MMORPG: The Elementalist

After players advanced to Tier 6, they wouldn’t be acquiring skills from NPC Elders like they did when they were Tier 5. This was because after they had advanced to Demigod Tier, they themselves were already on the same tier with these “mentors”. Thus, the Elders didn’t have any more skills that they could pass on.

If the players wanted to acquire stronger, better skills, they would need to earn those on their own by defeating Bosses and clearing Dungeons.

However, there was a really low drop rate of Skill Books.

Getting these Tier 6 Skill Books were, understandably, much harder than the usual Skill Books…

That was why acquiring a Tier 6 Skill Book before reaching Tier 6 was very lucrative to any Electromancer who was inching close to advancing to Tier 6.

Because…

If they could get their hands on greater and more powerful spells, they could become significantly stronger than their peers who were on the same Tier.

Besides, boosting up their stats, equipment, and Element manipulation speed right after they reached Tier 6 would mean that they could enjoy a much shorter time in casting their Tier 6 spells. This meant that they would be able to able to hunt treasures and duel with players with a much greater advantage on their side.

***

Thunderbird.

A skill that would allow one to conjure a “Thunderbird Sword”, which had 80 Magic Attack, in one’s hand. It could be used to attack hostile targets in close-range and could paralyze enemies with a success rate of 100%. It could also transform into a “Thunderbird Crush”, attacking every target within a ten meter radius or it could also be transformed into a long-range “Thunderbird Slash”, attacking any target within a thirty meter radius.

After seeing the detailed description of the Skill Book, even Qin Ruo, an Aquamancer, was enamored by the Thunderbird’s unique usefulness.

It was as expected of a Tier 6 magic spell. How magnificent!

Aside from allowing its user to launch constant melee attacks at close range, the Thunderbird Sword could also be used to launch an AoE attack. Not only that, it could also turn into a long-range attack. This one spell had fused several levels of Low, Mid, and High Tier Electric Element Manipulation techniques.

It was extremely versatile!

This spell could turn any Electromancer into a fearsome versatile fighter, who could fight at both close-range and long-range. Combining the AoE attack and Blink Strike, the Electromancer could also launch a surprise attack in so many ways…

Now, it was not just the Electromancers like Homme Fatale and Majestic Hero, even Qin Ruo himself was so captivated by it. He couldn’t help but sigh.

‘Why isn’t this a Water-type Tier 6 magic spell?!’

***

As an Electromancer, Majestic Hero knew just how valuable this “Thunderbird” was. In the meantime, he knew that if he were to make the request to Qin Ruo, Qin Ruo would most probably hand it to him due to the help Hall of Heroes had given in taking care of the Grand Reaper.

Yet, Majestic Hero didn’t do that.

Firstly, there was a Level 56 Electromancer who was as powerful as him in the Fallen Angels League—Homme Fatale. With the help of this still-under-construction city, Homme Fatale would most certainly reach Tier 6 much faster than him. And if he didn’t request the Skill Book from Qin Ruo, there was an 80%, 90% chance that the book would fall into Homme Fatale’s hands.

If Majestic Hero were to acquire the Skill Book from Qin Ruo, would Homme Fatale be bitter about it?

Besides, Majestic Hero wanted to secure a favor from the Fallen Angels—when the Hall of Heroes started building their city, he would probably need Qin Ruo and his Fallen Angels’ aid. At the very least, Majestic Hero didn’t think they could handle a Divine Specter on their own.

That was why he didn’t want any reward from the Fallen Angels this time.

After seeing Majestic Hero rejecting the Skill Book, Qin Ruo too felt relieved. There were two reputable Electromancers in the scene. If they were to fight for the Tier 6 Skill Book, it would definitely cause a stir. Fortunately Majestic Hero didn’t want the reward, or else Qin Ruo didn’t know how to handle this mess.

***

After the “Thunderbird”, there were more and more Tier 6 Legendary equipment being appraised.

Although no one was able to equip any of these at the moment, over a hundred and fifty thousand people in the Five Leagues were all staring at them, without blinking their eyes. The stats of these equipment were, after all, quite exciting to read!

However, there were more items to be appraised. They took down a Divine Specter—so, there would be more loot than just a few Demigod Tier gears and a Skill Book.

After appraising the gears, Qin Ruo took out a Grand Reaper’s egg.

After appraising it, Edgar told Qin Ruo in a serious tone.

“League Master Qin, this is the Grand Reaper’s egg. It is very rare… and very valuable. Although it’s quite difficult to rear this pet, its combat prowess would most likely be much stronger than your Ultimate Boss pet. Every Divine Specter pet egg possesses a certain quality that the Ultimate Boss eggs don’t.”

“What do you mean?”

Qin Ruo was intrigued. He was quite worried that when this Grand Reaper pet hatched from its egg, its strength would be just the same as any mere Mini Boss.

“So what is this quality that you speak of?”

Edgar looked at the egg in Qin Ruo’s hands and continued explaining, “Every Divine Specter has an eternal lifespan. Each of these monsters has lived over eons. After living that long, they have acquired skills and abilities that surpass any living creature. After these eggs hatch, it can still retain some of its predecessor’s Divine Conscious and memories. In other words… it can use Level 2 and Level 3 magic spell right away even when it is still at Level 1…”

“So, it would have retained every single spell?”

“Yes.”

Edgar nodded with great certainty.

“Even… the Death Barrier?”

Qin Ruo excitedly pressing for the answer that he wanted to hear.

After pondering for a moment, Edgar nodded. “Every Divine Tier creature, some other unique powerful monsters, possesses their own Divine Conscious. One could gauge how strong these Divine creatures are by observing their offsprings’ combat prowess and capabilities. So, don’t you worry. It will certainly know how to cast the Death Barrier.”

After hearing this, Black Rock could see Qin Ruo and the others all had peculiar expressions on their faces—a mix of shock, bliss, and disbelief.

He didn’t know just how valuable this Divine Specter’s pet egg was. According to Edgar’s appraisal, its value had shot up higher than the Tier 4 Ultimate Bosses’ pet eggs!

The Death Barrier… the barrier that had over ten thousand Defense. Before it was completely destroyed, the user would not receive a single damage at all. If they were to send this mini-version of Grand Reaper into the battlefield, they could breeze in and out of Sin City as they pleased.

“But…”

Edgar knew what Qin Ruo and the others were thinking. He quickly clarified, “Before reaching the Divine Tier, its Death Barrier’s full potential cannot be unleashed.”

“Huh?”

Qin Ruo was stunned. How could he forget that pets were significantly weaker than their originals?

“Then… just how much potential does it have?”

Edgar responded after pondering for a moment, “Well… if it has reached your levels… most likely around a tenth of its potential.”

“A tenth?”

It took a long time before Qin Ruo stopped frowning.

‘Oh well, if it’s a tenth of its potential… that means the pet’s Death Barrier still has 1,000 Defense. This is certainly stronger than the Tier 4 Defense Magic!!’

Then, Qin Ruo slowly put the precious pet egg into his backpack as countless pairs of eyes watched keenly. Then, he took out a small white stone slate and gave it to Edgar.

“What’s that?”

As the stone slate was taken out from the backpack, Black Rock couldn’t help probingly ask about it. The Veteran Champions with keen eyes knew that the more peculiar an item was, the more valuable it was. These “weird” and “peculiar” items were most likely priceless treasures that could fulfill a player’s potential.

However, this time… Qin Ruo couldn’t tell him what this thing was—even Qin Ruo himself had never seen such an item before.

The name of the item was simple though. It was simply called “Mysterious Stone Slate” and they could only know what it was used for after being appraised.

***

However, after receiving the stone slate from Qin Ruo, Edgar’s face suddenly turned grim—as if facing a tremendous threat.

After whispering to Yaegar with a frown, Edgar took in a deep breath. Three seconds later, he put his hands on the stone slate and started the appraisal process. In an instant, golden ray of light shone from his hands. The light was even more glaring than the half-violet, half-white rays that appeared when he was appraising the Galestorm Greaves.

This shook everyone at the scene. They didn’t think this small white stone slate would attract such attention from Edgar—putting in as much effort into appraising this little rock as the effort he had used to appraise the Demigod gear.

Could it be… could it that this white rock was a Demigod Tier item?!

In that instance, the four League Masters instinctively stepped closer toward the light, staring at the glaring light that emitted from Edgar’s hands.

Then, the light disappeared…

“I didn’t think we could find this thing on the Grand Reaper’s body. You’re so lucky.”

Wiping some sweat off his forehead, Edgar handed the Mysterious Stone Slate to Qin Ruo. Unlike the first time, he didn’t fail in appraising the item this time.

Having heard what Edgar said, Qin Ruo’s face beamed with excitement…

Lucky?

Edgar didn’t mention anything about being “lucky” when he appraised the Galestorm Greaves. Yet, this time he said he was “lucky” for having this white rock. Could it be that this white stone slate was a treasure much more valuable than the Galestorm Greaves?

Like Qin Ruo, everyone was hyped up too.

Overjoyed, Qin Ruo looked down at the stone slate… huh? It was not a “Mysterious Stone Slate” anymore.

It was an “Enchanted Slate”.

Enchanted Slate. 

A Demigod tier item—this is an item that the Grand Reaper had created by fusing its Quietus Crystal with the essence of death that it had absorbed from the Underworld. It can be used to grant any equipment enchantments via the service of Demigod NPCs.

The enchantments that it grants are:

Increasing Intelligence by twenty points; Absorption of Magic Damage by 3%.

If the slate is used to enchant a weapon, the enchantment would be:

Increasing the weapon’s Magic Damage by 5% and Magic Effects by 10%.

Note: this item can only be used to enchant equipment that are Tier 6 and above)

***

Enchantment. No one knew enchantment more than Qin Ruo in H&G.

Enchantment was a process where a player could improve an equipment by injecting the Elemental energy of a crystal into the said equipment. By doing this, the equipment could have its stats and attributes raised.

However, the exact stats and attributes were quite unpredictable when one tried to enchant the gears in the usual way. No one knew what kind of attributes they would get—not even the Demigod Champion Delia.

***

Thus, after seeing the fixed stats and attributes that the Enchanted Slate could offer, Qin Ruo knew just how valuable this little white rock was to the Elementalists.