Chapter 17 Synthesis

聂言 wouldn't be satisfied with just +1, so he put the Blood Contract Dagger and the Jewel of Luck on and continued to synthesize using the Jewel of Luck.

He put the Blood Contract Dagger and the Jewel of Luck into the Pandora's Box again. If he synthesized during even-numbered time slots, the success rate would be around 80%.

System: Synthesis successful, equipment rank +1. Current equipment rank is 2.

聂言 looked at the attack of the Blood Contract Dagger, which had reached 43-46.

聶言 took another Jewel of Luck and placed it in the Pandora's Box to continue synthesizing. He clicked confirm, and a dazzling light flashed, then dimmed. 聂言's heart skipped a beat. This was a sign of failure. He had encountered the 20% probability. His luck was really bad.

System: Synthesis failed, equipment rank -1. Current equipment rank is 1.

However, 聂言 wouldn't be discouraged by this. Jewels of Luck were indeed valuable, with a price of 5 silver coins each, enough to scare away many people, but not 聂言. One failure was equivalent to losing 10 silver coins, which 聂言 could still afford.

System: Synthesis successful, equipment rank +1. Current equipment rank is 2.

System: Synthesis successful, equipment rank +1. Current equipment rank is 3.

System: Synthesis successful, equipment rank +1. Current equipment rank is 4.

System: Synthesis failed, equipment rank -1. Current equipment rank is 3.

......

With an 80% success rate, he actually failed twice before completing it. His luck was too bad.

After using seven Jewels of Luck, 聂言 finally synthesized the Blood Contract Dagger to +5. The color of the Blood Contract Dagger had already changed somewhat, becoming more pure. He looked at the equipment attributes.

Blood Contract Dagger (+5 Dark Gold): Required level 5.

Attributes: Attack 73-76, Agility +11, Critical Hit +12, Lifesteal 3%.

Attack Speed: 2.3

Weight: 3 lbs.

Restriction: All factions can use.

The attack of the +5 Blood Contract Dagger was already outrageously high, far exceeding that of a level 10 Dark Gold equipment. There were still eight Jewels of Luck left in his backpack. He should be able to reach +6. According to the synthesis rules of Jewels of Luck, it was still relatively cost-effective to aim for +7, but it was more dangerous to aim for +8 or +9. If he wasn't careful, he would drop back to level 5. Above +10, only people with extremely high luck or those who were extremely rich dared to try.

聂言 placed the +5 Blood Contract Dagger in the Pandora's Box, then put on a Jewel of Luck. With a 70% success rate, this was already very high. A +7 Dark Gold equipment at this level was simply a rare treasure.

Looking at the dazzling brilliance flowing in the Blood Contract Dagger in the Pandora's Box, 聂言's mood was hard to calm. After all, he was synthesizing +6 and +7 items, so he couldn't help but be nervous.

With a 70% success rate, he could take a chance.

聂言 gritted his teeth and clicked synthesize.

Another dazzling light flashed, and a dazzling golden light burst out. 聂言's heart jumped. He had succeeded.

The golden light gradually subsided, and a drunken red, wine-like halo flowed around the Blood Contract Dagger in the Pandora's Box, with brilliant and colorful lights.

The +6 Blood Contract Dagger was so cool.

Next was +7. The pressure on 聂言's heart was increasing. A 70% probability was very high, but the 30% of uncertainty that existed made him extremely nervous.

After careful consideration, 聂言 continued to put the Blood Contract Dagger and a Jewel of Luck into the Pandora's Box with a try-it-out mentality.

聂言's finger moved to the confirm button, and he kept praying in his heart, succeed, it must succeed!

If he failed, the loss wouldn't hurt 聂言 too much, but it was still money after all.

System: Are you sure you want to synthesize?

Yes!

He decisively clicked confirm. A golden light flashed, and 聂言's heart contracted. The two previous synthesis failures seemed to have absorbed all the bad luck. The impact of +7 was unexpectedly smooth. He looked at the attributes again.

Blood Contract Dagger (+7 Dark Gold): Required level 7.

Attributes: Attack 93-96, Agility +11, Critical Hit +12, Lifesteal 3%.

Attack Speed: 2.3

Weight: 3 lbs.

Restriction: All factions can use.

This synthesis was relatively lucky. In this way, the Blood Contract Dagger had nearly 100 attack, not much different from a level 15 Dark Gold equipment.

With a Jewel of Luck being so expensive, would anyone dare to synthesize a +7 equipment like 聂言? Even some guild leaders would be very cautious and careful, not to mention that they went to the gem craftsman to upgrade their equipment, and the success rate of synthesis was not as high as when 聂言 synthesized it.

They might need to spend twice or even several times more Jewels of Luck to have a chance to smash an equipment to +7.

The Blood Contract Dagger became as dazzling as a ruby. Red rays of light, like blood vessels, flowed on it, exuding a bloody aura. Even if the equipment's light was hidden, its extraordinary nature could be seen at a glance.

If he were to smash +8 again, it would be a bit dangerous, because if the synthesis of the +8 Blood Contract Dagger failed, the rank of the Blood Contract Dagger would have to drop back to +5.

In addition to this Blood Contract Dagger, 聂言 also smashed two Jewels of Luck on the Assassin's Training in his hand, successfully reaching +2, gaining 20 points of extra attack.

The Assassin's Training was just a Gold equipment, and its attributes were not very good. 聂言 would only use it for a while, and he would soon change to a new dagger. If he were to smash it further, it wouldn't be cost-effective.

聂言 looked at his own attributes. With two daggers that seemed to be top-quality, his attack jumped to 176. An ordinary level 7 thief with 100 attack was already very remarkable. Someone like 聂言 could simply be called a monster. 聂言's equipment was ridiculously good at this level.

After buying the land and getting the weapons, 聂言 returned to the auction house to continue selling the Black Phenol Potion materials and Black Phenol Potions in his hand, and then opened the list of equipment that thieves could use, searching for equipment that added intelligence.

Equipment that added intelligence to thieves was really rare. Even if players got it, selling it at the auction house would mostly be unwanted goods. It was estimated that it would be left in the corner of the hold.

聂言 searched in the item sales column for a long time and couldn't find a single item. He was dumbfounded. If he couldn't buy equipment that added intelligence, he wouldn't have to fight it himself, would he? How long would it take to increase to 30 points of intelligence?

The Scroll of Thunderfire was an intermediate scroll. At this time, it was still relatively rare, and its effect was relatively large. If the level was high, who wouldn't have one or two scrolls for self-defense? Thunderfire might not be a rare thing.

聂言 wanted to use Thunderfire, but his intelligence was not enough. What could he do?

聂言 suddenly thought of Banxing de Hu Li. He wondered if Banxing de Hu Li had equipment that added intelligence. It was normal for a large guild like the Holy Roman Empire to occasionally get one or two pieces of thief equipment that added intelligence. This type of equipment was usually not used by anyone and would not be easily discarded. The wise approach was to use it to fill the guild warehouse, so that it could be taken out when needed.

"Are you there?" 聂言 sent a message to Banxing de Hu Li.

"Yes, the five passive skill books you wanted have all been found. We don't have any extra for the first two in our guild for the time being, but we should be able to get them in the afternoon." Banxing de Hu Li said apologetically. Because 聂言 provided them with a large number of Black Phenol Potions, they entered the Soth Mountain Valley one step ahead of other guilds. Although they were only farming ordinary werewolves and hadn't even seen the face of the Boss, the benefits were quite amazing. They had found a lot of good equipment. A werewolf gave more than 800 experience points, which was much faster than leveling outside. He hadn't collected all the things that 聂言 wanted yet.

The Backstab and Eviscerate that 聂言 wanted were relatively rare skills at the current stage. Their guild couldn't produce a few of them a day, and the demand was very large. As for the other five passive skill books, although they were relatively unpopular, the price was not expensive, and players didn't demand these skills much, so they were easier to find.

Banxing de Hu Li was very puzzled. Why did 聂言, a thief, learn so many strength skills? It took up too many skill slots, and he would have to forget them later, wouldn't that be a waste of money? But after thinking about it, 聂言 was probably the richest solo player he had ever seen, so he might not care about this little bit of money.

"These are not urgent. Keep all the strength skills for me. Do you have any intelligence skill books or equipment there?" 聂言 asked.

"Add intelligence? For thieves?" Banxing de Hu Li asked in surprise.

"Yes, equipment and skills that thieves can use that add intelligence, preferably equipment," 聂言 said. If he learned skills that added intelligence, he would have to wash away the skills when there were not enough skill slots in the future, which would be too wasteful.

"I do have some. I'll have my men go to the warehouse and rummage around," Banxing de Hu Li said. He was quite puzzled. Logically speaking, why would a thief increase his intelligence? Could it be that 聂言 had some equipment that required intelligence?

聂言 patiently waited for Banxing de Hu Li's reply.

"I found a pair of cloth shoes, +7 intelligence, a leather armor, +8 intelligence, a pair of gauntlets, +7 intelligence, and two skill books, Wisdom, +9 intelligence, Insight, +6 intelligence. That's all I found," Banxing de Hu Li said.

"That's enough. Lend me the cloth shoes, leather armor, and gauntlets for half a day. As for Insight, you name a price."

"It's not anything valuable, you can take it," Banxing de Hu Li said. Things that added intelligence to thieves were indeed useless. Even if the price was set extremely low in the market, no one would be willing to buy them. Usually, they would be handed over to the disassembler to disassemble.

"Then I'll borrow them first, thanks, mail them to me," 聂言 said. If we only talk about the price of each item, even if they were all bought, it would be at most one silver coin, or even half a silver coin. Banxing de Hu Li was not willing to accept such a small amount of money, and 聂言 was too lazy to mention it.

"Okay," Banxing de Hu Li replied. 聂言 must have a special purpose for taking so many things that added intelligence, but he wouldn't ask too much about 聂言's secrets.

After a while, 聂言 went to the personal warehouse to retrieve the mail package that Banxing de Hu Li had his men mail over, a total of four things that added intelligence.

The intelligence added by these four pieces of equipment, plus a few points of intelligence that 聂言 himself had, had far exceeded thirty points, enough to cast the Thunderfire skill!