[Nano Growth Infuser Prototype Mk 1 – LVL 20 (Blue+)]
Apply to a weapon at or below LVL 20. Adds the passive skill [Nano Growth] at the expense of consuming some of the weapon attributes.
Nano Growth – Consumes the weapon's attributes and allow it to evolve. The weapon will lose 5 levels but when evolved to the max level of the Infuser (LVL 20), its final attributes are much higher than the base value.
As this is the prototype, the weapon will only experience a slight increase in attribute growth when it reaches level 20.
The orb in Shiro's hands is one of the most beneficial items she could create with her Nanomancer class. It took the growth like properties of her Nanobots and it would infuse it to a weapon.
As for the reason it would evolve the weapon, it was due to the unique reaction the Nanobots had to mana.
When a person's level grew, the mana would also grow along with them.
The Nanobots recognised this growth and it would increase the levels of the items the host could make. However, the level will never exceed what the host's level was.
The [Nano Growth Infuser] was something Shiro had designed in her past life. At the max capacity she had managed to reach, it increased a weapons attribute by more than 80%. However, she wasn't able to see if it could go any further due to her death.
Her initial goal was to make a level 30 version of the Infuser. However, it seems like she'll be using it on the E ranked [Dual Ended Poison Blade] instead.
[Skill Activated: Nano Tech Engineering Tier 1]
Although it says the skill was activated, Shiro could barely make use of it with her minuscule amount of MP.
Nano Tech Engineering, in its essence, was the Nanomancer's core skill. It was the skill she would use if she wanted to create anything on the run.
Examples being armour, vehicles and even bunkers. The largest creation she had ever made in her lifetime was the flying fortress – Seraphim.
The flying fortress was one of the key factors in ending a battle that had raged across the continent.
Spanning over several tens of miles in diameter, she had an army help her make use of all the functions Seraphim came with.
Cannons, Rail Guns, Drones, Acceleration, Barriers etc.
Raining destruction onto the land below, her flying fortress turned the tides of war into a one sided slaughter.
Musing at the memory, Shiro shook her head as she stored the D rank weapon away.
She then focused her gaze on the E ranked [Dual Ended Poison Blade].
Her hands hovered over the handle as she dropped the Infuser.
Before the Infuser touched the handle, it started to shift as compartments opened up and latched itself onto the handle.
Shiro could see metal tendrils slowly eat away at the materials as it spread outwards onto the blade.
From the centre of the Infuser, a fan could be heard spinning as Shiro recognised the sound to be the Infuser mixing its mana with the weapon.
A neon blue like pulse travelled along the tendrils as it slowly covered the entire weapon.
It took a while to complete the fusion, but the Infuser had succeeded in converting the weapon into a growth type weapon.
The organic handle was now decorated with mechanical detail lined with neon blue. Both blades also underwent this change as there was a constant neon blue pulse that travelled from the handle to the edge of the blade.
[Nano Tech Infused Dual Poison Blades (Blue+) LVL 10/20]
Creator: Helion
Upgrader: Shiro
+10/30 Sharpness
+10/25 AGI
+10/20 DEX
+10/20 Poison
+10/30 Durability
+10/25 STR
Passive Skill: Nano Growth
Requirements to Evolve into LVL 15:
5x E rank Mana Stone
2x LVL 15 Sword type weapons
Seeing the upgrade, Shiro smiled in satisfaction. However, there was just a slight problem with this.
It exposes the fact that she is a Nanomancer.
'Now time to see if this works.' Shiro thought as she attempted to use disguise on the weapon.
[Skill failed]
Shiro sighed seeing this.
'No wait… Actually, this might work…' Shiro thought as she waited for her MP to regen.
When she recycles her equipment using the Nanomancer class, she's able to reprint the skills that came with the equipment to a new one at a later date. Naturally, she would keep the original skill stored in her data bank.
Same goes for her inherit skills.
When her MP regenerated to full, Shiro closed her eyes as she envisioned the skill compartments. It was more like an addon than anything.
Printing the skill [Disguise] onto a small nano chip, Shiro inserted it into the Infuser.
She smiled seeing the Infuser take the skill without any backlash.
Inserting mana into the weapon, she tried to use [Disguise] once more.
Her smile widened as she saw it succeed.
This was because the Disguise skill only disguised the information of the possessor of this skill. So her theory was if she imprinted the skill onto the weapon, it would be able to disguise itself as the weapon now became the possessor of the skill.
Editing the information a little, she was left with this.
[Dual Ended Poison Blades (Blue) LVL 10/20]
Creator: Helion
+10/30 Sharpness
+10/25 AGI
+10/20 DEX
+10/20 Poison
+10/30 Durability
+10/25 STR
Requirements to Evolve into LVL 15:
5x E rank Mana Stone
2x LVL 15 Sword type weapons
The Disguise skill will be active continuously until the weapon ran out of durability.
With this, she's managed to hide any signs of her involvement along with the fact that it was Nano tech. Of course, she couldn't go without a failsafe.
Gathering mana, Shiro created a mana recogniser addon as she placed it into the Infuser.
The Mana Recogniser addon was a simple device that acted like a lock. Should someone with a foreign mana try to access the Nano bot infused weapons, the Nano bots would undergo a self-destruct phase that wipes out all traces.
She decided to save the D ranked equipment for now since Lyrica was still far from level 30.
Checking the time, Shiro saw that it was 10:48pm.
Storing the Poison Blades, Shiro walked over to Lyrica's room and knocked on the door.
"Ah Shiro! You're back, come in." Lyrica said as she gestured for Shiro to enter her room.
Shiro nodded as she took out her notepad.
[I've got your weapon ready.] Shiro smiled.
"That fast?!"
[Yeah. This guy called Helion made it on the spot.]
Taking out the sword, Shiro watched with a smile as she waited for Lyrica's expression.
"…" Her jaw was open as she looked back and forth from the weapon and back at Shiro.
*Pa!
She gave herself a slap to make sure she wasn't dreaming.
"Shiro! This is a growth type weapon! How did he even make it?!" Lyrica shouted in surprise.
[I don't know. But this weapon is yours now.] Shiro smiled.
"EH?! How much do I owe you?" Lyrica asked.
[Nothing. Think of it like this. If you use this weapon to rack up your contributions in the Dungeon, I won't have to restrain myself as much.] Shiro wrote down.
[I also found out that there is a faction recruitment in a month's time. It would prove helpful if you train yourself up for that event.]
"Now that you mention it, you're right." Lyrica paused. The faction recruitment was just around the corner. If she could get her level up as quickly as possible, she'll be able to join one.
"What about you then? Except for that hammer, I don't see you use any other weapons." Lyrica asked.
[I'm an Ice mage. My magic is my weapon.] Shiro wrote down with a roll of her eyes.
[And also, did you forget the fact that I can make weapons with my Ice?]
"…" Lyrica avoided eye contact as she just realised how stupid of a question she had just asked.
"So which faction are you hoping to join?" Lyrica asked changing the topic.
[I don't plan on joining any faction.] Shiro shook her head.
"Why? Doesn't factions bring you much more benefits?" Lyrica asked as she was confused about Shiro's decision.
[I don't like being tied down to a faction. Any benefit they can provide, I can get with a bit of hard work. It's not like they force you to be in a faction to begin with.] Shiro shrugged.
The benefits a faction provided included equipment, access to higher level Dungeons and access to a raiding party.
The main benefit would be the raiding party. The reason as to why it was called a raiding party was due to the fact that the members involved would be more than 50.
This party of 50 adventurers would challenge the large scale Dungeons with huge bosses that can't be taken down by an average party of 5 to 10.
In each of the floors of these large scale Dungeons, they would have a floor guardian rather than an obelisk guardian. The floor guardians were much more powerful than obelisk guardians as they were guaranteed to have a [General Class] title or higher.
There were also raiding parties in the adventurer's guild, but the mortality rate was much larger as most of them would be strangers to each other and not coordinate well.
These large scale Dungeons were dangerous but the rewards were just as enticing. For normal Dungeons, the party leader would be the one to collect and distribute the equipment.
But for the large scale Dungeons, the rewards are distributed in terms of contribution. Everyone is guaranteed a drop as the party leader has no control over this. The system calculates and distributes.
"Since Shiro's not joining a Faction I won't either." Lyrica said.
[Don't be stupid. I chose not to because I am confident that I can join a public raid and not die.] Shiro wrote down.
"But-"
Lyrica was about to reply but stopped seeing Shiro's glare.
[Unless I see you clear a level 20 Dungeon by yourself, I won't let you be so reckless.] Shiro wrote down as Lyrica nodded slowly.
[With a faction raid, there will be plenty of healers to help you. With public ones, healers aren't a guarantee. And even if they are, they may focus on healing one person instead.]
Lyrica nodded at the harsh truth.
[Chin up though, we'll be challenging a Dungeon tomorrow.] Shiro gave Lyrica's shoulder a pat before walking out of the room.
Lyrica sat in the same spot as she clenched her fists. She was frustrated that she couldn't prove Shiro wrong either.
'I need to prove that I can solo a Dungeon even without her help!' Lyrica thought feeling spurred on to prove Shiro that she has the potential to survive an E ranked raid if they did go to one.
Shiro, who was observing her through the crack of the door, smiled seeing her plan work. It was a make it or break it situation that would be extremely helpful for Lyrica's mentality.
If she rises to the challenge, then that means her low self esteem is almost fixed. When it does, what remains will be a reliable teammate.
As they say, a foolish teammate is worse than a strong enemy.
'Now I just need to make sure I cultivate her confidence but not turn it into arrogance. I also need her to have a sense of situational awareness. Charging into a fight with an opponent much stronger than you is idiotic. And trying to rely on some miracle to happen and save you is ridiculous.' Shiro thought as she smiled and walked away.
Returning to her room, Shiro changed out of her school uniform and into the dress she first woke up in. She didn't know what the dress was made from but she did know that it was indestructible. It didn't provide any benefits though.
She left the school grounds as she opened her tablet to search for the lowest D ranked Dungeon. She wanted to have some time to level up by herself.
[Frag Ant's Burrow LVL 21 – Floors: 3]
Boss Level: LVL 25
The location was just on the outskirts of the city as it would take roughly 30mins even with her AGI.
Shiro didn't mind though as she dashed towards the location. She froze the ground under her feet as she started to skate towards the location at a much faster pace.
Taking routes through the alleyways and rooftops, Shiro avoided most pedestrian's attention.
She didn't leave any traces of Ice behind her either as that would be troublesome if incidents happened because of this.
In just 20 minutes, Shiro arrived at the Dungeon location.
Hardly anyone was here as Shiro entered the Dungeon before they realised she entered alone.
The Dungeon was similar to the Serpent's Dungeon. It was housed in an underground area with barely any lighting.
Giving her body a stretch, Shiro created a dagger as she could already see a few Frag Ant's climbing out of their burrows.
After reaching LVL 21, her daggers took a 1500MP to make a level 21 version. But the benefits it came with were well worth it.
[Nano Crafted Ice Dagger LVL 21 (Blue)]
+20 Piercing
+25 Sharpness
+25 Ice Element
+15 Critical Rate
+15 Critical Damage
Durability – Until stored MP runs out
MP – 1500/1500]
Shiro grinned as snow started to fall. The ground proceeded to freeze from beneath her feet as she dashed the moment the Frag Ant's head popped out of the ground.
With a single efficient cut, the Ant's head was sent flying through the air.
Shiro's grin widened seeing more Frag Ants appear.
"This missy needs to level up quickly. Won't you be a dear and help out?"
[Name: Shiro
Race: Snow Girl (Evolution Criteria yet to be met)
Level: 23
Class: Snow Girl★, Nanomancer
HP: 4800/4800
MP: 2500/9300
STR: 35 -> 45 (+30)
VIT: 40 (+50)
INT: 110 (+90)
AGI: 80 -> 90 (+25)
DEX: 35 -> 50 (+20)
DEF: 10 (+45)
Unassigned Points: 0
Balance: 124,500 USD
Equipment (Tap to Display)
Skills –
Snow Girl ★:
Tier 2 Ice magic, Passive Regeneration, Blessed by Ice, Snow Magic, Faded Snow Movement, Cold Aura.
Nanomancer:
Dagger Creation, Nano Tech Engineering Tier 1.
Other:
Mini-map, Inspection, Disguise, Harden (Equipment), Lesser Fear (Equipment).]
In the 2 hours of constant killing, Shiro had managed to level up herself twice. The points she gained amounted to 40 while the passive point gain made her INT skyrocket.
As for equipment, most of them were green and only one was blue. The skill that came with it was Harden.
[Harden]
Harden's your skin for increased defence.
+35 DEF and -20% damage taken -20% AGI.
Duration: 30 seconds.
Cooldown: 2 minutes.
She had replaced the old equipment that came with skills like Fire Spirits blessing as it would become ineffective once a person out levelled the equipment.
Throwing the D rank mana stone into her mouth, Shiro could already feel the difference between ranks.
She chewed with a blissful smile as she walked towards the obelisk. By the time she reached it, both her MP and HP had fully regenerated.
Hiding behind a rock, Shiro observed the boss.
The obelisk boss was a giant ant which measured roughly 3 meters in length and 1.5 meters in height. Blood red chitin which protected its body, four mandibles that opened in different directions and the metasoma/abdomen of the ant which pulsed with an ominous orange energy.
[Bombard Frag Ant LVL 23 – Elite]
HP: 38,000/38,000
MP: 45,000/45,000
"Che, why can't my stats be as insane as you guys in the Dungeon ah?" Shiro said feeling slightly unfair that her stats were much lower than the Elite Bombard Frag Ant.
Observing the ant, Shiro could guess the basic weapon it possessed. The main weapon being the mandibles and the abdomen location on his rear. The abdomen would lay traps around the area when they fight.
These traps would act like landmines which exploded on impact.
Remembering what she read about the Bombard Frag Ant, Shiro understands that setting all of these mines off at the start would be the safest option. Especially since the explosions don't affect the Ant itself.
'Exploding the mines would take too much on my MP since I'll have to cover quite an area.' Shiro thought as she made a dagger in her hands.
Twirling the dagger between her fingers, Shiro grinned.
'Therefore, the best option was to explode the newest mine it plants down and aggro it to my territory.' Shiro thought as she threw the dagger towards the ceiling.
A pale blue light spread across the roof as Shiro smiled seeing her traps in place.
Flicker her wrist, she called the dagger back.
[MP: 120/2000]
Injecting more mana into the dagger, Shiro made a second dagger as she was ready to fight.
'Now!' Shiro thought seeing the Ant laid another mine.
Throwing the dagger towards the mine, Shiro had already started to dash backwards in case of a chain reaction from the mines.
*BOOM!!!
The mine caused 2 other mines to blow up as smoke obscured her vision.
She could hear the legs of the Ant skitter across the ground as she recalled her dagger.
*KRRRRRR!!!!!
Bursting through the smoke, the Ant charged towards Shiro with its four mandibles opened wide ready to crush her.
Twisting her body, Shiro threw both daggers at the opening before flipping backwards.
As expected, the Ant closed its mouth causing the daggers to bounce off.
Shiro grinned as she clutched her hand causing the daggers to explode into two pillars of Ice. The pillars of Ice was formed in front of the Ant which blocked its path.
The Ant stumbled at the sudden obstacle.
Seeing the Ant stop in its tracks, Shiro activated the traps she set earlier.
*KSH KSH KSH KSH KSH KSH!!!
Several Ice spikes shot down from the ceiling as it formed a cage around the Ant. Some of the spikes struck the Ant's body as it constructed a scaffold with the other spikes to reinforce the structural integrity.
*KRRRRR!!!!
The Ant cried out in anger when it felt the Ice locking down its movements.
"Sleep my child." Shiro grinned as the temperature dropped around her. Using her Snow Magic, the tunnels became a winter wonderland of ice and snow.
The Ant raged as it wanted to try keep itself active but despaired feeling its own movements become sluggish.
Due to the fact that its primary physiology resembles that of an ant, when the temperature decreases, the Bombard Frag Ant would enter a hibernation phase.
Giving Shiro one last glare, the ant collapsed under its own weight and entered deep hibernation.
"Heheh~ One shouldn't always fight a hard battle. Fighting smart is just as important." Shiro smiled and walked over to the ant.
[HP: 31,250/38,000]
Its HP was decreasing every second as Shiro made sure it was encased in ice.
Placing her palm on the Ice, Shiro started to control the ice so it slowly cut away at the ant's head.
The more she cut into the skull, the faster the HP of the ant dropped until the brain was in sight.
Without a single shred of mercy, Shiro controlled the ice to destroy the brain, killing the Bombard Frag Ant with it not even being able to retaliate.
Dismissing the ice, Shiro reached towards the heart of the Ant and pulled out the D rank mana stone. Storing the stone away, she collected her loot.
To her disappointment, everything the Ant dropped were miscellaneous items and equipment that were worse than what she had on.
"Can't you at least give me something I can use?" Shiro muttered kicking at the spot where the Ant had died.
Recycling everything, she proceeded towards the obelisk.
However, something grabbed her attention as her hand paused just before touching the obelisk.
Walking behind the obelisk, Shiro crouched down and found a hole of sorts. The hole could probably fit a young adult of a modest build as Shiro's interest was peaked.
Stepping back slightly, Shiro sat down and brought up her tablet.
Searching the information she downloaded for the Frag Ant's burrow, she saw that a few people discovered this path but never reached the end.
Contemplating on whether or not she should enter, Shiro eventually decided to enter since the max level of this Dungeon was 25.
The Dungeon's adhere to a strict rule and unless the Dungeon's mutate, no monster's of higher level will be spawned.
Climbing into the hole without much difficulty, Shiro continued to traverse the hidden path.
As she went along, the path seemed to have started to shrink as an adult would have difficulties entering.
Shiro didn't have any problems entering since her physiology was that of a young teen. The further she went, the narrower the paths became. Eventually, she had to crawl to proceed through the tunnel.
'Maybe I should turn back…' Shiro thought as this may just be a meaningless hole.
However, her instinct told her that there was definitely something to be gained at the end of this.
Some Dungeons had a feature where there would be hidden paths. Hidden paths were hard to traverse but gave bountiful rewards.
Shiro knew this path would be hard for any adult to enter and would be impossible for any young teen to enter either. This was due to the fact that the adult was too big and the teen would probably die before entering the tunnel.
A single Frag Ant would have the prowess to kill the teen even if he/she sought refuge in the tunnels.
Since her physical body had no correlation to her age, she had managed to fit both the criteria of strength and a small build.
Continuing her crawl through the hole, Shiro only felt her frown deepen as she had been crawling for a little too long now.
'Work smart work hard. Since you want to test my patience, I'll show you what I can do.' Shiro thought as her fingers pressed down on the walls of the hole.
"Fuuuu….." She let out a breath of cold mist as the hole started to freeze.
Using the skill, Faded Snow Movement, Shiro increased her speed to the maximum and started to slide through the hole.
Her speed started to pick up as she continuously built up her momentum using the ice to give her a push.
After what seemed to be an hour of high speed sliding, Shiro felt the surroundings shift slightly as it was getting brighter.
Making two daggers, Shiro plunged them into the side of the walls to slow her down.
*CRRRR!!!!!!!
The sound of metal dragging across the rocks assaulted Shiro's ears causing her to flinch slightly.
However, she had achieved her desired effect since she slowed down to a complete stop.
Panting slightly from the amount of strength she exerted, Shiro made her way to the opening of the hole.
Climbing out, her eyes widened to see where she was at.
It was something akin to the inside of a cathedral except that it had no seats. An interior designed with a combination of quartz and gold.
Pillars etched with the carvings of holy animals and angles supported the ceilings.
On the ceilings, a heavenly scenery was painted with fine details in every corner.
On the floor, a symmetrical pattern was tiled as it swirled towards a single chest that laid in the middle of the room.
'Why would something like this exist? Hardly anyone would be able to see this.' Shiro thought with a frown.
"[Location]"
[Tomb of the Holy Dragon Emperor]
"Tomb of the Holy Dragon Emperor?" She muttered as she looked around and observed the room.
Her eye twinkled as she understood the situation.
Walking over to the pillars, Shiro placed her hand onto one of the carvings.
The material was cool to the touch even for someone like Shiro who is a Snow Girl.
Crouching down, Shiro tapped the symmetrical tiles with her knuckles.
"Hmmm…." Shiro narrowed her eyes as she looked around.
This was definitely not a Tomb of a Holy Dragon Emperor. A Tomb of a Holy Dragon Emperor wouldn't include any cold materials. Especially not one that was so cold to the touch even for her.
A real tomb of the Holy Dragon Emperor would be lukewarm to red hot due to the materials used to craft its tomb. Even without hot materials, it would refuse to be cold materials as a substitute. The Holy Dragon would rather go without a tomb.
'Since this isn't the real Holy Dragon Emperor's Tomb, what is it.' Shiro thought to herself.
The only thing left around was the chest which was situated in the middle of the room.
Narrowing her eyes, Shiro crouched down and placed both palms to the ground.
'Freeze!'
Ice spread out from her hands as it shot towards the chest.
Sensing danger, the chest opened up with arms extending out from the inside. Pushing against the pedestal, the chest dodged the ice.
[Den of the Trickster]
'I knew it.' Shiro thought, seeing the updated location. The previous cathedral disappeared as the surroundings were illuminated but a blue glow. Crystals hung from the cave ceiling as the tip of the crystal was the source of the blue glow.
Scattered around the ground were several dried up husks of ants and human skeletons. The weirdest thing was why human skeletons remained here even after the Dungeon wipe.
'The adventurer's probably died to the trickster.' Shiro thought as this would most likely be why no one had recorded this on the net.
[The Trickster LVL 25 – (Elite)]
The Trickster was the next step up from a Mimic, but it still looked like a normal adorned chest.
However, when opened, two sickly thin arms would crawl out from inside. The inside of the chest resembled the mouth of a worm. With row upon rows of teeth, saliva could be seen dripping constantly. Four disgusting tongues could be seen as the tongues themselves seem like they were constructed with a multitude of tongues due to the grooves.
Thankfully she realised sooner that this was a trap. Or else, the moment the Trickster grabbed hold of her, she wouldn't be able to escape its grasp. Naturally, she could then just freeze it.
However, higher level Tricksters were known to cancel out your skills when in close proximity of their mouth so Shiro would rather not risk that unless she was backed into a corner.
Flicking her fingers upwards, several Ice pillars shot up from around the Trickster as scaffolds started to construct themselves.
The Trickster trembled slightly before it erupted into a mass of flesh.
With the chest as the source, a giant mutilated worm-like being could be seen extending out of it. 6 unnaturally long arms with 5 joints thrashed around as it destroyed the Ice. It's body had no skin as it was just muscle and teeth. It measured to around 4.5 meters in length and had a diameter of 2 meters.
'This one already knows the skill flesh puppet?' Shiro thought with a frown.
Flesh Puppet was a rare skill that a very select few of the Tricksters were known to have. At the cost of its HP, a fleshy puppet was summoned to help it battle. The longer the flesh puppet was activated, the more HP was drained.
"You're only just a huge target." Shiro said as her pupils glowed a menacing blue.
A blizzard started to form as Ice spread out with her being the centre. The snow fall increased as it eventually encompassed the entire room.
With the snow blocking the sight, the overall temperature hid Shiro from the Trickster's senses.
*IRRRREEEEE!!
The flesh puppet screamed out as one of its arms was pierced by a dagger.
Turning the head towards the dagger, the teeth on his body twitched as it sensed danger.
*BOOM!
The dagger exploded into a mass of ice causing the Trickster to stumble from the force and use its arms to stabilise itself.
Two floating blue lights tracked it down as another dagger hit the face and exploded.
*KSHHHH!!!
The Trickster was enraged as the flesh puppet shrank its body down before expanding out with teeth extending for several meters.
Shiro frowned seeing this as two of the teeth that extended outwards had almost hit her. If not for Faded Snow Movement that turned a portion of her body to snow and mist, it would have pierced her left shoulder and right thigh.
Moving towards the Trickster, Shiro narrowed her eyes as she dodged the teeth strikes.
Mana started to gather at her palms as the sheer amount of mana she was gathering became visible to the eye.
'Focus and explode.' Shiro thought as she was within touching distance of the flesh puppet.
*BOOOMMM!!!!!
A giant explosion of ice fanned out as it cut the flesh puppet in two before freezing the bisected part of the puppet.
The chest shivered seeing the puppet die as Shiro didn't give it the chance to escape.
Her two eyes glowed menacingly above the chest while she summoned a Ice spear and pierced the chest.
Twisting the spear, the tip enlarged like a blowfish as a multitude of ice spikes penetrated and destroyed the Trickster.
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