MMORPG : Ancient WORLD

'This time, I will get as many damage dealer skills as possible.' Alex thought as he completed the promotion quest.

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System Notification

[Congratulation Player Hidden One]

[Second Rank Legacy Promotion Quest] Completed.

[Evaluating Results]

[Hard Difficulty Cleared] +1000 Skill Points

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[Bonus Difficulty Cleared]

[Evaluating Bonus Results]

[All Hard Difficulty Condition Cleared by an extra 394%.] +3940 Skill Points

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[Evaluating Overall Performance]

[Performance: (SSS+???] +10000 Skill Points

[264 Named Creature Killed] +2640 Skill Points

[37 Third Rank Creatures Killed] +370 Skill Points

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[Total Points Acquired= 16950 points]

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Class Upgrade.

Dark BattleMage: ....

[Specialty: The class holder can wield all darkness element aspects with a 20 to 50% less penalty while having a 30% boost in Damage / Understanding of all (Second Rank) Darkness Element Skills/Spells.].....(See More)

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'I think the 10K skill points for the performance is the limit.' Alex thought, looking at the same amount of skill points as last time.

'Let's go to the training chamber to complete the Rank promotion.' Alex thought as he closed the system window.

Alex returned to the royal city with the help of Elder Darrien and then went to the training chamber and rented one of the best available rooms for a few days.

"Domain Ruler, I have something for you that might be of great help, but you need to decide whether it is worth it or not to you," Elder Darrien said as he took out a starry crimson fruit.

"This is source cleansing magical fruit," Elder Darrien said, seeing Alex's confused look.

"This magical fruit would cleanse impurities and will cure and correct all imperfections in your body, which will elevate your strength," Elder Darrien said, handing Alex the crimson fruit.

Alex accepted the fruit, which had created a small vortex of mana around itself, and used appraisal to check its detail.

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Name: Source Cleansing Magical Fruit

Resource: Magical Fruit

Category: Resource

Quality: Legendary

Effects: Body and Soul Cleansing.

Description: A magical fruit that Cleanses the user's body of physical and non-physical flaws.

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"I am very grateful, but I believe if I used it right now, most of its effects would be wasted with my current body limits," Alex replied, a bit shocked by the quality of the magical fruit.

Alex was not a saint or prideful prick to reject the amazing opportunity, but he knew even if he ate the fruit at best, he would only gain twenty or so overall stats increase, which was good but compared to what the magical fruit could truly provide it was not even few percent.

In Ancient World, gaining extra permanent stats through training was impossible because any training a person would do would make him progress through his Rank.

In the Player's case, if they physically or mentally train, they will not gain permanent stats points but will gain Exp, making them level up and progress through their Rank.

The only way to gain extra permanent stats for both NPCs and Players was by using unique treasures.

There were limits that each person had, which became less as his strength progressed, and that was why Alex was unwilling to waste such good treasure, knowing at his current power, he would waste more than 90% of the magical fruit properties.

This was also the reason why Alex didn't acquire the magical treasures he knew from his previous life because he was waiting to reach the peak of the third Rank before using any of them to gain maximum benefits.

"This magical fruit is special as it would use all its energy to correct the imperfections in your body."

"The magical fruit effect doesn't change if you use it at mortal strength or after reaching the elemental Ruler strength, but to gain the greatest benefit from the cleansing fruit is by using it at early as possible,"

"The only side effect of the Source Cleansing process is that it is going to be very painful, and that was why it was decided to give this fruit to you after you reached the third Rank."

"But now that you have gained the Ruler Pride skill, I think using it now would be the best choice," Elder Darrien replied.

'The fruit is more magical than I thought.' Alex thought, understanding why Elder Darrien casually gave him a legendary quality magical fruit that was desirable for even elemental Rulers.

"How much pain are we talking about?" Alex asked, knowing if he was going to get the fruit after reaching the third Rank, then the pain shouldn't be something bearable for mortals.

"The pain would be just 10% of vessel refining, but it would last for tens of hours, so the experience would be ten times worse than the normal vessel refining," Elder Darrien replied after taking a deep breath.

'The vessel refining process only lasted for less than ten minutes, and it was already unbearable enough for me not to experience it again.' Alex thought, ready to reject using the fruit, but his greed made him reconsider his decision.

"How much strength will I gain?" Alex questioned while holding his breath.

"It depended from person to person, but if a mortal without any progress to his strength could survive it, he would reach the level of strength a normal peak second Rank warrior would hold."

"The best thing is he would make zero progress through his Ranks," Elder Darrien replied.

'A normal peak second Rank warrior has 1700 stats points in total, but I am not normal and have a very strong elemental physique, so will I gain more benefits or fewer benefits.' Alex thought with shining eyes, not even considering the pain.

'The only way to find it is by seeing the results.' Alex thought with an ear-to-ear grin, imagining his ridiculous stats after finishing the cleansing and Rank promotion.

"I will use the cleansing fruit," Alex said with a smile as he took deep breaths to calm his raging emotion.

"Domain Ruler, You should be in your best mental condition before starting the cleansing process, so you should take a long nap," Elder Darrien said, not giving Alex any advice to reconsider his decision.

"I will be back in a few hours," Alex said as he lay down on the floor and logged out from the game world.

"Darrien, Do you think it was a wise decision?" Lady Margaret questioned with a raised voice showing she wasn't a bit happy about the recent development.

"It was a wise decision," Elder Darrien replied, looking toward asleep Alex.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT IS A WISE DECISION?"

"IF HE IS UNABLE TO HANDLE THE PAIN, HIS MIND WILL BREAK, AND YOU STILL BELIEVE IT IS A WISE DECISION?" Lady Margaret roared in rage as she released such thick mana pressure that the whole chamber ground cracked like a spider web.

"Young Lady, Watch your tone."

"If."

"So until that, "if" happens, you should respect my decision, or I would need to make you respect it." Elder Darrien replied in a slow cold tone laced with killing intent while looking Lady Margaret in the eyes.

"Old Man, You might be the infamous "Fiend Of Gore," and I respect that, but do you believe you can stop me from telling the Domain Guardians about your decision when you can't even use your true strength?" Lady Margaret said, not backing down.

"HAHAHAHAHAHA"

"You should tell Guardian Varon about my decision, and if he doesn't agree, then it can't be helped." Elder Darrien said after laughing for a few seconds.

'Old fogie treats me like a kid when I am four centuries old.' Lady Margaret thought, calming her raging aura down.

Alex had no clue what the true value of the cleansing fruit was and what level of pain he would go through to gain its benefits, but being clueless about everything was a good thing as he was enjoying a cold shower in the real world.

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"Alex, when do you plan to look for my daughter-in-law?" Alex's mother asked, making him choke on water.

"Mom, I am just twenty-one years old," Alex replied with a wary smile.

"SO?"

"Kathleen, I believe Alex will look for the love of life when he feels he is ready to take that responsibility." Alex's father said, seeing his son silently looking toward him for help.

"When?"

"Alex, go dust off my car." Alex's father said, seeing his wife adamant about getting an answer from their son.

Alex didn't waste a second and took off toward the garage, knowing he didn't want anything to do with marriage at the current stage of his life.

"Kathleen, What are you worried about." Alex's father asked after a few seconds of silence.

"In this changing world, Alex has lucked out on an opportunity that has given him a better start than the majority of people, and with that comes pride which turns to arrogance, and if not controlled, the arrogance would always lead astray."

"I just want him to marry a kind soul so that he has a responsibility which would ensure he evaluates his decisions in life." Alex's mother said, showing her concern for her son.

'If it was a few months ago, I would have thought the same, but for some reason, Alex had become more mature after entering the new world.' Alex's father thought, understanding his wife's reasoning.

"I will talk to him." Alex's father replied.