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Chapter 40: Radiance (1)
Chapter 40: Radiance (1)
[ Translator – Bin ]
[ Proofreader – Phylicia ]
「 More than 1000 people have cleared the 7th trial. 」
「 The system expansion is starting. 」
「 Skill Marketplace is opening. 」
「 Trial Crossroads are being formed. 」
「 Permanent return is now available. 」
「 Intrusion system is being activated. 」
A bunch of messages started to pop up, but the most important one was at the bottom.
「 You have been designated as a ‘pioneer’ for the previous floors. 」
「 You may choose a radiance. 」
Radiance.
The perk of being a pioneer finally revealed itself.
「 Radiance affects the challenger’s innate ability and skills. 」
「 Please think carefully before making a decision. 」
“Think carefully...”
The tower hasn’t given advice like this before.
This meant that choosing a radiance was important, even to the tower.
「 Please choose one of these available options. 」
「 Conqueror 」
「 Hunter 」
「 Monk 」
“Are these radiances...?”
“Hm, I guess I’ll look at the details first.”
Even if I wanted to make a choice, I didn’t know anything about these.
「 Conqueror 」
「 A radiance that changes depending on the individual’s abilities. 」
「 Helps the individual become an all-rounder rather than a specialist and is closely related to their innate ability. 」
「 Potential for battle, growth, support, and creation increases greatly. 」
「 Innate power is ‘Skill Combination.’ 」
「 This is the most fitting radiance for challenger Han Sungyeun. 」
“Hm...”
I wasn’t able to tell exactly what it could do just by reading the description, but I could tell it was a good one.
My potential for everything would increase, and it would affect my ability...
‘This means that it’ll be helpful to my future growth.’
It sounded like a perfect fit.
The innate power also seemed interesting.
Even the tower determined that this would be the best radiance for me.
But I couldn’t make a decision just yet.
「 Hunter 」
「 A radiance that anyone could easily get used to. 」
「 Specializes in growth and does not have a significant effect on an innate ability. 」
「 However, this radiance is closely related to stat and skill growth. 」
「 It increases the growth rate of skill proficiencies. 」
「 Innate power is ‘Level Up.’ 」
「 This is an adequate radiance for challenger Han Sungyeun. 」
“This one isn’t bad either.”
The tower seemed to agree with me.
Even if it wouldn’t affect my innate ability, the stat increase would be very compatible.
And I had a good idea of what the ‘Level Up’ power would do.
‘If this were a game, it would be like choosing your occupation.’
‘Hunter’ would be an occupation that allowed you to level yourself up.
I assumed that leveling up would directly increase stats and skill proficiency.
This radiance’s effect wasn’t bad, but it would overlap with my innate ability.
‘And the last one is...’
「 Monk 」
「 A radiance that is greatly affected by talent and hard work. 」
「 Specializes in growth, but everything is strictly determined by talent and hard work. 」
「 Becomes stronger the more time you invest and requires a lot of talent. 」
The newly-added effect seemed interesting.
Now necromancy is finally living up to its name.
“All necromancers should have a summoning ability.”
I assumed something like this was bound to appear sometime soon.
Considering the utility of the skill, this should be pretty good.
So far, I had zero regrets about choosing this radiance.
Too bad I couldn’t test it out here.
“The effects are too vague.”
Like how long the raised dead would last or what actually counted as a nearby dead.
There was a high chance that the skill would have unintended effects if I used it here.
If I suddenly summoned a deteriorating corpse in the waiting area, it’s not like I could throw it out.
And I wasn’t planning to see if I could fit a corpse in the inventory.
‘I’ll try it out back in the real world or in another trial.’
It was about time that I went back again.
But...
“Skill Combination is different.”
I had no qualms about trying that out right now.
Similar to what happened for my innate ability, a panel appeared in front of me as soon as I had the urge to use the skill.
「 Activating the innate power ‘Skill Combination.’ 」
「 Listing the available skills. 」
「 Please select two skills from the list. 」
Accelerated RegenerationPain ResistanceHeat ResistanceContempt for the WeakHunter’s DaggermanshipSustain BattleRanger’s Knowledge
...
Seeing all the various skills gave me a feeling of pride.
It wasn’t too long ago that I didn’t have a single one.
‘I guess I’ve grown a lot.’
But I couldn’t be too full of myself because quantity doesn’t mean quality.
“Hm, what shall I combine...”
It was harder than I expected.
Pain Resistance activated more often than I would’ve liked it to, and Accelerated Regeneration was an irreplaceable skill.
I couldn’t combine skills randomly because I didn’t know what the result would be.
‘What do I not care about too much...?’
I went through the list slowly and decided on two skills.
Contempt for the WeakSustain Battle
‘I didn’t use either of them during battle...’
I couldn’t use the former unless my opponent was weaker than me.
And I couldn’t use the latter unless I was in serious danger.
It was never used because my fighting style revolved around my agility.
I wouldn’t miss them too much if they were gone.
‘Acquiring a high-tier skill would be nice...’
But I didn’t expect much.
Expectations only brought about disappointment.
‘I thought I would become a hunter after I awakened as a player.’
But that was when I hit rock bottom.
I knew better than to expect anything from life.
「 The two skills are identical in rank. 」
「 Please select the core skill. 」
It seemed that I could choose one of the skills to be the core if they were the same rank.
‘Contempt for the Weak is probably a better choice than Sustain Battle.’
「 Skill Combination will start with ‘Contempt for the Weak’ as the core. 」
「 Current probability for a high-tier skill is 80%. 」
「 Start the combination? 」
There was only one answer for that question.
「 Combination complete. 」
And as that message phased out, the new message emitted a golden glow.
「 Forming a new skill! 」
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Dam i forgot how sadboi the mc was
When will he get his confidence
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