Godslayer

Lucas knew from his past lives that:

Eternal Sovereign was the only talent humans could acquire that could be upgraded to SSS-rank.

This was a realm unreachable to all humans in his past life, including himself.

The previous reincarnations had made Lucas realize that:

Clinging to SS-rank talent, no matter how powerful, couldn't breach the limits of those twisted laws.

Even retracing the path of his previous life, even becoming ten times stronger, he wouldn't be able to overcome the final predicament.

Moreover, the path of his previous life, seemingly powerful, didn't truly allow him to access all resources.

Playing as an Assassin meant sacrificing the resources of Mages, Warriors, Guardians, Healers, Archers, Gunslingers, and so on.

Similarly, playing other classes required sacrifices.

Even choosing an "Omniscient" class that could access all resources meant abandoning classes like "Supreme Destroyer" or "Unbreakable Bulwark".

There would inevitably be losses.

Throughout Lucas's journey, he had witnessed powerful skills and even divine artifacts of other classes.

However, due to his own limitations, he couldn't use them.

Furthermore, a person only had 10 equipment slots, and skill points were limited. Even if he acquired skills and equipment, he couldn't equip or learn them all.

"Being able to copy the abilities of others in the guild..."

"If I can train the people in my guild to be stronger than I was in my previous life, then my combat power will only be higher, not lower."

Therefore, this was the ultimate path Lucas intended to try.

If he could gather the strongest Assassin, the strongest Mage, the strongest Warrior, the strongest Healer, the strongest...

If he could gather all the strongest classes, obtain all the strongest items, skills, and equipment, and combine it with the buffs from the SSS-rank guild talent...

It would theoretically be the strongest path.

"Not choosing a class, entering as a commoner."

"Are you sure you want to forgo a class? This may reduce your stat gains. This action cannot be reversed."

"Confirm."

Commoners would receive 1-2 fewer stat points per level than other classes before choosing a specialization at level 20.

But the stat points lost were insignificant compared to the tens or hundreds of thousands of stats gained later.

The biggest advantage of being a commoner early on was balance. They could use the skills of all classes. This was the strongest start for Lucas, who had three lifetimes of Epochal World experience.

"You have obtained the class – Commoner"

Buzz

"You have entered the starting town – Maple Glade"

He reappeared in the familiar yet strange streets.

Surrounding him were excited players. The air vibrated with their enthusiastic shouts!

"Wow! Is this Epochal World?!"

"Haha, a new server! I finally got a B-rank talent! I won't waste a single second this time!"

Upon arriving in town, Lucas wasted no time and headed straight to the guild administrator's location.

At this stage, every NPC was surrounded by people.

However, there was no collision volume between players at this stage, preventing them from clustering and causing impassable bottlenecks.

This was for the protection of new players.

Collision would occur once players reached level 20.

By that time, players would have left the starting towns and dispersed throughout the world.

So, even with a large number of players, it wouldn't cause congestion.

Otherwise, the sheer volume of players simultaneously entering the third server would make it impossible to reach the NPCs and accept quests, costing hours.

Lucas went straight to the guild administrator.

"I want to establish a guild."

Non-special public NPCs were unique to each player.

Even if many people were speaking to the NPC simultaneously, it was as if the NPC was serving them individually.

"Okay, please name your guild."

"Godslayer."

Lucas had long decided on the name.

In his previous three lives, he was always killed by the gods, only leaving behind a final gambit to open the gate of time.

The constant deaths, even with reincarnation, were unforgettable to Lucas.

The guild's name was partly to remember that he was killed by the gods.

On the other hand, the name could also be understood in reverse: Slayer of Gods.

This life, it was his turn to slay the gods.

"Congratulations, the guild name has been successfully registered. Please pay 100 copper coins within one day to activate your guild."

"If the registration fee is not paid within 24 hours, the name will be released."

Fortunately, he had entered the game early, and the guild name was unregistered.

Those who registered guilds first were usually the major guilds, who had already sent people to register their names.

Of course, if other players registered their names first, these guilds would negotiate and offer money to the player, asking them to disband the guild and release the name.

"100 copper coins, huh?"

Lucas opened his inventory, which contained only 10 copper coins. This was the starting capital for players. It was clearly not enough to establish a guild. He would need to complete at least the first quest to earn 100 copper coins.

"Well, it's on the way."

Lucas approached an elderly middle-aged man and accepted the quest he was giving.

These were non-special NPCs, unique to each player.

However, due to the realism of Epochal World, if players acted in a way that angered them, they might not give out quests.

Players often angered NPCs, causing their quest chains to be interrupted.

This was a difficult loss to make up for.

If the player killed the NPC, the NPC would permanently disappear from the player's world. However, it wouldn't affect other players.

All of the above applied to non-special NPCs.

Special NPCs were unique existences in the entire world, just like real people in the real world. If they died, they would be dead to all players.

Just after accepting the quest, a friend request popped up.

"Bella has requested to add you as a friend"

"She's quick."

Lucas chuckled and accepted the request.

As soon as he accepted, a barrage of voice messages flooded in!

"Bro!!!"

"S... S-rank talent code! How did you get it?!"

"This... this is such a precious thing! How can you let me use it?! That's too extravagant!"

"Bro, did you rob a bank?! Did you send the wrong talent? Is this the talent you were supposed to use? Did you accidentally copy it to me! What do I do?! You can't switch characters in Epochal World, and I can't give the talent back to you, waah~"

Bella had expected the activation code to be for a B-rank or A-rank talent. B-rank talent activation codes could sell for 1 million on the market.

Epochal World only had three servers, meaning only three chances to create a character. The probability of awakening an A-rank talent was only 1 in 10,000, while the probability of awakening a B-rank talent was 30%.

Most people had E-C rank talents.

S-rank talents, besides those activated with activation codes, were limited to 10 players per server.

The 10 players with S-rank talents would be determined within 24 hours of the third server's opening.

Now, with only three servers in the new area, the probability of awakening an A-rank talent was actually only 0.01%. So, for stability, it was worth it to spend 1 million to buy a stable B-rank talent activation code.

Bella's idea was simple: don't bet on a 1 in 10,000 chance. Getting a B-rank talent code was also good. Otherwise, there was a high probability of randomly receiving an E-C rank talent, which would be terrible.

Of course, if it were an A-rank talent, she would be very happy, although it would hurt her brother.

But S-rank... these were slots that the core members of major guilds would fight for!

Even in professional matches, most battles revolved around the S-rank talent. The S-rank talent was the core combat power of a professional team.

Such an S-rank talent had fallen into the hands of a leisurely, semi-casual player like her. How could Bella not panic?

"Don't overthink it. I didn't make a mistake. This talent is for you."

Unfortunately, Bella didn't know how to play as an Assassin. The Assassin class required extremely high skill.

Otherwise, he could have given her an SS-rank Assassin talent activation code.

Fortunately, Lucas already knew from his previous life that every S-rank talent had a method for further advancement.

However, it was limited to SS. If you wanted to advance to SSS-rank, as far as he knew, there was no way to do it other than with his own talent.

"Let's go, accept the quest, and go kill wild boars in the north farm."

"We're going to seize the first dungeon clear in the third server."

Bella saw the message pop up in the chat box and hesitated, "Bro, did you send the message to the wrong person? Do you have another sister?"

"We're seizing the first dungeon clear in the third server? We?"

"Bro, you must have sent the wrong message! How can we two get the first clear in the third server? So many major guilds are watching!"

However, as soon as she sent the message, Bella instantly received a reply from her brother: "Do you doubt your brother's strength?"

"You're an S-rank talent holder now. If you don't have the qualifications to compete for the first clear, who does?"

"Besides, I didn't say it was just the two of us."