Epoch: A Berserker's Rise

A smile appeared on Adam's face. He picked the two rewards, the amulet definitely was an Exceptional equipment since it shone with a blue light, but he didn't know yet what rank was the skill.

So that's what he looked at first.

Whirlwind Slash (C): Rush forward for 10 meters at a 100% faster speed and deal 120% of wind damage. Cooldown: 60 seconds.

Adam immediately learned the skill, it was just too good to pass on. This would be a good skill for attack, but also a good evading skill, the increased speed could get him out of very dangerous situations.

As the parchment on which the skill was written combusted on it own, Adam turned his attention to the amulet, and although he was expecting something good, he didn't think it would be this good.

[Hydra's Amulet] (Exceptional, Level 50)

Requirements: 350 Aura or Mana

All Stats: +1000

Ecdysis(One time use): Activate to recover your HP, Stamina and Aura to 100%, and reset all your cooldowns.

Friend of the Snakes(Passive): All monsters belonging to the Serpent Race will be friendly to you.

Just the stats it gave were incredible, and so were the skills. One would allow him to make a full comeback, and the other would allow him to go through any area with snake monsters in it without fighting.

There was something surprising though, and that was the presence of a requirement. Until now all the accessories he had seen didn't have any requirement, but this one did. This was certainly to avoid having Level 1 players killing Level 20 players with ease.

If none of the special equipments had any restriction, then if a Level 1 got his hands on a Level 300 Legendary Amulet he would be invincible to anyone below Level 200, or maybe even more.

However, it was clear the limits set for those equipments are meant for average people. Since Adam had five times the attributes of others, he could equip equipments of a much higher level. Of course, he had to find them first, and that was the hard part.

Now that he had his rewards, Adam nodded to the two snakes and walked out of the cave. Outside, Neith was patiently waiting for him, so he jumped on top of her and the two began making their way out of the canyon.

As Neith walked, Adam decided it was time to use his AP. Back when he was only an Iron, it didn't matter much whether he used them or not because of how little stronger he would get with every level.

However, he now got 50 AP per level, so he would experience a huge power growth during his Bronze Rank.

Actually, every class had their own huge power boost, and that's when they open the Third Gate.

Normally, an Iron player gets 5 AP every level, a Bronze 10 AP, a Silver 20 AP, a Gold 40 AP, a Hero 80 AP and finally a Legend 160 AP. This means every Rank would push the difference of strength between two levels by two times. That's why, the growth of the player in strength would remain rather static.

However, opening the Third Gate means pushing the difference by 5, so they will become stronger than their fellow players of the same Level, but also become stronger faster. For example, let's say Adam's attributes are as good as a Level 65 while being a Level 25. If he levels up to Level 26, he won't be as strong as a Level 66, but even stronger than that. That's why the Bronze Rank is the biggest growth period for Adam.

A Sovereign would open their Third Gate just before breaking through to Bronze Rank, so their growth period was the Bronze Rank. An SS Class growth period would be Silver, an S Class would be Gold, and an A Class would be Hero.

Of course, that's only a growth period. Even if one open their Third Gate later, their attributes still will be multiplied by 5, so every attribute they gained before will also be multiplied by 5, meaning that if one doesn't count the bonus in attributes during promotions, a Level 200 Sovereign who opened his Third Gate at Level 20 will have the same attributes as a Level 200 A Class who opened his Third Gate at Level 200.

But of course, in reality they won't have the same attributes. The earlier one open their Third Gate, the better their foundation will be, and so the more their attribute will be enhanced by their promotion. For example, Adam had all his attributes doubled when he reached Bronze Rank, but that's because he became a Sovereign.

An SS Class would have their attributes raised by only 75%, an S Class by 50% and an A Rank by 30%.

This power growth would also be the more important the more powerful the user was. Someone in their growth period can cross levels to defeat enemies, but that's only with enemies of a lower class. Right now, Adam has a bigger growth than any SS Class or lower who is between Level 20 and 50, but to reach Silver Rank an SS Class would need to open the Third Gate, so they would enter their growth rate too, and so he wouldn't be able to defeat them easily.

That's why, Adam could defeat that Level 65 S Class, but he would have been crushed by a Level 50 SS Silver.

Anyway, all of that to say, Adam would need to input his AP as soon as he gets them if possible as every level up would represent a pretty significant power gap, and this would only last for his Bronze Rank.

So Adam now had 200 AP to place, 50 from his level up, and another 150 from the quest reward. Adam didn't hesitate much to place them, and so his status transformed to something incredulous.

Name: Valiant Heart

Level: 26

Title: Monster Slayer

Race: Northman

Class: Aqua Sovereign

Rank: Bronze

HP: 25800/25800

Aura: 26880/26880

Strength (+30 per level): 1375 (3405)

Agility (+10 per level): 800 (2430)

Endurance (+10 per level): 800 (2230)

Will: 992 (2688)

Free AP: 0

Skills: -Mighty Strike (E, Perfectly Mastered)

-Charge (E, Level 10/10)

-Wind Blade (D, Level 10/10)

-Parry (D, Level 10/10)

-Lunar Smite (C, Level 10/10)

-Crushing Blow (C, Level 8/10)

-Icy Stomp (C, Level 8/10)

-Whirlwind Slash (C, Level 1/10)

-Totemic Rage (B, Level 1/10)

-Barbarous Roar (B, Level 10/10)

-Misty Escape (B, Level 1/10)

Every day, Adam was getting stronger, and so he was getting closer to his goal. Actually, he very well might reach his goal sooner than he thought.

After all, he was about to face 1000 players, possibly 10 000 if they didn't want to take risks, all around Level 20. Even though the drop rate from players was lower than monsters, they will all drop at least one thing from their inventory, and if he sells everything they drop, then that will become a considerable amount of wealth.

Adding the money he would get from selling the Level 50+ equipments he got, today he would really get a huge amount of gold. Then there was also the earnings from the mine, which he should see in about a week, he would have gathered a good part of what he needed already.

And it's not like he really had to gather 10 000 Gold on his own, his parents weren't inactive, they would also contribute, they couldn't pay everything on their own, but if he was able to contribute enough then they would too be able to pay a rather significant part.

And the 10 000 Gold was an upper limit. The first surgery his brother needed costed 100 000 dollars, meaning only 1000 Gold. However, if that wasn't enough to cure him then there would be other surgeries, and the maximum they would need to pay would be slightly below a million.

Right now, Adam had 55 Golds on him, and the money he would get from selling the equipments he got as well as those he would get against Blue Cemetery, he would go beyond 100 Gold, at least, and very possibly could reach 200 or 300 Gold!

For the equipments from Blue Cemetery, he would just sell them through the worldwide auction, so that even if he puts 10 000 pieces of equipment the order wouldn't surpass the demand.

But for the Level 50+ equipment, there was no such equipment on the market, so selling more than 20 of them on the market would lower their price. But he didn't have the time to sell them one by one, so he would sell them in a bulk to a First Tier Guild.

Coincidentally, he had the contact information of two First Tier Guilds.