Danmachi - Eldritch Apostle

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Two days later, Niall was checking his stats only to see an enjoyable achievement he managed to grind for in a short period.

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Name: Niall

Race: Human? (2/100) ???

Level: 1 --> 2

PWR: 1500 SS --> 0 I

SRV: 1500 SS --> 0 I

DUR: 1500 SS --> 0 I

POWERS

(Azathoth's Blessing)

● Gives a user a different state of mind, removing emotions and offering protection against charms and any attack on a user's mind.

● Granting the user his own self-efficient Falna connected to the Necronomicon. In exchange for needing an achievement to level up, the user must max out all its stats to 1500 to level up.

(Chaos Sultan) --> (Sleeping Chaos) *Next evolution at level 4*

The ability creates a shockwave around its caster or at the target the caster chose, repelling all objects and people in the vicinity with tremendous force. An invisible force field that pushes everything away, causing massive destruction in its wake. 

*(Author here! This is a new evolution of Niall's spatial wave ability, instead of just sending waves Niall will now send invisible shockwaves that are far time more effective and powerful than the previous version of this ability, imagine it as a combination of Pain's Shinra Tensei and Hector's Authority. Niall now can both send the wave or use it to push away his opponent like Pain does).

(Hastur's Cloak) Current level protection: 0-2 --> 0-3.

It grants the user the ability to summon a golden transparent cloak around their body, completely protecting them from any harm that is level below or above their own.

QUESTS

● Unseal the Dungeon in Melen

- Progress: Uncompleted

● Kill 100 People using Chaos Sultan Ability

- Progress: 54/100

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Niall looked at the page of his status inside a book of Necronomicon, "The evolution for Chaos Sultan is broken, shame that I haven't gotten any new skills, but this is more than enough for now since I'm just a mere level 2 now."

Niall closed the book and stared at the old ceiling; he was currently residing inside his hidden church base. He changed his mind and decided to stay here until he got that building ability. After that, he'd most likely head for Rivira so he could build a house on a tree there.

Not like that would be smart, considering what will happen to the tree in about three years, but for now, that location would do. Even though there's no doubt that his house on a tree would attract some unwanted attention, that can wait for later.

Niall got out of his bed and exited the church, heading straight towards the marketplace so he could buy some stuff for future endeavors.

Walking around the market area, Niall noticed all kinds of merchants and people doing business inside it. There were a bunch of different-looking shops that sold different types of stuff. The most popular stands were with the dungeon equipment and then aphrodisiac.

"Honestly, these people, instead of getting stronger they're focusing on messing around like animals in heat..." Niall glanced over at one stand led by an amazoness, it was a stand full of aphrodisiac and potions similar to such.

Men swarmed the stand like ants due to sudden sales held by the amazoness merchant, "Come, come now boys!! Potions of all kinds to enjoy your deepest desires all night, just at Maya's shop!!!" the amazoness yelled with pride as the people rushed to her stand.

"Get me three of those!"

"I WAS FIRST! I want an entire box of those breeding potions, my wife demands more of them, or else she won't have sex with me!!"

"NOBODY CARES ABOUT THAT KIND OF INFORMATION!!!"

The men fought over who would get the potions the most, since it was a limited sale, the lustful men wanted to get as much as possible before prices went higher again. In short, that amazoness would get rich tonight.

Niall rolled his eyes and searched for a clothing stand, eventually finding one after looking at the different stands for a while. A smaller cart-like stand stood in a darker corner of the street, with only a city lamp giving some bit of light to it.

At it, its shopkeeper, a mature renard man, stood with his tobacco pipe like a true gentleman. His hair was black as night, but his eyes were white as snow, and his tail had both white and black colors like yin and yang.

"Interested in anything I offer, boy?" the man calmly asked Niall as he saw the silver-haired boy staring at him, not giving a glimpse of emotion on his face.

"Hello, good sir, do you perhaps have any good cloak and a mask? If possible, I would like a green cloak good for the rain." Niall tried to be as polite as possible, to avoid making the man suspicious of whatever.

But the fox man could see right through the boy's disguise; however, he decided not to involve himself in any shady business. Instead, he would just treat the boy as the usual customer.

(Picture of the cloak)

"This is the only cloak I have that matches your wishes. I also have masks from the Far East and a couple I've acquired from other merchants in this town," the man said, handing over the cloak to Niall and scanning the boy momentarily.

Niall gazed over the green cloak, which had the color of a dark green forest. It was very comfortable and long, perfect for his needs.

"How much would this cloak cost? Also, I want one of those moody black masks that resemble that of an octopus. May I know the cost for that one too?" The man reflexively handed him the mask without care.

(A picture of the mask)

"I will give both of those for 100 valis to you. What do you say, kid?" the renard man spoke emotionlessly, making Niall raise an eyebrow before returning to normal.

"Fine by me. It was a pleasure doing business with you, sir. Farewell." Niall gave the man a bag of hundred valises and bid goodbye to him.

A few minutes later, the man suddenly looked around in a rush, searching for the boy but couldn't see him anywhere.

"Why the hell did I give that expensive cloak to that kid for just a hundred valises? And that mask... I don't remember having any mask like that in my possession." The man searched around his stash but couldn't find any other mask than the ones from his homeland, which were shaped like a fox.

He couldn't fathom what just happened. The cloak was made from very expensive materials from the Far East, protecting the wearer from even the harshest climate.

"I'm going to leave this city at once! This place is full of witchery and evil magic that just charmed me into scamming me!" The man's face switched red from anger, trying his best to hold back from yelling in public.

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"Phew, man, I am lucky to find the mask that matches the whole vibe I'm going for in this new life of mine!" Niall commented aloud, his voice barely audible in the busy night streets of Orario.

Niall headed toward the darker street corners where nobody could see him. When he made sure that he wasn't being followed, Niall put on his cloak for the first time.

"Weird how this cloak was so cheap, but it looks like it's made of the finest material out there. Not to mention that it's light, which is something that cheap cloaks aren't known for," he mused, happy with his good catch.

"Now to put the mask on and check my appearance in the nearby window..." Niall put the mask on and approached a nearby house window, expecting to see a genuine shadowy appearance that wouldn't risk exposure.

As he approached the window, Niall's reflection shined onto himself. "I look exactly like a Cthulhu worshiper from Call of Cthulhu..." he quietly murmured, looking at his newly oddly scary appearance.

Nodding to himself, Niall noticed a brief change in his eyes. His once-white eyelid suddenly turned black, and his green eyes turned a darker green, similar to how Diablo's eyes look from Tensura, but just green instead of yellow pupils.

His nails grew as sharp as the sharpest blade, not too long but long enough to notice a difference from a closer view. Niall also felt his once human teeth grow sharper and his tongue sturdier so the sharp teeth wouldn't harm him.

Taking off his mask, his face looked more devilish now. He still maintained a natural expression, but his face narrowed a little bit to make it look like he was full of malicious intent.

"Hell nah, I can't go back to society if I look like this. This is most likely an evolution since I'm now 2% not human," he thought, assuming his appearance had returned to normal like he wasn't a demon just moments ago.

He waited a few seconds before thinking about how to activate and deactivate this state at will. Using his imagination like before, Niall managed to activate that new state at will.

"I guess I can change my appearance whenever I want. The more I grow, the better I'll be at it, and the less human I will be," he thought before a voice called him from nearby.

"Hey, you there! What's a boy like you doing in this place? You'll have to pay a tax for crossing into private property, you know?" the mocking voice of a man came from the nearby street corner, revealing a cat-man approaching.

"Who the heck are you? And why would I pay a tax to some random goofy-ass cat bastard like you?" Niall mocked the man, visibly frustrating him.

But in a second, Niall recognized who the man was. It was the same man who pushed the hunt for Ryuu back in season 4 of Danmachi. The same man who wanted to hunt Ryuu so badly because he was deeply scared of her.

"What did you just say, you little bastard?! I will teach you proper manners and how to talk with grown-ups," the man sadistically smiled, signaling with a hand sign.

Suddenly, from hidden areas of the shadowy street, a group of men emerged, ready to do the worst to the boy. But they didn't know that Niall wanted to test his new ability. He wanted to say that famous line that Pain used whenever he used his ability.

The group of men charged at the boy with high speed, but Niall could easily see their movements in slowed motion. He waited for them to come close enough before releasing a single sentence that would be infamous for its destructiveness.

"Shinra Tensei."