The Golden Experience Point [Part 1]

Chapter 195: "Birth of the Evil King"

I roughly understand.

In other words, Lyra used one Philosopher's Stone on herself.

But from what I can see, she still appears as a Noble Human, so she's probably holding off on the process.

"I used it when I was a High Elf, not the Philosopher's Stone, but the upgraded version, the Greater Philosopher's Stone. After thinking about it and gathering information, I've interpreted the announcement at that time as mentioning two routes: the 'regular route' to becoming a [Living Spirit] or [Spirit Lord], and the 'route with special conditions' that let me become a [Dark Elf] and that would let me reincarnate into a [Demonic Spirit] and [Demon Lord]. Maybe the Dark Elf and High Elf are of the same rank, which means that as long as you meet the conditions, you can have a sidegrade reincarnation in the Philosopher's Stone system."

"I see. When was that? In terms of time."

"It was right before the second official event announcement..."

"So, before Hiers' something-or-other town and the capital were destroyed."

"Yes, that's right. Why?"

What's the problem with the destruction of the town?

"No, actually I used one on myself, a Philosopher's Stone. When I did so, all I got was a system message announcing that I had fulfilled a special condition and could become an [Evil Human] or a [Wicked Human]*. It's as if, if I hadn't met the special conditions, I couldn't reincarnate into anything. I was wondering what was going on." (T/N: this is a bit of an odd translation, because one of the options is literally just 'evil human' in katakana, and the other is 'evil human' but written in kanji)

In my case, it would be as if I could only go from High Elf to the Dark Elf or Demon Lord route. As usual, it's unclear what the special conditions are, but it's hard to imagine that there would be any difference between the Philosopher's Stone and the Greater version other than potency.

"So, for example, did you fulfill those special conditions too much, leading to the disappearance of the regular route?"

"I thought so as well. That's why I wanted to ask you about the timing of your reincarnation, Rare-chan. You talked about the 'dark route' and Demon Lord, so maybe you did something bad and met the hidden special conditions. But if you overdo it, you might only be able to go through that route."

"If that's the case, the destruction of the town is indeed a clear indicator. So, what's the state of fulfilling both conditions to the limit?"

"Maybe in a state where you're killing just enough? I wasn't involved, but do you remember how many participants there were in the first event? I think Rare-chan won. How many people did you kill?"

"...I don't remember, but I feel like I killed a lot."

If this hypothesis is correct, even if I try to reincarnate now, I might only get the Demon Lord route. I can't verify it myself, but if I want to create a Spirit Lord in the future, I need to be careful.

"But if killing is not allowed, I've killed quite a bit even at that time using the livestock in the Liebe Great Forest farm. Before that, the ants were also killing quite a few, and players who came to the forest were killing too."

As initially mentioned, there is no systemic difference between players and NPCs, and the same goes for monsters.

The first half was correct. So the second half should be correct too.

Whether it's a goblin or a human, the kill count is the same. If it counts separately based on the race of the killed opponent, what exactly is considered as the special condition?