[Minty]: “Come on, let’s check the loot.”
[Siola]: “Mm.”
She helps me getting up but I’m fine to walk on my own. The result of those four-hour worth of grind is finally right in front me.
* [386x] Magic Core / Rare / Contains the souls of a lesser ranked creature
* [18x] Steel Longsword / Light Weapon / Common / Physical Attack: 30 / Magical Attack: 0 / Enchantment: None / Requirement: 6 Dexterity, 0 Agility
* [3x] Pagrim Staff / Heavy Weapon / Uncommon / Physical Attack: 15 / Magical Attack: 20 / Enchantment: Arcane-based spells have increased 10% Potency and 5% Range / Requirement: 5 Strength, 5 Endurance, 25 Intelligence
* [1x] Aethonix Cycle / Light Weapon / Epic / Physical Attack: 10 / Magical Attack: 230 / Enchantment: Every arrow drawn will be infused by Lunar Cycle, increasing the velocity of arrows by 10%-100% towards the last shot. Has innate spell [Stellar Resonance], Cast before releasing arrows that upon impact will create a sound wave in 25-meter radius, nearby creatures will be affected and receive up to 80% of damage and has 1% chance to be stunned / Requirement: 40 Dexterity, 20 Agility, 60 Intelligence
* [1x] Tome of Silent Arrow / Rare / Contains [Silent Barrage], [Silent Blast], [Silent Volley], [Hover], [Magic Field], [Arcane Stupor] / Requirement: 10 Intelligence, 20 Intelligence, 30 Intelligence, 40 Intelligence
* [1x] Book of the End / Transcendental / Contains the knowledge of Black Old King
* [1x] Book of Daylight / Rare / Contains the knowledge of [Luminous Orb], [Light Bolt] [Light Spear], [Greater Illuminate] / Requirement: 10 Intelligence, 50 Intelligence
[Minty]: “See that? Isn’t it amazing? Now I can evolve my class and we don’t even have to spend like ten thousand dollars on it. Plus, there are other cool stuff too, see?”
I quickly snatched Book of the End and recoils aback.
[Minty]: “Siola?”
[Siola]: “Sorry, I have to take this one.”
[Minty]: “Huh? Oh, I don’t mind it, I mean, it’s all you, so.”
[Siola]: “No. Please don’t hate me for this, but there’s something I did not tell you and I’m not going to. However, this book is dangerous and I can’t put you in danger because of it.”
[Minty]: “O-Okay? Okay.”
[Minty]: “Siola, can you calm down. I’m not going to take it, okay? I’m not even interested in it.”
[Siola]: “You promise?”
[Minty]: “I promise.”
Holding it tight, I put it in my inventory alongside the other book that I have. My heart racing, and I thought to myself, ‘If even Ludwig don’t want it, I can’t let anyone have it.’
[Siola]: “Sorry, I know I’m being unreasonable.”
[Minty]: “No, it’s okay. Come on, anything else you want to take? How about this book? You could use the staff too, right?”
Nodding as I take them, “I still need points in Strength and Endurance, more on the Intelligence. So, no. But anyway, what about that bow? Can you use it?”
[Minty]: “Yeah, I have enough stats thanks to you. But this is really cool.”
[Minty]: “See that? I basically can load 10 whole arrows in here. I can’t even imagine the damage, but it looks like I might have to stock up on them. I’m running low. Well, on this type of arrow at least.”
[Siola]: “Right, do you have to learn the spells in that tome to evolve your class?”
[Minty]: “No, actually. The notification has been pinging me to evolve, but what do you think?”
[Siola]: “What do I think?”
[Minty]: “Yeah.”
[Siola]: “Hahaha, I don’t know. Why not, right? Plus, you’ve been playing longer than me remember? Why even ask me.”
[Minty]: “Oh right, I forgot, lol.”
[Siola]: “Lol.”
I back away a little as I awaits her class evolution. She takes a deep breath as arcane particles started to gather, swirling her as she closes her eyes. I can see her veins moves. The particles turn purple and deep blue as it continuously envelopes her and then! Like an aura, its radiance as a cloak.
She looks down to see that whenever she moves, she leaves behind a particle of arcane in her footsteps that disappear in a moment. It’s a temporary effect.
[Siola]: “How do you feel?”
[Minty]: “Ohhh, amazing. It’s like, I’m brimming with POWA!”
*Clap *Clap *Clap
[Minty]: “Thank you, thank you.”
[Minty]: “I got new abilities thanks to that. I forgot that I haven’t shown you my status yet, have I?”
[Siola]: “I mean, you don’t have to.”
[Minty]: “No, no. Just look at it.”
===== Profile Status =====
Statistics
* Name: Silvita
* Level: 132
* Class: Magic Marksman
* Title: [---]
Primary Attributes
* Max Health: 80 [+64] | Max Mana: 220 [+176] | Max Stamina: 100 [+95]
* Health: 144 | Mana: 396 | Stamina: 195
Secondary Attributes
* Strength: 3 / Dexterity: 40 / Endurance: 3
* Vitality: 16 / Agility: 20
* Intelligence: 60 / Faith: --- / Luck: 10
Combat
* Physical Attack: 10 [+10] / Physical Defense: 70 [+10.5]
* Magical Attack: 230 [+230] / Magical Defense: ---
* Health Regeneration: 0.001 / Mana Regeneration: 0.6 / Stamina Regeneration: 2.3
Active Effect
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===== Profile Status =====
===== Ability Status =====
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Title
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Innate Ability
* Fleetfoot (Passive) / Level 1 / Dodging attacks in close proximity increases movement speed by 10% and increase Stamina Regeneration by 5% for 5 second
* Adrenaline Rush / Level 1 / Taps into Stamina reserve, instantly increasing movement speed at Will by 15% and Stamina Regeneration by 10% for 15 second / Cost: 30 Stamina
* Relentless Assault / Level 1 / Upon Cast, each successive attack increases damage by 2% continue to increase up to 30%, each successful attack restores 2 Stamina, missing an attack will consume additional 10% Stamina / Cost: 95 Stamina
* Arcane Quiver (Passive) / Rank 1 / Arcane-miracle / Bless currently equipped Quiver with Arcane, arrows stored within will be infused, dealing additional 5% damage and have additional 1% chance to pierce
* Mystic Volley / Tier 4 – Expert / Arcane / Cast to infuse arrow with Arcane Mystic, turning them ethereal and deal 0 damage to target. Upon impact, 5 of the same arrows will be conjured to home at target, dealing 50% additional damage / Cost: 300 Mana / Requirement: 80 Intelligence
* Astral Barrage / Tier 5 – Master / Arcane / Cast to call upon the stars, infuse arrow with Arcane Astral, turning them ethereal and deal 0 damage to target. Upon impact, 10 of the same arrows will rain down from the sky at target location dealing 50% of Physical Attack and 150% of Magical Attack. Each arrow that hit the target will explode, dealing up to 80% of damage in 10-meter radius and has 30% chance to blind targets for 3 seconds. Each arrow that misses the target will be reconjured to home towards it but they will not have an explosion effect / Cost: 600 Mana / Requirement: 150 Intelligence
Skill
* Overdraw / Level 1 / Drawing an arrow over the limit will increase damage by 100% with a chance of breaking the bow / Cost: 300 Stamina
* Sneak (Passive) / Level 7 / Increases the likely hood of being spotted while obscured by 45%
* Backstab (Passive) / Level 4 / Strikes from behind deals additional 25% damage
* Steady Hand (Passive) / Level 1 / Increases balance when aiming a bow by 10%
* Precision Shot (Passive) / Level 1 / Projectile attack upon target’s weak spot has increased 10% damage
* Steady Hand (Passive) / Level 3 / Increases balance when aiming a bow by 20%
* Long Shot (Passive) / Level 1 / Projectile attack on target beyond 50 meters have increased 10% damage
* Bash (Passive) / Level 1 / Attack with weapon’s handle now has increased 10% force
* Sword Slash (Passive) / Level 1 / Slashes with a sword now deals 5% additional damage
* Power Shot (Passive) / Level 2 / Releasing an arrow within the time window of a fully drawn bow will increase its damage by 25%
Spell
* Magic Infusion / Tier 1 / Arcane / Cast to imbue drawn arrow with arcane increases damage by 10% / Cost: 5 Mana / Requirement: 3 Intelligence
* Magic Volley / Tier 2 / Arcane / Cast to imbue drawn arrow with arcane, splitting it into three pieces in a spiral upon release, increases damage by 15% / Cost: 10 Mana, 25 Stamina / Requirement: 8 Intelligence
* Frostbite Blast / Tier 2 / Ice / Cast to imbue drawn projectile with arcane, upon impact with the target, it causes a burst of ice, dealing additional 35 damage. Affected target builds up cold overtime / Cost 40 Mana / 18 Intelligence
* Smokescreen / Tier 3 / Arcane / Cast to create a small bomb that ignites upon making contact with the ground, burst into a cloud of smoke / Cost: 90 Mana / Requirement: 30 Intelligence
Miracle
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===== Ability Status =====
===== Equipment Status =====
* Aethonix Cycle / Light Weapon / Epic / Physical Attack: 10 / Magical Attack: 230 / Enchantment: Every arrow drawn will be infused by Lunar Cycle, increasing the velocity of arrows by 10%-100% towards the last shot. Has innate spell [Stellar Resonance], Cast before releasing arrows that upon impact will create a sound wave in 25-meter radius, nearby creatures will be affected and receive up to 80% of damage and has chance to be stunned / Requirement: 40 Dexterity, 20 Agility, 60 Intelligence
* Stygian Sting / Rare / Physical Attack: 50 / Magical Attack: 40 / Enchantment: Buildup toxin upon contact. Has innate spell [Blue Venom], upon Cast, imbue the dagger further with a concentrated venom that guarantees toxin upon impact and has chance to put the target to sleep for 5 second / Requirement: 30 Dexterity, 20 Agility, 20 Intelligence
* Leather Armor / Common / Physical Defense: 50 / Magical Defense: 0 / Enchantment: None / Requirement: 10 Dexterity, 5 Agility
* Leather Gloves / Common / Physical Defense: 20 / Magical Defense: 0 / Enchantment: None / Requirement: 5 Dexterity, 3 Agility
* Leather Boots / Common / Physical Defense: 20 / Magical Defense: 0 / Enchantment: None / Requirement: 5 Dexterity, 3 Agility
* Linen Cloak / Common / Physical Defense: 0 / Magical Defense: 0 / Enchantment: None / Requirement: None
===== Equipment Status =====
[Siola]: “Ohhhh, those are the new abilities you’ve got as Magic Marksman?”
[Minty]: “Yeah.”
[Siola]: “Hmm, you didn’t have a lot of things going on for you before this.”
[Minty]: “Well… yeah.”
[Minty]: “I guess you could say, life without you… sucks.”
[Siola]: “Heheh, well I’m glad I’m here now. Should we test your stuff out? Look, your quiver is already glowing and hissing.”
[Minty]: “Oh wow, you’re right. That’s a cool effect, and it’s free too?”
[Siola]: “Heheh, makin’ me jealous!”
[Minty]: “Wait, what about you though? Your quest, we didn’t get that book you need?”
[Siola]: “Tome of Psionic Magic. That’s not a common tome, isn’t it?”
[Minty]: “Considering the Quest’s rank, hmm…”
[Minty]: “How about we continue down to the fifth floor? Maybe this place, has it?”
[Siola]: “What, you wanna skip dinner?”
[Minty]: “I mean…”
Sassily as she shows off her new bow and magical quiver, made me grinned widely. With her newfound confidence, I can finally relax as she storms the fourth floor.
Her overdraw skill would be insanely good with that new bow, but considering that it has a chance that it will break it, it’s unwise to use that. Not that she needs it, nor does she need to use any skills or spells since Aethonix Cycle is an AOE weapon.
Firing 10 consecutive shots of arrows that also damages others in the vicinity of the impact. Clearing horde of undead is a breeze. Even when we get to the fifth floor, the armored undead boss was slain in just three loads of the bow.
Unfortunately…
* [1x] Magic Core / Rare / Contains the souls of a lesser ranked creature
* [1x] Tome of Black Flame / Epic / Contains [Hex Combustion], [Hellfire], [Hex Pillars], [Hex Flame] / 20 Faith, 20 Intelligence, 40 Intelligence
[Minty]: “Dang, not your book too.”
[Siola]: “It’s alright, this looks great too.”
[Minty]: “Should we go further down?”
[Siola]: “?”
[Siola]: “Look at you, the confidence!”
[Minty]: “Ehehehe.”
Hexes. One of the most fearsome type of spells. Each and every spell contains curses. It doesn’t matter if a flame of hex is put out, it will continue haunting and damaging the victim. The only counter there is, is a purification which makes Priest and other classes that can uses it to be invaluable even if it’s the only thing they’re good at in later game.
So many people chose to ignore Hex because of how relatively rare one can get it and simply hiring a Priest when the need arises. Fool, the lot of them!
Continuing further down the floor, it was still manageable until the tenth floor when I had to step in. Providing long range support as Minty fights an undead chimera. When it dashes at her, I raised Wall of Stone, disrupting its path as Minty finally uses her new spell.
“Mystic Volley!”
Upon release, her 10 arrows turn invisible as it hits the chimera, it didn’t do anything, nor does it stagger it by any means, but then, 50 arrows conjured in the air and struck the chimera in the same spot that the invisible arrow struck it, the lion’s head.
*Brrrrrrrroooooowsh*
Its satisfying sound as it pinned the lion’s head, the only head that was alive, to the ground.
! {Level UP}
! {Level 50 Milestone has been reached}
! {Innate Ability Unlocked}
* Mana Pool (Passive) / Rank 1 / Arcane-miracle / Intelligence value now contribute 2.5% per point of Intelligence to Max Mana. Create an additional Mana reserve
[Siola]: “Hunh, now that’s useful.”
[Minty]: “Siola!” seeing her running at me with a book, “Look, it’s another one of that books from before!”
* Book of Crypt Death / Ancient / Contains the knowledge of Mad Dead
[Siola]: “Hmm, it’s not really, but I guess I’ll keep that too.”
[Minty]: “Okay.”
I guess she doesn’t really know what Ancient and Transcendental means. Beyond Legendary, there is Mythic, but there are even rarer ones beyond it. Ancient, Ascended, Transcendental, and beyond that is the realm of unfathomable power. The Eternal, the Ethereal, and the Demigods.
[Minty]: “Should we go for another 5 floors?”
Now I’m taken aback.
[Minty]: “No, but like, I can still go, and we’re still at what dinner time? I thought we’re skipping it? So, might as well, right?”
Looking at me with puppy eyes, I can’t help but giggle.
[Siola]: “A dinner and a full sleep. Okay? Any more than this, and your mom is gonna be worried.”
[Minty]: “Awww. Okay.”