Victor took drugs once.
It's a surreal experience that destroys a friendship, makes him the hero of a happy world, and takes a mortal into the realm of the gods. Gaining a higher understanding of the universe through mushrooms.
That didn't prepare him for the trip.
Victor feels his soul separate from his body, his flesh being possessed by alien sensations as the universe twists and folds. The black hole that had swallowed him, Vankel, and Chrom Cruach became a swirling corridor of light. Victor's soul moves in a rainbow of chaos, his brain bombarded with information.
In this strange spatial corridor, scenes flashed by. The view of happiness, the view of heaven and earth; a big tree connecting nine kingdoms together, an ancient city ruled by abominable undead creatures; a vague, incomplete design of a huge machine that keeps restarting; a group of people, harpies Sailing the endless oceans with minotaurs, martial artists meditating beside a black lotus, and on another Earth, potions can grant the power to rule the world.
Victor heard many people refer to Overmond as the crossroads of reality. Now he understood why. His hallucinations continue, from worlds depicted in the wildest science fiction novels to imaginary dimensions completely incomprehensible to his human mind.
These visions are but glimpses into an endless multiverse, of which Ortmund is but a small corner.
The journey seemed to stretch over countless centuries, condensed into a few seconds, but it ended as suddenly as it began.
Victor's soul and body suddenly resynchronized without warning, restoring his five senses and motor control. The lights in the Infinity Hall transformed into a starry sky, and Winkle's back became some kind of marble platform.
As a result of bad luck, the minister ran into it head-on.
"Uh..." Victor heard Winkle grumble beside him as the dragon landed next to his rider. Whatever time and space spells they experienced, some of their magic disappeared and the two returned to their original mortal forms. Maybe their spells just ran out in the corridors of time.
"Your Majesty, are you okay?" Victor stood up and asked his friend.
"I am." The dragon replied, shaking his neck and legs, and stood up again. After recovering from the emergency landing, Winkle looked at the sky. "Where are we, friend Victor?"
The minister had no idea of this. He looked around, and the more he looked, the more impressed he became.
The two crash-landed on a huge circular marble platform the size of a football field, floating aimlessly in space. Or at least a dimension that looks like space; stars in the sky, ranging from green to purple, emit a strange and vivid light. Crimson nebulae swirl in the shapes of storms and hurricanes, while the constellations rearrange themselves in an incredibly complex dance. The sun sets on the horizon like a meteor shower, while marvelous cosmic aurora provide the light.
beauty. Simple beauty.
Victor turned from the alien sky and surveyed the platform, which was covered with ancient pictures carved in stone. Most were scenes of dragons and beasts, or ancient creatures that the minister was not well aware of. One carving depicts the Dreadful Trio facing a group of angels; another depicts the radiant Mithras defeating a demon as powerful as Mel Aldeus. Each god has a scene to showcase their success, displaying epic feats.
There are several huge doors in the center of the platform, 30 meters high, made of an unfamiliar black metal, closed and locked.
What is this place?
A system notification answered him.
You have entered [Valhalla].
…impossible.
"Friend Victor, you told me that you can't enter this place until level 99," Winkle said after receiving the same notification.
"I think so too, but our level is not high enough." Victor replied. Yet Mel Odius is. She must have accidentally dragged us into this while trying to become a god. "
"Did she succeed?" Winkle asked warily. Formor and her castle are gone, but if she manages to become a god...
"I don't know." The dragon lizard tried to force his way in. Victor felt that the system was not friendly to potential cheaters. "Maybe she's dead."
The Chancellor attempted to check on his new personal being to see if they had succeeded in sealing away Chrom Cruach before the end of the world, only for his magic to short-circuit.
Teleportation and external summons are not possible during the trial.
"[Emergency transmission]. (Magellan)." Victor frowned. "[Banshee hookup]."
Teleportation and external summons are not possible during the trial.
This is a strict rule. Victor sympathizes with the summoning-oriented adventurers who have come so far only to find themselves deprived of any outside help. "I can't get us out," the minister said to his fellow dragon. "We're stuck there."
"Trapped? We're where we're supposed to be, friend Victor." Winkle walked confidently toward the door, dramatically raising his hands to open it. "We belong here!"
But the door didn't move.
"I said, this is where we belong," Winkle repeated, pushing on to no avail. The dragon became increasingly frustrated as the door refused to open.
Victor tried to help, knowing that his could help him overcome any form of magical lock. But neither his feeble hands nor his special treatment could open these doors.
The level is not enough. You cannot achieve [deification].
Only the thirteenth can pass.
"The thirteenth god?" Victor asked.
"I didn't come this far just to be stopped by a closed door!" Waikr roared, knocking hard, but to no avail. These doors cannot be opened by anyone below level 99, and V&V is short of dozens.
Now, if the two can't get through the gate and get home through magic, what can they do? buff Vai
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and casting so many spells in a row drained Victo
The SP reserves left him with very precious choices.
wait. Why haven't they upgraded yet? If they defeated Odius and blocked her nuclear arsenal, they should
A biting chill filled his body.
You have entered [D
[Greedy Suck] by acolich Mel Odius!
"[The darkest fear], [Accelerating penetrating magic arrow]."
Before Victor could shout a warning, he was attacked.
With his connection to the Grail severed and unable to protect his soul, the curse took root in his soul and drained it.
HP and SP reduced to 1! Charisma check successful! [Terror] and [Death Terror] negated!
Then, before the Prime Minister could turn around, a projectile passed through his back, piercing his armor and piercing his heart.
His body went numb, his eyes were wide open, and he collapsed to the ground. Victor heard Vankel scream, and Wiesel closed his eyes.
Winkle's eyes turned red as his friend's body fell to the ground and a golden arrow struck him in the back.
"Victor!" shouted the dragon, seizing the body of his friend. He immediately tried to heal him. "Healing Mantle!"
[A
ti-Heal applied by Mel Odius! You can no longer restore HP! [Healing Mantle] and [Master's Shield] are negated!
"I told you, I loved the idea of killing him again."
The dragon turned to the source of the sound, smoke billowing from his nostrils.
Merle Odius was hiding underneath, and until the last moment out of sight, she flew across the platform.
The black crown on her chest disappeared and she returned to her original size, just like Winkle, but this trip to space affected her in a spectacular way. Most of her flesh had been cleansed from her body, leaving only a skeleton burning with spiritual fire. Once shielded, her inner being was exposed within her chest, and from within came the whispers of thousands of anguished souls. As her empty eye sockets glowed with sparks of pure, undiluted hatred, Winkle thought she looked more like a personification of death than a rotting dragon.
The Forsaken's [Eternal Fire] is still active, showing her HP bar.
HP(497166/5667):
Unfortunately, it's not back to normal.
"It's just you and me, Knight Baine." The terrifying skeleton landed on the marble floor and faced Wenke and said. Without their respective buffs, the two enemies are evenly matched in size. "It's meant to be."
What challenges you is the final boss Mel Odius.
Judging from [Dracolic's] happy expression, she must have received a similar notification. "That's why you have access to this place," Odius whispered to herself, her voice dripping with malice. "You are not the New God...you are my guinea pig in the Hall of Valor. My final challenge."
"No," Winkle glared at him, placing his minion's body behind him to await eventual resurrection. "you are mine."
Without saying a word, the two sides began the final battle with breathing weapons.
Sacred nuclear fire and a tormented soul collide in a massive explosion that covers the arena in a cloud of smoke. Vai
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[Spell Purification] and [Crown of Fire] were immediately activated, covering his body in flames and protecting him from spell damage.
"Immune to fire!" the dragon lizard said to herself as the dust settled, Winkle's flames licking her body but causing no damage. The dragon didn't understand why she had to protect herself when she had so much health. Not harmed by this element.
Did she believe that Winkle could exhaust it in a long battle?
If that's the case, she's right.
Vankel immediately rushes over and engages Odeus in close combat, much to her displeasure. Instead of physically confronting him as she did with Wotan, she uses her most evil abilities. "Soul saliva."
The dragon lizard hesitated as her ribcage was opened, and two enslaved ghosts emerged to challenge Vaquel on her behalf.
A powerful former Thunder King armed with a lightning spear and a frost dragon that Winkle once called his rival.
It was a dirty trick, designed to weaken his heart and spirit, but the dragon remained steadfast. He would give them the final, glorious death that their two worthy opponents deserved.
“Dazzling theatre!” Vai
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A golden dome was built over the platform to better take advantage of the passive arena bonus his home ground afforded him; he stopped the dome from expanding around the edge of the platform, preventing Odius from escaping. "Victory fist!"
Both ghosts rushed towards him, and Odius hurriedly closed her chest, Wotan's ghost attacked Vaikl with lightning, and Icefang's ghost with an ice sword. The frozen projectiles melted his scales before they could hit him, but the thunderbolt bypassed [spell clearing] and wounded him badly.
You've lost half of your HP!
His injuries from previous battles were still there, but Winkle had battled worse. He fought the two ghosts in close combat, Star Metal extending its claws. All his battles, all his trials, all his class promotions were to prepare him for today; this final trial before becoming a god.
Waikr didn't hesitate.
What he lacked in firepower, Bingfeng's ghost made up for in agility, dodging a powerful blow. However, Wotan's ghost received a punch in the face, and [Victory Fist] allowed Winkle to hit the invisible target. His insignificant ghost, unworthy of all the great things he had accomplished in his life, evaporated into nothingness, its remains returning to the cold embrace of its captor.
Wotan once asked Fankel where his predecessor went after his death. Although he despises dragon poison, the emperor vows to give him a better afterlife than Odeus' belly.
Ice Fang was even more stubborn, covering his phantom claws with sharp magical icicles and continuing his attack. Ice survived contact with [Firecrest] and scratched [Vault Armor], and the two dragons began a deadly dance of claws. The same senseless cruelty that Icefang had shown to Mel Odius he now used on Wankel.
"[Ove
heal]!" Odius took the opportunity to replenish her HP-boosting effect, while Vaquel fought off her own victim. As the battle progressed, the red dragon's life force slowly depleted, and she herself However, her life force is growing. If she were to fight Vaik in hand-to-hand combat, her huge HP reserves would put him at a disadvantage.
But she didn't.
Instead, she cowardly keeps a safe distance and concentrates on supporting her servants. "Magic suppression."
Mel Odius failed to suppress [the hoard of armor]!
Her feeble magic is no match for the real treasure!
However, Winkel's gut told him something was wrong. Odius had no hesitation in engaging Wotan in hand-to-hand combat, and she should not have feared her life reserves. Something is wrong.
"How about a fight with your own slave next?" Odius chuckled, her laughter turning into confusion. "Wait, where is it? Where is his soul?"
The dragon lizard scanned the spot where Winkle had left his friend's body, but found nothing.
As Winkle pushed Bingfang against the wall closest to the Dazzling Theater, a shadow leaped over Odius' back and hit her between the ribs from behind. The dragon lizard let out a roar of surprise and anger, her enemy sneaking up on her as she focused on Wink.
"Victor!" Winkle recognized his friend as he landed, but Icefang's ghost prevented him from helping. The red dragon tried to reduce its maneuverability, but the ghostly reptile proved to be as cunning as an eel. "you are still alive!"
"How?" Odius tried to squish the Chief of Staff like a cockroach with her hands, but she proved to be too slow. Each failed attempt made her more irritated. "What's wrong? !"
"It's called [The Last Question]," mocked her friend Victor, who jumped aside to escape the fairy's phantom breath. “You should go to Aknapeppe’s seminar!”
Vai
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Suddenly I remembered this Pe
k can keep his Chief of Staff alive with only one HP, while Mell Odieuse's [Counter Heal] prevents his recovery. One shot could kill him.
"Victor, back off!" Long ordered; since he couldn't hit Ice Fang in physical combat, he prepared to use an effective area attack to get rid of his ghost.
But his servants would not listen to his wisdom and jumped up and down in the air to attack. The much larger Odius stepped back, shielding his body with his arms, but Victor deftly displayed his draconic nature, gliding past her defenses with his wings. He slashed [Dracolic]'s chest with the scythe again, and the blade passed around the chest and hit the core below. The fairy let out a roar of rage and humiliation, like a frustrated lion bitten by a flea.
"Two of them, Your Majesty!" shouted his friend Victor, recognizing something as he landed. "She has two—"
Without warning, Odius opened her maw and lashed out at the minister with her terrible breath. This time, the attack claimed the life of his chief of staff, whose body fell on his back along with his scythe. His soul emerged from his body, only to be quickly absorbed into Odius' evil heart.
"You should have stayed down there, Dalton," said the fairy angrily.
Vaikl's eyes froze. "Shining majesty!"
His body radiated light in all directions, vaporizing Icefang's ghost and forcing it back to Odius' core. Flash cannot affect the fairy due to her [light] immunity and astronomical life force.
HP: [567166/5007].
"Soul Slav—"
As soon as she opened her chest, Fankel opened her mouth to answer her. "(sublime breath: wind)!"
His flames turned into a tornado, unexpectedly hitting Odius head-on. Dracoric hurriedly closed his chest, protected himself with a piece of solid light armor, and began to emit an evil light.
All attributes of Mel Odius have been upgraded by one stage, and her [light attack will cause more than 20% damage!
Two? Two what? Why would his minions sacrifice themselves for such a stupid act of suicide? Why aim for the chest? Vai
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Observing Mel Odius and the health bar displayed above her head, trying to figure out what was going on...then he noticed something strange.
Why Odius' max HP dropped, but her main ba
But rose? Winkel remembers Wotan gnawing at the core, draining her energy
…
Odius's maximum health dropped as Wotan struck her core. Since then, she has completely avoided physical combat. She didn't cast [Fire Immunity] because she thought Vai
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Could destroy her body, but its reach could harm something more precious.
two.
"Two HP reserves." Winkle held his breath, understanding what his servant wanted to say to him. "You have two HP reserves, one for your body and one for your core!"
Like the evil Freeborn, Odius's body is merely a decoy that she can resurrect at will! She can increase her body's health, but the core, the vessel for her soul, is always fragile. Attacking corpses is a waste of time, energy and a distraction.
The dragon lizard's cold eyes flashed with a terrifying light, which told Winkel that he had guessed correctly.
She immediately spread her skeletal wings and took off, with Vacker chasing her. Odius tried to open a hole with her breath, but she was no Emperor of Talas. Her mental attack bounced off the golden walls of pride.
Winkle's breath, however, hit her with full force. Rushes of air slid past her ribs and grazed her core as she shielded herself with her body.
HP: [563466/4917].
Just as he thought.
"Fairy Ring, open!" Odius growled, frustrated when her magic failed. Instead of getting revenge on her enemy, she kept trying to dodge and keep her distance from him while she cast the spell. "(Teleport)! Emergency teleport!"
"With all this power," Fankle muttered contemptuously as he chased her, "and all you can think about is running away?"
Not even the soul can cure cowardice!
"(Summon Talos Golem)!" Odius frantically tried to call for reinforcements, then realized she was alone and desperate. "[Mo
iga
]. "
Her glowing body split into a flock of crows made of light, each of which transformed into a replica of the dragon lizard. Everyone was scattered throughout the Dazzling Theater, leaving Vaik confused. Has she transformed?
No. That's just an illusion. Smoke and mirrors were the fairies' trade, and Fankle was accustomed to their tricks. Dragon focuses on his keen hearing and is able to distinguish M from M...
Skill check successful!
Winkle recognized it for real; Odius fell to the ground to his left, gathering light. He immediately swooped down in her direction, claws outstretched.
In response, Odius shattered her illusions and launched a devastating attack. "Rain of destruction!"
Her body exploded into a huge spot of light, releasing beams of light in all directions. Fankel barely had time to shield his face with his hands as the onslaught came over him.
A lot of (light) damage!
The stray light struck Winkle's wing, piercing it and forcing the dragon to make an emergency landing. He managed to land on his legs, only to become the target of an even more deadly beam; the attack was so powerful that it pierced his [Hoard Armor] and the scale armor underneath.
Warning: Your HP has dropped below a quarter!
Important health! [B Ox] starts! Strength increases suddenly!
A ray of light nearly knocked Winkle down, but the dragon refused to kneel, and his Pe
K and despair gave him strength. Even as his body bleeds on the marble floor, he refuses to show weakness.
"I was born to be a supreme being," the fairy boasted arrogantly, constantly launching attacks. Odius kept a safe distance as always, not giving Wanke any opportunity to take advantage of him. "The strengths of orcs and dragons, there is no weakness in either!" The blood of the world's creator flows in my veins! All will fear my name!"
[The terrifying aura is [denied] the honor of the dragon].
"I am not afraid of you, fairy," replied Vankel, his eyes sparkling. "You're afraid of me. (Feng Shui)!"
Feng Shui activated! Venue type: Hall of Valor.
Effect: [God's Spark].
A powerful, divine energy filled Winkle's flesh and bones, his senses sharpened, and his powers grew stronger. A powerful force surged through him that he had never experienced before.
All your attributes are increased by 6 levels for 5 minutes!
The world seemed to slow down and Winkle's senses and agility improved. The rays appear to move at the speed of a slug.
The dragon dodged a beam for the first time, found a cave entrance, and walked towards the dragon lizard. When a panicked Odius strikes again, he avoids the light and closes the gap between his two opponents.
"You never dare to face me!" Vai
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roar. "Just like you're afraid of your friend Victor!"
"I'm not afraid of anything!" replied Mel Odius, trying frantically to strike Winkle with light and breath, but always failing. From the dragon's perspective, she talks slowly and looks like an idiot. "Because there's no one I can't kill!"
"You are afraid of everyone!" Fankel also shouted, quickly occupying the position. "If you are so powerful, why do you want to wipe out all the slave races? Of course they are not a threat to you!"
Fairies are always hiding and running away. She hid behind an entire army and wasted all her followers until she ran out of them. She created weapons that could attack Winkle's capital from a distance without endangering herself. Whenever she is threatened, instead of facing the danger, she tries to escape.
Underneath all her mystery and the fear she tries to induce, Odius is a coward. She spreads death because she fears her own death.
The evil fairy panics as the dragon closes the gap between them with her last trump card. She opened her chest as fast as she could, releasing another soul from her reserve.
A winged half-dragon, and a creature that Wicker would never harm.
The Dragon Emperor blinked as the ghost of his Chief of Staff stood before him.
"Obey, bind!" Mel Odius ordered, immediately closing her ribs and blocking her weak spot. "Kill your master!"
A determined expression appeared on the ghost's face. Then Winkle understood. Why did Victor's friend give up his life without fear after experiencing so many deaths?
Odius isn't the only expert at trapping souls.
Suddenly, instead of attacking, the ghost of his friend Victor flies back to the core, much to Odius' surprise. The dragon lizard let out a roar of pain and surprise, and her heart shone with a terrible light.
The soul inside Odius began to scream instead of whisper. Dragon poison, wotan, ice fangs, countless maggots and the horrific reflections of dead minions formed a chorus of the dead, drowning out the roars of their captors.
Your friend's spirit is broken[D
Deep within acolich Mel Odius! Her trapped soul is rebelling! Mel Odius can no longer free the trapped soul or use her [Sould
i
Ke
breathe]!
Friend Victor created an artifact called the [Black Holy Grail] to contain his soul and capture others. He knows how a device like the Odius Core works from the inside and how to exploit its vulnerabilities.
Winkle doubts this inner conflict will last long, but Victor is willing to sacrifice his own life to give the dragon a brief tactical advantage. It's a bold and risky gamble that relies entirely on trust. An iron bond forged with tears, laughter and blood is stronger than the fairy's castle.
Fighting an inner revolt, Mel Odius was unable to continue her bombardment, allowing Wacker to close the gap.
The dragon slammed into her chest with all his strength and fury, the shockwave of his attack shaking the platform. The blow pushed Odius against the wall of the Dazzling Theater, energy leaking from her core.
Supe
effective damage!
HP: [532166/3917].
Claws extended in terrifying thrusts, and Vankel began pounding Odius at full speed. His hands moved as fast as bullets, and the golden walls trembled as the dragon lizard was trapped between anvil and hammer.
Into each blow Wankel poured all his rage and desire to win. Each claw carried his anger at the death of his friend, sadness at Icefang's tragic death, and rage at the Fairy's cruelty to his minions. A single strike can level a castle, and Wacker unleashes dozens.
HP: [505356/2617].
The dragon lizard tried to bite his neck, but Winkle backhanded him and the fangs flew out. He focused his rage on his chest, pounding it until every rib shattered to the ground. Her bones bent back with a sickening sound; the same sound Odius made when he killed Wotan.
"Hoarding!" Winkle found his battle cry as he stabbed her mercilessly in the heart. “Hoard, hoard, hoard, hoard!”
However, while some of his words were laced with the pain of losing the gold due to her machinations, his mind was mostly filled with all the minions she had killed in their unending hatred. Every crack in her heart brought him one step closer to freeing their trapped souls, a thought that gave him more motivation than [Feng Shui] ever could.
Unable to defend itself, the dragon lizard almost collapsed to the ground. It was only the momentum of the onslaught that kept it from falling. The golden wall behind her had cracked and her core was leaking energy.
HP:[472166/517].
Both of her health bars dropped at full speed, one faster than the other, until Odius' core was just one poke away from destruction.
Instead, Winkle grabbed hold of the core and ripped it from the dragon's shattered ribcage, its undead body falling to the marble floor. The catastrophe of the age built up energy within himself with the intention of annihilating the beast once and for all.
Winkle raised the iron core above his head and opened his jaw.
"No," Odius whispered, her shattered bones struggling to move without their core. "If you take away my soul, I will lose...everything..."
"You deserve nothing," Wacker replied. "Accused of assault!"
Nuclear energy accumulates in the dragon's esophagus and is released in a torrent of destruction.
The destructive force struck Odius to the core, and she let out a final scream, and Vaqur's light blinded everyone in Valhalla.
