Special Skills Shop

DING!

[Side mission: The Lost Legends

1. Enter the Latham Ruins and discover the secrets within. (COMPLETED)

2. Reach the last room in the Latham Ruins.]

DING!

[Congratulations! Since User has successfully reached a level above 30, special features such as special skills shop can be accessed from now on.]

[Does User want to open it?]

Elijah was busy catching his breath when the notification from the system buzzed in his head. As he suspected, the secret of the Latham Ruins was indeed related to this new room. Elijah looked ahead to see the place was still pitch black. Since the system said that they still had to walk to reach the last room in the Latham Ruins, that meant there was still another enemy they had to fight in this room.

'I want to take a look,' replied Elijah in his head.

Elijah was a little interested in the skill shop the system was talking about. So, while regaining his breath, Elijah wanted to see if there were any useful skills he could buy before going to the last room as the system wanted. A transparent screen appeared in front of Elijah again. Elijah looked at the skills there one by one, then felt that the system finally had a little compassion for him, who had been constantly ignored since being sent to this strange world.

[Special Skills Shop

1. Runes (have an understanding of rune technology) {5 points}

2. Summoner (summon an elemental guardian once a month) {6 points}

3. Regeneration (accelerates the regeneration of the User's body) {7 points}

4. Critical hit (gives the sword the ability to blast enemies with a certain power) {8 points}

5. Curse (weakens any enemy defenses and attacks) {25 points}

6. Aura (detects the location and strength of the enemy) {3 points}

7. Slow time (slows down time for 10 minutes) {40 points}

8. Hero (immune to all attacks for 5 minutes) {6 points}]

Initially, Elijah probably didn't expect much because he felt that the hell-level difficulty meant that the system wouldn't help him much in leveling up or defeating enemies. However, the list of special skills displayed by the system seemed to say something else. Even the things he wanted earlier, he could buy it at a not-so-expensive price as well.

'System, where can I get points to buy the special skills listed on the screen?'

Elijah asked directly to the system in his head, and the system answered him quickly.

[The point requested to pay for the skills was one point that User earned every time the User leveled up. The Special Skills Shop was created so that User could have all the skills when they reached level 100. System hopes that User will continue to maintain your hard work and claim all the skills in the Special Skills Shop.]

It felt like this was the first time Elijah was relieved after hearing the answer from the system. Elijah took a deep breath. He deliberately turned his back on everyone, then began to choose which skills he should buy first.

Now, Elijah had only reached level 32. So, he had 32 points that he could use to buy skills that matched his points. Elijah thought about his choice well. Then, after a while, Elijah finally made his first decision.

[Is the User sure wants to buy Curse skill with 25 points?]

Being able to weaken enemy attacks and defenses was something Elijah needed right now. That kind of skill would also not be indiscriminate to his enemy. Whether it was a swordsman or a mage, Elijah could use the Curse skill to weaken their overall strength.

'I'm sure.'

DING!

[User request has been accepted. The system will begin the process of merging the skill with User's current body.]

Elijah replied confidently, and he could feel something unfamiliar forcing its way into his body after that. Elijah tried to look casual by clenching his hands firmly into fists, even though his body started to break out in cold sweat.

Unlike a magic book that will stop working when the user has fully understood the magic taught, the skills given by the system seemed to force him to understand immediately by making his body remember how to use the skills. When Elijah's body was no longer tortured by the terrible process carried out by the system, Elijah could feel that the Curse skill seemed to have always been part of his body all this time.

Elijah took a deep breath, then opened his information status to see his new progress after purchasing the special skill.

[Name] Elijah (17 years old)

[Level 32]

[EXP] 5200/16000

[HP] 900/1300

[MP] 300/1100

[Stamina] 400/800

[Physical Skills] One-handed level 20, Light armor level 13, Body enchantment level 10, Block level 6

[Magic Skill] Fire level 25, Thunder level 10, Magic Shield level 4

[Special Skill] Curse

[Money] 20 gold coins, 11 silver coins, 38 copper coins

'System, what is the difference between special skills and ordinary skills?'

When Elijah saw that his new skill was in the special slot, Elijah started asking the system.

[That's because special skills don't require MP or Stamina User to activate it. Users can use it at any time. Although, users can only use it once a day for normal skills, and once a month for the Summoner skill.]

Although Elijah could only use the special skill once a day, the skills provided by the system were too good to be true. For the first time since Elijah transmigrated to this world, he finally felt that there was hope for him to successfully undergo the mission given by the system.

"Geez, what happened to you, Elijah? You're breaking out in a cold sweat."

Unfortunately, Elijah was not given much time to be happy as Quirin approached him to destroy everything. Elijah had tried to be as careful as possible when he was with that cunning man. However, whenever Quirin spoke to him, Elijah always felt that Quirin was using a sarcastic tone because he knew what Elijah had been up to.