Chapter 26 - The Third Evolution (1) (1/2)
The Third Evolution (1)
The moment I saw the reminder, I immediately realized that only a few could satisfy this condition.
I think achieving Lower Level 5 is possible with a sword and a spear, but it would take a long time.
I’ve significantly reduced the time by predating fighters, warriors and knights with swordsmanship.
The other conditions would be a problem for others.
Even at a Beginner level, it is hard to reach Level 5 for other martial arts-based skills.
If one is determined to reach it, it is possible, but it meant constantly changing weapons to improve the level.
That’s why this skill would be hard to achieve unless one had Predation to steal other monsters’ abilities.
Of course, another factor would be that people may not know about reaching an advanced skill required conditions such as these.
So far, the monsters I met in this dungeon, as well as humans, appeared to have dull nerves and movements. They seem not to have skills such as Detection and Leap. Their skill levels are likely to reach the Beginner Level 2 and not exceed it at all.
This is not the only thing I’ve learned through the notification window.
I have a Predation skill, which will result in an increasing number of skills.
If so, I may be able to synthesize other advanced skills other than martial arts in the future. After all, this is also a strength of Predation.
[A higher skill is a skill that appears when a certain condition is satisfied based on a lower skill. It is difficult to raise the level, but it has high power even at the same level and has various benefits.]
[Would you like to synthesize to Lower Martial Arts?]
[In that case, Lower Swordsmanship, Beginner Spear, Beginner Smash, Beginner Archery, and Lower Throwing will disappear.]
[Combat support skills are further enhanced by the effects of martial arts skills.]
[Yes]
[No]
I had a little conflict. Lower Martial Arts is obviously a good skill, but it starts at Level 1. My swordsmanship is already at Lower Level 6. It may be painful to start again from Level 1. What’s more, Leap and Detection are essential to me.
But maybe, the Martial Arts skill will let me deal with all weapons and amplify the Beginner level powers.
Hesitation is natural, but in the end, by learning this, I will become stronger.
I closed my eyes and chose [Yes].
[Lower Swordsmanship, Lower Throwing, Beginner Spear, Beginner Smash, Beginner Archery have been extinguished.]
[You acquired Lower Martial Arts Lv 1]
[You can handle all weapons. Enhances the power of combat support skills.]
I felt a good feeling of relief and satisfaction.
It was exactly what I expected.
Now, it seemed that I would be able to wield any weapon at a high level.
That doesn’t mean I forgot that the swordsmanship went down from Level 6 to Level 1. My swordsmanship wouldn’t have the same power, but it would not have fallen significantly.
What’s more, this could be easily remedied by predating monsters dealing with swords.
“Good.”
It was a good thing to synthesize martial arts. I became stronger.
The chances of survival are even higher. I was so happy.
[Prey 5/5 after hunting goblin knights]
[Achieve quest!]
[You gained 200,000 experience!]
[You got 10 gold!]
[The level has risen a lot!]
[You got 3 lower health potions.]
[You got three iron javelins.]
Then came the moment I was looking forward to.
[Evolution is possible.]
[Choose a race to evolve into.]
[1. Hob Goblin Fighter]
[2. Hob Goblin Mage]
[3. Hob Goblin Warrior]
[4. Hob Goblin Commander]
[5. Hob Goblin Assaulter]
I seem to get a little sense of the law of evolution.
The first evolution was from an ordinary goblin to a Goblin Fighter, and the second evolution was to become a more advanced species in the Fighter, or to become an advanced species, a Hob Goblin.
Now, the third evolution is to move from Hob Goblin to another higher specie. I do not know when the fourth evolution would be, but maybe at that time, I will get a chance to escape from being a Hob Goblin and turn into a different monster?
“No, it’s okay if it does not happen on the fourth, the fifth, or the sixth. As long as I could move into a higher-level specie, I’ll take the opportunity.”
During the first evolution, I had no choice. On the second evolution, I got a choice to be a Hob Goblin. This time, there were five options to choose from. I hesitated.
Fighter, Mage, Warrior.
These three are easy to interpret. Maybe it’s because I have both martial arts and magic. Fighters and Warriors will be superior for melee attacks, and wizards will be superior for magic attacks.