MMORPG: Rise of the Primordial Godsmith

Chapter 1729 1729: Skills of a Rank 5 (8)

Valyr could not believe what he was reading.

When he first heard his other self tell him that he got a skill that replicated what the shards did, he unsurprisingly felt both shock and disbelief from it.

As far as he could remember, it took a number of random coincidences and chance encounters just for him to find the door that eventually led him towards the first Shard of Defiance.

After he had gotten all the other shards and left the inheritance, he then had to scour through the entire Four Pillarsʼ Inheritance one more time just to get his hands on a skill that would allow him to willingly make use of the shardsʼ power.

…And that was only after Vaughn told him it was possible to willingly make use of its properties.

Yet, compared to all the hardships heʼd gone through for that skill, Ataraxia was actually able to get his hands on a skill that did something similar just by ascending to Rank 5?

For a brief moment after hearing that, the young man could not help but think that the heavens were biased and unfair, the memories of his time in the inheritance gradually surfacing in his mind because of it.

Fortunately, the bitter feeling he felt quickly disappeared, being replaced with a mix of excitement and anticipation as he gave his other self a brief glance.

After all, with his other self now gaining the capability to fight Myths to a certain extent, it meant that their options from now on were greatly expanded, especially in cases where the only thing hindering them was a lack in Myth-level combat power.

With that thought in mind, Valyr eventually turned his head to look at the screen in front of him, gazing at its contents with a look of interest.

With Ataraxia telling him that the skill he got from the ascension was similar, the young man initially thought that the skill would just be a carbon copy of the skill he got from the inheritance.

Then again, considering that it had come from the formerʼs main class, it was bound to align more with magic, even if its main purpose was to do the same thing his skill did in some way.

Though, once he finally laid his eyes upon it, the previous thoughts he had on the skill were immediately thrown out of the window, instead being replaced with intense shock.

ʼThis… is similar?ʼ muttered Valyr to himself, looking at his other self with a slightly aggrieved expression. ʼYou must be kidding me.ʼ

ʼThis is leagues better than what I have!ʼ

Although the downsides that came with using the skill were undoubtedly worse than the downsides of using [Eyes of the Sagacious One], the buffs that came with using the skill were also undoubtedly better in comparison.

At the very moment the skill was activated, though almost all of Ataraxiaʼs HP and MP would be consumed in the process, he would immediately be returned to peak condition after that.

On the other hand, Valyrʼs skill didnʼt do that. Instead, it made up for it by not assigning any condition to activating the skill.

Of course, whether or not he could bear the cost that came after it was a different story.

With Ataraxiaʼs condition brought back to its peak moments after the skill was activated, the young man would then receive three massive buffs to his combat power, with each one already enough to make the skill far better than the one Valyr got.

The first one was a status buff which tripled his stats at the bare minimum.

When he first came across this line on the skillʼs description, the young manʼs immediate thought was that this part of the skill resembled [Descent of the True Wyvern] in some way.

However, once he continued reading its description, he soon realized that his thoughts couldnʼt be any further from the truth.

Though it did triple Ataraxiaʼs stats at the start, the skill also mentioned that the buff gradually grew stronger the more time passed, eventually reaching a state where the young manʼs stats would be boosted to quadruple of what it originally was.

As this realization came to mind, Valyr began to wonder if heʼd be able to match that kind of increase with the arsenal of buffs he currently had.

Unfortunately, he came to the conclusion that even if he went all out in every aspect possible, he wouldnʼt be able to match the kind of increase [Descent of the Arcane Supreme] Ataraxia gave.

On top of that, even if he was able to match that kind of increase, he still wouldnʼt be able to match what the skill gave… since the status buff acted as a final multiplier.

In other words, Ataraxia had access to a skill that acted as a transformation of sorts, immediately bringing his stats to a level that could only be matched by those at the Myth level and above.

Then again, the same could be said for the two other buffs the skill gave him, which focused on Ataraxiaʼs magic spells and concepts, respectively.

While the skill remained active, the latterʼs abilities regarding magic spells would be enhanced in all aspects, allowing him to cast low-cost spells that dealt insanely high damage in a short time.

Though, just like the skillʼs status buff, this part of the skill also underwent a massive transformation during the final minute, rendering all of his spells free to cast.

Adding on the fact that heʼd be able to cast twice as much spells that dealt twice as much damage during this time, there was no doubt in Valyrʼs mind that Ataraxia would become a force to be reckoned with in that state.

If he were to also factor in the fact that the latterʼs stats would be buffed to an insane level during that final minute, he was certain that even peak Myths would fall prey to his other selfʼs firepower.

…If the Damage Restriction System allowed all of the damage he dealt to be transferred, that is.

Though Valyr still wasnʼt sure what kind of skill he had gotten from the shards, with him having experienced its abilities firsthand and with Vaughn giving him a rough explanation of what it was capable of, he was able to pinpoint it down to a number of powerful effects.

Namely, the ability to gain affinities opposite of what the opposing side had, as well as the ability to ignore certain aspects of the system many took for granted.

…Such as the Damage Restriction System.

With the Damage Restriction System in place, even if Ataraxiaʼs combat power was buffed to hell and back with [Descent of the Arcane Supreme], each spell would only deal a single point of damage if the level gap between him and the opponent was high enough.

Thankfully, that problem could be circumvented with the skillʼs third and final buff.