To the south, arge airship was flying along, led by the imperious Essence Stalker. The man himself was standing at the bow of the ship, looking down at the mas ughter by the guns with a cold frown. His arms were folded and his eyes slightly narrowed, and he radiated an oppressive atmosphere that made it hard for others to approach him.
Of course, that was for most. Some people did not care about his power, prestige or even presence at all, like…
"Tsk, look at this fellow acting all cool and uppity. Only a RETARD would do such a thing, when one can just sit in their goddamn high chair and make the despot pose. Sigh, the age of social media has ruined kids of today!" Fittermented as she stood beside Slim Fatty, shaking his head at Essence''s back.
The other core members had their lips twitch and Slim Fatty rubbed the back of her head with a wry smile. Meanwhile, Essence shuddered as his face became ashen.
He turned around and red at Fitter with killing intent, his eyes bloodshot.
"FITTER CLERIC, YOU ARE COURTING DEATH!!!"
Fitter was unimpressed as he snorted arrogantly. "Hmph, the young master is now angry. I have been courting death since the day I was born, what''s it to you?"
Essence did not hold back and attacked in fury, aiming to end this fellow once and for all. Fitter simply smirked and shout:
"Aunt Fyre, Aaron is trying to harm me again!"
Essence Stalker''s face became ugly as he paused and nced towards Loving Aunt who was shaking her head. She had a wry smile on her face as she knew she was being used as a shield, but she viewed both Essence stalker and Draco as her boys, so she was very motherly to them.
"Aaron, no need to beta him up. Besides, you probably cant hit him with all that luck around him." Loving Aunt pointed out with a chuckle.
Essence knew this and sighed. He then nced at Fitter with a cold look and harrumphed loudly before turning away. Fitter was extremely dissatisfied and wanted to say something more, but Slim Fatty tugged his short and shook her head.
Deciding to drop matters on behalf of his babe, Fitter also snorted and looked away. The airship''s deck returned to peace and the focus became the battle below once more.
Essence Stalker had taken 5 core members with him as captains. They were Fitter Cleric, Slim Fatty, Loving Aunt, Ghostprotokill and The Showman.
The reason for the shortage was theck of core members overall. Someone had to taken the blow and Essence did, due to his confidence in his power and prowess.
As the strongest below the Evil Trio, he was representative of Umbra''s topbat power so he had to live up to the title.
?Aurora Lord - Divine ss (Rank 5)
Skills:
Rank 1: Aurora Control (Passive), Essence of Creation (Passive), Aurora st (Active), Aurora''s Blessing (Active).
Rank 2: Aurora Shield (Active), Origin Seeking (Active)
Rank 3: Aurora Stability (Passive), Aurora Generation (Passive)
Rank 4: Aurora Summon (Active), Aurora Body (Active).
Rank 5: Law of Aurora (Passive), Legendary Source Origin (Passive)
Exp gain rate: 0.25%
Rank up difficulty: 50%
ss weapons: All.
ss skills: Any Elemental, Energy or Magic.?
?Law of Purity – Passive skill
Effect: The Aurora Lord has finally grasped the preliminary rules of the topmostw, the Law of Aurora. This grants you full immunity to Aurora rted attacks from other Aurora Lords or Aurora Energy wielding beings, as well as the ability to grant this to any ally of your choice within a Continent Zone.?
?Legendary Source Origin – Passive skill
Effect: The Aurora Lord has created form nothing a unique Legendary Source origin that produces pure Aetheric Energy for any purpose you wish. You can even convert your Aetheric Energy upwards to Aurora naturally, but at a rate of 1:10,000, as in 10,000 units of Aetheric Energy equals one unit of Aurora Energy.
Note: Due to your Draconic bloodline, as well as your Spirit which surpasses 400 points, your Aetheric Energy generation rate is 1,000 points per minute.?
Soon, the army also came upon their resistance, which happened to be a group of races that had banded together to defend their homes. Among them were orcs, beastmen, gnomes and even some elves.
Essence Stalker nced at them and waved his hands for his troops to move out. He remained standing at the bow with his hands folded, and seemed like he had no intention of participating.
However the other 5 core members smiled and leapt down, ready to ughter this makeshift army into nothingness to appease their boredom and lust for blood.
?ssmaster - Divine ss (Rank 5)
Rank 1: Anti-ss Domain (Passive), ss Mastery (Passive), Skill Copy (Active), Skill Delete (Active).
Rank 2: Provisional ss (Active), ss Banishment (Active)
Rank 3: ssless Skills (Passive), ss Skills (Passive)
Rank 4: ss Up (Active), Stats Absorption (Active)
Rank 5: Stats Limiter (Passive), Extra Stats (Passive)
Exp gain rate: 0.25%
Rank up difficulty: 50%
ss weapons: All.
ss skills: All.?
?Stats Limiter – Passive skill
Effect: The ssmaster has ascended past the limiter of all sses in terms of stats. As such, if the ssmaster has a special skill, bloodline, ability, technique or item that allows him to increase any stat, he can infinitely fill in that stat.
Note: The limiter for all sses is as follows;
Rank 1: 300
Rank 2: 350
Rank 3: 400
Rank 4: 450
Rank 5: 500
Rank 6: 550
Rank 7: 600?
?Extra Stats – Passive skill
Effect: The ssmaster is the pinnacle of all sses, and as such, benefits from extra stats gained per level at each Rank. This skill works retroactively.
Note: The stats gained per rank are as follows;
Rank 1: 3 base stats (+3 extra due to passive) per level
Rank 2: 1 base stats (+2 extra due to passive) per level
Rank 3: 1 base stat (+1 extra due to passive) per every 2 levels
Rank 4: 1 base stat (+1 extra due to passive) per every 3 levels
Rank 5: 1 base stat (+1 extra due to passive) per every 5 levels
Rank 6: 1 base stat (+1 extra due to passive) per every 7 levels
Rank 7: 1 base stat (+1 extra due to passive) per every 9 levels?
Ghostpro wrung his lips as Draco stated that they were only allowed to use their sses and no bloodline. As such, Ghostpro could only shrug and use his Provisional ss skill to transform into Kiran''s former Martial Artist ss and explode into a Super Warrior.
His transformation shocked many of the lower Umbra members as they had yet to see him do such a thing, but everyone knew Kiran was into this gay stuff since he disyed it before the world in the Inter-yer Tournament.
However, they had no idea Ghost was into such… things. Ghostpro could visibly feel the respect for him drop down many levels from those around, but he didn''t care much.
He was here for a good time and a long time.
?Broker - Divine ss (Rank 5)
Skills:
Rank 1: Bnce of Probabilities (Passive), Probability Maniption (Passive), Measuring Scale (Active), All or Nothing (Active)<novelsnext></novelsnext>
Rank 2: Careful Teamwork (Active), True Confession (Active)
Rank 3: Eye for Detail (Passive), Studied Combat (Passive)
Rank 4: Misdirection (Active), Divine Illusion (Active).
Rank 5: Killer Deal (Passive), Sell Anything (Passive)
Exp gain rate: 0.25%
Rank up difficulty: 50%
ss weapons: None.
ss skills: Any Devil or Charisma.?
?Killer Deal – Passive skill
Effect: A Broker can set a deal with any entity, this is a fact. However, hidden in the terms of the deal is a killing use that automatically ends the life of a target once they try to harm the Broker in anyway, regardless of their Rank.?
?Sell Anything – Passive skill
Effect: The Broker can use anything as a material for trade, regardless of owner or concept as long as he can manifest his power of brokerage over it. This requires you to have some ess or ownership over the thing in question.?
The Showman had his familiar tophat and shy suit, along with his expensive cane. His young and average face broke into a smile that was rich with expression and excitement.
"So many customers and clients! Lets see how best to amodate you all, hmmm?"
Immediately, a strange symbol appeared in his eyes that exploded in a wave that covered a portion of the army. Those covered by it became dazed and fell on the ground, ck jawed and drooling like idiots.
The Showman manifested a chair and sat in mid-air, his smile never wavering as his eyes focused on those he had paralyzed, ignoring everyone else.
After all, with his power, no one apart from those he wanted to could even recognize his presence.
Currently, he was making deals with the many beings he captured into separate illusionary worlds, dragging out their own memories and desire to give them what the wanted… at a cost.
Never make a deal with a devil.
?God of Probability - Divine ss (Rank 5)
Rank 1: Law of Probability (Passive), Law of Luck (Passive), Free Skill (Active), Free Spell (Active).
Rank 2: Supreme Wish (Active), Luck Absorption (Active)
Rank 3: Lucky Bastard (Passive), Better Luck Next Time (Passive)
Rank 4: Dragon Form (Active), Luck Imbuement (Active)
Rank 5: Invible Karma (Passive), Fortune Eyes (Passive)
Starting Stats: Str 10, Dex 10, End 10, Int 10, Spr 10, Cha 20, Lck 420
Exp gain rate: 0.25%
Rank up difficulty: 50%
ss weapons: Any.
ss skills: Any Luck, Probability.?
?Law of Probability – Passive skill
Effect: As a God of Probability, you naturally have a strong control over thews of probability. Your Control extends over the chances of various events happening and you can influence the chance of anything urring within a Continent Zone''s area to any degree.
Note: The more powerful the subject and its objects, the higher the mana cost.?
?Law of Luck – Passive skill
Effect: A God of Probability is also the Divine Son of Luck, able to move the Law of Luck as he wishes. You can control the Luck of others freely, either reducing it or increasing it temporarily.
Note: the higher the targets Luck, the less control you have over them.?
?Free Skill – Active skill
Effect: Draw from the pool of all active skills in existence below the Rank of your ss and activate it using your own ss resources.
Cooldown: 1 minute.?
?Free Spell – Active skill
Effect: Draw from the pool of all active spells in existence below the Rank of your ss and activate it using your own ss resources.
Cooldown: 1 minute.?
?Supreme Wish – Active skill
Effect: Make a wish with any parameters. Its chances of sess vary depending on the details of the wish, and the closer it is to reality as well as being achievable, the more likely it will ur.
Cooldown: 3 hours.?
?Luck Absorption – Active skill
Effect: Permanently drain the Luck of a single target below 50 points. The total Luck you can draw is subject to the ss stat limitation per Rank.
Cooldown: 1 day.?
?Lucky Bastard – Passive skill
Effect: The God of Probability is blessed by the Goddess of Luck as she hopes to court you into her bed, and as such, any activity you partake in has a 70% higher chance to result in a positive oue for you. Anything negative that may befall you has a 70% chance to fizzle out instead of harming you.?
?Better Luck Next Time – Passive skill
Effect: All attacks sent towards the God of Probability have to cross the thick wall of his endless Luck, creating a 90% chance to deflect them along with a 50% chance to perfectly reflect the attack with double damage, surestrike and unblockable.?
?Dragon Form (Rank 5) – Active skill
Effect: Assume your true dragon form temporarily.
Duration: 1 hour
Cooldown: 3 hours.?
?Luck Imbuement – Active skill
Effect: Drain the Luck of one target and then bestow it permanently to another. The total Luck you can give is subject to the ss stat limitation per Rank.
Cooldown: 1 day.?
?Invible Karma – Passive skill
Effect: Thews of karma are unable to judge the actions of the God of Probability, forcing thew to register any decision or action you make as positive karma. Your Karmic Luck can also umte endlessly, yielding unpredictable benefits.?
?Fortune Eyes – Passive skill
Effect: The God of Probability has a unique Draconic bloodline that has granted him the ability to see the True Fortune of all parties below the True God Rank.?
Fitter''s eyes glowed with a purple light as he gazed down upon the enemies below. He saw that each and everyone unmistakable had a ck cloud above their heads that was shrinking with each moment.
His lips curled up as he saw that all of them had fatal fortune reading as he expected.
Fitter pondered and wanted to test out to uracy of his new Rank 5 passive, so he picked one random gnome among the group and then thought about how he would spare that guy and then introduce him to the upper Ranks of Vita Kingdom.
Immediately, the ck cloud above his head explode into a giant cloud that was golden and shining greatly. The fellow himself was still crying and shitting himself in fear as he watched everyone around him dying brutally, but he had no idea that his fate had changed above him.
This made Fitter''s eyes narrow. He then cast away his thoughts and the ck could immediately re-appeared and poisoned the golden cloud until it shriveled greatly.
Fitter felt like he had understood something important from this. It seemed that Fortune was not absolute. Even if you had Golden clouds above you head, a random mitigating factor could either reduce or negate your luck.
So it was not realistic to look at a person in March with a golden cloud and expect them to still prosper by November. Something might have happened to render that golden cloud grey or ck.