NOVEL NEXT Ch. 14
Chapter 14: New Skills
"System prompt: You have obtained 43 『Monster Blood』."
"System prompt: You have obtained 32 『Old Leather』."
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"System prompt: You have obtained a skill book—『Holy Healing』!"
As Chen Zixuan collected the loot dropped from the BOSS's corpse, a flash of blue light suddenly appeared before his eyes, revealing a skill book.
It was a book with a yellowed cover—it looked like it had existed for quite a few years. Chen Zixuan opened up the item's description.
"『Holy Healing』 Skill Book, blue rare, priest-exclusive skill. Using this item allows a Priest player to acquire this skill."
"Item Description: A heavily damaged book, it seems to have been a collectible of the Goblin Hero."
Unfortunately, it wasn't something Chen Zixuan could use himself. Still, it was worth keeping—rare skill books always fetched a good price.
After collecting all the loot dropped by the BOSS, Chen Zixuan clapped his hands—task completed, time to head back.
Soon after, the silver-haired girl and the captain of the guards returned together to Crown Town.
On the way back to the town, Chen Zixuan opened his backpack to check all the rewards he'd gotten from killing the BOSS.
Besides the full set of epic gear and the skill book, the quest also rewarded him with 20 gold coins and 20 blue gems.
The currency system in 《Legend of Kaloran》 was simple: copper coins, silver coins, and gold coins.
Ten copper coins exchanged for one silver coin, and ten silver coins exchanged for one gold coin.
At the newly-launched game's rate, one copper coin could be sold for 2 yuan, so these 20 gold coins equaled 2,000 copper coins, or 4,000 yuan.
Compared to the equipment dropped by the BOSS, the 4,000 yuan might seem paltry, but for Chen Zixuan at this point, it was still a considerable sum.
"Once I log off and sell the gear, I definitely have to treat Gu Yanxi to a nice meal tonight."
The thought filled Chen Zixuan with delight.
Afterward, Chen Zixuan checked the three new skills he'd acquired: 『Night Raid』, 『Bloodburst』, and 『Advanced Forging』.
He began with the first skill.
『Night Raid』: Lv.1. As the embodiment of the Noble of the Dark, you possess extraordinary speed and may instantly teleport to any location within 2 meters. Your next melee attack deals 1.5 times damage, and this attack may critically strike. At night, you can also enter invisibility for 2 seconds.
Mana Cost: 60. Cooldown: 200 seconds.
This was the Vampire Prince's class skill—somewhat similar to an Assassin's 『Shadowstep』, but much more powerful in effect.
Especially at nighttime in-game, the combination of teleportation and invisibility would leave any enemy completely unprepared!
Next was 『Bloodburst』, a state-type skill.
『Bloodburst』: Lv.1. As an exalted Vampire, you possess the power to control your own blood. Activating this skill consumes 80 HP, and for the next 15 seconds, your blood will boil: Attack increases by 30%, Agility increases by 30%, and you become immune to all slowing effects.
After 15 seconds, you will enter a weakened state for 30 minutes: Attack decreases by 50%, Agility decreases by 50%.
Mana Cost: 0. Cooldown: 12 hours.
After reading the skill description, Chen Zixuan was slightly surprised. Undoubtedly, the effect of this skill was very strong—especially strong, incredibly strong!
A 30% boost to both attack and agility was formidable. Combined with 『Night Raid』s high crit damage and 『Silverflash Pierce』s true damage execute, not a single player could survive more than 15 seconds in the hands of this petite, silver-haired girl.
However, the downside to this skill was even more apparent. After all, it required burning one's own blood; not only did it consume a large amount of HP to activate, but after 15 seconds, he'd suffer a 30-minute period of weakness.
If, after activating the skill, he couldn't eliminate all enemies within those 15 seconds, he'd end up in a very unfavorable position.
It was a truly violent skill—a double-edged sword.
Used well, it could save the world; used poorly, it could spell one's own doom.
After much deliberation, Chen Zixuan decided to keep this skill as his trump card—he would hide it under normal circumstances, only considering its use for escape or counter-kill in the most dangerous situations.
The last skill was especially interesting.
This was a life skill granted by the system as a reward for the first BOSS kill—『Advanced Forging』.
《Legend of Kaloran》 was an extremely open-world game. Players could choose main combat classes like Warrior or Priest, but also cultivate lifestyle sub-classes.
For example, a player with the 『Alchemy』 skill could become an 『Alchemist』 as a sub-class, making potions with various effects to sell to other players or share within their guild.
Players mastering the 『Forging』 skill could become 『Blacksmiths』, able to forge and upgrade their own armor and weapons.
In fact, lifestyle professions in-game were as important as alchemists in Battle Horse Continent.
High-level blacksmiths, in particular, were indispensable targets for every major guild to recruit.
Sub-class levels were straightforward: Beginner, novice, apprentice, master, grandmaster, and Legend. Advancing, however, was extremely difficult, requiring substantial time and materials to accumulate experience.
According to official game materials, legendary blacksmiths could even forge 『Artifacts』 surpassing orange legendary gear!
The skill Chen Zixuan acquired was 『Advanced Forging』, meaning that even less than four hours after launch, he had already skipped both the Beginner and Novice levels and became an Apprentice blacksmith.
Opening his personal panel, Chen Zixuan indeed saw a sub-class tab beneath his class: Apprentice Blacksmith.
【Apprentice Blacksmith】: This player can forge or enhance rare-grade equipment. When forging white gear, success rate +20%; when forging blue gear, success rate +15%.
Though he didn't yet know how to level up sub-classes, Chen Zixuan was still full of joy.
In any game, classes that can forge or enhance gear were always more popular—and never did badly wherever they went.
"Heheheh..."
Walking along, the silver-haired girl suddenly grinned to herself.
Afterward, Chen Zixuan assigned the attribute points earned from leveling up. The 2 skill points were added to 『Night Raid』 and 『Bloodburst』, raising both to Lv.2.
Crown Town was in sight.
It was finally time to part; the captain stood at the gates of the small town and said his farewells to Chen Zixuan with a solemn expression:
"Adventurer, you have done very well. Our town can no longer teach you more; you should go out and hone your skills in the broader world. Head to the Imperial Capital—that is your true stage!"
"The Imperial Capital... how do I get there?"
The silver-haired girl's face showed confusion.
And another thing—she remembered that the captain had previously mentioned a family heirloom.
He still hadn't given it to her yet.
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