Chapter 78: Chapter 59: Dark Sage and Asura
Chun returned to the private room, logging in online both nervously and expectantly, as a slew of system messages flooded the screen!
——System Prompt: Welcome to the game, it is currently 16:10 on the Golden Continent...
——System Prompt: Congratulations! You overcame illness and expertly used the combination fishing rod. With the help of Dolphin Blessing, your Fishing Technique has advanced to Expert Level 1, achieving the following: Physical Strength +2, Load Capacity +2, Luck +1, additional reward Life +2, Spirit +2, gained the talent skill "Expert Fishing Mastery". Achievement reward from "Newcomer’s Three-Day Big Discount Blessing": Wisdom +1.
——System Prompt: ...Your Fishing Technique has advanced to Expert Level 2...
——System Prompt: Warning! Your vessel is severely overweight and at risk of sinking, automatic fishing is about to be terminated.
——System Prompt: The Evil Spirit Aileen took control of your body, distributing the catch to the dolphins to mitigate the risk of the vessel sinking, enhancing the affection of the dolphins towards you, thereby increasing the effectiveness of your Sea Race Personal Guard.
——System Prompt: ...Your Module Combination has advanced to Expert Level 5...
——System Prompt: Congratulations! Within three days as a newcomer, you have gained plenty of wisdom and negative reputation, triggering the hidden profession "Dark Sage".
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Fishing Expert Level 2 already! Being able to auto-level to Expert was already the goal achieved, but having the risk of ship sinking from overfishing was completely unexpected, luckily Aileen handled it automatically! But—looking at the last line "Dark Sage", Chun’s breath nearly stopped!
What’s this? Is it like a summary of my three-day performance? If there was no negative reputation, would it be "Sage"? During the open beta, there was no public information about it, so it’s definitely high-end.
Then, quickly check the clone, first it’s still the countdown for the second layer trial’s completion; it’s been timing for over 7 hours, is this really a bug on her end?
Then an even larger string of system message prompts:
——System Prompt: You have automatically completed the daily reputation task "Collection of Crystal Stone Flower" while on auto, receiving Dibilon’s reward "Crystal Stone Flower", and you have automatically consumed the Crystal Stone Flower, restoring your Physical Stamina and Illusion Skill Value.
——System Prompt: ...Your Collection Technique has advanced to Expert Level 9...
——System Prompt: ...Your Collection Technique has advanced to Expert Level 10...
——System Prompt: Congratulations! You have activated the talent "Essence of Mining", successfully collecting a rare Crystal Stone Flower. Your Collection Technique has successfully advanced to Master Level 1! Achievement rewards: Physical Strength +3, Load Capacity +3, gained the talent skill "Master Collection Mastery". Achievement reward from "Newcomer’s Three-Day Big Discount Blessing": Wisdom +2!
——System Prompt: You successfully collected a High-Tier Crystal Stone Flower, completing the daily reputation task "Collection of Crystal Stone Flower", receiving Dibilon’s admiration, reward "High-Tier Crystal Stone Flower", and have automatically consumed the High-Tier Crystal Stone Flower. Your constitution has further fused into Earth Flame constitution, and your hands experienced through the rigors of collection, initially obtaining the rockification effect.
——System Prompt: Congratulations! Your hand rockification has undergone a qualitative change. With your outstanding wisdom, Expert Module Combination skill successfully combined the talent skill "Essence of Mining" with "Master-Level Mining Mastery" and "Master Collection Mastery", upgrading to a new racial talent skill "Essence of Hand-to-Hand".
Essence of Hand-to-Hand: Your hands are filled with hardness, strength, dexterity, Hand-to-hand Attack Power +20%, Two-Handed Defense +10, Load Capacity +50, Blocking Rate +20%.
——System Prompt: Congratulations! Your racial talent skill "Essence of Hand-to-Hand" automatically elevated your Basic Mining Pickaxe Disarmament Level 1 skill to Advanced Mining Pickaxe Disarmament Level 10, achievement rewards Physical Strength +29, Load Capacity +29, Blocking Rate +29%. Your Intermediate Climbing Level 10 automatically upgraded to Expert Climbing Level 1, Physical Strength +12, Load Capacity +12. Achievement reward from "Newcomer’s Three-Day Big Discount Blessing": Wisdom +2.
——System Prompt: You have obtained considerable wisdom within three days of being a newcomer and comprehended the racial talent "Essence of Hand-to-Hand", triggering the hidden racial profession "Asura".
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Holy Shit, holy shit, the clone is even more exaggerated, Collection Technique is now Master! Racial talent!
Looking at the pair of hands smooth as fire jade, Chun is even more ecstatically surprised, unexpectedly combining to form Hand-to-Hand Mastery, this talent directly jumped Mining Pickaxe Disarmament, which had no chance to practice before, to Advanced Level 10! Climbing stuck at Intermediate has also directly advanced to Expert!
So this is what becoming a Demon is like, a goal difficult for many human races becomes easy once you turn Demon. Moreover, it triggers a racial profession "Asura"! From the looks of it, it doesn’t require weapons, is it a hand-to-hand attack type? No, what hand-to-hand, that’s called Demon Claw!
Then the most crucial part is the rankings!
Of course, Chun is quite confident, having been reported twice just yesterday, without the Divine Artifact ring or Divine Format core on him, the rank certainly wouldn’t be too high, otherwise the masters downstairs would have already been shouting about it.
As expected, 260,000th place, 30,000 ranks fewer than yesterday, great, great.
Chun felt a great sense of relief, this night of exhaustion, no, rather, the hard work of these three days feels like it’s completed a perfect stage report card.
Let’s take another look at the clone’s attributes:
Level: 28.
Race: Earth Flame Illusion Spirit (Advancing Conversion).
Reputation: -100,000
Attack: 27
Defense: 0
Attack Speed: 10
Movement Speed: 11 (Expert Running +1)
Illusion Value: 132
Life: 249 (Level +27, Illusion Value +132, Intermediate Dual-Wielding Pickaxes Level 10 +20, Advanced Mining Pickaxe Disarmament +30, Expert Module Combination Level 5 +40)
Load Capacity: 595 (Level +27, Master Mining Level 2 +56, Expert Running Level 1 +32, Expert Swimming Level 1 +32, Advanced Artistic Swimming Level 10 +30, Advanced Underwater Mining Level 10 +30, Advanced Underwater Construction Level 10 +30, Expert Fishing Level 2 +34, Master Collection Technique Level 1 +53, Intermediate Dual-Wielding Pickaxes Level 10 +20, Expert Climbing Level 1 +32, Intermediate Marathon Level 3 +13, Basic Cooking Level 1 +1, Advanced Mining Pickaxe Disarmament Level 10 +30, Advanced Throwing Level 10 +30, Expert Sailing Technique Level 1 +32, Expert Module Combination Level 5 +40, Advanced Forging Level 3 +23, Essence of Hand-to-Hand +50)
Physical Strength: 545 (Level +27, ...)
Commanding Power: 40 (Expert Module Combination Level 5 +40)
Wisdom: 21
Spirit: 21
Hunger: 5
Luck: 1 (Fishing Technique 1st level +1, note: this luck value is permanent and won’t be dispelled by any misfortune effects.)
Special Skill 1: Soul Link, the clone and the original share knowledge skills.
Special Skill 2: Illusion Growth, and can comprehend illusion skills.
Inventory: Damaged Dragon Skin Space Bag, 2 Iron Pickaxes, Advanced Volcanic Giant Lizard Crystal Core...
Pet Slots: 2
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These are the clone’s attributes, not to mention the combat power, this nearly 600 load endurance is simply like a regenerating beast of burden! But the real substance is the 21 points of wisdom and spirit, these are soul attributes!
As for the original, being blurred and limited by plague and crow plague is better left unseen for the sake of gaining spirit, let the original remain sick all the time.
At this moment, Aileen spoke: "You just came? Good thing it’s me, otherwise your boat would have capsized!"
Chun gratefully praised: "That’s why you’re important to me."
Aileen scoffed: "The most important!"
"Yes, yes!"
To be honest, it’s true, with her around, even in places where you can’t go AFK, it can be taken care of, and encountering situations like Jiang being blacked out isn’t as urgent.
Then Chun noticed that the fish and dolphin groups were gone: "Where are they?"
Aileen said: "After catching and eating them, of course, they left. It’s about to get dark, you should be concerned about the impending Ghost Town. Besides, there’s a lot of commotion in the dungeon, the Count sent people with ropes, loud sounds of crowds and steam eruptions are coming from deep underground."
The rapid actions of the consortium astonished Chun: "Steam is water in the dungeon meeting magma, are they about to find hell?"
Aileen coldly snorted: "Most likely they’ll release fierce demons, then the city will be lively."
Will a monster siege event be triggered? Impossible, that’s just a mine.
Aileen sighed again: "Others don’t matter, just worried about Mom and Amy, what do you say?"
It clearly triggered an Evil Spirit task, even if I can’t handle it, I have to find a way to please her, right?
Chun thought slightly: "How about contacting a Crystal Bat to disrupt them a bit?"
Aileen laughed: "You think that way too? Then let’s do it!"
I feel like you’re simply trying to annoy the Count!
Chun advised: "But last time they suffered a loss, surely they’re well-prepared this time, you must be extremely careful and never reveal yourself!"
Aileen arrogantly smiled: "I absorbed the energy left by the Great Evil Spirit, and also absorbed the Resentment from the Slime Monster’s Sacred Artifact ring, I want to test its power, I’m busy now, don’t bother me."
Holy Shit!
Chun was somewhat flustered, this is openly declaring war on the consortium, even if they have no evidence, what if they suspect me and take it out on me?
As for now, the clone’s small task can trigger with the leader, but if things get big and both ends are busy, it won’t be good. Better continue AFK to endlessly collect resources, build tribe reputation, the more reputation, the bigger the deals, and wait for the Volcano Dragon to digest, and then cause some trouble together.
As for the main character, although there’s no rare fish school, continue AFK fishing. Feels like the main’s awkwardness is having nothing to do besides being sick. Not sure how those legendary time-crunching professional players manage.
Then set an alarm and take a nap until the game goes dark.
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Divine Presence Headquarters.
The sleeping Young Master was awakened by the whole team’s screams: "What’s going on?"
A team member said: "Young Master, that Crystal Bat appeared again! The Red Name Third Corps is annihilated!"
The Young Master angrily said: "Sakamaru-kun, quickly ring the bell!!"
"Understood, Sakamaru!"
With the bell’s ringing, a large area of spatial fluctuation came, and the Count’s Mansion butler appeared with seven fully equipped, bejeweled black-clad men, no, one of them wore a cloak seemingly with no equipment.
Sakamaru immediately flattered: "Greetings, Butler!"
The butler said solemnly: "We’ve made full preparations this time, we’ll surely capture both the Crystal Bat and the Magic Stone."
Is this related to the mysterious cloaked figure?
Sakamaru immediately probed for information: "Didn’t that master say yesterday that a Treasure Hunting Magical Pet isn’t suitable for combat, can we handle this bat that’s mutated multiple times?"
The butler said sternly: "Chairman, take all remaining prisoners back to the upper levels, stop the elevators!"
The Young Master was furious: "Baka? Not letting players watch?"