After acquiring the guild base, Makoto closed communications once again and chose to start building the guild.
First, he maxed out the NPC levels through microtransactions.
The base 2,450 points plus the 300 points from microtransactions totaled 2,750 points, which was exactly equal to Nazarick without any paid additions.
He linked the interface to the portable network drive he had brought back and selected 24 powerful Level 100 class builds to copy and paste directly.
Leaving 350 points, Makoto planned to save them for experiments after transmigrating to see how creations worked in the other world; perhaps he could exploit a bug to create an exceptionally powerful NPC.
Besides being sufficiently powerful, these classes were all meticulously selected by Makoto.
They either possessed Heteromorphic race levels or special classes like [Xian], ensuring the NPCs would have no lifespan limits.
As for their appearances, they were drawn using AI software based on images of anime characters from his past life’s memories.
There was everything from loli and young girl types to mature, “onee-san” style characters.
To put it bluntly, as a pervert, opening a harem was one of his dreams!
And being terrible at naming things, he didn’t bother coming up with new ones and just borrowed them directly.
The settings were simple.
Besides their personalities basically following the original anime characters, he added a series of excellent settings—regardless of whether they would be useful—such as [Absolute Loyalty, Loves Amon Nikolai], [Prioritizes Amon Nikolai’s Interests Above All Else], [Genius], [Fast Learner], [Peerless Beauty], [Master of All Arts], [Harmonious Relations with Other NPCs of Novas Aethel], [Lucky], [Beloved by the World], [Proficient in Otherworld Knowledge], [High Growth Potential]…
and so on!
He then began rapidly arranging the guild according to the information on the network drive.
He extravagantly stuffed two [Siege-class Golems] onto each island as the first line of defense, followed by monster mercenaries, and then assigned two NPCs as commanders.
Then came various buildings: [Sleeping Quarters], [Treasury], [Grand Hall], [Barracks], [Prison], [Dining Hall]…
Unexpectedly, even though he was just following a guide, it took Makoto a full five hours to complete the basic deployment.
He would leave the rest for after he arrived in the other world, which would be a good chance to see if the [Genius] and [Master of All Arts] settings he gave the NPCs were actually useful.
Next was the Guild Weapon.
Having plenty of rare materials and data crystals, Makoto could naturally follow the highest standards, but he needed to consider the specialization direction—ideally one that complemented himself.
Opening the system, Makoto checked his own status panel.
[Amon Nicholas]
Title: Eternal Ruler of the Floating City
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Level: Lv93
Karma: 50 Find the original chapter at g.com.
Alignment: Neutral
Residence: Private Bedroom, 7th Floor of the Floating City, Novas Aethel
Class Role: Special-type Annihilation Magic Class (Caster: Others)
Classes: Taoist — LV15
Xian (Immortal) — LV10
Shi Jie Immortal — LV5
Battle Mage — LV15
Soul Devourer — LV10
Demon Soul Martial Saint — LV5
Priest — LV15
Radiant Archbishop — LV10
Creator of Light — LV5
World Calamity — LV1
Inverted God — LV2]
After clearing Novas Aethel earlier, Makoto’s level increased by one, reaching Lv93.
Due to the passive of the Inverted God class, he belonged to the Caster: Others category.
This is a general term for magic casters who do not obtain their spellcasting abilities through mana, faith, or spirit.
The reason for choosing the [Shi Jie Immortal] line for his spirit-type magic classes was simple: besides the most important factor of eternal youth, the [Xian] passive [Immortal Demeanor] provided a large amount of attribute resistances.
It also had the [Carefree] crowd-control removal skill.
Shi Jie Immortal has a skill called [Corpse Liberation] that allows Makoto, after his health bar is depleted, to consume a [Relic-class] item as a cost to prevent other items from dropping and respawn at the guild with only 1 HP and 1 MP.
When his health is not depleted, he can consume a [Legacy-class] item to force an exit from combat and return to the guild.
In the game YGGDRASIL, item tiers are divided into: [Inferior] (Levels 1-10)
[Low] (Levels 11-20)
[Middle] (Levels 21-30)
[High] (Levels 31-40)
[Legacy] (Levels 51-60)
[Relic] (Levels 61-70)
[Legendary] (Levels 71-80)
[Divine] (Levels 81-90)
[Guild Weapon] (Levels 91-100)
Many max-level players don’t even have a single [Divine-class] item; Legendary-class is considered high-end, while Relic-class items are the mainstream.
To avoid dropping equipment while exploring dungeons, it’s common to choose to use Top-class or even lower-tier items.
Most players would be heartbroken for a long time over losing a single Legacy-class item.
Even more troublesome is having only 1 MP left after respawning.
HP can still be restored with items, but in YGGDRASIL, where there are no mana-restoring items, it takes nearly six hours to fully recover MP.
In other words, one loses the eligibility to explore dungeons for the next hour or two.
Although it’s not very popular in the game, if it were in the real world, combined with the three health bars provided by [Trinity] and the ability to clear status ailments when a health bar breaks…
Based on the information from his past life, as long as he doesn’t go looking for trouble, almost no one can kill him.
It doesn’t matter if his attack power is a bit lacking; otherwise, what would be the point of having 24 max-level NPCs, a large number of high-level monster mercenaries, and World-class items?
Survival is what matters most!
There isn’t much to say about the Faith-type classes; they just align with the [Lord of Myriad Armies] skill, choosing to specialize in summoning to further improve the various attributes and duration of Angel-type monsters.
If anything, Makoto deliberately avoided the [Summon] tag and instead chose the paid class [Creator of Light], whose skill descriptions included tags like [Create] and [Modify].
If he guessed correctly, after transmigrating, they would be able to exist permanently, just like Ainz Ooal Gown’s [Death Knight].
As for the Magic-type, Battle Mage provided some melee capability; perhaps the passive [Combat Instinct] could provide some melee talent?
[Soul Devourer] and [Demon Soul Martial Saint] are definitely paid classes.
Besides the dual bonuses to magic and melee, their main effect is increasing mana recovery speed and gaining mana after defeating enemies.
After all, the [World Calamity] class penalty includes increased mana consumption, while the [Inverted God] class penalty reduces MP recovery speed to one-third.
The burst damage is indeed high, but it’s simply not sustainable!
If he goes all out, after applying all buffs and starting with Great Calamity, followed by a Super-tier magic, then another Great Calamity, two 10th-tier skills, another Great Calamity, and using the [Sinful Silver Coin] to restore mana before one last Great Calamity, he would be completely out of mana!
Then he would have to wait nearly twenty hours to fully replenish his MP!