( The forums )
The forums went ballistic post Rudra's post war speech as 'Hades' and the 'Church Of Death' was the most searched terms on the internet.
Rudra's way of mincing with his words made the players worldwide beleive that accepting Hades as their god and relegion they could become stronger.
Necromancer was one of the coolest classes in Omega , and it was the only class that most light faction players were jealous of.
The ability to summon thousands of undead on whim ... Who did not want that?
However for one to summon such undead and not face the penalties of being a dark faction player it was a massive win-win , hence millions worldwide wanted to instantly join the church of death.
Although there were many who took Rudra's words with a grain of salt , coming out of the war where Rudra single-handedly defeated hundereds of thousands , if not millions of opponents , Rudra's image as a strong player was imprinted in everyone's mind and hence everyone wanted to become like him.
The support and the buzz surrounding the church of death was hence unreal , as all news channels only wanted to cover this news with headlines such as
' Shakuni's Secret To Power '.
' The rise of a new relegion '
' The war on Lucifer'.
And so on.
The netizens themselves chatted a lot on this topic as the last scene of the elites burying the dead merchants from across the city into a pit , gave everyone goosebumps.
" This is it guys ... This is the thing I needed to take my gaming career to the next level . I am becoming a hades devotee ! ".
" So that's why Shakuni could summon dead creatures ... He was the pope of death ".
" Guys this makes no sense ... Why is the god of death a light faction god ? ".
" Why do u assume that death must be evil? Death is a part of life .... Such backward mentality ".
" I don't care which God i pray to , if they can make me stronger i will follow them ".
" Guys what will happen to the citywide event that the elites were going to host ... Will it be cancelled ? Are there any updates? ".
" Shakuni is just too cool .... I want to become just like him ".
"Agreed , Me2 ".
" Agreed, Me3 ".
" Agreed Me4 ".
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" Agreed Me4490 ".
An information hunt started worldwide as people wanted to find out more about Hades and the church of death and while most of the records were burnt , with millions of players scouring for information in countles kingdoms , there were tits and bits uncovered that gave Rudra's tale legitimacy.
What Rudra had done was he had just created a big splash and started a small tidal wave .... Now all he needed to do was to wait and let it become a tidal tsunami by the time it reached shore.
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( Meanwhile Shakuni's POV )
Rudra checked his stats pannel to understand how much exp he had gained through this war as he assumed that it would not be less considering the amount of people he had killed in the war.
Some tier 4 giants , scar-face and the shaman , 3 tier 4 generals , uncountable tier 1 and two newbies and atleast 10,000 or so tier 3 warriors.
Although he was fighting the war in a managerial capacity and had hardly gone full out for a few bursts of fighting here and there , he was sure that he would still be the top kill secured of all the elites as his dps was simply that insane.
However even he himself did not expect the gains to be this massive as he was shocked to see the status bar.
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Player Name : Shakuni / Augustus Won Knight
Title : Viscount of Hazelgroove kingdom, Honorable Death knight , Saviour of Thol village , Revered Medicine Master , Honorary ArchBishop of the Church of Life , World renowned , Heir of Augustus Won Knight , Achiever , Dragon Slayer , King Of the True Elites Kingdom , First Cultivator , Supreme Overlord , Legendary Demon Slayer , Superior Human , Pope Of The Church Of Death .
Class :Death Knight ( Mythic )
Subclass : Explosion Artist
LVL: 280
Tier : 4
STATS
AGI : 12,000 VIT : 12,000
INT : 12,000 STA : 12,000
PHY : 12,000 MANA :12,000
HP : 6,818,000/6,818,000
Unassigned stat points : 2000
Hidden stats
Luck : 52/100
Charm :99/100
Infamy : 0/100
Status : Heavily injured , needs rest
Equipment : Lich's Ring , concealer mask , Sun God's bracelet ( Legendary) , Doom armour( legendary) , Death knights Black Shield , Pope's token , White lion's kneecaps ( dark gold ) , Supreme Wood Charm , Kings helmet
Weapons : Grim Reaper
Skills : Darkness bind , Summon Knight Durahal , Windslash , Critical absorb , Berserk, Darkness blast, Death Slash, Eyes of Truth , Earthquake , Critical block , Blink , Stormbringer , Swift Retreat, Illusionaey multi- sword , suppresion art, three point stab , twin blade hurricane , twin blade cross Slash , Claymore , Overheard slash , Solar restore , Solar flare , Solar blast , Solar descent , Solar beam, Shadow Dopplegangers , Knight's courage, Holy Lance ( divine) , One legged leap ( rare) , Cloud Feet , Circumvent
Class specific skills : Death Knights Summoning, Death Knights Aura , Black Ratio , Enhanced Full counter , Death Legion,
( Knight of the empire ) ( complete ) , Knight's Focus
Mount : Grey Wolf
Pet : Furball ( Divine nine tails )
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He had gained a total of a whopping 40 levels and now had a total of 2000 unassigned stat points !
This was the advantage of updating the golden ratio to the black ratio , as now he did not need to worry about distributing his stat points evenly anymore as he could assign the stat points as he liked.
Rudra was a offense oriented player , and hence speed and strength were way more valuable to him than vitality and intelligence , and although investing in all of the stats equally gave him a wholesome and sturdy foundation , the time was now ripe to divulge away from it.
Adding 1k stat points to speed , Rudra added 500 each to stamina and mana to use up all of the 2000 stat points.
If other players knew about how he did his stats distribution they would probably puke blood at the moment as Rudra simply spent a whopping 2000 stat points in a matter of 10 seconds!
For most players 2000 stat points equalled a levelling journey of 80 levels , yet Rudra just spent it like it was nothing.
Smiling contently to himself he thought ' The war wasn't a complete waste then '.
As after taking one last good look at his new stat pannel he logged out of Omega , for a well deserved rest from the game.