[Skill tree: Jack Hoff

Rank: inferior V

Class: Blacksmith

Title: Blackjack

Inventory: Aquamarine fangs, Obsidian Flaming Armor, Rhuthras Hammer, Storm Boots, coin of ???.

GENE SKILL:

Devil's deck (intermediate): the user is able to shuffle a deck of cards, excluding the king, queen, and jack for now. Whatever card the user lands on will grant him a certain effect.

The heart heals any injury or status condition the user may have received.

Diamond creates a protective barrier around the user.

Club provides users with a physical boost in all their physical capabilities.

Spade: anything the user has killed can be summoned to aid them in battle.

The number on the card drawn determines the strength of the ability or its effectiveness. The spade summons will be automatically assigned a number based on their rank between 1 and 10. New summons can be exchanged with old ones, but the numbers will always be decided via strength.

There is a cooldown between drawing cards, and when the next card is drawn, the effects of the old card are replaced.

The queen is now available. The queen's effect varies per card

Class Skills:

Identification: this ability allows the user to identify the nature of any material and its natural compatibility, its rank, its average price, etc. This ability can be used on other creatures to see their skill page if they have any, and if they don't, it can be used to see their rank and skills if they have any.

Extra skill:

Gigantification: the skill can be activated to turn the user into a giant, their size growing by several times. However, the duration of use is only 5 minutes, and the cooldown is longer. Any magic the user uses as a giant will be more destructive, but it will also consume more mana. The user's items will also increase in size upon activating the skill and decrease when it ends.

will of greed: "be a greedy jack." The skill allows the user to go past their limits and force their body to work in conditions it should be able to. As long as the user isn't technically dead, they can move and fight as much as they wish; however, the pain will only be up to ten times worse.

GENE TRAIT

Devil's Hand: The user has increased luck while gambling, but their luck is reduced while doing anything else. The user can also use this skill for longer by just increasing the size of one part of the body instead of the whole body.

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Merits: 27,450]

"I am really poor," he said shamelessly. He also noticed the queen being available finally, which was actually a pretty good thing. He had gotten some kind of upgrade on one of his skills, but the rest were still inferior. He also noticed the new skill being there, and honestly, he was still curious how that worked.

"Oh, I almost forgot about that," he said, checking his pockets as he finally pulled out the coin from his pocket, which had a joker's mask that was smiling on one side, and on the other, it was simply J. He wondered if fate was actually a thing for it to end up in his hands; well, he could think about that later. Tomorrow was a big day, as he just went to sleep for now.

The next morning was pretty bright, and in the middle of the village, Jack was standing on his tower, which now had a throne on it, wondering whose idea that was as Carus walked by, whistling. Regardless, it was an important day—very important, he would even say—as today he was going to do what he promised Carus long ago. It was about time they changed the ways of the giant village.

Soon, even the 10 humans came out of their respective houses. Ikami looked stunning as always, and she was holding Izen's hand and guiding her. He never took her for the type to be good with kids. As he looked at her, she glared right back at him with a look that said, 'Don't you dare say anything'. He might be the Lord, but there are some boundaries that he wouldn't cross, so he didn't. His eyes also drifted over to Pyotr, who had even worse eye bags under his eyes. How the fuck? That's not how humans are supposed to work, but honestly, he didn't even care anymore. The duke and tumo also walked behind them, with the runemaster joining as well. The healer and the last members quietly stood at the end of the gang without saying anything, for they were still cautious of Jack.

Anyway, since all the giants and people were here, it was about time, as he took a deep breath and stood up from his throne, looking down at everyone. He wondered if his voice would even reach everyone properly, and just then he saw the runesmith throwing something towards him. They couldn't possibly attack him due to the rules, so he brushed that off. Maybe he wanted Jack to catch it. As Jack did, he noticed strange symbols on a smooth rock; it seemed like, "What is..." Before Jack could even finish, a loud and booming noise echoed throughout the whole village from the rock, and the runesmith sighed quietly.

Jack simply thought that guy needed a raise as he nodded to the guy who nodded back. Anyway, this made Jack's life a whole lot easier.

"I don't think I need to introduce myself, so I'll get to the point. When I first came here, I saw in Carus a flame to expand the giant village beyond just the forests and to explore the world. It would be a lie to say I don't share such enthusiasm, and frankly, for me, this place is too small. I want more because only that would suit one of the ten rulers of the world, right? So here's the plan: "

A giant map of the whole world, which Jack had bought last night, was hanging from the tower behind him.

"This is the map of the current world. As you can see, we are in the corner. Well, not really the corner since it's the world, but you get it. The important part is this." Jack pointed to an island on the corner of the map and the forest in the middle of it, which was not that big as compared to some other forests on the same island. What was big, though, was the volcano, which was not too far away and was twice the size of the forest anyway.

"As you can see, the current area we live in is not even 1% of the whole island, and so on. I will now announce what I have been making you wait for, if you have not realized. This continent is my property, and so I am going to take over the rest of the island. Those who will join our nation will be spared, and those who will oppose it will die trying. It's time to take what is mine and what I want. The island will be ruled by a single nation, and that will be ours."

He said that as a flag stood up behind him, being held up by two flying crows holding it by their beaks, the flag had a poker chip surrounded by a deck of cards in a circle. The poker chip simply had a J on it. He got an idea from the coin that he had and smiled as he spoke. And he typed in the name of their nation into the screen, which had been bugging him forever.

[Ichor-ljzer]

It was a rather complicated name, but Jack was satisfied with the meaning behind it. Ichor generally referred to the blood of the gods, which was golden in color and fit well with Jack's eye color, and ljzer means iron, which means he was a blacksmith. Not everyone was happy with the name, but Jack couldn't care less as he smiled and announced with greed in his ey

"Let there be war."