Chapter 70: Employment [Juggler] (1/5)
Chapter 70 Inauguration [Juggler] (1/5)
Because Roland had taken the initiative to ask Bronson for a trick, the scholar had used the fire arrow in front of him more than once. But the fire arrow that Bronson used could only condense a weak flame the size of a knuckle at the tip of his finger.
To be honest, from Roland's observation, its power was not even as strong as an ordinary rocket.
However, the fire arrow he had just used was completely different.
Not only did it form a palm-sized hot fireball above his fingertips, its power was even more...
Roland's self-light involuntarily cast towards the coast.
The huge reef that had originally stood upright was now blasted into countless fragments by the exploding flames.
The tiny gravel rose and fell with the waves and was washed onto the beach under his feet, flashing tiny lights in the sun.
"Why is there such a big difference...
"
Before he could figure out this question, a heart-wrenching pain suddenly attacked his mind.
It felt like someone was using a blunt axe to slowly and cruelly split his skull.
His vision suddenly distorted, and the scene in front of him seemed to be immersed in turbid oil paint.
The waves, reefs, and sky were all distorted into blurred blocks of color.
A sharp sound rang in his ears, like countless needles piercing the eardrum, and even the roar of the waves was blocked out.
"Well:
After Roland couldn't help but groaned in pain, he knelt on the beach, his fingers deeply inserted into the wet sand, trying to stabilize his shaking body.
But the ground seemed to be constantly tilting, and every breath caused his temples to throb.
A rusty sweetness rose from the depths of his throat, and cold sweat rolled down his back, soaking the linen lining.
"I can't... faint..."
Roland bit his tongue, and the smell of blood briefly awakened his consciousness. Sweat continued to drip down his forehead.
With this method, he finally held up his will that was about to collapse, so that he would not faint completely.
After an unknown amount of time, the scene in front of him gradually became clear, and his sensory functions slowly returned to normal.
"Hu..."
Roland supported his body with his hands slightly, then lay on his back on the beach, his chest heaving violently, and breathing heavily.
Having had the experience of activating the [Concentration] feature, he quickly judged his current state.
This is a manifestation of excessive mental energy consumption.
He slowly raised his palm and held it in front of his eyes to examine it carefully.
The fingertips seemed to still have the burning feeling after the explosion of the flame arrow, and the question in his mind just now appeared in his mind again.
"There is no problem with the engraved runes, and the method of absorbing magic elements is also correct. Could it be that there is a defect in the spell pattern engraved on the skeleton by Mr. Bronson?"
This guess was denied by Roland himself as soon as it came up.
"No, when I tested this magic power absorption pattern yesterday, I just felt a little uncomfortable, and there was no sign of mental power consumption at all."
After thinking for a while, Roland suddenly had an idea.
He immediately called up the career panel and locked his eyes on the characteristic column.
[Heart of the Furnace: Greatly improves fire affinity and significantly enhances fire resistance]
"Could it be that the fire affinity granted by [Heart of the Furnace] made the power of the fire arrow just now soar?"
Recalling the scene when he cast the fire arrow just now.
Those dense fire elements were like docile cubs, happily entwined and gathered at his fingertips.
This abnormal affinity phenomenon immediately made Roland guess.
After feeling a little refreshed, Roland supported his body and sat up from the beach, took out two bottles of energy potions from his waist bag and drank them all.
As the tingling in his temple gradually subsided, he slowly stood up, and then cast the light spell, repair spell and magician's hand in turn.
These three tricks were performed very smoothly without any abnormalities.
The Light Spell condensed a soft ball of light around the body, which was much more effective in dispelling darkness than a torch.
The Hand of the Mage materialized the mental power through runes, and could manipulate objects remotely. Its strength was directly related to the mental power of the caster.
The same was true for the Repair Spell. Depending on how much mental power was invested, the damaged items could be repaired to varying degrees.
These tricks were exactly the same as those taught by Bronson, and consumed very little mental power.
According to Roland's estimation, with his current mental power of nearly five points, he would feel tired after performing tricks of this level more than a dozen times in a row.
"It seems that the abnormal power of the flaming arrow just now could only be caused by the affinity for fire granted by the [Heart of the Furnace]—."
Recalling the amazing destructive power of the flaming arrow, Roland couldn't help but be fascinated.
But after calm thinking, he shook his head helplessly.
"Although the power is amazing, the mental power consumption is too exaggerated... It can only be used as a last-ditch killer,
or..."
Roland carefully recalled the feeling of his mental power being rapidly withdrawn just now, and his brows gradually frowned.
"You can try to control the output of your mental power and stabilize the consumption within an acceptable range. This will increase the power, but it won't exhaust your mental power and cause you to faint like before, when you fired a flaming arrow."
After making up his mind, Roland held his breath and tried to cast the spell again.
With previous experience, the magic element resonated smoothly with the runes engraved in the shallows of consciousness.
In an instant, a red light shone from his fingertips.
Just like before, a steady stream of fire elements was transmitted through the white skeleton, and the flames at the fingertips, which were originally only the size of starlight, gradually became hotter and brighter.
However, during this process, his mental power began to rapidly drain away again.
"Blast!"
Feeling the stinging pain from his temple, Roland clenched his teeth and began to consciously control the output of his mental power.
Under his deliberate control, the speed of the loss of mental power gradually slowed down and eventually stabilized.
The fire elements condensed at the fingertips also reached a controllable level.
"Boom!"
With a roar, the fireball shot out.
Due to the control of the mental power output, this time the fireball was only the size of an egg, and its power was naturally weakened.
Although Roland's state was still close to the edge of mental power exhaustion, at least he still maintained a clear consciousness.
"It seems that this idea is feasible!"
Looking at the sea surface that was stirred up by the flame arrow and quickly returned to calm, Roland's mouth corners slightly raised.
This successful attempt immediately made more possibilities emerge in his mind.
For example, by precisely controlling mental power, he could reduce the power of a single shot while increasing the frequency of spellcasting.
With this idea, Roland immediately started a new round of practice.
However, the result was not ideal.
The delicate operation of mental power control was much more difficult than he had imagined.
Until the sunset, he still failed to achieve the expected effect.
"Forget it...
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Looking at the rocks on the beach that were broken by the flaming arrows, Roland breathed a sigh of relief. "This kind of thing cannot be rushed. Let's practice step by step. The most urgent thing now is to complete the one hundred spellcasting requirements
for the position of [Juggler] ." "But it's a little late today. Let's continue tomorrow." Looking at the gradually darkening sky, Roland resisted his mental fatigue and got on his horse, slowly moving towards the direction of Ocean Harbor. The next few days were calm and no accidents happened. But Roland noticed that because King Monen often strolled on the streets, many people who came to see him flocked to Ocean Harbor to see the style of this legendary king, and the secluded hotel where he originally lived became noisy. Fortunately, the preparation of the summoning potion had been completed, and the noise did not have much impact on Roland's practice. In a blink of an eye, five days passed quietly. Although the precise control of the fire arrow was still slow, with the help of persistent practice and the help of energy potions, Roland finally completed the requirement of performing 100 tricks required to take the job of [Juggler]. Now the only thing missing is to meet the requirements of mental attributes. If it were in the past, this might make Roland feel difficult, but now...::: "After drinking the remaining summoning potion, Roland gently rubbed his swollen temples and then opened the career panel. After confirming that all the conditions for taking the job of [Juggler] have been met, he said in his heart without hesitation. "Take the job of [Juggler]!"Chapter 71 Features and Benefits (2/5)
Chapter 71 Characteristics and Gains (2/5)
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[After testing, the host has successfully awakened the shallows of consciousness and can take up the position of a higher-level professional juggler]
[Requires strength 3, agility 6, spirit 5, master 3/3 tricks of any level, and a total of 100/100 tricks]
[Whether to take up the job]
"Confirmed to take up the job!"
[Successfully taken up the job, current job: Juggler]
[Attribute bonus obtained: strength +1, agility +3, spirit +3]
Compared with the mental attribute bonus obtained by taking up the job of [Student] before, the mental attribute increase brought by the [Juggler] job this time has increased by six times.
However, compared with the immediate physical changes of strength and agility attributes, the enhancement of mental attributes is particularly obscure in terms of senses.
Roland felt a stream of refreshing thoughts flowing through his mind, and those originally vague memory fragments suddenly became clear.
If there was anything special,
it was that his thoughts seemed to become extraordinarily smooth, and his energy became more full.
After shaking his head, Roland focused on the next golden subtitle.
[Acquired characteristic: Dazzling and charming]
[Dazzling and charming: When others witness you performing a trick, they will fall into a controlled state such as charm and dizziness due to mental shock. The actual effect depends on the strength of the mental attributes of both parties.]
"It turns out to be a characteristic that adds mental attribute attacks to tricks!"
After reading the description of [Dazzling and charming], Roland clenched his fists excitedly.
You know, apart from his own fire arrows that have greatly increased their power due to his affinity with the fire element, the remaining three tricks are just fancy tricks, which are not very helpful in improving strength.
But with this characteristic, everything is completely different!
Mental shock! Charm! Dizziness!
This means that even if the [Light Magic] is powerless, as long as it is performed by his hands, it can have a spiritual attack effect.
As for the last paragraph of the characteristic description, the actual effect depends on the strength of the spiritual attributes of both parties, Roland doesn't care.
If you encounter an opponent who is much weaker than you, you can kill him without this characteristic.
But if you encounter an opponent who is about the same strength as you, or slightly stronger, then using this characteristic, even if the opponent is distracted for a moment, it may become the key to determine the outcome!
Roland couldn't help but get excited when he imagined himself fighting the enemy with [Light Magic] all around him.
"It's worthy of being a high-level profession. Compared with the characteristics of basic professions, it is really much stronger!"
As he was sighing, lines of golden subtitles appeared in front of him again.
[Detected a higher-ranked warrior class, triggering class resonance]
[Class resonance]
[Miscellaneous + Warrior]
[Get additional bonus: Twin Martial Arts]
[Twin Martial Arts: The body is as flexible as fluid, capable of completing extreme dodges or anti-joint operations, while the left and right hands achieve perfect synchronization, regardless of primary or secondary, with the same accuracy and strength when dual-wielding weapons, and even able to perform completely different combat actions simultaneously]
Before the text was fully displayed in front of him, Roland felt a strange heat flow rising from the bottom of his spine, snaking up like a snake, and wandering between muscles and bones.
It was not pain, but a strange numbness, as if every tendon was being reshaped by an invisible force.
"This is..."
He lowered his head and watched his fingertips tremble slightly.
The next second, the heat flow burst out!
His body suddenly tensed, and countless tiny arcs seemed to be jumping under his skin.
The bones made a subtle crackling sound, and the joints seemed to be softened and extended by some force, and then reorganized in an instant.
After the heat dissipated, Roland looked at his palms. His knuckles folded as if they were boneless, and then instantly bounced back to their original shape, with an almost uncanny flexibility.
He turned sideways, and swung his right arm out like a whip. The muscles and joints of the entire arm seemed to have lost their rigidity, drawing a smooth arc in the air, and his fingertips could almost touch his back.
Then, his left arm twisted like a snake, his elbow turned outward, and his palm easily pressed on his scapular bone,
completing an action that ordinary people could never accomplish.
"This is... too much of an exaggeration..."
Roland stared at his body, which was so flexible that it was almost weird, and slowly loosened his palm.
After watching it gradually return to its original state, a chill ran up his spine involuntarily.
But soon, this discomfort receded like a tide, replaced by an uncontrollable excitement.
"Such an increase in flexibility cannot be seen from the outside, so if it is suddenly used in battle, how can the enemy be prepared? That's right..."
Looking at the latter part of the description of [Twin Martial Arts], Roland's eyes were stern, and both hands reached for his waist at the same time. He
drew out the long sword with his right hand and held the dagger with his left hand.
The next second, his arms spread out like a mirror image, but in an instant they split into two completely different attacks.
The long sword in his right hand suddenly raised up, and the sword edge drew a sharp silver arc, and the force was as fierce as thunder.
At the same time, the short blade in his left hand stabbed like a venomous snake, and the tip of the blade went straight to the throat of the imaginary enemy at a terrifyingly accurate angle.
The two attacks broke out simultaneously without any sluggishness.
The heavy slash of the long sword and the vicious thrust of the short blade seemed to be controlled by two independent brains.
What was even more bizarre was that the power of the two blades was completely balanced, and the intersection of the two swords almost closed all the space in front of them.
With a sudden change of moves, the right hand sword turned into a horizontal slash without being retracted, while the short blade in the left hand pressed down, silently wiping towards the knee of the imaginary enemy under the cover of the sword light.
One hard and one soft, one bright and one dark.
The two fighting rhythms were perfectly integrated in his hands, as if two warriors with different styles lived in his body, but shared the same killing machine-like body.
When retracting, the two blades actually stopped in the air less than an inch away from each other, and the blade tips did not move at all.
Like a puppet controlled by invisible silk threads, the accuracy was creepy.
"This feeling... is so wonderful...
After putting the long sword and dagger back into the sheath, Roland rubbed his smooth chin with some satisfaction.
"This level of dual-wielding proficiency is just like suddenly having an extra avatar. With the cooperation of the left and right hands, the effect of one plus one is greater than two is completely achieved!"
"The additional gain after the resonance between the upper professions really did not disappoint me!"
Just as Roland wanted to continue to check what additional gain would be generated between the [Blacksmith] and the [Juggler], a dull footsteps suddenly sounded outside the door.
This untimely sound made him frown and look out the window subconsciously.
The thick night had already enveloped the entire Ocean Port.
According to his observations over the past few days, the guests of this hotel should have fallen asleep at this moment.
While thinking, Roland found that the footsteps were getting closer and closer, and finally stopped in front of his door.