MMORPG: Rise of the Primordial Godsmith

1180  The Update Arrives (2)

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[To aid in the growth of Players, various regenerating dungeons have been placed and distributed throughout the planets chosen by the Apparatus.]

[These dungeons contain enemies with varying levels of strength, offering considerable rewards in the chances all of the enemies in these dungeons are cleared.]

[Due to how these dungeons are structured and distributed, it is highly recommended for both Players and non-Players to use the dungeons as a general guide to obtain strength.]

[The following dungeons have been added to Veldanyr: Cave of Beginnings, Den of the Dark Forest, …]

[With the advent of Players, various inheritances have also been placed and distributed throughout the planets chosen by the Apparatus.]

[Unlike dungeons, these inheritances are considerably harder to find, with some needing to obtain a set of items beforehand in order to gain access to them.]

[Nevertheless, just like the dungeons, these inheritances contain rewards that would allow the being that lay claim to it first to reach greater heights.]

"Well then." Reading through the chunk of notifications he focused his attention on, Valyr briefly whistled as his eyebrows slightly rose in interest. "To think the dungeons and inheritances I came to know in the past would also only become a thing after Greater Beyond was publicly released."

Briefly thinking back to the journey he took to get to where he currently was, it did not take long for Valyr to realize that he only frequented a couple of dungeons to get to his current point.

As for the inheritance he entered and obtained rewards from, it was an inheritance that opened long before Greater Beyond was accessible to the players.

Considering that it took a decade for the inheritance to gather enough energy for a group of people to enter, it made sense that the Four Pillars' Inheritance wasn't heard of in his past life.

"Then again, I might be wrong," said Valyr to himself sometime later. "Perhaps other players entered the Four Pillars' Inheritance during the later versions."

Briefly shaking his head to discard the errant thoughts in his mind, the young man soon came to the realization that he didn't really rely a lot on dungeons to obtain the strength he currently had.

With the reality of inheritances usually giving more rewards aside, dungeons weren't really known for allowing one's strength to grow by leaps and bounds.

If anything, dungeons only served to fortify one's foundation, with the rewards the dungeons mentioned in the notification more or less a common method players used in his past life to stably increase their strength. Nôv(el)B\\jnn

"If they were to obtain all of the rewards from the hardest mode of those dungeons, then I guess their strength would be able to match those at the pinnacle of their class rank."

"But if not, then their strength would just be slightly above average at best," said Valyr with a slight shrug. "After all, it's been proven that forging your own path to power without relying on the dungeons yields greater strength in the long run."

"But then again, it's only slightly above average when I'm comparing it to the strength other players have." "If I also take the strength of NPCs into consideration, well…"

"No point thinking about it." Briefly shaking his head at the thoughts lingering in his mind, Valyr stopped thinking about the what-ifs as he moved onto the next chunk of notifications the system threw at him.

"…Huh." Surprisingly, the next chunk of notifications that appeared on his screen mostly talked about the changes the Apparatus had applied to skills due to the version update.

Considering how each notification went through each change in detail, it went without saying that the current chunk was at least ten times longer than the chunks Valyr had gone through before.

Because of that, he eventually let out a faint sigh as he decided to skip over all of the notifications regarding skill changes, seeing as the changes could be more or less summed up into a couple of sentences.

"Defensive and support skills have been slightly buffed, while offensive skills have been slightly nerfed." "Well, in terms of cooldown and cost, anyway."

Faintly wondering to himself whether it was a good thing that the system was thorough in its information or not, Valyr soon moved onto the next chunk of notifications on his screen, which actually answered one of the questions he had in mind back then.

Ding!

[With the advent of Players, those who have access to the Non-Player Character Advancement System have gained additional features through the Extended NPC Feature Set.]

[As part of the Extended NPC Feature Set, you have gained the right to access the Greater Beyond Forum. This forum is currently only accessible to those living within the planets chosen by the Apparatus.]

[As part of the Extended NPC Feature Set, those who have access to the Non-Player Character Advancement System have gained the right to access the local Greater Beyond Forum (Veldanyr).]

[As part of the Extended NPC Feature Set, those who have access to the Non-Player Character Advancement System have gained the right to access the World Net (Basic).]

"Wait…" Going over these notifications a couple of times, Valyr slowly began to frown as a bit of realization dawned upon him. "You're telling me I was the only one who could access both the forum and the World Net before the game's public release?"

Feeling as if he'd missed out on a massive opportunity to make use of the advantages given to him, Valyr inwardly admonished himself for not making greater use of the two features during the past year.

Though, after mulling over the thought for a bit, the young man gradually began to calm down, letting out a low sigh as another realization dawned upon him.

"Well, even if I did decide to constantly use the World Net and the forum during the past year, there wouldn't be much point," the young man said to himself.

"The forum would be useless since I'd be the only one communicating there."

"As for the World Net… although it does give me insight as to what's happening back on Earth, with everyone just focused on what the game would be like during that time, there really wasn't much use for it either."

With those thoughts lingering in his mind, Valyr soon took in a few deep breaths before letting out a drawn-out exhale.

"At the very least, both features will actually see great use now." Muttering these words to himself, the young man soon moved on to the next chunk of notifications, only to then decide to save the remaining notifications for some other time.

Feeling like he'd already spent a lot of time looking through the notifications the system threw at him, Valyr hastily scrolled to the bottom of his notification screen, reading the last few notifications the system had for him.

[Access to the Greater Beyond Forum, Greater Beyond Forum (Veldanyr), World Net (Basic), Arena of Conferment, as well as the Star Ranking shall become available once Players have begun entering the world of Greater Beyond.]

[Remaining time before Players enter Greater Beyond: 2 hours, 49 minutes, 10 seconds.]

"Considering the time difference between here and Earth, that's like… half an hour, roughly," muttered Valyr to himself by the time he was done reading. "Then again… with many people having bought a copy of the game through digital stores… it does make sense."

"In any case, since the system itself has given me time to prepare for their arrival…"

"I guess it's time to set up shop."

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