In a dark void, 12 beings stood around a round blue table as if they're in some sort of meeting. A certain green skinned being with a joyful expression spoke while the rest of the being stood there, confused.
"What are you saying Blasphous? How could our lord be back?" A being with azure blue slippery skin spoke.
"It's true! I encountered him training here a week ago!" The green skinned being, Blasphous, who can now be seen having grand wings flapping in excitement and huge tentacles sporting from its face.
"However, I do not believe he's our lord, but his successor. After all, he's only in the Demi-God realm now." He concluded.
"Wait wait wait, first off, tell us why you even think a HUMAN is our lord's successor. He's not even a Cthulhu!" Another being, this time with purple skin asked, revealing itself and the others in the meeting to be Cthulhu's!
"He was emitting that strange energy the lord emitted! What did he call it again? Mana...?"
"WHAT?!?" All the great olds yelled in unison.
"IMPOSSIBLE! OUR LORD'S ATTRIBUTE CAN ONLY BE HELD BY ONE PERSON AT A TIME!" The blue great old spoke again, with its mouth agape.
"We must go meet this human then, he must be the successor!" A teal skinned great old concluded.
The others nodded in agreement as they sped towards a certain region in the void, excited to meet their new leader.
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A few days after they set off, they finally reach the region Blasphous governed as they spotted a certain training room, one filled with dungeons ranging from Demi-God, to Deity, to Demiurge, even reaching the realm above that, Daemon and some that even they weren't able to determine!
"What is that training room...Give them a few thousand more years, and they might even reach our level!" One of the Cthulhu's exclaimed in delight, hoping to have a new addition to their team, making their work easier.
Most of the other Cthulhu's nodded in agreement, except for one.
"That one...that's the room of the...that's the room of the successor..." Blasphous said, not wanting to believe his eyes.
When the other Cthulhu's heard this, they stopped nodding as they shared the shocked face of Blasphous.
"WHAT?!?" They yelled in unison once again. "That cannot be! Seeing that room's time dilation factor, it must have barely been a month! To be able to face that dungeon, the person has to at least be in the Daemon realm!" They exclaimed, trying to wrap their head around the concept.
"Oh, interesting. So many powerful beings are gathered here to meet me?" They hear a casual, normal sounding voice sound out behind them. They immediately prepare themselves for the worst as they turn around, ready to release all of their powers at once.
"Woah woah woah, calm down there! I don't mean any harm to any of you!" The being they saw said, a human who was still in the Daemon realm, jokingly putting his hands up to act as if he's surrendering.
"Who are you? Did you think you could successfully sneak up on 12 Numen level Cthulhu's while barely being in the Daemon realm? What a joke!" One of the Cthulhu's voiced out, saying what was on most of the Cthulhu's minds.
However, they felt that something was wrong. How could a being that's only in the Daemon realm be able to exist freely in the void? One had to be at the Numen realm at the very least to survive the pressure!
Since they were worried this might turn into something big, the Cthulhu's start using their attacks until the human started slightly laughing. "Oh I don't think I can defeat you all...I know I can!"
The Cthulhu's suddenly felt an inexplicable chill enter their body. 'Could this human who's barely in Daemon be scaring me? Impossible!' they thought, as they snapped out of it.
"Preposterous! We all know that's impossible, so stop talking big and tell us the truth human!" One of them cried out in fury.
Suddenly, a huge amount of blue swords and spears appeared behind him. "Wanna test it out?" The being said, suddenly shaking with excitement. However, he was soon disappoint as all the Cthulhu's started...kneeling in front of him?
"T-this subject welcomes my lord!" They yelled in unison.
"What?"
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A few minutes ago...
「Status」
「Name: Caden Rossfield Class: Main - Necromancer | Sub - Martial Art Apprentice | Sub - Magician Apprentice
「Race: Human Level: 347 (2%)
「Essence Attribute: Mana
「Titles: One who Holds the Stick of ???, Natural Fainter, One Who is Blessed by Mana
「HP: 25,000/25,000 Mana: 15,000,000/20,000,000
「STR: 778 INT: 783
「DEX: 781 AGI: 799
「Bonus Stat Points: 17
「Traits: Stick of ??? (lvl 5), ??? (lvl 0), @*@#? (Locked)
「Inherent skills: Animal instinct (lvl 3), ??? (lvl 0), Unparalleled Manifestation Genius (lvl 2), Adaptibility (lvl 2), Cooking (lvl 1), Crafting (lvl 1), Magician (lvl 1)...
「Skills: Novice Cane Mastery | D (12%), Novice Staff Mastery | D (13%), Advanced Pain Resistance | C (21%), Grand Heal | D (92%), Mana Sense | E (-), Manifestation Strengthen | E (63%), Training Room | S (lvl 1), Manifestation Control | E (72%), Necromancy | S (lvl 2), Manifestation Armor | E (61%), Mana Flow | D (-), Complete Manifestation | D (20%)...
「Techniques: Advanced Essence Control | C, Northern Magic Sword Style | D, Southern Magic Spear Style | D」
「Status」「Quests」「Inventory」「Equipment」「Forge」「Alter」「Temple」...
I close my status and lay on a beach chair for a bit, reminiscing over the past month. Man, that sure was an insane month. I just kept on grinding out dungeons, and without realizing it, a month had already passed!
It's a shame that I'm so strong...none of these dungeons are exciting anymore! I've grinded too much!
"Hey you, clear out the dungeon with the tropical terrain and being me a few fruits!" I command the thing next to me-a zombie magician. That's right, with my necromancy skill, I can summon being that I killed, so long as they're not in a realm above mine!
The zombie I just sent was already in the Demiurge realm, and I have a whole army of them! With so many helping hands, grinding out dungeons was a piece of cake! I can just sit back and chill while my skeletons grind all day and slowly become op if I wanted! If only I had the time.
The main quest from before was still there after all, even if it was slightly modified.
「Conquest! -
「Description: A mysterious, dangerous force threatens to destroy your galaxy. Because you galaxy doesn't have any strong beings, you are the only one who can stop this! Become as power as possible, take over your galaxy, and stop the mysterious force!
「Time limit: 3 months
「Result of Failure: Something worse than Death, System Deactivation」
I have 3 months to take over a whole GALAXY! I have no time to just slowly grind here, I need to get op as fast as possible! So I can't just leave my summons to grind! Of course, that wasn't the only reason for a battle junkie like me, but it's also important!
On the arduous journey of grinding, I went through 4 dungeons, the first one being the skeleton dungeon. If you recall, this is where I got my necromancy skill. After getting that skill, it was just smooth sailing really. Since I had an army of undead fighting for me, I was able to defeat monsters that were even a whole realm above me!
After a lot of non stop grinding, I'm now in the Daemon realm, the first true step into godhood! But since grinding so much was tiring, I take rests every now and then, right now.
"Hm? Oh you got the fruits. Give them to me." I say as the zombie magician returns. The magician nods as he makes a small pocket in space and pulls out a bunch of fruit.
This is why I told this magician to carry the fruit back here-he had a skill similar to inventory!
After the zombie emptied all the fruit out, I motion for him to leave as I pull out cooking equipment out of my inventory, which I made with my crafting skill.
Using the fruits to make some nice juice, I prepare to pour them into a cup as I realized-I ran out of cups!
"Oh well." I say as I grab a handful of rocks and transform them into a cup. The rocks shine brightly as they start molding together into the shape of a cup. That was also my crafting skill, allowing me to freely create things with the material in my hand! It quite the handy skill.
As I was about to take a sip out of my juice, I felt a few strong presences in the void outside the training room. This was a place I visited a few times before to see if there was anything interesting to test my power out on, but sadly there was nothing. But now...
I quickly will and manifested sword into existence, without even using my stick! The reason I'm not using my stick is because that thing is too damn op man...
But that's a story for another time. I pierce a small hole into the training room as I slip through it...to find octopus people talking about me! 'They don't seem hostile...maybe I should provoke them.'
After going back and forth for a while, they suddenly kneeled in front of me.
"T-this subject welcomes my lord!" They yelled in unison.
'What in the world? Why are these strange octopus looking things kneeling to me?' I think, slightly disappointed that I couldn't fight these bona fida beings that were a whole realm above me.