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Chapter 103: Shopping for Talent
Chapter 103: Shopping for Talent
*CLACK*
Shye excitedly ran to his room after locking the door. Maia was usually out adventuring at this time so it was the perfect time for him to purchase a talent.
Two months ago, when he was in the middle of exploring the system, he found the existence of talents in the [Upgrades] section of the system.
It seems that talent actually exists and although most people weren't born with talent, some people were.
Unfortunately for those with no talent, there was no way for them to ever have one in this lifetime. The only thing they could do to get an advantage against those who had talent was to work hard and obtain as many permanent blessings as they could.
As for Shye, he couldn't see any talent indicated in his status every time he opened it from the system so he just assumed that he had no talent as well.
He didn't mind it though–with the right price, he could just buy one from the system.
Still, talent seemed to be very valuable because even the lowest-ranked talents cost around ten thousand points in the system and these lowest-ranked talents barely had any advantages; some of them were even outright useless.
This is why Shye diligently saved up thirty thousand points to purchase a decent talent for himself. In the future, he could always purchase more but for now, he shall settle with an uncommon or rare talent.
Shye directly ignored the common talents and enthusiastically scrolled down to the uncommon talents section.
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[Steel Physique] (Uncommon) - 15,000 points
Description:
Boost one's vitality attribute by 5% permanently.
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'Hmm…This one looks good but isn't a 5% boost too small?' Shye pondered before continuing to scroll down and check other options.
A stronger physique was indeed attractive but the boost on this one is too small.
After around ten minutes, he found another talent that got his attention.
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[Cat Reflexes] (Uncommon) - 18,000 points
Description:
Gain the reaction time of a cat.
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'That's it? What the hell is this description?' Shye inwardly complained but he had to admit that cats have faster reaction time than humans and this talent might save him one day.
He pondered for quite a while before deciding that there were still lots of options and he had thirty thousand points to spend so he shouldn't decide on a talent hastily.
He then continued scrolling for half an hour before sighing.
"Haah…It seems that these uncommon talents were pretty mediocre…"
Shye thought to himself.
Unfortunately, the uncommon talents weren't enough to satisfy him so he directly scrolled down to the rare talents section in hopes of finding a decent talent to get him through his academy days.
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[Fire Affinity] (Rare) - 26,000 points
Description:
Increases fire elemental damage by 20%
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Upon seeing the first talent in the rare section, Shye smiled widely as his enthusiasm returned.
'Now we're talkin'!' Shye inwardly thought as he continued scrolling down the rare talents section.
The boosts provided by rare talents were enough for him and he only needed to find a talent that would benefit him the most
After scrolling for another half an hour, Shye couldn't help but complain again.
'You mean there are this many talents in the world and I don't even have one?'
He thought that it was unfair that some people get to be born with bullshit ridiculous talents while he doesn't even have a freaking [Mathematician](Common) talent.
However, he understands that the world is inherently unfair and he was quite lucky to obtain the Flashy Adventurer System from Old Man Sanada so he didn't have the right to complain.
Finally, after scrolling for a total of two and a half hours, he found the talent he was looking for.
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[Greatsword Meister (Rare)] - 30,000 points
Description:
Increase one's attributes when using a greatsword as a weapon
Strength - 15% increase
Agility - 10% increase
Dexterity - 10% increase
Stamina - 10% increase
Vitality - 10% increase
Skill Mastery - 10% faster
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'What the actual f–, how is this a rare talent?! Shouldn't this one be ranked higher?!' Shye thought to himself before immediately clicking purchase.
[Are you sure you want to purchase the talent : [Greatsword Meister] (Rare) for 30,000 points?]
[Y/N]
[Y]
*SHING*
After tapping [Y], Shye's body was suddenly swallowed up by a thick black aura followed by an intense wave of pain.
His entire body felt like it was gonna shatter in a thousand small pieces but fortunately, the pain only lasted for ten seconds before the thick black aura subsided along with the intense wave of pain.
"Aghh…Haaaah…W-What the hell…I wasn't ready for that…" Shye didn't think for a second that he would feel pain after purchasing a talent.
However, it does make sense to at least feel pain because how else would his body evolve in such a short amount of time?
Shye laid down on his bed for a few minutes to rest his body before standing up and holding two greatswords, his spare Iron Greatsword, and the Nightbringer.
He then opened his status to check if the talent was working as expected.
Status:
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[Name]: Shye Crowley
[Level]: 50
[Class]: Warrior
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[Skills]: [Appraisal Lv.2] [Dash Lv.3][Power Slash Lv.3][Enhanced Reaction Time Lv.2][Stoic Lv.3] [Destructive Chop Lv.2] [Rush Stab Lv.2][Draconian Roar Lv.1]
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Talent: [???(???)] [Greatsword Meister (Rare)]
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Blessings : [Blessing of Lesser Intelligence(Permanent)
[Attributes]
[Strength: 98 (75+22.5)]
[Intelligence: 18]
[Agility: 88 (73+14.6)]
[Dexterity: 89 (74+14.8)]
[Stamina: 54 (45+9)]
[Vitality: 76 (63+12.6)]:
[Wisdom: 12]
[Back] [Exit System]
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"Hmm?"
After thoroughly checking his status, Shye saw two things that made him confused.
First was the question mark talent visible beside the talent he purchased and the second one was, that the attributes exceeded his expectations.
He took some pen and paper to manually compute the correct values and sure enough, the values were doubled.
Shye pondered for a while before smiling widely after guessing the reason why the values doubled.
He then returned one of his greatswords to the inventory and checked the values again.
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[Name]: Shye Crowley
[Level]: 50
[Class]: Warrior
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[Skills]: [Appraisal Lv.2] [Dash Lv.3][Power Slash Lv.3][Enhanced Reaction Time Lv.2][Stoic Lv.3] [Destructive Chop Lv.2] [Rush Stab Lv.2][Draconian Roar Lv.1]
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Talent: [???(???)] [Greatsword Meister (Rare)]
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Blessings : [Blessing of Lesser Intelligence(Permanent)
[Attributes]
[Strength: 86 (75+11.25)]
[Intelligence: 18]
[Agility: 80 (73+7.3)]
[Dexterity: 81 (74+7.4)]
[Stamina: 50 (45+4.5)]
[Vitality: 69 (63+6.3)]:
[Wisdom: 12]
[Back] [Exit System]
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"Seems like I hit the jackpot this time."