Acquire Infinite Talents and Skills Through Seizing Bodies!
Dylan got transmigrated inside a popular game "MMORPG: Magic Art Online". A game where the strongest profession was mage. He discovered that he was just an NPC and he was actually in the game 10 years before the players would arrive! Fortunately, he got three golden fingers! "Leveling Deity," which gives him unconditional 300 levels every two years regardless of the realm he was in. "Gamer Experience Multiplier" exps he received from all sources, and all forms are multiplied by 500! With these cheats in possession, Dylan officially became the fastest leveler of all verses and, perhaps, the strongest NPC. Albeit, cheater. The game boasts multiple versions. The first version: Invasion of the Demons. The demons began to invade the kingdom of Azir under the orders of one of the Demon Lords. The players must stop the Demon Lord to proceed to the next version of the game! Dylan needs to become stronger as an NPC before the arrival of the players. Unlike the players, once he dies in the game, he dies forever! He needs strong enough strength to survive and help the players to stop the demon invasion. It's also an opportunity to level up! Dylan, with the help of three cheats or innate talents, "Split Soul," "Leveling Deity," and "Gamer Experience Multiplier," now had the confidence to surpass the undying players and exploit the opportunities in the game with the help of his past life memories! Lastly, he found that he could also upgrade his Innate Talents! [You consumed 10,000 points to upgrade an innate talent. Gamer Experience Amplification (Purple) --> Gamer Experience Multiplier (Gold)] Gamer Experience Multiplier (Gold): Experience that comes from all sources and all forms are multiplied 500x! It also multiplies the effect of Leveling Deity by 2x due to their similar nature. -Innate Talents- Gamer Experience Amplification (Purple): You have the heart of a grinding master. You are blessed by the God of Games. Experience points gained from all sources in all forms are multiplied by 10! Leveling Deity (Black): This innate talent has the characteristics of transcendence and is above even the time river. You are the lord of level-ups, the one and only. Every two years, you unconditionally gain 300 levels no matter what realm you are in, directly skipping three major realms every two years. Split Soul (Black): Allows the you to split your soul. The number depends on your level. You can let your split souls possessed all types of creatures (monsters, humans, aliens, beasts, demons, any type of race, etc...), and when your sub-bodies die, you will inherit their entire lives worth of knowledge/memories, all their talents, skills, and experience for yourself! Note: This book consists of super fast level-ups, fighting boss monsters, interacting with fellow NPCs and players, cheating, various professions, and mythical creatures like elves and dragons.
Dylan's Two Simple Principles
Dylan roamed the various parts of Congyun City. He interacted with the NPCs to try to trigger quests. Unfortunately, all of the quests were low-difficulty garbage so he gave. Still, he tried to ask the NPCs if they knew about the mysterious Midnight Shadow Mountain. A place that mysteriously appears in the middle of the night. He confirmed that even NPCs didn't know about its existence... Or is it because they're just lower-level NPCs?
In the end, Dylan arrived at the center of Congyun City. It was bustling with people. The houses in the center had more of Medieval Japanese architectural design. The roads
were filled with coming and going carriages and carts pushed by individuals. On the side of the road, there are tents, stalls, and blankets with a lot of food and a variety of items.
Dylan clicked his tongue in annoyance. He wants to find warriors, but he can't find one. He knew the reason why though... Everything has something to do with Congyun Mirror. A high-level item that contains a dimension as large as a city. Inside the Congyun Mirror is the true place where the warriors gather. It's the base of operations of the Warrior Infinite Alliance!
The Congyun City is just actually a normal city with a bunch of normal NPCs. The dimension inside the Congyun Mirror was the real deal.
Unfortunately, Dylan was helpless about the location of Congyun Mirror even with his past life knowledge.
Why?
First of all, the Congyun Mirror changes places every 60 seconds on random corners of the Congyun City. Second, even if he happened to stumble upon the location with luck. One needs the referral of a member of Warrior Infinite Alliance to enter and one needs to be at least level 20. Lastly, a profession that falls under the warrior category.
These three points make it hard to enter the Congyun Mirror for beginners like Dylan. Fortunately, there are still warriors that roam around outside the Congyun Mirror. They're the warriors in the same circumstances as Dylan.
They're not level 20, so they don't have the choice but to stay in the Congyun City and do quests to level up until they meet the three conditions to enter the Congyun Mirror!
They are Dylan's current goal. He wants to form a party to help him with the dangers inside the Midnight Shadow Mountain. He will use them as cannon fodders or pathfinders.
After all, in his past life, a lot of players died inside the mountain. The players died repeatedly, even with their immortal characteristics of resurrection at the base... It took two months to fully explore the mountain with the repeated deaths of a lot of players.
In the end, the first to finish mapping the Midnight Shadow Mountain and finish the exploration compiled a book about the danger zones, the type of monsters, the pitfalls, etc... and sold it to the Congyun Mirror for the players and NPCs to buy. 5 contribution points for each. Of course, the book wasn't that useful anymore since the first players who explored the place had already thoroughly milked the Midnight Shadow Mountain of its benefits.
Dylan, even though he had read the book and knows almost everything about the Midnight Shadow Mountain. It was exactly for this reason that he knew the danger level of the place. He knew the current capabilities and Savage Deer's assistance. It won't ensure his success. He still needs the help of others to act as meatshields for him.
It may not be ethical. But in front of benefits, Dylan couldn't suppress his greed. After all, it would be directly related to his future Development! He could only sacrifice a few lives. As for guilt and conscience? Of course, he wasn't that heartless. At most, he would feel pity for them, like how he felt pity for the hungry robbers that Aaron killed but wasn't heroic or righteous enough to save or plead for their lives.
In fact, Dylan hates righteous people. He knew that he was being a hypocrite. However, aren't everyone the same? Everyone is a hypocrite in some way or another. Someone who claims that they're not a hypocrite is already a hypocrite. They're not only hypocrites but also lying to themselves.
Dylan has two simple principles in life. First, caution is the mother of safety. Second, in front of benefits, there are no permanent enemies or allies. Benefits run the world. He would only do something if there were benefits. He would do it even if he needed to do something really illegal!
Unethical? Illegal? In front of benefits, can you eat them? Who determines if something is unethical or illegal? Isn't it the same man like him? They're just nonsense created by people in power for their convenience. To control the masses. Of course, Dylan still has a bottom line. Without benefits, he wouldn't do evil things that would harm anyone. He wouldn't do things out of petty or revenge without gains for it.
For instance, he wouldn't go after the church for revenge for himself or for David's justice. No, there's no benefit to it only losses. Unfortunately, they didn't want to let him go so he didn't have a choice but to nip them in the bud to prevent future threats. Caution is the mother of safety, he won't leave such risks. He will uproot them entirely... However, if they didn't target him and just forget about it as if nothing happened. Why would he do something like revenge without benefits? That's not in line with his two simple principles. He doesn't have a shitty god complex or superiority complex to consider people weaker than him as ants. In his opinion, that is stupid.
Weak or strong, everyone has their role. Everyone has their value. In Dylan's eyes, there are only two types of people. Immediately useful and useful in the future.
On the contrary, he would only attract the ire of the entire church. One has to remember that the church that targets him is only a branch. There's no need to escalate the situation and make the headquarters or other branches of the church target him, right?
Now, Dylan could only eliminate Howard, the Priest, if he still goes after him. It's not that he was afraid of the church. He was just afraid of troubles that didn't have benefits. That is just too pointless...
Just like that, Dylan finally saw two people dressed like warriors. Their equipment was at least a complete set of bronze quality. They're a little richer than him!