12 Skills! Skills! Skills!
"Here read this!" Sai handed over a book with the title 'Wind whisper', and motioning for her to sit beside him. Which the onlookers stared with envy.
Izen took the book and started reading.
[System: You have awakened a skill.]
[Skill: Detection lvl. 0
-Detect enemy and allies in a range of 50 meters. MP: 10MP.]
Five minutes haven't even passed when she sent this message to Sai, while everyone was trying to acquire as many spells they can to be valuable in their future adventure. A message note from the team chat, that reads: "Anyone have this skill <Detection>?"
"I Do! Shapeless and GurinBare raised.
"Why? Did you finally obtain it?" VerBoss
"She did!" Sai said, pointing the Miko beside him.
"You know, I wasn't going to say this, but are you going to introduce us or something?" AleyaNala sent this in the team chat while staring straight at Sai. She was the only female in the group, and yet she voiced out what everyone else was thinking.
"Oh... Haha... Guys this is my good friend Mizarin. An Oracle class. And currently on her Alchemist quest that I interrupted." Sai said this sheepishly, adding some personal and unnecessary information just to have a topic of conversation.
"The lady is AleyaNala, VerBoss the strange Guy, GurinBare the toughest one, and Shapeless the quiet one... We're all druids, I met them during my initiation quest in the Druid's encampment." Introduced Sai.
"Nice to meet you, I thank you for being patient to this thoughtless person right here. I am Mizarin." Izen said.
[Party Invite From AleyaNala.
<Accept><Decline>]
"It's hard to be speaking out loud here, let's talk in private," AleyaNala said with a bright smile.
"Ohh... Sure... Accept." Izen spoke.
"SayaShin said that you gained the Detection skill?.... is it from the book your reading or somewhere else?" -VerBoss
"Ah... Yeah it's from this book,"- Mizarin
"How did you do that?... it was less than 5 minutes when you arrived when Saya linked us... it took me at least 20 minutes to learn it."-GurinBare
"Umm... I just read what I was interested in. I mean, I'm used to reading novels and this is all written in technical definitions, so it is going to be hards if you read it cover to cover."- Izen said.
"Ohh... so that's how it's done? I thought we should read the book to gain as many skills we can from it." GurinBare said.
His companions looked at him as if they are being insulted, in-fact compared to others he gained more skills than the others, but only the skills that he understood at a theoretical level, unlike the others that gained the more practical skills.
"So how is the alchemist apprenticeship quest?"- SayaShin asked Mizarin.
"See for your self,<Attachment>"- Mizarin
[Quest: The Alchemists Request
- To become an alchemist apprentice you must bring the highest quality material you find.
Diamond (0/1)
Pearls (0/10)
Herbs (0/100)
Gold (0/1)
Firewood (0/10)
Time limit: 4 Days 21:30 Hours
Reward: Alchemist Gift (Depends on the Quality of the materials), Random Alchemical Skill Book, Alchemists Ring, Gold 10, EXP 500]
"What does it mean the highest quality material?" -SayaShin
"It should have something to rarity, and the energy content."- AleyaNala
"Do explain."- Shapeless
"Based on the book on compounding, refining, herbs, minerals, appraisal, beast information, legendary weapons. Material with aura is the highest quality material, but that is only limited to its rarity, for example, you have two materials of the same kind, and has a rarity of epic, now one is with aura and the other does not, then you can qualify the one with aura as a higher quality over the one without." -AleyaNala
"Ohh... so that's how it is... good thing I didn't finish the quest with these materials that I bought."- Mizarin
"You had the time to collect materials before you got here?... for a class with baby legs, your quit fast!" - Shapeless
"The team that I came across, heading towards the main city said the same. They were kind enough to give away a basic healing and haste spell. So I had to accompany them to the city gates."- Mizarin
"I don't get what you meant about accompanying them to the gate?" VerBoss
"I think what she means is that being below lvl 10 she is protected by the system, so any monsters higher than the highest level in her party will not approach. So she moved fast because of the haste spell and people helping her defeat monster."-SayaShin
"Didn't you guys have trouble getting here?"-Mizarin
"We didn't walk to get here.<Portal Orb>"- AleyaNala
[Portal Orb
Skill
Transfer (Active)
-Teleport yourself to the set coordinates:
Magic Academy (MA, 500,9870)
Royal Training Grounds (TG, 6898,599)
Land of Faith (HL, 7876,5867)
Dark Forest (DF, 875,6933)
Deep Forest (DG, 500,8190)
Group Transfer(Active)
-Only available when three or more Portal Orb is activated within 10 meters of each other and the exact same destination.
-Mana consumption is halved, and reduce 5% for every extra Orb.]
"Wow... where did you get such a convenient item."-Mizarin
"We happened to activate a hidden exchange interface with the herbalist. Let's try if there is one in the magician or the alchemist if there is none we can just get one from the herbalist."-SayaShin
While others were leaving, or searching the bookshelves for lost books.the group continues the book worming activity for another 8 hours, when suddenly a notification rung on their ears.
[System: You have obtained more than 15 skills, in one sitting, from the Magicians Library. The magician, Minue, had gained an interest in your dedication and wishes to speak with you.]
After the sound of notification rang thrice. A sound of knocking on the table was heard in the entire dome.
"Tok! Tok! Tok!" The sound of knuckles taping the table, where a group of druids and an oracle, attracted their attention whispering to each other.
"What?... How dis they get the librarian to walk-up to them?!"
"Why did the Librarian leave his station?!"
"What quest are they doing?!"
"Is this a hidden quest?!"
It's only been a week since the game was launched, but no one has ever seen Minue leave the counter. For those that had seen the group since the arrival of the Miko, they have already assumed that the group had chanced upon a hidden quest with very strict requirements, they have left and returned, yet the group is still up to something as if they live in another world.
"Young Scholars, may I interrupt your dedication?" Minue
"How may we help thee, esteemed guardian." -Mizarin
"I have observed that the books you have gathered, and devoured are of high quality, be it the introduction or informative books. I as the librarian can not leave my post, thus I wish to implore you, young ones, to assist me in search of the misplaced book titled: 'Special Enchantments', within this library. Would you be willing to assist?"- Minue
[System: Will you accept the Librarians request?<Accept><Decline>]
[Quest: 'Special Enchantments' (Special, Hidden Quest)
-Book(s) of Enchantments is lost within this library, assist the Librarian in Locating and Retrieving the book(s).
Reward: Unknown.]
"Yes, we shall accept your request." The leader AleyaNala spoke.
"A group Quest!"-VerBoss
"Not to mention a Special Quest." - Shapeless
The requirement for the quest was indeed very steep for anyone to attain. The First requirement was, for a group of 6, no more no less, must be in a party. Second, the party must be above level three. Lastly, the party must obtain notable skills in the library, within 24 hours of the NPC timer. If any of these are not met, then the quest will not be activated.
"What's with this 'Book(s)' on the description. Is there one or more books of the same name?" - GurinBare
"Let us start searching first!"-SayaShin
Hearing this, the group immediately used their searching spell.
[Wind Search] A torrent of cold and warm wind blows harmlessly, its origins; VerBoss.
[Aura Search] An Ephemeral atmosphere like a forest filled with fireflies, pervaded the entire dome, its epicenter; SayaShin.
[Books Whisper] A musical cacophony sang enchanting whispers, its orchestrator; GurinBare.
[Danger Sense] Black smoke emanating from some shelves beamed converging, its destination; Shapeless.
[Strange Material Search] Strange stream of color drifted spiraling like a storm, its eye; AleyaNala.
[Spirits Aid] Orbs of different colors dashed from one shelf to another and finally retreating, it's master; Mizarin.
Each spell has different names and different characteristics, but all these spells came from a single book, 'Winds Whisper', unlike spells from skill books that are set like stone, grimoire reflects its reader's thoughts and characteristics. It was later found out that there is one out of a hundred chance that readers will obtain the exact same spell with exactly the same characteristics.
The group moved like some pack of wolves, quick and organized, clearing the blinking spots on their maps, some converging over each other. In less than fifteen minutes, the group's Library Map was filled with different colors, over a hundred locations we're marked, captioned with the name of the spell Book they obtained from the location.
"I found a book called 'Special Enchantments For Tailors', what do you think?"-VerBoss
"I found 'Special Enchantments For Antidotes And Poisons', anyone else?"-Shapeless
"I got 'Special Enchantments for Material Refining.'"- SayaShin
"Mine is 'Special Enchantments for Binding.'"-GurinBare
"Haha... 'Special Enchantments For Unbinding'" - AleyaNala
"look, 'Special Enchantments For Blessings', this one is strange: Pure and Impure(Special Enchantments), Spirits Blessings(Special Enchantments)"-Mizarin
"So, which one is our target, really?"- VerBoss
"I believe it's both!" -GurinBare
"..."
"Think about it, In the description 'Book(s)' a single or multiple books, and it doesn't say the book should contain special enchantments or the book should be about special enchantments, right?... Besides, the reward is unknown, let's just collect everything we can find and get this library work over with." -GurinBare
"I found Material Enhancement(Special Enchantments), Teleportation Array (Special Enchantments), and Hammers Fall (Special Enchantments)"-SayaShin
"Energy Refining (Special Enchantments) and Material Substitution Magic Array (Special Enchantments)."-AleyaNala
"Curses and Blessings (Special Enchantments) and Librarians Secrets (Special Enchantments)."-Shapeless
"Forging Methods (Special Enchantments) and Archaic Spells (Special Enchantments)."-GurinBare
"Material's skill (Special Enchantments) and Growth Enhancement (Special Enchantments), and Awakening (Special Enchantments)."-VerBoss
Everyone enumerated their find while heading to other bookshelves that their markers we're located.
"Everyone if you have collected your books, gather at the same place, and let's start digesting these books." -AleyaNala
"Roger." everyone Bemused.
It was indeed a possible mode of action, reading and acquiring as many skills as possible in the early stage of the game, would let them grow the skills, rather than later when skill information and priority would take place.
When everyone gathered at the reading table they sat before accepting the quest, books we're piled up almost covering the group's faces.
[Skill: Mineral Quality Appraisal Skill
-A qualitative judgment of Ores and Elemental cores.]
[Skill: Material Strengthening (Sealed)
-You have gained the knowledge of the art of material strengthening, but you have yet to acquire the talent.]
[Skill: Material Skill Awakening
Requirement: Aura Manipulation
-Awaken the talent speaking within an Item or Equipment.]
[Skill: Unearth
-Detect and collect raw materials from underneath the ground.]
[Skill: Secret Material Synthesis
-Combine similar materials to obtain a higher quality material or raise its rank.]
[Skill: Hiden Magic(Sealed)
-You have gained the knowledge to Engrave or Embroid Magic circles on items or raw material.
Requirement: Magician]
One after another skills were acquired by the team sharing and compiling the different skills they acquire from the books.
[Skill: Transcendent Eyes (level 0)
- A skill for those who see what is hidden. Only the gods can evade your sight.]
[Skill: No Secrets
- Discern the Characteristics of things.]
Strange skills keep on emerging from the books, most of which are the same for everyone. Ultimately the group obtained a multitude of skills, but not offensive or defensive skills. They collected life style skills, soft skills, travel skills, and strange techniques. Learning magic arrays, ranging from one tribute to multiple attributed magic array.
When they finally finished reading the books, obtaining skills they deem to be useful, waiting for each other to finish the entire collection, some of them started appraising items that they held.
SayaShin, in particular, was engrossed the appraisal of the items that he had stuck in his inventory. He was unable to identify the items not because he didn't try, but because he couldn't. Every time he tried to examine the items, he was treated with the system prompt [Apraisal skill insufficient; material Quality High], but now that he had the skill [Transcendent Eyes] he was able to glean information from the items.
[Spirit Beast Fur(Legendary)
-A remnant of a Druid Spirit Beast]
[Skill Book of Unsealing(Unique)
-A book that contains the array of Unsealing Magic.
-(Two-Time-Use)]
[Spirit Core (Legendary)
A remnant of a Druids Spirit Beast.]
[Strange Book (Oracle's Belt Design)
- Contain the knowledge of crafting a belt(Special)]
While Saya shin was examining the items on his bag, Mizarin who everyone was waiting for to finish her study, shortly closed the book and said: "Okay!... Let's submit our quests."
With her exclamation, the group stood and went to the reception desk.
