Free Web NovelChapter 81: What A Shame
Instead of reading the descriptions of his legacy active skills, Max chose to read the current descriptions based on the proficiency levels of his legacy active skills.
[Summon Radiant Knight (Intermediate)
You gain greater control over simultaneous deployments.
Maximum Active Knights: 5
Mana Cost: 90 mana points per knight.]
Casting Time: 3.0 seconds]
[Knights Recall (Intermediate)
Multiple knights may be recalled.
Casting Time: 2.0 seconds
Repair Efficiency: 15%]
[Conclave Link (Intermediate)
Shared tactical awareness emerges.
Link Capacity: 5 Knights]
Max’s eyes widened when he read the first skill.
He was confused how he was able to summon twelve Radiant Knights when the limit was supposed to be five active summons.
He recalled what had occurred during his class advancement and wasn’t surprised anymore.
He had undergone rebirth and he had his class advancement at the same time. His body might have reached the state of peak proficiency level on his active skills.
He couldn’t help but laugh.
I narrowly escaped danger at that moment. It’s great I killed him just in time.
Max read the remaining of the skills and engraved it into his mind.
He wanted to prevent being careless just because he had misunderstood his current status.
He lingered his gaze at the Free Stat Points and his stats.
Almost immediately, he allocated a 100 Free Stat Points to his Intelligence Points.
[Your Intelligence Points is now 274.
Your mana points reached the maximum based on your current level.
Your spell power now converts 35% of its damage into True Damage.
Your Critical Strike Chance has increased to twenty-five percent.
Your comprehension skills’ proficiency has increased.
Your ability to learn spells at B-Rank have been achieved.]
That sure is a lot, huh? Well, a hundred stat points allocation are indeed a lot. Max was satisfied.
He laid his body on the bed, stretched his limbs, and rested for a while.
He checked the time he had to log out and there was only half an hour left.
He believed there wouldn’t be an emergency for the next eight hours—enough for the NovaPro Immersion Pod to fully recharge.
He didn’t hesitate anymore and logged out.
...
March 22, 2028. Apocalypse Online has slowly become a global gaming sensation, inevitably capturing the interest of those who were not into gaming.
The reason was simple.
Pentagon still failed to crack down the perpetrator behind the game.
Those who were wealthy felt something suspicious.
The Pentagon tried their best to conceal their unsuccessful attempts, but remaining quiet was already an answer.
They recalled Max’s bold conspiracy behind the game.
Given how hyper-realistic it was, they were now convinced.
As a result, those who were awakened hastily bought a NovaPro Immersion Pod and utilized their wealth inside the game.
It was precisely why the coins’ value in the outside world soared.
It already reached the point that a single silver coin was sold for fifty thousand Canadian Dollars.
Max was contacted by Aethernova as soon as he logged out.
He was informed that he had to play in accordance to the global market’s demands.
Just last week, Max auctioned 50 gold coins and 100 silver coins in different batches with three days interval, turning him into a millionaire.
However, it was precisely because of that the gold coins and silver coins’ value dropped significantly.
Aethernova laid out an option for him—auctioning a certain amount of gold coins and silver coins in seven days interval.
For instance, he should only auction 5 gold coins per week, while 50 silver coins per week to increase their value.
By next month, as players progressed, the coins’ value would begin to drop, so the Aethernova suggested to take advantage of it.
Max replied with a message filled with forceful gratitude and didn’t hesitate to follow their suggestion.
While he was at his phone now, Max scrolled through the social media and was amused.
The second current leading player in terms of level was the First Swordsman, who revealed he was at Level 61.
Many players praised him in the comments, without forgetting to bad-mouth Max.
Max was amused.
I guess, this is inevitable. Though, it’s really funny. Five years later, the Lewis Guild rose because of their guildmaster, who was depicted as the great hero.
Yet, it was precisely this hero who didn’t hesitate to kill me and my brother for the sake of power.
Max closed his eyes to simmer down his agitated emotion.
After a while, he contacted the Aethernova and requested them to post his statement.
He couldn’t create an alt account for his First Player identity.
Only the Aethernova should know about his real identity for now.
Max was surprised that the Aethernova immediately replied and posted his statement.
Instantly, the comment section exploded that it couldn’t load for a while.
Max was deeply amused as he decided to cook for breakfast while Enzo was still sleeping...
...
Julian Lewis was currently resting after logging out in the game.
It was out of frustrations. Out of nowhere, the Lieutenant suddenly declared lockdown in the village.
He couldn’t gather information, so in the end, he left it to his subordinates.
While he was relaxing by sitting in a massage chair, his phone vibrated.
He frowned and accepted the call.
It was from one of his friends.
"What is it?"
"Quick! Go read the statements from the First Player—" fɾēewebnσveℓ.com
Before the person on the other side of the phone could finish his words, Julian immediately hung up.
He hastily pressed the social media app and the first post that welcomed him was from Aethernova.
He read a single sentence from the First Player and gritted his teeth.
When he read the second sentence and threw the phone out of exasperations, instantly breaking in the wall, and fell to the floor.
It was the most durable phone produced at the latest, so the cracked screen still showed the Aethernova’s post.
[There’s no global announcement after completing the second-class advancement. What a shame.
-The First Player.]
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