Galaxy's First Ruler

Aldrich had a hunch after losing his original body since the time he heard Trifon addressing him as the God of White and Black.

Countless theories kept coming to him based on what he had observed and the things that he had found out from the Earth's Dungeons. But it felt like there was a piece missing, preventing him from seeing the entire picture. So, when he got to hear the matter related to legend and privileges of Crawlers, an idea came rushing to him.

There was a reason for him to go against his nature to decide to save the Earth's Dreamers from falling into the various kingdoms' hands. Aldrich only had a wild guess, floating about him, but it was enough for him to send the Tomislav trio on a mission related to this guess. And from the grace of the Risk and Lesson just a moment ago, he had got to verify his theory.

The Crawler's face was full of bafflement and rage, seeing the exaggerated smile on Aldrich's face. Aldrich sensed Sha's presence and sent her an order through the bond they shared. His palms got closer and closer to each other until he felt the compression in his arms.

Aldrich had always wondered why uttering the name of that Being couldn't bring about any changes in the material world. He had seen Berb muttering the same type of names through Sha's memories, and he didn't bring about any attention from those Beings. At that time, his focus had gone to the strange pyramid. And yet, even after seeing the pyramid, Aldrich couldn't find out its use.

But now he knew.

He finally found out what the so-called Blessings were. They weren't Skills or some kind of protection methods.

The pyramid, and the blessings, were nothing but a means to mimic the traces of Laws related to the Being they called out to. And the blessings were bestowed by the Wills of those Beings. The only difference between them was that the objects like the pyramid were artificial, making them a cheap copy of a copy.

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Houuuu!!!

The surrounding air became viscous, and thousands of Creatures of Darkness howled around Aldrich. A depthless hole opened in the middle of his forehead, and Black Veil came popping out from his body. The presence of the Veil was almost indistinguishable from his body. Aldrich's mouth parted and but the language that had come out wasn't anything like that of a human.

"RECORD…

… I, the GOD OF WHITE AND BLACK, on the authority of my status as a Legend, request to sacrifice my Skills for getting freed from Penalty."

Darkness, for a moment, reigned the space within the boundary of pillars. 

The ever unseen and unfelt Creatures peeked into the material world. Their faces made the space distort as if it was paper. Their dark, formless eyes were planted on Aldrich, as he was their messiah. One more push, one more effort, one more step out of the Darkness, and they could interact with the Mana to become pure element beings called Darklings.

AHHHHHHSSSSS!

The screams coming out of the Crawler's mouth were deafening but got ignored by the changes happening around it. Its skin broke apart, its eyes burst out, and foam came pouring out of its mouth. But the fear on its face wasn't because of the condition of its body, but because of the language that had come out of Aldrich's mouth.

For the first in the Galaxy, a Crawler had got to know the terror of a Class, which had yet to make a debut outside the Dungeon. A Generalist could master anything in the shortest amount of time. And only a person like Aldrich could use this Class to its full capabilities.

Aldrich hadn't found out the third unknown Law that had come out of the Viscount Sugaar. But he had something that could mimic that, better than any other object in the Galaxy, the Black Veil. He knew it was extraordinary for it to filter out that sense of dread from the words coming out of the Ancient Oracle Rosalia's mouth. At that moment, he didn't know that it was the Language of LAWS.

As soon as Aldrich ceased the chant, the familiar words materialized in front of him.

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Processing request…

Checking the authenticity of status' authority…

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Authority confirmed

Boss Crawler: God of White and Black

Legend: A God that brought about the religion of duality, the Savior of Billions, the Destroyer of Doom

State the Name of the Being to whom you want to sacrifice the Skills…

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An evil smile came upon Aldrich's face, surrounded by the Darkness, highlighting his white eyes and his waving white hairs. The bloodied Crawler could see the hole in Aldrich's forehead despite its bleeding eyes, and a hissing voice full of wrath came out of its mouth.

"You… What are you? You… You shouldn't exist. DIE!"

The Crawler shed it's disgusting and broken skin and lunged at Aldrich. Its speed was mind-boggling as, in a fraction of a second, it had slithered in front of Aldrich. Its claws, coated with slimy venom, reached towards Aldrich's throat. And Aldrich, with his stats, had no way to defend against them. But just as the claws were about to dig deep into his throat, a blinding flash came out of his right hand.

ALMIGHTY PUSH!

The level of Viscount and its strength were strong enough to resist either Push or Pull, but it was just too near to Aldrich. Its hand got blasted away as if hit by a hammer, and its entire body slid away from Aldrich.

ROARRRSSSSS!!!

Aldrich needed time to call out the Name, but the Crawler didn't seem to give him any leverage. The entire layer of clouds and the thunder riled up as it roared at Aldrich. One of its eyes turned into a condensed mass of winds, and the other turned into a lake of thunder. Lightning covered its hands and its breath became howling winds. Even the Rumok failed to keep it away as it approached Aldrich again. 

But the space between them wasn't empty anymore as a white-haired beauty was standing straight in front of Aldrich..

Her blue eyes were like pearls, and her body was the epitome of lust. Her left hand had claws, sharper than the Crawler. And in place of her right hand, there was a black shadowy humongous Megalith, pointed at Viscount Sugaar's face.