Chapter 231: Power plan (1/2)
Shingi and the rest left the hideout. They split into two groups with Shingi, White Biscuit, Hineko, and An in one party, while Little Phoenix, Wild Tycoon, and Price were the second group.
As for Syra, she moved by herself, as she could turn herself invisible. It didn't use any mana, as it was an ability she had as a spirit. During her invisibility, not even Shingi could detect her. Furthermore, she didn't make any noise since she didn't breathe and could hover.
The two groups headed at the same place, the stairs that were at the center of the ruined city. Shingi's group headed from the west, while the other group came from the east.
Price had paid attention to the group guarding the stairs, which didn't change during the past days. Sometimes some people were leaving for a few hours, but only up to four people.
The time they left seemed random, so they couldn't aim for when the least number of people was at the stairs.
Shingi had his group under the effects of INVISIBILITY, while Little Phoenix did the same for herself and Wild Tycoon. She couldn't handle having the Spell active in three people as she had trained little on the specific Spell. Still, they had prepared some Spell Scrolls with it.
Since Mizuneko wasn't around and nobody else had the profession to make scrolls, they had to ask their Guild to deliver some through the box. Each one lasted up to half an hour, and Price had 10 of them but tried to use one only when absolutely necessary. It wasn't cheap to make one in the end.
Still, they made in position after four hours of leaving the hideout. Finally, the two groups were in the range of all using the party chat system.
Shingi turned his attention to the Players guarding the stairs. Currently, there were 15 Players, while typically, there were up to 18.
Fortunately, there wasn't the female mage among them, but Shingi wouldn't let his guard down this time.
He took a deep breath as he hid behind a shit broken wall. He then closed his eyes to focus, and a vial appeared on his hand. It was the vial with the cure of Spirit Madness.
There was no way to pass through them without them noticing, and putting them on sleep or distracting them would not work on them. So they had to fight, and Shingi had to be in full power for it since, from Price's report, each of those Players had Evolved Classes or at least top grade equipment.
One couldn't tell someone's class by just looking, but Price had a special Skill, which was like Ameanum's Eagle Eyes, that let him know this kind of information.
It was a reward for a lucky encounter he had long ago, which ended with helping a powerful individual who offered to 'enchant 'the sight of Price. Price didn't detail how the enchantment was added to his eyes, but one could tell that it was something he wanted to forget.
But using them had its price as they used a massive amount of his SP, so he couldn't have it active for long.
There 3 Mage-based Classes, 4 Rogue-based Classes, and 8 Warrior-based classes. One mage had a Fire-based Mana Pool, the second had Water and Air but hadn't become an Ice Mage, while the third one had an Earth-based Mana Pool.
Two rogues seemed to specialize in range fighting style as one had a longbow, while the other had two hand crossbows. The other two both had daggers and other small blades hidden on them, but Price and Shingi could easily detect them.
As for the Warriors, three used a shield, and a one-handed weapon, like a sword or a mace or something similar. Two seemed to specialize in dual-wielding weapons, while the rest had heavy two-handed weapons. The ones with the shield wore heavy armors, while those specializing in dual-wielding had leather armors, and one could think of them as Rogues from their attire.
As for the two-handed ones, their armor varied. Some wore no armor, as they had a similar class like Wild Tycoon's, which had more benefits from not wearing one.
Price had made a list with a description of each of them. Other than their name, class, and level, he couldn't see anything else, but those were essential pieces of information for Shingi.
From the current Players there, the one with the smallest level to be at 71, while the biggest was at 82. This was a pretty notable difference to their levels, but Shingi had faced worst odds.
As for their equipment, Price had recognized a lot of them as he knew a lot of items. Likewise, Shingi had recognized some that Price didn't know but described to Shingi.
He drank the cure for Spirit Madness, and it didn't take long to notice its effect. The annoying voices were finally gone, and he could feel like a great weight leaving not his body but from within him.
He could feel his Mana Tree working at a significantly faster speed than before, as it drew the surrounding mana, and 'purified' it to create more mana for the one he used to keep his INVISIBILITY Spell active. The mana structures of the mana tree also produced and replaced mana used, but for now, only the one for the Light Element worked, since he used only that Element for his INVISIBILITY.
His Mana Tree seemed to start growing in size rapidly, but it didn't feel unnatural. It was close to twice the size before in a couple of seconds.
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INT increased by 1
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CONDITIONS FOR MANA TREE UPGRADE MET
THE UPPER LIMIT OF BASIC ELEMENTS CHANGED TO 4
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Shingi was so glad at this point. With this upgrade, he could have all his current Elements active, since Spirit was active no matter what, and he had 4 Elements other than it. Of course, he will have the same problem when he creates a Water and Dark Element mana structure in his Mana Tree, but this was something to worry about later.
His MP was now at a crazy amount, even crazier than before. It seemed like the Spirit Madness had kept his secret modifier that increased his MP value still, and now that the Spirit Madness was gone, the effects of all his training took place.
He could feel the improvements in his mana control, as even the Spell he currently had active seemed to have improved in power a bit. The difference was barely noticeable but significant as other than making the target invisible to the eye, and it even tried to muffle the noise the target attempted to make.
But to do that, Shingi needed to use Dark Element, as Light didn't have that ability at its nature. Before, Shingi couldn't use those two Elements together in a combination like that, but now it was as easy as casting a Low Grade Spell.