242 A/N (PLUS ULTRA)

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"No this isn't a MHA sample. Volume 7 'Homebound' is completely, now onto the PLUS ULTRA volume of this book that hopefully everyone was convinced wouldn't exist.

If you've got any thoughts or questions feel free to use this chapter to comment, or join my discord to have a full conversation where we can go in-depth.

There are no loose ends in this story so I promise everything will be wrapped up in due time, next volume is super short but fun.

So how are you enjoying the story thus far?

The full Trifecta stat sheets are listed below.

The rest of this chapter is some fun stats and questions that some people are likely curious about but I just don't have the space to organically have characters talk about it in the story, so enjoy and feel free to ask me anything. Nothing ahead is a spoiler simply little background details and character comparisons...power comparisons.

And please leave a review if you can, or you can wait until the next volume ends because things are about to really go PLUS ULTRA!"

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Trifecta stat sheets BEFORE this expedition for anyone who was curious...and yes Welf is arguably a bigger monster than Yang in his particular field(Crafting)

STAT SHEET START---

NAME: Yang Shen (The Elementalist)

Level 8: 100th Floor Monster-Rex Tiamat/Safi'Jiva.

Stats(Before Reset): STR=SSS DEX=SSS AGI=SSS MAG=SSS END=SSS

Stats(Now level 8 ): STR=I DEX=I AGI=I MAG=I END=I

Magic:

---Storage(Its essential video game inventory)

Allows the user to store a limited amount of inanimate items.

---Elementalist (Obtained at level 2)

Allows the user to channel certain elemental magic through their body and manipulate the elements to their whim, however, the user can take damage from these elements.

Skills:

---Elemental Resistance(Obtained at level 2)-[Level 10/10]

Taking elements damage develops resistance to these elements over time.

---Elemental Healing(Obtained at level 2)-[Level 10/10]

Pre-requisite skill 'Elemental Resistance'.Allows the uses to transfer some of the resisted elemental energy into health.

---Hunter(Obtained at level 2)

Improves abilities against monsters that the user has fought before and gained experience from.

---War Mage(Unique ability variant)(Obtained at level 2)-[Level 10/10]

Amplifies the user's magic and reduces the cost and strain on the mind and body.

---Unarmed Strikes(Obtained level 2)-[Level 10/10]

All unarmed strike damage is boosted

---Mage Armor(Obtained through stress at level 2)-[Level 10/10]

Envelops the user in magic amplifying defense and unarmed strike damage with elemental damage.

---Kinetic Exchange(Obtained Level 3)-[Level 10/10]

Whilst moving in mage armor acceleration and momentum are amplified when added to melee damage. Recoil and backlash from this are greatly reduced on the user's body. Whilst this skill has no set limit the user's capabilities of achieving velocity and taking damage are the limits.

---Elemental Absorption(Obtained at level 3)-[Level 10/10]

Transfers some of the elemental magic that damages the user into mana for the user. (For the damage that he DOES NOT resist only. So after he resists the damage some of the damage he takes will give him mana but it will still damage him to be clear)

---Greater Spirit Healing(Unique Variant, Obtained level 3)[Level 10/10]

Automatically begins to restore mind/mana.

---Adrenal Overdrive(Obtained at level 5)[Level 8/10]

Adrenaline Increases stats and causes battle mania status effect, no active trigger.

---Tough(Obtained at level 8)[Level 1/10]

Improves physical stats.

---CHAOS BLESSING

Strength

Defiance

STAT SHEET END---

---------------------- WELF

NAME: Welf Crozzo (Ignis)

LEVEL 7: Killing Ottar

Stats(Before Reset): STR=S DEX=S AGI=S MAG=S END=A

Stats(Now level 7): STR=I DEX=I AGI=I MAG=I END=I

EQUIPMENT---

...The Faceless Series Armor

... Mosoka (Half Broken)

...Ikari (Swordbreaker Magic Sword)

MAGIC---

Will-O-Wisp: Causes Fatus Fire

SKILLS---

...Blacksmith

...Metalworking

...Enchanter

...Mystery

...Crozzo Bloodline

...Fire Affinity

...Swordsman

...Magic Resistance

...Witcher

...Creation & Creator (Welf Crozzo magic equipment takes less magic when used by Welf Crozzo)

...Curse Creator

...Ignis (Flame Dominion; any fire that he can dominate, including enemy magic, is under his supreme control)

------------------------------THALIA

NAME: Thalie (Champion Of War)

LEVEL 7: Floor 100 Tiamat/Safi'Jiva

Stats(Before Reset): STR=S DEX=S AGI=S MAG=S END=S

Stats(Now level 7): STR=B DEX=C AGI=D MAG=E END=B

EQUIPMENT---

...The Faceless Series Armor

... Hokori, The Banner Rod

MAGIC---

War God's Blessing: Magic Enhancement Armor (Like Armor from x-men)

SKILLS---

...Grandmaster At Arms (Boost with all weapons)

...Champion's Body (All around physical boosts like Gareth and Ottar have)

...Sneak Attack (D&D Sneak attack, first attack that the enemy does expect does double damage)

...Crush (Grip strength)

...Magic Resistance

...Primal Awareness (Super high-powered Spider-Sense)

---STAT SHEETS END

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Currently, the records for most attributes(Skills+Abilities+Magic) on a stat sheet are:

Rivera: 18* (Only if counting each variation of a spell as an entirely new spell)

Yang: 14 (Virtually infinite because of how his magic works)

Welf: 13 (Almost all are crafting-focused)

Finn: 12 (Only one was created for this story, the other 11 he has before season 1 of danmachi even starts)

Riveria: 11* (If counting each spell slot as simply one magic)

Fill in: 9

Gareth: 8

Ryuu: 8

Thalie: 7 (All combat-focused and arguable the most specialized adventure in the world)

Lefiya: 7 (Counting her copy magic as 1, otherwise she's potentially tied with Yang)

Tiona & Tione: 7

Ais: 6

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Characters' power levels comparatively.

---Physically/Lifting/Striking (Using everything they have);

Yang(Full Chaos Mark)- 100

Thalie(Full Magic)- 60

Welf-40

Gareth/Finn(Hell Finegas)- 30

Bete(Beastification)- 25

Tiona (Berserk)/Tione (Berserk)- 15

Tsubaki-5

---Magic Potency(How much defense can you overcome)

Welf - ∞ (If his flames match the volume of any matter or energy he erases it)

Yang- 100

Finn- 40(Destruction Magic)

Lefiya/Riveria- 30(At their absolute best currently)

---Magic Destruction(How much damage could you do to an abandoned Orario before mind down)

Yang- 100% (Casually)

Welf- 100% (Some effort)

Thalie- 100% (A lot of effort)

Riveria/Lefiya: 15% each (At best)

---Most skilled fighters(Martial Arts etc)

Thalia----------100

Finn------------35

Ais-------------30

Ryuu ----------- 28

Bete / Mikoto---25

Welf ------------ 20

Yang------------5 (Don't trust him with any dexterity weapons)

---Current character ages: (Yes I changed some to fit the story, mostly Loki's girls)

Gods- Timeless

Fels: 800+

Riveria: 92

Gareth: 56

Mia Grand: 54

Finn: 42

In the shade: 40

Tsubaki: 37

Thalia: 27

Bete/Asfi: 22

Welf / Ryuu / Aisha: 21

Yang:19 (His birthday was between him leaving the hospital and the War Game)

Aina: 19

Ais / Tiona / Tione / Lefiya / Cassandra / Daphne: 18

Ouka: 17

Mikoto / Chigusa / Lili / Haruhime: 15

Bell Cranel: 14

---Overall strongest(Full combat potential in a duel) adventurers are:

Yang>Thalie>Welf>Finn>Gareth>Bete>Ais>Tiona>Tsubaki>Tione>Ryuu>Phryne>Aisha>Riveria>Lefiya

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Other Radom stuff in my notes;

---Yang's current stat total is roughly 57,583 before Alatreon. That makes him numerically equivalent to level 11.5 adventurers, all before skills and magic are considered...

---Most expensive equipment in Orario:

Thalie's Spear Hokori after Mosoka was destroyed...

---Can anyone outside of his team hurt Yang(Chaos Mark):

Most of their big attacks are spells, mainly elemental spells so it would be up to Finn and/or Gareth to get in a super lucky surprise hit, they could draw blood, like a small cut...

---Zeus & Hera familias VS Alatreon:

Alatreon wins but takes some damage, medium difficulty...

---Trifecta Vs The World:

Trifecta wins, surprisingly easily and quickly...

---Cut content from this book:

I had an entire horror/insanity/paranoia-themed expedition planned based on Demogorgon (Real Demogorgon not the Stranger Things version) and his layer of hell, The Maw of the Abyss...

There was also a shorter volume in which Freya would be invited into The Empire for a royal gala and drag Yang along, trouble would arise because people for some strange reason don't want a weapon of mass destruction walking into their city, weird...

---There were a lot of monster encounters cut out in every volume, including my favorite monster, Raging Brachydios...

---The love interest was never intended to be Lefiya, after they broke up I wasn't sure who it was going to be. Initially, I leaned toward Asfi, but Hermes would have been too annoying to write. Airmid was the other choice and the Medbae chapter was a test run but I didn't like the worried housewife and superhero husband dynamic they would have had. Freya was chosen because well...she brings a lot of conflict and I wanted to practice for writing Azula in another story...

---Original endings:

Originally in a super early draft, before I even came up with the whole 'The Angel' idea, they would find Ais's mom on the bottom floor and take Loki's familia with them to rescue her because they needed Ais's special spirit bloodline wind magic. The final scene for this draft was Welf and Yang speaking at Thalie's grave, Yang leaves Orario with Riveria and Welf becomes a mentor for Bell. In this version, the dungeon ends on floor 100...

There was also a version of this book where again Yang X Riveria would be the main pairing and there would be two endings, one where he stays and another where he leaves...

---Only 4 adventurers in the world can fly...

---Only 3 people know that Hephaestus can get pregnant: Hephaestus. Thalie, and Tsubaki.

---Outside of The Trifecta, Hephaestus, Tsubaki, Lefiya, Freya, Mikoto, and Riveria's dad. One other adventurer knows about Yang X Riveria, but nobody knows that this person figured it out since the first morning after she spent a night in Yang's bed. And no, it's not Finn...

---Aside from Tiona and Riveria, The Trifecta don't particularly care about anyone else in Loki familia, Yang still doesn't like Finn, because Yang doesn't like wannabe heroes, and he's a bit petty...

---If given the chance, yes, Tiona would throw herself at Yang, but after he said she's 'built like a ten-year-old boy' and she found out he was with someone, she decided to just be friends, and since Freya is in the picture nobody smart is willing to try so much as flirting with him...

---Yang's top speed? We'll actually find out before the story ends so I won't spoil that here :)

---With Ottar dead Thalie is now the tallest adventurer, at least in any major familia. Bete and Yang are tied for second at 6ft tall. Ottar was 6ft 11 inches, and Thalie is 6ft 2 inches tall. Mia Grad aka Little Giant, is only 5ft 11 inches

---Mikoto is only 5ft 2 inches so it likely looks somewhat humorous when she walks or sits beside her mom, Thalie...

---With Yang's journals, Loki familia would only be able to make it to the floor 69 boss room and encounter the Xixecal, they wouldn't sustain the resources or numbers to clear the boss with their current capability. However, they would rather easily clear the Valgang dragons which they've been stuck on for quite a while...

---It would only take 1 year for Yang to train Lefiya to be Loki's strongest adventurer...

---Of all Loki's executives, Tione has the least growth potential, while Lefiya and Bete have the most...

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