*Yawn*...this ti’s evolution was...interesting, to say the least.
While stretching my limbs, I started to appraise my new body...I need so new clothes. These are now too small.
I think my human self has turned a few years older in appearance. Probably have gotten a little taller. And, possibly due to a side-effect from that [Charming Devil] skill I bought in the rebuild, but this bod...is gonna get the ire of Noire again. Luckily, it’s not too slutty, but people are gonna turn their heads when I walk around.
My face has beco more mature, and my horns have not changed...except, they may look more "demonic" now? They look closer to a goat’s horns now, and they are positioned so they are almost hidden by my bangs. Other than that, my hair hasn’t changed so much, except for maybe growing a little longer. Just above my waist. Well, I was trying to grow it out, so that’s no biggie...
Ti to stop avoiding reality and go to the less human parts...
It’s only my upper half that’s retained its "humanness", as the lower half is now that of a monster. It looks similar to a Grey Demon...or, maybe calling it a demonic spider is better? The eight legs are thin, yet strong-looking, but the feet look like the X-shaped claw I had as a Grey Demon. Strangely, I can move around easily despite having suddenly been forced to switch from two- to eight legs.
Overall, I look quite similar to an Arachne, but the body is a little strange again. The head looks like a spider and a dragon had a child, with the mouth of a spider and a dragon’s face. The eyes are like black beads and there are no visible ears or noses. Despite that, I can still sll and hear with my lower head. I also got a tail, which is slim like it’s a snake’s tail, except for the tip. It’s got a sharp, arrowhead-like shape. It looks similar to the tail of Succubi and Incubi, but as said, sharper.
Despite all these reptilian traits, there are no scales on this new body, which, by the way, looks like it’s made of black tar. It has a slim, yet powerful appearance, but the "blackness" of the skin is giving the chills.
Speaking of demonic-looking bodies, my eyes have turned strange again. The markings that represented my Evil Eyes are gone, my eyes have turned more purplish than just wine-red, and my pupils have beco cross-shaped. Sharp crosses. They look damn cool, but a little scary as well.
Scary, cool, or whatever, my current appearance is closer to "scandalous" due to my clothes being too tight-fitted because of my recent growth spurt. And where did my pants and shoes go?
I tried to return into a human-only form, sothing this Kur-Udug Therion race should be able to...and I returned to a human lower half without problems. What gives? My clothes are there without any problems either.
And, did I use [Spatial Storage] subconsciously? Did I switch the clothing the mont I returned to my human form? Damn, that’s aweso.
My lower human half didn’t undergo any change. My height is not so different from before...maybe I’m a little taller? Other than that, I’ve got a slim black tail now. It’s practically identical to the one the monster-body had, but as said, much slimr. It, along with the horns and the demonic-looking eyes, makes look like so sorta Succubus subspecies you don’t wanna et in a dark alley...
Oh, yeah. That’s exactly what I am.
Now that I’ve confird that my body is in one piece, I should do sothing about these tight clothes. Good thing I have a spare set in case of ergencies or if I ever needed a disguise. Sothing baggy would be fine now...
Hmm? "You are not going to test out the extra appendages your new race supposedly has", you say. I’ll look at them when I have the ti. I better return and tell people I’m safe before they send out so rescue party. The new skills will have to wait for the sa reasons.
After dressing in so less painful clothes, I walked out of the grave..., now that I think about it, this is one heck of a place to sleep in, not to ntion evolve inside. Am I so sorta evil demon that’s being released into the world?
A-anyway, when I returned to the "throne room" where I had crushed the Mirror Throne and its lackeys, I found a huge lack (pun not intended) of corpses. Where did everyone go? I didn’t convert them. I didn’t have the ti! Argh, what a waste!
"Hey, GM! Get down here now!" - Garami
"Yes, yes, what can I...who are you!?" - GM
In the hope of answers, I called on GM to hear her opinion, but the idiot failed to recognize . And she calls herself my skill?
"If anyone should comnt on appearance changes, it should be ," I replied to the not-a-box-anymore in front of .
"What’s that supposed to an? ...! Who am I!?" - GM
Did you just notice it now?
GM no longer looks like a floating box. Thanks to Dahaka-sensei, she now resembles a small fairy with dragonfly-like silver wings, pale skin and even paler, waist-long hair, dark erald-colored eyes, and black horns that point upward.
She is dressed in a royal-looking black dress while wearing a grey jacket with black fur trims over the dress, a small cape attached to the jacket’s shoulders, tal-like shoes, and black stockings. She has a wand-like pointer attached to the belt of the dress and jewelry that seems to be made of dark-colored tals and eralds.
All in all, she looks like so, I don’t know, a gothic fairy. Unlike the colorful ones you can see on television and in cartoons, this one seems to be a resident of nightmares. Still cute, not to ntion cool. Dahaka-sensei, you’re better at this job than or that Skvalv-guy from Velantas.
"Can you be grateful and tear up on a later date though? We have a schedule to keep," I told her as I moved the conversation along. "First off, where did the corpses go, and why are there treasure chests in their place?"
"Wha-wha-wha-...where did those co from!?" shouted GM in surprise when she finally noticed the chests.
"Did the new form co at the cost of reducing your processing abilities?" - Garami
Maybe I should turn her back... As if hearing my thoughts, GM started to explain in a hurry.
"Th-th-these boxes are the rewards for conquering the Chaos Dungeon and the "Yamatai Grand Festival" Quest respectively! So says the System ssages!" - GM
Ah, I ignored them because they felt like a pain, but putting all the responsibility on GM’s tiny shoulders is too much, right? Let’s have a look...there’s a World ssage mixed in with them. Let’s ignore it for now...
SYSTEM SSAGE:
Evolution completed.
Due to having reached racial rank S (C ), the obtained Skill Point value has increased to 0.5 Points.
Due to evolution to an Extra Race: additional bonus to stat values acquired.
Through evolution, you have acquired the following Traits:
[Evil Eyed], [Multi-Headed].
New Skills are unlocked in the Skill Shop. Old Skills can now evolve into new types of Skills.
Because of the World System update, the title: [Primogenitor] has been updated to the title: [First of the Species: Kur Kigal].
Through being the first demon to evolve into your current race, you have acquired the title: [First of the Species: Kur-Udug Therion].
Rewards from clearing "Yamatai Grand Nightmare" have been received. Please take them before leaving.
Due to having solo-cleared the Chaos Dungeon: "Nightmare Mirror Castle", a set of Unique Items has been gifted to you. Please take them before leaving.
Acquired Blessing: [Proof of Yrlanaya].
Acquired skill: [Form of Avarice Lv.1]
Whoaaaa...glad the new skills weren’t ntioned. That would be a pain to look through...and why did the rumored biggest pervert of the Ultimate Gods slip sothing strange into my Skill List? Eh, I can think of as many theories as possible, but I would have to et Her Divinity to confirm them, and after hearing what the Life Champion has been through, I wanna refrain...
Moving on, what does this big and important guy say?
WORLD SSAGE:
Due to individual Garami clearing the Secret Quest: "Yamatai Grand Nightmare", a World System update is now underway.
Defeat the remaining Mirror Imitation monsters released at the Yamatai Grand Festival to finish the World System update and delete the Extra Skills gifted in previous Yamatai Grand Festivals.
Ah...this is gonna make people confused...and hesitate. At least the guys from Babel won’t be dragging their feet. At worst, we can take this kingdom by force if necessary.
"Shall we look at your new skills now?" - GM
"As if this is the ti and place for that." - Garami
I said so, but I took a quick look at my stats to confirm if I was close to dying from hunger...luckily, I was not. Still had more than half of my SP left. The problem is that it seems so of my stats are lower now compared to before evolving, but I should bla the high stat growth due to my classes from that.
I was an unnatural example from the start, and even now, I still have stats above 1.000 despite "only" being level 1. If I started to complain, I would end up getting divine punishnt from Order or Chaos or so other god related to the System.
Now it’s ti to see what the loot is. Specifically, the contents of the treasure chests. Co to Garami!
In treasure chest #1, the one supposedly being the reward for conquering this place...
"Wait, why am I getting this again? I didn’t exactly clear this place in one go or alone." - Garami
I did exit the Dungeon once after I saw that huge gecko, and saying I conquered it on my own would be sorta wrong, considering that Dejidem gave a hand with that Evil Dracolich.
"Maybe they used it as an excuse to give you an extra reward? Or that they felt it would be a waste not to release these items?" -GM
Ah, I think that’s it. The Mirror Throne went rogue and all, so maybe the gods are more likely to trash this place, thereby eliminating any chance this Unique Series has to see the light of day.
Unique Series are special sets of items awarded to anyone who clears a Chaos Dungeon on their first go and as a solo clear. The items are designed so they will fit the user’s playing style, but it’s also based loosely on the Chaos Dungeon itself. There’s also the rule that there exists only one Unique Series for each Chaos Dungeon, and only the conqueror of the Chaos Dungeon can use these items.
Let’s say Ciara conquered a Chaos Dungeon similar to Damavand-Volcano. If she cleared it on her own on her first try, she would be awarded items that would be useful for her as a painter, as a fairy, and/or for her Water/Ocean skills, while also sohow retaining the Chaos Dungeon’s "traits" as a volcanic Dungeon.
Though, just because the Dungeon’s gonna get scrapped wouldn’t be a good reason to just hand over its Unique Series. Then again, this was a big exception from the norm. Guess the Gods got loose-handed with their wallet from seeing this millennium-old Quest cleared.
After getting my doubts cleared, I returned to open the first treasure chest. And inside it was...
Na:Nightmare Demon’s Garnts
Item Type: Light ArmorRarity: ExQuality: S Durability: ---
Item Type: Light ArmorRarity: ExQuality: S Durability: ---
Owner:Garami
Stats:VIT: 200RES: 250SPD: 400DEX: 300
Effects:Protection of RuinReduced chance to be inflicted with status ailnts: 50%.The Killer’s PathUnsteady ground, even liquified surfaces, are possible to travel across.Nightmare’s Crafting FingersPositive correction to item-crafting: [Normal]Further positive correction to crafting items used for assassinations: [Huge]Adaptive SizeThe form and size of the equipnt will adapt to the user at any given mont.Ability Slots (Nightmare Demon):[empty]
Description:
A set of clothing owned by the Vile Queen, but it was taken by a vicious, yet honorable, demoness. Seeing their new master worthy, these garnts will grow in power along with their new mistress.
...this is damn cool!! The na could use so work...
It’s a set of "armor", one that covers all the equipnt slots ntioned in the new "Equipnt Placent"-tab on the Item Page. According to GM, it’s part of the new update, which also renad the forr "Body" category to "Armor" and the "Underwear" category to the new "Body" category.
Appearance-wise, it’s not that different from the equipnt I’ve always used. The "set" consists of quite the risque and sleeveless grey tank top that doesn’t cover much of my stomach, a purple-black jacket with wide sleeves and a hood, a dark-grey cape that I can take off if I need to, a pair of black trousers, black gloves, and black boots. The main color is black and purple, but the clothing is designed to make use of the black parts to highlight the purple parts.
The inside of the jacket, however, is blood red, and so parts are reinforced with tal protectors made from dark-grey tal, but the design is heavily focused on movent speed. Several gemstones are used as decorations, like athysts on the gloves or the belt, or pieces of obsidian on the cloak.
It also has a casual look, which would make it difficult to see as sothing an assassin would wear, but for , it was perfect.
Hmm, maybe this "mirror" Chaos Dungeon is responsible for the little difference between this and my previous get-up? Did the reward "mirror" my previous best appearance? Well, I like it, so I’m not complaining. There are lots of effects as well...
"GM, what’s this "Ability Slot" thing about?" - Garami
"Uh...it seems you can reinforce the item by using materials, even skills, to grant it a new ability. More Slots will be unlocked when you reach Lv.20, Lv.40, and so on." - GM
So it’s linked to ? As expected of a Unique Item.
"...and these VIT and RES-parts?" - Garami
"They say how much your stats will increase by equipping the items. It is part of the System Update. But you would require a weapon-proficiency skill to gain the most out of the stats." - GM
"...and what about ?" - Garami
"Garami has [Assassin’s Garnnt] at Lv.5, so you gain 55% of the stats granted by this type of equipnt, according to the new rules from the System Update." - GM
Seriously? ...monsters will need a power-up if that’s true. To confirm, I took another look at Carnwennan and...
Na:Carnwennan
Weapon Type: Dagger Rarity: ExQuality: B-Durability: ---
Equipnt Placent: One-handed
Owner:Garami
Stats:STR: 380:MAG: 340
Effects:Shadow-ThreadingAllows the user to travel through the Realm of Shadows.Allows the user to command shadows to a certain degree.Enhanced Dark WeaponEnhances the weapon’s Darkness attribute.Darkness attribute UP [Small]Shadow attribute UP [Normal]Completed Growth:Mode change: DeathcaliburAutomatic RepairThe weapon in question will recover from any damage while in the possession of the owner.
Description:
The false dagger of the fallen king. After a long rest, it now seeks to be laid on its true master’s resting place.
...yup. Poor weaponless monsters.
Well, it’s lower than what it had when it used "ATK" and "MATK" to show its stats, but honestly, those numbers were never reliable. Even Flint was grumbling about that, saying that the gods haven’t fixed that part for over a thousand years...
Ah. The "Grand Nightmare" Quest...must have been created to introduce the update with so extra flair...too bad. That’s all I can say.
Moving on, there are still two more items resting in the first treasure chest. One of them is a nasty-looking dagger. Compared to Carnwennan, which has a straight blade with a katana-like feeling, this one has a black, curved blade that’s rather demonic in appearance. It may be my imagination, but I can almost hear it screaming after blood.
SYSTEM SSAGE:
A naming request has been given to you by Calamity: Azi Dahaka.
Do you accept the surna of "Blackwood"?
Y/N
"Hmm? What’s this?" - Garami
"A naming request. If you do not own a na, soone with great powers can gift you a na of your own. There is no deep aning behind the act though." - GM
"You don’t say. Still..., "Blackwood"? GM, do you know if this na has so sorta aning?" - Garami
"I ran a search after seeing it was the Calamity itself-" - GM
"Himself." - Garami
"...when I saw that it was the Calamity himself who was the source of the request, but the only hit I found was a self-proclaid haunted forest in the Avalar region." - GM
"Self-proclaid?" - Garami
"The forest itself is huge and with solid trees of an unknown nature that turns brittle enough to fall apart on you if you just carry it around after cutting it down, but nothing else. All parts of the forest have been mapped and discovered, and there are no living or non-living creatures that make a habitat in that place. The only eerie rumors about it are that many people mysteriously disappear, but..." - GM
"Probably gone and eloped or sothing." - Garami
"That is the most common theory, yes." - GM
Quite the sorry forest, that one. Still...maybe Azi wanted to have that na for such a reason? To make people think, like that forest, that I am not as dangerous as I look? Hmmmmm...
"Eh, whatever. "Garami Blackwood" sounds cool, so let’s go with that." - Garami
"Just like that?!" - GM
"Just like that," I replied as I accepted my new surna. And then...nothing special happened. Guess it was just an act of goodwill from Azi...right?
"Nothing more I need to do here now?" - Garami
"No, it doesn’t seem like it. Why the hurry?" - GM
"First, this place gives the creep and I wanna return to Damavand." - Garami
"That’s understandable. And the second reason?" - GM
"...that I got a bad feeling in my gut." - Garami
And it makes think of not only that huge gecko that walked out of the Dungeon before but also the guy I saw on the first day of the Festival’s first Event. The sa guy who I saw walking around with Springwood the forr Wind-General and owner of [Humility]. The guy who could rival even Filyn in pure power...
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