[Choose up to two options from the following:
1) Ability - Parallel Lives (Cooldown: 1 minute): Swap places with your active Summon.
2) Trait - Naraka (Cooldown: 77 Days): Upon death, return to life at a location of your choosing (that you have visited before).
3) Lose Weapon Enhancent - Weeping Scar and Weapon Enhancent - Can I Play With Madness? Gain Weapon Enhancent - Nergal's Rot: Wounds inflict Poison, Insanity and Frenzy; those afflicted by Nergal's Rot spread it by touch.
4) Item - One of a Kind (Practitioner): Gain a random item from Scholomance Lost and Found, belonging to an aspirant who died on floors 11-30.]
Staring at the level up nu; the definitive proof of her success in the final trial, Emma couldn't help but sag in relief. The ninth floor had been short, compared to so of the others; but it had also been non-stop action all the way through, and the closest she'd co to dying for a good long ti. It also showed just how far she still had to grow; Overmind had scaled herself down to Level 11 to give Emma a sporting chance, but despite the numbers proclaiming they were evenly matched, it had instead been a desperate struggle to survive from the word go. Shoving the introspection aside for later, Emma glanced around the arena, half-expecting the three Founders to reappear with further words of wisdom. That was when she noticed the monochro grey effect signifying that ti had stopped, and turned back to review her choices.
"Nergal's Rot is completely out," Emma muttered. "Why does the System keep giving super weapons? The world's in bad enough shape without a magical zombie apocalypse."
[Eh, that was sort of the job of your Class, if we go back far enough. Most holy-thed classes are all about salvation, justice and the afterlife, so I decided to add a class that would focus on the other aspect of divine judgent; the Old Testant version. Hence, the Damned Apostle; because if they're being deployed to a specific battlefield, then everyone there is already marked for death and damnation.]
"Sounds like a great ti," Emma shook her head, belatedly realising that Angel of Extinction probably wasn't as unique as she'd thought when selecting it; not that she regretted her choice in the slightest. "Wait, did you create Nergal's Rot?"
[I'm invoking my fifth andnt rights to avoid answering that question.]
"Wrong country," Emma snorted, though she didn't press further on that obvious sidestep, instead giving the three remaining choices careful consideration. Naraka was on paper the one that would co up the least, but even on a very long cooldown, another life was no joke considering so of the enemies she'd faced, and knowing that there were people out in the world who could squash her like an ant. On the other hand, One With Everything served a similar purpose, and it had yet to be triggered even once. She'd co close, but hadn't taken a killing blow yet, so was it worth stacking more defensive effects, 'just in case'? On the other hand, Parallel Lives was a straightforward upgrade to her mobility, one that would scale as she levelled and beca able to maintain more summons at the sa ti.
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The random item was also looking like a good choice now; because unlike the last ti it had appeared, aspirants for the first ten floors were excluded from the selection; aning that anything she got would have belonged to soone who was already a Practitioner, and thought themselves ready to beco a Magus. That significantly thinned the pile of junk items; increasing the chance of getting sothing truly good. Steeling herself, Emma decided to go with boldness, aiming to beco harder to kill rather than relying on getting back up from being killed. Skipping the revival option, she locked in Parallel Lives and One of a Kind.
[Ability - Parallel Lives gained!
Item retrieved from Scholomance Lost and Found.
You receive Item - Efishency: Wounds caused by this weapon inflict Instant Death.]
"Really?" Emma deadpanned, as she held the tail of a rubber fish as long as Epitaph. "Soone brought this into the second set of trials?"
Emma made to place the joke item into her Inventory, before realising that she'd sacrificed it for her Archetype formation, aning she was stuck carrying the fish until further notice. That was when ti resud; all three Founders returning as though they'd never left. Overmind placed her hand over her mouth; while Anathema started giggling and Paradox facepald.
"This item has a bit of history, I take it?" Emma asked, noting the imdiate reactions to her reward.
"It has a certain place in the history books," Paradox sighed. "Blood feuds and honour duels are nothing new in our Empire, but only one has ever been decided by slapping soone in the face with a fish. Even after being resurrected, poor Sir Finley couldn't bear to show his face in court for another thirty years."
"Sir Finley?" Emma asked incredulously. "You an..."
"The item was created purely to humiliate the man with a fish pun, yes."
Emma couldn't help it at that point, she laughed too.
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"Well fought," Overmind acknowledged, once the laughter died down. "Admittedly, I had expected to be the victor, and cast judgent based on how well you perford. I could cast aspersions on Anathema's interference, but frankly it doesn't matter either way; only sore losers bla circumstances beyond their control. You've impressed , and my doors are open to you. If you're ever down by Pevensey Castle, feel free to visit."
"Will do," Emma promised, making a note to look up where that was.
Paradox didn't say anything, having already agreed terms earlier; while Anathema just waved her arm, creating a portal to the tenth floor. Said portal appeared below Emma, dropping her through the floor and into a fish tank.
[Objective: Reach the 10th floor of Scholomance [X]
Quest - Cum Laude complete!
Title - Practitioner unlocked! ( 500 Base Anima, unlocks social interactions within the Eternal Britannian Empire).
Practitioner Emma Knight - Level 12 Damned Apostle
Anima: 4500
EXP: 5310/6000
Save point unlocked; you may travel freely between Scholomance reception and the 10th floor.
Quest available for pickup at Scholomance Reception (Level 20 required)
Quest - Magna Cum Laude
Objective: Reach the 20th floor of Scholomance
Rewards: ???, Save Point, Quest: Summa Cum Laude]
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