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"Focus, dude. I need your help."
Elias Williams the First. To think that you were the unknown ally...
'System, are you sure that he's helpful?'
[Affirmative]
Even my System said so, but I don't see how.
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[Elias Williams]
[Age]: 27
[Level]: <999,999,999,999,999,999>
[Race]: |Sui Generis|
[Titles]: (NEW!) ... (NEW!) Idol Aficionado, (NEW!) Demon King, (NEW!) Peace Negotiator, (NEW!) Disaster Among Disasters, (NEW!) Unforeseen Disaster, (NEW!) Mana's Master, (NEW!) One Who Cannot Get Laid, (NEW!) One Who Befriended A Slime, (NEW!) Tribe Leader, (NEW!) God Slayer, (NEW!) Mr. Unpopular, Eyes In The Dungeon Darkness, Devil Of The Depths, Nightmare, Graceless Unblessed, Otherworlder --> (NEW!) Otherworldly Traveller, Otaku
[Stats]:
<STR> XVII
<AGI> XVII
<END> XVII
<INT> XVII
<DEX> XVII
<CHA> %^#&%
<LUCK> XIV
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[Special]:
Universal Travel |Rank: XI|
[Skills]:
Signature Look Of Majesty |Rank: XX|
Weapons Mastery |Rank: XVIII|
Inspection |Rank: XVIII|
Master of Mana |Rank: XVIII|
Sever Swordsmanship |Rank: XVIII|
Physical Resistance |Rank: XVIII|
Magic Resistance |Rank: XVIII|
Elemental Resistance |Rank: XVIII|
Apeiron |Rank: XVIII|
Augere |Rank: XVIII|
Deter |Rank: XVIII|
Maintenance |Rank: XVIII|
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He's been through a lot.
Most of his skills are at the same Rank: XVII. It's interesting how all his skills are above that, but also at the similar rank of XVIII. The only one that reached Rank XX is a skill that even I have!
Never mind, the names look the same, but there's a slight difference. Mine says Superiority while his one says Majesty. It's suspicious how alike they are...
But in the end, as OP as he looks, even he had yet to achieve Rank XX stats. Maybe he's been screwing around all this time, but still.
I really don't see how he can help me. Given that using TheSoul won't help my stats go any higher, there was no other method I could think of.
Elias sheathed his sword and started collecting the golden coins.
He turned to my direction. "What exactly do you need help with? You mentioned The Creator, so do you want to find him?"
"Yep. I wondered if you knew where The Creator is or if you can find him somehow."
Elias shook his head.
"I can't find him, but is that all there is to your quest? Finding him?"
He raised a valid question.
"Now that you mention it, no."
I've been focusing on The Creator way too much. I still need to do other things first.
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Objectives:
[Zenith]
- Achieve XX Rank for all Stats [2/7]
[Pest Control]
- Annihilate 1,234,567 "Boku no Pico" worlds [0/1,234,567]
[A Needle In An Infinite Haystack] (Locked)
- Meet "The Creator" again [0/1]
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I took a few deep breaths, feeling a headache coming in.
"Okay... First, I need to achieve XX Rank for all my stats."
I raised my voice and informed Elias of my quest requirements.
"Then I need to—"
"I'm sorry, what? XX Rank?"
He interrupted me with eyes as wide as saucers.
Elias ran his fingers through his hair. That cannot be a good sign.
Right, I checked his stats. He's 27 years old, and we got our wishes when we were 25. He's had more than a year to get stronger but...
No way.
"Elias, why are most of your stats stuck at XVII?"
Please don't say anything like, "That's the limit."
"Because that's the limit. Damn, you know about the Divine Numerics too. (Auxillary Chapter). Who are you, really? But I guess that's what I should expect from someone who knows The Creator."
I ignored most of his words, only thinking about the first sentence.
There's a limit.
Well, shit. That's not a good thing. Not at all. But what does that even mean?
"You look like you're about to ask me, 'What does that even mean?'" he continued. "I'll tell you now."
A mischievous smile crept up his face.
"Now, I say it's the limit because I'm special. The limit only exists for me. My bad if I made you panic. I forgot to mention that I'm one-in-all-of-creation."
"What do you mean?"
Confused, I urged him to explain.
"My body is special. The Creator made it himself, so it came with many benefits. One of them is that I get a boost in my overall stats and skills."
He flexed his muscles and did some poses. They were pretty impressive, as expected of the First Elias.
'Ah!'
I quickly realized what he meant by a "special body."
'System, can you show me the Omniversal Body perks that he's talked about?'
[Affirmative]
Lines of light blue text appeared before my eyes.
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Omniversal Body |Rank: XX|
- Body Strengthened Tremendously
- Mental Faculties Enhanced Tremendously
- The acquisition and development of resistances decrease in difficulty Tremendously
- Efficiency, Power, Accuracy, Range, and Durability of skills learned are increased Extremely
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Elias continued with his explanation.
"Apart from my Luck and Charisma stats, all my other stats are boosted. They are technically on the same rank as that three whole ranks above mine. For my skills, it's similar, but only by two ranks."
Hah? That's what those perks meant?
So if he has XVII strength... boosted by three whole ranks...
"So you're technically at Rank XX for mostly everything?"
"Yep."
"Woah..."
Damn, First Elias. You really were prepared to get hit by a magical wish truck.
This new revelation made me realize something.
'Since we have the same body... then I'm actually pretty strong?'
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[Eira] | <Snow White>
[Age]: 0
[Level]: <!*&!$@^>
[Race]: |*^&*!/^@#! (Infancy)|
[Titles]: Otaku, Omniversal Traveler, The Mistress Of Space And Time, Truckinator, Luck Be A Lady, (NEW!) Anomaly, (NEW!) Fated Snow, (NEW!) Enemy Of All, (NEW!) Beyond Omniversal, (NEW!) Cultivation Crusher, (NEW!) Limitless
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[Stats]:
<STR> XVII
<AGI> XVII
<END> XVII
<DEX> XVII
<INT> XX
<CHA> %^#&%
<LUCK> XVI
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[Skills]:
Protogenoi-K |Rank: XX|
Hax |Rank: XX|
√Root |Rank: XX|
Signature Look Of Superiority|Rank: XX|
Ultimate Origin Soul Oblivion Skill |Rank: XVIII|
Ultimate Heaven Origin Seal Skill |Rank: XVIII|
Magicule Manipulation |Rank: XVII|
Unstoppable Supreme Flying Swordsmanship |Rank: XIV --> XVI|
Unstoppable Supreme Flying Finger |Rank: XIII --> XVI|
Cooking |Rank: D --> XI|
[More]: 613,282,464,201,589 Skills
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[Singularity]:
Creation Will (The Life Of Games)
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As if remembering something, Elias stopped his posing. He mentioned my earlier thoughtless show of strength.
"But you're strong too, Eira. You managed to swat my hands away and make them hurt. I can't figure you out at all."
Well, we do have around the same stats, after all.
...
Wait a second.
Does that mean that I've been holding myself back all this time?
Something like subconsciously restraining my strength since I thought I was weaker than I really was?
Wait. What about my Rank XX skills? Is it technically Rank XXII then? And my INT? Rank XXIII?
Is that even possible?
If it was...
Fufu...
I like the sound of that.
But if I technically have Rank XX stats for most of them, why does the quest notification only say that I've only reached the threshold for two of my stats?
Do I need to officially raise them all to Rank XX?
And how come Elias the First has yet to break past this limit? I've already done it by just playing games.
Good grief. So many questions.
"Since you managed to hurt me, then doesn't that mean you already have some stats at Rank XX?" he said.
"I'm like you in that regard. The Creator gave my body a boost too. While I am technically Rank XX, I'm not." I replied honestly.
I doubted that Elias the First even knew of my existence as the second Elias. I must be just another of The Creator's guinea pigs in his mind.
"Oh! Comrade!"
See?
"Although, my Charisma and Intelligence are beyond that limit."
"...oh? Your Charisma, you say?"
Elias lowered himself to the ground, assuming a crouching position. He looked up at me, similar to before, but with a new glint in his eyes.
"Say, won't you show your face to me, Eira?"
With a tilt of his head, he tried to get a better angle to see my face.
"No."
"I'm just curious about who's hiring me. All I know is your name."
"Nope." I brought my veil lower. "So, can you help me get stronger?"
I swayed the topic back to what matters. To my chagrin, Elias just brushed my attempt off.
"If I help you with your quest, can you show your face to me? I've seen you as a baby, but I believe a woman will have a different Charisma."
Elias wore a wolfish grin.
I almost gagged.
'This damn face of mine.'
At the moment, I wore many kinds of treasures from the cultivators of the Chaos, most of which had the function of hiding my appearance. He could probably see through them with his stats and skills, but...
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[Notice]
[The System has detected the use of Scan-related skills from the known individual, Elias Williams]
[Allow the individual to affect you, the host?]
<Yes/No>
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...Elias can't get past the combination of my System and TheRefuge. My ever-reliable barrier prevented his prying eyes from piercing through my multiple disguises.
I mentally selected <No>.
"...I really can't figure you out at all."
Elias retained that stupid grin of his. I ignored the warning signals going off in my brain. I reasoned that my OPness was higher compared to his.
"So, do you know how to raise my stats beyond the limit?"
"I should be asking you that. Your INT is beyond the limit! If I did know, mine wouldn't have remained at its current rank."
Alright then.
"How about any overpowered people?" I asked.
"OP people?"
"Do you know anyone with Rank XX stats?"
I'll eat them the first opportunity I can get.
"You serious? People like that barely exist, only our kind of people—the chosen ones by The Creator. And, get this. I'm the strongest one out of all of them. I got hit by the latest version of Truck-Kun after all."
He puffed his chest and pointed his chin to the Moon's sky as he declared with absolute confidence.
"No one's better than me."
Yeah, right, buddy.
I can see why he would think this. I didn't care enough to point out his mistake.
"Alright, oh mighty Elias. Can thy almighty-ness help thee in thy quest?"
"I can only try. Oh!"
Elias clapped his hands. It looked like he remembered something.
"Can you materialize your quest for me?"
What is he asking now?
"Come on, just do it. You want me to help, right? I have a method that's worked an incredible amount of times. It might be the answer to your problems."
He continued.
"Unless you can't show me your quest details at will. At that point, you'll have to let me use my Inspection skill on you so that I can see it."
"..."
I doubted him. From the start, I've seriously doubted whether or not he can help me.
The System, however, did say that he could help in a way. I'll trust you on that.
I asked the System to do as he wanted. All of my quest details appeared before him.
It didn't take long for Elias to narrow his eyes.
"This is one weird quest," he said, "'Become Pico?' What did you do to piss off that old man?"
I told him the truth.
"I didn't even do anything."
Indeed. My slothfulness pissed The Creator off. What I said wasn't too far from the truth.
'Wait a minute, this is all happening because this little bastard wished for this stupid body!'
Heeeeee...
Hoooooo...
'Calm down. The First Elias can help me. Resist the urge to slap him away...'
Elias had raised one of his eyebrows. It doesn't look like he believes me.
Bro. I'm not lying.
He shrugged, saying, "Eh, whatever."
*Chhhkk*
Elias drew his sword. I tensed at such a sight. Since I just learned that he already reached the epitome of strength, I couldn't help taking the situation more seriously.
Well, so have I, but an odd feeling remained. Elias still has a few tricks up his sleeve.
"Relax, this isn't for you. Well, it is, but I'm not gonna cut you per se."
He may have said that, but the tip of his sword pointed straight at me.
'Wait, is that Pikachu on his sword?'
Before I could confirm what I saw, he spoke seriously for the first time.
"I feel like showing off today, so I'll do this slowly."
Elias took a deep breath. Despite the lack of air on the Moon, an audible whoosh came from his open mouth.
"Augere... Efficiens Magna Majoris!"
Two of his fingers trailed the blade's thin body, from its guard to its pointy tip.
An indescribable aura enveloped the weapon. It grew sharper yet dull. The katana became hazy yet indistinctly clear.
I recognized the aura as a variant of Magicules, an energy of similar nature.
Extremely potent magical energy engulfed his weapon.
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[Ding!]
[Augere |Rank: XVII| Skill Successfully Obtained]
[Master of Mana |Rank: XVII| Skill Successfully Obtained]
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Elias readied his blade. It pointed to the sky, prepared to descend with but a thought.
The ground trembled as he firmly planted his feet. Earnestly, Elias continued to focus.
I felt the presence of that same magic in the air. My eyes adapted to this new energy, and I could finally see. It surrounded him in innumerable layers of strands that bound his entire body.
One by one, those strands were coming loose. The space around Elias twisted as he seemed to destroy it with his mere presence alone.
His body was soon free from the bindings of the magical strands. They restrained him before like shackles. But now they were gone.
...I have a feeling that a lot of things are about to get destroyed.
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[Ding!]
[Apeiron |Rank: XVII| Skill Successfully Obtained]
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Elias wore an enigmatic smile.
If I were to be honest, his golden eyes, dark hair, and top-notch facial features were pretty attractive. Many people—men and women—would fall on their knees if they ever saw his face.
"Watch closely..."
It's just a shame. Elias will forever be in second place.
"...this is how great I am."
Why? Because I'm here! I, for one, think that I look far better than his smug mug.
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[Notice]
[The System has detected the use of Swordsmanship-related skills from the known individual, Elias Williams]
[Allow the individual to affect you, the host?]
<Yes/No>
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Hoh? Well, is it harmful?
[Negative]
[However, the attack may cause an unknown number of side-effects to the host that the System lacks information of]
'...This must be the method that he was talking about. What a crappy method.'
But I don't think I have an option here. I don't know how I broke the limit for my INT stat. I managed to break it, but I was playing games all day, all night, for nine months straight.
Oh, and don't forget the extra ninety days.
For nine months and ninety days (technically), I kept gaming like a madman. I doubt that the First Elias has done that. No wonder he hasn't broken past the limit. He was probably out chasing his waifus like The Creator said before he gave me this stupid quest.
Alright. I've decided.
I will allow you to help me, my unknown ally.
<Yes>
I answered the system prompt just in time.
"Sever Swordsmanship: Genesis Renewed."
His sword descended on the system notification.
With a flash of golden light, everything—and I mean everything—was split in half.
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[Ding!]
[Sever Swordsmanship |Rank: XVII| Skill Successfully Obtained]
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[Notice]
Sever Swordsmanship Skill |Rank: XVII --> XVIII|
Augere Skill |Rank: XVII --> XVIII|
Apeiron Skill |Ra—————————
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"Hmm... let's see. My newest creations are playing their stupid tricks. Should I ignore this or not? Activate the Randomizer."
[Fine]
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[Randomizer Activated]
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[...]
"So? What did the Randomizer say?"
[Wait for the results.]
"Tsk. So slow."
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[Answer]: Leave them alone.
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"I don't know, should I? The result feels pretty rigged to me."
[Tsk.]
[Tsk.] [Tsk.]
[Tsk.] [Tsk.] [Tsk.] [Tsk.] [Tsk.] [Tsk.] [Tsk.]
[Do not blame me.]
[Tsk.] [Tsk.] [Tsk.]
[Blame yourself.]
[Blame your crappy Luck.]
[You should have made Luck more preferential to you.]
"What could you be possibly talking about? My creation is perfect as it is."
[Sure, sure. Like your perfect Elias and your perfect Eira.]
[Although, it would be in your best interest if you made Eira weaker. You have made her way too strong.]
[There is a risk that everything you have built will end up disappearing in the snap of her finger.]
"What?! No way! Maybe she does possess some faults, but she is the best version of herself right now. I'm not changing none of that, not when she's already gotten this strong."
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"...What?"
[I'm waiting for it.]
"..."
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"...but."
[But what? Just say it.]
"But... I should still punish her. Kukuku..."
[I knew it.]
[You are cruel till the end.]
[I shall call you "Cruel Old Man" from now on.]
"Shut up. You suggested it you damn truck. And I'm not being cruel. This is more like retribution. Yes. Retribution for all that Eira hasn't done."
[She has already done a lot. I believe the word that I am looking for is: Sadism.]
"Hey, it hurts me more than it hurts her. I'm doing this for her own good. I'm not the one benefiting from this. As you said, Eira might annihilate everything I've ever made if she ever so slightly wanted to."
[That's a shitty excuse...you can recreate everything and more with a snap of a finger.]
[And you sound like her parent. It sickens me. You shouldn't be allowed to make excuses like that.]
"Too bad! I am everyone's and everything's Big Daddy! And I was the first to use that excuse. I can use it as much as I want, and no one can stop me. Kukuku..."
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