"Congratulations player Ravan, you have met the conditions to ascend into the elite ranks of Godhood and become a top player in the universe.
We celestials have evaluated your performance to be perfect since you completed the challenge set up by us in its entirety, becoming the first mortal in a long while to do so.
Here are the choices we have decided as your rewards, but I advise you to listen to all of them carefully and make a sound choice as it will have a direct impact on your future and your destiny- " The celestial voice said as Max became mentally prepared to receive his reward choices.
This was going to be one of the most important decisions of his life.
Every god only had a few chances to learn divine attacks.
So far all the divine attacks he knew were only limited to the power of the Agni-Astra but were not directly stemming from his own power.
This was his chance to learn actual divine attacks that both himself and the clone would be able to use and it would be the foundation of his future combat prowess.
" First for your general rewards, we the celestials have decided that you will be awarded the title - [ The Primal God ]
If you equip it as your primary title, then regardless of who tries to inspect you, even if they can't see your full stat panel they will be able to see this title.
It's a title we have chosen to give you as you are the first god to perfect all stages of mortal ascension since the primordial times.
Your achievements don't match the era you live in.
Apart from the title effect, it will give you a fixed stat increase of 20% for every level you gain here forth.
Meaning that you will have an extra stat point to allocate everytime you level up " the celestial voice said as Max brightened up at the news.
The part about the title being displayed to everyone regardless of whether or not they can inspect him was a bit tricky, but the stat increase was most welcome.
Over the course of hundreds of levels it would make a big difference.
" Secondly, due to the strain you have put your brain under to discover the secrets of the universe have left us deeply impressed.
We have decided to hence reward you with a 1.5X intelligence stat multiplier and give you immunity against highest levels of ' mental ' illusions ". The celestial voice said as Max clenched his fists in happiness.
This was a big win.
Although he was only safe from mental illusions and could still be affected by large-scale environmental illusions, having immunity from the first kind was also a big help.
" Based on your performance here are the normal attack choices we have decided to offer you.
A celestial amongst us has even given one of his signature moves up for the pool of choices as he wishes to see your future developments.
You can choose any TWO from the five options we give you.
[ Constant Teleportation ] - Teleport constantly for a consecutive total of 10 times for a maximum distance of 50 metres at a time.
Use it to completely bypass enemy defences in real time and strike critical blows from close range.
[ Constant Regeneration ] - Put your own body under a time loop spell for a maximum of 2 minutes.
In those two minutes, unless you are decapitated or completely reduced to ashes, all organ and bodily injuries will be healed perfectly.
[ Constant Suppression ] - Lock on an enemy and constantly suppress their movements using gravity.
The spell gets stronger and stronger the more the target tries to break away from it for a maximum gravity effect like that on the surface of a medium sized sun.
Note- Only affects a single target for a total of 7 minutes after incapacitation.
[ Subconscious Defence ] - A skill meant for survival.
Activate it against a stronger opponent you cannot hope to win against and watch it do wonders as the body responds to all incoming assaults based off pure muscle memory, generating the peak defence you are capable of.
Time limit - 5 minutes
[ Subconscious Offence ] - Use it to hunt down an opponent stronger than you when you can't find any weaknesses to exploit.
Your subconscious will automatically perform at peak capacity and think of creative solutions your active brain cannot.
Time limit - 5 minutes.
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" You also need to choose any TWO of the FOUR ultimate skills we offer you for your perfect evaluation.
All four skills have been directly offered by some celestial god and can arguably be called the best in the universe.
[ Cosmic Starblast ] - Destroy planets by channelling an unstoppable force of cosmic energy amplified via divine essence to create a beam of pure unstoppable energy that can carve planets in half.
Note - Activation time at basic mastery is 4 minutes.
[ Unstoppable Assault ] - For a whole two hours, have bottomless stamina reserves and a 50% boost to speed and strength.
Fight like a madman who never tires and shred everything in your path to minced meat.
[ Celestial Command ] - Regardless of your opponent, as long as they are under tier9 they will flinch when you use this skill against them.
[ Primal Domain ] - Create a domain of a minimum of 200 metres radius at basic mastery uptil 2km radius at perfect mastery where you control all the laws of fire, wind, earth, water, space, time and gravity.
You are the absolute ruler of the domain and everyone who enters should be at your mercy.
" Choose carefully amongst these choices, player Ravan, all of these moves are forbidden in the open world and you are extremely lucky to be learning them.
You have five minutes to decide….. ". The celestial said as Max's brain began to scramble into overtime on what choices to make.
All of these moves sounded too good to be true, but which among them did he need the most?
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( Meanwhile Khnum and Angakok )
Khnum had been around longer than Angakok. In Fact he was a full 1000 years older than the young shaman god and was at a stage where although still undoubtedly powerful, he was struggling to keep his form at tier7.
He knew that he only had a couple of years before he slipped to the strength of a tier 6 god and about three decades more where he would be able to move and control the world around him as a powerful being but after that the moment he slipped into mortal hood his degeneration would be unbelievably fast.
He would have a year at best to live and for an entity that had lived for close to 6000 years, the very idea of dying in 30 odd years was unacceptable.
Khnum was desperate to live, and live like a true God at that and although he behaved like a loyal dog in front of Angakok he was anything but.
Just like how Angakok planned to backstab Max and take over his body, Khnum wanted to kill Angakok once the takeover was successful and only then understand how to occupy his soul-less empty vessel of a body.
He did not wish to wait until Angakok's takeover was successful as he knew that the shaman god was very dangerous.
Instead, he wanted to secretly kill him somewhere between the points where his soul left his original body and he had not yet completely controlled Max's body and was in a struggle for survival.
He did not trust Angakok to keep him around once the job was done and neither did he blindly trust all the information Angakok had given him about soul transfers.
He only pretended to be gullible, but in reality he was anything but.
As he sat at the edge of the controlled universe alongside Angakok, he smiled like a fool and perfectly played the role of being harmless and excited, but secretly he was plotting a horrific scheme of his own.
" If everything goes well, the boy should be here in one or two days, conserve your strength till then " Angakok said as Khnum nodded.
" Also don't even think of betraying me you sly fox, I'll kill you before you even know what had transpired " Angakok warned as although he did trust Khnum he wanted to make sure the other party had no sneaky ideas.
On the surface Khnum nodded and pretended as if it was a given that he would never double-cross Angakok.
But little did Angakok know that the other party had already formed a lot of sneaky ideas.
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/// A/N - Sleepers it's time for you guys to finally awaken and play your part.
This vote is a big one as this is Max's tier6 reward that will define his playstyle as a god.
We have -
2 normal mode votes
2 special skill votes for a total of 4 choices.
Please please please give only 4 answers and don't do ' Or '
As usual you have 24 hours to vote.
Let's go guys! ///
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