Overpowered Wizard-Chapter 264: B3: C54: Champions and Reviews 2 (Soft NSFW)

Yeah, I got some tension, Zarian thought.

I know. I’m getting hungrier, Para thought. Please fix that tension of yours while I enter my private space.

Aye, ma’am, Zarian replied.

With Justin gone, Ruvaria turned and looked at Zarian and Para. She freed the wizard-parasite duo with a flex of her power.

Para flipped off the sync and returned Zarian’s brain to its normal hardware capacity. Blood and a few brain bits poured down his nose and dripped over his broken jaw.

Embarrassed by the mess he was making in front of Ruvaria, Zarian reached up for his face, but the well-dressed elf woman appeared before him suddenly.

She put her hands up to his face and gently fixed his jaw back into place for him. She disregarded the blood that stained her hands and looked into his eyes as she helped him.

Para helped fix his jaw further along with his ragged vitality. In that department, he would be okay. He was still a mess of a human being, having to suffer a backlash from abusing the power of the Lion Prince too much. But he had a working jaw in only thirty seconds at the very least.

Ruvaria batted her long eyelashes and pouted a little.

“I’m sorry I stepped in,” she said.

“No, no, it was great that you did,” he said hoarsely, feeling a little woozy from the brain overdrive and damage. That part was going to take a little longer to heal. “It would’ve gotten bad if I had to get serious with Three Percent Darkness.”

“It would’ve cost you too much for no actual results,” Ruvaria said. “Regressors like that, especially Champion Rankers, have a way to escape death in case it finds them in the Lesser Realm. Even if you defeated Justin here, the eastern board of the Walled Continent would’ve suffered. Maybe it would’ve affected the world considerably. I’m sure you wouldn’t want that.”

Zarian honestly didn’t want that.

He’d fought three titanic battles in a shorter time than expected. One with Naomi. One with the Toy Knight +1 of Shadowfell. And that last one with Justin.

Zarian was barely being held together. Para was doing a lot of heavy-lifting for him.

He wasn’t in the mood to shake up the world any further. He could use some time on a more grounded adventure, honestly. Or to punch down on others weaker than him, but not too weak where it was no fun.

Zarian hugged Ruvaria, cherishing her. As much as she could be a doomer, she did so much for him it was almost surprising. There wasn’t enough thanks he could give her. All he could do was think of ways to reciprocate.

He gave her a nice and long kiss that made her toes curl and her body lock up. He pulled back and let her lean against him as he looked across the square.

The five elves remained perfectly fine. They had the same carved talismans Justin had, which granted the elves barriers that had kept them safe from the Champion Regressor’s power.

As of now, all five of the Slayer Scout Masters were frozen, unaware that their summoned regressor was gone. And unaware that their Forever Green Empress, their Chosen One, their greatest elder was having her dark affair right in front of them.

“What did you do with Justin?” Zarian asked.

“I sent him into our direct sun, the Corma Star,” Ruvaria said. “I had to do it with a more personal spell compared to how I handled his arrows. He has powerful enough abilities that would’ve normally negated such tactics. But I’m stronger than him. So I threw him into the sun and forced him to get ejected back to the Greater Realm.”

“Nice.” Zarian looked up at the dimming Corma Star.

Para spoke through the gaps in his body that she held together with her dark red threads. “Are you doing that, Teacher Ruvaria?”

“To the Corma Star? Yes. I imagine you’ve probably figured out how, Para.”

“The Corma Star gives power to the World of Castles and Caverns. Your time stopping array is draining that power with the world as a medium.”

Ruvaria nodded. “Very good answer. Though, I will admit that the array would’ve been more efficient if it wasn’t for certain … worldly changes to the tectonic plates. Thankfully, I make redundancies with most, if not all, of my arrays for this very reason. It’s a good practice to do so in case the initial effects of the array fail because of unforeseen events.”

Yeah, everybody, you better back-up your arrays with more copies of the same array in case a rampaging wizard shakes the entire world you want to use when casting a global time stop spell.

Zarian chuckled, shaking his head. He reached over and rubbed his scarred hand along Ruvaria’s ear, making her shiver.

He kept fooling around with her ear until he was ready to speak aloud some new emerging thoughts.

“I imagine the Star Core gives power to the Corma Star just like all the other stars. Everything is centered on the Star Core for multiple realms, hence the name ‘Star System’ instead of its old name as the ‘Alignment System.’ Without that, this universe wouldn’t have all this magic and what not, I bet,” Zarian said.

He released Ruvaria’s ear so she could pay more attention as he spoke on. “Though, that leaves me wondering what happens towards the end of the climb for those who go from zero to hero with little of a big starting point like what I have or like an outsider. Does everyone get their own personal star cores so they become less reliant on the Star System? My theory for that is based on what’s happening above and how Aura Ignition works, especially the Third Ignition, stability. Am I getting that right? Am I close?”

Ruvaria beamed a bright smile, staying silent instead of answering.

Maybe it wasn’t her business to tell the secrets of the Star System. Or maybe she wanted to let Zarian and Para figure it out for themselves.

Still, she glowed like a teacher who was thrilled by the rising intelligence of her star pupil.

The way she could switch from being a lover to being his teacher had Zarian feeling nice. He liked both sides of Ruvaria. Though he probably liked the teacher more. Losing the lover would hurt. But keeping the teacher was the best outcome if he had to choose.

Still, he enjoyed the moments where he had both. He’d gone through too much not to have delightful moments like these.

“Well,” he drawled. “I think we should probably stop holding up the world. But … maybe we can take advantage of this.”

Ruvaria tilted her head aside, her long braid swaying behind her. “What do you suggest?”

“First, let me show you some techniques from my old world. They are unsophisticated and dumb. But they get straight to the point.”

“I would like to learn. But wait,” Ruvaria said, making Zarian freeze before grabbing her by the waist. “Nothing happened between me and the human Justin. I simply watched over his growth decades ago, said a few things to him, and thought little of it. He was like everyone else who grew their power under the dogma of traditional good, becoming zealots and simpletons. Still, he seemed to have a bright future.”

Ruvaria sighed, recalling an uncomfortable memory. “Before he selected his option to ascend, he proposed to make me his wife and take me all the way to the top. He even proposed to be a good father to my family. I rejected, of course, and instead of handling it with grace, he turned on me with vitriol before he left.”

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Zarian winced, feeling second-hand cringe for Ruvaria while also feeling second-hand embarrassment for Justin, at least at first. He totally understood where Justin was coming from, though.

The archer was probably an awkward guy who was terrible about voicing his feelings. He’d done everything at a dramatic moment that was a little too late. Then his ego had crumbled from getting rejected and he relied on rage instead.

Zarian could understand, even if he couldn’t condone that behavior.

Still, Zarian could almost feel some kindred spirit with Justin for a few seconds. As if he was commiserating with the awkward guy before Justin became a raging jerk after getting rejected.

Then the wizard shrugged it off.

He took Ruvaria over to the corner for a quick lesson on doggy-style while standing, which wasn’t as sophisticated as some of the elven bed arts she’d shown him. Admittedly, going at things with a more primitive angle was fun though, especially since he had to hold her off her feet and treat her like an object. She was very short, after all, so it was a given.

She didn’t seem to mind being his toy, and she turned out to be a quick and enthusiastic learner. She voiced how she liked the simplicity in between screaming his many names such as Dark Lord, Dark Saint, or whatnot.

He called her the Chosen One while he gripped her large braid in one hand, held her hip with his other hand, and wrapped up her torso with his tail, ensnaring her completely for maximum leverage and fun.

There was something satisfying about being the Dark Lord while fucking the Chosen One. Zarian couldn’t put his finger on why, though.

Once they finished, Zarian pulled out a bean bag chair from Para’s pocket dimension and laid Ruvaria on it. Then he took a simple and common stool out of the pocket dimension.

He placed it down to the side of Ruvaria. While she enjoyed the afterglow, he turned his attention to his stockpile of notifications and focused on his gains. His tail swayed from side to side behind him with mounting excitement.

He was ready to embrace his changes.

He wanted to do it now to let go of the worldly madness he’d gone through since Grimrock. He wanted to chill out and place his attention on his friends while studying his grimoires like a classical wizard.

Ruvaria didn’t seem to mind waiting for him. Even when her array turned one of the two suns darker and darker.

“You’re right, Para,” Zarian said.

His parasitic companion slowly edged out of her private space in his mind. She spoke through the threads that were holding his body up. “Hm?”

“I like dominant women who can flex their stuff,” Zarian said, glancing down at his marriage ring. “I like them a lot, even if they can be annoying sometimes.”

“As long as you are happy to have a preference and will not deny yourself release from your tension for too long,” Para said. “Now, shall we look at our notifications before Ruvaria drains the power of the sun and turns the world darker?”

“Yeah, sure, let’s do that.”

<Compiling notifications for Zarian Sainte-Darkrun for easier viewing!>

<You’ve defeated over 35,000 enemies. You’ve saved over 1,000,000 lives.>

<Congrats, you’ve completed the Mythical Side Quest: Kill Shadowfell’s Latest Toy For Being Too Scary.>

<Your skill, Overwhelming Darkness, leveled up from 40 to 63!>

<Your skill, Lion Prince, leveled up from 9 to 27!>

<Your skill, Parasite Cloak +3, leveled up from 82 to 100!>

<Your skill, Spectral Spider Network +3, leveled up from 76 to 90!>

<Your skill, Intense Arcana Hat +1, leveled up from 15 to 24!>

<Your skill, Grand War Mage Body Furnace, leveled up from 9 to 24!>

<Your skill, Advanced Grimoire of the Voidling Exile +2, leveled up from 48 to 64!>

<Your skill, Advanced Grimoire of Black Magic +2, leveled up from 44 to 58!>

<Your skill, Advanced Grimoire of the Hell Gator +2, leveled up from 40 to 42!>

<Your skill, Advanced Grimoire of Freaky Morphs, leveled up from 19 to 20!>

<...>

Zarian paused the review to enjoy the moment.

He also waited to watch Ruvaria slip off the bean bag chair and dawdle over to him. She sat in his lap with a warm smile and reddened cheeks. She wriggled around there, making herself comfortable.

A few mental nudges from Para helped Zarian stay focused. He didn’t allow the naughty, sun-draining, world-stopping elf from distracting him.

It wasn’t easy, but the gains came first now that he was fully acknowledging them. Especially when he saw he had some long awaited advancements he needed to check firsthand.

The unfortunate part was how Gator and Morph came out with little growth from the past ten days. But Zarian figured once he calmed everything down and switched to grimoire studies, he could work on those two more intentionally.

Either way, he hurried to check out the advancements because Para was growing super impatient.

She was going to advance at Level 100!

What’s going to happen to me? What’s going to happen to us? Para rambled inside their mind.

Zarian continued the review.

He immediately noticed no advancements from Overwhelming Darkness and Lion Prince. That was to be expected.

Those two were ultra bloodline skills, and they were as powerful as they could be at the moment. At least based on the information Zarian currently had.

That was not the case for Para and the other advancing skills.

<Your skill has advanced! From Parasite Cloak +3 to Parasite Phantom!>

<Your skill has advanced! From Grand War Mage Body Furnace to Wizard Body Conversion!>

<Your skill has advanced! From Advanced Grimoire of the Voidling Exile +2 to Advanced Grimoire of the Voidling Exile +3!>

<Your skill has advanced! From Advanced Grimoire of Black Magic +2 to Advanced Grimoire of Black Magic +3!>

“Oh, shit,” Zarian said.

“Uh. Uh. Uh. Zarian,” Para said. “I can feel it happening and not happening. Don’t stop. Please continue. I’m in the middle of the advancement!”

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“How curious,” Ruvaria said, switching from flirty lover to exquisite researcher.

Nevermind the blackening Corma Star above. She would drain a whole star of its power just to stop time and watch Zarian and Para’s growth.

Zarian hurried things along while flipping the notifications around. He figured it was more important to leave Para’s changes to the end.

So he went for the achievements next, then personal level, then personal growth, and finally ability advancements.

<Achievement Rewarded! First Killer of Corrupted +1 (Unopened)!>

<Achievement Rewarded! Shaker of the World of Castles and Caverns (Unopened)!>

Achievement Rewarded! Survivor of a Champion Regressor (Unopened)!>

<Achievements Opened!>

<First Killer of Corrupted +1 (Mythical): You killed a very scary thing. Unfortunately, that might not be the last of its kind. More might appear. But here’s a scroll for defeating such a dreadful monstrosity that was breaking the beautiful sub-parameters of the Star System. Scroll of Anti-Corruption Bomb (Mythical).>

<Shaker of the World of Castles and Caverns (Mythical): You are becoming too destructive for this world. Here, take this scroll for the next time you need to unleash more of your ridiculous power. Scroll of Temporary Outer Dimensional Battle (Mythical).>

<Survivor of a Champion Regressor (Mythical): While still bound to a Lesser World in a Lesser Realm, you fought a Champion Regressor and survived. Normally, such a feat would be so incredible you would be paraded as a hero. But you’re the Dark Lord, so have this scroll instead. Scroll of Mythical Banishment (Mythical).>

Three rolled up scrolls fell from the air.

Ruvaria caught them with her hands and gave them a scan. Her eyes widened. “Wow, these are powerful scrolls. More than anything I’ve gotten in my early years. You continue to impress me, dear student.”

“Happy to do so, dear teacher.” Zarian nodded curtly as he moved on.

<You’ve leveled up from 115 to 120! +30 Willpower, +10 Wonder, +15 Mysticism, +60 Free dispensed!>

He dumped the Free stats equally on Wonder and Mysticism. He moved on to the next.

<You’ve grown, earning +12 Willpower, +8 Strength, +7 Agility, +13 Wonder, +14 Mysticism! You’ve advanced the trait Aura Magnificence (Epic) to Aura Transcendence (Legendary)!>

“Oh damn, oh damn, oh damn,” Zarian muttered.

Ruvaria kept studying him curiously as the Corma Star became even blacker.

Zarian had no idea how long it would take one of the two suns to return to its full glory. He imagined he would get blamed for that.

That was okay. He was the Dark Lord. He would own up to it later. The blackening sun was the least of his concerns.

Para couldn’t even speak. She was in the middle of an evolution that would make a vast change for her and for Zarian.

With nothing else in the way, Zarian dove into the new descriptions and options from his advanced abilities, starting with Aura Transcendence and ending with Parasite Phantom.

<Aura Transcendence (Legendary): You’ve transcended the limits of most mortals with your aura and magic channeling. You can reduce waste to an extraordinary degree, maximizing your efficiency to legendary heights. The effort needed to disrupt your channeling is enormous. You can even improve the aura channeling of others nearby. The more mystical they are, the better. Finally, you get +75% to Wonder and Mysticism while channeling.>

<Choose an option for your Advanced Grimoire of Black Magic +3: [1] Upgrade a spell. [2] Turn a skill into a spell. [3] Combine two spells into one better spell.>

<Choose an option for your Advanced Grimoire of the Voiding Exile +3: [1] Upgrade a spell. [2] Turn a skill into a spell. [3] Combine two spells into one better spell.>

<Wizard Body Conversion (Level 1): The way you cast spells can change your body when this skill is active. This can also buff various physical attributes in Strength and/or Agility. The aura cost is extremely high. Scales with Wonder and Mysticism.>

<Parasite Phantom (Level 1): Para is now a predatory phantom. Through you and other fleshy targets, she can exist, feast, interact, enhance, shapeshift, conduct magic, and hold objects in her pocket dimension. Beware! She has an extreme appetite to match her growing power and high aura cost. Scales doubly with Willpower.>