Fairly chunky chapter, 3.5 Okay phrases lengthy.

Earlier than we begin, somebody requested me concerning the Guide’s cowl.

I made it utilizing AI like many different pictures, it is a scene of one thing that occurred on this world, however won’t seem in the primary story as of now, that might change relying on how artistic I’m or the place the story leads…

Just about, it is an Easter egg for me, made by me… Figures…

Nicely, it is not a spoiler, so I will say it both means.

The person in entrance of you is an outdated Warrior, he was the Ashen Striker, he will not actually be a factor on this story, however he could also be talked about right here and there.

And the beast he’s going through, completely different from the warrior, might seem within the story, both alive or useless.

It is the identical factor for my outdated Guide cowl, the outdated cowl confirmed one other warrior from one other time, albeit I do not know the place I left my notes so I can not inform who it was anymore.

The rationale for it is because the title of this guide is Azimuth: The Elden Throne, and never the adventurers of Dale.

I felt it might make sense to make use of nice warriors of Delusion because the Cowl relatively than the Mc as in to indicate that the mc would at some point change into like them, or one thing like that.

You may additionally say it is Dale in case your immersion was fully shattered by this revelation.

What do you assume?

Take pleasure in and afterward, bathe me with energy stones 🙂

.

.

.

———–

/A couple of minutes later…/

[Playing video…]

“Lastly, it is beginning, hey everyo…”

“Shut up Max!”

“…”

/Bzz…/

…

/Blink…/

The Video began with the digital camera blinking as if to indicate the POV of an individual waking up.

Very quickly in any respect, it rose to the ceiling, giving a large view of its environment, a big corridor similar to the one they had been in proper now.

/Fwoosh… Fwoosh…/

There have been no sounds, simply the sound of wind gentle respiratory…

/Transfer…/

The digital camera did a sluggish panoramic view of the room, displaying lots of its particulars earlier than resting behind a tall man with developed muscle tissues and crimson hair.

He had a masks on his face blocking others from seeing his facial options. Nonetheless, the decrease half of his face was nonetheless seen.

For a number of seconds, the person stretched and did a number of gentle actions, as if getting used to his new physique…

/Smile…/

He smiled on the digital camera earlier than he began to run… Sooner and sooner in direction of the wall.

And it was then that to the shock of the tens of millions of gamers at present watching the video, he jumped and kicked the wall, finally grabbing onto the sting of the ceiling the place he crawled into the sunshine…

[DING!]

[Congratulations! You achieved something never done before]

Immediately, epic music began to play because the system’s voice sounded in everybody’s ears.

On the identical time, the digital camera moved because it began to indicate his again going through the ruins of the tutorial under him, the wind blowing his tattered garments for an epic shot.

It regarded fairly good…

/Hush hush!/

It all of a sudden lower to a number of remoted pictures of him operating, leaping, and even opening chests by way of the tower as a narrator began to say promotional phrases, like… Discover!

Conquer your self and the world!

Acquire misplaced treasures!…

/Shine…/

And on the finish of it, it displayed a shot of the masked man leaping right into a monster with a lance in his hand, fearless and courageous as he put his life on the road…

However because the spear and the monster linked, the video was all of a sudden lower.

The music modified to one thing less complicated however nonetheless epic because it confirmed the person operating across the ruins of the town, exploring mysterious areas and accumulating loot.

How he ran in darkish tunnels, how he escaped from falling metallic cogs and it will definitely ended with him opening a large vault and golden gentle shining on his physique.

“Hahahaha…”

And the video ended proper there along with his chortle.

[DING!]

However earlier than they may do something, each participant obtained a system notification.

[A new record has been made, fastest Tutorial clear, time: -10 seconds. Player: My Dad]

[Congratulations to ‘My dad’ for setting the record!]

It was at that second everybody realized the information weren’t purely bullshit, and this complete promotion video was a few participant reaching one thing unimaginable.

“HAHAHA! What an fascinating man.” Stated the man with crimson hair as he stared on the ceiling

‘To consider leaping into the outlet… It explains the information now.’

‘How did he do it? It is means too tall, not even the most effective of the most effective would be capable of do it the best way he did… And moreover, how did he even get alone on the server?’

‘It is inconceivable for him to be Degree 100 when the sport simply began, so there have to be a secret behind all of it… How fascinating.’

“Fred ought to we…”

“Neglect it, there may be lower than a minute earlier than the tutorial begins, there is no such thing as a level in making an attempt to leap into that gap, in reality, we should always concentrate on what he did… ” Fred replied as he shook his head

‘If the video had been launched sooner, then maybe we may’ve deliberate for it, however its too late now.’

“These chests he received and even that merchandise… You realize what these had been, proper?”

All of them nodded.

“If this man is actually a participant and never a developer as we thought. Then it may well solely be one among two issues, he’s both a Beta tester or he is aware of somebody with an excessive amount of data… However for now, let’s concentrate on ourselves!” He mentioned as he received up from his seat

‘We are able to take into consideration him later… A single participant would not matter within the grand scale of issues.’

[Disclaimer, initiating the Tutorial]

…

/5 minutes in the past…/

“Huff… Huff…”

Dale was now sitting on a rock close to the village as he recovered his breath.

He regarded completely different from earlier than, he was now sporting a go well with of heavy armor and he regarded relatively cool as his armor shone below the solar…

“Phew… I did this… Test… And that… Okay, I did all the pieces I needed. So it is time to do a number of the further issues…”

‘All the loot I needed has been collected, together with the key gadgets.’

His unique look gathered fairly a little bit of consideration because the villagers checked out him in surprise, with a number of the elders even seemingly noticing what his armor meant…

All of them had all manners of reactions, however nobody approached him for some motive, maybe out of worry, responsibility, or one thing else…

“First, I would like to wash my stock of all this trash.” Dale mentioned as a small system window materialized up in entrance of him like a hologram

‘I raided many chests alongside the best way and now my stock is saturated with shit I do not want… At the least proper now, however even when I might have them at some point, cash is extra vital than some issues…’

Dale received up and went to a nice-looking stone constructing within the village.

There was a wood board close to it studying: Commerce Heart.

…

/Creak…/

Pushing the outdated doorways of the store, he received contained in the nook road constructing.

“It is relatively empty…”

‘Within the Beta, this place was closed. Shortly put, this ought to be the in-game market.’

‘Each MMO has a market operated by the system AI, more often than not, it is the gamers that arrange their very own markets and economic system to maintain their very own wants.’

‘Nonetheless, the sport’s market works with mounted Medium to low-interest charges.’

‘The values change relying on what you search, similar to the necessity to promote one thing quick, taking loss more often than not, or in case you want to public sale one thing to a whole server and so forth.’

‘There is no such thing as a means for gamers to get entry to such Techniques on their very own, so they should depend on the in-built ones for his or her companies.’

‘Although, more often than not, gamers comply with two varieties of Financial system, the in-game one, and the participant to participant one.’

‘A participant’s values are completely different from the in-game NPCs in any case…’

‘So quickly sufficient, markets will begin popping up all all through the sport, albeit it ought to nonetheless take some time for multi-regional buying and selling to begin.’

‘At the least solely by way of the gamers’ fingers as such a feat is allowed with the assistance of the System’s store.’

‘Presently, there is no such thing as a means for gamers to get entry to different in-game markets, so essentially the most primary, system-operated one must do the trick for now.’

‘I’ll drop my gadgets right here and it will enable the gamers from a number of servers to purchase and bid for them, I’ll get an unlimited quantity of gold like this even when we rely what I will lose from the curiosity the store will take for themselves…’

‘I do not thoughts paying it since I am buying and selling a little bit of gold for the comfort of the service, particularly for the reason that gold may be collected wherever within the recreation so long as the participant is inside a serious settlement that has an entry level to enter the primary buying and selling hub.’

‘Nicely, not solely the forex but in addition gadgets… Buying and selling all of this uncommon gear for under Gold could be a waste of sources…’

‘There are some gadgets I wish to gather, issues I couldn’t procure alone… So I may promote them later for even larger costs, hahaha!’

/Snap again to actuality!/

“Hiya mister knight, how might I enable you to?” Requested an attractive blond clerk contained in the store

“Good morning, I want to put a few of my gadgets straight into sale and public sale a few of them on the identical time.” He mentioned as he opened his stock

Dale was fairly easy, however he didn’t drop formalities.

The attractive blond-haired lady smiled and replied:

“Are you conscious of our coverage and charges? If not I can clarify it to you fairly rapidly…”

‘Dale’s expression didn’t change, though he grew to become a bit regretful as he mentioned:’

“I do not need to be impolite since I’m operating for time, so make it quick please.”

The lady did not appear offended as she mentioned all the pieces relatively quick.

Dale nodded and began to pick out his gadgets and put them on the market.

“I do not want this, a lot much less this… These ought to be bought in batches, and these ought to be bought individually…”

“Put these on a Particular market… I’ll solely settle for these things for fee… Excellent.” He mentioned with a big smile

After 2 minutes, Dale’s stock was now pristine… Principally.

“Is that every one sir?” Requested the clerk with a sunny smile, Dale virtually had the phantasm she was shinning

“Sure.”

“In response to our coverage, a few of your gadgets transactions require you to pay a specific amount beforehand. The full is 0.1 Iron Zulls.”

“Okay.”

‘0.1 Iron Zulls are about 1000 Wooden Zulls, or 1 Million Expertise factors.’

‘If we go by its financial worth, then it is nonetheless fairly steep, however I’ve sufficient funds, and I’ll hit it large quickly sufficient…’

‘The quantity I acquire is proportional to the quantity I spend! If I do it in a wise means…’

‘The issue comes in case you take its XP worth, 1 Million Expertise factors is… Extraordinarily important.’

‘With that quantity, I’d shoot up past Degree 20, it’s clear the builders did it this manner as a result of it was not meant for it to be balanced.’

‘They’re just about saying so that you can go on the market and begin farming as a substitute of dropping the valuable XP in change for thus little cash…’

‘And that’s the reason the conversion of XP to Zulls is not one thing to look out for within the tutorial zone as you may be barely making use of it on this Low-Degree space.’

‘Such a disgrace I can not convert cash into XP… And in any case, this conversion will more than likely solely be a factor within the Tutorial.’

‘As a result of in case you may use it exterior, then the sport’s steadiness would really totally finish…’

“I will be taking my depart now, thanks for the assistance.” He mentioned as he circled and left the store

He felt it was a little bit of a disgrace to depart so quickly however he had no time to understand the fantastic thing about an NPC.

“Bye-bye, thanks for the patronage!”

The clerk waved to him and Dale stopped, turning round and waving at her as nicely when he was about to depart.

However as soon as he was executed he rushed exterior.

“… My… How fast of him.” She mentioned as her eyes all of a sudden sparkled with knowledge

A playful smile fashioned on her face as she used her left hand to caress her cheeks.

‘We’ll meet once more at some point… Dale Houston. It was enjoyable, assembly you in such a carefree method.’

With that, she received up from her chair and left by way of a again door, and shortly sufficient, one other fairly clerk got here by way of the door and sat in her place, as if that was the pure order of issues.

She didn’t have the identical eyes because the earlier clerk although… They regarded… Hole.

…

/FWOOSH!/

Dale ran by way of the streets like a bulldozer, forcing the NPCs to make means for him rapidly in order to not be knocked off by him.

Nicely… Everybody would since it’s fairly scary to see a 2 M tall, closely armored Knight operating at you with menacing intent on the velocity of a automotive.

/STOP!/

/Slide…/

He finally stopped subsequent to a home, sliding inside with fashion as he mentioned:

“I collected what I needed, I investigated the secrets and techniques I deliberate beforehand, received further gadgets, and bought my further gadgets.”

“The one factor that’s left is that this:”

Dale took out a number of gadgets from his stock and put them collectively on prime of a rock someplace in the course of the home.

[Sigil of Strength (Broken)]

[Sigil of Constitution (Broken)]

[Sigil of Dexterity (Broken)]

[Sigil of Mental Power (Broken)]

[Sigil of Reflexes (Broken)]

[Sigil of Mana (Broken)]

these 6 shining gadgets made Dale smile and bear in mind older instances.

He sat down subsequent to the rock with a light-weight smile.

“These 6 gadgets had been a part of a particular occasion they usually had been extraordinarily uncommon drops from 6 even tougher Tremendous Raids… I by no means thought I’d be capable of collect all of them like this.”

‘Up to now recreation, every of those Sigils may’ve been stored within the participant’s stock, and they’d grant him/her a flat stat increase without end.’

‘I can hold them in my stock, getting their primary results of +5 to their respective attributes…’

‘Or I can break them, absorbing their inside power, and the impact could be simply the identical as prior to now recreation, a flat +15 to all Stats.’

‘This is also executed prior to now recreation however nobody could be silly sufficient to do it.’

‘Because it was a waste of a great merchandise that might’ve been handed onto a brand new character or bought… Like many did.’

“I got here right here immediately as a result of there was a ritual that might solely be executed as soon as all 6 of them had been gathered, a particular quest and occasion that solely triggered in case you acquired all 6 items whereas additionally doing a number of different issues in-between and assembly a number of standards…”

‘That’s the reason I’m inside this seemingly regular home, it could look half-rotted and unassuming, however this was once the home of a particularly Expert Smith.’

His fingers touched the unusual rock the place all 6 sigils had been gathered…

‘And this is not a rock… It is an Anvil.’

‘I memorized the complete ritual, it is not difficult, it is fairly easy in reality…’

“However I do not know if it’ll work, but, if it does…”

Dale shook his head.

“No extra discuss, time to work…”

He opened his stock and took out a hammer.

[Manufacturing Hammer of the Golden Sun (Consumable)

Effects: Use it to fuse several items together into a single item, the result is random and may range from all possible recipe options that can be derived from the used materials.

The higher the rarity of the items, the higher the failure rate.

*This consumable Item is only effective while within the Tutorial Zone*

]

‘This was the hammer used within the ritual if it may well even be referred to as that.’

‘Sadly, the hammer is about to snap in two, that’s the reason I think about the System deemed it as a consumable…’

“It is now or by no means!!” He mentioned as he used all of his energy to smash the hammer on the anvil

/CLANG!!/

Dale struck the 6 sigils on the identical time!

/CRACK!/

The outdated anvil lastly gave in, breaking into many items because the golden hammer scattered into yellow particles of sunshine that rose to the sky…

However the Sigils didn’t fall to the bottom, they as a substitute began to drift and even rise barely…

/SHUA!/

“Arg!…”

Sturdy rainbow gentle shone on his face because the six sigils fused collectively in a celebration of sensible and colourful lights…

And ultimately, a single sigil was left.

It regarded like a floating seal, shining in a faint white shade.

(Consider the Elden Ring lol)

[Aspect of Might (Incomplete)

Effects: Shatter it to gain a might fit for a Champion.

]

“It labored!… However it’s incomplete?…”

“Nicely, I assume that’s regular for the reason that sigils had been damaged to start with.”

‘As for my luck… There was no such factor, the ritual was alleged to have a 100% success fee. Though I used to be a bit skeptical for the reason that supplies weren’t of their ideally suited state…’

‘I can say my gamble paid off…’

/Seize…/

/Crack!/

With out hesitation, Dale crushed it as he struck a cool pose, and with it, crimson lightning began to surge from his arm and into his physique!

[You are absorbing an incomplete fragment of the Aspect of Might]

“ARG!”

Immense ache quickly adopted as Dale fell onto the bottom as he misplaced the energy to face.

[Detected massive change in the Biological Core]

[Body reconstruction is in progress]

However Dale didn’t hear it as he was too occupied screaming in ache…

…

Half a minute later…

The ache all of a sudden vanished as Dale felt each a part of his physique go sore.

He tried transferring, however his muscle tissues instantly protested, he wasn’t in ache if he stood nonetheless, however he needed to transfer as he could not simply lay there…

“Haaa… Fuck me…”

‘Simply… What occurred to me?…”

“Is that this due to the real-life ache configuration that comes with fucking HardMode?…”

‘This was far more intense than I may’ve ever imagined…’

“Open… My cursed Standing… Phew…” He mentioned as he breathed closely

[Player: DareDevil (Dale Houston) Attainments: Body Reformation

Level:5 (0%)

Class: None

Character Status:

Strength: 60(115); Constitution: 60(115); Dexterity: 60(115); Mental Power: 35(90); Reflexes: 35(90); Mana: 10(65)

Skills:

Slot 1-> Spear Technique 2-Star (Neutral)

Slot 2-> Close quarters Combat 0.5-Star (Neutral)

Slot 3-> Stable Emotions 1-Star (Passive)

Slot 4-> Spatial Awareness 0-Star (Passive)

Slot 5-> Fighting Spirit 0.5-Star (Active)

Temporary Skills: Glyph Activation 2-Star (Active); Glyph Ignition 3-Star (Active);

Current Effects:

+15 All Stats

Aspect of Might -> All Stats +15

Body Reformation -> Natural Healing and Stamina recovery speed have been increased

Commander of the Vault Guardians Set -> All Stats +15 while in a Ruin

Ruin’s Guardian Glyph Blade -> All Stats +10 while in a Ruin

Inventory (+)

]

“The what now?” Dale requested in confusion as he learn by way of his enormously modified Standing

…

.

.

.

Notes

First, his stats could also be excessive, however let’s take a look at the general scenario.

+15 stats will vanish as soon as he leaves the tutorial.

+25 stats from his gear will go away as soon as he leaves a destroy.

So his sole increase is the Side of Would possibly and no matter armor he decides to later use.

I’ll present how this shall be balanced, he’s sturdy, however not tremendous overpowered. Particularly since individuals can do the identical as he did and there’ll in all probability be somebody on the market that may…

So how sturdy is the Mc?

As I confirmed earlier than, with 50 energy, the mc was able to lifting a number of instances what a standard individual could be usually able to with comparatively ease.

He bench-pressed virtually double that of the world document, and he did not even strive that onerous. And his physique is not that large both.

The Mc can break a thick brick wall with ease and his pores and skin will not even be marked.

It’s going to change into clearer as we advance within the story. However what I keep in mind is for him to be as sturdy as a Degree 40-50 participant. That’s… If we solely rely his base stats with out his gadgets and buffs…

If we add these as you noticed, his stats are over 100, which is over what a typical Degree 100 participant would have as a base…

In fact, that’s pushing issues since gamers would usually do many occasions and quests to develop stronger exterior of their very own stat per Degree acquire with out the usage of gear.

However sure, he’s OP… If he’s to face one other participant as of now.

What I need to say is that, even when he’s so sturdy, as a result of reality he’s a HardCore participant, he can nonetheless die if a low-Degree participant hits a fortunate strike and if all circumstances align…

Maybe it will be a great Talent, or a robust weapon, however a low Degree participant can nonetheless kill him.

Consider him like a tank, even a baby can destroy it whether it is given a rocket launcher and it simply occurs to hit a fragile spot…

He is not impervious to the sword like a martial artist but…

…

Among the gadgets’ stats ->

[Commander of the Vault Guardians Set (Unique)

Rating: 3.5-Stars

+15 all Stats while in a ruin, otherwise, +5 to all Stats.

Set Bonus -> Commander, if there are 5 or more people with the Vault Guardian Set near you, All Stats + 2, and for every 5 additional people, to a maximum of 20.

If the number of people goes to 25, unlocks the temporary Skill, Barricade Vault 2-Star.

If the number of people goes to 60, unlocks the temporary Skill, Gliph Aura 3-Star.

If the number of people goes to 100, unlocks the temporary Skill, Wrath of the Machine 4-Star

Requirements: Strength: 30; Constitution: 25; Dexterity: 10

Description: Long ago the Paxus Knight Army stood guard over the Capital of Pil-Iros with their Glyphed weapons and armor gloriously under the setting sun.

Their Commander, wearing his famed armor, stood guard over the city and never once lost a battle.

]