With the investment of a large number of Bloodline Points, the originally dim bloodline tree began to glow red from its roots. Soon, the red light spreading from the roots filled the entire trunk, and the icons for the gnoll and the Gnoll Stalker lit up one after another.
A burning sensation surged inside Lynn, violently reshaping his body.
“Hiss—”
This was the first time Lynn had felt discomfort while activating a bloodline.
He secretly felt relieved that he hadn't activated it in front of anyone else, or he would have made a complete fool of himself.
Fortunately, this discomfort disappeared quickly. After only a few minutes, the uneasy feeling vanished, replaced by an overwhelming sense of power.
Lynn gripped the wooden bedboard beneath him, and a clear handprint instantly appeared on the hard wood.
He was startled by this display himself. He hadn't even used his full strength; otherwise, snapping off a piece of the board would have been entirely possible.
The only pity was the clothes he was wearing. Originally, after activating the slime bloodline, his muscle lines had softened slightly, but after activating two gnoll bloodlines in a row, his muscles instantly became sharply defined again, nearly tearing his clothes apart.
He couldn't go outside like this, so he would have to ask Aurora to buy him a couple of sets of suitable clothes again.
Lynn couldn't wait to open his status panel to see exactly how much his attributes had improved.
【Gnoll: Constitution +1 (under current attributes), Strength +1 (under current attributes)】
【Gnoll Stalker: Constitution +1, Agility +2, Strength +1, Perception +1, 「Backstab」 Level +1】
To be honest, when he saw the specific attributes of the Gnoll Stalker bloodline, Lynn was taken aback.
No wonder he felt such a massive boost in physical strength; the Gnoll Stalker bloodline alone had provided a whopping five attribute points. Furthermore, his 「Backstab」 skill had actually overtaken 「Stealth」, which was already very close to Lv.3, and reached Lv.3 first.
“「Backstab」 Lv.3 Skill Effect - Sneak Attack 2: Upon hitting a target with Backstab, inflicts a 0.5-second stun on the enemy. The duration is affected by the level difference between both parties.”
With the skill upgrade, the "Sneak Attack" effect had also leveled up, extending the stun duration. Against enemies of the same level, the effect reached a terrifying 0.5 seconds, and even against enemies one level higher, like ranked monsters, it would still take effect for 0.25 seconds.
As expected of a ranked monster's bloodline.
This made Lynn covet the Dungeon Slime, another ranked monster, even more.
Without any class levels, his kills of these ranked monsters were all judged as over-level kills. As long as he could kill them, he could use the doubled Bloodline Points to directly activate the corresponding monster's bloodline!
This was a bug that wasn't quite a bug; after all, if it were anyone else, they wouldn't be able to achieve over-level kills on these ranked monsters in the first place.
All in all, a little cheat doesn't really count as cheating.
Lynn switched back to the slime bloodline tree. The icons for the 【Pink Slime】 and 【Dungeon Slime】 were still faintly glowing, waiting to be lit up. He focused his mind on the Dungeon Slime's icon. Since he had already unlocked the entry for the Dungeon Slime, he could preview its specific attributes (a feature he had also noticed when checking the "Goblin Warrior" bloodline).
【Dungeon Slime: Constitution +3, Strength +1, 「Rapid Digestion」 Lv.2 (Passive), 「Enhanced Self-Healing」 Lv.1 (Passive)】
The 【Dungeon Slime】 could only provide Lynn with four attribute points now, which was less than the 【Gnoll Stalker】, but it was just enough to make up for his slightly weak Constitution.
Furthermore, there was the Enhanced Self-Healing passive, which Lynn also coveted.
This was something that could boost his survivability.
However, this attribute bonus was slightly lower than when Lynn first encountered the Dungeon Slime. Before he had activated several new bloodlines and significantly boosted his attributes, the Dungeon Slime would have provided two points of Strength and three points of Constitution. Now, it was missing one point of Strength.
Sure enough, the more bloodlines he activated, the smaller the attribute bonuses would be when activating the bloodlines of weaker monsters.
Fortunately, these monsters could still grant Lynn various passives, and these passives wouldn't be weakened, which made them highly valuable.
His battle with the Giant-Winged Bats over the past two days had also taught Lynn a lesson—
It wasn't always the case that stronger monsters provided stronger bloodline boosts. Take the Giant-Winged Bat Leader, for example. This kind of monster wasn't actually strong, and its Challenge Rating was not even 1/2. However, its racial talent was very unique, allowing it to control mana exceptionally well. The passive ability granted by its bloodline, 「Evocation Control」, provided Lynn with an improvement that was far beyond what a few attribute points could match.
Therefore, powerful ranked monsters had to be slain, but those weak monsters with special talents had to be hunted as well. Only then could his development be considered well-rounded!
After summarizing the experience gained from this adventure, Lynn reopened his attribute panel. Compared to when he first arrived in town seven or eight days ago, a massive change had taken place—
【Name: Lynn】
【Class: None*】
【Strength: 9】 (Affects muscle strength)
【Constitution: 7】 (Endurance and physical status resistance)
【Agility: 9】 (Affects speed, physical coordination, and neural reaction speed)
【Intelligence: 9】 (Learning ability, maximum mana, and recovery speed)
【Perception: 9】 (Insight and sharpness of intuition)
【Charisma: 7】 (Eloquence, attractiveness, leadership, and willpower)
Out of his six core attributes, four of them were already close to the standard for ordinary people to form a class, which was 10 points.
The only pity was that, apart from obtaining the passive 「Evocation Control」 during this period, Lynn's spellcasting ability hadn't improved much.
This was also related to him being at the bottom of society. Unranked monsters with spellcasting abilities were simply too rare; creatures like the Giant-Winged Bat Leader and the mutated goblin were anomalies among monsters.
Perhaps he would have to go to the Mages' Association and learn a few more spells to truly enhance his spellcasting capabilities.
Lynn had long coveted the meditation methods that Mages learned, but when he first arrived in town, his pockets were empty, so he hadn't made any plans.
Now, he should put learning new spells and meditation methods on his agenda.
However, all of this required money...
Lynn clutched his coin pouch, and for a moment, he actually felt as if the silver coins inside were disappearing one by one...
Mages were indeed way, way, way too expensive.
He should check the melee classes that were currently easier to activate first.
Lynn tapped on the asterisk next to the class column.
Having unlocked two new monster bloodline trees, the available class options should have increased by two as well.
But after opening it, Lynn realized something was off...
Wait, what? What on earth is this 【Celestial Fighter】?
And what is 【Voidwalker】?!
Where are my 【Rogue】 and 【Mage】 classes?!
Rate on N.U.
