Chapter 171 ~ Descendant of the First Light

Chapter 171 ~ Descendant of the First Light Information. That was the single most important thing within a game such as Yggdrasil, where all players are encouraged to explore the world and find information on their own. And its importance was especially magnified when it comes to battle. If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle. This was one of, if not, the most famous quote by Sun Tzu that had been written and immortalized within his book “The Art of War”. And Momonga could not agree more. If he could know his enemy’s races and job classes, he would be able to know what kind of skills and racial traits they would have, and in turn, predict their every move and behavior. Preparing for them before the battle and countering them during battle would then be very simple, and his victory would be all but guaranteed. And this didn’t only apply for a duel. A single information about the enemy guild’s strongest player’s job class could easily change the tides of battle and increase his chances of victory drastically in a guild war. This was why Momonga had always been keen on learning about other races and job classes, the skills and spells they have within their repertoire, their racial traits, etc. And within Ainz Ooal Gown, he was perhaps one of the most knowledgeable players when it comes to spells, job classes, and races. However... “My race and my class... I think they’re simply too... “special”. I think it’s not even something from Yggdrasil, but from the Group Chat itself. And maybe... it’s a hint to the kind of being behind the Group Chat.” Throughout all the years he had spent playing Yggdrasil, he had never heard of a job class or race that would give a player the appearance of a Half Demon and Half Angel. There might not even be any player with such an appearance. After all, if there was, they won’t be able to hide it for long given its flashy and recognizable appearance. Players might not have found this type of race or job class yet. It might still be hidden within a yet to be known quest or raid boss that would reward them with Yuuji’s class or race upon completion or defeat. However... After more than a decade since the game launched, hundreds of thousands of players exploring every nook and cranny of the world, Momonga started to doubt it even existed within the game... Perhaps, it was as Aika and Yuuji said. The job classes and race Yuuji, Aika, and Lelouch got from the group chat might not exist within the game. “... Can you tell us what they are?” The crimson wisp of light within Momonga’s orbital bones focused on Yuuji, bated in anticipation. Lelouch, who had already been given “memories” from the group chat, was already aware of the races and job classes Yuuji had. Thus, he was now thinking about the last part of what Yuuji had said before. While Aika, she was staring at Yuuji with sparkling eyes filled with excitement, pride, and love. She couldn’t wait to hear how awesome her hubby was, even though she already knew every single aspect about it! “I... am both a Seraphim as well as a Demon Prince. But that’s not all. I am also... a “Descendant of the First Light”.” “Descendant of the First Light...” As Momonga expected... He had never heard of a player having those races. And this cemented his belief that the “special” races and job classes Yuuji, Aika, and Lelouch received did not exist in Yggdrasil. It was impossible for a player to have both an angelic race and a demonic race at the same time. And it wasn’t due to anyone not having found a quest or an item that could grant them an angelic and demonic race at the same time. Once a player chose to play as an angelic and demonic race, the other path would be forever unavailable to them. It was... simply impossible to choose the other race once they’ve chosen one. Many players have actually tried to do it. To combine two unlikely races in hopes to create a new race never to be had before and gain additional powers no one had. But the most they could achieve was the creation of the “Nephilim” race, which was a combination of Angel and Human races. By doing this however, while they would be stronger than a Human or Angel player at first, they would be unable to advance further into each of its advanced races. A Nephilim would never be able to gain the race Archangel, Seraphim, or High Human. They would simply stay as Nephilim and perhaps advance into Greater Nephilim, which would still be weaker than a Seraphim and barely equal to High Human in certain circumstances. That is why, most players opted to focus on one race and advance it as far as they could, or use their levels to level up their job classes. Moreover, while he did not have any evidence, Momonga was quite certain that the “Descendant of the First Light” race did not exist in Yggdrasil. The only “True Light” it might allude to within Norse Mythology, which Momonga deeply read about to try and find any hints about yet to be known places, items, characters, races, etc. within the game, was a man named “Aurvandill the Valiant”. The man was quite a minor character within the Norse Mythology. He was only mentioned once within the Norse Mythology where he was described as the husband of the witch Groa. And the only reason why “True Light” might allude to such a minor character, was due to his name having the most semantically plausible interpretation as a compound word which meant “Ray of Light”. There was nothing more aside from that. And Momonga doubted that was what Yuuji’s race referred to. To him, “Descendant of the First Light” sounded like he was a descendant of... a God. Baldr, the son of the Allfather Odin, was the God of Light. But he was not the “True Light”. And there were no other Gods described specifically as “True Light” within Yggdrasil nor the Norse Mythology. And since the race did not exist within Yggdrasil, then it might not be referring to anything related to the game or the Norse Mythology. Yuuji received this character with the race “Descendant of the First Light” from the Group Chat when he came to participate in the mission. Which meant... it was most likely that the God referred to as the “True Light” was the being who created the Group Chat... ‘No, I’m going too far... Let’s hear what Yuuji has to say first.” Momonga shook his head and turned his attention back to Yuuji. “I see... I certainly haven’t heard of it before.” Yuuji nodded, having expected his words as a matter of fact. “Actually, this race is the reason why I doubt the races and job classes existed in Yggdrasil.” “Oh? Why?” “...Because it gives me infinite potential. Including the potential to go beyond level 100 and the ability to gain experience twice as fast as others would.”Reêad latest novels at novelhall.com If the room was quiet before, it has become a vacuum now as Momonga sat frozen in shock. “I-I-Is that true...?” Despite seeing the small nod from Yuuji, Momonga still could not believe it... The trust he had in Yuuji was, needless to say, infallible. Having known them inside and out and forming a bond with them, all members of the group chat were like family to him... If he couldn’t trust them, then there would be no one in any world that he would trust. But, that just made Yuuji’s words even more astonishing. In Yggdrasil, the level cap was 100. And although he wouldn’t know if the same level cap existed within the new world, having it would essentially guarantee that he would be able to level up and become stronger infinitely, given the time. Moreover, Yuuji was also capable of gaining experience twice as fast. It was essentially a permanent double exp buff... “...Just how broken is your character?” Momonga didn’t know if he should be happy, shocked, or envious, because he was feeling everything all at the same time. But in the end, he felt... proud and happy for him. A few moments later, the four Supreme Beings noticed something. “Tooooh!!!” From the VIP box, a figure leapt with an energetic shout. The figure jumped down from the height of six storeys, somersaulted in mid air, and landed with the gracefulness and gentleness of a butterfly descending on a flower. A feat done by pure physical prowess without any magical and physical enhancement skills. “V~!” Then, the figure smiled widely and made a double v-sign of victory. A cute, dark-elven child of about 11 years old had descended from such a height, and immediately ran towards Yuuji and the others like a child would upon meeting their parents. Her face bore a wide smile of excitement, bright as the sun. Her hair resembled threads spun of gold that reached her shoulders. Her mismatched eyes, one blue and one red, seemed eager and filled with excitement and happiness as they gazed upon the group of supreme beings. She wore a shirt of light leather armor that was reinforced by crimson red dragon scales with the emblem of Ainz Ooal Gown proudly displayed on her vest, stitched in gold onto the white background. Below that, she wore a pair of white, long pants, matching her vest, with a whip coiled across her waist and right shoulder and a longbow behind her. The moment she came close, Aika immediately stepped up and kneeled down to match her height, and opened her arms wide. “Oh my~!!! Aura-chan~ It’s so good to see you~!!!” “A-Aika-sama!” A momentary look of shock flashed across her cute yet androgynous visage as hesitation filled her heterochromatic eyes. To be welcomed with such wide, open arms by a supreme being, not to mention, the closest supreme being to her own “parent” and creator, filled her entire being with utter joy, happiness, and honor. However, hesitation stemming from her own self-judged worthiness to be welcomed into the embrace of a supreme being made her stop in her tracks. “A-Aika-sama...” “Come on. Come here, Aura.” The soft, motherly look of the most beautiful supreme being melted her heart, along with her own resolve and hesitation. It would be... fine, right? After all, Aika-sama had “ordered” her to come. So she must come to her... Slowly, the guardian of the sixth-floor, no... The dark-elven child ran once again and leaped into Aika’s embrace as she wrapped her hands around the small child, and buried her face into her cleavage. “Fufufu~ I’ve missed you, Aura. Do you miss me?” “Y-yes... I missed you as well, Aika-sama...!” Aika stroked the guardian’s little head, combing her silken golden threads through her fingers as her jet-black feathered wings enveloped the small child into its warm, protective embrace. “Where is your brother, Aura?” “A-Ah! H-He’s still up there, Aika-sama! I’ll call her right away!” “Fufufu~ It’s fine. I will call her.” Aika let go of Aura, though still keeping her left arm around her tiny waist, before looking up to the VIP Box. “Mare. Would you come here, sweetie~? I’ve missed you.” Her voice was soft and soothing, yet it traveled a great distance that it reached her target as if they were right before her. A head popped up from the edge of the VIP Box. A head of spun golden threads just like his sister’s. “A-Aura-sama? U-Uuuh... Y-Yes! I-I-I will be there soon...! E-Eiii!!!” A look of hesitation and fear filled his cute visage as he responded to Aika’s call with a trembling voice. Yet, he gathered up his courage as he clenched his tall staff, taller than him. Then, with a shout, more to encourage himself than to do a battlecry like her sister, he leapt out from the VIP Box. The dark elven boy landed on the ground, much less gracefully than her sister, but with more or less the same level of effortlessness, though she appeared to be a little more wobbly. His clothes had the same basic white color as Aura, but a short section of flesh peeked out below his short skirt. And his legs were covered in white silk stockings. He was more lightly armed than Aura, with a pair of lustrous white gloves on his dainty little hands, and the gnarled black staff in his hands. Then, after recovering from his jump and tidying up his skirt, Mare ran towards Aika. The same hesitation flashed across his face the moment he saw Aika welcoming him with open arms. He looked towards his sister, saw her smiling brightly, and pushed himself to come closer to the supreme being. “Uwah-!” As soon as he got close, Aika pulled him into her embrace and rested both twins’ heads above her shoulder as she hugged them tightly. Her wings enveloping both Guardians of the sixth floor like a mother bird would her children. “Fufu~ You’re both so cute~” Mare squirmed in embarrassment, yet at the same time, warmth filled his heart... “Bukubukuchagama-chan had told me to consider the two of you my own children. And I plan on doing just that. So, I would be happy if you can at least treat me like your aunt~” She let go of the twins to meet them face to face, and what she saw was two pairs of shocked, widened eyes. “And this is not an order. You are free to consider me whatever you wish. But, I will be treating you as my own from now on, okay?” A drop of tear. Then a stream flowed down the heterochromatic eyes of both twins. Aika pulled them back into her embrace, before the twins began to cry as they now wrap their arms around Aika and pulled her, clutching onto her tightly. And as the guardians of the sixth floor cried in Aika’s embrace, Momonga watched them from the sidelines. The crimson wisp within his orbital bones dimmed as he closed his eyes. A mix of sadness, nostalgia, happiness, gratefulness, and ultimately, relief, filled his heart. ‘Thank you... Aika-san.’ Although the twins didn’t show it, he had noticed how much Aura and Mare missed their creators from the anime; their parents. Perhaps aside from his own creation, Pandora’s Actor, every NPC within Nazarick missed their creators, who had “left” them when they quite Yggdrasil. And though he would not be able to grant them their greatest wish to meet their creators again, at the very least... Aika could give the twin dark elven children the next best thing. For that, he was eternally grateful to Aika.