Chapter 262 – The Good News (2)
I leaned back comfortably on the sofa and closed my eyes.
In the eyes of others, it will look like contemplation on the inside. I’m actually thinking of doing that, but there’s something I need to check first.
‘Status window… !’
Tring!
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【Amplified Dragon Heart Fragment Absorption!】
You ingested a well-refined fragment of a dragon heart, amplified once more by the circulating life force!
Fully absorbed fragments of the dragon heart take root in your body in the form of vast magical powers and degraded traits.
You know what? During the War of the Gods, there were warriors like you who shared the Dragon Heart and gained some power.
Well, they all died during the war.
I hope you don’t become like them.
-Magic stat greatly increased.
-Attribute: Acquisition of coercion resistance (B).
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What the hell is this again
Originally, a piece of dragon heart is an elixir that only increases magical power.
There is a chance to get an intact dragon heart, but if you use it as an elixir instead of using it elsewhere, you could inherit one of the dragon’s characteristics at random.
Among the random characteristics obtained in this way, there was also a characteristic called Mental Resistance (S). Perhaps coercion resistance is the backward compatibility.
No, but it’s a sub-attribute, but does it make sense to eat it raw like this? I’m sweet and I’m not good.
… No Come to think of it, when I took the Blessing of the Sea elixir, it was similar to now.
Originally, it was a drug that gave the ability to breathe and move freely in water.
As the weak constitution amplified the effect, there were additional effects of reducing water damage by 10% and increasing water damage by 10%. There was also a plus in front of the attribute rank.
It is the same now. The piece that was clearly S rank was amplified and became S+ rank, and the effect of adding random characteristics was also created.
Maybe the weak constitution doesn’t simply increase 10% from the original figure, but it may increase the level of the medicine itself by 10%.
If that’s the case, it would be better to say that it’s a trait that shows its true value when you drink the highest level of elixir rather than a bunch of obscure elixirs.
Rejoicing at the unexpected harvest, we moved on to the next notification.
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【Skill level up!】
You have realized the true intentions of the Lintbloom Mana Core!
Named Lintbloom Core Origin!
… What? Is it a bit bad? But the performance is sure!
By the way, to transform the body into a single magical organ. I’m not crazy!
They say there’s a paper difference between a genius and a madman, but this was a bit harsh! Even if you make a small mistake, your heart will explode! It would explode!
Well, now that you’ve succeeded, it’s a meaningless assumption.
Rejoice! No matter how much mana you have, you won’t be able to free yourself from your will!
Are you looking forward to the future?
-Attribute: Lindbloom Mana Core (B+) -〉 (A)
-Attribute: Acquire Mana Affinity (A).
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The growth of the Lindbloom mana core was expected. Since it has a plus sign, it means that the time to grow up is getting closer.
I just climbed up. Mum.
Mana friendly. This is a constitutional trait opposite to the inability to respond to mana that I had before.
I was surprised that it was a higher rank than I thought, but I knew that I would gain constitutional characteristics.
Even if the system didn’t confirm it like this, I could feel my body changing after the mana core was integrated with my heart.
There is also the fact that Iona felt a sense of incongruity.
In fact, there was no difficulty in mana management before. Rather, it was a fairly smooth run.
However, the level is different now.
First of all, the amount of will required to move magic has decreased exponentially.
Just as the system is calibrated when casting magic, it feels like the simple magic operation itself is calibrated.
If it were now, it would be possible to operate it so delicately that it was incomparable to before, and the maximum output itself would have increased considerably.
It’s been awhile since I was drunk with magician mulberry and hid inwardly. Now I see that there is still one more notification left.
What?
I tilted my head and opened the next notice.
Tring!
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【Meet special conditions!】
Go find Fafnir’s Lair.
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?
Is this the end? What do you have? Where is the disrespectful way of speaking?
Of course, I knew where Fafnir’s rare was.
This guy is a black dragon famous for being greedy even before the war of the gods.
Rumor has it that all the treasures buried in Rare were left unattended because he died during the war.
And the end of the sub quest to chase down that rumor and steal his legacy is Fafnir’s Rare. But…
It was a bittersweet Que that greeted the user with an empty cave with only traces of the dragon and its minions living there, as the Rare that arrived had been robbed by cultists a long time ago.
It is also the place where he once decided to take his party.
But you want me to go there without bottom or end?
It’s absurd, but the phrase itself doesn’t come out very often, so it can’t be ignored.
Usually when you unlock a high-grade penalty trait, combine two lower traits to promote to a higher trait, or find a hidden piece.
It’s a notification that needs to correspond to one of these three.
I don’t know which one, but going to Fafnir’s Rare is sure to be of great benefit to me.
Anyway, this is the end of the notice. Now it’s time to check the details.
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[Intimidation Resistance (B)]
Unfounded confidence wells up from the depths of your heart.
I don’t think I’ll be intimidated by any opponent.
Does a sense of diligence sometimes help?
-Status Abnormality: 30% bonus to Overpower roll resistance.
-Status Abnormality: Reduces the duration of Intimidation by 50%.
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Normally, I rarely use it, but when dealing with large monsters or bosses, it must be a subtle trait.
Of course, it’s not at the level of nullifying all mental attacks and status ailments like the original mental resistance.
Next…
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【Mana Affinity (A)】
You are loved by Mana.
In fact, since Mana has neither will nor emotion, it is a wrong expression to say that she is loved…
I have to say that your mana affinity is excellent!
Of course, how you use it is up to you!
-20% bonus for all actions using mana.
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It’s simple as a constitutional trait, but it’s a trait that touches the root.
Until now, you could only receive system correction for magic use, but now you will receive correction for all actions using magic, so it will be useful no matter how you use it.
‘Finally the status window.’
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Name: Yandel
Title: Adversary
Basic ability
Strength: 18
Duration: 17
Agility: 18
Feats: 18
Magic attribute: 24 -〉 26
Characteristic
Endless Mana (A)
Element Affinity (B)
Excellent memory (B)
Outstanding Weapon Skill (B)
Lindbloom Mana Core (B+) -〉 (A)
Lieutenant Mage (B)
Protection of the Sun God (A+)
Aversion to cultists (A)
Weak constitution (C)
Element Combination (A)
Blessing of the Sea (B+)
Intimidation Resistance (B) NEW!
Mana Affinity (A) NEW!
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The magic stat is already 26. At this level, the amount of magical power is no different from that of a high-ranking wizard.
Rebecca must have aimed for this and handed over the dragon heart piece.
However, the meaning of stepping into the realm of a high-ranking wizard, even a little, is the same as saying that the difference in stat 1 from here is enormous.
In fact, stat growth through training is almost impossible. More precisely, it is possible, but it will take years to get to 27.
At that time, either I or the evil spirit would have searched for one of them.
Of course, it’s a very fast pace considering the future social cult-related events and some hidden pieces that I haven’t been able to find because I haven’t been able to yet.
It is a sight that can only be seen in the second half of H&A that the characteristics column has also become quite long…
The problem is that the cultists went beyond responding in line with keeping the plan, and started to advance the plan itself.
It wasn’t a small-scale terror like raiding a practice dungeon, nor was it an accidental clash like Ayla’s time.
It wasn’t enough that he took a stand and brought an army of monsters, and he even showed an advantage over the righteous Church of Light, which is considered the best among the Good God Churches in terms of force.
This clearly means that he has begun to open his hand, which he has been hiding so far.
In the future, cultists will start rampaging all over the continent. The Solaris siege was just the first shot.
But it’s always important to put the first button well.
Thanks to Rebecca, I was able to achieve a clear power increase ahead of the big battle, so all that remains is to show the result.
I erased the status window that shimmered even when I closed my eyes, and slowly submerged my consciousness.
Two days before heading to Solaris. It’s a short amount of time, but taking longer than this could put Helena in danger.
So somehow, within two days, I get used to my current body.
So determined, she began to test them one by one. First of all, I have to change the element combination that I am familiar with.
If more meticulous mana management is possible, it will be possible to realize combinations that were too difficult to even think about until now.
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Two days later.
I, and the other women, finished all the preparations that could be done.
“I’ll leave now.”
Along with Iona’s slightly serious voice, a dark red light shimmered.
It was the magic maniac of teleporting to Solaris.