Chapter 91: Massive Improvement |
Then a familiar voice rang out in her mind, though it sounded somewhat drowsy.
“Uh... queue up a skill...”
“Let's go with this one...”
【Skill: Eternal Night Chapter, Ember Reversal LV1, Learning...】
【Estimated Time Until Completion: 5 hours 59 minutes 59 seconds...58 seconds...】
After seeing the learning countdown appear, the sleepy Jiang Chen flopped back onto his bed and immediately went back to sleep.
Vivian's head was buzzing.
She had been forcibly booted awake while sleeping soundly. Before she even understood what was happening, she had already picked up a magic book and started reading.
At this moment, how could Vivian not understand?
Vivian felt like crying.
“Wuuu... Lord Evil God, I've learned my lesson! Please spare me! I want to sleep!!”
Unfortunately, Lord Evil God, who had already returned to bed and fallen asleep again, could no longer hear Vivian's pleas.
Meanwhile, on Vivian's side...
Suddenly, she felt the world spinning around her...
When she regained her senses once more, she had returned to the familiar azure world where skills were learned.
As the surroundings began to change, Vivian felt like crying even more.
“No!!”
......
Early the next morning, the morning sunlight streamed through the window into Vivian and Lilith's dormitory room.
A new day had begun.
Lilith felt that she had not enjoyed such a good night's sleep in a long time.
Recently, all sorts of dangers had constantly appeared, making it impossible for her to truly relax.
But last night was different.
The academy dormitories were extremely safe. Lilith didn't need to worry about encountering any danger, so once she relaxed, she slept exceptionally well.
Then...
“Uh...”
The moment she opened her eyes, Lilith saw Vivian sitting on her bed in a thin nightgown, reading a book.
From Vivian's incredibly focused expression, Lilith could easily tell that she was immersed in an ocean of knowledge.
“Vivian is actually working this hard...”
Looking at herself and then at Vivian, Lilith finally understood the gap between them.
Vivian was already so talented, yet she still worked this hard. At that moment, Lilith made up her mind that she would also start waking up early to study.
“But...”
“Isn't Vivian cold dressed like that?”
Although winter was still some time away, the weather had already become chilly.
Yet Vivian was still wearing such thin clothing.
Lilith was somewhat puzzled.
However, seeing how focused Vivian was, she chose not to disturb her.
After all, if she were truly cold, Vivian wasn't stupid. She would definitely put on more clothes herself. Since she hadn't done so, she was probably not cold.
Thus, Lilith quietly got out of bed and went to wash up.
After finishing, she saw that Vivian was still reading and decided not to disturb her. She left the dormitory by herself.
Saint Delra Magic Academy was divided into theoretical classes and practical magic classes.
Students were not forced to attend classes.
The academy operated on a credit system. Students could earn credits by attending classes or by completing various tasks.
Under normal circumstances, the vast majority of ordinary students earned enough credits through classes and the occasional task.
Since tasks involved danger, they were not the preferred choice for most people.
However, earning credits through tasks was perfect for genius students.
These students typically did not need to learn basic knowledge.
After all, many of them had already mastered such things when they were very young.
Theoretical knowledge and basic magic were of no use to them and would only slow down their progress.
As a result, these talented students would immediately form teams and head out to complete tasks.
Credits were not only the key to graduation but could also be exchanged for magical equipment and magical books—items that could significantly help them.
Thus, Lilith assumed that Vivian also intended to earn credits through tasks, so she did not call her before leaving.
Lilith was fully aware of the gap between herself and Vivian.
At her current level, she couldn't help Vivian. She would only become a burden.
There was no way Vivian could be expected to bring along dead weight while completing tasks.
Lilith decided that she needed to become an official Mage as soon as possible.
Therefore, she obediently went to attend her basic classes.
Meanwhile, on Vivian's side...
Within a dense primeval forest,
A magic wolf nearly the size of a calf, with a pair of crimson eyes, was relentlessly chasing Vivian.
Ahead of it, Vivian was desperately fleeing.
“I can't do this anymore... wuuu, I really can't!”
As the magic wolf behind her drew closer and closer, Vivian's ethereal and melodious voice rang out.
At the same time, strings of magical musical notes appeared around her, circling her body before flying toward the pursuing wolf.
Meanwhile, the magic wolf that had already leapt toward Vivian suddenly froze midair and crashed straight to the ground.
Due to its speed, it carved a long trench through the soft forest soil.
The musical notes continued circling around the wolf. No matter how hard it struggled, it was completely futile.
Seeing the restrained wolf behind her, Vivian's singing did not stop.
However, upon listening carefully, one could faintly hear a slight hoarseness hidden within her ethereal voice.
She continued singing for a while longer.
Only when both the musical notes and the wolf vanished simultaneously did Vivian finally stop and begin gasping heavily.
“I can't do it anymore... my voice is completely hoarse from singing...”
At that moment, everything around her gradually began to change.
Seeing this, Vivian's heart filled with joy.
“It's finally over...”
“I'm so moved!”
Heaven knew how many times she had repeated this process.
Although Vivian was happy to have learned a powerful spell,
she was absolutely not happy with this method of learning.
Fortunately, everything was finally over.
When Vivian opened her eyes once again, she saw the familiar dormitory room.
“So cold!”
Vivian shivered and instinctively reached for the Lolita dress hanging on the clothes rack.
However, just as her hand extended outward, she stopped.
Last night, she had barely slept before being forcibly booted awake.
The most outrageous thing was that she had maintained the exact same reading posture all the way until now.
At the moment, Vivian was both sleepy and cold.
She only wanted to sleep!
Looking outside at the sky,
“Lord Evil God should be arriving soon...”
“But Vivian wants to sleep!!”
Vivian admitted that there was a gambling element involved.
However, in order to enjoy even a brief nap, she decided it was worth taking the risk.
After removing her nightgown, Vivian immediately crawled beneath the blankets.
“Even if I do this, Lord Evil God will probably find some other way to torment me!”
“But as long as I can get some proper sleep, any sacrifice is worth it!”
As these thoughts passed through her mind, drowsiness overwhelmed her.
Very quickly, Vivian fell asleep.
About five minutes later...
The familiar voice echoed within her mind.
The half-asleep Vivian instantly became fully awake.
“Lord Evil God is here!”
At this moment, Vivian was nervous to the extreme.
She silently prayed in her heart...
And then...
“Hm?”
Looking at the black screen, Jiang Chen appeared puzzled.
“What's going on?”
However, he quickly noticed the interaction prompt displayed on the screen.
【Vivian is currently sleeping. Wake her up?】
Seeing the option, Jiang Chen immediately clicked "Yes."
Meanwhile, on Vivian's side.
She suddenly sat upright in bed.
“Huh?”
Before Vivian could react, she had already gotten up, walked over to the clothes rack, grabbed her clothes, and started putting them on.
“What's happening? Why isn't Lord Evil God doing the same thing as before?”
“Could it be... Lord Evil God has become immune?”
Especially when Lord Evil God calmly controlled her body and dressed her piece by piece.
Vivian seemed to realize something.
“Lord Evil God seems to be immune now...”
“And also...”
Thinking back to what had just happened...
“Wuu...”
Vivian's face turned bright red.
She had practically delivered herself right to the door and allowed the hateful Lord Evil God to see everything...
She was tired.
Whatever.
Let the world burn.
......
Meanwhile, on Jiang Chen's side.
As the screen gradually brightened, he saw Vivian already fully dressed.
Jiang Chen nodded in satisfaction.
“As expected, the academy is truly safe. At least there wasn't any situation where the character nearly died while I was offline.”
With that said, Jiang Chen did not forget the important matter at hand.
He opened the character panel.
“First, let's allocate the attribute points.”
After thinking for a moment,
his gaze settled on Candy Bear, C4 Shaping, and Goddess's Blessing.
Jiang Chen had spent the entire previous night considering his options before ultimately deciding to raise his skill levels first.
Normal spells could be used regularly to slowly increase proficiency.
However, skills like C4 Shaping and Candy Bear could only be used once per day. Raising their levels through normal means would require far too much time.
As for the passive skill Goddess's Blessing, Jiang Chen had no idea how to level it naturally.
So he simply used Skill Points directly.
Each of these skills required only 10 Skill Points to advance from Level 1, while Level 2 required 50.
After spending 30 Skill Points, Jiang Chen upgraded all three skills to Level 2.
Then he invested the remaining 20 Skill Points into Intelligence.
Among them, after Goddess's Blessing (Knowledge) from Goddess of Waukeen reached LV2, its passive Intelligence bonus increased directly from 20 points to 40 points.
Combined with the 20 freely allocated attribute points, this alone granted a total increase of 40 Intelligence.
Afterward, Jiang Chen took out the Deep Sea Gloves and equipped them, gaining an additional 63 Intelligence.
With this wave of upgrades, Jiang Chen's Intelligence skyrocketed by a full 103 points.
Previously, Jiang Chen had considered hiding his combat power.
But after making yesterday's forum post, he felt there was no longer any need.
The faster his strength increased, the more nervous the other players would become, and the more efficiently they would handle things.
Furthermore, they were about to explore the ruins.
Jiang Chen decided it was better to be fully prepared rather than embarrassingly fail due to insufficient strength.
After completing all of this, Vivian's attributes underwent a tremendous transformation.
【Vivian Violet】
【Magic Ring: Two-Ring】
【Class: Peace Princess】
【HP: 430, Mana: 750, Defense: 34, Strength: 35, Agility: 54, Intelligence: 213, Perception: 34】
【Skills: C4 Shaping (Merged Skill: Corrosion Curse) LV2 - Weapon Blessing LV1 - Candy Bear LV2 - Jump LV1 - Resistance Enhancement LV1 - Eternal Night Chapter · Ember Reversal】
【Divine Blessings: Goddess's Blessing (Knowledge) LV2 - Gold Blessing LV1 - Montage Technique (LV1)】
【Equipment: Misty Moon Dream (Rare) - Source of Magic (Exquisite) - Archmage Kasas's Bracelet (Legendary) - Deep Sea Ring (Rare) - Swiftstep Shoes (Rare) - Deep Sea Gloves (Rare)】
【Total Combat Power: 9650】