Villain With The Strongest System

Chapter 144: Catching up with studies(1)

Weeks started to pass by quickly for Rocky as he slowly slid back into a comfortable routine.

Classes, Training, Knowledge Gathering and Tower climbing became the only aspects he was focused on, as albeit briefly, he once again felt like a proper university student again, doing normal stuff and living a normal life rather than taking part in some crazy adventure.

There was a lot of catching-up for him to do with him having missed nearly 3 months worth of classes, however, with his new and improved photographic memory, Rocky was able to quickly grasp the topics that he had missed, being able to cover everything taught in the subjects in the past three months in just under three weeks.

His speed of learning was abnormal, leaving Erin and Sophia completely shocked, as they had to only explain any concept to Rocky only once and he was still able to understand it and learn how to apply it to practical scenarios himself.

This freakish pace of learning made Erin all fan-boy over Rocky with pride, however, made Sophia feel extremely uncomfortable, as although both of them were champions, she was not nearly as smart as Rocky.

Thankfully, Rocky ensured that she did not feel too inferior, by constantly flirting with her at every chance possible and hyping her up, as although he did not try his own speed of progress, he made sure to not let Sophia feel threatened either.

In the Monsters and their Weakness's class, Professor Deril had covered a myriad different monsters uptil floor 45.

Since there was not much clear information available on monsters beyond floor 60, the subject was nearing completion with the professor now teaching more complex topics such as how to slay dragons, which Rocky was glad to be attending live.

In the Power Dynamics class, which was the most theoretical subject in the university, Professor Feynord had covered nearly 80% of the subject course, with the most important highlight being his characterization of True Gods.

Although the precise age of when True Gods ascended beyond floor 90 was unknown, as records of True Gods and their past varied in every corner of the universe, after thorough research, Professor Feynord and many other historians managed to classify them broadly into four time periods.

1)The Old Age Gods - These were the gods whose records coincided with the birth of the universe itself. There were a total of 6 Gods in this time period, who can be considered to have all ascended True Godhood in about 500-1000 years time gap of one another.

The Snake-Man ancestor belonged to this era and so did the First Dragon God Valacirca.

While some of the gods of this age have been rumored to reach the zenith of the tower at floor 101, no history book could confirm this for a fact.

2) Second Generation Gods - These were the 6 gods who history books could confirm were either once believers of the old generation gods, or were born at least 5000 years after their ascension as per the history of the universe.

The Elf God Ellivor was a second generation god and was a confirmed believer of Valacirca as per the history books uptil his ascension to True Godhood himself.

The second generation gods were also often referred to as the Middle Generation by historians with most being still active with a large follower base till date.

3) The Olympian Generation - Labeled as the most Disruptive generation of Gods the Olympians were a group of 8 True Gods who all behaved like they were a tightly knit family.

Led by the True God Zeus and his brother Poseidon, the Olympians were more like a faction than individuals as they openly picked fights with other True Gods and were the singular reason behind the tense power dynamics of the tower.

Strong and United, they had the strength to back up their arrogance as they controlled over 14 floors in the tower between floor 20 and 60, becoming the most influential block in the tower.

4) Finally the New Generation Gods were the True Gods that emerged after the dominant era of the Olympians roughly 5000 years from present day.

Including Gods like the Gemini brothers, Enel, Junfred, Rahim and others, they were a group of 12 True Gods who were all individually at odds with the Olympians one way or another.

Although not under a united umbrella like the Olympians. All New Generation Gods enjoyed a level of understanding with one another, as between the 12 of them, they controlled a total of 13 floors, just one less than the Olympians.

While understanding the nuanced dynamics between each faction was a complex task, with this simple distinction, it became very easy for Rocky to understand how to characterize the relationship between the various True Gods.

Overall there were 32 known religions in the tower with 32 individuals having ascended beyond floor 90 for sure, however, of those 32 True Gods, 4 were currently inactive, either having ascended beyond floor 100, or being killed in inter True God wars, leaving only 28 active True Gods in the current age.

While there were no official strength rankings amongst True Gods, Valaricia was called the 'Strongest Creature' and seemed to enjoy neutrality from gods of all ages.

Similarly, Zeus was hailed as the 'Strongest God', having a history of killing a True God who dared go up against him in arms.

While the Gemini Brothers were called 'The Most Fearsome Duo', with the God Shakuni called the greatest mastermind to ever exist and the God Ravan being hailed as the God Of War.

Overall, the three of them were unofficially considered the strongest trio, as seldom did any faction pick fights with these three Gods or their religions.

However, this peace was achieved through a fear of mutual destruction rather than respect, as the second that either one of these three felt that they were strong enough to root out the other without suffering significant losses, a massive war was sure to break out.

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/// A/N - Mass Release chapter 1/3 for the day, enjoy! ///