Chapter 44 · Volume 1

Growth of Hidden Classes and 「Magic Missile」 Lv.2

At this moment, the class column had undergone massive changes compared to before—
【Current High-Compatibility Classes】 (Due to page limit of the identification manual, only four are currently displayed)
Class 1: 【Voidwalker】
【Requirements】: Perception, Agility ≥ 15, Strength, Intelligence ≥ 12, Constitution ≥ 10, 「Stealth」 Lv.5 or above, any space-element spell Lv.3, three offensive spells Lv.3
【Class Growth】: Displayed after fulfilling one requirement
Class 2: 【Celestial Fighter】
【Requirements】: Strength, Constitution ≥ 15, Agility ≥ 12, Perception ≥ 10, Charisma ≥ 8, and obtain the recognition of the 【God of War and Strength, Treyer】
【Class Growth】: Upon class level up, Strength +3, Constitution +3, Agility +1, Perception +1, Free Attribute Points +3
Class 3: 【Assassin】
【Requirements】: Perception ≥ 10, Strength, Agility ≥ 8, 「Stealth」 Lv.4 or above, 「Kidney Strike」 or 「Assassinate」 Lv.5 or above
【Class Growth】: Upon class level up, Perception +2, Strength +1, Agility +2; every four levels, obtain an additional 3 Free Attribute Points
Class 4: 【Mage】
Classes to be unlocked: 【Rogue】, 【Sorcerer】
Among the candidate classes, there were actually two hidden classes!
To be precise, one was the original 【Unknown Class】, which had now unlocked its name, 【Voidwalker】.
The other was the 【Celestial Fighter】, which had only appeared after this adventure.
It looked like they were hidden classes of the rogue and Fighter systems respectively, with the former even having some connection to Mages.
These two classes both seemed to be related to the gaze of deities.
However, these class requirements were far too harsh!
Fifteen points in a single attribute.
Just this alone was something very few people in this world could achieve!
Before forming a class, the attribute limit for most people was only ten points!
To continue stacking basic attributes before taking a class, one either had to rely on external items or accomplish some major event of extreme importance to the world's development to obtain the world's blessing.
For the vast majority of people in this world, these were things they would never encounter in their entire lives.
However, corresponding to the difficulty of taking the class, the growth potential of a hidden class was also extremely exaggerated!
For a common class like 【Assassin】, each level up only granted five attribute points in total.
Even counting the free attribute points gained every four levels, it was still less than six points.
On the other hand, a hidden class like 【Celestial Fighter】 provided almost double the attributes of a common class upon leveling up, reaching a whopping eleven points!
Leveling up once was equivalent to others leveling up twice!
Moreover, there was another very important point.
Hidden classes provided more Free Attribute Points!
This meant that hidden class-holders could allocate their attributes more freely, compensating for their weaknesses or highlighting their strengths.
The growth potential of a hidden class could only be described as staggering.
But for the time being, before activating the bloodlines of multiple ranked monsters, it would still be quite difficult to meet the requirements for these two classes, so Lynn stopped overthinking it.
He just didn't know if there was a limit to forming classes.
If there was no limit to the number of classes one could take...
Perhaps he could activate some common classes first before considering these two hidden classes.
For example, Mage or Assassin.
Lynn felt that these two classes were currently the closest within his reach.
The only thing he was slightly concerned about was the space-element spells required for 【Voidwalker】.
Space-element skills...
When taking on commissions in the future, he should keep an eye out for monsters with spatial abilities.
However, Lynn didn't plan to go on any more missions for the next two days.
After two days, once he found Mentor Gray and obtained the staff's focus material, he planned to subjugate that Dungeon Slime.
...
In the blink of an eye, two days passed.
While waiting for September to arrive, Lynn did not idle around either.
“「Magic Missile」 proficiency +1, current Lv.2 (1/20)”
「Magic Missile」, which had already been more than halfway to leveling up, finally reached Lv.2 today.
Part of this proficiency increase was thanks to the passive skill, 「Evocation Control」.
If the original mana consumption of 「Magic Missile」 was anchored at one unit of mana, then Lynn could only recover 1.4 units of mana in a single day, meaning he could only cast 「Magic Missile」 once.
However, after obtaining the passive 「Evocation Control」, not only was the incantation time before casting shortened from four seconds to two and a half seconds, but the mana consumption of 「Magic Missile」 was also reduced to 0.7 units.
This finally allowed Lynn to cast 「Magic Missile」 twice within a single day!
The efficiency of his proficiency gain had naturally nearly doubled.
Finally, over the past two days, by stacking the number of casts, he managed to push 「Magic Missile」 to Lv.2.
“「Magic Missile」 Lv.2 Skill Effect - Explosion 1: Upon hitting a target, an explosion occurs. The explosion's power is 30% of the spell's power, with a diameter of three meters.”
Seeing this skill effect, Lynn's eyes instantly lit up.
This effect came at the perfect time!
If he wanted to kill the Dungeon Slime, breaking through its defense was not a difficult task.
He had already tested it before; a single Magic Missile could pierce right through the Dungeon Slime!
The reason he couldn't do anything to the Dungeon Slime was that the attack area of Magic Missile was too small. Facing a behemoth like the Dungeon Slime, even if he could pierce through it, he couldn't inflict a heavy blow.
But with the "Explosion" skill effect, it was completely different!
Even if the explosion's power was only 30% of the spell, it was enough to make up for Magic Missile's lack of area-of-effect damage.
Lynn slightly calmed his excited emotions.
Just one effect was not enough.
Lynn had to ensure that his maximum mana was sufficient to cast 「Magic Missile」 twice before taking action against the Dungeon Slime.
And this would still require the assistance of Mentor Gray's staff focus material.
Sweeping his gaze over the moving wooden target that had been blasted to pieces by his Magic Missile, Lynn walked out of the training room.
Unlike the rogue skills, spells were too powerful to be practiced in the backyard of the Moonflower Inn.
Otherwise, he would probably be nagged by Aurora.
Fortunately, the price of the training room provided by the Guild was not too high. Renting it for two days only cost him one silver coin.
After deducting meal expenses, current savings: 60 silver coins~
Upon reaching the street, Lynn hailed a carriage.
“To the Mages' Association.”
“That will be eight copper coins.”
Lynn handed over the money, and the driver cracked his whip.
The draft horse trotted forward, its hooves clattering against the cobblestones of the road.
Lifting the cloth cover on the carriage window, Lynn looked out at the town.
Wingen Town during the day was actually not as lively as it was at night.
Since the majority of Wingen Town's population consisted of adventurers or their families, the town was at its liveliest during the nightly revelry.
But this did not mean that Wingen Town during the day lacked vitality.
On the contrary, the town during the day was equally full of cheer.
The laughter and chatter of passersby, the melodies of the lute played by bards, the sweet scent of frosting drifting from the roadside bakeries...
Everywhere was bursting with life.
“We've arrived, sir.”
The driver's words interrupted Lynn's reminiscence. With a faint smile playing on his lips, Lynn jumped down from the carriage.
The gates of the Mages' Association stood before him.
“Sir, please show your identity badge.”
After handing the badge of an apprentice member of the Mages' Association to the guard at the entrance, the guard took a glance and respectfully returned it.
Lynn walked into the center of the courtyard, which was where he had met Mentor Gray last time.
He knocked on the door.
“Come in.”
The voice was somewhat soft, but it didn't seem to belong to Gray...

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