Chapter 307: Cheng Tian Believes There Are Three Kinds of Heroes — Himmel, Frieren... and Lancer
[Limited Achievement: Demise of the Demon King (Completed)]
[Completion Condition: During the first-clear strategy of the 'Ys Origin' dungeon, completely defeat the deeply demonized hidden BOSS 'Demon King Darm' and sever any possibility of his future resurrection.]
[Achievement Reward: Title 'Origin Hero', Legend +1.]
[Origin Hero: Gold/Legendary, Title. At the behest of the Twin Goddesses, as the one who successfully defeated Demon King Darm, your reputation will swiftly spread throughout the entire Kingdom of Ys through the words of the Temple Knights and Sorcerers, earning you the titles of 'Hero' and 'Savior'.
Furthermore, as the Twin Goddesses have attained uniqueness and primordiality, your heroic deeds have extended into all subsequent storylines of the 'Ys' series, recorded and passed down through statues and historical texts. In a certain parallel Ys dimension, your deeds may even become the inspiration that prompts certain main characters to officially embark on their adventures.
Regardless of your character, the act of defeating the Demon King cannot be falsified. Your reputation will be widely propagated in dungeon worlds featuring the 'Hero and Demon King' theme. Therefore, even without equipping this title, your faction alignment tendency in relevant themed dungeons will be fixed as 'Justice Faction' and you will always be an enemy of the 'Evil Faction'.
When you equip this title —
You will more easily receive active assistance from NPCs of the Justice Faction;
You will more easily suffer targeted attacks from the Evil Faction.
You will be able to use certain equipment items restricted to the 'Hero' profession.
You will be more likely to attract the favor of NPC units with the 'Princess' tag.
When facing BOSS units with the 'Demon King' tag, you will gain constant BUFF effects of 'Fear Immunity' and 'Morale Boost'.]
Since Cheng Tian had already completed the achievement of destroying the Twin Towers of New York, the seemingly spectacular act of destroying the Twin Black Towers did not yield any additional Legend.
However, as expected, defeating Demon King Darm and the achievement title it provided granted 1 point of Legend.
The most crucial point here was actually the Twin Goddesses.
With Cheng Tian's help, Demon King Darm was incinerated, and the Twin Goddesses did not have to fall into slumber. As beings who balance order and freedom, they would not choose to let Cheng Tian's achievements be buried. Even if Cheng Tian didn't need it, they would spread the word.
Besides the Goddesses, the people of Ys also needed a role model from humanity. From every perspective, Cheng Tian was a perfect fit.
With Cheng Tian as a role model, the emergence of new Heroes in the distant future of the Ys worldview became a matter of course.
Cheng Tian now had 2 points of Legend, and all skill judgments were implicitly increased by 20%. The only ones who could contend with him were other players with the same Legend.
NPCs, at least, did not receive this benefit.
However, one of the effects attached to this title still greatly interested Cheng Tian: the effect of "more easily attracting the favor of princesses."
The Hero defeats the Demon King, and the King marries his daughter to the Hero – this is a classic trope passed down since the Dragon Quest era.
Then... does Princess Maraudon count?
Perhaps influenced by the Mammoth's brain in its merged state, Cheng Tian was clearly contemplating some rather terrifying thoughts.
Opening his panel, Cheng Tian reviewed it from top to bottom.
[Name: Cheng Tian / Aoko / DX233180]
[Title: Origin Hero]
[Race: Earth Human]
[Profession: Heart Priest, None]
[Attributes: Strength 21, Agility 14, Spirit 50, Charm 25, Legend 2 points, Fire Resistance 30%, Wind Resistance 10%, Lightning Resistance 10%]
[Assignable Free Attribute Points: 0]
[Assignable Free Skill Points: 3 points]
[Status: HP = 5P = 1250 / 1250, No special BUFFs]
[Talents: Game Expert, Remnant of Scorching Sun's Blessing]
[Inherent Skills: Hundred Demons' Night Parade B-rank Lv4, Ten Commandments C-rank Lv4, Titan's Grip B-rank Lv4, Devil's Concerto B-rank Lv1, Remaining Skill Slots 2]
[Additional Skills: Soul Salvation, Chariot Master, Bounty Hunter, Holy Grail Mission, Ghost Rider Transformation]
[Additional Equipment: Ogre's Gauntlet, Gale Blade, Thunder Halberd, Blazing Dragon Sword (Three weapons attached to Ogre's Gauntlet)]
[New Items: Wings of Azure Sky, Purple Lightning Hammer, Silver Harmonica, Gold Bracelet, Book of Ys: Heart, Fact Family Crest, Staff of Darkness, Asura Ice Soul]
[Wealth: 85,000]
No matter how he looked at it, the harvest was bountiful, not to mention a series of things not just reflected on the panel.
For example, being able to ask a goddess for help once per dungeon.
There were still some new items from the treasure chest drops that needed to be allocated, but that could wait until he returned to the Space.
It was time to wrap up the dungeon.
"So, your entire dungeon has been incorporated by the Space?"
Waving his highly elastic long nose, Cheng Tian asked the Twin Goddesses with a serious expression.
Looking at Cheng Mouren's new appearance, his older sister Reah was dumbfounded, opening her mouth for a long time, unsure what to say. His younger sister Fina, on the other hand, couldn't hold back and began to laugh and cough while clutching her stomach, experiencing both pain and joy.
It must be said that the two Goddesses' emotional fluctuations over the past century combined were not as much as they experienced this single day, especially when Cheng Tian was present; he always managed to come up with unexpected new tricks.
It was only then that Cheng Tian belatedly disengaged from the War Elephant fusion, transforming back from the Second Great King of Lion Camel Ridge.
On the other side, the pointed-headed Mammoth kept scratching its head, having a strange illusion that it had grown a brain during the merging period.
"Yes, not only us sisters, but the entire Kingdom of Ys has now accepted the protection of the Space. When necessary, the Temple Knights and the Sorcerer collective will appear as mercenaries of the Space in certain places where they are needed," Reah said truthfully, her complexion returning to normal after seeing Cheng Tian revert to his usual form.
In essence, they were there to clean up messes for certain players.
For example, the 'Cadillacs and Dinosaurs' dungeon that was previously corrupted by the Adventure Island fragments. If the players who accepted the quest unfortunately all perished within it, the Space would dispatch NPC mercenaries to resolve and conclude the situation.
Or for certain retreat missions, NPC mercenaries would also appear and assist.
Hearing the Goddess's reply, Cheng Tian felt strangely peculiar.
Even including the black and white Twin Towers he proposed to build, he always had a feeling that the current Heaven's Chosen Space seemed incomplete, or rather, that there were still many areas that could be optimized.
As an old Game Expert, he seemed to smell a strong scent of a version update patch.
And it was the kind where patches and sequels grew out of the player community itself, much like the community atmosphere of 'Left 4 Dead' and 'The Elder Scrolls'... "Let's go! I want to visit your personal independent space!"
Cheng Tian was about to say something more, but Fina had already unreservedly grabbed Cheng Tian's hand, looking eager to return to the Space.
Meanwhile, a certain girl who had completed the purification of her elf bloodline also embarked on her journey back to the Space.