Chapter 4: The King’s Gratitude
After putting Rully in his cell, awaiting his sentence, I return to the palace and come to the king before he reveals a cured Queen to their sons and daughters. All in all, they have 7 sons and 3 daughters. Lina White, their 2nd princess is missing.
“Oh? Lina is your daughter?” I asked.
“Yes, she is. Do you know her?” The king asked.
“I do, I saved her from an orc attack and I avenged her attempted chastity stealing. She got away so her chaste is still intact.”
“Good good, I hate to ask you this, but can you bring her back?”
“Indeed I can, sir, give me a second.”
I focused on Lina and her position. I can feel the mana flowing out as I casted [Space-time: Separate Teleport] which allows me to teleport her to me instead of the reverse. Her sleeping body is now on the floor, waking up in a sudden shock.
“AAAH!!”
“AAAAAAH!”
“REEEEEEE!”
The princess, the king, and I screamed. I was looked at funny for my scream. My feelings, they hurt.
“Eh? Father? Father!”
“Lina!”
They embraced each other and I smiled.
“Where’s mother?”
“In her room resting.”
“Is… she okay?”
“She’s been cured by Christopher over there.”
I wave and smile awkwardly.
“Thank you for saving my mother!” Lina says as she tackles me in a hug, crying.
“Hey hey, calm down. It was worth it,” I said smiling.
“I thought I would lose her.”
“I would never let that happen. Like I said, I’d protect you. If your family isn’t protected, who am I?”
After a minute, we separated after the king coughed, with a large bag in his hand.
“Here’s your reward, and also, you’re a Duke now,” the king said, smiling.
Usually, a Duke was only for family members of the royalty. Noble ranks are as such, in highest to lowest order: King -> Queen -> Duke -> Prince(ss) -> Marquis -> Count -> Viscount -> Baron.
The queen has the highest authority in political matters, while the king has the most in military matters. Her being sick made the king even more stressed because of having to deal with both military and political matters. However, as visible, there are exceptions.
I gasped. Being a duke meant free reign, mostly. My family is now a noble family in the kingdom. This is wonderful news, being made a Noble House. The Noble House of Auber is now formed, huh? Well, I better check out the bag.
I took the bag and it was heavier than I thought. The weight was the same as a 5 pound weight. I looked inside and found at least 100 platinum coins. The Kingdom of Erst was the most prosperous kingdom on the planet, having made over 1,000,000 platinum coins each year in profit.
I gasped, again. Then, everything went dark.
***
Fainting because of money and status is normal, right? I mean, it felt like it held 1,000 platinum coins. I couldn’t tell. The coins were a darker silver, almost gray in color, and weighed 1 lbs. WIth my Strength stat, I couldn’t barely feel it. With one point of strength, you could lift something that’s 10 pounds easily. In agility, 1 point is equal to running 0.1km/hour at maximum, and it also helped stamina. So, at the moment going full speed meant going over the speed of sound. Intelligence has a 1:10 ratio for the mana pool and helps mana regeneration. Wisdom helps spell control while intelligence helps spell power. Wisdom also helps with mental/magical resistance and MP recovery.
Author’s Note:
This system may not be perfect yet, but it is going to be used in stats from now on.
STR: Physical power and resistance to physical types of damage. If strength is over target’s strength, person damaging wins.
AGI: Speed and control of physical movements
VIT: HP total (1 to 10 ratio) and HP recovery (VIT+[STR/10]) per hour
INT: Spell power and mana pool (1:10 ratio).
Stolen novel; please report.
WIS: Spell control, mental/magical resistance, MP recovery (WIS+[INT/10]) per min) also if wisdom is higher than target, can manipulate and do illusions.
Luck: Chances for enchants to work increased, limit: 100.
Author’s Note End
The scene before me was astonishing. I woke up to a Lina sleeping on my bedside. I got up and checked my stats.
Name: Christopher Auben
Level: 778
Age: 8
Race: Elf Outworlder (Change? Y/N)
Form: Elf
Available Forms: Demigod God’s Executioner Elf Human
HP: 77840/77840
MP: 778400/778400
UP: 765
Strength: 7784
Agility: 7784
Vitality: 7784
Intelligence: 77840
Wisdom: 778400
Luck: 100
Titles: [Exterminator] [Teleports Behind You] [Candidate for Godhood] [Demigod] [God’s Executioner] View Title Effects? Y/N
Current Regeneration Speed:
Health: 8562/minute.
Mana: 786184/minute.
Undistributed Points: Gained by levelling up. Each level gives 5 points to distribute to your stats for a 1:10 ratio.
I decided to finally also check my notifications.
You’ve acquired the following titles
Candidate for Godhood
Demigod
God’s Executioner
Kingdom Hero
You’ve acquired the following skills
Demigod (Godlike Form)
God’s Wrath (Spell)
God’s Cannon (Spell)
God’s Executioner (Form)
Dragon Adult (Legendary Form, optional)
Notice
You’ve acquired the Kingdom Hero title.
Do one more global-worthy deed to become a Hero.
Notice
You’ve levelled up 777 times in a row, and 777 times in the past week.
Notice
You are almost eligible for Godhood.
Do you wish to ascend?
By becoming a god, you must protect.
Do you want to be a Roaming God or a Protector God?
Protector God: Protect and keep a certain area safe.
Roaming God: Roam freely. Not given out lightly. I believe this is for you, James.
Notice
By ascending, your friends and family may become Demigods at your will.
Eh?! Ascend to a god?! Aren’t they powerful? I’m just level 778!
Notice
You are stronger than all gods. Level 778 may be a Minor God, but just by walking to level 3,000 you can become a Major God.
EEEEHhhh?! How weak are you gods?!
Notice
Your power blinds you. Even the strongest hero was a maximum of level 300. The highest god’s level, the Creator, is level 5,000. Everyone else is level 2,000 at maximum.
I guess you talk to me. What’s the Creator’s highest stat?
Major Notice
Creator here. My highest is at 5,812,082, which is Intelligence. The next is Wisdom at the same, and Vitality at 4,582,937.
Holy stat! Well, I guess you could just change your stats huh? Anyway, what’s the difference between Major Notice and Notice?
Major Notice
Major Notice is from the Creator, myself, and the Notice is from the Message System God, Hiyori.
Sounds like a Japanese name, but I may offend people with saying that. Well, past that point you created a new god just for me? I feel special.
Major Notice
I did, you are one of the Heroes after all. Your job is to defeat the Demon God, and the Demon King.
You can beat them both easily at your rate of levelling. The Demon God’s highest stat is 1,038,000 with Strength. Demon King’s is 502,028 with Intelligence.
I thought I came to live peacefully! I didn’t agree to this.
Major Notice
Fine fine. I’ll give you a boost once you get the quest “The Friend in High Places” done.
Do one more global-worthy deed. Basically, heal a lot of people.
Also, your dragon form is ready.
D-dragon form? Hell yes! What does it do?
Major Notice
+350,000 to all stats. Costs your previous mana supply of 10,000 mana a second. You get 13,000 a second so you’ll be fine. Your demigod form gives you double that with a cost of 12,000 a second. It also gives you the spell “God’s Anger” which can destroy a city easily at a cost of 30,000 mana. Using both at the same time gives you an immense power that destroys countries, no, even continents with enough power. With your Demigod form taking 10,000, it may take a while to recover that mana.
A big price for a big power. Ah well, where does this demon king live first?
Catastrophic Notice
Little kiddie thinks he can take me. I live in the Demon Country named Daen. Come fight me. Oh, by the way, I’m the Demon God.
Major Narration
You heard it here first folks. We have the Demon God asking the Second Hero James Gray, now known as Chris to a fight. Who’ll win?
Notice
You’ve been granted the spell Limit Break
Duration: 5 minutes.
Cost: 15,000 mana.
Level: 3
Difficulty: 5
Description: Used as a last resort. Multiplies your power by 5l. The letter l equals the spell level.
Notice
Achievement Unlocked
Levelled Spell
You got your first levelled spell! Every 25 levels increases the spell level by 2d. The letter d equals the spell difficulty. Lowest to highest difficulties are: 5 -> 4 -> 3 -> 2 -> 1 -> 0.25. Well, for normal cases. Every spell you get will be difficulty 5. So, easy levelling. You’re welcome!
Achievement Gift: Hero Levelling
That’s nice! I guess I’ll just make my way over after telling everyone. I’ll become a Roaming God after that to do good.