MMORPG: Rise of the Primordial Godsmith

Chapter 1322: Heading to Astella

“…Huh.”

Though the sight of the miniature sun caught him off guard at first, once Valyr noticed that every part making up the sun seemed to be under his entire control, the slight panic that was building up in his body quickly disappeared without a trace.

“This… is probably as big as the smallest meteor I could conjure on my other identity,” muttered the young man to himself as the curiosity and excitement he had towards the spell’s appearance gradually returned.

“But does it deal as much damage as the meteor, though?”

Taking into consideration the massive gap in stats between his current self and his other self, Valyr went ahead and threw the miniature sun towards one of nearby group of monsters.

Bang!

Getting the feeling that the miniature sun was the only thing imposing about the spell, his expectations were quickly subverted as the spell affected an area at least five times greater than the fireball he threw earlier.

Not only that, but the damage dealt by the spell itself was around twice as high as what the fireball dealt to the monster he targeted, briefly reminding him of the buff [Blessed by the Arcane] gave to spells and skills related to his class.

“…But that’s only a 10% increase, though,” said Valyr, finding it slightly difficult to understand how such a small boost caused the two spells’ effects to be vastly different in comparison.

“That doesn’t explain the massive gap in their firepower at all,” he continued to murmur, only for all the pieces to click in his mind soon after.

“Unless the spells created through [Arcane Codex] are inherently more powerful in the first place?”

As the thought came to mind, Valyr briefly thought back to the information he read after creating [Orb of Apyrhan] for the first time.

‘Wait…’ Realizing that most, if not all of the information he got from that time focused on the incantation and the appearance of the spell itself, the young man went ahead and brought up the spell’s description in detail.

And it was only then did he finally obtain the answer he sought after.

Whoosh!

Seeing that the damage coefficient of [Orb of Apyrhan] was at least two times higher than the damage coefficient of a max-level [Fireball], Valyr’s eyes swiftly widened in confusion.

After all, being able to obtain a skill with that high of a damage coefficient early on in the game needed one to first meet various requirements before even having the chance to obtain

it.

Fortunately, after comparing the two spells a few more times whilst the gears in his mind furiously turned, he eventually understood the reason why the damage coefficient of the spell made through [Arcane Codex] was higher in comparison.

“In short, I exchanged the ability to level up and evolve the spells I created for spells that have higher efficacy at the start,” said Valyr to himself, nodding as he felt that the explanation more or less summed it up.

“Although it does feel like the spells I create through the skill would lag behind spells and skills evolved through the system later on, I’m pretty sure that could be resolved by improving my comprehension of the Arcane language.”

“Aside from that, there’s also the possibility of it being solved once I evolve my class,” the young man continued.

“Or maybe the solution would appear after I awaken the Technology Tree again. Who knows?”

More than satisfied with the performance one of his new class’ skills had shown, Valyr swiftly collected all of the drops he obtained from the monsters he killed before heading back to the village.

After selling all of the drops the moment he got back, he then went ahead and brought up the system’s chat feature in front of him, sending a message to a certain individual as an idea came to mind.

“Hey, SeventhShield. You there?”

“Yeah.” replied Seventhshield not even a minute later, causing a faint smile to appear on Valyr’s face.

“What’s up?”

“Not much,” wrote Valyr in his response. “Just thought about how you said that the four of you were planning to establish a guild.”

“You planning on joining us?” asked SeventhShield in return, prompting the young man to imagine that the man was looking at him with an eager expression.

Knowing that his response to the question would disappoint the man either way, Valyr briefly let out a faint sigh as he answered, “Unfortunately not.”

“In fact, I reached out to you since I was planning to establish a guild of my own. Would be nice to have you guys a part of our guild and all that.”

“Ah… I see,” wrote SeventhShield, taking at least another minute before sending a follow-up message. “Well, if you had asked us that question a couple days ago, we might have accepted.”

“However, we already established our guild just yesterday…”

“Ah…” Receiving that message from SeventhShield, Valyr took a while to sort out the thoughts in his mind, finding it somewhat unlucky that he had messaged the man just a day after they established their guild.

However, the young man wasn’t really affected by it that much, especially with the idea of having SeventhShield and the others enter his guild being an afterthought.

With that, he was able to smoothly steer the conversation they were having back to something passive.

In fact, he had even secured a deal with the man to create an alliance agreement with their guild once he established his guild in the near future.

Asking SeventhShield a couple more things after that, such as updates on the matter with Darklight, the two eventually parted ways once more, prompting Valyr to think back to what he was planning to do with the three doing their own things.

“Right. Gotta head to the Mage Guild,” said the young man before immediately heading straight to the only skill pavilion the village had.

Looking through the various movement skills that the skill pavilion had to offer, Valyr gradually began to frown as he calculated the amount of time it would take for him to get to

the nearest branch using the skill.

‘Even the best movement skill this pavilion has to offer would have me running for at least half a week straight if I want to get to Astella City as soon as possible,’ thought the young man to himself as he scratched the back of his head.

Pondering if there were any other ways that would get him to Astella City at a far shorter time, Valyr briefly came up with the thought of using a carriage to get there, being reminded of the time he used one with Tristan to get to Danyhris Town.

However, once he recalled how much time it took the two of them to get to the town and back, the young man immediately discarded the thought whilst reminding himself that he wasn’t being rushed to establish the guild.

‘Now that I think about it…’ Leaving the skill pavilion after deciding to buy a back-up movement skill just in case, Valyr soon came up with another method to head to the city.

‘I’m not only limited to making offensive spells with the [Arcane Codex].’

With the thought lingering in his mind, the young man went ahead and opened up the skill to see if it was feasible, only to find out that it was. Though, just as he had created the movement spell with the expectation that the performance was similar to what [Orb of Apyrhan] showed him, Valyr was instead disappointed to find out that the spell he created was only 50% faster compared to the movement skill he bought. Although making use of multiple buffs definitely made the difference between the two more noticeable, the thought of having to constantly activate his buffing skills from time to time deterred him from seeing the idea through to the very end.

‘Is there really no other way for me to get to Astella City?’ Letting out a low sigh as he discarded the movement spell he created, the young man briefly lamented over his problem, only to realize that a simple solution was available to him all this time.

W

‘…Man.’

‘I’m a fucking idiot.’

“[Soul Shift].”

Whoosh!

With the most obvious solution at the forefront of his thoughts, the young man inwardly admonished himself for forgetting the solution as he hastily left the village.

Shifting to his alternate identity after that, he then went ahead and conjured an azure dragon

as he decided to head straight to the town that was nearest to the village.

Specifically, one that housed a branch of the Blacksmith Guild.

‘To think the answer was right in front of me all this goddamn time.’

‘…I should really stop overthinking shit.’

…

Whoosh!

Appearing within the Teleportation Hall of a certain branch of the Blacksmith Guild, Valyr

thanked the staff tending to the hall before heading straight towards the guild’s entrance.

Making sure that he hadn’t caught the attention of any high-ranking officials along the way, the young man then made his way to a secluded alley before shifting back to his player self.

“[Soul Shift].”

Swoosh!

Giving himself a bit of time to readjust to his current strength, Valyr then left the alley before

taking a look at his current surroundings.

“…Found it.”

Finding the building that matched the building in his mind in just a few seconds, a slight grin

soon appeared on the young man’s face as he made use of the movement skill he bought.

“Mage Guild, here I come.”