Skill Extraction: Exploring Dungeons

The silent night sky.

The cold moonlight shines on the window.

Kane returned to his room, and he could now feel his physical strength continuously increasing. Warm streams coursed through his body, not making him uncomfortable, but rather making him feel very relaxed.

After taking a bath, Kane sat on the bed.

He reached into his space equipment and took out the two medium-sized magic materials that had emerged today.

Then he took off the magic stone hanging from his neck, which was more than half-filled.

He began to let the magic stone absorb the energy from the materials.

After a while, the energy in the two medium-sized materials disappeared, the raw materials became dull, and the magic stone was filled with copper color.

"Whew"

Kane exhaled, holding the magic stone, and took down the Mist Warrior medal pinned to his coat, placing it on his chest.

Then he summoned the "Book of Adventure."

Flipped the pages to the extraction array page.

He gently placed his hand on the array, taking a deep breath.

[Skill Extraction]

[Do you want to consume the copper magic stone to extract skills?]

[Yes] [No]

"Yes"

[Extracting skills...]

The array on the book started to rotate, and the magic stone in his hand disappeared, only to be replaced by a glowing patterned stone tablet.

Looking at the skill stone in his hand, he examined it.

[Name: Launcher]

[Type: Active Skills]

[Hue: Copper]

[Explanation: Spends magic power to create a launcher and an ammunition chamber. When there are shootable objects in the ammunition chamber, magic power is spent to launch the objects. The speed and power of the objects depend on the magic power spent.]

[Introduction: A young genius mage obtained a mechanical artifact from ancient ruins. He imitated the structure of the artifact to create this magical spell. He was also an early pioneer of mechanics.]

As Kane looked at the introduction of the skill in his hand, he didn't know what to feel and couldn't help but think of the boss he met yesterday.

Could it be that I need to put down the bow and arrow too?

No, this is called adapting to the changes of the times. However, before saying such things, it's better to experience the effects of this skill first.

Kane placed [Launcher] into his skill grid and removed [Eagle Eye].

He closed his eyes and carefully sensed the sudden flood of information in his brain, following the information as he controlled his magic power.

After opening his eyes, he began to activate the skill.

He spread his palm, and his magic power began to emanate, starting to construct a square object.

The object's front had two holes, and the rear connected to a container, which were the launch holes and ammunition chamber respectively.

Then he used the skill to mold a series of featherless crossbow arrows.

Neatly placing these crossbow arrows in the ammunition chamber.

Next, he took out the experimental wooden stake from his space equipment and placed it on the table at the foot of the bed.

Aiming the launcher's holes at the wooden stake, he used the smallest amount of magic power to conduct a launch.

"Whoosh"

A crossbow arrow rapidly shot out, embedding into the stake.

Kane cast out a spider silk thread, pulled the stake over, and checked the depth of the arrow's penetration.

The smallest amount of magic power could only embed the arrow into the stake by about two centimeters.

He threw the stake back on the table, then used several times more magic power than before to launch the arrow again.

This time, the crossbow arrow firmly lodged into the wooden stake, emitting a crisp sound.

Kane checked the arrow's penetration depth again; this time, the arrow penetrated nearly 10 centimeters.

Such force already possessed significant lethality. And these were ordinary crossbow arrows; Kane hadn't intentionally molded tips with armor-piercing properties.

Finally, he used the maximum simulated output to fire the crossbow arrow. With such consumption, Kane's own magic power could only sustain about 20 shots.

The arrow directly penetrated the stake, destroying itself in the process.

Seeing such piercing power, ordinary copper defense armor couldn't withstand such force. Plus, with the launcher, as long as magic power was consumed, it could be fired continuously.

If paired with [Critical Strike], Kane's attack methods would greatly improve, transitioning straight from the cold weapon era to the hot weapon era.

Now, what hinders Kane's combat power are no longer skills but his inner magic power, and the fastest way to enhance magic power is by clearing dungeons.

When a dungeon matched with your power is cleared, the Mist will elevate the Explorer's abilities in all aspects.

Kane's current magic power capacity has only reached 66%, but he doesn't know how such capacity compares within the copper level.

The "Explorer's Professional Guide" states that when an Explorer clears a dungeon that differs little from their strength, it elevates their attributes across the board, with the greatest boost in magic power, which in turn enhances their physical attributes.

Of course, clearing a dungeon stronger than your strength grants greater post-clearance elevation.

Once clearing a certain number of dungeons, an Explorer will feel their magic power reaching its limit, necessitating the clearing of dungeons beyond their power to break the limit.

Then advance to another level.

This requires exploring red-marked dungeons, where some people remain forever, some linger at the entrance, and only a few succeed.

Kane waited quietly, letting an hour pass for the skill-switch cooldown.

Then he dragged [Launcher] into the enhancement grid of the source skills.

[Name: Transparent Play-Doh]

[Enhancement Slot 1: Material Change-Steel] (Hardness enhancement, reduced magic power consumption)

[Enhancement Slot 2: Launcher] (Adds new creation structure)

Looking at the introduction above, Kane began using the skill.

After creating a lump of transparent Play-Doh, he controlled it to transform into a launcher.

Indeed, the lump of Play-Doh successfully turned into a launcher, its structure identical to the launcher created by Kane's skill.

However, the magic power consumption for creation was nearly the same, and the power needed during use was also almost identical.

The only advantage was the ability to directly discard the ammunition chamber and create ammunition right behind the launch hole.

Additionally, the launcher's appearance could be concealed.

It seems this skill stone might become a permanent resident in the enhancement grid.

Using the magic-created launcher required only one hand to maintain magic power and control.

Creating a launcher with transparent Play-Doh required anchoring it onto one hand for launching purposes.

Both needed a hand to operate, but creating the launcher was a bit more intricate.

Compared to gaining an extra skill grid, this intricacy is negligible.

He completed setting up his skills.

It was now time for the final task.

From the space equipment, he took out the [Mysterious Egg] he'd obtained before, setting up a nest alongside his bedside table for it.

And placed the hatching stone, given by Burton, over the egg.

According to Burton's explanation, by placing it like this overnight, the egg would hatch by morning.

He hadn't handed Youyou over to Kreya today.

Urged Youyou to constantly observe the egg's condition, and to wake him if there were any changes.