Chapter 39: Skill Page

[Kana Safro Sat]

[Passive Skills: Genesis Glow, Soul Resilience, Polymath, Darkvision, Blood Scent]

[Genesis Glow: For one who has used the Genesis Stone, the stone will shimmer before you, making it easier for you to utilize.]

[Soul Resilience: Your soul is unlike that of ordinary people, being more resilient. All soul-related abilities will be enhanced, and all soul-related attacks will be weakened.]

[Polymath: Your mind contains vast amounts of knowledge and experience; you can truly be called a polymath. You will find it easier to recall knowledge you have learned and easier to acquire knowledge you do not yet know.]

[Darkvision: Your body possesses extraordinary lineage, unlike ordinary humans. In the darkness, you can clearly see your surroundings.]

[Blood Scent: Your body possesses extraordinary lineage, unlike ordinary humans. You can clearly distinguish blood and derive information from its scent.]

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[Active Skills: Blood Magic, Archery, Swordsmanship]

[Blood Magic]

[Proficiency: Apprentice (0/100)]

[Special Effect: Spend mana to manipulate liquids that can be called blood.]

[Description: A power of a race transformed by the influence of the Genesis Stone; a unique power composed of "blood" and "magic."]

[Archery]

[Proficiency: Expert (264/2000)]

[Special Effect: Any skill related to archery will receive a one-level bonus.]

[Description: Archery that could be praised even among Elves.]

[Swordsmanship]

[Proficiency: Expert (1296/2000)]

[Special Effect: Any skill related to swordsmanship will receive a one-level bonus.]

[Description: You could hold your own even among the Sword Saint tribes of the Orcs.]

Kana looked at this brand-new page related to his skills.

Just like in the game, it was divided into Passive and Active.

Passives take effect automatically and cannot have their proficiency increased.

Actives must be released manually; long-term practice and use will increase their proficiency.

Although it was slightly different from the game—after all, this was a skill system, not a profession system.

In the game, the skill and profession systems were bound together. The reason a profession system wasn't constructed all at once was that a single [Genesis Stone Fragment] was clearly insufficient to build a complete profession system.

Of course, there were also some adjustments based on reality, but the general principles were similar.

For example, skill proficiency.

It was roughly divided into five levels, from easiest to hardest

Apprentice, Adept, Expert, Master, and Grandmaster.

Furthermore, looking at this skill set, the [Blood Magic] that he originally could not use or master at all was now directly displayed.

Slowly raising his hands, he could feel the flow of mana; the veins on his arms bulged, distinct and clearly visible.

On the skill bar, the proficiency of this skill jumped up slightly.

After testing various skills, Kana had a general idea.

Compared to before, when there was no skill page, using them felt easier—or rather, was his mastery firmer?

It was an indescribable experience that one could only realize personally.

This harvest was extremely important in many respects.

Now it was time to organize these final, somewhat less important gains.

Kana looked at the pile of items on the table.

He picked up his spatial pouch and first packed the various alchemy materials; these materials and some alchemy tools could not be used for the time being.

But they would certainly be a way to rapidly strengthen his abilities.

Only the Knowledge Crystal, the silver buckler, and the metal sphere remained on the table.

First, Kana picked up the Knowledge Crystal and infused the remaining mana in his body into it.

It could only be said that it lived up to its name as a crystal; it was preserved perfectly.

As the mana merged into it, the crystal emitted a faint glow, and the knowledge within the crystal flowed into Kana's mind along with the mana.

However, this knowledge was just knowledge; Kana would not learn it instantly, but rather, he memorized it.

He wouldn't... hmm?

He seemed to understand a bit? Logically, that shouldn't be the case.

As the basic knowledge related to alchemy merged into his mind, Kana opened his eyes and looked at the now-dimmed crystal in his hand; it was useless.

He opened his skill bar.

As expected, a new skill had been added to the Active Skills.

[Basic Alchemy—Metal]

[Proficiency: Apprentice (0/100)]

[Special Effect: Capable of performing mana-based alchemy on metal objects, creating "mana-infused" versions.]

[Description: The metal alchemy school within alchemy; it is the foundational knowledge skill for all schools related to metal.]

In the game, this skill would likely have been classified under the sub-profession system.

Since there were no profession or sub-profession systems, all skills were grouped together.

But regardless, by using the Knowledge Crystal directly, he could use it immediately.

Under normal realistic circumstances, this would be impossible; a Knowledge Crystal would only integrate knowledge into the mind.

Especially for knowledge that requires hands-on practice, one would need to practice step-by-step to truly be called "learned."

But now, with the skill system, this knowledge had undergone the simplest form of learning.

In other words, Kana could now take direct action, even though the chance of error and failure was high.

However, through such errors and failures, his proficiency would increase rapidly.

Compared to a true alchemy apprentice, his progress would increase ten or even dozens of times faster.

With only a tiny bit of mana left, Kana looked at the remaining shield and metal sphere.

He could only wait until his mana recovered tomorrow to digitize them.

Then there was the Doll Master's experimental manual.

That would also require time to study, as there was no Knowledge Crystal for it.

Blood Magic, Alchemy, Puppetry.

He was so busy, not to mention that he was not currently in a safe position.

Lien and Kecha had already returned to the front lines last night; if nothing unexpected happened, Blake would likely be deployed to the front lines as well.

After all, Blake was a Level 3 Knight; it would be a waste to keep him by Kana's side when the front lines needed someone of such strength.

If Blake was deployed, it would mean the situation at the front was very grim.

Would the Count adopt his opinion?

To be honest, Kana was somewhat worried, mainly due to his identity.

He was the Fourth Prince of the Royal Family, and an unremarkable one at that—a prince viewed by most nobles as a mere profligate.

In a crisis like this, the Count could not trust him, or at least could not trust him completely.

However, his actions over the past few days should reach the Count's ears, which would at least slightly change his perspective.

The situation Kana could accept was for the Count to grant him a certain degree of autonomy—at least assigning him some manpower to build the raft.

He certainly didn't expect to be allowed to command the entire town.

Calculating the timing, if the front lines became untenable, the Count would likely begin a continuous fighting retreat, shrinking the defensive lines.

Until finally, a great battle would take place before Riverbend Town.

It was foreseeable that in at least a few days, small numbers of Vampire scouting parties would begin to wander around the town and this area.

The Vampires' favorite tactic was to deploy large numbers of scouting squads consisting of two Ghouls and one Giant Bat across various areas.

They were impossible to intercept, and these scouting squads would destroy and harass everything they saw.

Looking at the experience bar, he was just a little bit away from leveling up.

Kana decided to continue training.

As for more Void monsters or invaders from the outside world...

Those were problems to be thought about later. After all, the most important crisis currently facing him was the Vampires.

(End of Chapter)