Free Web NovelChapter 281: Chapter 108: The Appearance of the Balance Messenger_3
Of all the stone-eating beasts he has encountered so far, this one is the most human-like.
"Welcome, Card Player Ree Shil."
Upon seeing Ree Shil, the stone-eating beast cracked a smile.
However, coupled with its face, the smile came off as somewhat grotesque, almost like a bitter smile.
"Do you know me?"
Ree Shil slightly furrowed his brow.
"Of course, every time a card player enters the Instance, I keep a watchful eye on them."
"Let me introduce myself, I am the messenger of the [Balance-Way of balance]."
The Balance Messenger spoke.
"I see."
Ree Shil nodded, feeling that the other party was not like an NPC, but more like a living being with genuine emotions and intelligence.
"Your constitution seems to be slightly different."
The Balance Messenger carefully scrutinized Ree Shil at this moment.
"I have two hearts."
Ree Shil shrugged.
"Oh, how could you casually reveal such a secret to others."
The Balance Messenger covered his mouth.
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Ree Shil tilted his head in confusion.
In his opinion, this wasn’t really a secret was it?
Since arriving in the Cube Card Metaverse, he had heard that there were many races that possessed two hearts or cores.
Of course, those races were all odd and peculiar, and were neither pure humans nor humanoid in nature.
Moreover, judging from the expression of the Balance Messenger, it didn’t seem like he was surprised, did he?
"Next, you can strengthen any Inscription with me."
Returning to the topic, the Balance Messenger waved his hand and unveiled a selection panel in front of him.
"Balance Points can only be used within the Instance, my personal advice is that you should spend all of them here."
"Otherwise, if you get eliminated by the Boss in the next level, all the Balance Points will return to 0, and you will have to start collecting them all over again."
"It would be a loss."
The Balance Messenger explained.
"Hmm."
Ree Shil’s gaze fell onto the Strengthening Shop Panel.
What was being displayed were all the Inscriptions he owned for this journey.
The price to strengthen a 1-star Inscription is 50 Balance Points.
The price to strengthen a 2-star Inscription is 75 Balance Points.
The price to strengthen a 3-star Inscription is 150 Balance Points.
"The strengthening of 3-star inscriptions is a bit pricey."
He looked at his Balance Points, currently sitting at 400+.
It seems that [Zero Zone One] gave quite a lot, but the subsequent levels would give fewer.
Even just passing an [incident] level earlier did not award any Balance Points.
Right now, he had a considerable amount of Inscriptions, 13 to be exact.
Of these, 9 were Breakthrough Inscriptions, just a bit shy of triggering [Breaking Power] with 10 inscriptions.
The remaining 4 were reluctantly chosen, basically useless.
Therefore, his strengthening goal was set on the 9 inscriptions.
To be precise, excluding the 3 that are probably not very useful for the Boss battle, and 1 that has been strengthened and can’t be strengthened again.
That leaves 5:
[Breakthrough - Weapon Price Reduction★]: For self cards with basic attack power exceeding 30 points, score -1→2
[Breakthrough - Violent Group★★]: Breaking force card attack power +3→5
[Breakthrough Potential - Aggressive Attack★★]: If the enemy target is hit 5→4 times in 1 round, it falls into [Flaws]
[Breakthrough - Percussion Expert ★★]: Self accumulates 4→7 attacks counted as 5→10 attacks
[Breakthrough Momentum ★★★]: At the start of the game, choose a self-card with a score not higher than 30 points, make this round get [Penetration] (and attack power +10, newly added)
[Breaking the Momentum - Join Hands to Defeat the Enemy ★★★]: This round selects 1 Breaking Force card, selects 1 target card, when the Breaking Force card[Attack], the gained energy (1.5 rate) is transferred to the target card
The total cost of strengthening these 6 inscriptions is 575 points.
Ree Shil’s Balance Points were insufficient, so he could only selectively choose.
Eventually, he chose to give up on strengthening [Join Hands to Defeat the Enemy], because recovering 1 point of energy and 1.5 points of energy had little significance for [Kung Fu Sheep Rabbit].
He also gave up on [Weapon Price Reduction], because it needed to have more than 30 attack power cards of 5, that is, save 5 points/10 points to be meaningful, but he did not have so many main cards with a basic attack power of over 30.
Therefore, in the end, he chose to enhance [Violent Group][Aggressive Attack][Percussion Expert][Momentum], these 4 costed him 375 Balance Points.
The remaining Balance Points are not enough to strengthen even a 1-star Inscription, which means they were used quite cleanly.
"I’ve finished strengthening."
He closed the panel and told the Balance Messenger.
"Are you sure?"
"Sure."
"Alright, best of luck with the rest of your exploration."
The Balance Messenger waved his hand, releasing an orange Teleportation Portal.
"Thanks."
Ree Shil nodded and stepped into it.
With half his body still in this level, he suddenly heard the Balance Messenger say something else.
"During the transit process, you may sometimes encounter turbulence."
"If you accidentally encounter turbulence, please stay calm and do not panic."
His tone was a touch mysterious.
"What did you say?"
Ree Shil leaned back, stretching his head out of the portal again.
"Er, no, nothing."
The Balance Messenger chuckled awkwardly, thinking to himself that this guy was a bit off-script.
"Is that so?"
Now it was Ree Shil’s turn to scrutinize the Balance Messenger doubtfully.
Only when the silent Balance Messenger started to feel uneasy, did he retreat back into the portal.
Hmm!
The scene distorted, his vision blurred.
By the time he regained his senses, he found himself standing in a large limestone cave.
Throughout the previous levels, he had never seen such a spacious cave.
In the middle of the cave was a large lava lake, with the rolling magma illuminating the entire cave, quite brightly at that.
The lava was flowing slowly, erupting with a loud noise occasionally.
Many stone pillars stood tall on the lake, as if they were pulled up from the abyss.
They were once products of volcanic eruptions, now immersed in the scorching lava.
Similarly, there were stone pillars on the ground too.
Two particularly large ones obstructed his view of the whole lake.
After moving a few steps forward, he felt a strong wave of heat rushing towards him.
"Let’s see what kind of boss we’re dealing with."
Bracing against the heat wave, Ree Shil continued onward.
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