Maria only glanced at the quest window before quickly dismissing it as she passed through the portal. When she exited the portal, she looked around and noticed that she had arrived on an unfamiliar planet. The portal that she had used to travel to this place quickly closed behind her and the last thing Maria saw was Mobius and his soldiers locking down Paimon in place as they used multiple magic chains to hold him down.
She gritted her teeth in anger when she saw this scene just as the portal closed, she let loose an ear-piercing screech that traveled through the portal and into the ears of Mobius and everyone else that were in Enoch City.
*DING*
Scream of Pain Lv. 10 has evolved into Wail of Anguish Lv.1
Skill Name: Wail of Anguish Level: 1 (0/100,000) Rank: A Description: Releases a terrifying wail that damages every enemy unit within a 10-meter area around the caster. Deals 10,000+(INT x 0.5) M.DMG with a 100% chance to inflict either [Fear], [Deafened], [Blind] or [Silence] on the targets for 5 seconds. If the caster is attacked and this skill is used, 50% of the damage dealt will be reflected back to the attacker Cooldown: 30 seconds MP Cost: 3000
Maria quickly dismissed the skill window before turning around and looking up into the air. The planet Paimon had sent her to was in a horrible state so she was looking up at a grey and clouded sky of a dying world. She scanned the area and noticed that there was no living organism around her.
“This planet is either dying or it’s still developing. Anyway, why would Paimon send me here? Unless he had no control over where the portal would leave me or he had no time to input any coordinates…”
With literally nothing around her, Maria didn’t know what to do before remembering that Paimon said she could summon Death to her side at any time since she was the god’s champion.
“Death? Are you there?” Maria called out.
Almost immediately, her surroundings turned cold and dark as a dark portal appeared above her and Death’s Incarnation appeared through it.
“My Champion, this is the first time you’ve called for me. Do you need anything? Speak, and I will grant it.”
“Oh...so it’s true...darn it…”
Maria smacked her head a few times because she didn’t know about such a simple thing. If she had known about this a long while ago, she wouldn’t have had to go back to Eur and bother her mentor which put him into his current predicament of being imprisoned in the Ziggurat.
“Death, I want you to bring my mentor, The Archmage of the North, Paimon, to this planet.”
“...Champion, that is not something that I am currently capable of doing.”
“What? Why?!”
“The individual you are speaking of has been imprisoned in Planet Eur’s Ziggurat. It is impossible for me to teleport the individual you are seeking out of there without breaking the laws of the gods.”
“Tch…”
“However, I can give you the method to infiltrate into the Ziggurat and bring him out with you.”
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“Really? Then let’s do that!”
Death’s Incarnation gave her hope but soon dampened it with a shake of his head as he said, “With your current level of power, you will not survive in the Ziggurat.”
“Eh? Oh…”
“Let us change that.”
“Hm?”
The incarnation of her patron god that stood in front of her raised a finger and tapped it onto Maria’s forehead.
*DING*
Death has given you the option of advancing your current class, Dark Priestess, into its second advancement! Commencing calculation of current achievements to determine player Maria’s class advancement orientation. This process will take a few minutes, please be patient . . .
“What’s this?”
This was the normal menu that every player in Universe Tales would see when they received their class advancement options from their instructors. Universe Tales didn’t dictate the path that a player would take when they performed their class advancement. Instead, the system would calculate the players’ achievements and playstyle prior to them taking the class advancement quest to generate the suitable class route the player could take.
Of course, there was still the generic path that was also an option but most of the players that had class advanced would always pick the generated path instead since it was more suitable for them. Normally, only one path would be generated but after the system finished calculating Maria’s achievements and playstyle, which had taken longer than normal players, 4 class advancement options were presented to her.
*DING*
Calculation completed. Please select your desired class advancement route!
Path of the Saintess
Path of the Arbiter
Path of the Monarch
Path of the Divine
Note: Your choice will be irreversible and may impact your future gameplay. Please choose wisely!
“O-Oh...there’s quite a lot that I can pick from…” Maria mumbled to herself as she tapped on the first option of the four readily available for her.
Path of the Saintess Description: As a Dark Priestess, you have faithfully proliferated your god’s name and religion through the masses. Your path on serving your god is set and you will be given the class of Dark Saintess! Choosing the path of a Dark Saintess will enhance your Priest-class and Mage-class abilities! All relevant stats will be greatly enhanced. Would you like to choose this path? Y/N
“Eh? Serving my god? Hmph, I serve no one but myself! This is a definite [NO]!”
When she read through the description of the first option, she simply said no only because it said that she had successfully served her god. She didn’t like the sound of it so she immediately tossed it out of the window. It was the first option so it was the generic route. She returned back to the previous screen and tapped on the second option.
Path of the Arbiter Description: As a Dark Priestess, you have passed on the judgment of death onto many creatures. You are Death’s bloody champion and this option will set you on a path of constant conflict as the class, Arbiter. Choosing the path of an Arbiter will enhance your Warrior-class and Mage-class abilities! All relevant stats will be greatly enhanced. Would you like to choose this path? Y/N
“...It still has something to do with Death so let’s not.”
Death’s Incarnation heard her words and seemingly showed a depressed look on his face.
“Okay, next one.”
Path of the Monarch Description: As a Queen, you have established an empire that befits your name and character. You are worshipped by your people and feared by your enemies, this path will set you on a trajectory as an absolute ruler, the Monarch. Choosing the path of a Monarch will greatly enhance your Priest-class and Warrior-class abilities while also moderately enhancing your Mage-class abilities! All relevant stats will be greatly enhanced! Would you like to choose this path? Y/N
“Oh, now this sounds promising!” Maria exclaimed. It was too bad that she couldn’t see the skill tree of any of these class advancement options. She might find something good from the previous ones she had seen already that would maybe change her mind but just from the description alone, the previous 2 were greatly lacking compared to the third option. Now, it was finally time to inspect the last one and she had a good feeling about this path.
Path of the Divine Description: As a mortal, you have performed incredible feats and acquired achievements far beyond what any living being is normally capable of. Your accomplishments and abilities have been immortalized to the point where there are people who worship and fear you as an entity that goes beyond the limits of their mortal perception. You have already obtained a trace of Divinity and absorbed some of the Original Sins of the 7 Original Devils, thus granting you the option to class advance into a Divine Vessel (Absorbing more of the Original Sins will further complete your apotheosis). All abilities and stats will be greatly enhanced, however, this class does not possess any additional abilities and you will be unable to take quests from NPCs that do not possess the trait, [Divine], or Divinity stat. You will also be targeted by those who want to rob you of your Divinity as well as those who believe your existence that challenges the authority of the gods is a sin! Would you like to choose this path? Y/N