069. Skill Acquisition (4)
Originally, after returning to the waiting room, I even thought about returning for a while.
Anyway, it was because I was curious about what had happened to not only having to report survival, but also recognizing people like ‘challengers from the other world’ outside.
‘But I guess I don’t have to.’
However, after seeing the newly acquired skills, the desire to return disappeared completely.
There was no need to go back right away, so it seemed like I could decide after challenging the 11th floor once more.
After personally checking the ‘counterattack shield’ acquired through skill synthesis, that thought was solidified.
thump.
“The strength isn’t bad, and it’s nice to be able to release the amount of damage absorbed.”
Of course, since I had no intention of using that ability at this point, I immediately deactivated the counterattack shield.
It seemed that he had enough protection-type abilities, so now it was time to combine all the skills he had collected.
Skills to be synthesized can be roughly classified into two categories.
『Skill – Silent Walking (E-)』
『Skill – None』
『Effect – You can stop making footsteps when moving anywhere.』
The first was the ability to fundamentally block out footstep noise. .
In fact, Silent Walk (E-) was worth strengthening through skill synthesis.
Basically, blocking the noise of footsteps can be said to be useful, but more important than that is that this is a ‘walking-related’ skill.
that was the most important
‘I heard that there are many useful skills among footwork-type skills.’
Silent walking (E-) simply blocks out sound, but other footwork-type skills have effects such as increasing movement speed.
In other words, if you can synthesize well, it means that it will be a pretty good skill as it is.
I couldn’t help but be interested in it as it could come out with a fairly useful acceleration-type skill like instantaneous acceleration.
『Skill – Onslaught of Frenzy (D)』
『Proficiency – None』
『Effect – When memorizing the skill name, you can temporarily double your attack speed. However, when it overlaps with other attack speed increases, the attack speed increase multiplier is weakened by 1.35 times.]
And this ‘Frenzy Onslaught’ attack speed increase skill was the second.
Basically, there was nothing as important as attack speed as he used swordsmanship skills.
Being able to wield the sword more times than that in a fight that originally should have been a match had that much merit.
Not only that, but having a faster attack speed than the opponent is inevitably useful whether it’s a surprise attack or an all-out war.
Even…
‘It seems that flying the sword is also related to the attack speed…’
Now that you can release the sword with a slash with the flash sword, the attack speed has no choice but to become more important. .
This is because even the only long-distance skill that can be considered a sword skill release is affected to some extent by the attack speed of swinging the sword.
“Anyway, both are pretty good as a base for new skills to learn.”
Of course, neither of them can raise their proficiency, and their performance isn’t that great, but…
I knew the way to overcome all of those shortcomings.
“Skill synthesis.”
It was skill synthesis.
The power of the pioneers, who could even synthesize low-grade skills to raise them to a higher grade, was meant to be used at such times.
「Inherent Authority ‘Skill Combination’ is activated.」
「Browsing the skill list.」
Looking at the skill list right away, I slowly began to synthesize the skills I had acquired.
「The level of synthetic materials is not right.」
「The skill ‘Silent Step’ is the center of synthesis.」
For now, the synthesis continued from Silent Step (E-), which is closely related to walking.
Basically, it was important to add a usable ability based on the steps that could eliminate the sound.
I had already thought about what skills to add.
『Skill – Escape (F-)』
『Proficiency level – None』
『Effect – When health goes down to 50% or less, steps are accelerated by 1.5 times.
』
However, if the ability was treated as a skill, it could be consumed in a useful place in its own way.
「Skill synthesis proceeds centering on the skill ‘Silent Walk’
.
」
I immediately proceeded with skill synthesis at the skill synthesis probability that came to mind.
「Skill synthesis completed.」
「New skill will be created.」
And…
『Skill – Hermit Step (E+)』
『Proficiency level – 0%』
『Effect – Presence disappears from your steps and you can move in a dark place. It speeds up slightly at times.”
As I thought, I smiled at the result of skill synthesis.
This is because, like footwork-type skills, it has an additional ability called ‘Slightly faster when moving in a dark place.’
But…
“I need to raise the grade a little more.”
As it is, it can not be used in practice, so I decided to raise the grade a little more.
There were quite a few skills learned in the common area on the 10th floor, and it wasn’t that difficult to choose a useful skill among them.
Even skill synthesis didn’t have to be that much.
“Skill synthesis has been completed.”
“A new skill is created.”
Once.
“Skill synthesis has been completed.”
“New skills are created.”
Twice.
“Skill synthesis has been completed.”
“A new skill is created.”
3 times.
“This is the completion of footwork-type skills.”
After a total of three skill synthesis, the finished result was quite worth seeing.
『Skill – Step of Secret Shadow (C+)』
『Proficiency level – 0%』
『Basic effect – Presence disappears completely from stepping, and the way you walk becomes more efficient.』
『Detailed effect – Movement speed increases when walking in dark places. It increases by 30%, and when stepping on the shadow of a creature, the strength stat is amplified by +3.”
First of all, the movement speed is increased by 30%, but I liked the fact that the strength stat is amplified when stepping on the shadow of a creature.
‘In a word, it means that the attack ability becomes stronger when you catch the back.’
Of course, there are limited situations where it can be used, but it was surprising that strength was boosted by +3.
It’s because the increase in strength means that the attack power is stronger.
All that remains is the skill related to the attack speed that can be activated based on ‘Frenzy Onslaught’.
I immediately activated skill synthesis and selected all the skills to synthesize in addition to the frenzied onslaught.
『Skill – A sword that emits light (E+)』
『Proficiency level – None』
『Effect – When memorizing the skill name, the attack speed increases by 1.25 times, and sword-type weapons are illuminated.
』 .
If there had been a special effect on this skill’s ‘light dwells in sword-type weapons’, I would not have synthesized it… but ‘
Unfortunately, light dwells just doesn’t seem to be anything special.’
It was only an ability to simply decorate a weapon, so in the end, there was no choice but to use it for skill synthesis, leaving regret behind.
「The level of synthetic materials is not right.」
「The skill ‘Frenzy Onslaught’ is the center of synthesis.」
And.
「Skill synthesis is progressing centering on the
skill ‘Frenzy Onslaught’.
」
Looking at the messages that came to mind, I immediately proceeded with skill synthesis.
“Skill synthesis has been completed.”
“New skills will be created.”
Seeing those phrases, I immediately confirmed the skills I had learned.
『Skill – Frenzy Swordplay (C+)』
『Proficiency level – 0%』
『Basic effect – When swinging a sword, the blade glows red and attack speed increases by 2%. This effect can be stacked up to a total of 10 times.』
『Detailed effect – When the sword’s attack speed increases up to the final overlapping level, the attack speed increases by +5%. However, if the attack is not immediately linked, the stacking stack is reset immediately.]
Similar to the Grace of Wind (A-), a skill that can stack stacking was created.
As I stared blankly at the description of the skill, I was immediately impressed.
“Should I say skill synthesis…?”
The skills I have currently acquired are excellent, to the extent that it is not a waste to synthesize all the skills I have acquired in the common area.
Right now, the ability to increase attack speed like mad swordplay (C+) with overlapping stacks was inevitably useful in many ways.
‘The higher the skill proficiency, the better it will grow.’
Even that was not only this frenzied swordplay, but also the secret shadow walk (C+) that had just been created.
It would not be an exaggeration to say that both of them had overwhelming abilities compared to their skill ratings, so it was a skill that looked just right.
Of course…
“Thanks to that, almost all of the skills I learned in the arena are gone.”
There was no choice but to put a lot of skills into synthesizing such excellent skills.
Excluding the flurry sword skill that I currently learned from Catherine Bennett, the skills I learned in the common area have now been compressed into three.
counterattack shield.
Frenzied Swordplay.
Steps of the secret shadow.
It was not a waste to consume quite a few skills as they were all rare skills beyond C+ level.
Rather, it is safe to say that he was lucky to be able to make these skills with the things he had acquired in the common area.
As such, I had no choice but to make a decision right away.
“I’ll have to delay returning to reality.”
It was the same when I personally checked the counterattack shield, but after synthesizing all the remaining skills, I think I can definitely break the 11th floor.
It’s not an unfounded idea.
He had two C+ level skills, and even the counterattack shield had a higher skill level than the ‘Ashen Blood’ he had previously acquired.
In other words, I didn’t think it would be difficult to go to the 11th floor because not only did I have a lot of skills that I could use, but all of them were of a high standard.
In the end, after much thought, I came to a conclusion.
“We can go up to the 11th floor as quickly as possible.”
He changed his mind to go back to reality after going up to the waiting room on the 11th floor instead of returning immediately.
Having made that decision, there was nothing to think about or prepare for.
It was because I didn’t feel the need to buy more current items, and I thought that even if I didn’t have those items, I could cover them enough with my skills.
“Are you willing to accept the 10th floor trial?”
I immediately responded to the 10th floor ordeal without much thought and stepped into the portal that appeared in front of me without hesitation.
and.
「Entering the 10th floor of the Tower of Trials.」
「Difficulty – Difficulty」
「The theme of the ordeal is ‘Co-op’.」
「I hope that the challenger will have a satisfactory result after the chosen penance.
」 ‘
Looking at the phrase that came to mind, I squeezed the sword in my hand.
「The 10th floor ordeal begins.」
「Remaining time – 3 hours」
「Order breakthrough condition – Cooperate and subdue the boss monster within the remaining time」
「Order failure condition – teammate annihilation or the remaining time ends」
「Trial breakthrough reward – Skill Mastery Up Potion (B+)」
「Trial Failure Penalty – Death」
After reading this far, now I know what the 10th floor ordeal is like.
“It’s been a while since the integration ordeal.”
It was a joint ordeal with other challengers after a long time.
