RoleplayNovel Chapter 13 No one understands the dark races better than me
Chapter 13 No one understands the dark races better than me
—The top of the main tower, the observation tower.
Yu Che stood here and watched the battle that had just taken place through the magical telescope he had set up.
Footsteps sounded beside him, and Baron Grammer, dressed in casual clothes, came up behind him.
"How did you do that?" the Baron asked.
You Che knew what he was asking and replied, "The Staff of the Crown of Chaos, a cursed piece of equipment, can unleash the exclusive magic 'Chaos Fireball,' which is extremely powerful, does not benefit from any modifiers, and consumes a fixed 150 mana points."
"Of course I know the effects of that staff, which is why I came to ask you," the Baron said. "Given the staggering energy consumption of that staff, that little girl shouldn't have been able to successfully cast this spell."
You Che didn't turn around, but simply turned the binoculars in another direction, saying:
"That involves other people's talents and abilities, Your Excellency, I'm sorry I cannot tell you."
In this world, personal attribute panels are visible to everyone and are considered "divinely bestowed" abilities. Therefore, although the Baron found the terms "correction" unfamiliar, he could understand their meaning.
Similarly, for those who possess unique abilities, the details of those abilities are their greatest secret, a fact the Baron is well aware of.
So since You Che said that, he wouldn't insist on asking further, but it wasn't impossible to speculate.
"The one Rex is holding is the 'Glimmering Blessing Badge,' which grants a blessing of good fortune after prayer. However, it is ineffective for those who are already favored by fate, and the effect requires one's own magic power to maintain."
The baron said, "Although I don't know what Rex's unique ability is, judging from what just happened, it's probably something like the ability to share blessings? In that case, we can guess why the little girl was able to cast that spell."
Upon hearing this, You Che finally looked away from the telescope and glanced back at the Baron with surprise.
Is this the kind of powerful figure who can be considered a pillar of strength in this worldview? How could he deduce so much based on limited information?
The Baron's guess was basically correct. Translating and supplementing his words, and then expressing them in a way that Yu Che is familiar with, it would look like this:
【Glimmering Blessing Badge (Amulet): Temporarily increases own Luck upon activation. Ineffective against targets with a base Luck value greater than 4. Consumes Mana continuously while the effect is active】
[Usage Requirements: Perception ≥ 10]
There are also skills exclusive to those who come from militia backgrounds:
[Cooperative Combat (Active): When fighting alongside allies, your defense and health regeneration are slightly increased. Can be actively activated to share some of your own buffs within a certain range.]
The passive boost from militia origin skills is minimal, and the active boosts that can be shared are not many either, but the badge's effect happens to fall within the range of shared benefits.
As for why the mage wasn't allowed to use it directly, but instead had to go through a roundabout process, it's naturally because she couldn't use it herself.
Mages are born with naturally high intelligence, an attribute strongly correlated with magic. Their corresponding perception attribute, besides enhancing their senses, is also required for another spellcasting system called "prayer," which happens to be the lowest attribute a mage has.
You Che knew about the mage's origins and upbringing, but not about her current attributes at LV4. Even if she had a brain fart and put all her attribute points into Perception, she would only have a maximum of 7 points, which still wouldn't meet the requirements for using it.
However, by having the militia use the badge and share its effects, the mage's luck will increase accordingly.
As for the purpose of increasing luck, it's all for the sake of the mage's skills and equipment.
First, the staff used as a means of dealing damage has the following attributes:
Crown of Chaos Staff
Type: Staff
[Quality: Perfect (Cursed Item)]
[Attribute Correction: None]
[Cannot be enhanced]
[Item Description: A cursed piece of equipment imbued with the power of chaos, said to imprison the user's soul. Reduces the user's maximum health by 25%. When equipped, the user can only cast the exclusive spell "Chaotic Fireball".]
【Chaotic Fireball: Summons a chaotic fireball formed from molten lava to attack enemies, dealing significant damage. Consumes 150 mana points. This spell cannot be modified by attribute bonuses.】
[Cooldown time: 10 minutes]
Then, and most importantly, the unique skills specific to those born as mages:
[Focused Meditation (Passive): Increases casting speed and mana regeneration speed; there is a chance that casting low-level spells will not consume mana.]
The Chaos Crown Staff's exclusive magic is powerful, and there are no attribute requirements for using it, as long as you can afford its cost.
However, its high mana cost of 150 points makes it extremely inefficient, and practically no lower-level profession can meet its requirements.
However, this staff does have a use for beginners, namely the "probability of not consuming mana" effect from the mage's exclusive skill.
Although the Chaos Fireball is powerful enough to be considered a high-level spell, the staff itself cannot be enhanced, and it is a weapon-specific spell with extremely limited capabilities. Therefore, in the game's classification, this thing is actually considered a "low-level spell".
According to You Che's verification, this is still the case even in this world.
Although the mage's luck is not very high, making it difficult to trigger this effect, the success rate is barely acceptable with the militia providing buffs.
Thus, the combination of mage and militia came about. Theoretically, the two can transform into mobile artillery turrets when working together, except that the cooldown time varies from ten minutes to longer.
Unfortunately, it seems the mage's luck is really low; even with the buff, it only succeeded on the fourth try.
If she can succeed faster, the town won't lose a LV14 captain, a level that is already an important fighting force in the town.
But it really was just a matter of luck, and You Che couldn't blame her.
To be honest, Yu Che even wondered if this girl was one of those chosen ones whose luck was only 1 in 1...
The Baron guessed the general idea and didn't ask any more questions. He simply stood beside You Che and followed the direction of his binoculars, looking at another area on the outer edge of the town.
—As You Che looked out, he saw the boundary between the outer and middle rings of the town, where there were relatively tall buildings such as clock towers and military watchtowers.
At this moment, archers occupied key positions on these high grounds, ready for battle.
They were facing a horde of agile dark beasts that flew low and rushed along the rooftops.
As mentioned before, the forms and abilities of the Dark Beasts are diverse. Just as there are powerful behemoths, there are also agile killers.
These dark beasts are the mobile force that infiltrated the city.
The town's guard captain, seeing the group of dark beasts approach at a suitable distance, immediately shouted, "Fire!!"
The guards waiting on various buildings around Central drew their bows and fired arrows at top speed!
Arrows rained down!