Chapter 53

【2nd Level Divine Gift:

Usage: Study, requires the character to be a Paladin.

2nd Level Divine Gift: Allows the Paladin to deal additional damage when attacking evil targets. The additional damage is calculated as (Base Charisma + Additional Charisma / 2 + 10) % of the total damage dealt.

This damage ignores the target's defenses and magical resistances.】

【2nd Level Divine Gift】!!!

A few minutes ago, Lancelot couldn't believe that Alpha's trip to the Blackwater Merfolk Treasury would make him so happy. The 【2nd Level Divine Gift】, if he remembered correctly, was something no Paladin in the entire "Dungeons and Dragons" game had ever heard of, except for that one strongest guy.

It was hard to imagine how exciting it was to suddenly go from a skilled player to a top-tier expert. At least now, Lancelot was over the moon.

At this moment, our soon-to-be top-tier Paladin and Holy Warrior was counting on his fingers, calculating how much additional damage his 26 base Charisma and 12 additional Charisma would add, eager to learn the two 【Divine Gifts】.

Of course, practicing on a League of Legends player was also a must—“What the hell did we do to deserve this?! We've been getting beaten up since the start of the story!” The League of Legends players were wailing in despair.

But Lancelot wasn't the only one excited. Alpha was also feeling smug about his wise choice of three items:

Because when Alpha received the 【2nd Level Divine Gift】, he also saw the descriptions of the remaining two recipe parchments—

【Pattern: Deceiver's Mask】!!!

【Recipe: Forge初级光能箭矢】!!!

Undoubtedly, what made Alpha happy was the 【Recipe: Forge初级光能箭矢】, not the 【Pattern: Deceiver's Mask】...

“I want this one,”

Alpha showed the 【Recipe: Forge初级光能箭矢】 to Lancelot,

“Whoa... there's such an overpowered thing? What about the other recipe?”

Alpha then showed the 【Pattern: Deceiver's Mask】 to Lancelot,

“Great, you finally understand. You made the right choice, this is a good thing!!!”

Lancelot rarely praised Alpha's noob qualities, but this time Alpha's choice was indeed flawless, even highly skilled.

These two recipes were not common and couldn't be learned from a mentor:

The 【Deceiver's Mask】 adds 3 levels to the 【Stealth Mastery】 skill and 1 level to the 【Stealth】 skill. It is an additional special equipment that can coexist with a hat. Although its equipment level is only 25, it is an essential item for Rogues and their advanced class, Assassins.

In fact, so far, only a few in the entire Silver Moon Alliance can make the 【Deceiver's Mask】, and the materials are hard to find, making this low-level mask consistently expensive.

The 【Pattern: Deceiver's Mask】 is a small but valuable item, at least in the current stage of the game, a top-tier professional benefit for Rogues.

—However, compared to the 【Recipe: Forge初级光能箭矢】, this valuable item is nothing.

If it weren't for Alpha's trip to the Blackwater Merfolk Treasury, Lancelot wouldn't have known about this powerful recipe:

【Recipe: Forge初级光能箭矢: Can be learned after mastering 【Forge初级箭矢】, creates 10 【初级光能箭矢】.

【初级光能箭矢】: Arrows that can deal light damage, causing 20% light damage on ranged attacks. After mastering the 【Recipe: Forge初级光能箭矢】, using 【初级光能箭矢】 will increase additional light damage and other effects as the forging level increases.

Light damage ignores all defenses and magical resistances and is not affected by any conventional damage increase effects except for critical hits.

Materials required: 【Ruby】 x 2, 【Mithril】 x 1.】

Although light weapons are not uncommon in the game, they are not too rare. For example, Old Joel has a light blade sword, and various light weapons become less rare as the level increases.

However, arrows that can deal light damage are unheard of.

Apart from the legendary longbow 【Solidar, Wrath of the Stars】 blessed by the Moon Goddess Selune, which is a pure light weapon that doesn't require arrows, there are no other known bows or arrows that deal light damage.

And this powerful divine bow is merely a sacred item in the Moon Temple. Players must complete a series of achievements to obtain the 【Solidar, Wrath of the Stars】, including the insane task of assassinating the matriarchs of the dark elf families in the Underdark.

—Given the current player strength, completing this task is not yet realistic.

In short, the 【Recipe: Forge初级光能箭矢】 is an absolutely historic recipe. Just the dark gold text on the arrow attributes confirms this:

The 【初级光能箭矢】 is an excellent quality arrow!!!

Granting powerful light damage to ranged weapons, it is a groundbreaking existence in the current "Dungeons and Dragons".

For example, Rangers, who have always been criticized for their weak ranged damage, might be revitalized by this powerful damage type that ignores all defenses and magical resistances—indeed, Alpha chose the 【Recipe: Forge初级光能箭矢】 partly because Wen Xiaodao is a Ranger.

Thus, Alpha was rarely praised by Lancelot for his "keen insight".

Lancelot was already fantasizing about the good life of counting money from selling the 【初级光能箭矢】. The materials 【Ruby】 and 【Mithril】 are not too hard to obtain; they can be bought with money, though they are a bit expensive, but not a major issue. It all depends on Alpha's motivation to earn money.

However, this is the most problematic point. Alpha has never really cared much about money; he is someone who doesn't have a lot of money but is never short of it.

But even so, it's a good deal. Regardless, the two 【Divine Gifts】 and an extremely powerful forging recipe are a significant wealth. Alpha's trip to the Blackwater Merfolk Treasury was highly profitable, and the rich rewards from a 30-level treasury were somewhat unexpected for Lancelot.

And our martial artist didn't take the two skill books and one recipe seriously—perhaps he still valued the 【Recipe: Forge初级光能箭矢】 more, but for Alpha, the most important thing was still his original goal:

—The news of the Tower of Forgetfulness!!!

Alpha's logic was simple: if he could gain so much profit in a small place like the Blackwater Merfolk, how much more could he gain in the well-known but almost unexplored hidden map, the Tower of Forgetfulness? The potential profit is immeasurable.

Forcing King Ranus to submit, both Alpha and Old Joel got what they wanted, though Old Joel initially planned to use Alpha as a scapegoat to please the Blackwater Merfolk.

However, being able to leave the Blackwater Marsh unscathed and with significant gains was indeed a cause for celebration. Old Joel even mentioned the Tower of Forgetfulness to Alpha:

“Demons, everywhere are demons. Can you imagine the madness of a group of hungry demons when they see fresh flesh?”

Back in the dim stone house of the warehouse, Old Joel lit a charcoal fire and sat with Alpha, reminiscing about the terrifying experience he didn't want to remember...

“... Demons are hard to kill. They have no vital points but can repair their injured bodies at any time—believe me, even if you find the Tower of Forgetfulness, you won't want to face such enemies. You will be lost in the despair of being unable to defeat them.”

Old Joel sighed, and the habitual smirk on his face rarely showed a genuine bitterness:

“Even now, I still consider it a miracle that I didn't commit suicide in that despair.”

“This is not a problem for adventurers,”

Alpha shrugged, and Old Joel scowled:

“You cockroaches... well, if you insist on meeting those demons, here.”

Old Joel threw a scroll about the length of a forearm to Alpha. Alpha caught it and unfolded it, revealing various terrain markings, seemingly a map. Comparing it to his own map system, he couldn't identify the location. Could the Tower of Forgetfulness be on an unexplored map?

“The Tower of Forgetfulness is hard to find because it doesn't actually exist in a specific place, but rather in an unexplored realm,”

Old Joel clearly knew why Alpha was frowning,

“For example, the first time I entered the Tower of Forgetfulness was through a hidden cave at the bottom of the Deadwater Lake, and the second time was through the distant oasis of Haru.”

Old Joel poked the charcoal in the fire and continued:

“In fact, the entrance to the Tower of Forgetfulness is the only thing in this world. It is actually a portal to the unknown plane where the Tower of Forgetfulness is located. Therefore, to find the true Tower of Forgetfulness, you must find the entrance that changes location and form—get me a piece of charcoal...”

Old Joel pointed to the neatly stacked charcoal behind Alpha and added:

“... Because of this, almost no one can re-enter the Demon Tower.”

“Changing location and form?”

Alpha grabbed two pieces of charcoal and handed them to Old Joel, narrowing his eyes and muttering to himself. Old Joel took the charcoal with one hand and extended two fingers with the other:

“Yes, my two trips to the Tower of Forgetfulness were in different places, for example, the first time...”

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