Chapter 217 [ Necklace of the Apocalypse ]
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[Breaking the Limit (Rare)]
[Breaking the Limit of your abilities is something that every warrior has done at least once in his life in order to surpass himself].
[Objective: Overcome critical situations in 3 Worlds in a row (At least 1 per world)(3/3)] [Objective: Overcome critical situations in 3 Worlds in a row (At least 1 per world)(3/3)]
[ Failure: Failure to complete the mission, failure to overcome a critical situation in one of the next two worlds (The higher the risk, the higher the reward)]]
[Reward: Maximum Level Capability of a Skill, increased by 5 (Max Lvl 10->15). Only applicable to Normal Rank Skill]
[Reward 2: Possible Skill Acquisition [Danger], more information when you get the mentioned Skill].
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". . ." - Cloud was silent as he read a new message.
[Skill "[Hand-to-Hand Combat]", he had managed to raise to Lvl 11 thanks to an early quest reward. If the user failed to complete the [Breaking the Limit] mission, the reward would have been cancelled]
"I see... that explains it..." - Cloud muttered while squinting his eyes.
"I see you got something else" - Acnalogia said while squinting, but did nothing to take his necklace - "Anyway, I expect you to hold up your end of the bargain now... and just to make sure..."
"!" - Cloud's eyes widened in surprise as he watched Acnalogia's necklace magically appear around his neck.
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[Notification: EX Mission Acquired]
[Mission: Call of the Dragon King (Mandatory)]
[Information: Acnalogia, the Dragon King of the Apocalypse has chosen you as a target and thanks to the power difference you can't refuse]
[World: Fairy Tail, it has been assigned as Default World, when you level up to the required level, you will be forced to enter this world].
[Objective: Help Acnalogia connect to his "Current Life" using the bone necklace as a connection (The method will be revealed when you reach the Fairy Tail world)]]
[Reward 1: Necklace of the Apocalypse]
[Reward 2: ???]
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". . ." - Cloud was silent for a few seconds before looking at the Necklace he had acquired.
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[Apocalypse Necklace (EX)]
[Type: Necklace]
[Requirements: Cloud Strife (Mandatory)]
[Information: Necklace created with the fangs of the dragons that Acnalogia has killed]
[Effect 1: [Dragon King's Blood] +1 VIT and STR When you level up (Works with already acquired levels and no, even if you lose the necklace, the effect remains)]
[Effect 2: [Dragon Slayer]: Damage against Dragons or entities with Draconic blood +100% (Also affects entities that have any kind of relation with Dragons or their derivatives such as Wyverns)]]
[Effect 3: [Apocalypse Dragon Presence]: Creates a passive aura around the User (Affects enemies only), causing Terror to all low-willed enemies. If unaffected by terror, enemies around the user are affected by [Deconcentration], causing magics and techniques to have a 5% chance to fail or fail to activate].
[Effect 4: [Envoy of the End]: Immune to Altered States affecting the mind, +0.2% damage per enemy killed (Max 20%). When it reaches the limit, you can use the Skill [Roar of the End], causing massive psychological damage, but reducing the return percentage to 0 (The damage is passive and remains until you use [Roar of the End])]
[Effect 5: [Draconic Royalty]: Can find or summon other Dragons. +100 Dragon Affinity]
[Effect 6: [Covenant]: Acnalogia is watching you, if you don't keep your end of the bargain, you will unleash Acnalogia's Fury, destroying all your items that are lower than EX Rank, as well as reducing all your Stats by 90% (This Effect cannot be cancelled, destroyed, negated, replaced, or blocked)]]
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". . ." - Cloud was silent as he looked with surprise at the necklace as it was the most broken equipment he had ever met.
"Well, now that we've negotiated, scram" - said Acnalogia with disdain - "By the way... if you're not stronger enough the next time we meet... your fate will be catastrophic..."
Cloud was about to say something when he saw a new notification appear in front of him
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[Mission Acquired: Dragon King Ultimatum (EX)]
[Acnalogia has given you enough perks and now orders you not to be a scumbag when you meet again]
[Goal: Don't be a pathetic worm, acquire the level needed to not duck your eyes when they meet again]
[Failure: Not reaching Acnalogia's expectations]
[Reward: Your life]
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". . ." - Cloud only sighed regretfully as he nodded weakly. He couldn't do anything else right now because the difference in levels was abysmal, it was as if they were comparing an ant to a huge dragon and that was reflected in the information about the blue-haired man himself.
[Acnalogia, the Dragon of the Apocalypse]
[Lvl: ???] [Danger Level: Lethal (????)]
It was strange that he could see this information, though Cloud just took it as a normal thing that happened in this place with the little information he possessed from the void.
"Anyway, scram, I've put up with your tiny presence for too long already" - Acnalogia said as he made a hand motion that sent Cloud flying.
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"Ok, this is a pain in the ass" - said Meru painfully as she saw the destruction their battle had caused in the surroundings.
Cloud right now was a killing machine that only desired destruction.
"I never thought he was a monster this strong..." - Meru muttered as she narrowed her eyes. She had experienced his power up close, but right now she had realized how much he had hidden, especially since Cloud wasn't using his flames, only his physical strength.
"I concur," Ren said as she frowned. She could feel her arms shaking not from fear or emotion, but from the shock she had received from blocking the blond boy's attack.
"This is not the sensei I know..." - Ayane muttered in pain, both physically and emotionally.
As for Kyōka, she was trembling because she could feel how something different had awakened in the blond.
"What's that?" - Meru asked as she noticed a small detail - "A bone necklace?"
The girls looked in the direction where the light blue-haired girl was pointing, only to notice how indeed hanging around the blond's neck was a necklace of fangs.
"Am I the only one who senses danger coming from those things?" - Meru asked as she felt sweat running down her back after seeing a few seconds of the fangs on the necklace.
"No... me too being the pressure" - answered Ren seriously, although inside she felt a small resonance with the blond's necklace.
"I think that same necklace is the one that has to see that Sensei hasn't been attacking us" - Ayane said seriously as she watched as Cloud seemed to have frozen.
"Isn't this a good opportunity to attack?" - Meru asked with a smile. She really wanted to release some tension because the battle she had had, had been a one-sided one where Cloud had swept the floor with the 4 of them.
"And cause Cloud Strife to go into a state of insanity again?" - Ren asked as she looked at her best friend - "No thanks."
"Relax, I was just kidding" - Meru replied as she stuck her tongue out at him.
". . ." - Kyōka for her part, just remained silent as she watched Cloud's necklace because she could feel how it was calling her.
"Is something wrong, Kyōka?" - Meru asked in surprise.
"Huh? Oh, it's nothing" - denied Kyōka while frowning.
"UGH..." - the girls' eyes widened in surprise as they heard a wince in the surroundings, only to notice Cloud's eyes return to normal - "What was that all about?"
"Cloud/Sensei!" - Kyōka and Ayane exclaimed as they ran to the blond, only to be stopped by Ren and Meru.
"What are they doing?" - Kyōka asked with a frown.
"This might be a trap" - Meru said seriously while Ren only kept silent, though this very silence was more than enough proof that she thought the same as her friend.
"She's right, Ayane" - said Keiko, who together with Makoto, had been checking the status of Kako and Kyōka's other subordinates - "It's possible that Cloud still hasn't returned to normal."
". . ." - Ayane was silent for a few seconds after thinking about her friends' words.
"No... he's already back to normal..." - Kyōka said seriously - "I can feel it."
Those present watched the blue-haired girl in silence only to hear something fall to the floor.
"Huh?" - Meru and Ren looked in the direction of the source of the sound, only to see how Cloud was now on the ground looking up at the sky with his breathing heaving, and from the grimace of pain he was in, it was obvious he was fucking hurt.
"Can someone tell me what happened?" - Cloud asked painfully.
"You turned into a fucking Terminator" - Kako answered seriously.
"That bad?" - Cloud asked again as he sighed regretfully.
"Look at all the destruction around" - replied Meru as she let out a sigh of relief that it was all over - "We attacked you with everything we had, but you seemed to feel no pain at all, even your attacks hurt more with every hit we gave you..."
"Masochist" - Ren added as she tried to grab her sword and be able to change her clothes, only to feel how her whole body was screaming in pain.
"I'd call him a Berserker" - Makoto answered seriously as she looked at the blond. She wouldn't lie, she was surprised to see how the boy had unleashed so much power during the fight.
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Announcement
First, when I said that the Skills are directly related to the source of these. in this case the characters that possess them, I don't mean that Cloud will have no choice but to become such a character, or he will drastically change his personality, what I was referring to, is that when he, or the girls learn a technique, more when it is one that they supposedly shouldn't with their current level, their thoughts are minimally affected. You can take this as their conscience trying to tell you something (But to a much lesser extent), you can ignore it or follow the advice as you wish or see fit. In other words, no, if he acquires the Alucard abilities, he does not transform into Alucard, nor does he acquire a personality like Alucard, it would just happen that his thoughts would take a slight change of direction.
I read out there that someone considers this is a Nerf, and I honestly don't see the reason for him to think this way because it is not restricting his power, it is not affecting his decisions either, in fact, it is not even a limiter because I am just taking the principle that power corrupts, this happens in many stories, that a person uses a power so much that he ends up transforming into that entity, you want an example of this, Kaneki Ken from Tokyo Ghoul. If you look at it this way, now this is not so forced or weird. As my final defense, I'm not mixing two entities as in many stories where the protagonist takes the body of another person and their memories get mixed up.
If you have questions, keep asking, I'm going to try to answer them in a way that I don't have to say spoilers for the future, and on a side note, I don't want someone to come to me saying they're being a pussy for how they act in front of Acnalogia because they have to look at it from the logical point of view.
On the one hand, you have a person who is only level 20, not even a full dragon, on the other, you have a monster capable of wreaking havoc in a level 4 world, and who has a level that easily tops 200, Stats through the roof, complete immunity to magic, and with hundreds of years of experience in massacres, if you guys can prevail against that entity without wetting your pants, then hats off to you.
I try to make my protagonist as human as possible, flawed, corruptible, improving and noticeable. All of Cloud's actions, are actions that I, you, anyone could perform, only obviously with a better outcome because he is a fictional character.
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