Guild Wars-Novel

Chapter 524 - Rank 3 Celestial Prime

Draco directly took out a lump of Common Iron and refined it into a clone of Excalibur, his very first Rare sword he had received when opening the Rare weapons c.h.e.s.t (Sword) that was part of the Master Package. The energy drain from this was extremely intense, leading to an entire area around Draco being completely drained of both Worldly and Aetheric Energy for more than 5 minutes.

His lips twitched. Well, now he understood one of the reasons why Norma had left the Divine World to live in her own small world, as the energy there was far more potent and less distributed.

He wondered how she had managed when she was at the mortal stage and hadn’t yet mastered the energy consumption control when refining.

Draco tossed the sword into the Guild Shop. Some serf player out there would probably buy it since they had access to the Guild Shop too and actual members of Umbra were above using mere Rare weapons at this point.

Draco then watched as Eva soon returned with a light smile on her face. He noticed that it was Evaterasu this time, no longer Riveting Night, telling him that Sublime should have been thoroughly dealt with.

He could only sigh on her behalf, for she had chosen the wrong time to launch an offensive against Eva. If she had just waited a few minutes, Evaterasu would have simply taken the blow in stride, at most threatening to deal her some pain, without actually going through with it.

"Take a look, Eva." Draco said with a smile as he transferred his changes over to her mentally. There was no need to use the system as it was far faster and easier to send Eva a compressed .psyzip file that she could unpack with her own mental powers.

His soulmate quickly looked through and was surprised. Draco’s power had increased more than just a little, and he might even be able to take Roma, Zaine, and Hikari on in a fight, as long as she herself were to stay on the sidelines.

Eva folded her arms and smiled. "Here’s mine. I took a look on my way back 0and it’s not bad at all."

｢Name: Riveting Night

Class: Celestial Prime

Rank: King (3)

Level: 100

Exp: 0%

Dex: 100

End: 70

Int: 100

Spr: 100

Cha: 100

Lck: 100

Combat Skills: Searing Ray, Aura of Light, Light Ball, Purify, Instant Healing, Light Form (Rank 3), Void Form (Rank 3), Goddess Form (Rank 3)

Non-Combat Skills: Might of Light (Rank 3), Void’s Blessing (Rank 3), Celestial’s Dignity (Rank 3), Element Regulation, Spacetime Regulation.

Tradeskills: Intelligence (level 45, 98%)｣

As she hadn’t gained any new skills since Eva didn’t have much in the way of extra bloodlines or titles in the game, there was only her skills and equipment to look at. Draco checked the skills first.

｢Light Form (Rank 3) – Active skill

Effect: Assume your true light form temporarily.

Duration: 1 minute -> 2 minutes.

Cooldown: 22 hours -> 20 hours.｣

｢Void Form (Rank 3) – Active skill

Effect: Assume your true void form temporarily.

Duration: 1 minute -> 2 minutes.

Cooldown: 22 hours -> 20 hours.｣

｢Goddess Form (Rank 3) – Active skill

Duration: 1 minute -> 2 minutes.

Cooldown: 22 hours -> 20 hours.｣

｢Searing Ray – Active Skill

Effect: Fire out a solid beam of condensed light energy that has absolute piercing power. This skill deals 400% -> 500% Light damage.

Cooldown: 8 minutes -> 6 minutes.｣

｢Aura of Light – Active Skill

Effect: Emit purified Light Energy that makes you 500% -> 600% resistant to darkness damage and 40% -> 50% resistant to all other forms of damage.

Duration: 1.5 minutes -> 2 minutes.

Cooldown: 4 minutes -> 3 minutes.｣

Effect: Concentrate a large amount of light energy into a spherical shape that deals huge AOE damage, amounting to 700% -> 800% over 50 -> 100 miles.

Cooldown: 10 minutes -> 8 minutes.｣

｢Purify – Active Skill

Effect: Send out a wave of cleansing energy that removes all debuffs and converts them into buffs.

Duration: 6 minutes -> 7 minutes.

Cooldown: 9 minutes -> 8 minutes.｣

｢Instant Healing – Active skill

Effect: Heal 40% -> 50% or 20,000 -> 25,000 HP, whichever is greater, instantly.

Cooldown: 1.5 minutes -> 1 minute.｣

Effect: All attacks are infused with the cleansing and edifying property of light, boosting damage by 1,500% -> 2,000%.｣

｢Void’s Blessing (Rank 3) – Passive skill

Effect: The user is incorporeal and intangible, resistant to all forms of damage below the Divine Rank. The chance of negating all damage is 20% -> 30% per strike.｣

｢Celestial’s Dignity (Rank 3) – Passive skill

Effect: The user is covered by the aura of Divinity. In all social interactions with entities of the same Rank or below, the user is treated as the same status as a True God emissary.

Secondary Effect: All situations dependent on Charisma are automatically passed.｣

The changes were pretty predictable and in line with what Draco himself had enjoyed. However, the most notable change was in Eva’s Celestial Maiden Inheritance’s affiliated skill, the Celestial’s Dignity passive.

It had gained something they had not seen before in the previous timeline which was a secondary effect. Putting aside the introduction of this new terminology, the fact itself shocked the White-Haired Duo in how senselessly overpowered it was.

Charisma was definitely an uncommonly favored stat with very few skills and classes prioritizing it, such as Rambunctious Buttlover’s Battle Bard class or Zaine as a S.u.c.c.u.b.u.s.

For example, Draco’s own active skill Charm, allowed him to force any target of any Rank to obey him unconditionally for 3 hours with a cooldown of 20 hours. However, he could only succeed if he had more than 1.9x times the Charisma of his target, and he would suffer an intense backlash if he failed.

Even though Draco knew his base 100 points of Charisma likely surpassed many beings at Rank 5 and above, he dared not use the skill lest he ends up suffering for it, for the backlash would have him be under his opponent’s control for the same amount of time.

But if Eva had the same skill, she could point at any fellow from Rank 1 to Rank 10,000 and make them her bitch for 3 hours. Granted, her Celestial Prime class doesn’t allow her to learn such skills, but if they could just find a Divine skill that was based on Charisma, she would be set.

This would also technically apply in terms of letting her win certain negotiations or events that would directly force a skill check. Unfortunately, it did not mean that Eva could become a godly merchant with this new effect and make anyone trade over their house and clans in one word.

Draco then checked her items with interest, wondering if anything great had appeared this time around.

｢Eye of Heaven – Ornamental Item

Rank: Legendary

Durability: 1,000,000/1,000,000

Effects:

Passive 1 – Light Amplification: Light-based skills and techniques are boosted by 400% -> 500%.

Passive 2 – Heaven’s Eye: You can never lose your sight due to status effects or low light areas, and you can see in 360° within a 3 -> 5-mile radius.

Active 1 – Light of the World: Activating this skill allows the user to summon a Rank 2 -> 3 Heaven’s Eye to send out a giant beam of light energy, which deals 1,500% -> 2,000% Light Damage over a demarcated Area Zone. Cooldown: 2 days -> 1 day.

Description: This talisman was created from the condensed essence of the Heaven’s Eye, a mystical being that occasionally emerges in the world to purify all evil.

It has reached its strongest state and can no longer be improved.｣

｢Divine Symbol – Halo

Rank: Semi-Divine

Durability: 500,000,000/500,000,000

Effects:

Passive 1 – Impartation: The user is able to pass any skill, technique, or ability through the Divine Symbol, thereby imbuing it with the Divine Damage ability.

Passive 2 – Manifestation: The user is able to extract their bloodline or special genetic abilities and deify them, gaining a Pseudo-Divine Source Origin.

Active 1 – Transformation: The user forcefully climbs through the tiers to gain a Divine Rank for 10 -> 15 seconds. Cooldown: 6 months -> 3 months.

Description: The Divine Symbol is a horrendously rare item that attaches itself to any entity that possesses a Divine bloodline but is not yet truly a Divinity. It brings out the true power of the Divine bloodline, and eventually becomes personalized to the user after it is upgraded.

Further abilities can be unlocked by sacrificing experience points. 14,769% of 50,000% needed to upgrade to Divine Rank｣

｢Celestial Coronet – Ornamental Item

Rank: Pseudo-Divine

Durability: 100,000,000/100,000,000

Effects:

Passive 1 – Dominant Mind: All entities who gaze into the central eye of the coronet will lose their sense of self and become a thrall of the Celestial Goddess who wears it. The effectiveness depends on the comparative strength of both parties.

Passive 2 – Mind Guard: Total Immunity to all mental attacks, curses, or debuffs of any kind. All mental damage received is perfectly reflected at the attacker.

Active 1 – Mental Domain: Cast a buff on all allies within the range of one’s perception that grants them a 70% -> 80% increase in attributes and a 50% -> 60% increase in their defenses and resistances for as long as the user has mental stamina to burn. Cooldown: 1 month -> 28 days.

Description: A unique coronet made by a fledgling yet talented Grandmaster, it has the ability to grant the wearer supreme powers of the mind, mostly in control and defense. Due to its material base, it cannot be upgraded, but it will also never lose its effect.｣

｢Lightfire – Fusion item

Rank: Legendary

Effects:

Passive 1 – Purification: Cleanse all darkness and evil in the world. Every Light or Fire based skill, spell or technique will deal 1,500% -> 2,000% more damage to evil beings.

Passive 2 – Light’s Might: Light and Fire-based skills, spells, or techniques deal 600% -> 700% more damage.

Active 1 – Inferno: Purge the world of all dirt. Send out a shockwave of heat and light that deals 900% -> 1,000% Light damage and 900% -> 1,000% Fire damage over an Area Zone. Cooldown: 6 days -> 5 days.

Description: This is a flame that was birthed due to the presence of Light, a legendary mystic flame born from the rays of light in the world. Ranked number 3 out of the Great Ten Mystic Flames.｣

｢Yasakani no Magatama – Ornamental Item

Rank: Divine

Durability: MAX

Effects:

Passive 1 – Kindness to Oneself: 10% -> 20% of all damage below the Origin Rank is negated. All damage received heals for 10% -> 20% of its true value, restoring the user’s mana and stamina as well.

Passive 2 – Kindness to Others: All allies of the user benefit from an aura of benevolence. They have an extra 10% -> 15% defense, 20% -> 30% to all resistances, permanent health-regen in combat and all resources recover 30% -> 40% faster.

Active 1 – Love Everyone Equally: Grant all allies invulnerability for 1 minute -> 2 minutes. Cooldown: 28 days -> 21 days.

Active 2 – Treat Everyone Equally: Grant all mortal species a period of happiness and peace, quelling negativity in an Area Zone. Duration: 1 minute -> 2 minutes. Cooldown: 28 days -> 21 days.

Description: The Magatama is a divine symbol of the Goddess Amaterasu’s benevolence and willingness to educate, bless and promote the lesser beings of the world. Within its presence, all those who do good would find their lives becoming more pleasant, while those of the evil alignment would find their lives becoming harder.

Note: This item is soul-bound. No other than Amaterasu can wield it.｣

｢Yata no Kagami – Ornamental Item

Rank: Divine

Durability: MAX

Effects:

Passive 1 – True Vision: The user is able to see through all lies and deception within their Rank.

Passive 2 – Heart of Gold: The item reflects the true nature of an individual or thing. It can also show the true history of an item or person depending on their existence.

Active 1 – Domain of Truth: The user creates a domain the size of 50km -> 100km where all actions and decisions by allies as well as enemies are seen and evaluated beforehand. Duration: 1 minute -> 2 minutes. Cooldown: 6 days -> 5 days.

Active 2 – Insight: Deliver the power of precognition to all allies within a radius of 50km -> 100km . Duration: 1 minute -> 2 minutes. Cooldown: 6 days -> 5 days .

Description: The Yata is a divine symbol of the Goddess Amaterasu’s wisdom and insight into all matters pertaining to the divine, the law of the universe, and the heart of mortal beings. In its presence, evil shall not be able to hide and the true nature of all beings would be shown to the world.

Note: This item is soul-bound. No other than Amaterasu can wield it.｣

Draco smacked his lips when he saw Eva’s items. Many things had changed for the better, and her light-based attacks would SERIOUSLY sting now with all those boosts. Draco was also interested in seeing what her Divine Symbol would become once it was upgraded to Divine and personalized for Eva.

He also made a mental note to infuse the Celestial Coronet with some Origin Energy later when he was a higher Rank and more proficient with Refinement, so that it could be f.o.r.c.i.b.l.y upgraded to the Divine Rank at least.

Draco frowned at Eva’s two special items that were related to the Three Symbols of Amaterasu. He had seen their effects when Amaterasu wielded them, but in Eva’s hands, they were greatly weakened.

Of course, the logic for that was the same as why items would become stronger in the hands of users with each Rank Up. Epic and above items had no stats and were only as strong as their users, which was why every Rank up allowed one to exert more power than before.

If Eva reached the Divine level - or anyone for that matter - Divine and below items would no longer have cooldowns, as they would be able to use your natural Divine Energy to be activated.

Cooldowns only existed - in terms of in-game logic - because the items were using their own energy to activate such power plus whatever little you had, so it was recharging in the downtime.

Of course, the obvious meta reason was because the AI was not going to allow you to run around spamming Continent Zone wide attacks at bloody Rank 1.

It already had enough stress with these two "reincarnators" - more like PLAGUES if you asked the AI’s subroutine that cared about balance - on a daily basis.

Draco then checked Eva’s final changes, which was here Dragoira set which was the counterpart to his Dragorugio set.

｢Dragoira – Spaulders (2) (Optimal)(Infused)

Rank: Legendary (Evolvable)

Durability: 1,000,000/1,000,000

Effects:

Passive 1 – Holy Aura: All Divine skills are strengthened by 200% -> 250%.

Passive 2 – Light Aura: All Light-based skills are strengthened by 1,000% -> 1,500%.

Active 1 – Invincible: Gain unlimited stamina, mana, and a barrier with 10 -> 15 million HP for 5 minutes -> 5.5 minutes. Cooldown: 10 minutes -> 9.5 minutes.｣

｢Dragoira – B.r.e.a.s.tplate (Optimal)(Infused)

Rank: Legendary (Evolvable)

Durability: 1,000,000/1,000,000

Effects:

Passive 1 – Divine Heart: The user is immune to all Divine skills cast by enemies within or below their Rank.

Passive 2 – Replenishment: All Divine and Light-based attacks cast on the user deal no damage and replenish the same amount of HP as the damage would have done.

Active 1 – Holy Barrier: Create a barrier of Creation Energy that negates 50% -> 60% of incoming damage for 5 minutes -> 6 minutes. Cooldown: 1 minute -> 50 seconds.｣

｢Dragoira – Skirt (Optimal)(Infused)

Durability: 1,000,000/1,000,000

Rank: Legendary (Evolvable)

Passive 1 – Resistance: Physical and Magical Resistance are increased by 70% -> 80%.

Passive 2 – Defense: Physical and Magical Defense are increased by 70% -> 80%.

Active 1 – Instant Refill: Drag in a torrent of Worldly Energy that restores 50% -> 60% of your total mana instantly. Cooldown: 30 seconds -> 25 seconds.｣

｢Dragoira – Gauntlets (2) (Optimal)(Infused)

Durability: 1,000,000/1,000,000

Rank: Legendary (Evolvable)

Effects:

Passive 1 – Speed Boost: Attack speed is increased by 70% -> 80%.

Passive 2 – Super Cast: All spells and ranged skills cast go off instantly and can be stacked, as well as queued.

Active 1 – Rapid Hands: Drastically increase attack speed by 250% -> 300% for 30 seconds -> 45 seconds. Cooldown: 2 minutes -> 1.5 minutes.｣

｢Dragoira – Boots (2) (Optimal)(Infused)

Durability: 1,000,000/1,000,000

Rank: Legendary (Evolvable)

Effects:

Passive 1 – Speed Aura: Movement speed is increased by 70% -> 80%.

Passive 2 – Flight: By using the power of Light Energy, the user can fly using their mana. Flight uses 90% -> 92% fewer resources when used like this.

Active 1 – Rapid Legs: Drastically increase movement speed by 250% -> 300% for 30 seconds -> 45 seconds. Cooldown: 2 minutes -> 1.5 minutes.｣

｢Dragoira – Set Equipment (5 piece) (Optimal)(Infused)

Rank: Legendary (Evolvable)

Effect;

- With 2 pieces equipped: Grants the passive skill ’Light Dragon’s Heritage - Rank 3’

- With 3 pieces equipped: +70,000 -> 80,000 MP

- With 4 pieces equipped: +2,000% -> 2,500% damage

- With 5 pieces equipped: Grants the active skill ’Light Dragon’s Rage - Rank 3’｣

｢Light Dragon’s Heritage – Passive skill (Rank 3)

100% Source Origin of a Medium -> High-ranked Light Dragon｣

｢Light Dragon’s Rage – Active skill (Rank 2)

Effect: Channel the primal fury of your race to grant you 60% -> 70% increased defense and 150% -> 200% increased damage for all attacks within 30 minutes -> 35 minutes.

Cooldown: 1 hour -> 55 minutes.｣

The set had improved quite tidily if you asked Draco. After all, as the creator of this set, he knew more than anyone about its characteristics and potential, so he was satisfied with how it had increased this time around.

Draco and Eva then left the Training Hall and appeared above the entire Vita Kingdom, floating above the inner section this time, as they eyed certain buildings within.

It was finally time to make use of their 5 Property Upgrade Token – Platinum!