The Demon King of Death, Thanatos, laughed within the Underworld while sitting over his gigantic throne. His eyes glancing at a blue orb that projected to him what the souls serving him saw…
"Hahahaha! Fight all you want; your people will die horribly!" He laughed mercilessly.
He glanced as Planta and her friends fought against the Bone Centipede desperately, fighting with the Undead, and the monster's many transformations endlessly…
Until the final showdown, where its last form, a Ghost Dragon, was finally and completely vanquished.
Yet he didn't felt any frustration or anger, he had already completed his goal way before that, and all of those battles were merely to distract them and make them suffer.
"Well done, Yggdrasil, excellently done, indeed!" Thanatos laughed. "However, you're too late. Your people will perish, and you won't be able to do a single thing about that… You'll feel my pain, you'll go through the same things I went to…"
His pained and tormented soul recalled those memories of his past, when he was known only as just Thanatos, the King of the Kingdom of Sorrow.
Those times when his small Kingdom was attacked by barbarians, employed by the neighboring Kingdoms.
When his people was killed and ravaged, and when all he had was taken away from him.
That day when he lost everything he worked so hard to accomplish and reach thanks to the greed of the bastards that betrayed the Human Kingdom Alliance.
When he lost his precious daughter, his wife.
And his life…
"Yggdrasil, your accursed existence will finally know the pain of losing everything you love and care for…" He laughed. "You'll know the pain I went through… You'll- Huh?!"
However, Thanatos was quickly shocked, as he saw just an hour after the Ghost Dragon was vanquished that most of the people of the Dwarven City were already…
Fully healed!
"What the…?! IMPOSSIBLE!"
He hit the ground furiously, shattering the floor, as countless souls and nether endlessly surged from within, groaning in agony.
Thanatos' empty eyes glanced in shock and awe as more and more people emerged healed. A little squirrel-kin boy magically used an incredible level of Alchemy, with Planta's aid, who summoned Alchemy Spirits, beings he had never seen before!
In just an hour… using the materials of his own creations, they found out a cure to the deadly Necrotic Toxin, a powerful Pathogen he had used to wipe out entire Kingdoms in the past…
"T-This can't be…! YGGDRASIL!!!"
With a roar of frustration, the Demon King of Death shattered the orb he was holding into pieces, his skull still looking half-destroyed, his empty eyes glowing with blue phantasmal flames.
"I won't stop… No matter what… This world… and the other world, they shall know my suffering. Their souls, their lives… They will become my meals!" Thanatos roared in anger, and then glanced into the ceiling, smiling… "Prepare yourself for what's to come, Yggdrasil- no, Elayne… Your world is not as safe as you think it is…"
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Ding!
[You have evolved into an [Yggdragon]!]
[Your Level Cap has increased to Level 180!]
[All of your Stats have increased greatly!]
[The [Ancient Young Spirit of Yggdrasil: Lv6] Personal Skill has evolved to [Ancient Yggdrasil Draconic Spirit Guardian: Lv7]!]
[You can now Rank Up your Class and Subclass!]
[New Skill Tree for [Yggdragon] has been unlocked.]
[You have formed a [Draconic Heart] within your body, containing Draconic Essence, which can be mixed and powered up with Spiritual Essence!]
[You can now Summon and Manipulate Dragon Spirits.]
[Four Dragon Souls have transformed into your first Dragon Spirits: [Venomous Viper Drake Queen Spirit], [Cave Drake King Spirit], [Blue Dragon King Spirit], and [Red Dragon Queen Spirit]!]
[These Spirits have willingly bonded with your [Draconic Heart]!]
[You acquired the [Divine Draconic Heart: Lv1] Skill! This Skill cannot be Leveled up with Skill Points, and will only Level up through Skill Proficiency, and by cultivating your Draconic Essence.]
[Several other Skills that cannot be Leveled using Skill Points have Leveled Up!]
[You acquired the [Evil Dragon King Slayer] Title!]
[You acquired the [Yggdragon's Divine Successor] Title!]
[An incredible achievement! Your Satiation has increased permanently by +100! Your Charm has increased permanently by +300! Your Authority has increased permanently by +200! All other Stats have increased by +200 from the effects of both Titles!]
[You earned an Additional +10000 Community Points and +5000 World Boss Points.]
[You have earned over 100.000.000 EXP!]
[LEVEL UP!]
[LEVEL UP!]
[LEVEL UP!]
[LEVEL UP!]
[LEVEL UP!]
[Your Level has increased from Level 100 to Level 112!]
[All of your Stats have increased!]
[You gained Bonus Stat Points and Skill Points!]
[Player Name]: [Planta]
[Title]: [Young World Tree]
[Guild]: [The Forest of Beginnings [Guild Master]]
[Fame]: [15453]
[Race]: [Yggdragon]
[Job Class]: [Yggdrasil's Spirit Farmer]
[Subclass]: [Spiritual Chef Alchemist]
[Level]: [112/180]
[EXP]: [8.500.000/9.250.000]
[Satiation]: [300/300]
[HP]: [7400/7400]
[MP]: [14200/14200]
[STR]: [3700]
[VIT]: [3200]
[DEX]: [3400]
[AGI]: [4700]
[INT]: [6000]
[WIS]: [4900]
[LUC]: [4400]
[CHM]: [1077]
[AUT]: [800]
After having finally resolved the problem with the Necrotic Toxin, we had time to rest and relax. Jenny helped cleaning the city by absorbing the poison, and then, once things calmed themselves out, I finally had the time to relax and look at my Status and the many other notifications I got.
I never thought I would end up evolving into a Dragon from all things, but it ended working well at the end. An Yggdragon, huh? I wonder if that voice I heard while I was evolving was from Yggdrasil, or if the Yggdragon and Yggdrasil are separate entities that still share a same body?
It is confusing… But not as confusing as having to explain Jenny what had been happening, and also about the whole thing over Arcadia being real and stuff… It wasn't something she could ever take easily, even if we tried to sugar coat it.
But now that she experienced it first-hand, we'll have to explain things properly. It might change our friendship, she could even distance herself from us, I wouldn't blame her either…
"S-So this world is realm and the monsters that come out in our world might be from here?!" She was shocked. "A-And you are like… vigilantes?! Woah… That's actually pretty damn dope! It's dope as fuck! Can I join in?! I can, right? I know your secret so I can, right?"
However, we underestimated today's youth.
