“What the fuck is that score?”
“Impossible.”
A young man with nano-cyber eyes glinting with dark blue energy frowned as he looked at the overall leaderboard of the War Participating Trial.
[War Participating Leaderboard]
– Rank 1: Almond — 388,195 score.
– Rank 2: Leo — 97,489
– Rank 3: Drake Missadro — 53,499
– Rank 4…
Leo had just finished the trial, and his score was highest with a big gap between his and the second ranker’s score, but this new guy Almond just caused an uproar in all four worlds.
“Crazy, did he really kill most of the 20,000 warriors from both tribes? What the fuck. How many did you kill, Leo?”
Leo narrowed his eyes and answered, “Based on how the score was calculated, you only need to say that he killed 90% of warriors from both tribes, given that score.”
“What? You mean he killed 18,000 warriors on his own?!”
“Bwahahah, Almond is strongest!”
“You cyborgs, elves, and dragons better run when you see him in the war event, haha.”
The other gold-rank adventurers in the hub immediately started taunting the people of the other three worlds.
And soon, a war of words and cuss began, along with attacking each other but their attacks just phased through and vanished shortly.
Almond returned to the hub and saw the chaos, but didn’t bother with it.
Looking at the leaderboard, Lily wasn’t in the top 10, but Marcus, Maya, and others were already in the top 50, which means Lily was still in the trial.
‘With her current combat power and her style, how much score would she get?’ Almond blinked. ‘Lily’s Blood and Shadow elements together are quite nasty, after all, not to mention how hard she was working recently to make progress in her weapon art.’
‘She must be taking her time to kill as many as possible without dying.’
Almond didn’t die as he just killed all the other warriors, but for other Gold-rankers their trial would end the moment they died, not to mention that they couldn’t use potions in the trial to recover.
Just as he was thinking, the leaderboard flickered.
-Rank 2: Lily — 112,490.
The public once again launched an uproar as Lily took the second spot!
“Holy crap, ain’t we like the strongest?!”
“Hahaha, we are winning this war.”
Almond’s domain was expanded, so he quickly found Lily after she emerged and teleported beside her.
“Congrats,” Almond smiled.
Lily turned to him and grinned as she put her arms around his shoulder, “If you are first, and the second must be me, and no one else.”
However, her expression fell shortly after she spoke.
Almond blinked and looked at the leaderboard with his domain without turning around and wryly smiled.
– Rank 2: Leveraum El — 128,403
“I am going back,” Lily said with a severe expression. “I will learn the first stage of my Weapon Art before the war event begins. I just need a slight push, and I’ll break through.”
Almond kissed her and smiled before taking out one of the X-factor fruits. “I guess it’s time to use this. You’ve accumulated enough experience and potential, so eat this and bloom.”
“This…” Lily’s eyes turned fiery!
“This is perfect, darling! I am going now, see you later!”
She pecked Almond’s lips and vanished, returning to Earth with the fruit.
She was training in her Weapon Art daily, while Almond had only entered the training once, so he was far behind in that progress.
‘I have to use my Godly Grinder and Godly Clay, and I guess it’s time I also use X-Factor fruit once I make a bit more progress in the Weapon Art.’
Almond went back to the battlefield since he was curious about it and went for solo exploration.
Everything was bare within his domain of Espada Ad Grimveil, so he could observe and sense everything within 4 kilometers of himself.
After teleporting quickly to cross 100 kilometers past the Pygathor Kingdom, Almond indeed found many anomalies.
Some mystical hidden spots with high magical readers, small tribes of Epic-rank powerhouses, areas with powerful monsters, all being Epic-rank, and so on.
But just as he traveled to 1000 kilometers, he started seeing tribes with Legendary-rank powerhouses, a variety of biomes with areas having Legendary-rank monsters, and other anomalies of magical phenomenons!
‘What the fuck?’ Almond was dumbfounded. He suddenly felt like a being had detected him, feeling as if someone just observed him, and he immediately teleported four kilometers back and then teleported again.
‘If the other three worlds are at different corners of this battlefield, then it’s going to take a lot of time before we meet considering the vastness of this battlefield and the dangers in it,’ Almond’s eyes glinted.
He just went 1000 kilometers ahead, and Legendary-rank lifeforms began appearing, so it was clear that this battlefield that stretched 20,000 kilometers square had dangers beyond recognition for the four worlds at their current level.
‘It’s safe to assume the majority of battlefield points will be granted from War Events. The first event is for Gold-rankers, but the second would be for platinum-rank…’
Almond could feel it despite the unknown distance…the other three Arcane Champions of Eternal Will.
‘I have to hit Platinum rank before the next War event starts. Hopefully, this War Event lasts for at least 15 days.’
The new month had begun, and the Labyrinth was closed for the first fifteen days. It would only open on the 16th of January.
Almond wanted to hit Platinum rank and clear up to the 10th Floor before this month ended, regaining all of his memories and getting as powerful as possible. Otherwise, the loss of life for veteran Platinum-rank Adventurers in the next War Event could reduce their planet’s overall power by a lot.
‘Admiral Rudra is very close to hitting 200 Will…once he hits that, he is going to be a new beast, but something like Will is hard to increase without some kind of strong catalyst…’
Shaking his head, Almond stopped thinking about the future and returned to the Hub before exiting and returning to Planet Earth.
Marcus and others had also returned as they were sparring against each other and his spirit wraiths since they had been in self-isolation training for many days, improving. So, it was time to consolidate their combat ability with the newfound progress.
Almond went to the Garden of Peace and took out the Godly Grinder first.
‘Hmm, my Godly Grinder can allow me to insert Skill Rune of a Legendary skill, but which one should I put?’ Almond’s eyes glinted as he found the answer quickly.
Espada Ad Grimveil!
This Legendary skill was his strongest, and it was boosted by his strange development in the Omega of the Horizon, boosting all of his space-related powers by 900%!
There was no need to think as he acted to insert the skill rune of Espada Ad Grimveil into the Godly Grinder1.
[You should not use this skill rune in the Godly Grinder, as this Legendary skill is of your specialized class and is already Growth-type, with you having a high understanding of it already. This would be considered a waste of Godly Grinder, but the choice is up to you.]
Almond blinked. ‘Well…that’s not exactly wrong.’
‘And I still have three more Skill Insights from my specialized class quests…’ Almond rubbed his temples. ‘Yeah, I need to explore more of my specialized class. For now, it’s heavily towards just space and Divine Divider’s Harvest that debuffs others and buffs me, but Riftveil Grimblade can do much more!’
Almond put away the Godly Grinder, intending to use it later, and took out the mystical golden-brown rectangle slab of strange material—Godly Clay1.
‘Now, time to make the best sword ever,’ Almond looked at the Godly Clay and grinned.
[A/N: Event Time.]
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[Legendary Godly Grinder]
-Rank: L
-Description:
—> A rune of untold potential, this Godly Grinder can be used to insert a skill rune of your choice. The inserted skill will become growth-type, and using the skill will gradually give you insights about its aspects, allowing you to glean into powers, upgrade the skill, and may even help you in achieving other breakthroughs depending on your capabilities.
-Effect:
—> Any single skill of Legendary rank and below can be inserted.
-Duration: 1 month upon activation. Afterward, it will vanish.
[Legendary Goldly Clay]
-Rank: L
-Description:
—> A magical clay that can be shaped according to the user’s mind via an interface. You can create any type of item using it, and it will have Growth-type characteristics, allowing you to upgrade it via completion of Upgrade-Quest. May whatever you create be a long part of your journey so that it may develop a spirit of your experience.
-Effect:
—> The item you create will have a starting rank of Legendary rank or equivalent ranks in case you acquire a different type of item.