Second World

Seeing this, Jack concluded he had to be selective. He could only choose one elite skill for now. He ignored all the basic and advanced skills and only looked at the elite skills.

There were also elite skills that were restrictive to other classes such as Weapon Master, Berserker, and Mage Knight. He also ignored them. He only checked the skill for Blade Dancer and the one that could be used by all four classes branched out from Warrior. There were three such skills; Flash Slash, Drilling Thrust, and Wings of Devastation

Flash Slash was similar to his Flash Step skill. It teleported him a short distance. The difference was at the end of the teleport, he unleashed a slash with enhanced damage. This skill cost 950 glory points.

Drilling Thrust was similar to Jeannyʼs Penetrating Stab, but it added a drilling animation to the stabbing energy. It dealt decent damage and ignored the opponentʼs defense. It also reduced the opponentʼs defense for subsequent hits. This would have been the perfect skill to deal with the Hard-shelled Drakeling in Jagara Region. It cost 1,200 glory points.

Both Flash Slash and Drilling Thrust could be learned by any classes that branched out of Warrior class. The last elite skill, Wings of Devastation, was an exclusive class for Blade Dancer. It was executed by slashing both swords outwards, arms expanding upon the end of the move as if spreading oneʼs wings. It created a V-shaped wave of energy resembling wings. This energy wave swiped forward a long distance. Everything engulfed by this wave received devastating damage. This skill was the most expensive at 1,600 glory points. Jackʼs current points were not enough for this skill.

”Any suggestion?” Jack asked Peniel.

”They are pretty straightforward, up to you,” Peniel replied.

”Well, with my current available points, I only have two choices. Ok, letʼs take the Drilling Thrust. That should help me if I meet an opponent with high armor value,” Jack said.

He proceeded with the transaction. 1,200 glory points disappeared from his badge. He received the technique book and learned the skill without delay. He opened his skill page after.

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Drilling Thrust, level 1/20 (Active skill, melee, requires melee weapon)

Deals 200% physical damage to a single target, ignores defense.

Reduces targetʼs defense by 30% for a duration.

Duration: 30 seconds

Cooldown: 1 minute

Stamina: 60

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”Not bad,” Jack said.

Satisfied with his gain, he took a look again at the exchange list. One item had caught his attention, but because he prioritized studying available skills, he didnʼt look at it yet. Now he was clicking at the item to see its description.

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Exp Pill (common grade)

Grant 50,000 exp points

Cost: 100 glory points

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”This pill… It can help me solve my leveling problem,” Jack uttered.

”You need a lot of glory points though. Do you want to spend your points for this pill?” Peniel asked.

After consideration, Jack said, ”Nah, the exp provided is too little. I only have 335 glory points left. Three of those pills is not even 5% of my current exp bar to level up. I better save the points for better skills. By the way, I see that this pill is common grade, does it mean there is a higher rarity grade of the pill?”

”Yes. The higher the rarity, the more exp points provided. The rare grade one provides one million exp points,” Peniel answered.

”Now that will be rather useful for my current level. You donʼt happen to know where I can get that pill easily, do you?”

”The higher rank of this faction should have them, but of course, the glory points needed are also more expensive. These pills can drop from loots, but very rare though, and not every monster has the chance to drop it. I have no information which monster has the better drop rate.”

”I see. Never mind then,” Jack said. ”Letʼs head over to the Order of Magi now.”

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In the hut that was the entrance to the order, Jack of course saw Janus on his desk.

”Sup, yo!” Jack uttered once entering.

”What?” Janus asked with a confused expression.

”Uh… You really need to hang out more, man. I meant, whatʼs up?” Jack clarified.

”Then you should have used proper language,” Janus reprimanded. ”What can I do for you today? Mister Storm Wind? You forgot to change. You do know that I canʼt let you in with that appearance, donʼt you?”

”Oh, right,” Jack said and activate his Orb of Disguise. He changed into his Mage persona.

ʼWell, this disguise has been found out but I guess it still has its use,ʼ Jack thought. To Janus, he said, ”I would like to take on the challenges.”