NOVEL NEXT Chapter 73: Zolis' Grimoire
He chuckled as Minerva floated over in front of him.
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Zolis: Level 27
Exp: 11,463/100,000
Attributes:
HP- 970 (Rec. 1.5/ Second)
MP- 355 (Rec. 0.32/ Second) + (1/ Second)
Strength- 65 + 65 + (5) (P.Damage/Stamina Recovery)
Agility- 35 + 15 (Mov.spd./Dexterity/Reflexes)
Defense- 5 + 60 + (10) (HP/P.Res./HP Rec.)
Wisdom- 5 + (11) (MP/M.Res./Mana Recovery/Processing Speed/Memory)
Intelligence- 25 + 10 (MP/M.Dmg./Learning Speed)
Points Available:
TP- 6 (Talent Points)
SP- 4 (Skill Points)
AP- 0 (Attribute Points)
Talents:
Mana Sense (Lvl 1)
Growth (Lvl 3)
Carry Weight (Lvl 3)
Flex (Lvl 4)
Second Wind (Lvl 2)
Skills:
Sight (Lvl 2)
Rock Throw (Lvl 2)
Ring of Fire (Lvl 4)
Earthquake (Lvl 3)
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"What are these three Talents?" Geth asked her.
"Growth increases my Strength by a certain percentage of my base Strength.
Carry Weight makes things a lot lighter as my Strength goes up, I can barely tell I'm carrying this hammer now.
Flex increases how much damage I do and is based on the Level of my enemy. Right now, I do four times the damage against anything 15 Levels below myself or more. Anything one Level below me receives an extra 10% damage.
And Lastly, Second Wind automatically recovers all of my Mana when it hits 0. It can only happen once every 12 hours right now, but that time cuts in half with each Level. It started as two days."
Geth looked over at her, glad that she'd been thinking about these Skills and Talents as she moved forward. "I have to say, I'm a bit jealous of that Second Wind ability."
She scoffed at him, "Are you serious! Do you know how much more overpowered you would be if you could instantly recover almost 2,000 Mana at our current Levels? You can already almost solo a Boss!"
The other guys in the vicinity began laughing loudly.
"How much more can you ask for?"
"You can already take us all on at once!"
"You guys are exaggerating." Geth rolled his eyes.
"Well, they aren't wrong," Zolis said. "Not only did you get a lot of bonuses from starting early, but you are also pretty much only dividing your points between two Attributes. On top of Strength, I have to have Agility to help defend myself, and Intelligence to be able to use my Skills."
Geth nodded. She was right, but at the same time, he still didn't really have a way to damage his enemies. Even if he was overpowered, he had to rely on them to get the job done.
The walk continued on as everyone flipped through their Grimoires and made any last-minute preparations.
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Darkness had fallen. There was a large open-mouthed cave down near the running river water. The rushing sound of the water blocked out any of the noise from the forest behind them.
"Man, why the hell do we have to sit out here in the cold?"
"Quiet down, what if the boss hears you."
"So what if he does. I mean it, what's the point? We have almost 15 people Level 20 or higher, and Blade and Thorn already have Classes. One more Dungeon and we will all be on that level. Who's going to mess with us?"
"Yeah, well whoever killed Frank is no joke. The man was the first of us to claim a Dungeon before Thorn took it from him."
"It isn't that big of a deal, the only reason he got this Dungeon is that it belonged to Slimes."
"Still, our group is too powe-- eckhh--"
"Hahaha, did you swallow another fly?" The man got up and went to pat his partner on the back.
The moment he did, the body fell forward, an arrow lodged in the back of his neck.
"Oh sh--"
He never had the chance to finish. A knife slid neatly across his throat as he fell forward into the river. A dark figure stepped out into the light, whistling over the sound of running water.
Five more figures soon came out from the darkness in front of the cave.
"Good work, Filthy. Search their corpses and store any decent gear they have." Geth commanded.
He bent down to look at the bodies and saw that there was a Skill card laying by each of them. Albus' voice quickly interrupted his thoughts.
'Not all species have Grimoires. Some, like Goblins or Slimes, learn Skills from the Mana as they get progressively stronger. There are intelligent species aside from humans who have the same type of Grimoires that you do.
Whenever a member of one of these species dies, their Grimoire will form into the Skill or Talent that that individual relied on the most. Before you mention it, I believe that one of the cards Harris gave you must have belonged to that young boy."
Geth thought about his new information as he stored the two cards.
"Well, it looks like we will gain more from this than I initially thought."
The party of six rushed inside, Geth staying in the lead and Hulk hanging towards the back in case of any surprise attacks. Their movement didn't last long as they rounded a corner and found a large set of double doors in front of them
Geth looked back at the others. "I suppose it's time for us to figure out how to raid an owned Dungeon."
He walked up to the door and examined it. As he did so, the dark blue core at the center of the door began to glow. A holographic screen popped out giving him a set of choices. The first option was greyed out.
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Option 1: Request residency.
Note: Dungeon Owner detected, cannot request residency. Options altered.
Option 2: Request Trade
Option 3: Raid Dungeon
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"Well guys, it looks like we will be announced the moment I make a choice," Geth spoke for everyone to hear.
"Go for it!"
"We don't want to fight like cowards anyway!"
"Let's make them come to us!"