Chapter 72 - New weapons and upgrades. (2/2)
Intelligence +8; Vitality +5; Perception +5;
Increase Free attribute points by 2 points for every increase in level.
Passive Effects:
1. Enhanced Stealth: Stealth can't be detected by higher-leveled monsters up to 5 levels higher.
2. Enhanced Perception: Can identify higher-leveled monsters up to 5 levels higher when they are in stealth.
Equipment can be leveled up to level 10 by absorbing the life essences of 500 creatures of the dark faction.
Additional skills:
1. Shadow Clone: Instantly creates a clone with 50% of the attributes and all equipment and skills. It can be controlled by the user. Duration: 30 seconds; Cooldown: 5 minutes.
2. Shadow Swap: Can swap one's position with that of an ally or clone. Cooldown: 10 minutes.
3. Disguise: Can change one's appearance to another form. Cannot change to another occupation or race. Duration: Persists until any damage is received or till the user stops the skill manually;
Cooldown: 20 minutes. (Warning: Higher-level monsters and NPCs would be able to see through your disguise.)
The only upgrades he got were in level, intelligence and will-power. The duration for shadow clone also increased. But Shadow was still disappointed in the upgrade of the mask.
He luckily managed to get hold of life essences of the required monsters. If not for these lucky encounters, he would have to spend a lot of time to upgrade it. This issue still persisted if he wanted to continue to increase it to level 10.
He also had received the goggles from the merman prince, which he hadn't checked yet. From what the prince told him, it would allow him to explore underwater areas.
[Erdunol's goggles] (Diving Tool)
Level 5;
Special effect 1: Allows you to breathe underwater for 30 minutes.
Special effect 2: Improves your vision underwater by 20 meters.
He decided to make his way back to the garrison behind the town. He checked quest for helping the garrison against the monsters. The number of monsters killed were 107 monsters. He had been killing monsters from level 5 He channeled his hearthstone to reach back to the Blackrock town.
As soon as he was teleported to the Blackrock town, he went to the leatherworking and blacksmith shops to repair his equipment. Both his weapons and armor lost durability due to the fire attacks of the larians. It was in his best interests to have them repaired before he continues playing the game.
He quickly made his way back to the garrison and met the soldier at the gate. As soon as he reached the gate, the soldier recognized him and asked, ”You found anything, adventurer?”
”There is a Quingol race bandit camp by the lake at the end of the river,” said Shadow pointing towards the river. A couple of notifications quickly popped up informing him of completing the quest.
Quest Completed: [Help the garrison against the increasing menace of monsters]:
Monsters killed: 107; Investigated the lake area and found Quingol bandits.
Rewards: Experience +1270 (1070+200);
”Thank you for the information, adventurer. I will make sure that the commander is made aware of it and will take precautions that the bandits won't spread,” said the soldier. ”Please, inform if you find something else. We would also reward you for killing them.”
New Quest: [Kill the bandits and investigate the surroundings of the lake] (Difficulty: Moderate)
Description: Kill the Quingol bandits by the lake. Can be shared with 4 others (0/4).
Progress: Bandits killed: 0
”New Quest?” thought Shadow. He only expected that the soldier would take a note of the information and the previous quest of investigating the plains would continue. ”It looks like there is more to the quest of the bandit camp,” thought Shadow as he made his way toward the path. He could still complete the quest of clearing the path.
He had contacted Merlin and Tetsujin. They were already working along with Rudra and the rest of the team to clear the path. It seems like once they all reached level 8, they decided to go and have another try at the quest. They had already come in contact with the group of monkeys and went through them with relative ease. They had better equipment this time and higher level which allowed them to kill them.
After the monkeys were done, they had also encountered a couple of cougars and a bear, but they managed to easily take them down as these were monsters which tend to move alone. But as the went ahead the number of monsters that they encountered kept increasing.
They soon encountered a pride of lionesses which had them stuck again like the situation he had with monkeys. These were all level 8 monsters. They had attacks similar to the cougar. They
They asked Shadow to join them, but he knew that this situation would continue as the moved forward. If they didn't get into the forest and kill the leader of monkeys and the pride, these groups would attack them together at the end of the path before he could reach the city.
So, he didn't want to waste his time with the quest yet. It is better to have them all reach level 9 before he attempts to finish the quest. They would probably continue in their attempts for quite some time. He could attempt at making a few equipment to increase his experience in the meantime.
He hadn't used the Forging Association contribution points till now. He also had quite a few resources now, which he could use to exchange for good designs. With the idea in mind, he went to the Forging Association.
He went to Kade and first asked for the list of available designs. He moved through the list and decided on the on a few items, he could create with the materials he had with him. He already had 120 contribution points and had still not used the designs for the plate greaves and goblin chest armor.
Among the designs that were available, he was most attracted in the antelope dagger which was a level 8 weapon. There was also a level 10 halberd that would be very famous, once players realize the difficulty of reaching the city. Weapons were always in great demand compared to the other equipment.
Moreover, all kind of weapons required blacksmith which didn't apply for other kinds of equipment. So, selling weapons at this stage of the game would earn him a lot of money, especially when many were racing to reach the city.
[Antelope Daggers pair] (BlackIron Daggers)
Level 8;
Materials Required: Antelope horns x 2; Refined Iron Ore x 2;
Requirements: Strength: 30;
Attack Power +30;
Durability: 25/25;
[Stag horn halberd] (Black Iron Halberd)
Level 10;
Materials Required: Stag horns x 2; Refined Iron Ore x 4;
Requirements: Strength: 30; Agility: 15;
Attack Power +40;
Special effect: 10% chance to cause a bleed effect of 30 HP per second for 5 seconds on successful hooking.
Durability: 30/30;