"Ughh..." Rael got up groggily, leaning against the wall as he inspected his body.
Aside from the sweat—or he hoped it was sweat—he was fine.
His eyes did feel a little strange, but that was in the race-changing description, so he didn't think much of it.
Nonetheless, the interface he had seen earlier appeared before his eyes again.
Crystal Weaving: [Level 1 | 0/100] (Rare)
—Allows the manipulation and shaping of crystalline structures to create weapons, armor, and constructs.
Increases crafted item durability by 20%
Increases crafted item stats by 10%
Reduces MP cost for maintaining crystal constructs by 5%
Gemstone Shield [Level 1 | 0/100] (Common)
—Casts a crystal gemstone shield around you or an ally, reflecting 20% of damage taken back to the attacker.
Both skills seemed overpowered—especially Crystal Weaving, which let him create whatever he wanted for a measly 10,000 MP, an amount he could regain in minutes.
As for the Gemstone Shield? It was something he could find many uses for, but that would only be the case in the future.
For now, he let out a relieved breath since it was over, and opened his status screen for the first time in a while.
Name: Rael, The Platinum Overlord
Race: Crystalweaver (Rare) [+]
Boss Monster Variation: The Pay-to-Win Boss [Rare Boss]
Experience: 9,470/11,030
•—Balance: 17,598 Trell—•
Storage Space—[44/50]
Premium Leveling [Special-Unique]
Premium Evolution [Special-Unique]
Premium Shop [Special-Unique]
Premium Override [Special-Unique]
Health Points (HP): [29,600/29,600] → [32,100/32,100]
Mana Points (MP): [14,500/14,500] → [39,500/39,500]
Agility: 112 (+80) → 130 (+80)
Constitution: 296 (+250) → 321 (+250)
Intelligence: 145 (+125) → 395 (+125)
Spell Power (SP): 290 → 790
Attack Power (AP): 305 (+125)
Movement Speed Increase: 71% (+15%) → 80% (+15%)
Critical Hit Damage Increase: 6.5% (+1%)
+25% Increased Crystal-based Damage
+15% Resistance to all types of Magic Damage
-15% Reduced Physical Damage Dealt
Inspect Monster Level: [Level 9 → 13 | 4,322/4,687] (Common)
Basic Weapon Mastery: [Level 11 → 12 | 249/3,648 → 969/4,157] (Common) [+]
Fireball: [Level 8 | 1,852/2,263] (Common)
Crystal Weaving: [Level 1 | 0/100] (Rare)
Gemstone Shield [Level 1 | 0/100] (Common)
Weapon: [Sword of the Forgotten Swordsman Replica (Uncommon)]
Off-Hand Weapon: [Basic Skeleton Elemental Staff (Uncommon)]
Chest: [Drunken Sentinel's Chestpiece (Uncommon)]
Boots: [Enchanted Banana Peels (Uncommon)]
Ring: [Ring of the Hollow King (Cursed-Rare)]
★ Long Main Quest—[Find the Beast (Level ???) | Progress: Incomplete]
Tracking Quest—[The Skeleton Maze Dungeon (Level 25-40) | Progress: Incomplete]
Dungeons in possession: 1
Time until V1.0 Release: 145 Days
That Spell Power increase is... Damn. I also got my money from the dungeon... Rael let out a haggard breath, but then his gaze landed on the Basic Weapon Mastery skill.
It had a plus beside it, which he immediately pressed.
Nope. Rael quickly shot the system down.
It was a skill he would upgrade, but definitely not when he was this broke.
As for his race, which still had the plus beside it, the story was a bit different.
The options were nearly the same, but now, the race change would no longer be random, and it also cost more.
After playing around with the system for a bit, he decided it was time to put his Crystal Weaving skill to use.
He focused on it, and a small interface appeared.
Available MP: [39,500/39,500]
Tilting his head, Rael pressed on the option, and another interface appeared, asking which piece he wanted.
Pants were pretty important, so he went for that, and soon, a few popups appeared with multiple sliders.
Rael input the bare minimum, which was 10,000 MP, before simply agreeing with the recommended style and lastly, the material infusion.
It seemed interesting, so he pressed "Yes."
However, he was sadly shot down.
Oh Right... Rael let out a sigh. He was definitely not going to spend more money on an item he could make every few minutes.
Finally, the last panel appeared.
He pressed "Yes," and immediately saw his MP being drained, followed by a pair of blue, almost leather-like pants appearing in his arms.
[MP -10,000 29,500/39,500 (Crystal Weaving)]
Rael ignored those messages as he inspected these so-called leggings he crafted.
—Crystallite Leggings (Common)
Durability: 120/120 (+20%)
+11 Constitution (+10%)
+16 Intelligence (+10%)
No special options and the durability was low. However, for an armor piece so easy to make, these stats were unbelievable.
So, he swiftly put the leggings on.
Yet, as he did, he also noticed something in the corner of his vision.
Crystal Weaving: [Level 1 → 3 | 117/520] (Rare)
—Allows the manipulation and shaping of crystalline structures to create weapons, armor, and constructs.
Increases crafted item durability by 20% → 30%
Increases crafted item stats by 10% → 14%
Reduces MP cost for maintaining crystal constructs by 5% → 7%
Alright, this is actually overpowered, Rael remarked before turning his gaze to the map he had.
There was only one more monster left, and he immediately began heading toward it.
After a few minutes, he finally arrived.
—Skeleton King (Rare Boss) [Level 40] [82,200/82,200 HP]
It was a skeleton roughly the same height as Rael, wearing a full black armor set and leisurely sitting on an imposing throne made of bones.
So far, this was the strongest monster he had seen, but instead of feeling fear, Rael was excited.
After all, it would give him more money than even the elite monsters.
"Oi!" Rael yelled to get its attention, pointing the Elemental Staff right at the boss monster.
"Let's play, shall we?"