Oh boy. A new class was looking back at me, and just the name of it gave me chills.
[Harbinger of Ruin]
[Harbinger of Ruin is the combative side of the Primordial Villain class. Harbinger of Ruin is not a standalone class – it is inherently interconnected with Primordial Villain, thus it can’t be leveled up and its spells can’t be unlocked by spending Free Skill Points. The entity Quinlan Noir will need to meet specific requirements to unlock its parts.]
I paused reading to give myself the chance to digest these statements. From what I understood, this class should be taken as the combat version of the Primordial Villain class, which is – or was – a utility class by itself. By reaching 25 levels of it, I more or less upgraded it from a pure utilitarian class.
The fact that its spells can’t be unlocked by spending points could be a blessing in disguise, to be honest. I’m only getting 3 Free Skill Points per level, and by now leveling up has become a real drag, so I can’t invest in more classes than I already hold because I need to stock up for when I get the chance to spend points on unlocking better spells for my already unlocked classes.
And, yes, it was a certified Unique-tier class, available only to me in the whole universe. After all, it was technically a bundled package that came with Primordial Villain.
[The Harbinger of Ruin encompasses all evil magical classes into itself by turning them into subclasses.]
I only read the next sentence but I already had to pause once again. Just… Holy fuck. I think I should rename myself from Quinlan Noir to Quinlan, the universe’s most beloved person.
[Would the entity like to change his name to Quinlan, the universe’s most beloved person? A name change is possible once each time a primordial finishes their Primordial Rank-Up Mission.]
I never knew this was an option, but, ‘no, thanks.’ I thought inwardly before continuing my reading of the Harbinger of Ruin class’ description.
[Subclasses can be unlocked by meeting specific requirements. The requirements must be met without foul play and if the defeat of an entity is required, others can not assist in their slaying.]
This was it for the description.
I went to check what these requirements were.
Discover hidden tales at empire
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[Necromancer: Necromancers dominate the souls of the slain to force them into doing their bidding.]
Capture the souls of 1,000 level 20+ entities 0/1,000
Capture the souls of 50 level 30+ entities. 0/50
Capture the souls of 1 level 40+ entity. 0/1
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[Blood Mage: Blood Mages manipulate the life essence of living beings to their advantage.
Drink the blood of a level 70+ entity.
Obtain a blood storage artifact and fill it to the brim with the blood of your slain enemies. Must be at least 1,000 liters.
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[Plaguebearer: ???]
[Chrono Corruptor: ???]
[Madness Weaver: ???]
[Hexblade: ???]
[Dark Ritualist: ???]
[Nightmare Herald: ???]
[Chaos Reaver: ???]
[Abysswalker: ???]
[???: ???]
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Would you look at that, I think I just found the class of my mental patient of a future wife. To be fair, since it seems very likely that I will be having multiple mentally unwell women in my harem in the future, I should specify that I was referring to Vex in this instance. She has the epithet of ‘Hexblade’, which was also one of the listed classes here.
Vex held truly strange powers, she could manipulate shadows and curse people, so it was a class that likely offered abilities along those lines. Of course, it was also possible that it was just her title and she had an entirely different class.
As for the many question marks, it seems I’ll have to grow stronger or meet other, unspecified requirements to even gain the privilege of seeing their unlock requirements.
Thankfully Necromancer and Blood Mage were different. They were ready to be unlocked.
Blood Mage was the simpler one, at least in understanding its demands. Achieving it was easier said than done, however. I had no clue what a blood storage artifact was, I’d never heard of it before. The real kicker was the blood of a level 70+ entity. I didn’t even know if there was such a strong person in the entire continent. The true powerhouses didn’t feel very inclined to share their stats and levels with others, thus the levels of the top tier combatants was not commonly available knowledge.
Necromancer was easier in a way because I had to slay ‘only’ a single level 40 entity and 1050 weaker ones. I believed that I could reach the required power level to do so in a few years at the latest.
However, the difficulty in meeting the requirements of this class came from having to capture the souls of my slain enemies. My Herald of Ruin class didn’t give me some soul extraction and storage ability. The only thing I could think of was perhaps getting an artifact that could do this for me, but just like with the blood storage artifact, I had never even heard of such a thing in some deranged bard’s tales, let alone from a more trustworthy source.
“Y-y-y-y-y-you’re an Elemental Sovereign???!!!” Jasmine at long last managed to voice her thoughts as she began stuttering her words from next to me.
I couldn’t do anything about meeting these requirements for now, so I refocused my attention on the woman whose shoulder my hand was resting upon.
“A very curious observation, what led you to that conclusion?”
“Don’t act smug with me…!” she hissed cutely before worriedly gasping with wide eyes, “Or… I’m sorry, my lord…?”
Her confusion was palpable. A merchant girl like her could get her life instantly ruined if she spoke to a man with my credentials with her sassy tone and instructed me on how to act. If I took offense and decided to attack her right here and now, even if the Consortium intervened, I think it was obvious whose side they would take.
I squeezed her shoulder supportively, “Jasmine, I didn’t become an Elemental Sovereign in the past hour, I was one for a while now. That means you were conversing with an Elemental Sovereign all along, so I won’t suddenly become a haughty prick. Treat me like you always did.”
