Chapter 24 (2/2)

He had journeyed far and wide in search of it, only to find it so easily—one of the most important Skill Tomes for Druids in the early game, Cheetahmorph!

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And being one of the most necessary skills for Druids in Morphing, its drop rate in the early game was relatively low. As a matter of fact, most Druids only learn that skill when they reach Level 30.

Druids are divided into five major classes: Elemental, Support, Plant-type, Summoners, and Morphing. Cheetahmorph would prove useful to each class, not to mention that it was necessary for Nie Fan to learn multiple morphing skills since he chose it as his minor talent. Furthermore, morphing skills grants Druids formidable close combat ability, along with various special abilities.

As a skill, Cheetahmorph was very similar to Lycanmorph were similar since they buff the user in terms of speed, attack speed, and concealment, although their specialty varied as well: Lycanmorph’s significantly increases the user’s affinity for close-range fights to the point that they would not lose out to close-quarter fighting units. On the other hand, Cheetahmorph specializes in speed and concealment, adapting the user to escaping and ambushes while losing out in melees.

That being said, the Cheetahmorph Skill Tome obtained from a Level 25 Copper treasure chest appeared to be a strengthened version, which made Nie Fan especially excited.

[Phantom Cheetahmorph: Skill level 1, morphing duration: 10 minutes; cooldown: 1 hour, MP cost: 85]

[Talent Buff: -25% Mana cost (Arcane Endowment)]

[+10% Attack Speed (Feral)]

[+36% Speed (Feral)]

[+10% Attack (Hunter’s Wrath)]

[-6% Defense (Unarmored)]

[Lurking: Cheetahmorpher becomes invisible.]

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[Phantom: Creates a phantom to confuse opponents. It has no attack ability and could be seen through with Scout.]

[Morphing state can be removed.]

[Level 20 required.]

Even at skill level 1, the basic effects of Phantom Cheetahmorph was already very good. It lasts a long time and increased the user’s speed drastically. It was acceptable even if the cooldown time was 1 hour, but the mana cost was just a little too high, consuming almost half of Nie Fan’s MP in one use. On another note, Lurking and Phantom were quite useful skills as well, but Nie Fan must reach Level 20 to learn the skill itself.

‘Still, that isn’t too far,’ he thought.

“It’s a Skill Tome of an upgraded version of Cheetahmorph. It would fetch over three thousand bronze coins in the market.” Nie Fan told Xue Yu and Lin Suyue, brandishing the tome in his hand.

They were not envious upon learning that he obtained a supercool skill, but earnestly happy since they never minded the differences between themselves and Nie Fan. They shared all glory and sufferings, after all.

Although it was a little ridiculous for one Skill Tome to be worth more than three thousand bronze coins, it remained that Strengthened Skill Tomes were different from Rare Skill Tomes.

There would always be fewer Rare Skill Tomes, but the skill they hold might not actually be powerful, and could actually prove useless. Meanwhile, Strengthened Skill Tomes were upgraded versions of mainstream skills, but drops were actually frequent compared to Rare Skill Tomes. That being said, when learning a normal skill, a player could opt to overlap it with the Strengthened version of that skill, although its skill level would revert to Level 1 too.

“Can you learn it now?” Xue Yu asked, curious to see the effect of that skill.

“Have to wait until I’m level twenty.” Nie Fan said, shaking his head.”

“Which we would be soon at the rate we are leveling at the moment.” Lin Suyue added beside them.

Nie Fan’s right hand gently stroked the cheetah totem on the cover of the Skill Tome while he grinned.

It was a good start.

Stuffing the Skill Tome into his bag, he then looked up and said, “A fine catch for the day. Let’s keep going deeper.”

The reward from opening the treasure chest had stirred their spirits.

Numerous straw huts stood beside the winding path. Still, they could only see some roaming Blazing Goblins as they looked towards the depth, and there was no telling where the depths were.

Innumerable variables fill the path ahead, but Nie Fan’s heart was filled with power once he remembered that it was a place his own father had walked.

If his father could do it back then, he could too!