Overpowered Wizard

Other than his lower back flaring with intense pain, Zarian knew things were especially wrong when the Star System sent notifications in a panicked tone: <What is happening to him? This is not how his class reselection is supposed to go.>

<Something interrupted the sub-parameters for his Second Class Advancement.>

<Is he going to die again?>

<Please prevent him from dying.>

<Alert! Please prevent him from dying!>

<Alert! Please prevent the Dark Lord’s death!>

<Alert! Please prevent the Dark Lord’s death!>

The Star System’s panic changed the public notifications floating in the air from screen size to giant billboard size. The color switched from gold to red, matching the intensity of the System’s warnings.

Zarian hadn’t seen the Star System freak out this much except for when he’d pulled the trigger on himself. Maybe the Star System was especially upset because something had gone out of its control again.

A scream wanted to fight its way out, and he kept holding it back, sounding like a grunting animal as the pain in his lower back redoubled.

He saw white spots in his eyes, and everyone looked shady and out of focus around him.

He felt Gilbert’s Healing Force +3 try to pump into him, but nothing could ease the pain. Then he felt Gilbert’s Tranquilizer Touch +3. That helped soothe some of the pain, but not all of it.

“Breathe, Zarian, breathe!” A fuzzy outline with Naomi’s voice knelt next to him.

She placed her hands over one of Zarian’s own, and he gripped back with all of his Strength. She was strong enough to handle the pressure.

“One, two, three! Breathe! One, two, three, breathe!” she instructed.

From behind him, he heard the panic in Para’s voice. “I can’t stop it! Something is emerging from his back, and I’m powerless against it. Please, help him!”

“I’m doing all I can, okay?!” Gilbert shouted. “Is he going to die? He has a charge on the Divine Revival Charm, right? That should prevent him from dying.”

“Father, don’t leave me again!” Foodie cried out.

“I’m not going to,” Zarian grunted in between big breaths. “Something … is … changing.”

“Could it be what I think it is?” Bianca asked.

“The truth of his lineage,” Hannah said in awe.

“One, two, three, breathe! Now push!” Naomi demanded.

Zarian roared with more volume and depth than ever before. His roar resounded far across the Grimrock Castle Mountains, traveling so far that even the citizens at Crossdeath heard the power and anger in his voice.

Hearing that, most humans instinctively screamed and acted out in terror. Outright hysteria broke out at the basin camp of adventurers. They acted like headless chickens from hearing Zarian’s massive roar.

The son of ultra gods cared little for the fears of mortals right now. Despite Gilbert’s best efforts and Naomi’s encouraging instructions, the pain rose tenfold.

He felt his body change, especially the end of his spine. Something wanted out of his back. It had to come out no matter what.

Instead of suffering this pain any longer, Zarian pushed with all of his might. He listened to Naomi repeat her instructions and pushed so hard he fractured a tooth from between his clenched jaws. Gilbert’s Healing Force +3 fixed that and nothing much more.

A large clot of blood burst free from his back, splattering on himself and his friends, and only then did the pain turn into a deep relief.

Zarian collapsed forward, and Naomi caught him and hugged him close. Her body felt soft and welcoming, and Zarian appreciated all of that despite the tense disappointment with her class reselection.

Everything quieted down.

He leaned his head on Naomi’s chest for a while and heard her thumping heart beat. He felt his daughter’s grip on his side, which comforted him even further.

Finally, he paid attention to the weighty addition to his back. He could sense it with his wondrous and mystical perception. He also felt how the air swished and fanned as the new addition coiled about.

Zarian slowly broke away from Naomi and looked back at the long and muscular lion tail extended from his lower back.

The damn thing was as long as he was tall. Maybe even a little longer, which was impressive, because Zarian wasn’t the same height anymore.

Standing firmly to his feet, he noticed the change in his own frame immediately.

Hannah called it out first. “You’re six feet now.”

“Yeah, I am,” Zarian said.

Just like that, he’d grown an extra three inches.

The only people who’d grown taller while enjoying the splendors of Infinita were Gilbert and Bianca. It seemed like the new world and magical food had introduced a late growth spurt for them.

Thus, making them both statuesque to the point of some people looking up to them as if they were half-giants, Gilbert especially.

Zarian had heard people refer to the big blue-eyed blond as if he was part bear. But now Zarian was taller than the average human from Corma. And his viscera-covered tail seemed extra long to him for some reason.

Zarian looked as the tail meandered back and forth from one side of him to the other. Sometimes it would fan against the Parasite Cloak +3 with the puff ball of fur at the end looking heavy, matted with blood.

“Hey, let me clean it for you,” Naomi said.

Before he answered, she stroked her hand over the tail from the base to the tip, which Zarian remembered to call a tuft. She used her psychic power to push the blood out of the fur and down the tail.

The clingy mess splattered onto the courtyard floor. The black tuft at the end became poofy and pristine.

“Hey, you didn’t need to touch him for that.” Bianca pouted. “You did that to touch his tail first, didn’t you?”

“Yo gano.“ Naomi laughed. “I win.”

“This isn’t going to be a thing, right? We aren’t all turning into cat people, right?” Gilbert asked. “I don’t need to be a tom cat. Trust me on that. I really don’t.”

“It’s not letting me fuse with it,” Para said from the cloak. “This is the first time I’ve been denied like this.”

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Zarian looked down at his taller, bigger, and denser body. He looked back where his daughter stood with eyes opened wide, ears raised, her head turning to follow the motion of his waving lion tail.

She was looking more like a green-skinned cat right now.

I feel like I’m getting set up for some big joke, but I don’t know what it is, Zarian thought. Out loud, he said, “Let’s move on, Star System. We’re over halfway done.”

Everybody agreed. The excitement over his tail’s appearance didn’t die down exactly, but it dipped under the surface for now.

Zarian ignored how hard the others stared at his new body part. The most interesting thing was how Para had to work around it as she formed into a modestly spiky throne for him.

Before he sat down, Zarian thought quickly about his tail. Then his instincts kicked in. His tail swooped around his waist multiple times until it became like a wide waistband.

With the warm and fuzzy thing wrapped around his lower torso, he could sit back comfortably.

“One last thing,” Hannah blurted out, taking a seat on a simple stone chair she’d crafted. “Why is Lion Prince a skill and not a trait?”

“I can’t say exactly without looking at it,” Zarian replied. “But it might be like Overwhelming Darkness. Lion Prince has to be a skill attached to my soul instead of ingrained into my soul, or it might take over my soul. My ultra family has to do these things because they are a lot scarier than we thought.”

Zarian held up his hand before Hannah asked another question. “We need to move on, Hannah, please.”

“Sorry.” She quieted down, head tucked low.

Zarian hated to see it, but there were too many factors that weren’t out on display just yet. Right now wasn’t the time to get bogged down by the minutia.

Still, he didn’t like how stifled Hannah looked.

“After we’re all caught up and updated, we can dig into the nitty gritty later. At least before we head off to our next adventures,” Zarian said in encouragement.

Hannah didn’t respond, but she seemed to take that better.

The Star System returned with screen-sized notifications, all gold again.

<Well … the Infinita Star System remains unbroken and unconsumed.>

<So … hooray.>

<Let us proceed where we left off. I will ensure to streamline as much as possible.>

<Zarian Sainte-Darkrun: Conquest Wizard (Mythical) has been chosen!>

“WHAT?!” Zarian and Gilbert shouted together, with the Conquest Wizard’s voice resounding with a louder and deeper range.

The two looked at each other as if they weren’t sure who should go first. Then Gilbert palmed his face and grumbled unintelligible words into his hand until he grunted something more decipherable at the end.

“He’s a saint? How is he a saint? Is that supposed to be a sign or something? Does that make him a fallen saint instead of a fallen angel?” Gilbert was clearly exasperated.

Zarian could hardly believe the name change. Would this have happened if he chose anything else other than the Conquest Wizard? Why did the name change happen? Was it because of the feverish dream he had of meeting a fake version of the Biggest?

Did his little sister have a name change? What if she didn’t?

What would that do to them going forward now that his ultra lineage renamed him as Zarian Sainte-Darkrun?

“Go,” Zarian muttered, trying to get ahead of the complications. “Go, go, go.”

<Yes, sorry, of course. Onward and upward.>

<Hannah, Naomi, and Zarian! You’ve all gained one additional alpha skill slot! You’ve all gained three additional beta skill slots!>

Altogether, that meant they had six alpha skill slots and eighteen beta skill slots in the Level 100s. Zarian didn’t think that was nearly enough with their growing choices in skills and the possible future skills they could earn.

They were going to need skill combiners. Maybe, just maybe, they might get lucky with that as a reward from their achievements. But that was nowhere near as important as the rank up segment.

<[7] Rank Judgment.>

<Hannah Townhouse: Your actions have deemed you masterful for your level! Do you wish to join the rankings? There are drawbacks. Experience gains for your personal level will be highly reduced. Experience gains for your skill levels will be moderately reduced. But you will be considered a Master Ranker and granted more exclusive opportunities across the Star System. You will also gain an additional +5 Free Point per level.>

<Naomi Washington: Your actions have deemed you masterful for your level! Do you wish to join the rankings? The drawbacks are the same as stated above. But as a Master Ranker, you will be granted more exclusive opportunities and an additional +5 Free Point per level.>

<Zarian Sainte-Darkrun: Your actions have deemed you masterful. The drawbacks and benefits are the same as stated above if you decide to become a Master Ranker.>

<Do you wish to join the Master Rank?>

“Of course!” Hannah shouted.

Naomi smirked. “I’m the master now.”

“I’m all in,” Zarian said.

<Congratulations, Hannah, Naomi, Zarian! You are in the rankings now for Master Rankers! You’ve all gained an additional +5 Free per level.>

Before anyone could applaud or cheer, Zarian urged the Star System onward.

It almost felt like he was cracking the whip. He would’ve felt bad if it wasn’t for how the System had so many unique mechanics that took time to review personally.

<[8] Post Level 100 Level Ups.>

<Hannah Townhouse: You’ve leveled up from 100 to 101! Stat points dispensed!>

<Zarian Darkrun: You’ve leveled up from 100 to 103! Stat points dispensed!>

That caught them all off guard. Bianca recovered first and got to cheer out. “See, Hannah! You are more than good enough!”

“Not now, Bianca,” Hannah mumbled, cheeks turning red.

“Congrats,” Naomi grouched with open envy.

“Amazing,” Zarian said, enjoying the three levels of significant stat points.

He couldn’t wait to dump his Free Points somewhere after gaining so much post rank up. Only Master Rankers would know how hard each of those levels was to get.

They had experience reductions from the Hell Gate, from hitting Level 100, from not ascending, and from being Master Rankers. So, yes, gaining any level right now was a feat worthy of devout worship from all the human kingdoms around the Walled Continent.

How many Master Rankers are human? Could Zarian even count himself? Did it matter? The Floridians were progressing hardcore.

Knowing all of that, a rumbling tone reverberated from his throat.

A deep, rumbly purr.

He ignored the wide-eyed stares from the others. He paid more attention to Foodie who couldn’t stop herself from crawling into his lap.

She was done with cooking for the morning anyway. The little goblin princess rubbed her hand over his fuzzy waistband tail as the Star System moved on quickly.

It was finally time for the pièce de résistance.

<[9] Achievements.>

<Gilbert McDonald: You’ve earned … seven achievements!>

<Achievement rewarded! Hold the Gate!>

<Achievement rewarded! Unbroken Weak Link!>

<Achievement rewarded! Hell Gate Crawler!>

<Achievement rewarded! Hell Gate Closer!>

<Achievement rewarded! Hell Gate Supporter!>

<Achievement rewarded! Hell Gate Healer!>

<Achievement rewarded! Main Quest Success!>

<...>

<Bianca Garcia: You’ve earned … nine achievements!>

<Achievement rewarded! Large Transformation!>

<Achievement rewarded! Dragon Goddess Banisher!>

<Achievement rewarded! Paladin Slayer!>

<Achievement rewarded! Archbishop Breaker!>

<Achievement rewarded! Hell Gate Crawler!>

<Achievement rewarded! Hell Gate Closer!>

<Achievement rewarded! Hell Gate Angel!>

<Achievement rewarded! Hell Gate Devil Huntress!>

<Achievement rewarded! Main Quest Success!>

<...>

<Hannah Townhouse: You’ve earned … ten achievements!>

<Achievement rewarded! Super Expedient High Wall!>

<Achievement rewarded! Disregard Medieval Warfare Balance!>

<Achievement rewarded! Cannoneer Enthusiast!>

<Achievement rewarded! Hell Gate Crawler!>

<Achievement rewarded! Hell Gate Closer!>

<Achievement rewarded! Hell Gate Rune Chaser!>

<Achievement rewarded! Hell Gate Portal Eruptor!>

<Achievement rewarded! Main Quest Success!>

<Achievement rewarded! Level 100 Success!>

<Achievement rewarded! Enter the Master Ranks!>

<...>

<Naomi Washington: You’ve earned … eight achievements!>

<Achievement rewarded! Hold the Gate!>

<Achievement rewarded! Hell Gate Crawler!>

<Achievement rewarded! Hell Gate Closer!>

<Achievement rewarded! Hell Gate Solo Artist!>

<Achievement rewarded! Second Ignition Breakthrough!>

<Achievement rewarded! Main Quest Success!>

<Achievement rewarded! Level 100 Success!>

<Achievement rewarded! Enter the Master Ranks!>

<...>

<Zarian Sainte-Darkrun: You’ve earned … ten achievements!>

<Achievement rewarded! Immoral Conventions of Mass Destruction!>

<Achievement rewarded! Hell Gate Crawler!>

<Achievement rewarded! Hell Gate Closer!>

<Achievement rewarded! Hell Gate Leader!>

<Achievement rewarded! Hell Gate Boogeyman!>

<Achievement rewarded! Hell Gate Genocider!>

<Achievement rewarded! Hell Gate Devil Destroyer!>

<Achievement rewarded! Main Quest Success!>

<Achievement rewarded! Level 100 Success!>

<Achievement rewarded! Enter the Master Ranks!>

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