Chapter 25 - The Lapis Subspace (1/2)
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Archmage]
Proficiency: –
Special Effect: 100% extra damage upon attacking with magic.
The effect skill ‘Archmage’ was enormous! 100% extra damage with magic attacks! It was like attacking twice with one skill.
“So it’s a passive skill?”
But this was what truly sealed the deal. It was because he didn’t have to cast this skill before attacking. After all, it was basically on at all times!
Most supportive skills like ‘Archmage’ only applied buffs within a short time frame so you had to cast it again once time ran out, which would in turn, deplete your mana further. And to make it worse, there were only a few spells that buffed attack this much.
“Isn’t this kind of broken?”
‘Archmage’ was not a buff, it was a passive. That meant that it would keep going indefinitely. Soo Hyuk couldn’t help but think that this was too powerful.
“The conditions for a job change aren’t hard at all as well.”
The reason Soo Hyuk thought all these things was because he had hardly spent any effort.
If he took numerous days, or even weeks working to become ‘Arch Mage’s Descendant’, then it was understandable that the skill was this good. But he only had to read a book, then read a letter. Quest done. The end.
That meant that you only had to read a book to be the ‘Arch Mage’s Descendant’.
“Then something else must have triggered. Like reading a specific book or something.”
Soo Hyuk thought that there was definitely something else to it. After all, it was logical that the more powerful something was, the harder you had to work to get it.
“What if it’s like the Infinity Cleaner……”
Soo Hyuk suddenly thought of the infamous ‘Infinity Cleaner’. The special job with a cheesy name where you could only raise your level by picking up trash, instead of hunting monsters. (TL: Nice????)
You were mistaken if you thought that it was powerful because you could only gain experience through ‘charitable’ methods. The user who became the ‘Infinity Cleaner’ had to restart his character from the beginning. What if ‘Arch Mage’s Descendant’ was a job like that, just with a cool name?
“……”
Soo Hyuk shivered at the thought.
“No, that can’t be it, with such a powerful passive.”
Soo Hyuk shook his head to clear up his thoughts and closed the skill tab. Then he walked up to the book on a stand and checked the title.
“Is it a guidebook?”
Although it didn’t sparkle, when he checked the title, this wasn’t the case. The title was ‘Descendant of Lapis the Arch Mage: What is it?’.
It was a book that he had never read before, but it didn’t sparkle. While wondering why, Soo Hyuk opened the book.
“……It’s a guidebook.”
Soo Hyuk thought as soon as he opened the book. It was because of the table of contents, and the formatting looked similar to a job guidebook. Soo Hyuk began reading through ‘Descendent of Lapis the Arch Mage: What is it?’ right from the title page.
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The Descendent of Arch Mage Lapis cannot learn skills from skill books.
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There are 10 doors in this chamber. The 10 doors signify fire, water, wind, earth, lightning, darkness, light, healing, poison and illusion. You can receive skill quests according to which door you go through.
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On the occasion where you have conquered all the doors, a quest to become a proper ‘Archmage’ will appear.
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The tunnel on the right leads to a magic circle for warping and the Astral Library. The first time you choose to warp through the magic circle, you will obtain the “Lapis Subspace’ skill.
“……!”
Soo Hyuk, who was slowly reading through the guide, suddenly jumped at this section. His expression was filled with pleasant surprise.
“The Astral Library?”
The reason for his surprise, was of course, the Astral Library. Soo Hyuk hurriedly flipped to the section about the Astral Library and read at breakneck speed.
The Astral Library contained all the book in Pangea. Only, there were 5 conditions to using the Astral Library.
“All the books?!” (TL: Ohhhh??!!!)
Soo Hyuk was shaking from excitement after reading about the library.
“If I could go to the Astral Library……”
If Soo Hyuk went to the Astral Library? Then he didn’t need the other libraries, as the Astral Library contained all the books in Pangea. Soo Hyuk quickly checked the five conditions.
The first condition was becoming a proper ‘Archmage’. The other four conditions were only possible after becoming a proper ‘Archmage’, so he couldn’t leave it for last.
“……” (TL: “……”)
Soo Hyuk was speechless when he finished reading the conditions. While frowning heavily, Soo Hyuk thought.
“So I have to reach level 900.” (TL: “……”)
Soo Hyuk knew how to become an Archmage as the guidebook clearly stated the method. Although he thought about just visiting all the libraries, he quickly rejected the thought. Who said that libraries contained all the books in Pangea?
He had to conquer the 10 doors behind the bookstand. Then he could become an Archmage. The problem was actually conquering 10 doors.
The first door, he could enter without any conditions. But from the second door, there was a requirement.
It was his level.
To go through the second door, he had to reach level 100. The third was level 200, the fourth, level 300. And the requirement increased like that. To conquer the final room, he had to reach a staggering level 900!
“Maybe for the normal jobs, but this is a special job.”
Special jobs required more experience to level up than the regular jobs. But to reach level 900 which even common warriors found hard?
“And if the first condition is level 900……”