster should have received his Expert Class fifteen levels ago. Fifteen levels past fifty typically required several years. Alaster had done it in one week. Of course, it was in a powerful Dungeon, practically filled to the brim with high level enemies. But it still amazed him.
Regardless, he was ready to receive his Class.
[Expert Classes Available:
1. Soulmancer
2. Dread Lord
3. Elementalist
4. Unliving Guardian
5. Lord of the Dead
Make your Choice.]
‘Aren’t there supposed to be ten choices?’ Alaster asked himself.
‘I’ve heard of this. It’s because you previously picked a Class that was perfectly suited to you. It causes later Classes to be more suited to you as well. Focusing more on your Status and Achievements. Try to focus on one.’ Belgroth suggested.
Alaster did as he said, and was surprised.
[Soulmancer
A dealer in souls. Repair, manipulate, destroy, and even create.
-Two Abilities capable of touching souls
-Manipulate the souls of fifty Individuals.
-Soul Domain available]
‘That is amazing. Why isn’t this taught?’
‘I don’t know. Humans have always been pointlessly greedy and selfish.’
Alaster ignored the rude remark, not wanting to think about the truth behind it as he focused on the next Class option.
[Dread Lord
A warrior of Death. Delivers Death upon its foes while embracing it themselves.
-Imbuement at Level Ten
-Raise Undead at Level Twenty
-Kill one hundred foes alongside your Undead]
‘Fascinating.’
‘Move on.’
[Elementalist
The Elements themselves shall obey your command.
-Spells from Three different Schools of Magic
-Use Elemental Magic to kill fifty foes
-Combine two different Magics together.]
‘Doesn’t sound great.’
‘What are you talking about boy, this is horrible. It completely opposes what you have worked towards.’
‘Maybe, but can you imagine if I could make my Undead covered in fire, or wearing earth armor? Or even making them resistant to Elemental Magic? It is the most common Type of Magic.’
‘Move on.’
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[Unliving Guardian
Cannot kill what is already dead. For you have become one with Death.
-Death Embrace at Level Ten
-Kill one hundred foes while using Death Embrace
-Recover over one hundred percent Max Health in a single battle ten times
-Three Resistances]
‘Sounds promising.’
‘Perhaps, but it seems to embrace taking damage. Such people are always the first to die.’
‘Why does this one have four requirements?’
‘Likely to designate it as a more powerful Class. It makes sense that the stronger Classes would be pickier.’
‘Makes sense to me.’
‘Check the last one.’
[Lord of the Dead
They follow you not because they must, but because they desire. You have captured the hearts of the Dead, and the souls of the Living.
-Raise Undead at Level Fifty
-Five Types of Undead Summons
-Death Embrace at Level Ten
-Dead Aura at Level Twenty
-Necrotic Heal at Level Twenty
-Skeleton Creation at Level Twenty
-Mindful Evolution
-Horde at Level Twenty
-Overwhelmed stronger foes through Undead numbers
-Kill one thousand foes using Undead
-Kill one thousand foes alongside Undead
-Earn the respect of a Deceased Soul.
-Grant souls upon the Undead.
-Death Mage
-Death Knight]
‘Uhhh.’
‘Ok, that surprised even me.’
‘So definitely go with this one?’
‘Obviously. But first, memorize the requirements, they should help you understand your new Class better.’
Alaster quickly did so before making his selection.
He was immediately filled with pain. It wasn’t overwhelming, but Alaster still growled as he stopped himself from screaming.
It lasted for several minutes, before slowly fading away.
Alaster opened his Status.
[Class Change: Lord of the Dead
Progenitor: As the first of your Kind, you receive Three points per Level in each of the Prime Stats and Ten Free Points.
The Mage creates. The Knight destroys. The Lord rules. A good ruler has the loyalty and fear of their subjects. A poor ruler has neither.
Stat Changes: +20 STR, +20 DEX, +50 CON, +50 INT, +100 WIS
You have been gifted the Abilities: [Soul Bind], [Soul Rend], [Giver of Life]
These Abilities have been Morphed: [Soul Domain], [Horde], [Raise Undead]
Beware the Dead, or you will join them]
‘Two hundred and forty stats.’ Alaster thought in disbelief.
‘Must say, this just seems unfair to all the other Humans.’ Belgroth chuckled.
‘Whose to say there aren’t others like this?’
‘Logic. But forget the stats, great as they are. Look at the new Abilities you got.’
[Soul Bind
Level 1: 0%
Bind the souls of the fallen.
Mana Cost: N/A]
‘What the… What’s going on here. What’s the Mana Cost?’
‘Remember how I said the System was a crutch, this is what I mean. It is a powerful tool to create many powerful people, but it falls short once you reach a certain stage. Causing many who have relied too heavily on it to falter.
I know this Spell. This is the very primitive version of the same Spell I used to bind myself to you.’
‘What other uses could it have?’
‘Well, since you would be the one manipulating it, so long as you were powerful enough, you could change the soul. Manipulating it to do anything. From complex Golems to automated sweepers. You could bind the soul to another living thing, or even your Undead, but you could also bind it to objects, like me and the Throne.
And, if the soul was weakened enough, and you were powerful enough, you could even bind the soul of a still living creature. Though you are far from the level of strength.
The reason there is no Mana Cost, is because it is completely reliant on how you use the Ability, and because it relies more on the strength of the soul, than on Mana.’
[Soul Rend
Level 1: 0%
Directly strike the soul.
Mana Cost: 500]
‘That is a lot of Mana.’
‘But for an attack that will ignore all armor, all resistances, and nearly all defenses? I’d say that’s pretty cheap.’
‘What would effect how much damage I would do?’
‘Wisdom mostly. The other stats will all influence it, but Wisdom is of the soul. Followed by Intelligence. Be very careful of those who can directly attack the soul. There are few defenses against such attacks, and you have none.’
[Giver of Life
Level 1: 0%
Breath life into the dead.
Mana Cost: 5000]
‘Bel, is this what I think it is?’
‘Yes, kind of. How the… only the very strongest of my People had the ability to resurrect the dead. And even then, it had to be done quickly after death.
However, be mindful of the wording. From the feeling I am getting from this Ability, I suspect that with practice, you could even use parts of multiple souls to actually give life to your Undead.’
‘But then they would be alive, and out of my control.’
‘Not quite. Even the most advanced of Undead, those who can think for themselves, are limited in their thinking. Unless they bound their soul elsewhere like a Lich, but even then, only to a less degree.
But with this, you could truly give a life to the Undead. I am unsure of the specifics, let alone the ramifications. But Alaster, with an Ability like this, you might just be able to create a Species of the Undead.’
‘Yeah, but it requires five thousand Mana. Even with the bonus stats I just got, I don’t even have half that. And if even a part of what you said is true, it will be so intricate that I won’t be able to use [Blood Price] to get me enough Mana.’
‘That is correct. Though there are other ways. I know of potions that can temporarily increase the Maximum amount of Mana a person can wield, as well as locations that increase the Maximum amount of Mana, while reducing the cost of Spells, and increasing the speed at which Mana in recovered.’
‘Such a place exists?’ Alaster was amazed, he had never heard of it, but that certainly didn’t mean it didn’t exist.
‘Several such places, that is, if you Humans haven’t destroyed them. Now, you also had several Abilities change. You should check them.’
[Wisdom 200 Bonus: Soul Domain
Level 3<6: 12%<25%
Create a Portal to your Soul.
Size: 100 meters
Minions Stored: 1/50]
‘The size and Minion limit both increased by ten times.’
‘Interesting. Seems like the System is pushing you to pursue a settlement in your soul.’
‘I admit, the idea intrigues me. And if what you suspect about the [Giver of Life] Spell, it could be a true city of the dead.’
‘You should probably work on [Flesh Crafting] then. No sense giving a true soul to a hunk of bones.’
‘Fair enough.’
Alaster still detested the sight of the flesh moving around like it did, but he understood the usefulness.
[Wisdom 50 Bonus: Horde Legion
Level 20<25: 9%<43%
Capable of raising Undead past the limit, at the cost of Mana Regeneration.
Two past max per point of Mana Regeneration]
Alaster quickly checked again.
‘Nope. That is the correct Bonus, and it seems that only change was a name.’
‘Boy, sometimes you astound me with your stupidity. The System would not of made note of it in that way if it was a simple name change. Raise a few. You have a few Devil bones in your Ring.’
So, Alaster did as instructed. The bones stood up, just as expected. What wasn’t expected was that the Skeleton stood up straight, even looking around for what seemed like a weapon. Unfortunately, Alaster did not have any, they were simply too big for his Ring. Nor did he care to craft one out of bone at the moment.
When no weapon was found, it stared straight ahead, and saluted Alaster. Its right fist against its chest.
‘So instead of an actual horde, now I have access to an actual army.’
‘That will be a drastic change. It seemed highly intelligent and disciplined as well, for an Undead at least.’
Alaster moved onto the last change.
[Raise Undead
Level 41<52: 32%<64%
Raise a corpse to serve as your intelligent servant.
Can implant captured souls.
Max Minions: 37/38
Max Skeletons: 37/38
Mana Cost: 30]
Again with a single word change. However, Alaster also didn’t notice the ‘Mindful’ Evolution.
‘Huh, did the Mindful Evolution become intrinsic to the Spell?’
‘I believe so. The evolution was a requirement for the Class.’
‘Very nice. Instead of having to use several hundred Mana, it only costs thirty, and it feels like it will always be the max of my limits.’
‘Very likely.’
‘This is all amazing. I am a one-man army. No longer can I just serve as a distraction to an army. I can know defeat an army!’
‘Hold up! The Class change caught the attention of some powerful people. Alaster you are about to be called up, do not even hint at me!’
‘Wait, what?’ Was all Alaster could saw before his vision blacked out.