Chapter 43 - Qualitative Upgrade (Part 3)

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nShin is quite happy about the continuous good things that are coming on his way.

nEven though he can't currently request an item from Blacksmith Berlin, he still got something from there. He manage to get a clue on how to upgrade his sword to 'Obsidian' rank, but it is only easier to said than done. Because gathering those items are close to impossible for now.

nShin take another look at the system notification that he had got earlier.

n*Ding!*

nSystem: Congratulations! You got a clue about the full potential of the Yamato. Gather all the required items to return it back to its peak.

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nQuest Name: Peak Potential of Yamato

nQuest Type: Special Gathering Quest.

nQuest Difficulty: Chaos(Highest Difficulty)

nQuest Details:

nYou've heard from Grandcraftsman Berlin how to recover the peak form of the Yamato.

nQuest Conditions:

nGather all the required items for the upgrade of Yamato, then go back to Grandcraftsman Berlin after.

nQuest Progress(0%):

n• Fruit of Nirvana 0

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n• Lunar Essence 0

/1

n• Sunfire Fragment 0

/1

n• Moonfrost Shard 0

/1

n• Ancient Void Metal 0

/3

n• Heart of Abyss 0

/5

n• Lava Cores 0

/5

n• Earthen Charcoals 0

/10

nQuest Reward:

n 5 Levels

n 20 Skill Points

n 10 Legacy Points

nYamato Obsidian Rank

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nQuest Penalties:

nNone

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"Tsk! One look at that long list of materials, and I know that this will take some time for me to finish this Quest. Especially with those strange names, I can already guess that I need kill some powerful monsters to get them all.

" Shin can't help himself but to clicked his tounge every time he saw the quest details.

nAnd since he is already here, why not go all the way? He walk towards the weapon shelf to look for a good sword. After few moments of browsing, Shin finally find a good sword of his taste.

nIt is a double-edge longsword with the same length as the Yamato. Its color is pure as snow, complimenting the golden runes on its surface.

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nItem Name: Snowstorm Edge

nItem Type: Weapon (Longsword)

nItem Rank: Gold

nDurability: 2000

/2000

nStats:

nPhysical Damage: 2 590 - 2 600

nMagical Damage: 2 200 - 2 300

n 200 STR

n 200 AGI

n 150 INT

nAdditional Skills:

n1. Frostbite (Passive): Every time you attack your enemy with this sword, their movement speed will decrease by 5%. (Can stack up to 5 times)

n2. Frostguard (Active): Create a frost armor on your body, absorbing 40,000 Damage.

nCooldown: 20 seconds

n3. Snowstorm Assault (Active): Throw a multiple slash around you, dealing 300% more P.Damages on all of enemies 5-meters from you and slowing their movements by another 25%.

nCooldown: 60 seconds

nDetails: This is a sword made by Grandcraftsman Berlin, using Froststone Metals from the 'Frozen Valley'.

nRequirements:

nLevel 55

n2000 STR (For one-handed)

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n1000 STR (For two-handed)

n500 AGI

nSwordsman, Knight related Classes

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nBefore Shin ask about the sword, Blacksmith Berlin already opened his mouth.

"Not a bad sword, isn't it? Actually, this sword can even put on the list of the best swords on the same grade. You want it? Since you are favored by 'Our King', I'll give you a discount, 15,000 gold coins. How is it?

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nShin is about to say yes on it, but when he heard the price of the sword, he choke on his words and started coughing hardly.

n*Cough!* *Cough!*

n'What the!? I only want to look for a sword that I can sacrifice for my 'Mondi's Style' Skill, but it looks like it is going to burn a lot of money. Sure enough, there is no such thing such as free lunch on this world.' thought Shin before gritting his teeth, and accepting the offer.

nAnd once Shin get his hands on the sword, he steeled himself before sacrificing it to his 'Mondi's Style' legacy skill. Then, that sword turn into particles of light and fused with the swordsheath. And Shin's 15,000 gold coins disappeared just like that.

nMeanwhile, Blacksmith Berlin just watched at the sideline, not a bit cared about what have happened. After all, he have already gotten the payment for the sword.

nShin do some more little chats with Blacksmith Berlin to see if he can get some more information or if he can even get another kind of quest. But unfortunately for him, the blacksmith dwarf didn't give any anymore. So say his goodbye after.

nBut before going out the Blacksmith Shop, Shin finally use his enchantment stones to upgrade his equipments.

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n Tiger King's Helm

nItem Type: Head Armor (Leather Armor)

nRank: Gold

nDurability: 1200

/1200

nLevel: 55~90

nStats: (Adjust depending on the user's Level)

nCurrent Level: 57

nPhysical Defense: 850 - 850

nMagic Resist: 750 - 750

n 6000 HP

n 250 STR

n 250 AGI

n 250 VIT

nAdditional Skill:

n1. Tiger's Stance(Passive): Every time you successfully blocked

/dodged an enemy's attack, you gain additional 20% damage during the counterattack.

n2. Heavy Strike(Active): Throw a Powerful punch towards an opponent, knocking them back backwards and stunning them for 2 seconds.

nCooldown: 20 seconds

n3. Majestic Bite: Summon a Tiger King's apparition to attack for you once, dealing 300% more P.Damage and inflicting 'Bleeding Status Effect' for 10 seconds.

nBleed Damage: 5% of your current P.Damage.

nCooldown: 2 minutes

nDetails: A leather armor helm that made from from a powerful tiger from the underworld.

nThis is a part of {Ruler's Equipment Set}

nSet Effect 7

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n2 - 40% Physical Defense and 30% Magic Resist.

n3 - 400 to all Major Stats and 100% movement speed.

n4 - 3,000 Additional Physical and Magical Damage.

n5 - All Stats 50%.

n6 - Additional Skill:

nThe King's Resolve(Passive): When HP falls below 40%, all Major attributes will increase by 100% and defensive skills will improved by 100%.

nCooldown: 1 hour

n7 - Additional Skill:

nRuler's Authority(Active): Create a domain that will extend up to 20-meter radius from you. All of your enemies inside will receive a -40% Debuffs on all of their stats.

nCooldown: 3 Hours

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n Crocodile King's Cover

nItem Type: Upper Armor(Light Armor)

nItem Rank: Gold

nDurability: 2000

/2000

nLevel: 55~90

nStats: (Adjust depending on the user's Level)

nCurrent Level: 57

nPhysical Defense: 2 550 - 2 560

nMagic Resist: 2 450 - 2 460

n 20 000 HP

n 250 VIT

n 245 STR

nAdditional Skill:

n1. Hard Skin(Passive): Increases Physical Defense by 50% and Magic Resist by 40%

n2. Iron Scale(Active): Form a protective barrier around you absorbing a total of 45 000 damage (Physical Or Magical)

nCooldown: 2 minutes

n3. Savage Bite(Active): Sacrifice 5% of your HP to Attack your enemy with a powerful strike, devouring 10% of their HP.

nCooldown: 2 minutes

nDetails: An armor made from the remains of the Dark Swamp Crocodile King 'Jestern'. This armor provide great defense that can protect you during battle.

nThis is a part of {Ruler's Equipment Set}

nSet Effect: 7

/7

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n Boar King's Resolve

nItem Type: Shoulder Guard (Leather Armor)

nItem Rank: Gold

nDurability: 1000

/1000

nLevel: 55~90

nStats:(Adjust depending on the user's Level)

nCurrent Level: 57

nPhysical Defense: 550 - 570

nMagic Resist: 450 - 450

n 6 000 HP

n 265 STR

n 235 VIT

nAdditional Skill:

n1. Hard Skin(Passive): Increase Physical Defense by 20% and Magic Resist by 10%.

n2. Boar's Assault(Active): Summon the Boar King's Spirit to cover your body before charging forward, dealing 200% P.Damage on all the enemies you've pass through.

nCooldown: 20 seconds

n3. Barbaric Decent(Active): Descend from the air with a unstoppable force. All of your enemies inside the 3 meter radius of the impact will receive 300% P.Damage.

nCooldown: 30 Seconds

nDetails: A leather shoulder guards that made from the furs of the Shadow Golden Boar 'Pacco', and still have the fragment of its soul.

nThis is a part of {Ruler's Equipment Set}

nSet Effect: 7

/7

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n Bear King's Will

nItem Type: Armor Belt (Leather Armor)

nItem Rank: Gold

nDurability: 800

/800

nLevel: 55~90

nStats: (Adjust depending on the user's Level)

nCurrent Level: 57

nPhysical Defense: 550 - 550

nMagic Resist: 440 - 440

n 6 000 HP

n 215 VIT

n 245 STR

nSkills:

n1. Iron Will(Active): Remove all the negative de-buffs that were cast on you.

nCooldown: 2 minutes

n2. Mind Immune(Active): Become Immune on any Mental Attacks for 5 seconds.

nCooldown: 2 minutes

n3. Furious Bite(Active): Attack a target in front, returning 50% of the total damage you have taken in the last 5 seconds.

nCooldown: 20 seconds

nDetails: A leather armor belt made form the furs of the Black Iron Dusk Bear 'Volibear', where its powerful will were lingering.

nThis is a part of {Ruler's Equipment Set}

nSet Effect: 7

/7

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n Scorpion King's Bracers

nItem type: Arm Guard (Light Armor)

nItem Rank: Gold

nDurability: 800

/800

nLevel: 55~90

nStats: (Adjust depending on the user's Level)

nCurrent Level: 57

nPhysical Defense: 550 - 560

nMagic Resist: 450 - 450

n 4000 HP

n 250 AGI

n 250 STR

nSkills:

n1. Scorpion Sting(Active): Throw a poison needle towards a target 10-meters away from you, dealing 100% P.Damage and poisoning them with 500 Fixed Damage per second, and lasted for 5 seconds.

nCooldown: 30 Seconds

n2. Sandstorm(Active): Release a bunch of sand 5-meters around you, blocking your enemies view.

nThe Sandstorm will only last for 10 seconds

nCooldown: 2 minutes

n3. Sink Hole(Active): After activation, all the enemies that entered the 'Sandstorm' range will have -20% movement speed.

nCooldown: 2 minutes

nDetails: A pair of bracers that made from the scales of the Scorpion King from the underworld.

nThis is a part of {Ruler's Equipment Set}

nSet Effect 7

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n Wolf King's Shadow

nItem Type: Lower Armor(Light Armor)

nItem Rank: Gold

nDurability: 1000

/1000

nLevel: 55~90

nStats: (Adjust depending on the user's Level)

nCurrent Level: 57

nPhysical Defense: 1 250 - 1 260

nMagic Resist: 1 150 - 1 160

n 10 000 HP

n 155 VIT

n 155 STR

n 255 AGI

nAdditional Skill:

n1. Alpha Wolf Speed and Senses(Passive): 150% movement speed and 80 Awareness

n2. Wolf King's Hunt(Active): Teleport at the back of your target 10-meters away from you.

nCooldown: 20 Seconds

n3. Taste of the Blood(Passive): 5% of your total Physical Damage, will be converted as Lifesteal.

nDetails: A lower armor came from the corpse of the Alpha Shadow Wolf 'Yugo'. It boasts the great speed and sharp senses of a wolf that can hunt its prey even from afar.

nThis is a part of {Ruler's Equipment Set}

nSet Effect: 7

/7

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n Serpent King Combat Boots

nItem Type: Foot Armor (Light Armor)

nItem Rank: Gold

nLevel: 55~90

nDurability: 1000

/1000

nStats:

n(Adjust depending on the user's Level)

nCurrent Level: 57

nPhysical Defense: 550 - 560

nMagic Resist: 440 - 450

n 250 STR

n 300 AGI

n 5 Jumping Power

nAdditional Skill:

n1. Swift Movements(Passive): 200% Movement Speed

n2. Paralysis Bite(Active): Kick your enemy with a swift speed immobilizing them for 5 seconds.

nCooldown: 10 Seconds

n3. Serpent Rebirth(Active

/Passive): When your health falls below critical state (5% HP), you will abandon your outer shell to restore your HP back to full, in exchange for entering a weakened state for 10 minutes.

nWeakened State: All your stats will be halved.

nCooldown: 30 minutes

nDetails: A specialized boots made from the scales of Dark Swamp Serpent King 'Rakkan'.

nThis is a part of {Ruler's Equipment Set}

nSet Effect: 7

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nThe set effect of Shin's equipment become doubled making him even more stronger.

nAnd even if Shin turned off the special effects of his items, some people with discerning eyes can still tell that they are Gold Rank items.

nAnd after few moments of hesitation, Shin choose to upgrade his Yamato to Gold Rank using a Basic Enchantment Stone.

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nItem Name: Yamato

nItem Type: Weapon (One-handed Sword)

nItem Rank: Gold (Evolvable)

nGrowth Type : Current Lvl 57

nDurability: Default

nStats:

nPhysical Attack: 2 550 - 2 570

nMagical Attack: 2 650 - 2 670

n 255 STR

n 255 AGI

n 260 INT

nDetails: An inherited Katana that is being pass down from generation to generation. It is the same Katana that have been used by the First Nephilim 'Zheptus'.

nRequirements:

nCan only be wield by an Envoy of The Church of The Sun and The Moon.

nAdditional Abilities:

n1. Nephilim's Blade (Passive): Every time you hit your target with Yamato, your attack speed increases for 6% and last for 5 seconds, stacking up to 5 times. At Max stacks you will gain additional 50% movement speed.

n2. Nephilim's Ascent (Active): Enter a berserk state, increasing all of your stats by 100% and movement speed by 200%.

nDuration: 30 mins.

nCooldown: 5 hours

n3. Nephilim's Clarity(Active): When activated, regen your HP and MP by 1000 points per second and last for 180 seconds.

nCooldown: 3 Hours

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nThis item is bound to player 'Sickarius'.

nRemark: Your Strength is still so-so for this sword.

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nThen, he use the remaining two Basic Enchantment Stones to upgrade the Dark Swamp Cloak into Silver Rank, before using his only Intermediate Enchantment Stone to directly upgrading it to Platinum Rank. And the result give him some kind of big surprise.

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n Nightwalker's Cloak

nItem Type: Cape (Leather Mantle)

nRank: Platinum

nDurability: 1000

/1000

nStats:

nPhysical Defense: 300 - 310

nMagic Resist: 320 - 320

n 200 to All Major and Minor Stats

nAdditional Skills:

n1. Camouflage(Passive): You can become invisible every time you get near a vegetation.

nNote: You will release your invisibility state if attack or have been attacked.

nCooldown: None

n2. Conceal(Active

/Passive): Stay still for a second to turn yourself invisible.

nNote: You will release your invisibility state if you moved, attack or have been attacked.

nCooldown: 10 seconds

n3. Undercover(Active): Enter stealth mode for 55 seconds.

nNote: You will release your invisibility state if you attack or have been attacked.

nCooldown: 1 minute

n4. Shadow Cloak(Passive): All of your stealth skills will be improved by 30%.

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nThe cloak transformed completely. Its previously black color turned into a dirty ash-gray color. Its size now can covered Shin's whole body. Even if he didn't use the Nephilim's Mask, no one can see his face, because the shadow of the cloak's hood can almost hide more than half of his face. And because of some hidden effect of the cloak, Shin can also hide the informations of his equipments from other players.

nWell, that is unless they didn't use a very special ocular skill that surpass the hidden effect of the cloak.

nAnd because of the bunch of stealth skills provide by his newly improved cape, the Nightwalker's Cloak, Shin can now comfortably equipped the ring that he got from Gray Fangs before.

nNo, to be more precise, it is dropped by Gray Fangs when Shin killed that Hunter WolfKin.

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nItem name: Shadow King's Regret

nItem Type: Ring (Accessory)

nItem Rank: Silver

nStats:

n 100 STR

n 150 AGI

nAdditional Skills:

n1. Shadow Ambush: Every time you leave your invisibility state gains a bonus 50% Physical Attack Damage, and bonus 70% movement speed for 3 seconds.

n2. Dark Enchantment: The longer you stay on the Dark Places (or even in Stealth mode) the more powerful you become.

n•Gain 1 Dark Power every 5 minutes in invisibility state (Maximum: 50 charges)

n• 1 DP(Dark Power) = 1 STR and 1 AGI

nDetails: The Shadow King 'Reviuos' lost his battle against his Arch-rival 'Devis' and suffered a grievous wounds. Because of it, he cast his soul on his promise ring to wait for a suitable candidate to have his revenge for him.

nRequirements:

nLevel 50

nNeed an Invisibility Skill

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nAnd because all of that, the atmosphere around Shin undergo a very huge qualitative changes. Because of Shin's unfamiliarity with his body inside the game, he failed to fully restrain his aura, causing for some of it to leaked out his body. And it also turned his presence to transformed into some kind of primordial beast.

nThen, Shin take a quick look on his Status Window, which gave him some sense of accomplishment.

nAfter that, he open the door of the Blacksmith Shop with a determined face while saying to himself.

"OK! Its time to get back in action!

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