LGHTNOVELBOOK CHAPTER 128: UPGRADES
"Hmm? I have a job? And I don't even know what it is. Is the system broken?" Greg asked himself, finding what was happening in that short time confusing.
Greg decided to put that aside and focused on his new skills and the upgraded Heaven Defier.
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[Independent Space]: As a god with worshippers, you have a personal space for yourself and chosen followers, fully under your control. Manipulation extent depends on divinity points.
[Observation]: Observe your followers—reverence, status, skills. Extent depends on divinity points.
[Bestowment]: Grant skills, stats, or abilities to worshippers. Stats given are permanent and deducted from your total; skills can be revoked. Effect depends on divinity points and follower reverence.
[Exp Generator]: Gain experience when you gain followers; 10% of their total experience transfers to you.
[Divine Construction]: Build imagined structures. Aesthetics and utility drain more divinity.
[Divine Might (new)]: Use your divinity point to boost all of your stats for 10 minutes. 1 divinity point increases all your stats by one percent.
[Avatar Creation (new)]: Create an avatar that holds a percentage of your power to represent you. Number of avatars and the percentage of power the avatar can use depends on your divinity stats.
Number of avatars that can be created: 1
Percentage of power that can be replicated: 50%
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"Finally, personal skills," Greg said, pleased. "Now to check on my upgraded Heaven Defier."
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[Heaven's Defier (Immortal Grade)]
The sword crafted and wielded by the Firstborn Man. With this sword, he fought against the unfair actions of the gods for several years, victories and losses shaping the sword over time until an indestructible weapon with an ego was born. The First Man lost the war against the gods, and traces of the sword disappeared afterward. Having been in the demonic realm for countless years, the Defier has become demonized, harming both its wielder and its wielder's foes. After experiencing the $&-#+#, the sword had grown even more, being filled with *"$_&#&#-+#$'&#, removing every negative effect while making it stronger.
+50% Strength
+50% Damage Dealt
+50% Speed
Skills:
[Stamina Theft (Passive)]: For every enemy you kill, the user recovers 10% of their stamina.
[Indestructible]: The sword is immune to damage of any kind and can never be destroyed.
[Life Force Steal (Passive)]: Steals 20% of the life force of every enemy killed.
[Attribute Steal (Passive)]: There is a 50% chance of stealing the attributes of slain enemies.
[Mystery Box (Active)]: Using this skill grants the user a random buff, the effect and level being completely random. (Cooldown: 3 hours)
[Defying Heaven (Active)]: Using this skill grants a 1000% increase in all stats for one minute. (Cooldown: 24 hours)
[Compass]: Acts as a compass and leads the user to the other weapon series used by the first beings of other races. The closer the user gets to the weapons, the better the feedback received from Heaven Defier.
As a weapon with an ego, the sword is capable of growth.
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"Wow." That was the only thing Greg could say. He had expected an upgrade, but what he saw was far beyond what he had imagined—it was almost too much, even for him.
"Time to give this baby a spin," Greg chuckled, eager to test his improved sword.
Scarlett, though, just stared at her brother, not knowing what to say. First, he looked like someone at death's door—literally—and now he was chuckling like a child offered cookies.
"Hah, is he experiencing puberty or what?" Scarlett muttered to herself.
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AT THE SAME TIME, AFTER NEMESIS AWAKENED WILL MANIFESTATION
"Great, do they plan to keep us locked here till death? I haven't been able to level up for days now. What's Nemesis on, drugs? He already caught up to Kyle," Stagnant Water complained, still locked up in the dungeon along with Sword God.
Logging out, logging in, and still seeing himself inside a dungeon sucked. It was enough to make him want to quit the crappy game, but he couldn't bring himself to do that. Aside from the rumours of being able to gain your game abilities in real life, the game was the most popular on the market. Many gaming companies had folded because of it. He definitely wouldn't give it up—not as a hardcore gamer.
"I'm sorry. It's all my fault. I should have listened to you," Brian apologized.
"Your apology won't change anything, bro. No need to. I knew you would never listen. I'm the one who's sorry for tagging along," Stagnant Water muttered, not offended but just saying, hoping their imprisonment would serve as a lesson to his naive partner—although he highly doubted that. Brian's naivety was eternal.
"I guess I always drag you down, don't I? Like when I—"
"Enough, Brian! We agreed—you promised me you'd never bring it up again, didn't you?! The past is in the past. Don't eat yourself up with guilt—it wasn't your fault," Stagnant Water scolded, his tone fluctuating from anger to sadness to consolation.
Brian remained calm, saying nothing. He knew his friend hated it whenever he brought it up, so he always tried his best to avoid mentioning it. But it was eating him up—the guilt, the pain of seeing his friend lying on that bed every time he visited.
Brian closed his eyes, trying to take his mind off it. From there, his thoughts drifted toward searching for what he truly desired. His mind cleared, his thoughts filtered from everything unnecessary.
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[Player is trying to manifest his will. The system will aid the player.]
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The system notified Brian, but his concentration prevented him from paying any attention to the notification. With his thoughts cleared, he searched deeper within himself—seeking what he truly wanted. It felt like walking through a dark tunnel, searching for a light at the end. The darkness and unnecessary noise meant to scare him didn't faze him one bit.
He continued forward—unmoved, unbothered—knowing fully what he wanted. He kept going deeper still. Just him, moving forward, focused, unwilling to miss the light, his concentration greater than that of a Buddhist monk.