NOVEL NEXT Chapter 14: Chapter 14: Max Valkyrie
The guards stared in vigilance as Lioro and Hamsuke approached the gate of E-rantel.
If not for Lioro, a human who was sitting on top of Hamsuke, the guards would have already launched an attack.
*Nieghh*
Horses belonging to merchants shouted in fear as Hamsuke stood behind them. Everyone in front of the line stared back at Lioro and Hamsuke with curiosity and a little fear in their eyes.
As Lioro was waiting for his turn, a soldier came running from the city gate, stopping some distance away from Hamsuke and asking Lioro in a hesitant voice while pointing at Hamsuke.
"Excuse me sir....is this your magic beast?"
"Yes it is, is there a problem?", Lioro replied.
The soldier gulped loudly before pointing towards the city gate.
"Please go ahead and register your magic beast."
The line suddenly separated a passage opened up for him.
Riding on Hamsuke, Lioro nodded at the guard before making their way towards the city gate.
The merchants and soldiers on the side kept looking at Hamsuke with reverend eyes.
The soldier at the gate hurriedly took out some documents and began filling them up before asking Lioro in a nervous voice.
"Sir, what is the name of the magic beast?"
Before Lioro could say anything, Hamsuke opened his mouth and declared in a proud tone.
"My name is Hamsuke!, I am The Wise King Of The Forest! Gosu!"
"I-it spoke!"
"T-the wise king of the forest?!"
"One of the three rulers of the forest of tob!"
A heated discussion started up among the crowd, seeing the scene, the people on the inside of the wall couldn't but come closer to look at the sudden ruckus.
And as soon as they saw Hamsuke's mighty appearance, they couldn't help but cry out in shock and disbelief.
After getting the documents, Lioro controlled Hamsuke to make his way to his house, The gathered crowd stared at his diminishing figure in fear and awe.
Since it was nighttime, not many people were walking on the road, allowing Lioro to arrive at his home without creating a big scene.
"Go and say at the backyard."
Although unwilling, Hamsuke followed his order and quietly went to the back of the house.
Fortunately, there was enough space for Hamsuke to stay back there, or else he would have needed to find a new place tomorrow...
Entering the house, Lioro locked the door and entered the basement.
Lighting up the wall lamp he sat down on the ground and looked at his experience points.
『Experience gained: 436,566/7000』
400,000+ experience!
A crazy number he accumulated after destroying 10 Golbin villages, 8 Kobald villages, 120 trolls, and 5 Lizardmen villages.
He single-handedly exterminated 90% of the monsters living in the West part of the Great Forest of Tob.
Smiling in excitement, Lioro first upgraded Valkyrie to max level.
[Valkyrie 1Lv-> Valkyrie 5Lv]
『Experience gained: 402,566/20,000』
All of his attributes increased by a major amount.
And a new screen appeared before his eyes.
[Additional Weapon Expertise activated choose expertise...]
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Additional Weapon Expertise
1: Strike - Increases physical damage from strikes by 20% and increases critical strike chance by 10%.
2: Slash - Increases physical damage of slash by 20% and area damage by 10%.
3: Stab - Increases stabbing physical damage by 20% and improves penetration by 10%.
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Lioro quietly stared at the three options available for Additional Weapon Expertise.
This is an important selection for the special class, for each level in Valkyrie, the player can gain one weapon expertise.
So there were a total of 5 weapon expertise in the Valkyrie class.
But to make the best use of the 'Additional Weapon Expertise' one must choose only one of the three choices Strike, Slash or Stab for all five times to maximize the attacking power.
Additional Weapon Expertise also affects Heroic Spirit Einherjar, a player can end up with a weak and incomplete Einherjar if he doesn't select only one expertise for all five levels.
After thinking for a moment, Lioro decided to go with 'Strike' as it increases critical chance.
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Additional Weapon Expertise(Lv 5)
Strike - Increases physical damage from strikes by 100% and increases critical strike chance by 50%.
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Tightly clenching his fist he started upgrading Genius profession.
[Genius 2Lv-> Genius 7Lv]
『Experience gained: 262,566/60,000』
'It only goes up to 7 levels?'
Lioro tilted his head in confusion. According to his knowledge, a general profession should be able to level up to level 15 like a basic class.
But it seems the 'Genius' profession was somewhat different.
Opening up the panel, he looked at his new attributes.
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[Attribute table]
Player: Lioro.
Faction Value: 90 [Neutral]
HP: 275 (22.1%) MP: 345 (26.5%)
Physical Attack: 275 (22.1%)
Physical Defense: 275 (22.1%)
Agility: 275 (22.1%)
Magic attack: 345 (26.5%)
Magic defense: 345 (26.5%)
Comprehensive resistance: 65 (5%)
Specialty: 275 (22.1%)
Total: 167.9%
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[Ability table]
Natural Abnormality Ability: Six Eyes
Comprehensive level: 29Lv/100Lv
Experience slot: 262,566/60,000
Profession:
General: Genius 7Lv
Intermediate profession: Jujutsu Sorcerer 7Lv.
High/Special: Dimensional Traveler 5Lv, Curse Knight 5Lv, Valkyrie 5Lv.
Skill points: 75
Passive skills: Prop box, High Space Resistance(Immunity to tier 7 and below), Traveler's Resilience, Aetheric Balance(All attribute resistance 5%), Dark Attribute Resistance(40%), Complete Curse Resistance(Curse Immunity), Cursed User, Additional Weapon Expertise(Lv5, Strike damage 100% increased, critical strike chance 50% increased). Aura of Courage, Divine Blessing, Holy Attribute Resistance(20%).
Active skills:
Genius(Scroll Scribbler, Alchemist, Pharmacist, Magician, Magic Chanter, Priest)- Magic Upgrade, Scroll Engraving, Alchemy, Pharmaceuticals, Papermaking (0th tier), Odorless(0th tier), Magic Arrow(1st tier), Light Healing(1st tier), Invisibility(2nd tier).
Jujutsu Sorcerer- Red(7th tier), Blue(6th tier), Limitless, Hollow Purple(10th tier), Unlimited Void.
Dimensional Traveler- Dimensional Rift, Echo Step, Void Veil, Multiverse Digger.
Curse Knight- Dark Wave, Cursed Wounds, Death's Mark.
Valkyrie- Guided Oath of Redemption, Heroic Spirit: Einherjar, Negative Impact Shield, Sacred Throwing Lance.
Resistances:
All attribute resistance: 5%.
Complete Curse Immunity(All Tiers).
High Resistance(Immunity to tier 7 and below): Space.
Space: 40%.
Dark: 40%
Holy: 20%
』
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Comprehensive level 29!
He remembered that monsters between levels 21 and 29 were considered monsters who could threaten a small or large town. Gazef fell into this category.
Starting from level 30-35 was the realm of heroes, most members of the thirteen heroes who fought against the 8 eight evil deities in the past fell under this category.
It is said that only a hero can fight against another hero and simple numbers are useless against them.
Beyond that from levels 36+ such people would be regarded as outliers. For outliers go beyond the limits of heroes.
Of course, the categorization doesn't really include him, ignoring everything else, just based on the fact that he is someone who could use a 10th-tier spell from level 1 makes him abnormal, to say the least.
After going through everything, Lioro focused on the Genius profession.
There were two more classes added in Genius after he learned the spells Light Healing and Magic Upgrade.
This means his Genius multiplier has reached level 7x6=42!
He can now learn up to 6th-tier magic from all fields!
And if he manages to learn a new spell from a different profession his multiplier will increase again reaching the 7th tier!
Lioro narrowed his eyes and thought in his mind.
'Genius maxed out at level 7, meaning if I want to learn 10th tier spells, I have to find 4 different classes to increase the multiplier and reach level 70.'
Making a note for his future self, decided to use his newly acquired magic.
Cutting his finger, he started drawing a magic circle on the ground using his blood.
In no time the circle was complete.
He cast the tier 1 spell he just learned.
"Light healing."
A transparent soothing green light instantly covered his palm.
Lioro activated the effect of Magic Upgrade.
The blood magic pattern under him lit up and Lioro felt his mana depletion increased a lot compared to before, though it was still negligible to him.
The transparent light instantly condensed, covering his entire palm in light green, visible rays of healing magic can be seen coming out from it.
[The Third-tier magic "Heavy Recover" has been discovered. It requires a basic cleric profession and a level requirement of 15-21. The current conditions are not met…]
["Genius (Cleric)" profession has been activated. Transformation successful. The learning conditions are met. Do you want to consume 1 skill point to learn it?]
'Yes'
Instantly new memories rushed into Lioro's mind, and in no time he learned 3rd tier spell
But he was far from done, opening his mouth he cast the new spell.
"Heavy Recover."
A dazzling red light came out from the magic pattern and enveloped the third-tier spell.
In the next moment, the entire basement was lit up due to the soothing light coming out of Lioro's palm.
[The Fifth-tier magic "Major Rcover" has been discovered. It requires a basic cleric profession and a level requirement of 28-35. The current conditions are not met…]
["Genius (Cleric)" profession has been activated. Transformation successful. The learning conditions are met. Do you want to consume 1 skill point to learn it?]
Lioro accepted and managed to learn his first 5th-tiered spell.
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Major Recover (5th tier)
Mana Cost: 40 MP
Description: A single target healing spell designed for severe injuries, restores a large portion of a target's HP, and recovers negative status such as broken bones, and ruptured organs. Removes curse from the target.
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With that, he started upgrading his other spell.
"Invisibility."
[The Fifth-tier magic "Advanced Invisibility" has been discovered. It requires a basic cleric profession and a level requirement of 28-35. The current conditions are not met…]
He learned it and upgraded it again.
[The Sixth-tier magic "Phantom Veil" has been discovered. It requires a basic cleric profession and a level requirement of 36-42. The current conditions are not met…]
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Phantom Veil (6th tier)
Mana: 70 MP
Description: A high-tier invisibility spell that not only renders the caster completely unseen but also bends light and suppresses minor sound emissions, making detection significantly harder. Cannot be detected by magical detection below the 7th tier.
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Lioro moved on to his other spell.
"Magic Arrow."
A single magic arrow formed above him.
Lioro again used Magic Upgrade, but this time the magic pattern didn't light up, remaining motionless.
Frowning lightly he again tried to activate Magic Upgrade but it once again showed no response.
Lioro fell in confusion, the Magic Upgrade was working perfectly fine so why was he unable to upgrade Magic Arrow?
Narrowing his eyes he started experimenting.
After messing around he came to a conclusion.
'Magic Arrow doesn't have a higher-tiered version.'
There was no 2nd or 3rd tiered 'Magic Arrow' spell available.
Magic Arrow's limit was only tier 1.
It was a disappointing spell.
Lioro pulled up his Ability Table.
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『
[Ability table]
Natural Abnormality Ability: Six Eyes
Comprehensive level: 29Lv/100Lv
Experience slot: 262,566/60,000
Profession:
General: Genius 7Lv
Intermediate profession: Jujutsu Sorcerer 7Lv.
High/Special: Dimensional Traveler 5Lv, Curse Knight 5Lv, Valkyrie 5Lv.
Skill points: 72
Passive skills: Prop box, High Space Resistance(Immunity to tier 7 and below), Traveler's Resilience, Aetheric Balance(All attribute resistance 5%), Dark Attribute Resistance(40%), Complete Curse Resistance(Curse Immunity), Cursed User, Additional Weapon Expertise(Lv5, Strike damage 100% increased, critical strike chance 50% increased). Aura of Courage, Divine Blessing, Holy Attribute Resistance(20%).
Active skills:
Genius(Scroll Scribbler, Alchemist, Pharmacist, Magician, Magic Chanter, Cleric)- Magic Upgrade, Scroll Engraving, Alchemy, Pharmaceuticals, Papermaking (0th tier), Odorless(0th tier), Magic Arrow(1st tier), Light Healing(1st tier), Invisibility(2nd tier), Heavy Recover(3rd Tier), Major Recover(5th tier),Advanced Invisibility(5th tier), Phantom Veil(6th tier).
Jujutsu Sorcerer- Red(7th tier), Blue(6th tier), Limitless, Hollow Purple(10th tier), Unlimited Void.
Dimensional Traveler- Dimensional Rift, Echo Step, Void Veil, Multiverse Digger.
Curse Knight- Dark Wave, Cursed Wounds, Death's Mark.
Valkyrie- Guided Oath of Redemption, Heroic Spirit: Einherjar, Negative Impact Shield, Sacred Throwing Lance.
Resistances:
All attribute resistance: 5%.
Complete Curse Immunity(All Tiers).
High Resistance(Immunity to tier 7 and below): Space.
Space: 40%.
Dark: 40%
Holy: 20%
』
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'I want more spells.'
Lioro was itching to go out and learn more powerful and useful spells.
Even martial arts.
But.
He decided to do it tomorrow.
For now, he was going to sleep.
Walking out of the basement, he made his way to the second floor, selected a random room with a bed, and laid down on it.
But as soon as he did, he was greeted by a cloud of dust.
Fortunately, Infinity was there to save him.
After cursing at the previous owner, Lioro teleported to his room in the Resting Boar Inn.
There were two beds in the room and both of them were being used by his sleeping sisters.
Releasing a sigh Lioro used Gojo's power to phase back to his house.
Making his way to the backyard he saw the sleeping Hamsuke.
Looking at Hamsuke's soft and fluffy belly, Lioro didn't think much and used it as his temporary bed.