Novel Bin Chapter 89 - 89: 089 Reward
[You successfully survived 90 days and received a base assessment of
C-gradel]
[You triggered the event ‘Turmoil in Pink City’ and elevated your grade to B-grade!]
[You sparked the ‘Turmoil in Pink City’ ahead of time and survived until the end, your grade is elevated to S-grade!]
[You’ve killed one Third-Turn entity, three Second-Turn entities, and 176 Elite First-Turn soldiers; your grade is elevated to S-level!]
[You’ve completed the ‘Posting Letters in the Tempest Woods’ task, your grade is elevated to S-grade!]
[You’ve finally received an S-grade assessment!]
Looking at the system prompts appearing non-stop before his eyes, Dean McKenzie was feeling somewhat dissatisfied.
“What’s happening? Why did my assessment stop after the third notification? Are you saying that I killed a Third-turn boss and completed that Oh-so-difficult mission for nothing, and it’s not worth the easy food shoved into my mouth at the start?
What a joke!
Is this damn system planning to make me, Dean McKenzie, into a kept man? No way, absolutely not!”
Dean McKenzie patted his chest: “This dungeon was an exception. I, Dean McKenzie, have a backbone. I swear that I will never be a kept man again, never!”
Pounding his chest like that, making that small vow, Dean McKenzie suddenly felt a lot better.
His eyes then fell on the loot he received from this raid.
[You’ve received an S-grade final assessment, you’ve been awarded the following! ]
[Reward 1: You receive one piece of silver equipment for your profession.
Reward 2: You gain one professional trait for your profession.
Reward 3: You’ve received two ‘First-Turn Skill Enhancement Scrolls’!] At the same time as the system notification, a one-and-a-half-meter long Bone Wand appeared in Dean McKenzie’s hand, along with two scrolls. Simultaneously, a streak of gray light fell on Dean McKenzie.
Dean McKenzie had already experienced this type of gray light twice before. When it fell again, he felt as if something was growing inside him again. [You’ve obtained the ‘Necromancer Trait – Control over Bones’!] Almost instantly, Dean McKenzie felt a new surge of power within him.
As Dean lightly touched it, the attributes of his third trait appeared before him.
Control over Bones (D-Level): improves the power of Bone skills by fifty percent, enhances Bone skills proficiency by fifty percent.
Looking at this trait’s attributes, Dean McKenzie couldn’t help but light up. “This is definitely the one among my three traits that has boosted my combat capabilities the most for now!”
That’s right. This new trait has amplified the effects of Dean McKenzie’s ‘Bone Shield,’ ‘Bone Fang,’ and ‘Bone Prison’ skills by fifty percent, exponentially increasing his combat capabilities.
“If only I had this trait when I was battling that Third-turn Pighead, then I could have…uh, it seems I still wouldn’t have been able to outlast them alone!” Dean McKenzie carefully pondered.
The only reason he could defeat the Third-turn Pighead was because of the massive damage dealt by the maid pig. Without her heavy blow, and without the massive amount of water Dean stored in the Land of Bone, it would have been hard to say who would have won.
Even with this new trait, Dean felt that he would most likely still lose in a one-on-one fight.
Even with the prior group combination, Dean would still not stand a chance without the maid pig.
The gap in strength between both sides was too obvious.
Right now, Dean was still far from having the strength to fight a Third-turn opponent.
But Dean McKenzie was not disheartened. After all, he was still just a First-turn Necromancer. He was confident he could compete with Third-turn opponents once he reached Second-turn.
Moving his attention away from the ‘Control over Bones’ trait, Dean casually tossed one of the two ‘First-Turn Skill Enhancement Scrolls’ onto the ‘Bone Prison’ skill.
After all, ‘Bone Prison’ was the only First-turn skill he had at the moment. Moreover, he was soon going to exit the dungeon, and he wasn’t certain about the situation outside. He definitely had to enhance his combat capability to the maximum extent possible.
[You have successfully used the ‘First-turn Skill Enhancement Scroll’. Your
‘Bone Prison’ skill has been enhanced by +1]
Skill: Bone Prison (First-Turn) +1)
Level: 2
Chant: Mighty Power of Bone, Enslave the World!
Mana Cost: 200
Effect: Cast a Bone Prison with energy value equal to six times the spiritual power to imprison the enemy. The enemy cannot escape from the Bone Prison until the energy value reaches zero.
PS: The enemy’s attack power will be limited to eighty percent of their normal power when trying to break the Bone Prison from the inside!
This was the ‘Bone Prison’ skill after using the enhancement scroll. The effect of enhancement was actually pretty good.
It went from four times the spiritual power to six times the spiritual power, and the attack reduction increased by ten percent.
Now, without considering the ‘Control over Bones,’ Dean’s ‘Bone Prison’ had approximately 1200 units of energy.
The numbers increased by fifty percent.
Dean tried using it, and found that the ‘Bone Prison’, enhanced twice, felt much smoother.
And the designated range increased from the original 2m x 2m to 4m x 4m. As long as Dean McKenzie activated the skill and the opponent didn’t escape this range, they would be trapped.
“Not bad, but it’s not astonishing. As expected, the Skill Enhancement Scroll only provides a bit of fun. True enhancement still depends on talents.
Since I can’t strengthen the ‘Bone Prison’ to level 2 with the remaining scroll, I’ll just keep it for now. Let’s see if I can find a chance to get another First-turn skill. If that doesn’t work, I should still be able to sell it for a decent price.” Even though he still had around 200 gold in his pocket, Dean McKenzie, who suffered from a minor fear of being penniless, had already begun to ponder how he would get by after the gold was spent.
“Speaking of making money, why hasn’t my side job come out yet? Wasn’t it supposed to be within 30 days? I’ve been in the dungeon for 90 days now – it should be time!”
As Dean went on, he couldn’t help but open his task bar to check.
He found that his Talent Development was still in progress and had more than ten days remaining.
“What does this mean? Does the time spent in the dungeon not count? Why can’t it just give me the…”
Dean McKenzie stopped mid-sentence.
He suddenly remembered that if the reward came now, he might end up with a lousy side job.
“Let it be, having more than ten days left is also good.
This way, I can struggle a bit more!”
Dean McKenzie sneered and refocused his attention on his loot.
He managed to resist the urge to look at his new magic wand’s attributes just yet and saved the good stuff for last, instead deciding to inspect the points gained from the Three-Turn Earth Warrior.
[You’ve opened six light points, you’ve received 55 gold coins, and Equipment ‘Earth Shield’, ‘Earth Ring’, and the ‘Pighead Summoning Order’ item!] As the system prompt refreshed, two pieces of silver radiant equipment appeared before Dean McKenzie.
Dean McKenzie was overjoyed and promptly picked them up for a closer inspection.
Almost instantly, his joy turned into sorrow.
Equipment: Earth Shield
Quality: Silver
Level: 65
Effect: Unidentified
Equipment: Earth Ring
Quality: Silver
Level: 65
Effect: Unidentified