Chapter 174 - Expected Results (3)

Anyway, I didn't stop moving to the hunting ground just because I wanted to open my status window and admire it. There was something I had to check before returning to the hunting ground.

It was none other than the God of Enhancement trait.

God of Enhancement went on a 20-day cooldown when I enhanced the Ice Emperor's guardian sword from +2 to +3 enhancement.

So, the cooldown should have finished by now.

But what worried me was that since my ID changed from Lumen, Asirante to Asirante, Lumen, my three traits including the God of Enhancement disappeared from the status window.

The cooldown might have finished anyway, but it was necessary to check it with my own eyes. If the cooldown really finished, I should enhance the Ice Emperor's guardian sword to + 4 from +3 instead of focusing on hunting now.

So, feeling a little tense, I opened up 'God of Enhancement', which was located in the trait section of the status window.

Then a message rang.

[Currently, God of Enhancement is not on cooldown.]

"Wow!"

Although the God of Enhancement trait disappeared from my status window when my 2 IDs changed order, the cooldown did not change so I shouted for joy before I knew it.

Then I moved to the blacksmith instead of the Sabre Steel Tooth Tiger Habitat.

What about my remaining 1820 stat points?

Well, I could invest them after upgrading the Ice Emperor's guardian sword to +4 enhancement first.

At Kotum Castle's smithy.

As soon as I entered, a message rang.

[Please select the item you wish to enhance.]

I immediately placed the +3 enhanced Ice Emperor's guardian sword in the enhancement window that appeared before my eyes.

Then, I opened my mouth quietly.

'Activate God of Enhancement.'

[You have activated the God of Enhancement.

-Your enhancement will always succeed.

-Enhancement target: +3 Ice Emperor's guardian sword.

-Additional conditions upon enhancement: 5,750,000 golden rings, 87.3 million EXP.

-Cooldown generated upon successful enhancement: 34 days]

The number of required golden rings and EXP more than doubled compared to the previous enhancement. Besides, the cooldown period was as long as 34 days.

However, I didn't think that it was too long given that I was going to enhance the sword to +4 from +3, and it was also a myth grade item.

So, I chose to enhance the Ice Emperor's guardian sword right away.

At that moment, a visual effect of a huge hammer hitting the +3 Ice Emperor's guardian sword played, then a message rang immediately.

[You have succeeded in enhancing the +3 Ice Emperor's guardian sword.

-The +3 Ice Emperor's guardian sword has been upgraded to +4 enhancement.]

It was an unbelievable myth grade item.

So, I naturally felt glad that the enhancement succeeded even though I knew in advance that it would do so.

But to my surprise, there was no additional message this time

"No?"

Unlike +1 and +2 enhancement, there was a congratulatory message that showed the hidden options of the Ice Emperor's guardian sword when it reached +3 enhancement.

In fact, the option of a whopping 500 intellect, which was not originally present on the item itself, appeared during +3 enhancement.

Along with that, the item's magic power buff increased significantly, and the power and cooldown buff to all ice-type skills also increased even though they did not in the previous enhancements.

In other words, +3 enhancement was clearly different from +1 and +2 enhancements.

So, this time I had some expectations of receiving the same message I received during +3 enhancement, but unfortunately, it didn't appear. The +4 enhancement did not provide a qualitative benefit like the previous +3 enhancement.

Nonetheless, I immediately shook off my disappointment because the Ice Emperor's guardian sword would not end with +4 enhancement anyway.

Anyway, I put the +4 enhancement Ice Emperor's guardian sword back in my inventory,, then left the smithy.

Did I immediately move to the Sabre Steel Tooth Tiger Habitat as I first intended?

No, I didn't.

Since I didn't yet move to the Sabre Steel Tooth Tiger Habitat, I decided to use three remaining skill points because I was still in Kotum Castle. I didn't want to save for later use.

So, this time, I headed to the central square.

While I was moving there, I invested all my 1820 remaining stat points into intellect.

I felt really proud of the fact that my intellect finally exceeded 20,000 with this investment.

Of course, I remember that I reached 40,000 intellect right before, but it was valid only for 30 days, and since this was my real status window, I had no choice but to feel differently.

Anyway, I reached the tower located in the central square, and a message rang at that moment.

[There are currently ice-type skills that you can obtain.]

[There are currently upgradeable ice-type skills.]

"Check the list of skills."

Soon, the skills that I currently possessed were listed, ranging from Ice Ball to the limited skill 'Savant' I obtained in Region 0 to passive skills like 'Ice-type skill damage increase' that I obtained most recently.

Until now, I've always upgraded the skills that I could. Although the skill's cooldown increased as the skill level went up, it was still within the acceptable range.

But this time, I had to worry a little because the next skill level upgrades did not require golden rings only.

My skill points were also required for certain skills such as Pouring Hail.

[Level 4 Pouring Hail. (Level 2, 4, 6, 8)]

I obtained this skill first at level 2 and it was very useful to me.

And when it was possible for me to upgrade it to level 4, I tried upgrading immediately because of its great efficiency. So, I wanted to upgrade it to level 6 this time, too.

After that, I would definitely upgrade it to level 8.

At that moment, a message rang.

[To upgrade level 4 Pouring Hail to level 6, you need the following.

-1 skill point.

-2,250,000 golden rings.]

"Um…"

I was a little worried, but in the end, I decided to upgrade it because it's a skill worth upgrading to level 6 for only one skill point, and I would later upgrade it to level 8.

So, I decided to upgrade it above all else.

[You have chosen to upgrade two skills below.

-Level 4 Pouring Hail to level 6.

-Level 4 Ice Spear to level 6.]

Unlike Pouring Hail, Level 4 Ice Spear required only golden rings to be upgraded to level 6.

So, I chose to upgrade it with a light heart.

Of course, there were more skills that could be upgraded to level 6 such as Ice Blast and Blink.

[Level 4 Ice Blast. (Level 2, 4, 6)]

[Level 4 Blink. (Level 4, 6)]

The two skills needed one skill point to upgrade to level 6, which was the final upgradable stage of Pouring Hail.

However, these days I didn't have to use Ice Blast because Ice Prison, which I normally used as a sacrifice for Ice Blast, was sufficient for my purposes already. That's why I did not feel a great need to upgrade Ice Blast to level 6.

Besides, Blink also changed to zero cooldown, so I had no need to upgrade it to level 6 when all I would gain is a little increase in the distance I would teleport with each use.

In the end, I upgraded Pouring Hail to level 6 using one skill point, then upgraded Ice Spear to level 6 using golden rings.

Now, I've got two skill points left. Since I had a skill in mind, I immediately searched for it and chose it.

[Ice Wave. (Active, requires 2 skill points, requires golden rings 1,100,000)

: Emits powerful ice waves in a narrow range.

: Level 6 and level 8 Ice Wave exists.]

Its description was rather vague to classify it as an AOE skill or a single-target skill. But its damage was extraordinary.

The reason why I chose this skill was because the c.u.mulative wave damage was far greater than that of a normal single target skill.