As I arrived in front of my house, the sky above was bleak, devoid of any sunlight, with dark clouds looming over the city. It made me wonder: when was the last time I saw the sun? The factories in the city, churning out garbage and pollutants, are making the problem of pollution worse with each passing month. I'm not entirely sure we, as human gonna survive in the next century or so.
???: " Hahhh, another day another meaningless shit."
I sigh as I opened the door Infront of me.
Oh, seems like my body automatically headed to the direction of my room. Eh.. it's not like anyone's here anyways.
Before I ascend to upper floor towards my room, my stomach is rumbling, but against a better judgement, I choose to ignore it. After all this is the last day of Yggdrasil. All the time and money he spent on this game is unimaginable so he didn't want to miss every single moments of it.
I quickly walk into my room and plug the necessary equipment for the game.
???: " I can't believe it gonna end like this, I mean the content is still much unexplored. Only 30% content in Yggdrasil is discovered, the rest is still a mystery since the shitty dev keep it secret even when the game is about to be closed."
I glanced at the menu screen of Yggdrasil and immediately login in.
???: " I hope Momonga doesn't mind if I'm a little bit late. The market probably gonna crash since it's the last day and I don't want to miss the opportunity to buy the World Item even for a hour to play with it."
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My character appear in Midgard or "earth". This realm is consist of humanoid and demi-human race. Heteromorphic in the other hand are quite rare in this part of Yggdrasil. They were often hunted for free exp, and since there was no penalty for killing them, the heteromorphic race was rarely played by many others.
In Yggdrasil, players could only create one playable character, making each player's character unique in terms of skills, appearance, and gameplay. This encouraged players to experiment with different builds and gameplay styles because dying meant losing experience points and wasting their build..
I vividly remembered my first day playing Yggdrasil, with no official guide to help me. As someone who had been sheltered all their life, I had no idea what I was doing. And to make matters worse, my race was heteromorphic, which resulted in me getting killed repeatedly by other players.
For a week, I couldn't level up past level 10 because other players kept killing me. I didn't understand why they kept doing this to me until a kind player told me about the general rules of Yggdrasil. They informed me that my race was an imp, and that the realm of Muspelheim would be better suited for me instead of Midgard.
I quickly befriended this player and asked them for more information. To my surprise, they answered all my questions in great detail. I thanked them for their help and knowledge, but before I could leave for another realm, they gave me some gifts like equipment, skill scrolls, and potions. I asked why they did this, and they replied:
Kind Player: " Because I want to, y'know I kinda empathize with you. This is the first time you played right.?" They asked
Cypher: "Ehh... Not really. I have played this game since last week."
Kind player: " Well, you gonna get used to it. PKing other player are common in the world of YGGDRASIL."
I was confused at first, what is 'PKing' is? So I ask them
Kind player: " You don't know what PK is? It stand for player killing. We as player gained exp and the drop loot when we killed other player. Yeah there's some penalty for killing other player but you, you're heteromorphic. The penalty doesn't apply to you." They explained.
Cypher: " I see..."
Kind Player: " If you really want to learn about YGGDRASIL go to the forum site. In there you can read all the news and info about YGGDRASIL."
Cypher: " Thank you, I will check it later. I didn't know they had a forum."
They nodded and quickly teleporting away. I guess they have a unfinished business or something.
As I watched the kind player disappear, I couldn't help but feel grateful for their help. It was a relief to finally understand why I had been constantly targeted by other players.
I made a mental note to check out the YGGDRASIL forum site as soon as possible to gain more knowledge about the game.
But for now, I needed to focus on leveling up and improving my gameplay.
I equipped the items the kind player had given me and started to explore the new realm they had recommended. It was a stark contrast to Midgard - fiery landscapes and dark dungeons awaited me at every turn.
As I ventured deeper into the realm, I encountered new challenges and obstacles. But armed with the knowledge I had gained from the kind player, I was able to navigate them with ease. And before I knew it, I had reached level 20 - a feat I never thought was possible when I first started playing YGGDRASIL.
Reflecting on my journey so far, I realized that the world of YGGDRASIL was both unforgiving and rewarding. It was up to me to determine my own life in this virtual reality, and I was excited to see where my journey would take me next.
And then I learnt about the cash shop.
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Back to present
I smiled at the memories that flooded back to me, and how YGGDRASIL had such an impact on my life. It taught me valuable lessons about humility, hard work, and much more.
There was something special about YGGDRASIL and other forms of old entertainment that could make me feel so many emotions - excitement, happiness, sadness, anger-. All the emotion in the world.
My character takes inspiration form old cartoon called 'gravity falls'. It had 12 season and 1 spin-off. The show kinda went south after the 8th season. They keep adding unnecessary and unpopular character back for some reason. The story is good in early season but it went form kinda good to why 'im still watching this?' In later seasons.
However, one character that always stood out to me was Bill Cipher, the one-eyed Dorito.
They added the human version of him in season 4 premiere. And later in season 10, they genderbent him. I don't know why but something telling me that the show kinda desperate for something unique and exciting.
The design of female human version of Bill wasn't bad, and it wasn't great either. After the episode end Bill is reverted back to his male triangle form.
The episode it's self kinda wacky and unnecessary. But hey it's kinda something. And Bill female design is kind of stuck in my head.
So when I created my character in YGGDRASIL, I took the opportunity to create female version of human Bill, I changed some of her design a little bit like longer hair, body structures and sizes. I also named my self Bill Cipher, but it's was already been taken so I try adding number in it.
Didn't work surprisingly.
Later I try adding space infront of 'Cypher' and it's work. Thankfully.
So there it is. My character. Cypher, An Imp.
My racial is regular as many other player, staring with imp then demon, arch demon. I got the dream demon class after defeating the hidden boss Morpheus and clearing the hidden quest. The class automatically replaced my previous demon and arch-demon classes to Dream Demon. The dream demon added by the dev because one of those dev know's about the gravity falls.
The dream demon quest is not been discovered by other player since it was added alongside many secret patches.
So when I was exploring a random dungeon with Momonga, the quest suddenly appeared out of nowhere. I was taken aback and had to pause my movement. Momonga thought I was going AFK, but I quickly told him about the hidden quests.
After reading the quest requirements, Momonga and I finished the dungeon and teleported back to the guild base.
Inside the base, I excitedly told everyone about my discovery of the secret racial class. Everyone seems curious what class that I will unlock. I told everyone the secret racial class is Dream Demon.
The Dream Demon class was a powerful one, specializing in controlling everything that exists, known and unknown. My guildmates cheered as I unlocked one of the most OP hidden racial classes in the game.
The guild cheered as I got one of the OP hidden racial class. They quickly began to preparing to help me finished the quest.
It was tough, we need to go through trial, endless minions of Morpheus and the boss himself. The shitty dev doesn't hold back. Every cheap tactics manage to get in to this boss. Infinite healing, environmental changing every second and bullshit boss skills. But thanks to genius planing of Punitto Moe and tenacity of Nine's Own Goal, we managed to defeat Morpheus.
When the quest is over I gifted everyone with 20 gacha box as a celebration. They accept it happily.
Long after that, Nine's Own Goal was disbanded and Touch me resigned as the guild leader. Everyone was initially upset. However, Touch Me explained that they were going to create a new guild due to the increasing number of member applications.
The new guild was named Ainz Ooal Gown, a name suggested by old members Punitto Moe and Warrior Takemikazuchi.
Eventually, Touch Me and the old members of Nine's Own Goal appointed Momonga as the new Guild leader of Ainz Ooal Gown, and I fully supported their decision. Momonga was the glue that held the guild together.
A year later, I received an email from the shitty dev thanking me for spending a total of 500k worth of money. As a token of their gratitude, they offered me the opportunity to select one hidden racial class and one hidden job class of my preference.
After some consideration, I chose the 'Outer God' as my hidden racial class and 'Void' as my hidden job class.
The 'Outer God' racial class was one of the rarest and most difficult to achieve. You need combined of several hundred player to reach the final boss. And to adding salt in the wound you need a resurrection spell or item just to have chance to get into the boss since the dungeon is too unstable.
The boss can instant kill you at random interval and debuffing you untill you can do nothing. Also they have Immunity to almost anything.
Many player attempt to defeat him but without any special world item you can't do anything.
However, it was worth the risk as it granted indestructible tentacles and amplified my racial and job class abilities by 10. It also provided immunity against Light DMG and 80% resilience against all types of attacks, making it an excellent choice for both PvE and PvP.
As for the 'Void' job class, it was simple yet powerful.
Void is a powerful job class that enables me to consume and devour everything in my path, including unique items and abilities from enemies. The class also allows me to temporarily gain the highest stat that I possess, and this effect can be stacked. Although it had a time limit for balancing purposes.
It was quite OP, too OP in fact that I can carry the entire guild in the dungeon.
That's how I was able to clear 1-2 floor the dungeon called Nazarick easily. Making things alot smother for my guild mate to clear the dungeon.
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I click the mega phone to make announcement to everyone in YGGDRASIL, it's was a cash item that I got form gacha box. I have thousands of them. It function to announce something within all the realm of YGGDRASIL. Sometimes player just spamming something randomly, resulting in ban hammer.
[Willing to buy World item with real cash, PM me Now]
Cypher: " and... sent. Now we wai- ohh! that was fast." I excitedly exclaimed.
Many PM were directed at me,
'real cash fr?'
'whre r u at'
'I got seed of Yggdrasil, 10k'
'Ah Cypher-san I thought you were went afk for a second. Come to the guild, Hero-Hero -san is here.
Ohh? Hero-Hero? I thought he was sick.
Cypher: " [message], Momo-san, sorry for not messaging you first. I want to buy World item first before anything else, tell Hero-Hero -san I said hi."
Momonga: "oh okay Cypher-san, good luck finding the world item you desire." Momongan replied.
Okay then, let the hunt begin!
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Well it taking too much time to find anyone willing to sell me the world item. But hey it was worth it
Okay I got 10 world item in total. Lemme check the description
Holy Grail: The Holy Grail is a magnificent golden chalice that possesses extraordinary healing and restorative powers. It has the unique ability to heal all wounds, restore maximum mana to a wide area of effect, and cleanse all debuffs while also granting significant health and mana regeneration and amplifying all active buffs. Moreover, the wielder is granted temporary invincibility and unlimited magical power for a brief period of time, making it an invaluable tool in any battle. The Holy Grail can only be obtained by entering a hidden tomb that is guarded by a powerful undead creature.
Morningstar: A formidable spiked mace, imbued with holy power, that can effectively shatter magical defenses and deal devastating damage to enemies. Each successful hit grants stacked attack speed and inflicts injury based on the target's maximum health. In addition, the mace can automatically unleash a chain lightning attack on nearby enemies. Its brute force can also stun enemies for a short period of time. This powerful weapon can only be obtained by defeating a formidable fallen angel raid boss in a high-level dungeon.
Seed of Yggdrasil: A luminous seed that possesses the miraculous ability to revive any player instantly, restoring all their lost stats and experience without any cooldown. Once acquired, it becomes an integral part of the player's inventory and can't be dropped or lost. the only way to obtain it is by selling it to other player. Seed of Yggdrasil Obtained only through completing a series of complex and challenging quests for a nature spirit.
Greed Gullet: A black cauldron that can absorb any physical or magical attack and store the energy for later use, even from world enemies. As it stores energy, it becomes more powerful, and when it is full, it unleashes a devastating blast of energy based on the percentage of the enemy's health and ignores defenses. This powerful item can be obtained only through a secret black market dealer.
Endless Battle: A mystical sword inscribed with ancient runes that can summon spectral warriors to fight for the wielder. Its power grows with each spectral warrior summoned, and it can also unleash a powerful shockwave that damages all enemies. This weapon is gifted randomly to winners of PvP tournaments.
Brimstone: A crystal orb that can cast powerful demonic spells and summon high-tier demons, including world enemies. Every enemy slain by this orb is absorbed and temporarily transformed into a demonic version of itself that can be summoned automatically. It was Created by a group of powerful lords of hell.
God Head: A silver mask that provides the user with immunity to all status effects and debuffs. It also grants the user immense strength, agility, and speed. Furthermore, the mask has the power to create a devoted summons that will do anything until the task is complete. God Head can only be obtained by defeating a god-like entity in a dream world.
Dawn Bringer: A longbow that can fire beams of light that pierce through multiple targets. Its power increases with each enemy hit, and it can also summon a blinding burst of light that stuns enemies. It also has 100% Penetration of any kind. Crafted by a legendary elf archer.
Dice of Infinity: A pair of ivory dice that have the ability to manipulate probability and alter reality in unpredictable ways. With each roll, their power grows, and they can summon powerful creatures or events based on the roll's outcome. The Dice of Infinity were gifted by a mischievous dimensional traveler.
???: A mysterious world item whose name and abilities are unknown. This powerful artifact is said to hold abilities beyond imagination, surpassing even the strength of multiple worlds. Its discovery is said to unlock the secrets of the universe, but its powers remain a mystery to all who seek it. The only known information is that it lies hidden in a sealed chamber deep within the dungeon of the Outer God.
Hmnn, not bad.. not bad at all.
But before I try this world item, I should look at the real time watch on the HUD.
23:37:38
Cypher: " Ah... what a shame I only have 20 minute max to use the world item. I really want to use all of them"
Oh well beggar can't be chooser
21 min later
Welp it's time to visit Momonga now.
[Gate]
I entered the portal and soon arrived at the base of Ainz Ooal Gown.
Cypher: " Momo-san? Where are you?"
I looked around the room, there's no one here. Did Momonga went off or something?
[Message]
Cypher: " Yo, Momo-san where are you at?" I asked
Momonga: "Oh Cypher-san! I was sitting in the throne room, waiting for the server to shut down."
Cypher: " Okay, I'll be in there in a sec." I stated
With the use of Ring of Ainz Ooal Gown I teleported to the throne room.
Within the throne room laid many pillars with emblem on it. 42 to be exact. The room it self is big, big enough for several hundred people to fit in. All the layout in the thorne is complementing each other, finishing the majestic picture created together with his guild mate.
Ahead of me, sitting in all glory, my friend and trusted leader. Momonga, the Overlord of Death. He's an elder lich that specialized in necromancy. Momonga has appearance of undead skeleton with black robes with golden and violet edges. He also have dark red orb floating bellow his ribs. It's a world item we aquire when exploring dungeon together.
Ohh? Seems like he also bringing in the guild weapon. Make sense i guess. Since it's the last day of the game, why not just equip and feel the glory of Ainz Ooal Gown greatest weapon ever created.
I waved at him with waving emoticon and be replied back with his own. I decided to go to his side, slowly walking towards him.
I glanced around the Throne Room
The overseer and pleiades, alongside Sebas Tian are here.
23:58:20
Cypher: "Hey, where's Hero-Hero Momo-san? Did he log off?"
Momonga: "Yes, he did log off after briefly logging in. Hero-Hero-san seemed quite tired, but he managed to come to Nazarick even though he has work tomorrow. Oh, and sadly, his kidney problem is getting worse," Momonga explained.
23:58:45
Cypher: "Oh? I'll notify the hospital for his treatment. I hope his kidney gets fixed by tomorrow. After all, my family owns the best hospital in Japan." I replied, giving a smiling emoticon to Momonga.
23:59:09
Momonga: "That's very kind of you, Cypher-san. I'm glad you haven't changed," Momonga replied with a thumbs-up emoticon.
23:59:20
Cypher: "So, last day, huh? I can't believe it's happening. After all these years..."
Momonga: "It was fun."
Cypher: "Yeah, it was..."
Momonga: "I'll see you at work, ???-san."
Cypher: "Ah, okay, Satoru-san. Don't be late."
23:59:55
"All good things eventually come to an end, huh?"
23:59:56
"I wonder if YGGDRASIL 2 will be announced after this."
23:59:57
"The game is old, after all."
23:59:58
"Hmm, I'll eat something once it's over.
23:59:59
'Well, I hope something good comes out after YGGDRASIL.'
00:00:00
I braced myself for the forced log off.
00:00:01
00:00:02
"Huh?"