Greetings, Shadyna here~
I am currently walking down a slope. It appears that the destination is some kind of valley. Hilly grass fields were blocking my vision, so I have no idea what it looks like from afar.
Because we are not fighting anything, I use this time to grind my crafting skills.
[Skill Leveled up:
[Skill Leveled up:
_ Shadyna: As expected, grinding more than one crafting skill is hard work~
_ Fuelri: Obviously. Most people just pick a crafting skill they want to pursuit and main it. There's no combination skill for crafting so no one can be a jack of all trades even if they want to.
…I just heard something really interesting.
_ Shadyna: Combination skill? What is that?
_ Fuelri: It's a skill that combines a variety of skills you have. Helpful when your skill menu is cluttered, but not much else.
So I may have something like [Full Regeneration] or [All resistance]?!
_ Shadyna: Why is it not helpful? Is it hard to grind?
_ Fuelri: For example, the [Elemental Resistance] combines all resistance skills for fire, water, earth, lightning, wind and nature. It levels up at a one-third rate compares to a single component skill. If you want to grind all six skills, it is faster to grind the combination skill. However, if you main fire resistance, it takes you 3 times longer to be as strong.
Ah, the price of being jack of all trades. Everything takes longer.
Still, because my goal is to enjoy the game to its fullest, I want to try it out!
_ Shadyna: Please teach me all the combination skills you know!
_ Fuelri: …Should have seen this coming, this stupid me…
Well, it's not like I can acquire those skills just because I know how to. The condition to get one requires careful planning to begin with. Having all the component skills is one thing, you also need to have them at the same skill levels!
Which means, I should get all the combination skills I want right now, when my skills are all at level 0 or 1. When they become higher I will have to grind the other skills to satisfy the condition!
And why is there no combination skill for crafting…? I would like to be cooking a delicious meal while making a dragon-slaying sword as I mix herbs for a life-saving elixir…
Hopes and dreams, kind of ruined~
After the unexpected lecture about skill, we reach our destination.
A massive valley, with no end in sight. The sky seems to be a bit tinted compared to Tyrel. Then again, that's the last thing I need to worry about here.
There's no "plant" as far as I can see. In their place, crystals, lots of crystals, occupy the area.
"Trees" are red-tinted crystalline formations that gives an impression of a typical wood tree, with sharp-looking leaves hanging around. If I crash into them, would they deal damage?
The "ground" is a brownish surface that resembles dirt ground, but it is definitely reflective! I can see my blurry image on it as we walk. This place is probably bad for skirt-wearing players. But too bad, my current leather outfit is hot pants and sleeveless shirt!
And the image is too blurry to do anything, unless you are extremely desperate, in which case it's easier to just lie down on the ground and wait for someone like
Her outfit is iron-padded heavy armor by the way. As expected of a fantasy game, its lower part is a skirt.
Don't worry, this true pacifist here will decimate any pervert around you!
That's not what a pacifist should say? Little details~
_ Fuelri: You are a pacifist right? In that case, I'll give you party lead since you won't be fighting. Have any buff skill?
_ Shadyna: I have [Cheer] and [Shared Fate]. You can have the potions and food too, though I don't think it will help much.
_ Fuelri: Not that I was expecting much from you. Keep the items, just buffing me is fine. I can solo the outer area without help. I'll grind my own skills and keep high value items, is that fine?
_ Shadyna: Thank you, I don't have any problem with it~
It's better if she does her own thing. True pacifism does not like it when you use others to do the killing!
While
…If she does all of the killing, what was the point of choosing a field suitable for me again? I feel like I will lose if I think too much about it.
[Received Red Crystal Pickaxe (Faulty) x1]
[Skill Leveled up:
When you see crystals, it will be mining, obviously! Using the crystals from the trees around, I managed to make this pickaxe. The grade is higher than the grass equipment, but it is just not possible to get a normal equipment at this level huh…
_ Fuelri: This monster only has trash. Do you want to try dismantling it?
_ Shadyna: I do~. Concentrate, tear them piece by piece!!!
Since I have no dagger, I just use my pickaxe to hit the corpse item of the crystalline wolf-like monster.
_ Fuelri: Are you certain you want to be a pacifist…?
You are the last person I want to hear that from!!!
[Condition fulfilled. Unlocked Skill: "Dismantling Lv.0"]
That really worked.
[Received Green Crystal x3]
[Received Copper Coins x20]
She wasn't kidding when she said it only drops trash! Sigh.
Still, this is actually the first coins I earn in the game!
_ Fuelri: That's nice. In weaker fields at your level, you will get 5-10 coins at most.
That is already a higher drop?!
The more I think about, the scarier
_ Shadyna: Does everyone have [Dismantling]? You can't get drops without it otherwise…
_ Fuelri: [Dismantling] takes some time, so not everyone wants it. Some just bring back the corpses to sell to merchants, or destroy the corpses for lower loot.
…I don't know how getting 2-3 copper coins per defeated monster could even become 500 gold coins. The economy is mysterious…
_ Fuelri: Most of the time you want to fight field bosses to get any substantial amount of loots. Otherwise you'll barely make do by crafting potions from normal loots…
Those eyes look like they have seen through the misery of poverty… That must have been tough for you,
No wonder why she avoids using consumables. Just using a potion every once in a while will make a dent in your wallet.
…
Hessy,
[Skill Leveled up:
I tried putting [Accelerate Power] into my pickaxe, and somehow it worked!
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Let's slap the [Green Crystal] on it too for good measure!
[Skill Leveled up:
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[Red Crystal Pickaxe]
- Creator:
- Quality:
- Enhancement: 1
- Enchantment:
- PAT: 12
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Grass equipment only gives +1 to status, I wonder if the difference is from quality, materials, or enhancement?
My leather armor gives 15 PDF by the by. It was made from the leather of monsters in Tyrel's grasslands, so it's pretty much newbie clothing, just with normal quality. Was
Time to try out my new equipment.
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She's not at level cap, yet she considers
Today, she picked up a wild newbie because that girl seems to be so clueless it hurts conscience to leave her alone.
Then, the little girl… reveals her true form.
_ Fuelri: …Eh?
Once she's only a small distance of the target, she throws the pickaxe!
_ Shadyna: HEYA~!
The cute cry is just out-of-place, as the pickaxe slams into the tree, destroying it immediately. Then it flies into the air, falls into the ground, creates a crater where it lands, and finally bounces off again to drop into the lake behind the tree with a big splash.
_ Shadyna: My pickaxe!!!
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I managed to retrieve the pickaxe from the bottom of the lake! Luckily it does not have any man-eating monster nest like back then!
[Received Broken Red Crystal Pickaxe (Faulty) x1]
Aw… I guess the damage was too much for it. Gelly was amazing, being able to get thrown time after time… Why is that the case…?
_ Shadyna: Elri~ How do I repair equipment?
_ Elri: …Eh? That's my name now?!
_ Shadyna: Un!
_ Elri: Don't just "Un!" me!!! Just use [Enhance] on it. It's faster if you use the materials you used to make the weapon.
_ Shadyna: Thanks~ [Enhance]!
[Received Red Crystal Pickaxe (Faulty) x1]
Back to business~!
_ Elri: And what the hell was that?! That's not how you mine! First of all, you mine a rock, not a tree!
They all look the same to me in this place…
[Received Red Crystal x40]
_ Shadyna: …I got items from the tree.
_ Elri: WHY?!
Don't ask me~
That reminds me, I had messages during my dive to retrieve the pickaxe.
[Condition fulfilled. Unlocked Skill: "Mining Lv.0"]
[Condition fulfilled. Unlocked Skill: "Farming Lv.0"]
[Condition fulfilled. Unlocked Skill: "Fishing Lv.0"]
[Condition fulfilled. Unlocked Skill: "Refinery Lv.0"]
…Except for [Mining], I have no idea how I got the other skills!
[Farming] because I plowed the earth?
[Fishing] because I was dynamite-fishing?
[Refinery]… Combination skill, get!
_ Shadyna: I got [Refinery]~
_ Elri: Again, WHY?!
Don't ask me~
…
_ Elri: …At least you are getting new skills.
_ Shadyna: Why are you having the look of someone who has given up?
_ Elri: AND WHOSE FAULT WAS THAT?!
Scary~
Well, with [Refinery], I can grind [Dismantling], [Mining], [Farming] and [Fishing] without worries!
So this is the combination skill for the extraction-type actions huh…
And I found out that weapons are not forever broken, so it's all good!
Then, without further ado…
_ Shadyna: Hey, Elri, wanna take a break? Let's dismantle the monsters you hunted down.
And there's something else I want to dismantle as well.
_ Elri: *Sighs* Fine. That spot over there does not have aggressive monsters. We can work there.
[Skill Leveled up:
I built a tent and dismantling rack using [Construction]. Now all my crafting skills are at level 1! Too bad there's no combination skill…
_ Elri: [Dismantling rack] huh. You are smarter than you look.
_ Shadyna: Just something I learnt outside this game~
It should help increase loot when dismantling, being made by [Construction] and all. It was hard work bringing all the corpse items back to the tent though…
When a monster dies, you get the item bag containing its corpse (or loots if you whacked it so hard only the few loots remain), but throwing it out of your inventory reveals the full item, whether it's a potion, or a [Merexxa Corpse].
This immersion is weird, Sateri…
_ Elri: …
_ Shadyna: Please ask if you are concerned~
_ Elri: I refuse. I don't want to know!
_ Shadyna: Well, yesterday I…
_ Elri: I said I didn't want to know!
Too bad, I will tell you anyway~
[Received Onyx Halberd (Excellent) x1]
Something weird was included in the [Merexxa Corpse]!
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[Onyx Halberd]
- Creator:
- Quality:
- Enhancement: 5
- Enchantment:
- PAT: 75
- PSP: 5
- MAT: 40
- MSP: 7
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This is too much of a difference comparing to my pickaxe!!! And why does it add speed?! It's a halberd! A two-handed weapon that is big, heavy and chops people into two with one strike! You can't just give it speed, Sateri~
Since it drops from a monster, there's no creator huh.
_ Elri: Is it good? That halberd.
Does she have no [Inspect] at all? That reminds me, merchants have to [Inspect] their merchandise so the customers can see the status when they select it.
_ Shadyna: I used [Inspect] on it. Because Elri uses polearms I will give it to you~
_ Elri: …! I can't have it! It's even stronger than my current gear!
[Merexxa] is not a boss but it sure can give nice stuff huh. Or is it because Elri is plagued with poverty and cannot have nice equipment?
_ Shadyna: It's fine~ I don't use weapons to begin with. Please think of it as payment for helping me out today!
Ah, she's fighting really hard in her mind. Morality versus materialism, go~
_ Elri: Th…then, I'll take your offer. Just this once, okay?!
Materialism wins against all adversaries!
…Still, where's the image of a young elf casting powerful magic, or nimbly wielding her bow… This isn't elven at all!!!
_ Elri: Ah, use [Enhance] with my old halberd as material. Merchants say that RNGod favors you if you give a big offering.
Even the gods are switching to materialism!
_ Elri: But I think they just meant that better fodders have higher chance of success and better result. For [Enchant] it gives higher chance for skill of higher level.
That has better be the case, or I'll stop believing in RNGods.
I want to give her [Accelerate Power], but because it's SG I think she wouldn't be able to use it. Sigh…
Let's try it out? I can change it to [Cheer] if I have to!
[Enchant]!
…
_ Shadyna: Alright, please run full speed and hit the enemy with your strongest skill! Ah, you must not slow down until it is hit, okay?
_ Elri: …You have not done anything weird to the weapon, have you?
_ Shadyna: Un, I buffed it up slightly using [Enchant]?
_ Elri: …Alright.
She charges at the big crystalline deer-like monster roaming ahead. Please don't make that "Let's not think too deeply" face! I really put in a lot of thought you know!!!
_ Elri: [Pierce]!
*BOOM*
The poor monster was utterly crushed as she thrusts the spearhead into its head. Too brutal!
Ah, I can see damage number if I'm a party member. It's something 800.
_ Elri: WHY?!
You sure asked that a lot huh, Elri~
That is much weaker compared to my [Accelerate Power], but it still gives a massive boost. [Accelerate Bonus], that is. It's the downgraded skill that was put in the moment Elri received the weapon.
She has a better chance against Hessy now, but that's only if she started the fight running towards the target.
You can only trigger this passive skill if you are running near full speed when it hits after all. For a halberd with swinging attacks, Elri will only have the alpha strike with this skill applied.
I did explain properly, since I don't want her to be high on power and pick a fight with Hessy again.
A hot-tempered elf with an overpowered first strike, I sure have unleashed something scary to the world~
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_ Vladina: That didn't work huh. At least we have the [Inspect] result now.
_ Olkan: We need siege weapons. Players' attacks simply don't have enough range to hit it.
_ Vladina: [Enchance] and [Enchant] don't work on constructions, so it's going to be a long fight… It's mostly your job now,
_ Olkan: Leave it to me. Besides, you may need to be beneath that thing when it dies to qualify for the loots.
_ Hessenria: We don't know if we can kill it with just siege weapons. Don't be hasty.
_ Olkan: Of course honey.
_ Hessenria: Shut up, pig.
The expenditure has come to an end. 3 out of 10 parties were devoured by the snakes along the way, but they managed to reach the center of the forest, above where the Magnus Bestia floats menacingly.
They couldn't find a way to kill it, but the intel they gathered will be vital for the upcoming battle. Everyone silently mourns the devoured until they get back to town and have a party outside
_ Vladina: The girls working at the teahouse are going to kill me for this…
_ Olkan: Want to sell this place to us then?
_ Vladina: I refuse. She's bringing a lot more customers to our identification shops.
_ Olkan: Hope you die painfully and slowly.
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Usually, there will be a surge of customers after a raid as they need new food buffs. The march on the Magnus Bestia was such a raid, but the surge wasn't there.
Not in the tavern at least.
_ Maximus:
_ Inerin: Right away.
_ Ignar: Same for me too. We are going to raid the Crystal Valley's field bosses.
_ Inerin: Have new weapons need enchanting?
_ Tippe: One for me too. Got a new staff drop earlier, so yeah.
Locations have no names as they cannot be inspected, so players just name them as they see fit, and it usually sticks as long as the name is easy to remember.
Crystal Valley is the valley filled with crystal entities not far from Tyrel. Most drops there are considered to have high magical properties, so it's good source of materials for mid-level enchanters.
The usual customers are still here, and
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## Nearseeing Sage
Just got back. The official name of the boss is Yierus Lair.
It is strong albeit in a different way, so normal players should not bother.
Contact DFC Sages if you want to buy the boss's biography with signature as always~
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## Manly Warrior
Thank you for your hard work! (^o^)／
I assume the Pervert Alliance has a plan to deal with it?
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## CuteIsJustice
I sure don't want to be the target of such a suspicious bunch!
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## Newbie Charisma build
Anyway for players of different guilds to help?
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## Nearseeing Sage
Unless your guild has already negotiated with us, we are not asking for help from others since distributing loots afterward becomes a different boss fight figuratively.
However, we are in need of players having good Construction. We will buy your service at a good rate, so contact us if you think you qualify. Don't expect share of loot though.
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## Newbie Charisma build
Got it!
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## OP alchemist
Is there a way to know if you are doing well in this game? Like the ideal damage of your attacks at a certain level?
It's hard to adjust my playstyle when I have no idea if I am doing things correctly.
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## Flame knight of Darkness
Damage is not a good indicator considering you can gain experience doing non-combat activities like crafting.
It's acceptable to farm in lower level fields, or even in higher level fields. If you are craft-oriented, it's totally fine to spend days in the market instead of exterminating wildlife.
If you are having fun and not having trouble playing, I would say you are doing well.
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## Maximus Archery
Do min-maxing. Can't go wrong with max damage against most enemies.
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## Silver Merchant
Until a little girl with all min and no max comes in and ruins your day. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
You should find a mentor with same main skills. Since Sateri-chan does not reveal much info, other players are you best bet to learn the ins and outs of your job.
For alchemy, go to the potion area in the market. Good luck!
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