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These descendants receive top-notch education and training from birth, enjoy the best resource allocation, and even inherit some of Xia Yan's various amazing superpowers.
If they can't even defend their territory like this, then it just means they're all a bunch of useless people.
For Xia Yan, real life is more like a game.
On the contrary, the game YGGDRASIL is more like his life, and he invests more emotion in it.
"It's resolved? That's great! (laughs)"
"As expected, Hognid, you can easily solve any problem. (Worship)"
Ainz didn't find Xia Yan's answer perfunctory at all; he was genuinely happy that his best friend had been able to solve the problem.
It would have been even better if it had been earlier.
Thinking of the other three members who hadn't quit even though they had already gone offline before Xia Yan came online, Ainz felt a little regretful.
"Speaking of which, Hognidsan, I've been wanting to ask you before, what's it like operating a complete alien species like you?"
The flying squirrel scratched its bald skull. Although the skull face couldn't make any expression, its voice clearly revealed a hint of curiosity.
"How does it feel?"
Xia Yan stood up and walked around twice, hopped nimbly a couple of times, and then stretched his wings and tail. "I don't feel anything special."
"It's probably similar to walking on all fours? Pretty simple, right? (laughs)"
"What's so simple about it! Are you even human!? (Surprised)"
The flying squirrel couldn't help but make a sarcastic remark.
If the game allowed for facial expressions, his face would probably be twitching wildly by now.
In YGGDRASIL, the freedom of appearance modeling is ridiculously high. Each race has multiple basic outfits, and how to change them depends on the person's aesthetic sense and ability.
Although they are classified as alien species, this kind of undead is simply a human skeleton.
It's no different from normal life in terms of operation.
The same applies to most alien species, such as insectoids, demons, trolls, and half-demon giants.
Ultimately, most monsters created based on human aesthetics and thinking are humanoid in structure.
However, there are also some products that have nothing to do with humans at all, and are closer to animals or pure fantasy.
The greater the difference between a model and a human being, the more difficult it is to operate.
Momonga once asked Bubble Teapot and Blackrock Blackrock about their experience controlling slimes, and the answer they received was that it was similar to walking on two legs, except that it was not easy to take steps, just like wearing a long skirt.
Ultimately, although slimes are amorphous monsters, their appearance in the game is actually quite fixed.
It can't actually transform into all sorts of strange and wonderful shapes as it's supposed to; operating it is more like putting a sheet over your body.
There are no other parts on its body that it can control.
However, Xia Yan's appearance model is different. Not only does he walk on all fours, but he also has a tail that can move freely behind him, and even three pairs of wings on his back.
There are a total of eleven limbs that can be controlled!
Based on the amount of time the game has been played over the years, this kind of building exterior is truly unique.
Generally speaking, even if a character with six arms is created, most of them move according to the program except for two arms.
This is because the human brain is only suited to controlling the human body; anything beyond that cannot function properly.
The same goes for wings.
Although we can fly, the human brain does not have the ability to unconsciously control wings to fly.
Therefore, if one is flying, a considerable amount of consciousness will be dominated by that aspect of operation, making aerial combat, like fighting with swords, extremely difficult.
Only those who have undergone special training or are born with special talents can move with barely any dexterity.
But Xia Yan is different!
He is truly able to manipulate these limbs to move freely at the same time.
The most outrageous thing is that people in the guild have seen Xia Yan controlling each limb individually in battle more than once.
There have even been instances where it used its forepaws, wings, and tail to attack four different units simultaneously.
Before any members were eliminated from the guild, and while everyone was still chatting freely together, the members privately joked that maybe the creature on the other end of the internet connection was actually a tentacle monster or some other kind of monster.
"I think it's alright. Maybe I'm just naturally gifted at being inhuman?" Xia Yan joked self-deprecatingly.
"However, switching between forms back and forth can be a bit troublesome."
As it spoke, the dragon, which was the size of a white rhinoceros, was shrouded in thick black fog, making it impossible to see what was happening inside.
This is the effect produced by paid special effects.
Two seconds later, the thick fog dissipated.
The sinister dragon has vanished.
Instead, a tall and muscular dragon-man appeared.
It is about two meters tall, almost a head taller than the Undead King Ainz Ooal Gown, who is 1.77 meters tall.
His cheeks were covered with a few scales and keratin, and his pupils were dark yellow vertical pupils, adding a touch of inhuman alienness to Xia Yan's handsome face.
The dragon horns, wings, and tail are exactly the same as before, only scaled down proportionally.
"That feels much better."
Chapter Seven: Activating the Super Transformation Form
"Dragon-human form".
The transformation between dragonmen and demon dragons is not a time-limited transformation skill, but a simple change in form.
The two forms have two different sets of skills.
Of course, there are also some special skills that can be used in both forms.
Under normal circumstances, Xia Yan acts in the form of a dragon-man.
The reason I logged in as a dragon today is because I switched forms while fighting the boss yesterday, and logged off before I could switch back.
Therefore, it will still be in the form of a dragon when it is released.
Unlike the seemingly unarmed and naked "Dragon Form," the "Dragon Human Form" appears to be fully armed, covered in heavy armor.
Although it's called armor, its design is more like a decorative item.
The gauntlets, arm guards, shoulder armor, leg armor, and caliper armor all look quite cool, and are decorated with gorgeous white-gold patterns.
However, the most crucial breastplate and abdominal armor are completely missing.
In a way that is completely incomprehensible, the vital organs of the chest and abdomen are fully exposed.
At first glance, it gives the impression that this thing is more of a load-bearing object than armor.
Of course, there is actually armor.
However, it does not exist in a physical form.
On his bare chest, mysterious runes emitted a pale blue glow, centered on his chest and covering his neck and sharply defined abdominal muscles.
These shimmering magical runes are the armor on the chest and abdomen.
Although this armor is extremely unscientific, it is, after all, a game world, and its appearance is just a layer of technology.
To put it bluntly, even if it looks like the Emperor's New Clothes, as long as it's equipment, its defensive capabilities will be just as good.
The armor he was wearing, called the "Twilight Knight's Armor," was crafted by Xia Yan himself.
The complete set of armor consists of six separate parts: breastplate, abdominal armor, shoulder armor, gauntlets, caliper armor, and neck guard.
Each piece is a divine-grade piece of armor, and when combined, they reach a level comparable to guild weapons.
Normally, there should also be a helmet and a cape on the back.
However, due to racial issues, the dragon horns on the head and the wings on the back prevent the character from wearing equipment on these two parts.
To achieve the ideal and perfect effect, not only did a lot of time and energy go into it, but the investment in paid data also amazed the entire guild.
The final result can be described as perfect; there's only this one system on the entire server.
Of course, this doesn't mean that this set of equipment is so rare as to be unique; it's simply that its cost-effectiveness is so low that it makes people hesitate to buy it, so no one would make a second set.
Although bosses can drop rare equipment, you still need to craft your own to get the best equipment that suits your needs.
After choosing your preferred appearance and creating the exterior, you can embed and layer different amounts of data to achieve various effects. You'll need to use materials to layer the desired attributes.
Therefore, even if they look similar, the actual effect will be completely different due to the different forging materials and embedded data.
Therefore, unless someone deliberately tries to imitate it, there will never be two completely identical pieces of equipment in this game.
As for the weapons, they weren't made by Xia Yan himself.
Instead, like the armor Tapchimi wore, it was a reward for winning the official World Champion qualifiers.
Its name is Balmung, the Wrath of the Gods.
It's a two-handed greatsword with an exaggerated design that looks like something out of a two-dimensional world.
The sword is two meters long and its entire body shimmers with a twilight-colored sword aura. The hilt is inlaid with a blue gemstone.
As a champion's reward, its strength surpasses that of ordinary artifacts, reaching a level comparable to guild weapons.
With all the equipment bonuses, Xia Yan's base stats are equivalent to being at level 150.
Of course, in reality, the equipment upgrade is at most equivalent to a 20-level stat increase. Other top-tier players may not be able to achieve this, but the difference is not that much.
What truly allowed him to obtain such an exceptionally strong stat panel was that he used a world item to convert all of his class level into racial level.
In YGGDRASIL, players can choose from three races: human, demi-human, and alien.
Different races will have different stat growth rates for each level up. Generally, for every 1 point of stat increase for humans, it will increase by 2 points for subhumans and 3 points for aliens.
Xia Yan's actions allowed him to retain his professional skills while also receiving a high stat bonus unique to the alien species.
"It's so cool no matter how many times I watch it..."
Looking at the dragonman in front of him, dressed in magnificent armor, carrying a sword, and dressed like a standard hero from a traditional RPG game, Ainz Ooal Gown let out a sound of envy.