Ch 23: The Dragon Chain That Wrapped Around The World (13)

it might |You have levelled up!|

|You have levelled up!|

|You have levelled up!|

|You have levelled up!|

|You have levelled up!|

|You have levelled up!|

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Name: Actuallyfiend

Level: 26

Class: Rogue

Sub-class: Arcsnake Trickster

HP: 1300/1300 | MP:10000/10000

STR: 35 (+20)

AGI: 70 (+36)

INT: 40 (+20)

VIT: 130 (+10)

SPI: 20 (+10)

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Soulforce Eater: Demonic Eternal Absorbing Dagger (Legendary) (one-handed)

Lv 7/70 (Rogue)

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By killing the boss, Hao could get six-level, which Hao immediately spent all the points. The moment the wyvern dies, two chests appear in the middle of the room; one is the loot chest, while the other is the chest for Hao's quest.

"Well, that was fun," Hao commented.

"Hm, yes, I certainly agree; that boss was quite interesting and gave us some challenge." Kaori responds to Hao's comment, "Why don't you go open the quest chest? I will deal with the loot chest myself."

"How about now?" Hao immediately refuses. "How can I be sure you will not steal my loot?"

"Oh, don't do this now. Why would I do something like that? While the aspect of selling that legendary loot for money does sound appealing, it is nothing more than a pocket change for me." Kaori explains while she and Hao make their way toward the chest while Valka only follows behind them.

"Fair enough", Hao shrugged while responding.

Hao quickly makes his way toward the quest chest before opening it, revealing the content inside, a pitch black.

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The bone of @#/&#~? (Quest item)

Bone collected 1/4

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'Well, that is interesting. Not even revealing its name. I guess it was probably someone important when they were alive.' Hao thought before putting the bone inside his inventory.

"You done there?" Kaori ask from right beside Hao

"Yep"

"Good, then here's all of the loot for your class," Kaori said before showing the menu screens of the item in front of Hao; in total, there are three, one purple and one orange, the guarantee legendary. "And let me tell you, one they seem to quite... an interesting item, to said the least."

When Hao looks at the item, his eyes cannot help but widen, seeing what the purple item is.

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Stone of Beelzebub (Epic) (Consumable)

Level: none (Rogue)

When you crush this stone, you will lose all of your stats, and all stats will be combined into one stat called GLU. You will now only receive one stat point for every level up. You will also gain stat points every time you kill a player with a level equal to or higher than you.

GLU or gluttony, for every stat point in this stats, you will receive all of the basic buffs from all other stats; however, there are not as powerful as a specific stat.

(The system will calculate the points spent on all the starts into the correct numbers.)

(You will only gain one hundred health for every level up)

(You will still retain the same subclass even with the loss of stat)

(All of the bonus stat from item are now invalid)

Warning! If you used this item, there is no way to reverse the item effect.

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Devourer of Star Boots (Legendary)

Level: 1/70

+15 STR

+30 AGI

+20 INT

+10 VIT

+10 SPI

Effect: Enhance every kick attack with a hidden blade from your boots. This will not count as using a weapon; however, if you killed an enemy with a kick attack, that would count as a Perfect Execution.

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'Oh... this is pretty good.' Hao said while looking at the Stone of Beelzebub.

While the boot is impressive for Hao, he immediately equips it; however, the stone, on the other hand, is something Hao is contemplating whether to use.

Hao has heard about this stone before; in fact, everyone who plays this game in the future knows what this stone is.

It's been said by a lot of players that it is the weakest and strongest item, period. The fact that you can gain stats by killing other players is insane, something that every player knows; however, there are so many downsides to it that a lot of players never really used it, and people only used it on their account for the most fun.

However, if you play well, and I mean play well in PvP, the amount of stat you can get from this is insane, and with enough dedication, the player who used this item will undoubtedly become very powerful. The problem is, of course, the journey to get there because the moment you use it, you will be weak, and I mean weak.

While it gives you the stat that is the jack of all trades and master of none, the amount of time required for that to happen is insane.

The loss of bonus stats is a massive setback for anyone who uses it, not to mention, if you let said, is level 10, the loss of stat will set you back to have the same power as level 5 or lower.

It would help if you also had gears with good effects. Their stat doesn't matter, meaning you need to farm for many legendary and mythic gear because they are the only two rarities of equipment with a good effect.

The other downside is, of course, PvE. You get fewer stat points from levelling up, and you will also get less reward from PvE because gears drop from mobs now means nothing to you because of the invalid bonus stat.

Simply put, it is an item that encourages players to do a lot of PvP, and I mean a lot of PvP, to make a good character, but that is also pretty hard because of your lack of power due to your stat.

Despite all of this, many players see this item's potential. The reason is the stat point gain because the only to earn a stat point is to level up, and gaining a stat point by killing other players means that you can technically get stat points infinitely.

'Should I...?' Hao thought while looking at the stone in his hand.

"You seriously are considering it?" Kaori said, snapping out of his thought.

"I mean, yeah?" Hao answered back.

"Did you even read the item description? While the extra stat point is certainly tempting, the downside of it outweighs the upside." Kaori advises Hao, who only looks back at the stone. "Besides, all the effort o you are levelling up will go to waste, you know?"

While Hao knows the downside of using this item, in the back of his mind, there is a voice telling him to use it.

It is a challenge for anyone who decides to use this item. Used it or not using it, Hao is torn between these two decisions. The bad outweighs the good in this case, and there is undoubtedly a lot of downside to this item. If anything, using this item is like investing in the long term, with many chances of failing.

'Who am I kidding? I am here to have fun in this game, not try hard and play it as if my life depended on it. This stone is the embodiment of fun, stupid and insane.' Hao thought

"You think I'm some coward who would back down from a challenge like this? Just who the hell do you think I am." Hao said with a smirk before crushing the stone in his hand.

|You have used Stone of Beelzebub!!|

|All of your stat is now being calculated!!|

|Your stat calculation is now finished!!|

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Name: Actuallyfiend

Level: 26

Class: Rogue

Sub-class: Arcsnake Trickster

HP: 1300/1300 | MP:10000/10000

GLU: 40

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"Are you an idiot?!" Kaori immediately said it the moment she saw Hao crush the stone. "How can you throw all that hard work, all that effort, you just going to throw away just like that!? How can you do something like that?!"

"Oh, please, it might be a bad decision for you, but it is a bad one for me to make." Hao calmly explain back to Kaori

"You seem to don't understand the decision that you make here! It is not as simple as a bad decision! Using that stone will make your account as good as dead!" Kaori exclaim.

"You seem too worried a lot about me. Why is that?" Hao cannot help but ask Kaori

"Of course I'm worried! You and I have a contract to destroy Asgard! Now all you did is crippled yourself!" Kaori explains, "I should not have made that contract with you; this might be one of the worst days of my life."

"Oh, don't be like that; this might be one of the worst days of your life, but for me, it's a Saturday," Hao explains while equipping his new boots.

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|Equipment|

Helmet: None

Gauntlets: Steel gauntlet

Chest Armour: Leather Armour

Leg Armour: Steel boots

Weapon right-hand: Soulforce Eater

Weapon left-hand: Bone dagger

Accessory 1: None | Accessory 2: None

Gem 1: None | Gem 2: None

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"Oh, do not dare, N. Bison me now!" Kaori explain

"You get that reference? I didn't; you are a Road Fighter fan." Hao said, "You don't have to worry about me. Trust me, and I know what I'm doing."

"Do you even have a plan about what to do after you crush the stone?" Kaori immediately asked, and Hao only turned toward her and gave her a confident smirk before answering.

"Of course not", Hao answered.