Ding!
The resounding chime echoed through Thalion's skull, jolting the young half-Elvar up from bed.
'What the fuck?'
In the world of Torkval, Continent of Morehill.
Inside a tree house in the capital of the Ah'Vaialum Elvari of the Everdew Forest.
There lie a young half-Elvar of Royal blood whose parents were exiled to another continent when he was three years old.
>>>Closed Testing UI synchronization complete.
Detecting Native body...
Analyzing...
Detected NPC-player duality...
Automatic NPC player system now synced.
Name: Thalion Ah'Vaialum
Race: Half-Elvar
Age: 20 (juvenile)
Potential: Mythic (+current level% bonus)
Level: 10 (100/5,000) [Low-Tier]
Class: None (class selection available)
HP: 100%
Stamina: 97%
Mana: 100%
Stats: STR 12/DEX 14/END 12/INT 12
Free Stat Points: 0
Stat Bonus: +10% (Mythic Potential)
Equipment: "From Mom", "Enchanted Mythril Inner Armor", "Steel Khopesh", "From Dad", "Ah'Vaialum Recurve Bow"
Skills: No class
No quests available<<<
"???" Thalion was feeling many emotions at this moment.
'This is a game world? Where has this information been all this time? I've been here since the tender age of 3, took you long enough to sync, fucker.' He settled on being kind of pissed, suppressing his shock.
'So, what kind of game is this? This feels pretty real to me, the VR I know isn't even close to the this level. Did my soul get glitched into an extremely high-tech game world?' Thalion even checked if he was hallucinating or going insane, but he seemed normal.
'Maybe my soul was in limbo for some reason and I'm in the future? Alternate universe? Who knows?' Thalion decided to give up and investigate his UI.
He not only found information about himself, but he also found a lot of information about the game. (A/N: Check Chapter 0 for important info dump.)
He knew his Khophesh made from a branch of Yggdrasil was the "From Mom", but he had no idea what "From Dad" was.
What Thalion knew about his parents was that his dad was a royal Ah'Vaialum that stole their only Yggdrasil Fruit to heal his mother's illness and give her Elvar longevity.
He escaped with her for several years, until they were randomly found with a three year old child—Thalion.
The Ah'Vaialum couldn't execute their own when they intended no harm to their kin, but they couldn't let his father go scot-free and raise a child with royal Ah'Vaialum blood outside Everdew Forest—even if he was a half-Elvar.
They then decided on a fair judgement, continental exile—the main reason they attached any importance to young Thalion was that he had two parents with Mythic Potential.
Half-Elvar inherit their parent's lowest Potential, meaning they need a power couple like Thalion's parents to be as strong as a pure royal or even normal Elvar.
Potential is divided like this:
[Mortal] = Lvl 99 Cap
+0% Stat Bonus
[Ascendant] = Lvl 129 Cap
+Current Lvl/4% Stat Bonus
[Heroic] = Lvl 159 Cap
+Current Lvl/2% Stat Bonus
[Mythic] = Lvl 189 Cap
+Current Lvl% Stat Bonus
(Only NPCs have Potential, players do not.)
NPCs also don't gain EXP or Free Stat Points, they train and grow normally.
So Thalion has been raised for the last 16 years to be a part of the Evermorning Guards, the elite who guard the capital and the Royal Palace—he would be given the Epic class [Everdew Elvar Hunter] tomorrow as he unlocked Mana today.
Apparently, unlocking Mana was the equivalent of reaching level 10.
But then he checked "From Dad" with the system UI—it was a class scroll!
And "From Mom" was Epic growth equipment!
'Holy shit! Fuck these Elvari, my parents are the shit! Actually, the Elvari are nice, but they definitely don't spoil me like this!' Thalion was ecstatic, he immediately selected his golden necklace left by his dad that turned out to be a class scroll and used it.
>Class: Legendary [Yggdrasil Elvar Hunter]
Available Skill EXP: 0
Basic Skills:
Lvl 0 [Dawnmist Piercer] (0/50)
Fires a critical shot that ignores 20% of both physical and magical defenses while dealing 200% damage.
Cooldown: 8 seconds
Lvl 0 [Uprooting Slashes] (0/50)
A sequence of 4 slashes realized with 200% movement and attack speed, each dealing 120%, 140%, 160% and 180% respectively. Can be launched as energy arcs.
Cooldown: 10 seconds
Lvl 0 [Dewfield Flicker] (0/50)
Does a spatial blink within a 200cm radius that grants 220% movement speed and for 2 seconds after use.
Cooldown: 6 seconds
Lvl 0 [Twin Rend] (0/50)
A critical sequence of two slashes that deal 220% each and deal 10% true damage.
Can be launched as energy arcs.
Cooldown: 10 seconds
Unique Mana: [Yggdrasil Ambrosia Mana]
Level 0 (Lowest Basic Level)
[Yggdrasil's Shelter]
Grants 220% HP and Stamina regeneration.
[Elvar Ambrosia]
Grants 220% Mana regeneration.
[Bark of Yggdrasil]
Grants 200% Physical and Magical Defense.
[Yggdrasil's Breeze]
Grants 160% movement and attack speed.
[Divine Tree's Shield]
Protective Mana aura that grants damage immunity to one instance of damage.
Cooldown: 11 seconds
[Ambrosia Cup]
Cleanses all debuffs and over time effects.
Cooldown: 15 seconds
[Divine Helm's Guidance]
The next three arrows maintain initial velocity and home in on the target with a sure-hit effect while phasing through any non-target objects.
Cooldown: 12 seconds
[Swift Switching]
Shuffles owned or unclaimed weapons within a 200cm radius as the user wishes.
Cooldown: 2 seconds<
"Hehehe... hehe... HAHAHAHHAHAHAA! I AM... oops", shutting up, Thalion though, 'I am invincible, baby! Hell yeah!'
'Dad, I underestimated you, the inner armor, this Legendary class and my royal blood—totally Elite father, honestly, don't even come back, I can't repay you all... and they do say not to meet your idols.' The truth was that he didn't mind either way, he never met them, so he didn't miss them, but it'd also be nice to meet the two people that supposedly love him the most.
As he thought of these things, Thalion felt better than ever before. 'It's this Unique Mana!' He felt like he was getting hugged by a lukewarm marshmallow.
'It seems like it's really a Hunter class, it's focused on kiting and timing crit skills properly with some life saving abilities. Also, the movement options are absurd, I'm gonna fly!' Thalion was very satisfied with his class, it must be one of the few Ah'Vaialum Legendary classes that would take some bureaucracy to get directly even as a royal.
'I bothered the family for nothing, I don't even need a class anymore. Hm, I'll just tell them tomorrow, it's already late.' Thalion started to ponder which path he should take now that he was a player and knew about the game launch.
'Well let's check what the UI says about my gear, the family said the wooden Khopesh my mom left me is forged from the branch of the Yggdrasil fruit. It's weird, they say the Yggdrasil exists in another dimension, but the ancient Elvari connected with it and got it's blessing, so we can sometimes gain gifts from it like that fruit. Anyways, Mom's Khopesh and Inner Armor should be pretty good. Nepotism is amazing.' Thalion loved starting already halfway there.
'Let me rename "From Mom" to Motherly Reaper so it's half a proper weapon name at least.' Thalion adjusted the names of his items for clarity.
Equipment: "Motherly Reaper", "Fatherly Protector", "High-Tier Khopesh", "Grandmaster Bow"
"Motherly Reaper" [Growth/Legendary]
Type: One+Half-Handed Khopesh
Effects: Grants 300% physical damage and +10% true damage. 20% Life Steal effect. 100% chance to apply bleeding.
Skills:
[Rootbound Execution]: Insert into the ground to activate. Sprouts roots and binds enemies within a 10m radius for 3s, if the target's HP is at or below 15%, activates Execution effect. Otherwise, deal 5% of target's Max HP as true damage.
Cooldown: 60 seconds
[Mother's Gaze]: Reduces the movement speed, attack speed, all defense and all regen of one target within 50 meters in the user's line of sight by 50% for 5 seconds. If the target dies during the Skill duration or up to 5 seconds after, the user recovers 25% of full HP and resets the cooldown of [Rootbound Execution].
Cooldown: 45 seconds
[Crippling Thorns]: Reduces all regen by 75% for 3 seconds on contact.
Cooldown: 1 second
Growth Requirement: Enough Yggdrasil material infusions and/or blessings.
"Fatherly Protector" [Growth/Epic]
Type: Upper Body Mythril Chainmail
Effects: Grants 250% All Defense and 250% All Regen.
Skills:
[Second Breath]:
Recovers HP, Stamina and Mana by 20%.
Cooldown: 90 seconds
[Water Substitute]:
When under 5% HP, automatically teleport 50m away and gain 10% HP, Stamina and Mana.
Cooldown: 12 hours
Growth Requirement: Orichalcum ingot and either Yggdrasil Bark or Legendary Dragon Scales. 50/50 weight division between the two upgrade materials, total weight should be 40% of the chainmail's.
"The bow has an 8 second cooldown arrow duplication skill. The steel khopesh is just [High-Tier] so it has no skill, I see." Thalion had read the entire user manual and game guide, he was a truly responsible adult.
"So, I guess I need to actually do stuff to get quests or find enemies to level up. I should also find a Gnome that can make me a Bow-Khopesh that can switch one to the other. Yggdrasil branches would once again be great for this, but who knows when I'd get the awesome Divine Tree encounter, it has its own whims." Thalion wasn't dissatisfied, though, he was already in a very good position, it's just really difficult to take the last steps to greatness.
"I should sleep, I'll ask Grandpa Martherion and Grandma Alvassa for some advice later." The couple could never have a child, so they raised Thalion in this life, he was grateful and trusted their goodwill towards him—even though they technically let "Thalion" die once as a baby by accident.
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The next day.
At daybreak, Thalion opened his eyes and immediately went through a quick morning routine before leaving the house to visit the palace—today was the day he was going to get his Epic class!
Or at least it was supposed to be.
'Why did no one ever get a good look at that necklace? Am I too much of a loner?' Thalion had arrived at the palace by this point. 'Well, it's also my fault for not sleeping so much. But the soul merge took years, it's not my fault.'
Thalion finally arrived at the Evermorning Guard treasury in the palace, "Hey, I'm Thalion, the one that applied for the [Everdew Elvar Hunter] scroll. I'm here to cancel and refund that. I have the 5% fee here." Unfortunately, he lost some decent money this time since this scroll is expensive even if the prices here are minimal and only for formalities and logistics.
"Thalion, let me see... yes, today there was a scroll for one Thalion Ah'Vaialum, it can only be you, right? 5 gold coins, just right. Are you going to change to another class or did you find another one? No matter what, you have to report to the Guard Captain today, you know that, right?" The treasurer was a calm and considerate person.
"Thanks for the reminder, I know. I coincidentally found a class scroll yesterday that I didn't even know I had. At least I found it before wasting time with another class. Anyways, silmaveth." Silmaveth was the Elvari version of Ciao, used both as a casual greeting and farewell.
"Silmaveth, Thalion."
Then Thalion made his way through the beautiful corridors inside the Ah'Vaialum Palace, before finally reaching the Guard Captain's office.