An indescribable feeling appeared on him; Hades felt as if he was missing something, a hollowness in his heart, a feeling as if something that originally belonged to him had been forcefully stripped away.
Then, he stretched out his hands in front of him, and the white skeletal bones made Hades' heart clench. He stumbled back a step in panic, filled with dread.
Imagine one day, suddenly discovering that the flesh on your hands had completely vanished, turning into skeletal bones; no one could remain calm, right?
Although Hades was mentally prepared, he was still startled by his own appearance.
But the next second, that feeling of terror vanished without a trace, and an unparalleled calm filled his heart, as if nothing could stir its depths.
"I've truly become an Undead."
Hades wiggled his fingers; although there was no flesh, they moved as he willed. He didn't know how bones could move without muscles, but that was the reality.
He used his skeletal hands to touch his face, and sure enough, it was also a skull. Hades turned his body, finding no discomfort; he not only had touch but also smell.
After pulling open his purple-gold trimmed Magic Caster's robe, Hades' hand passed through his ribs and into his chest cavity.
"It's empty inside, isn't it...?"
Hades was momentarily stunned, unable to understand the mechanism of this body. It was clearly just a skeleton, yet it had touch, and even a faint sense of pain.
Even though there were no organs within his ribcage, he possessed a sense of smell. Without lungs, how could air be drawn into the body to discern scents?
Hades had thought that if he had a sense of smell, he would at least have organs like lungs, just unseen. Yet, when he touched, it was truly just bone.
Clearly, it was incorrect to measure this world by the laws of his original world. Hades gave up on researching the operating mechanism of the Undead; at least now was not the time for research.
""Seed of the World Tree" successfully activated. Currently an Undead, with one Elf race stored. Hmm... It needs two minutes before it can be activated again..."
The "world tree seed" was tightly affixed to Hades' right wrist bone, with a two-minute cooldown after each activation.
His Undead body made him realize more clearly that this was the real world, because in YGGDRASIL, changing races had no physiological changes for players, but he was not very accustomed to his current Undead state.
In YGGDRASIL, Undead could only change races by using the "world tree seed." So, Hades, who possessed this world item, stored the Undead race in one of the two available slots for storing race data to avoid wasting this feature.
Although Hades was not accustomed to the Undead state and wanted to switch to the last stored race character, there was still one thing to confirm. Hades tried to bring up the Undead race's attribute panel.
Sure enough, in the next moment, the data for his Undead character appeared one by one in his mind.
Character Name: Hahahaha Hades
Race: Undead
Gender: Male
Karma: -500
Alignment: Extremely Evil
Profession Class: Magic Caster (Mana-based · Element Specialization)
Racial Levels: Skeleton Mage 15, Grand Necromancer 10, Night Grand Necromancer 10, Ruler of Death · Sage 5.
Job Levels: Elemental Mage (Earth Element Specialization) 10, Grand Elemental Mage 10, Elemental Communicator 10, Earth Connector 10, Earth Master 10, Evoker 5, Sculptor 5.
Unlike the pure warrior human race, Hades' second race was a pure Magic Caster. However, this profession combination could not achieve the ultimate firepower output, but his choice of this profession had his own considerations.
The reason was none other than the influence of the "world tree seed." Because he could switch between stored races, utilizing this feature, he could apply various BUFFs to himself as a Magic Caster, and then by simply switching races, the applied BUFFs would transfer to the warrior character.
Thus, as a warrior, he was effectively accompanied by a mage who could constantly provide him with BUFFs, even though an Earth Element specialized Magic Caster was not the best BUFF applier.
However, the advanced profession "Evoker" had an excellent synergy with warriors, and because world items were forbidden in officially organized competitions, otherwise Hades could easily win the world championship just by relying on this characteristic.
Without the "world tree seed," he would consider adding some spellcasting professions to ensure no weaknesses, but with this world item, going all-in on one path was the optimal choice.
Of course, this is not to say that possessing the "world tree seed" grants power beyond that of a world champion. To fully utilize the characteristics of the "world tree seed" and achieve a strength where 1+1 is greater than 2, players still need to be familiar with their stored race characters, and how to combine skills and magic to maximize their effects.
Additionally, the equipment for each character cannot be too poor; otherwise, with a weak foundation, no matter how well they combine, they cannot achieve a 1+1 greater than 2 effect.
However, for Hades, who was not short on money, each race character was inevitably equipped with divine artifacts.
"Fly"
Hades activated the flight magic, and that light-as-air sensation appeared again. Just like when using the "Flight Necklace," the feeling of how to control flight was ingrained in his mind like an instinct.
"Then, let's try the last race."
He deactivated the flight magic, and the "world tree seed"'s cooldown had ended. Hades activated it again, and then his skeletal body began to expand and twist outwards, transforming from a skeleton into a living human in just a breath.
Hades suddenly realized that the emptiness he felt as an Undead had been refilled, and the hollowness in his heart vanished without a trace, as if his entire being had become full.
So this was a physical change brought about by the race? Although his current appearance looked like a human, he was not a pure human, otherwise, according to the rules of the "world tree seed," it would not be possible to store characters of the same race.
Then, just like before, information about his current race character appeared in Hades' mind.
Character Name: Hahahaha Hades
Race: Elf
Gender: Male
Karma: 0
Alignment: Neutral
Profession Class: Production Class
Job Levels: Blacksmith 10, Armorsmith 10, Weaponsmith 10, Item Crafter 10, Alchemist 10, Potion Master 10, Poison Maker 10, Sage 10, High Sage 5, Warrior 15.