Chapter 279: Rapidly Increasing Strength
[lee Archer (Passive Skill): When equipped with a bow type weapon, if an enemy approaches within three ters and their presence has been detected, gain a five second physical fitness enhancent. Cooldown: ten minutes. Arrows fired while this effect is active gain increased power.]
The effect of this passive skill was clear at a glance. It existed to improve the margin for error of ranged professions. Although it could only be triggered once every ten minutes, and its effect lasted for only a short five seconds, making it unsuitable as a regular combat thod, it had no negative effects. It could serve as insurance in case an enemy suddenly closed the distance.
However, the true focus this ti was the defensive equipnt Kato gumi had obtained.
[Nightingale Armor (Purple Epic Quality, Provisional): Mysterious light armor created by a goddess who controls shadows and night for those chosen by her. When wearing this equipnt, the user’s stealth type skill effects will be greatly enhanced.]
[The Bloodstained Nightingale Bow and Nightingale Armor belong to the Nightingale Set. Nightingale Set effect activated: Any attack launched by the Player will receive the blessing of shadows and night, greatly reducing the attack’s presence. Note: This blessing is a ntal illusion type effect.]
"A set effect... equipnt from the sa set? This is the first ti I’ve seen one."
Iwanaga Kotoko leaned over to glance at the description on Kato gumi’s phone, speaking thoughtfully.
"A bow type weapon, body armor... According to common sense, there should be at least one more piece, like an accessory. Maybe a ring, necklace, gloves, shoes, or sothing similar. I’m not sure how many pieces are required to complete the set. Perhaps different sets need different numbers of equipnt pieces."
"Mm, but the skill and equipnt I obtained this ti suit quite well."
Kato gumi stood up from the sofa and tried equipping the Nightingale Armor from her inventory.
The next second, a layer of black mist that seed to ripple like flowing shadow appeared around her body. It condensed into black armor with a rubber-like texture, slightly soft to the touch, its surface engraved with mysterious patterns. A cape was attached to the back, completing its quiet, shadowy appearance.
"Let see."
Seeing Asagiri stand up and walk over to Kato gumi, then directly reach toward the area near her neck, Yuuki Asuna’s pretty face flushed as she said in embarrassnt and anger,
"You... what are you doing? Are you thinking perverted thoughts again? You can even think of that with this kind of outfit?"
Hearing this, Asagiri first replied with a smile.
"First, thank you for recognizing as Tokyo’s number one Butter Shooter. Second, I wasn’t thinking about that. Although the tight suit agent the is tiless and I don’t dislike it, I don’t have any intention of experiencing it right now. I was looking at this."
Asagiri raised his hand and pointed below Kato gumi’s fair, delicate neck. His index finger lightly touched the smooth edge of the armor. Looking at the slightly puzzled Yuuki Asuna, he smiled and said,
"Don’t you feel like this armor stops here too abruptly?"
"Now that you ntion it, you’re right."
Yuuki Asuna carefully observed Kato gumi in the Nightingale Armor and nodded in agreent.
"My Armor of Flashing Light is similar to this Nightingale Armor. Both are body armor. But my Armor of Flashing Light doesn’t have this awkward feeling. Looking at it this way... the Nightingale Set should also include a helt and hand armor."
"Alright, gumi’s draw is over. Who’s next?"
"I’ll go."
Iwanaga Kotoko volunteered and stated the answer she had already decided on.
"In the last Dungeon, although we went through several high intensity battles in a row, my ntal power wasn’t overdrawn to the point of near unconsciousness. My high ntal power is one reason, but more importantly, the skills I currently possess aren’t strong enough. The only ability that can truly keep up with the intensity of the third stage is my ability to control Black Particles. The effects of Undead Touch and Curse Gaze are too outdated. Against enemies with high ntal resistance, they have almost no effect. So this ti, I only want to choose one reward, and that is an attack type skill."
When the Dungeon clearance rating was fixed, the quantity and quality of custom rewards were inversely proportional.
For example, when clearing the Ajin Dungeon, Iwanaga Kotoko had only obtained the ability to control Black Particles as a reward. However, there was no doubt that the strength of the Black Particles ability, as well as its future developnt potential, was enough to make it one of her signature abilities.
In comparison, basic Warlock skills like Curse Gaze, and first stage skills like Undead Touch, already seed sowhat insufficient at this point. Even Netherworld Grip could no longer exert much effect.
Iwanaga Kotoko’s ntal power was very high. In other words, her mana bar was very long, but she lacked powerful finishing moves that matched it. That was simply too wasteful.
"Wait a mont."
Just as Iwanaga Kotoko was about to input the custom reward content, Asagiri suddenly spoke.
"Although Undead Touch, Curse Gaze, and Netherworld Grip are sowhat outdated in terms of strength, I think all three are quite useful abilities, and you’re already used to using them. Instead of obtaining a completely new ability, wouldn’t it be better to fuse and upgrade the skills you already have?"
"Fuse and upgrade, huh..."
Iwanaga Kotoko imdiately understood what Asagiri ant.
"Okay, I’ll try."
Iwanaga Kotoko entered her request into the eye icon APP.
The next second, dark red prompt text appeared.
[Custom reward content confird. Skills "Curse Gaze," "Undead Touch," and "Netherworld Grip" are beginning fusion and upgrade.]
[Reward obtained: Skill "Pale Domination." Profession "Warlock" has been promoted to the special exclusive profession "Netherworld Master."]
[Pale Domination: By consuming ntal power, summon one or more pale ghostly hands. The ntal power consud increases with the number of pale ghostly hands summoned. The pale ghostly hands deal both physical and curse attribute double damage to enemies, and will extract the enemy’s ntal power upon contact to replenish the user.]
[When an enemy is completely controlled by the pale ghostly hands and falls into a state where they cannot move freely, maintaining eye contact with the enemy for three seconds allows the pale ghostly hands to extract the enemy’s soul and obtain a portion of the enemy’s mory images.]
[Note: The success or failure of the mory extraction ability depends on the enemy’s ntal power. The amount of mory extracted and the accuracy of the extraction depend on the user’s own ntal power. Regardless of whether the extraction succeeds or fails, the user will not suffer backlash or negative effects.]
[Netherworld Master: Warlock type special exclusive profession.]
[Netherworld Summon: Profession exclusive ability of "Netherworld Master." Turns the area within a hundred ter radius into the Netherworld. Within the Netherworld, the user’s ntal power will not be consud at all, and their recovery ability will be greatly increased. The Netherworld can be maintained for a maximum of one minute. After one minute, the user will fall unconscious due to ntal power exhaustion and will require twelve hours to regain consciousness.]
"Such powerful abilities..."
Seeing the information that appeared on Iwanaga Kotoko’s phone, both Yuuki Asuna and Kato gumi could not help but exclaim in shock.
The pale ghostly hand, which could originally only be summoned one at a ti and already seed sowhat insufficient against enemies in the current stage of Dungeons, could now be summoned in multiple numbers at once. It also retained the characteristic of Undead Touch, extracting an enemy’s ntal power.
Most importantly, it could even extract a portion of the enemy’s mories by pulling out their soul.
This ability did not have much use in direct combat, but as long as it could successfully obtain the mories of a Black Watch mber, they would gain a massive amount of important intelligence about that world.
Perhaps...
They could even discover the truth behind this ga.
"Okay, then it’s my turn. I want hand armor, then ntal power and physical fitness enhancent..."
"No."
Asagiri interrupted Yuuki Asuna, reached out to pinch her delicate, fair cheek, and made a suggestion.
"I think it’s best if you don’t choose basic ntal power and physical fitness enhancent this ti. Choose a piece of hand armor, then upgrade one skill. Based on your rating this ti, there’s a possibility of red Epic grade equipnt appearing."
"Red Epic grade equipnt, huh..."
Yuuki Asuna’s eyes flickered, revealing a cute look of anticipation like a little girl’s. She nodded vigorously.
"Okay, I’ll do as you say~"
Although all four mbers of the team received an S rating this ti, there were still differences within S .
Yuuki Asuna had killed multiple Black Watch mbers and Fire-Clad Believerss, while also helping Asagiri control the situation. Her rating should be the second highest among the four mbers of the team. If she gave up physical fitness and ntal power enhancent, choosing only one piece of equipnt and one skill upgrade, the probability of obtaining red quality equipnt was very high.
Moreover, Yuuki Asuna was very clear about which skill she should upgrade.
[Custom reward content confird: Hand armor type equipnt, upgraded passive skill: Swordsman’s Resolve.]
[Reward obtained: Lionheart Gloves, Swordsman’s Will.]
[Lionheart Gloves (Purple Excellent Quality): Hand armor type equipnt. Its appearance and color can change according to the user’s will. Wearing this equipnt significantly increases the user’s strength when attacking.]
"Purple quality, no red..."
Yuuki Asuna first shook her head with a slight sense of disappointnt.
However, when she saw the upgraded Swordsman’s Will, she imdiately understood why she had only received one piece of purple quality equipnt.
The true reward was this skill.
[Swordsman’s Will (Passive Skill): Greatly increases the Player’s physical stats when using sword type weapons. Using any type of sword skill will not place any burden on the body, and sword skill power is greatly increased.]
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