“So, what do you think?”
Name : Saria Aphenoreth
Age : 24
Class : [Raid Boss]
Level : 249
Health : 2 490 000 / 2 490 000
Stamina : 249 000 / 249 000
Mana : 100 000 / 100 000
Main Specialization : [Second phase: Draconic blood]
Alteration chance : 100%
Secondary Specialization : [CC immunity]
Active Skills (8 / 8)
[Swipe] (Alter) - Level 212
[Spirit adds] - Level 249
[AOE Patterns (Water)] - Level 82
[AOE Patterns (Fire)] - Level 200
[Exchange position] - Level 100
[Attack chain : doubling attacks] - Level 249
[Dragon’s lair] (Alter) - Level 2
[Attack chain : draconic assault] (Alter) - Level 249
Passive Skills (8 / 8)
[Like a Boss]
[Respawn] - Level 2
[Teleport Iframes]
[Adaptive Scaling] (Alter)
[Lost Aggro]
[Enrage timer] - Level 2
[Polearm mastery] - Level 249
[Predictable] - Level 249
Classless Skills (5 / 5)
[One with suffering]
[One man army] - Level 100
[Identify] - Level 3
[Indomitable] - Level 100
[Shenanigans II] - Level 17
[Mark of Aphenoreth]
Sofia scratched her head. “That, uh. Yeah. It is quite special, for sure. Hmm. I think I can more or less connect the skills to what you used in the fight. I like how you noted which skills were altered, maybe I should’ve done that with my keywords…”
“I personally like to keep track of these things, but it doesn’t matter much. I think I used almost everything against you except for [Respawn] and [Lost Aggro].”
“Are they not useful in battle?”
“They’re useful after battle. [Lost Aggro] makes me heal quickly when I’m out of combat. I just have to not attack or receive any attack for a full minute and it will get me back to full health in about three seconds.”
“That… Can be easily abused, no?”
“Somewhat. While mana isn’t an issue thanks to my draconic form, I have nothing to regain stamina this fast. So I can sometimes heal during a battle by escaping or hiding for a minute, but that’s not very sustainable in the long run. It’s saved me before, though.”
“Then what about the other one?”
“Oh it’s kind of like your runes. They had me freaked out honestly, you revived like twice during the fight? It lets me revive 24 hours after my death in exchange for a hundred times my level in gold coins. As long as I have the gold still on my dead body, in my lair or near the place in which I slept the most often in the last six months.”
“It must be reassuring to have. I know the runes help calm me down a lot. Expensive though. And a bit limiting. Used it often?”
Saria laughed nervously, “A few times…” She started to walk around her room again. It seemed she had a hard time staying still. She’d be good friends with Alith.
“At least, it makes me feel better to know you have something like that.”
“Hey, who’s the older sister here? I’m the one supposed to worry about your safety. Just leave it to me, I’ll go teach that Scripture who’s boss!”
“You can’t do that, you know. Don’t ruin my quest. And I want to kill him myself.”
“Understandable. Speaking of, didn’t you say that one of the orphans was missing when you got there?”
Sofia nodded, “Yeah, Chino. Haven’t really looked into it much. I hope she’s safe.”
“I could have Zephir try to locate her if you want,” Saria casually suggested.
“I… Would appreciate it, actually. Thanks.”
“It’s nothing. Anything else about my status that has you curious?”
Sofia looked back at the status page and the handful of words she didn’t understand. Her gaze trailed on the classless skills. “What’s [Indomitable]? I have spent a long time looking up all the skills but I’ve never heard of that.”
“Oh, this? It’s what I made with my fusion ticket. Let me explain the whole process of thinking. So my specialization is the Dragon transformation. The thing is, I can only use it after losing half my health. Then later I also got [Enrage timer], which gives me an enormous boost of physical stats, but I can only activate if the battle lasts for too long or if my health drops under 10%. That’s what I used at the very end, you should remember it.”
“Yeah when you started glowing red? That was actually kind of frightening.”
“Exactly, well, as you see, my skills are somewhat tailored to take into account me losing health. So I wanted to make that work better, hence [One with suffering], which you also have. And now to this fusion skill, it’s a fusion of [Tireless] and [Unrelenting], which let you ignore fatigue and pain respectively.”
“You didn’t seem to ignore them very well…”
“Ignoring and not feeling is different. Pain is still painful, but I can keep fighting as if I was uninjured. And this fusion makes that universal.”
“Ah! So this is why you could keep going after I blasted your bones.”
“Yes. And yeah, that was fucking painful, sister. I know we were going for real, but damn. And you did that while knowing it was me!” Saria said, shivering as she remembered the sensation.
Sofia looked away uncomfortably. “Y- You know, I was just trying to help you grow… Was the fight actually helpful at least? Zephir seemed to think it would help you…”
“Oh yeah it was helpful. I think I’ll be able to free up some skill slots soon, that’ll take some time but I’ve got a lot of time before the next trial.”
Looking at the status again, Sofia asked another question, “I can mostly tell what your skills should be doing from context clues, but I don’t understand [Predictable] and [Like a Boss].”
“Can’t you just [Identify] them to read the description?”
“No… They’re in Draconic… I’m not in the mood to translate…”
“In Draconic? Oh, right you did mention your system was in Draconic for some reason… Not weirder than the rest of the things going on with your system honestly. So, well, [Predictable] is really straightforward. The more predictable my next attack is, the more bonus damage it does thanks to that skill. It’s a risky tradeoff, but uh, my base strength in human form is terrible. Look at my arms, all thin and weak.”
“It’s a locked skill… Did you have it from the start?” Sofia asked, and Saria nodded in return.
“I think this skill is there exactly to offset the terrible strength growth. It’s weird, but I can't complain when I get so much health.”
“Oh, right, It’s easy to see how your stats improve, but what happens to the trials’ stats and the ones from pills? Alith is good at making pills so if that’s still useful to you,we’ll have her make you some.”
“That would be nice. Any extra stat I get like this actually goes towards ‘boss points’, and I have a system menu for a ‘boss point shop’. I can buy a few different stats like Charisma, Aura or Processing, and also some of my class skills. For example, the attack chains and AOE skills are from there, I can choose between a lot of them, and they can even get altered by the first specialization when I buy them.”
“Charisma?”
Saria paused for a second, looking at her sister with a judgemental air. “That’s what caught your attention? Do you think you don’t have enough or what?” She playfully accused, pointing at Sofia’s chest.
“Oh. Is that what it does?”
“That’s part of it, for some reason. For guys it also makes something bigger,” Saria added with a wink.
“You would know?”
“Hoy!” Saria complained, kicking a book from the floor toward Sofia’s face, who dodged with a smile on her face.
“I don’t want any more of it then, actually. Screw that.”
“Well yeah, I get that. How did you get so big even? I know mom was large but not that much.”
“Told you I had a big growth spurt. I’d be tempted to trade mine for yours, honestly. Having them so huge is nice looking and all, I can’t deny that, I see the guys staring. And the girls. Everyone pretty much; it’s a nice confidence boost. But fuck if it’s not inconvenient. At least my back doesn’t hurt anymore with all the levels, but it’s hard to get clothes that fit me at all, or to lay down in a comfortable position, and don’t even get me started on trying to use a melee weapon with these in the way.”
“Your demon form gets rid of it when you need to hit people though.”
“Yeah… Also costs ten levels.”
“Surely that’ll be part of what changes at level 300, be positive, Sofia.”
“Surely…”
Saria sat back down next to Sofia, “Right, mentioning shit that gets in the way of fighting, let me tell you more about [Like a Boss], and all the useless stuff it has me do for a few bonus stats and an enemy tracker. Remember how I always had this red circle around me and how my hair was all flowy for no reason? Well, the skill is essentially just toggles, all come with a bonus and a tradeoff. The tracking crown comes with the red circle, the flowing hair gives me…”
“So, what do you think?”
Name : Saria Aphenoreth
Age : 24
Class : [Raid Boss]
Level : 249
Health : 2 490 000 / 2 490 000
Stamina : 249 000 / 249 000
Mana : 100 000 / 100 000
Main Specialization : [Second phase: Draconic blood]
Alteration chance : 100%
Secondary Specialization : [CC immunity]
Active Skills (8 / 8)
[Swipe] (Alter) - Level 212
[Spirit adds] - Level 249
[AOE Patterns (Water)] - Level 82
[AOE Patterns (Fire)] - Level 200
[Exchange position] - Level 100
[Attack chain : doubling attacks] - Level 249
[Dragon’s lair] (Alter) - Level 2
[Attack chain : draconic assault] (Alter) - Level 249
Passive Skills (8 / 8)
[Like a Boss]
[Respawn] - Level 2
[Teleport Iframes]
[Adaptive Scaling] (Alter)
[Lost Aggro]
[Enrage timer] - Level 2
[Polearm mastery] - Level 249
[Predictable] - Level 249
Classless Skills (5 / 5)
[One with suffering]
[One man army] - Level 100
[Identify] - Level 3
[Indomitable] - Level 100
[Shenanigans II] - Level 17
[Mark of Aphenoreth]
Sofia scratched her head. “That, uh. Yeah. It is quite special, for sure. Hmm. I think I can more or less connect the skills to what you used in the fight. I like how you noted which skills were altered, maybe I should’ve done that with my keywords…”
“I personally like to keep track of these things, but it doesn’t matter much. I think I used almost everything against you except for [Respawn] and [Lost Aggro].”
“Are they not useful in battle?”
“They’re useful after battle. [Lost Aggro] makes me heal quickly when I’m out of combat. I just have to not attack or receive any attack for a full minute and it will get me back to full health in about three seconds.”
“That… Can be easily abused, no?”
“Somewhat. While mana isn’t an issue thanks to my draconic form, I have nothing to regain stamina this fast. So I can sometimes heal during a battle by escaping or hiding for a minute, but that’s not very sustainable in the long run. It’s saved me before, though.”
“Then what about the other one?”
“Oh it’s kind of like your runes. They had me freaked out honestly, you revived like twice during the fight? It lets me revive 24 hours after my death in exchange for a hundred times my level in gold coins. As long as I have the gold still on my dead body, in my lair or near the place in which I slept the most often in the last six months.”
“It must be reassuring to have. I know the runes help calm me down a lot. Expensive though. And a bit limiting. Used it often?”
Saria laughed nervously, “A few times…” She started to walk around her room again. It seemed she had a hard time staying still. She’d be good friends with Alith.
“At least, it makes me feel better to know you have something like that.”
“Hey, who’s the older sister here? I’m the one supposed to worry about your safety. Just leave it to me, I’ll go teach that Scripture who’s boss!”
“You can’t do that, you know. Don’t ruin my quest. And I want to kill him myself.”
“Understandable. Speaking of, didn’t you say that one of the orphans was missing when you got there?”
Sofia nodded, “Yeah, Chino. Haven’t really looked into it much. I hope she’s safe.”
“I could have Zephir try to locate her if you want,” Saria casually suggested.
“I… Would appreciate it, actually. Thanks.”
“It’s nothing. Anything else about my status that has you curious?”
Sofia looked back at the status page and the handful of words she didn’t understand. Her gaze trailed on the classless skills. “What’s [Indomitable]? I have spent a long time looking up all the skills but I’ve never heard of that.”
“Oh, this? It’s what I made with my fusion ticket. Let me explain the whole process of thinking. So my specialization is the Dragon transformation. The thing is, I can only use it after losing half my health. Then later I also got [Enrage timer], which gives me an enormous boost of physical stats, but I can only activate if the battle lasts for too long or if my health drops under 10%. That’s what I used at the very end, you should remember it.”
“Yeah when you started glowing red? That was actually kind of frightening.”
“Exactly, well, as you see, my skills are somewhat tailored to take into account me losing health. So I wanted to make that work better, hence [One with suffering], which you also have. And now to this fusion skill, it’s a fusion of [Tireless] and [Unrelenting], which let you ignore fatigue and pain respectively.”
“You didn’t seem to ignore them very well…”
“Ignoring and not feeling is different. Pain is still painful, but I can keep fighting as if I was uninjured. And this fusion makes that universal.”
“Ah! So this is why you could keep going after I blasted your bones.”
“Yes. And yeah, that was fucking painful, sister. I know we were going for real, but damn. And you did that while knowing it was me!” Saria said, shivering as she remembered the sensation.
Sofia looked away uncomfortably. “Y- You know, I was just trying to help you grow… Was the fight actually helpful at least? Zephir seemed to think it would help you…”
“Oh yeah it was helpful. I think I’ll be able to free up some skill slots soon, that’ll take some time but I’ve got a lot of time before the next trial.”
Looking at the status again, Sofia asked another question, “I can mostly tell what your skills should be doing from context clues, but I don’t understand [Predictable] and [Like a Boss].”
“Can’t you just [Identify] them to read the description?”
“No… They’re in Draconic… I’m not in the mood to translate…”
“In Draconic? Oh, right you did mention your system was in Draconic for some reason… Not weirder than the rest of the things going on with your system honestly. So, well, [Predictable] is really straightforward. The more predictable my next attack is, the more bonus damage it does thanks to that skill. It’s a risky tradeoff, but uh, my base strength in human form is terrible. Look at my arms, all thin and weak.”
“It’s a locked skill… Did you have it from the start?” Sofia asked, and Saria nodded in return.
“I think this skill is there exactly to offset the terrible strength growth. It’s weird, but I can't complain when I get so much health.”
“Oh, right, It’s easy to see how your stats improve, but what happens to the trials’ stats and the ones from pills? Alith is good at making pills so if that’s still useful to you,we’ll have her make you some.”
“That would be nice. Any extra stat I get like this actually goes towards ‘boss points’, and I have a system menu for a ‘boss point shop’. I can buy a few different stats like Charisma, Aura or Processing, and also some of my class skills. For example, the attack chains and AOE skills are from there, I can choose between a lot of them, and they can even get altered by the first specialization when I buy them.”
“Charisma?”
Saria paused for a second, looking at her sister with a judgemental air. “That’s what caught your attention? Do you think you don’t have enough or what?” She playfully accused, pointing at Sofia’s chest.
“Oh. Is that what it does?”
“That’s part of it, for some reason. For guys it also makes something bigger,” Saria added with a wink.
“You would know?”
“Hoy!” Saria complained, kicking a book from the floor toward Sofia’s face, who dodged with a smile on her face.
“I don’t want any more of it then, actually. Screw that.”
“Well yeah, I get that. How did you get so big even? I know mom was large but not that much.”
“Told you I had a big growth spurt. I’d be tempted to trade mine for yours, honestly. Having them so huge is nice looking and all, I can’t deny that, I see the guys staring. And the girls. Everyone pretty much; it’s a nice confidence boost. But fuck if it’s not inconvenient. At least my back doesn’t hurt anymore with all the levels, but it’s hard to get clothes that fit me at all, or to lay down in a comfortable position, and don’t even get me started on trying to use a melee weapon with these in the way.”
“Your demon form gets rid of it when you need to hit people though.”
“Yeah… Also costs ten levels.”
“Surely that’ll be part of what changes at level 300, be positive, Sofia.”
“Surely…”
Saria sat back down next to Sofia, “Right, mentioning shit that gets in the way of fighting, let me tell you more about [Like a Boss], and all the useless stuff it has me do for a few bonus stats and an enemy tracker. Remember how I always had this red circle around me and how my hair was all flowy for no reason? Well, the skill is essentially just toggles, all come with a bonus and a tradeoff. The tracking crown comes with the red circle, the flowing hair gives me…”
