"You know, we should be celebrating May the Fourth the only way one can.
Viewing the entirety of the Star Wars film series and cartoons!!" Carter lounged around in Esmond's stateroom.
The reception over on the SAT Vocatus came to an end after Sofriya told Esmond the Obadia Fleet would join the Ark Alliance, as long as they received a seat of power on the Star Alcazar and some portion of access to the medical equipment on the Starbase once it was completed.
Esmond already assured them that it would be done and sent over some equipment to help the Obadia Fleet familiarise themselves with the tools.
The Drones also came over from the Space and started repair jobs on the Obadia Fleet, while the scientists of both sides communicated with one another.
Some of the Thazukraan scientists shielded by the illusion necklaces helped advance the projects of the Obadia Fleet after the resources from the Space helped advance the projects to a new stage.
This included the development of a serum that aided in the childhood development of children, developing their organs and bodies to a greater degree, giving them an edge on other humans.
Setting them up to be ideal for travelling through deep space.
The serum also included an adult version to help the current range of mankind throughout Galactic Society, but it was required to be taken on regular periods until the body made the necessary adjustments.
Esmond received reports on the research progress, but he wasn't overly interested since Carter wanted to focus on Star Wars and celebrating the annual day.
Celeste planned to give the crewmen time to enjoy the Star Wars films including the Obadia Fleet, who quickly found themselves enamoured by the extensive library of Earth media.
"While I accept what you're trying to say Carter, I just want to relax and play a game for a bit." Esmond flipped through the media library of the gaming console and selected a game he hadn't played for some time.
But just as he activated the game, Carter decided to also activate Esmond's Spectral Consciousness ability, sending him straight into the heart of the game's chaotic storyline.
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*Ding*
[Scanning surroundings… Analysed!]
[Quest activated in conjunction with Spectral Consciousness Ability]
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[Please select difficulty…]
[Easy] [Normal] [Hard] [Hardcore] [Nightmare] [Hell]
[Nightmare] [Accepted!]
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[Media: Video Game]
[Name: God of War]
[Year of release: 2005]
[War of those Above All Else…]
[Fighting in the name of the Gods, the slave of Ares wreaks havoc across the Greek lands, leaving none alive after his Blades of Chaos rippled their souls into wisps of nutrition.
Host needs to save the slave of Ares from turning into a ghost of his former self, all for the enjoyment and satisfaction of a God, bored and unsatisfied by its own existence]
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[!!!ATTENTION!!!]
[Due to certain attributes of Hosts have reached certain thresholds, the following mission parameters will be adjusted accordingly]
[Host will be provided with additional Optional requests and tasks to perform to achieve greater evaluation grade]
[Host might find their own strength reduced to increase the intensity of the difficulty]
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[Host needs to:
- 0/150 Kill/Defeat Invading Spartan Soldiers
- 0/1 (Optional) Remove the Soul Binding of a God's Slave Mark
- 0/2 Save the family members of the Commanding officer of the Spartan Army affected by Illusion Magic
- 0/1 (Optional) Dispel Illusion Magic cast on Spartan Army and Villagers
- (Optional) Provide resources to help the war affect lands and villages
[Rewards:
- 10,105,000,000 Credit
- 10,000,000,000 Exp
- Gates to a Pantheon (Subject to Improvement) (Common Grade)
- {?¿?} Ability (Subject to Improvement) (Common Grade)
- {Class Unlockable} (Subject to Improvement) (Common Grade)
- Additional Rewards will be based off evaluation]
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"Carter… you fucking ASSHOLE!!"
"You shouldn't have complained about May the Fourth…
Serves you right." Carter wasn't going to listen to a word Esmond had to saw and just said, "Your strength is reduced greatly so you better get a move on if you want to complete this mission."
Leaving Esmond on his own, Carter enjoyed the chaos as Esmond summoned weapons and armour to help his fight.
Even Rath, his trusty falcon and Ace, his monstrous steed, joined Esmond on the outskirts of an old village made from mud and straw.
Its basic structures reminded Esmond of ancient times when sickness and famine plagued the lands of the world without no end.
Esmond head straight for the village with Rath guiding his path from above, only to be surprised by the sight of an army in the distance.
There was roughly 300 plus men in the incoming army, which happened to be stronger than Esmond assumed.
Checking his own Status, his attributes were scaled down to 50 for each category, leaving Esmond without most of his strength.
"… Tch, Frigus go and protect the villagers while the rest of us go to battle." Esmond decided to use his untapped power to fight the army, since he had enough strength in Rath and Ace to help him.
Frigus, the Ice Dragon, decided to reduce its size and fly above the village without anyone catching onto its appearance.
In the meantime, Ace raced ahead and reached a short distance away from the Spartan Army, with a bald scarred man armoured in deep gold.
"You dare stand in the path of Lord Ares grand spartan army!!"
"*Sigh* Yep these idiots have no clue what their about to do." Esmond couldn't watch the commander and his army make a foolish mistake, so he decided to try his hand at dispelling the God's illusion.
Using mental imaging and Refined Elemental Light as the base of the Magic Circle, Esmond formed a spell within the palm of his left hand which required a boost of Magic Power to increase the effect of the spell.
"Bring me his head!!" Shouted the Spartan Commander as the army roared forward, which made Ace and Rath restless hoped to dive straight into the heat of the battle, but Esmond held them off.
Once the army was only 20 metres away, Esmond decided to release the spell, announcing its name in his mind, 'Absolute Cancel.'
Just like the light of dawn, a piercing golden sunlight burst forth from Esmond's palm as it washed over the entire spartan army, instantly stunning them as their eyes washed with a foggy glint.
It took them a couple of seconds, but they soon started to notice their surrounding before they remembered what just happened.
The spartan commander was about to ask what just happened but Esmond stopped him.
"Commander, for now, please take your army to the village in the north.
Another army is on the way in the name of Ares.
Please intervene and stop the course of death and destruction." Esmond quickly jumped onto the back of Ace and sent Rath ahead to the village, as he prepared another Absolute Cancel to dispel Ares's spell.
The spartan commander decided to follow Esmond's instructions and reorganised his army, while his eyes looked on the speeding figure who disappeared into the horizon.
"… What a strange man…"
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'Absolute Cancel'
Esmond released the spell once more, but this time it covered the entire village and its people, who were running around and burning their homes.
Some people were wielding farming tools as weapons but after the spell removed the illusion on their mind, Esmond removed items from his Inventory to help the villagers deal with the situation.
"Here!
Take this food and tools to help your village.
You need to rest and take a break for the day so please focus on eating until you feel well."
Most of the villagers were afraid of Esmond, but he understood the people just saw his Magic as something godly instead.
At least they accepted the food and knowledge after he forced them a little with his aura, even though he wasn't floating in the air or anything of the sort.
Esmond ended up spending several hours in the village with the people, explaining the equipment and its use.
At the same time, he helped the young with some books that contained the Ancient Greek alphabet.
Books related to maths, physics, biology, chemistry and many more subjects were gifted to the people, but it was hard to make them understand they weren't gifts of a God and new religious relics.
Esmond decided to step away after the villagers understood the value of his gifts and accepted the Quest as finished.
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*Ding*
[Difficulty: Nightmare]
[Name: God of War]
[War of those Above All Else…]
[Host needs to:
- 300/150 Kill/Defeat Invading Spartan Soldiers
- 1/1 (Optional) Remove the Soul Binding of a God's Slave Mark
- 2/2 Save the family members of the Commanding officer of the Spartan Army affected by Illusion Magic
- 1/1 (Optional) Dispel Illusion Magic cast on Spartan Army and Villagers
- (Completed) Provide resources to help the war affect lands and villages
[Rewards:
- 10,105,000,000 Credit
- 10,000,000,000 Exp
- Gates to a Pantheon (Elite Grade)
o Host can establish within Spatial Ark Star World and forge the seats of a new Heavenly Plane
o Host needs to find Divine Essences to establish Thrones within the Pantheon
o Can be purchased through System Store
- Army of the Death Ability (Elite Grade)
o Host can form creatures of death or raise them from the land itself
o Creatures will gain part of Hosts strength and abilities
o Host can spawn specific creatures of Death and provide them sentience through a naming ritual
- 3x Class Choices (Elite Grade)]
o Ancient Divine Lich
o Son of the Sea
o Prince of Chaos
[Evaluation: S+]
[Rewards based off Evaluation:
- 15,000,000,000 Credit
- 16,000,000,000 Exp
- Roman Divine Mythology (Elite Grade)
o Gods of the Roman heritage can form their seat within the Pantheon at the height of the power and peak physique
- Ancient Rome Heavenly City (Elite Grade)
o Can only be formed once Gates of a Pantheon is established]
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*Ding*
[New Quest!]
[Gates to a World of the Past…]
[Hidden away beneath the ancient lands of Antarctica, the gates to another world are damaged and strained beyond repair, straining the relationship between the modern Earth and its counterpart.
With the relationship worsening between the two worlds, modern Earth is nearing its end as the faint relationship between Spiritual beings of the past came to resounding death.]
[Host needs to:
- Open the gate to Earth's Ancient Counterpart
- Repair the Gate
- Form your own Divine Thrones on the System Rewarded lands
- (Optional) Repair the Thrones of the various Pantheons]
[Rewards will be based on results]
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"Welcome back!!
Now let's watch some Star Wars." Carter couldn't care too much the rewards Esmond received from the quest, whereas Esmond was close to laughing aloud maniacally.
"T-This…!!
HAHAHA!!"
"… Esy… what the hell is wrong with you?"
"Carter…
We can finally create our own damn Pantheon of Gods!!" Esmond couldn't wait anymore and switched over to the Spatial Ark Star World.
Carter followed and headed over to the Spatial Ark Star World, appearing beside an eager Esmond who opened up the System Interface and first selected the Class change.
Choosing the Prince of Chaos, Esmond shifted to the Universal Sentient Spring to rest while his Body, Mind and Spirit evolved to adjust with the Class selection.
At the same time, Carter started setting up Gates to a Pantheon, which required a mountain peak to establish a deeper connection with the Heavenly Stars.
Because Esmond chose to rest in the Universal Sentient Spring while the Class Change occurred, Carter selected a mountain range away of the First and Second City, with plenty of space to expand the land as Esmond saw fit.
At the peak of the tallest mountain that was nearly three times the size of Mount Everest, Carter initiated the Golden Orb to produce the pearly golden gates that lead towards the Heavenly Plane.
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*Ding*
[Host has selected Prince of Chaos Class Change!]
[Please wait Host as transformation and body modification occur…]
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[Hosts influence through previous Body Status has changes the effect of Class Change!]
[Hosts Body Status has changed from 3rd-Rate Primordial Patrician Human (Great Noble) to 2nd-Rate Primordial Royal Prince (Great Monarch)]
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*Ding*
[Gates to a Pantheon have initiated formation at the peak of a mountain!]
[Gates to a Pantheon (Elite Grade) has been enhanced and improved by the Spatial Ark Star World!]
[Mountain is named Primordial Peak!]
[Inverse Gates to the Underworld Courts (Elite Grade ↓Rare Grade) has been unlocked and created at the very base of the Mountainous Range Cavern!]
[Host has access to both Gates which contain unseated and bare Thrones…]
[Divine Source and Essence has been added to the Spatial Ark Star World!]
[Construction of Heavenly and Underworld City can begin including the solidification of the two Spiritual Planes]
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*Ding*
[Class based Quest!]
[Host has achieved Class Status: Primordial Prince of Chaos]
[To upgrade Class Status, Host needs to achieve:
- Establishment of Heavenly Empire
- Establishment of Underworld Empire
- Creation of Mortal Empire/Kingdom
- (Optional) Start Church of Primordial Chaos
o (Optional) Select Head Priest/Priestess to lead Church
o (Optional) Select Head Knight to lead Holy/Unholy Paladin Legion]
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Esmond awoke in the Universal Sentient Spring with his body changing in various new ways.
After running his eyes over the System Notifications, Esmond took the time out to address the changes to his body.
What he ended up learning surprised Esmond as his power developed in more ways than one.
Esmond never paid any attention to his Body Status but now, he could sense that his body automatically exuded a regal aura that influenced the atmosphere in majestic elegance.
It wasn't hard to repress but the sharp and chaotic charm of Esmond's eyes and appearance would easily send hearts spiralling into the abyss.
Just look at his own reflection in the water of the spring made Esmond's mind churn when staring at his own charm.
This became evident when Igdra appeared at the Lake and lost herself in Esmond eyes.
Flying straight into Esmond's arms, Igdra lost herself to lust, but Esmond exerted enough force to stop her, while covering his face with a temporary mask.
"Tch…
I really should have thought this through…" Esmond regrettably said as he thought of the new problems.
Just appearing in public was going to be difficult now, without sending the whole world into hell.