Just call me Thor - Chapter 179

Chapter 179: God-Slaying growth path
Apollo’s response eased Mike’s worries a bit.

Knowing that Supreme Being Apollo had no connection to the Supreme Demon God was the best news for Mike.

“I need to go back.” Apollo’s figure vanished from the spot.

He returned to the ninety-ninth level of the Tower of Truth, pondering the question he had encountered earlier.

[What is the relationship between Supreme Being Apollo and the Supreme Demon God?]

A blank sheet of paper lay on the desk, and Apollo picked up a pen, carefully writing the first sentence of his answer.

With deliberate strokes, Apollo wrote seriously.

“A relationship of killing and being killed.”

After writing this, Apollo stared at the remaining blank space on the paper, lost in thought.

…

As the white clouds dissipated, Mike exhaled several times, feeling like he had narrowly escaped death.

Only then did he have the chance to check the personal rewards for conquering the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth levels with SSSS ratings.

“SSSS rating conquest of the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth levels, reward: [Sea God’s Choice]!”

[Sea God’s Choice]:

Option 1: Sea God’s Trial Path, gain a second class, become a favored one of the Sea God, and receive the Sea God’s blessing.

Option 2: God-Slaying Growth Path, gain a second class, and upon truly slaying a god, gain the god’s power. Choosing this path means bearing the Sea God’s curse.

“Sea God’s Trial Path, God-Slaying Growth Path, Sea God?”

Mike frowned slightly, more information appearing before his eyes.

[Becoming a god is the ultimate goal within the Tower of Truth’s power system.]

[At level 900, one must obtain ‘Godhood Qualification’ to complete the class change.]

Level 900, in humanity’s power classification, also belonged to the Battle Lord level.

“So, level 1000 is the ultimate goal of becoming a god?”

[At level 1000, create a divine kingdom, ignite the divine fire, and reach the 100th level of the Tower of Truth to become a true god.]

Mike couldn’t help but comment,

“This feels a bit off.”

The demon race had the Supreme Demon God. If humanity’s Supreme Beings became gods, what would they be called, Supreme Gods?

Strictly speaking, the matters of level 900 were still far off for Mike.

With his current level, he shouldn’t be worrying about these things.

However, as an SSSS rating conquest reward, it had pushed him to make a choice.

Carefully studying the four conditions for becoming a god:

Level 1000, a stage that currently only Supreme Beings among humanity have any hope of reaching.

Creating a divine kingdom, this might be related to the private space.

Igniting the divine fire, Mike had no clue about this.

Reaching the 100th level, the clearest yet hardest condition, as Supreme Being Apollo was still on the ninety-ninth level.

In simple terms, none of these conditions were relevant to Mike at the moment!

This reward, in the short term, was essentially a second class, likely related to the sea or water.

“Become a favored one or slay a god?”

Faced with these two choices, Mike felt there was no real choice.

He had encountered the Sea God’s daughter twice, and neither was anything good, both killed by him.

In this context, how could Mike choose to become a favored one of the Sea God?

“God-Slaying Growth Path!”

The moment Mike made his choice, a thunderous roar accompanied by lightning and howling winds erupted from the core plaza of the Core City of Truth.

A furious voice echoed in Mike’s ears,

“Those who disrespect the gods will be punished by divine retribution!”

The next moment, a pale blue light enveloped Mike.

“Second class obtained: [Wrathful Sea Mage] (SS-tier class template)!”

“Permanent state obtained: [Wrathful Sea Fighter]!”

“Skill obtained: [Sea Fury]!”

[Wrath of the Sea]: After chanting for 1 to 60 seconds, summon waves from the wrathful sea to attack enemies.

Each wave deals (500 + 2*Intelligence + Spell Power) damage to enemies and removes one positive buff from them.

Each wave increases the water element damage taken by enemies by 10%, lasting 10 seconds.

The number of waves summoned is related to the chanting time, with a maximum of 120 waves.

After reading the description of [Sea Fury], Mike nodded slightly.

The initial damage of the skill wasn’t high, but fully stacked, it was considerable. However, fully stacking it was extremely difficult.

Currently, Mike had wind, fire, and lightning elements at his disposal, so he didn’t lack damage!

The stacking damage of Wrath of the Sea looked powerful.

But in battle, making an enemy take the full 120 waves of damage was nearly impossible!

However, in Mike’s hands, combined with the upgraded [Wind Fury], a fully chanted [Sea Fury] could summon 360 waves at once!

Now that seemed interesting!

Mike looked at the state description,

[Wrathful Sea Fighter]: A warrior destined to contend with the sea, accumulating rage with each battle.

When the rage meter is full, choose one of the following effects:

1. The next attack/spell deals an additional 500% water element damage.

2. The next attack received reduces damage by 99.99%.

3. Permanently increase water element skill damage by 0.1% (up to 50%).

4. Permanently reduce water element skill chanting time by 0.1% (up to 50%).

5…

There were many effects for the rage meter, but most didn’t suit Mike’s needs. The first four were the most crucial.

“It seems the gap between SS-tier and SSS-tier class templates is quite significant.”

Mike compared [Wrathful Sea Mage] and [Stormwalker Magus].

The latter, upon acquisition, had a +50% effect on its element skills.

The Wrathful Sea Mage needed to accumulate 500 rage meters to reach a +50% damage increase!

In other words, the starting point of an SSS-tier class template was the endpoint of an SS-tier class template!

The rage meter added many trump cards for Mike.

Whether it was increased damage, damage reduction, or enhancing water elements, it allowed Mike to be more versatile in battle.

After Mike completed the class change, a curse descended, the price of choosing the God-Slaying path.

[Sea God’s Curse]: Rage meter accumulation speed -50%, [Wrathful Sea Fighter] effect -50%.

For a future god-slayer, the Sea God naturally had no goodwill.

[Note: At the next class change realm, you will encounter the Sea God’s projection. Defeat it to break the curse, and the rage meter accumulation speed +50%, [Wrathful Sea Fighter] effect +50%.]

Mike chuckled, “I bet after defeating the Sea God’s projection, there will be a new curse!”

Storing the second class template, Mike’s figure disappeared from the spot, returning to his private space.

There wasn’t enough time left to continue exploring, but plenty to handle some miscellaneous tasks.

…

Wolf’s Den welcomed a weary traveler.

“This trip wore me out!”

Maxen stood with his hands on his hips, feeling proud of himself.

The atmosphere in Wolf’s Den was lively today, filled with the joy of winning the major battle and the fact that Thor was footing the bill.

Everyone was eating and drinking to their heart’s content, celebrating!

Of course, everyone had their limits. They ate and drank for themselves, with no one packing food to take away.

Before Maxen could sit down, Nyx Valoria brought some ‘good news.’

“Maxen, the Mystic Market sent a message saying your credit has always been good, so they’ve proactively increased your prepayment limit to 3000 Battle Lord merits.”

“Also, the Wolf’s Den higher-ups approved your application, so your prepayment limit is now 5000 Battle Lord merits.”

“Oh, and there’s another…”

Listening to the string of good news from Nyx Valoria, Maxen could hardly contain his joy.

“Fortune is smiling on me!”

“Today, with Thor footing the bill, my wealth has grown even further. Double happiness!”

Maxen’s joy was beyond words.

Bang—

A large storage ring was slapped onto the table by Maxen.

Nyx Valoria was puzzled, “What’s this for?”

“To fill with booze.”

Maxen downed his drink in one gulp, mimicking Thor’s style,

“Fill it up!”