Chapter 16: Talent Tree
[Teleport]
As I said that, I teleported back to my room. Right now, it's still afternoon here in Brooklyn.
I went to the nearest Dungeon and re-checked the enemies.
[Orc Warrior:
HP: 1500/1500
Orc Chieftain:
HP: 10000/10000
MP: 500/500
Skill:
> Charge (Move three times as fast towards the target, 100 MP, 15 second cooldown).
]
As I got closer to the dungeon entrance, luckily no one was here, so I went inside. The insides were amazing. Unlike the previous areas, the current area has giant trees and exotic-looking plants, just like a rainforest. After going deeper into the rainforest, I noticed a cave and two orcs guarding the entrance.
I went to a hiding spot and shot both of them, ran away and led them away from the cave.
Once we were far enough, I climbed one of the trees and kept shooting at them. It's not surprising to see them climbing the trees, considering what they were doing. After they climbed onto the tree, I simply,
used [Teleport] to move away from a further tree. They couldn't reach me and I killed them at the end.
I went to the cave and took a peek. I saw an Orc Chieftain] sitting on top of his throne at the edge of the cave while being surrounded by four [Orc Warrior] guards.
As much as possible, I want to fight the boss in a one-on-one situation.
I took a nearby rock and shot it towards the cave. But no one came out. I then tried to shoot more and more rocks until two of them came out. As they appeared at the entrance of the cave, I immediately shot them, using the same strategy as I did before, and they died. I repeated this strategy until only the [Orc Chieftain] was left in the room.
Feeling courageous, I went inside the cave and shot the [Orc Chieftain] first, since he wasn't moving. Once my arrow hit him, he immediately used [Charge] towards me. I immediately activated [Spider Legs] to increase my speed and dodged it. If I was half a second late, I would have received plenty of damage. As the orc didn't seem to be so fast without his charge, I juked around him, trying to lead him back to the forest.
Once we arrived in the forest, I tried the same strategy, but this time, the [Orc Chieftain] seemed to be able to push down the tree I climbed onto. I had no way to fight but to run and shoot, which could make me exhausted.
After a minute, the [Orc Chieftain]'s health seemingly went down.
[Orc Chieftain
HP: 3750/10000
MP: 200/500]
Another shot and it died from [Reaper Scythe]. As the dungeon ended, I waited until my abilities piled up the corpses. I then went ahead and looted them.
[6x 1,500 g Monster Core]
[1x 20,000g Monster Core]
[XP: 490/970] <+800>
[Gold: 2300] <+1000>
After leaving the dungeon, I used [Teleport] back to my home, took a shower and laid on the bed.
I proceeded to open my smartphone and told Anya that I had cleared the [Orc Dungeon]. While I was typing, a window popped up, showing me bright blue tree image.
[Talent Tree (LVL 10):
> Splitshot arrows use passives and other modifiers.
> Reaper Scythe deals twice as much damage.
Both of them look sick. Hmm. I pondered it while laying on my bed.
The first talent will help me kill small fries faster, while the second talent will help me kill bosses really quickly.
After calculating, the first talent would help me save at least 60% of my time when hunting in a dungeon. But the second talent could allow me to engage with more dangerous bosses. If I were to fight [Lord Perseo] from [Temple of Destruction] with the second talent, it would probably take me a minute with this health simulation:
[HP: 98,900/100,000]
And then I have 10 seconds to kill him after [Borrowed Time] is activated. With feast reducing 1000 hp per attack, a 3/10 chance of activating [Reaper Scythe], and 14 arrow shots, it could be dead. Although this strategy relies heavily on luck on whether or not [Reaper Scythe] is activated through [Magus], it's still doable.
However, after more thinking, I chose the first talent. It will help me more in endless mode as they tend to have more small fries than bosses. Not only that, the first talent will definitely be a huge help in the long run.
[Talent Tree:
> Splitshot arrows use passives and other modifiers]
[Dendi
Talent: Magus
ATK: 91-103 dmg + 20
MS: 3.7 m/s
AS: 1.24s - 0.6s
DEF: 35% + 10%
RES: 25%
1040/1040 HP <4.0 hp/s>
670/670 MP <2.6 mp/s>
Skill:
> Split shot <Passive> [25% damage reduction, attacks 5 enemies at the same time]
> Feast <Passive> [Attacks deals 1% of enemy max health and heals you for 4% of enemy max health]
> Reaper Scythe <Active> [3 second stun, 1 magical damage per 1 health point lost by the enemy, 60 second cooldown, 200 MP]
> Borrowed Time <Active> [Changes all the damage you receive into heals, automatically activates on fatal damage or 20% health, lasts 9 seconds. 40 second cooldown. 150 MP]
> Teleport <Active> (100 MP, teleport anywhere on the map, 20 second cooldown, 3 second casting time]
[Talent Tree:
> Splitshot arrows use passives and other modifiers]
Items:
> Moonshard : -0.5s attack speed
> Power Treads : -0.1s attack speed, +0.7m/s MS
> Wraith Band : 10% DEF, 2 HP regen, 10 ATK
> Quelling Blade : 10 ATK
> Trusty Shovel : 1 second channel, find a bounty rune, or a kobold, 1 day cooldown
> Spider Legs: 0.3 m/s extra movement speed . Activate to get a 20% bonus on movement speed for 3 seconds. 20-second cooldown
]
After looking at it for awhile, I can conclude that I'm really strong.
I rested for a couple of minutes before preparing to sell my cores.
I used [Teleport] to get outside of the headquarters, to an empty alley.
After arriving, I walked in there and I was surprised to see my school principal (Michael Ryder), Anya, Kenta, James, and around a dozen other people on the first floor. It's usually not this crowded.
I went close to them and asked Kenta
"Hey dude, what happened here?" I asked.
"Our principal said that he's going back to hunting in dungeons, so people were surprised." He said
"Is he also awakened? Also, why would people be surprised? People didn't react like this when I arrived here " I asked again.
"In an awakened society, the principal is one of the strongest people. He defeated 10 difficult dungeons solo to date, and he's also famous for escaping the [Temple of Destruction] alive. He was also the vice-president of Brooklyn's Awakened Headquarters before he retired."
I see. That's interesting, except for the [Temple of Destruction].
"Seriously? That's cool. " I said before pausing for a while.
"By the way, I just defeated the [Orc Dungeon] so I'll go ahead and sell my cores." I said before leaving.
"Yeah, sure.. what? You defeated that [Orc Dungeon] ? Did you do it solo? " He said, seemingly fascinated.
"Yeah," I said before entering the core measuring room. I also saw a rare expression of slight jealousy and admiration on Kenta's face. I continued and weighted the cores.
[29,000 g]
I received the check and redeemed it at the receptionist. She didn't seem all that surprised this time. She then proceeded to give me $27,550. Oh yeah baby, now I need at least $300,000 more before I can get a decent house for mom.
Before I was leaving, Kenta and an unknown girl around my age came up to me.
"Hey, that's a lot of money," Kenta said, before he continued
"By the way, this is Emily. We've hunted several dungeons together in the past few months. Emily, this is Dendi. "
I looked at Emily, who was putting on an annoyed face. What did I do?
"Hey, how did you get this strong?" She asked slightly rudely.
"I workout a lot." I replied.
"No, I mean, how did you solo a high-level dungeon alone? That's impossible for a newbie. " She said this in a slightly higher voice.
I think she heard about it from Kenta.
"Because I'm a strong newbie?" I replied.
"Did you take someone else's loot?" She said this in an interrogative tone.
"No, I didn't. I told you I'm strong. " I replied back.
She made up a weird face and rolled her eyes.
"I'm coming with Kenta on your next dungeon hunt."
Weekly Power Status
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