NOVEL NEXT B2 | Chapter 37 - Tier 4
Cassandra
Year 820 | Month 5 | Day 8
________________________
User has attempted to use Minor Wrath Manipulation to forcefully conduct a Wrath Transformation.
User has failed.
Wrath Transformation has progressed by 0.01% from this attempt.
Further attempts to transform within five hours of now may result in critical injuries to the user.
More attempts beyond that may result in the death of the user.
________________________
________________________
User has now reached over 5% in their Wrath Transformation.
Restrictions on The Calling of Wrath’s transformation have been loosened.
From now on the user may use the transformation more often without possibility of injury.
________________________
And right after that, I feel power welling up inside of me. Then another System Note appears in my vision. One showing me my progress in the Tier Breach Mission.
________________________
Tier Breach Mission
Title: Control the Wrath
Objective 1: Reach 5% Wrath Transformation. Completed.
Objective 2: Raise The Calling of Wrath to level 3. Completed.
Objective 3: Use your Wrathful Creation skill to create at least 100 monsters. Completed.
Objective 4: Find and integrate with your Wrath Crystal. Completed.
Optional Objective: Defeat a Tier 4 monster. Completed.
Reward:
Tier 4 unlocked
Skill: Minor Wrath Manipulation
Optional Objective Reward:
15,000,000 EXP, one Tier 4 [Random Item Draw], and one Tier 7 [Random Skill Level-Up Card] - [Claim]
________________________
And after the update to the Tier Breach Mission’s progress, another System Note about its completion follows.
________________________
Congratulations! You have unlocked Tier 4!
At any point in time, you may select the + in your status and raise your level to 31, officially becoming Tier 4.
Doing so will instantly transform your body, increasing all of your stats by 50% of their current value and bringing you to your top physical form.
Additionally, all stat increases from leveling up here on out will now be double what they were at Tier 3.
________________________
________________________
Congratulations! You have obtained a Random Skill Level-Up Card!
This ‘item’ does not have a physical form and will appear as an extra icon on the side of your field of view.
When used, it will randomly select from the skills that you currently have that aren’t at their max level before leveling up that skill once without the need to spend any EXP.
________________________
________________________
[Random Item Draw]
Now selecting a random Tier 4 item. Please wait.
o O o
Congratulations! You have obtained the item ‘Gauntlets of The Fall’
These gauntlets will increase the power of any Sin energy transmitted into them.
________________________
Nice item. But I don’t hesitate, immediately opening my status and selecting the plus to raise my Tier to Tier 4 at last. After which I fall flat on my face again just like the previous Tier advancements, losing all of the feeling in my body as cracking sounds echo out through the cavern.
Along with the cracks are the crackling of wrath lightning and flames burning all around me. And while this is going on, another System Note appears in my vision.
________________________
You are now Tier 4.
STR – 54.675 -> 82.0125
DEX – 33.75 -> 50.625
RES – 32.85 -> 49.275
INT – 21.825 -> 32.7375
WIS – 29.925 -> 44.8875
MP – 288 -> 432
From now on, all level-ups will increase your stats twice as much as they did in Tier 3.
Congratulations on ascending the ladder of life.
________________________
And that is one massive increase in stats.
I feel myself smiling again. Or rather, I try to smile, but my paralyzed body won’t let me.
Honestly starting to get sick of not being able to do any facial expressions.
First it was because I had a skeletal face during that transformation, and now it’s because I’m paralyzed.
I let out a sigh before simply lying here waiting for the transformation to end. But as I do that, I can’t help but think about just how much stronger I’ll be now that I’m Tier 4.
Oh, and there’s the skill upgrade I got that wasn’t mentioned in any note. The-
My thoughts trail off when I regain feeling in my body and another note appears. This one being of a bright red color with slightly differently appearing text.
________________________
As a Tier 4 Embodiment of Wrath, you now begin to unconsciously absorb the Wrath energy of your surroundings. If you wish to stop this, you must first learn how to do so.
Additionally, your skill, ‘Basic Wrath Manipulation’ has been upgraded into ‘Minor Wrath Manipulation’.
________________________
Right. That skill.
I blink as I notice the Wrath energy filling the surroundings beginning to move towards me like I’m the center of a whirlpool. And the moment it reaches me, it starts getting absorbed into my body, giving me a rush of energy in the process. Both figuratively and literally.
I just straight to my feet and begin stretching before doing a couple of exercises to test my strength. Like punching a nearby rock into oblivion with a single flick.
Nice.
Anyways, I’m starting to sense some approaching demons. So it’s about time I head out.
I quickly begin to fly through the air using my wrath energy to form a cloud of crimson lightning beneath my feet. Leaving behind the rather torn up caves without hesitation.
After I fly high into the air with my cloak still on covering me, I glance in the direction of the approaching demons. Of which there are many. Then I just fly off into the distance without a care.
None of them are close to me in Tier, with them all being around Tier 2 or so, so none of them can recognize me thanks to my mask. And the Wrath energy in this area is so intense that I doubt they can even tell how much Wrath energy I have.
With all that in mind, I head straight towards the nearest city.
While pulling out the books from my storage ring.
Because I might as well read up more on this plane while I travel.