Racial Alignments

Racial Alignments

Having witnessed Divine Might and knowing the gods truly existed, Zhao Xu did not dare show any disrespect even toward these in-game statues.

He hurriedly collected himself and looked at the guidance interface before him.

Once players completed the guidance interface, they could ascend the Heavenly Ladder and enter the Arthurian World.

After death, they would also remain in this Hall of Creation until they used a Resurrection Stone.

Not wanting to waste any more time, Zhao Xu operated the interface with his mind and entered the same ID as in his Previous Life—Midsummer.

After entering his name, the panel immediately displayed a series of racial options. Reliefs of the Seven Races projected into existence before him.

They were Human, Elf, Dwarf, Half-Orc, Halfling, Half-elf, and Gnome. Each had different class talents, attribute adjustments, and even racial talents.

"Human." Zhao Xu did not hesitate.

To be honest, Humans were considered one of Arthur's stronger races. Their unique Talent Feat Bonus and Skill Point Bonus were severely underestimated in the early stages.

So he had no intention of changing races, not even for an Elf's lifespan of several centuries.

As long as his plan went smoothly, he would not lack ways to extend his life.

Quite a few people had been unable to accept becoming their in-game race after transmigrating, especially the Gnomes.

His sex was locked by the system as male, which also prevented any post-transmigration gender-swapping mishaps.

His size was the Medium size corresponding to Humans.

He did not make major changes to his eyes, skin color, or hair color either. He only fixed a few minor flaws; the system would not permit overly drastic alterations.

Then came the final Alignment Test.

Arthur's alignment chart ran horizontally from Lawful, Neutral, and Chaotic; vertically from Good, Neutral, and Evil.

The three horizontal and three vertical axes formed the Nine Alignments. Players could choose their initial alignment themselves or take a test by answering questions.

Zhao Xu directly selected Absolute Neutral.

He was actually Neutral Good, but these days, everything from classes and spells to NPCs had requirements regarding alignment.

Naturally, he chose Absolute Neutral, the alignment with the fewest restrictions. He could shift his alignment later according to events.

For faith, he temporarily set it as Alignment Faith.

The game did not demand one in the short term. Even Clerics were permitted to take their alignment as their faith, and many people only decided on their patron deity after beginning their journey in the game.

After making his choices, his data panel finally appeared:

Name: Midsummer

Race: Human/Otherworldly Creature (Earth)

Age: 22

Sex: Male

Size: Medium

Weight: 76 kilograms

Height: 183 centimeters

Identity: None

Alignment: Absolute Neutral

Faith: Alignment Faith

Eyes: Black

Skin: Yellow

Hair: Black

Base Speed: Walk 30 feet/round (approximately 9.1 meters per 6 seconds)

Languages: Undecided

Racial Traits: Gains 4 additional skill points at level 1, then 1 additional skill point for every level gained thereafter; automatically gains one extra Feat at level 1

After confirming that the panel's information was correct, Zhao Xu let out a soft breath.

Many people had already finished choosing their attributes and class by this point and entered the game.

But after Earth's destruction in the future, when everyone transmigrated, Zhao Xu had seen how revered high-level players were. He had watched top Wizards reverse the course of an entire war by themselves.

He knew clearly that in the Arthurian World, a character's strength determined everything.

No matter how much time one saved here, it would all be consumed by the basic class training that followed.

The shortest took several hours, while taking as long as a week was not unusual.

And those were still the times achieved by the first players of each class.

Before Zhao Xu's eyes, the information on the panel gradually faded away. For the first time, the entire hall filled with an ethereal, hymn-like song.

Six pillars of attribute light, all equal in height, stood before him: Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma.

Zhao Xu's nervousness surged to its peak this time.

Once they transmigrated to the Arthurian World, everyone's physical qualities there would be completely determined by these attributes.

The Intelligence Attribute truly affected one's IQ. There had once been a Half-Orc player who began with 8 Intelligence; after stacking the Racial Penalty, he was left with only 6 Intelligence.

Before transmigrating, he could naturally use his own Intelligence of over the average 10 points to control that character.

But after transmigrating, he directly became someone with 6 Intelligence, barely any better than an idiot.

Many players recklessly pushed their attributes to the limit here, but Zhao Xu did not dare.

Maximizing the benefits of his attributes was an indelible advantage he held over other players.

The six attributes before him all began at 8 points, and the pillars of light stood at a height of eight segments.

His test account had 28 Talent Points—

For Attribute Values between 8 and 14, 1 Talent Point could be exchanged for 1 point of attribute increase.

For attributes between 15 and 16, 2 Talent Points could be exchanged for 1 point of attribute increase.

For attributes between 17 and 18, 3 Talent Points could be exchanged for 1 point of attribute increase.

Eighteen was also the Initial Attribute Cap.

To increase attributes further afterward, one had to rely on leveling up or equipment.

Even by the time Zhao Xu died in his Previous Life, he had only managed to obtain a Belt of Strength +2. Leveling up only granted an opportunity to raise an attribute once every four levels.

Zhao Xu looked toward his front right. Behind the value of 28 Talent Points, an additional +4 was displayed.

In other words, he had 32 Talent Points. This was the First Player Reward for logging into the game within twenty-four hours of its launch.

This was also the game's only opportunity to obtain 32 Talent Points.

In his Previous Life, Zhao Xu had not been so fortunate. Starting with 22 Talent Points, he had been 10 Talent Points behind players who began at launch.

But he had also been lucky. Of the billions of ordinary Earthlings who had not entered the game to create accounts, once they reached the Arthurian World, without special opportunities, they only had an average of 10 points in every attribute—equivalent to merely a 12-Talent-Point character.

Zhao Xu, reborn ten years into the past, was Arthur's greatest cheating player.