[Eye of Verity]
[Rank: Unique
Cssification: Active Skill
Lvl: 1
Proficy: 0%
Your i distrust of people and desire for transparency have culminated in this power bestowed through Alchemy.
Skill Effect:
?? Endows the wielder with the ability to dis truth from falsehood, analyze target Stats, and glimpse beyond the boundaries of reality.
Stamina Cost: 0.7% ? Sed
Skill Cooldown: None]
Daisuke skimmed through the details of the skill once more before uttering the words: “Eye of Verity.”
DING!
[The Eyes of Verity illuminates beyond what you see.]
The moment he evoked the words, the world transformed, adopting a monoatic palette remi of an antique television show from the 19th tury.
As Daisuke surveyed the ndscape, he marveled at the way highlights, midtones, and shadows paihe sery in exquisite detail.
His eyes widened as he turned his gaze to where the Hidden Dungeon had been. Instead of the grayscale surroundings, Daisuke noted a pulsating purple aura where the outcrop had previously stood.
“This is…” Is that the residual energy from the Hidden Dungeon? Mmm… I’m sure there’s more to it, but I don’t think I’ll be able to figure it ht now.
[Alchemy]
[Rank: Unique
Cssification: Active Skill
Lvl: 1
Proficy: 0%
An a and are fusioween sd magic, carefully hoo perfe over time by the greatest chemists. turies ago, following its pletion, the art was sealed away out of fear that its power would fall into the wrong hands.
Skill Effect:
?? By using mana as a catalyst to tap into the Aether Field, Alchemy allows the user to endlessly harhe secrets of nature to transmute, bine, and manipute matter.
Mana Cost: N/A
Skill Cooldown: N/A]
The skill was Alchemy, but Daisuke wasn’t particurly ied. The description was voluted and difficult to uand, and what he did prehend about the discipline simply triggered memories inald and the tragedies that took pce at the manor.
He didn’t want to remember any of that.
However, he deduced that he had stumbled upon the skill when he opehe grimoire discovered in the secret chamber. The moment he acquired both skills—the Eye of Verity and Alchemy—unctuated by his bleeding eyes and the book missing its text.
[Αφιν?τη’s Blessing]
[Rank: N/A
Cssification: Passive Skill
A blessing given in repense by The Goddess of Harmony.
Skill Effect:
?? Bestows loy and total immunity to ive status ditions, including diseases, poisons, curses, and other abnormalities. Given suffit rest, the body will alsee lost limbs and recover from other disabilities.]
“Goddess?” Daisuke murmured, his curiosity piqued as he assessed the skill that was clearly a passive. “How do you even pronouhe name? What nguage is that? And why isn’t there even a rating for it?”
He had a hunch that the skill’s description hi a direct e between this so-called Goddess and the mystery enveloping his virtual life.
Yet, his intuitied him to focus on advang rather than dwelling on hypothetical answers. Whatever the case, this Goddess’s blessing was undeniably a game-breaking cheat that pletely undermihe bance of the game.
Many pyers and monsters relied on ?debuff? and ?crowd trol? skills to gain an advantage in battle. Debuff and CC skills were quite simir, as they both inflicted status ailments and other ditions on a target, hindering their ability to fun properly.
ive statuses like paralysis, poison, and blindness were just a few, and plete immunity meant none of them would affect Daisuke. In addition to the be of always being levels above his peers, he now didn’t o fear losing that advantage by an annoying skill.
Loy was much appreciated, but Daisuke suspected that didn’t mean he was invulnerable to death.
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[Rank: &^@%#
Cssification: @#&%*
Lvl: X?
Proficy: %?
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Skill Effect:
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Mana Cost: ?o??
Skill Cooldown: # &%#@<%&]
“Aughh,” Daisuke sighed, palming his face.
MMs were known for having few bugs, and Sehrei Online was celebrated as a fwless game in this regard, leaving only one specution: Jupiter.
Hag the game didn’t go as intended, but it appeared that a lone script had mao slip through the robust firewall and bee entwined with his own source code.
As he watched the fragmented information on the skill window flicker and phase in and out like a digital seizure, he couldn’t help but swallow that theory.
Then again, it could be somethiirely different, as Sehrei, in and of itself, was an enigma. This was further evidenced by the fact that he had acquired polearm and archery mastery simply by wielding the makeshift ons he had crafted from bamboo and wood.
“Now... about these 70 Stat Points,” murmured Daisuke, his hand cupping his in thought. While the game did follow the ventional method of allowing users to create their pyer at the character creation s, acquiring skills was a whole different ball game.
To atuate the scope of freedom in the game, instead of choosing from a generic list of skills for a specific css, pyers could acquire new skills and abilities in a variety of different ways.
Simir to the real world, skills could be acquired through various means, including instru from a teacher or coach, self-study, observation, or even by sheer ce through repeated as.
Titles, ?Skill Books?, and equipment also had the potential to grant skills. The System closely monitored pyers and facilitated their growth by providing abilities that plemeheir innate characteristics.
As for me, Daisuke pted, I’ve always been the frontational type in video games, so I’m leaning towards a melee build. But definitely not a tank. Tanks might focus on defense, but their role is to draw aggro ahe monsters occupied while the DPS—Damage Dealers—chip away at their health.
Tanks basically live in the danger zone, and as a result, they die all the time. But I’m not sure what awaits me after death, so I’d rather opt for a build with a higher survivability rate.
With that in mind, I think Speed, Dexterity, Strength, and Stamina should be my main focus. Sure, my build wouldn’t be solely focused on strength and defense, but with explosive speed, I could evade attacks and tinue dealing damage safely until the enemy’s down.
“A battle of attrition.”
HP: 204/270 | MP: 15/15
Strength: 3 (+15) | Stamina: 3 (+12) | Agility: 12 (+25) | Intelligence: 1 | Dexterity: 10 (+35) | posure: 5 | Indomitable: 3
Stat Points: 70]
DING!
[Iing 20 Stat Points intth. Is this correct?]
“Yes.”
[Oat Points are allocated, it ot be reversed. Do you still wish to proceed?]
“Yes.”
[Iing 20 Stat Points into Stamina. Is this correct?]
“Yes.”
[Iing 20 Stat Points into Agility. Is this correct?]
[Iing 10 Stat Points into Intelligence. Is this correct?]
“I’ve been pying games long enough to know that I’ll be needing MP for skills soon,” he said as he ched and unched his fingers, testing his strength. “So, I figured I would at least i 10 Stat Points into it.”
Now he was jogging in pce, a smile spreading across his lips. “I feel much lighter than I did a few minutes ago. It may have only been 70 Stat Points, but I definitely feel the difference.”
HP: 301/465 | MP: 15/65
Strength: 23 (+15) | Stamina: 23 (+12) | Agility: 32 (+25) | Intelligence: 11 | Dexterity: 10 (+35) | posure: 5 | Indomitable: 3
Stat Points: 0]
“Iory.”
At his and, a blue window boasting ahetically pleasing design materialized. It dispyed dozens of slots anized into different categories—Items, Equipment, ables, Materials, and more.
Slipping his hand into the thumbnail depig the items slot felt akin to dipping his hand into a reservoir of room temperature water. But, in fact, it was a different dimension.
After stowing the shards of Mana Crystals and other items he had in his pockets, Daisuke found that simply reag into the right category and envisioning what he wao retrieve was enough to summoem to his hand.
“Now that that’s all figured out,” he said nervously, “it’s time for the moment of truth.”
Daisuke dreaded what he would find if he looked, but after ditioning his mind, he dismissed the iory window and tried searg for the logout button.
There was none.
“Figures.”
While he could access the Leaderboard and the like in the ?Main Menu?, he was pletely barred from accessing the i, troubleshooting, or even er service.
For a fleeting moment, he eaihe idea of reag out to a pyer and utilizing them as an intermediary to make tact with the GMs, also known as the ?Game Masters?. Yet, a creeping suspi told him that perhaps it wasn’t the wisest course of a. tag the game’s developers might not be the right approach either.
Was his mind merely uploaded onto the game as a copy? If so, did his inal self know about this duplicate? If he did, wouldn’t he have already scoured the entire game searg for his doppelganger by now?
Alternatively, if his mind was cut and pasted like a piece of text into a host body, doesn’t that mean his inal body was already loen by worms and reo bones by now?
Setting aside the depressing thought, Daisuke summohe Status Window to ihe on he had acquired from the Elemental King raid. Yet, as his gaze traversed the interface, he couldn’t help but notice a particur se adjat to the character s—the panion menu.
Daisuke’s lips quivered. “…It ’t be!”
His heart raced, torween anticipation and trepidation. Doing his best to still his nerves, he steered towards the s, and in the moment, his eyes widened with sheer shock.
[Name: Zephyr]
