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CHAPTER II

(True strength)

[AN: Hey guys… for the request of one person… I increase the length of this chapter… actually I only limit my writing to 1800-2000 words a chapter, coz I am not good in with flowery feel into it… but hey, I reach 3400 words. Thanks for the nice review.

PS: I really got work up when someone says they like my story…

PS: My head will explode with good compliments… hehe

HAPPY READING EVERYONE, MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU]

In one of the hidden chamber of the castle, Kevin or now called Nivek, stood in front of a massive block of ice which preserves a body – 9 ft. tall with several tiny horns on the head with human like features, massive body build, and thick pale-bluish skin. This is a body of a Frost Giant found in Jötunheimr, the frozen barren world in YGGDRASIL universe.

There are 34 of this ice shell lined across the room with bodies of different races –Elf, Human, Demon, Devil, Angel, Insects, Fishman, Alien, and many more; all of which were high leveled race.

One way of obtaining a vessel for fiend and fiend lords and some other races which uses artificial bodies as part of combat armament is by hunting NPC's. But hunting high level NPC's has certain difficulties.

Firstly, high level In-game NPC's are hard to find because these NPC's were low in numbers that rarities can be observe.

Secondly, the hunting ground is limited; since most of these NPC's are found in safe zones and that hunting them is not possible. However, there are NPC's found in some of the areas around the game world and are more than enough for these players, only if they are found in one place and not scattered across different worlds. It should be noted that players of different race will be hunted and PK'ed outside their home world, that is why they can't step in the other world so openly. And one thing is for sure about players who use fiends is that, human players are wary of this race and are in complete guard from them, this level of vigilance hinders other heteromorphic race in stepping into human worlds; it is because fiend lords are very difficult to distinguish when blended amongst them taking over the body of their own kind, it is obvious that this form of disguise is more effective than illusions and perfect for spying and infiltration. It is the perfect camouflage or mimicry, so in all sense physical (reality) is better than illusion. Only the skilled players or players with specific job or players with holy race (such as angels) may have a chance of spotting them, it must be known that some of these players (of fiend race) had mastered the tactics in deceiving and that deceiver has become synonymous to their personality.

[AN: I wonder, if this game will affect the mind of a person. Example, player's bringing their desire into the game (e.g. Peroronchino, and the creator of Nazariks maid – the plaeidas) what if some of these individual role-playing in their character had a detrimental effect to their personality (they become chuni or even more chuni) like players role-playing a deceiver and become adept at deceiving, would they return in reality, they become extremely capable of lying/deceiving? After all, games stimulate learning and behavior according to expert.]

Thirdly, an NPC with level higher than the player were not subjected to being possess or be taken over, which is why low level fiend can't take over the bodies of stronger NPC's and world class monsters.

And fourth, regular fiend users are inept hunters. It is because fiends is a very hard character to play since its build is very hard to balance which may take some time and many reset to have a grasp of its proper build, since information is being controlled by some of the notable players. That is why hunting alone for these fiends will make it extremely difficult when hunting high level NPC.

Because of these difficulties of achieving strength in the game for fiends and other races with similar requirements, most of these players delete their account and start all over with different race as their character. Only few individuals managed to strengthen their character to be able to go toe-to-toe with high level players of especial build for the true strength of the fiends is its capability to adapt.

But since developers are kind enough for these players, artificial bodies were included as part of the cash items; but the rarer the NPC, the higher the price.

[AN: Yeah, they are good right? Oh wait…]

Nivek's artificial bodies were all cash items he purchased long before the closing announcement of the game was publicize, and had spent quite an amount for each of the bodies.

And he chose this Frost Giant over the other for it was his strongest artificial body which he mainly used in special cases, e.g. guild wars and world events. It was a Custom Body of a Warrior Class: [Unholy Knight], [Elementalist (Frost)], [Vanguard]. However, these had disabled his other jobs.

When fully equip with divine items he can hold his ground in a PvP against specialized build high-tiered players or win a PvP if he won't mind losing his artificial body.

With only his main form that is equipped with divine items makes him a high middle tier powerhouse; however, he must make sure he can fight back against all the NPC's of his guild when worse comes worse.

Can I use magic? To remove the ice, I must put my hand on the ice shell and feed it with mana… will it work?

Nivek placed his left hand on the ice; then, he felt that something is surging within him.

Oh~ is this mana… this is the first time I felt this kind of sensation… it is quite forceful… this is amazing!

Then signs of cracking in the ice shell were visible. And then, it burst into tiny little crystal like diamonds showered across the room and the giant body of the Frost Giant floats in mid-air.

I must enter in this body, but how? There is no user interface, this is troubling… Hmm…

Then, his fiery eyes slowly dimmed, in reality, he closed it to feel his body, trying to discern the inherent ability of the Fiend Lord. Somehow he was able to get it like it was very natural for him to do; and his body slowly dissipated which transformed into dark foggy existence. Feeling the natural feel of his ability, he swiftly infiltrated the Frost Giant's body, possessing it in the process.

His eyes opened but instead of the icy-crystal blue eyes which are the common trait of the Frost Giants of Jötunheimr, his were fiery-like eyes like a pair of beautiful flaming pearls.

"It worked." He moved to check his body to get use. "Now, I must proceed to the treasury and take some items, I must proceed with precaution."

Getting used of the sensation he previously had, he has this feeling that teleportation would work and it did, he successfully teleported at the entrance of the treasury. The teleportation wasn't possible in the guild's tower; however, members of the guild are free to teleport in key areas without the use of external equipment, since their names are registered in the guild's system. This system is unique to their guild base.

In front of him is a massive round golden gate with intricate engraving and various magic circles which sealed the door, it was enthralling. These circles were very strong that even players with high theft class will find it hard to break and it is very dangerous for them since it can retaliate with lightning strikes and laser beams when it detected an external force is trying to gain illegal access.

And there are 2 level 100 golems made of the strongest mineral in YGGDRASIL which guards the vault from the intruder. However, they remain in their initial position, since the defense mechanism wasn't triggered.

He approached the door and took something from his pocket dimension, it was a key; a small triangular golden key. He inserted it in the key hole, turning it counter-clockwise and in a few moments, the sound of clanking created by the mechanism of the door which is in the process of unlocking, and one after another the magic circles disappeared.

*Clank!*

The last metal clanking sound was heard and the door screech wide open.

He walks in the long corridor with several sculpture lined in both sides, these are the statues of the members of his guild.

He walks passed the sculpture and what welcomes him when he reached the end of the long corridor is a massive hoard of YGGDRASIL gold. Initially, the guild already had lots of in-game currency, but just as when the game was about to end, Kevin had hoarded a lot of gold which is 10x larger than what they had, making them the guild with the most gold, and supposedly it will invite the interest of other players to take it, but then, the game was at its end and 80% of the players had left the game several weeks after the closing announcement.

The treasury is divided into 5 separate area; the first area is where all the in-game currency and other significant items such as the [Class Change Tome] and other books, weapons below the legacy class, and etc. were all being kept; the second area is where all the consumables were stored, i.e. potions, scrolls, etc.; the third area is where the upgrade items were kept, i.e. data crystals; then comes the fourth which house the guild's high class items; and the last one is where they kept the world items and the symbol of the guild.

Seeing all the items were disorganized since he hoarded too much items not to mention the items he kept in his [Item Box], the guild now holds the wealth of the 3 top guilds combined. And with the 9 of the world class items which he purchased using real cash, the guild is one out of the top 2 guilds which holds the largest collection of World Class Items, second only to the guild Ains Ooal Gown who swept glory because of these worldly items.

He envy that group for being so lucky that they find 11 WCI, where his guild manage to find only three and if not for these retired player's he had convinced of selling their items, he can't get his hands on these items. Although, the game is at its end days, the price of these items remained high, since there are players covertly purchasing WCI. That is why he had spent $17,000 just to get his hands on these items and this amount is enough for someone to bat an eye.

He spent a large sum of money even if it is the end days of the game, because he thinks that it is a great farewell gift for him; and besides money was never been an issue.

Then he saw someone moving on top of these gold's.

It was a skeleton wearing dark mage robe with the embroidery of golden linen; it was a level 40 Elder Lich which is in-charge of the treasury. The Elder Lich name is Arshakhar.

"I humbly present myself to the Lord Supreme, Lord Rellim. Command me, O great lord." The Elder Lich spoke in an unhurried manner with a reverberating voice.

Somehow, Kevin felt that the Lich was very satisfied when he spoke of those revering words.

"Very well… How is the situation here?"

"Forgive me, O supreme one. But as you can see, I still haven't finished organizing everything in the treasury. If it pleases you, milord, I will take my own life to wash away my sin, my sin of being incompetent in front of the Lord Supreme." The undead kneeled with its forehead on the floor.

Haah! What is he talking about?

"Incompetent?"

"Yes, milord. It is a disgrace in my part that I wasn't able to perform my task well enough, the task which you O lord supreme had blessed me."

He looked at the mountains of items.

I see… He was assigned in the treasury and he was programmed accordingly.

"Mm… What do you think of the treasures?"

"It is overwhelming, milord."

"Indeed. Now, do what you must do."

"How about my punishment milord, I deserve a punishment."

"There is no need."

"Milord! Please punish me." The undead once again pressed his skull on the floor.

"Why do you insist to be punished?"

"Because I deserved punishment, O supreme one, if I won't get punished, shame will haunt me for eternity."

Isn't it a bit…

Is it… what I think is it? Then, I must confirm it.

"What do you think of me?" He asked while leaning closer to the lich.

"Milord?"

"I said, what do you think of me?"

"You milord is the most powerful and malevolent being who ruled the High Lords of Yggdrasil – a Supreme Being, that instilled fear in the hearts of thy enemies. You O lord, my lord… I revered with all my soul, whom I serve for eternity! Hail thee my lord, Nivek Rellim the absolute ruler of the High Lords! He who shall live forever to rule all those who walk in this world and the world will know the name, Nivek Rellim – e"

"Ok stop, stop." He said cutting the lich.

What the fu** is he talking about? If all of my friends hear him say this I am sure they all will make fun of me.

"Milord, I apologize if my portrayal of you is somewhat lacking, perhaps you can give me a chance to restate my words and fill what is lacking?"

"I said that is enough!"

Suddenly, dark aura envelops him which silenced the undead. This change in him will make everyone to cringe in fear, and the undead sensed that he angered his master that he felt unease albeit he is immune to all forms of psychological effect and negative buffs.

"Forgive me oh lord. It won't happen again."

"Now, move away."

"Please milord, punish me in the future."

"You dare to tell me what I must do?"

"No lord, I dare not. Pardon me."

"As the lord of this realm, I find the matter of your incompetence a trivial matter. Now, if you want to redeem yourself, devout yourself in this chamber and do a better job."

The undead stoppered and although he has no eyes as he is made entirely of bones devoid of any flesh, his empty eyes are filled with admiration and complete reverence to the person in front of him.

"Yes milord. I will forever cherish your kind words. I will never fail you again, milord."

"Good. Now I must head to the innermost part of the treasury and retrieve some of the treasures belonging to the guild. Do you have any objection?"

"No milord. How could I? I am just a lowly being given a chance to look for the treasury of the supreme ones. It is to my grief that there's only one supreme beings left, you milord had never left us, and by right, everything in here is now belongs to you!"

Kevin stopped and pondered for a moment. And then…

"Haha! Indeed! You are right! These are all mine! Haha!"

The sound of his laughter echoed throughout the great vault that shook the treasures as though these treasures can feel fear and is shivering.

It is confirmed, I had his complete loyalty. Given that, all NPC's were programmed to serve the guild with utmost loyalty had a determined effect in their personality when they became sentient beings.

This is good news… However, I must still proceed with precautions.

He headed straight in the innermost part of the vault which holds the most important items of the guild; and he is now standing in front of a black iron stand with the shape of a shard protruding from the ground of unsullied iron and on its sharp end, a single ring is seen levitating uprightly. This ring has the design of a snake that devours its own tail with its small eyes made of small beads of red gem and the body of the ring is lustrous metallic orange-red. This ring is known as [Ouroboros], a World Class Item and one of the 20. Amongst all the other WCI in the room, this item is what comes to his mind first especially now that he is facing uncertainties at this time.

He is very familiar with the effect of this item even though they've only used it one time and even now he still can't believe of what they had reaped after that one time use. They had used it in one of the prominent guild – Ainz Ooal Gown, to steal one of their mines and not only they managed to steal it, they even managed to steal a WCI from them, the [Caloric Stone]. Later after that, they found out how this (Caloric Stone) WCI is created. That day, was the most prolific raid they had gone without the need of engaging their enemies.

Every time he remembers it, he can't help it but smile; after all, none had made that guild suffer huge loss and this angers the guild that they wreck so many of their enemies after that. Their involvement in that incident was never known as they purposely kept it with utmost secrecy, because even if they are all powerful players in the game and with enough resources at their disposal, can only wish to defeat this guild. Who would want to fight that guild whose members are extremely capable when it comes to PK'ing, it was well known that these players are well-verse gamers that even without spending that much money (compare to his guilds spending) they still managed to become a powerhouse in their own merit.

And who would fight a guild with the most WCI at their disposal? Only reckless players think they can fight them, an example of that is the 1500 idiots that launched an attack in their guild base and even with all their mercenary NPC they had brought with them, they still got defeated. Knowledge of their failed attempt sells like pancake in the web; and what's more is that, they never reached the bottom of the tomb or engaged in a clash with even one from its 41 members.

For fervent players, being defeated is one thing and they can do it again. But being defeated without even facing these members has a definite impact on their part as a gamer, like the warriors honor; it left a deep scar somewhere in their heart. It was a disgraceful defeat, and for warriors it is simply worse than death.

Now that their warrior's heart was shaken, how can they fight again? No, for these warriors, they can no longer wield their sword properly nor retain their previous deadly skills; then, they can no longer be called a warrior but an old man with a sword that dares to fight and is limping.

This is what happens when a warrior suffered an utter defeat at an enemy who won't even bat an eye at them, like a fool facing a true master, they cannot be considered equal.

Even the top 3 guilds won't dare lay a hand on them, because they know, if they did provoke this guild they may be stripped from their rank and become a second rate guild. After all, rank is just a number; what matters is absolute strength.

He he he… I wonder if the world knows that we manage to make Ainz Ooal Gown suffer a complete defeat. Then, perhaps we would be famous. He he…

The guild never disclosed this information, who knows what those monsters do.

He took another useful WCL from one of the iron stand – the [Gem of Power], is a reddish gem perfectly cut into fine jewel about the size of a pebble. Like its name suggest it increases the wielders battle capability by leaps and bounds.

He then went towards the dreadful statue which is holding a massive red hammer which is a divine weapon owned by one of his guildmates and one of the two strongest weapons in the guild, second only to the guild weapon. This hammer has a big piece of rectangular metal with intricate engraving and a long handle about half his size which are made of the strongest mineral. The looks and feel of this weapon is very intimidating and when he touched it, he felt its power surging within him and it gave off a strange aura which is of course one of the personal touch given by its creator. The name of the weapon is [Earth Breaker]. Then, he touched the armor worn by the statue, this armor is a [World Champion] item owned by the creator of the hammer. He is fascinated by the grandeur of the equipment and his eyes tinged with greed, it must be known that only 9 people owned such item.

He took all these weapons and armors with him.

Having equipped himself with all these item, his strength reached the level-breaker limit, which makes him the strongest in the guild.

"Now, I'm ready."

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CHARACTER SHEET

NAME: Nivek Rellim

LEVEL: 100

RACE: Heteromorphic

JOB: Guild master of [High Lords of YGGDRASIL]

RESIDENCE: The Realm of Nihilium

ALIGNMENT: Extreme Evil SENSE OF JUSTICE: -500

RACE LEVEL:

FIEND: 15

FIEND SHADE: 10

FIEND LORD: 5

OTHERS

JOB LEVEL:

DARK ARCANIST: 15

DREADED LORD: 10

OBLIVION: 5

OTHERS

STATS [Basic Stat (Full Equipment Stats)]:

HP: 50 (+15)

MP: 95 (+25)

PHY. ATTK: 25 (+20)

PHY. DEF: Invulnerable

AGILITY: 35 (+10)

MAG. ATTK: 75 (+25)

MAG. DEF: 100 (+5)

RESIST: 100 (+5)

SPECIAL: 95 (+5)

WEAKNESS:

Holy: +90% Attk. Dmg. (-55%)

NAME: Nivek Rellim (Possessing the Frost Giant of Jötunheimr)

LEVEL: 100

RACE: Heteromorphic

JOB: Guild master of [High Lords of YGGDRASIL]

RESIDENCE: The Realm of Nihilium

ALIGNMENT: Extreme Evil SENSE OF JUSTICE: -500

RACE LEVEL:

WINTER GIANT: 15

FROST GIANT: 10

FIRST OF THE FROST GIANT: 5

OTHERS

JOB LEVEL:

UNHOLY KNIGHT

ELEMENTALIST (FROST)

VANGUARD

OTHERS

STATS [Basic Stat (Full Equipment Stats)]:

HP: 85 (+10)

MP: 95 (+0)

PHY. ATTK: 75 (+15)

PHY. DEF: 80 (+20)

AGILITY: 45 (+15)

MAG. ATTK: 75 (+0)

MAG. DEF: 100 (+0)

RESIST: 100 (+0)

SPECIAL: 95 (+0)