Chapter 17：Mysterious Sword Skill

Sean, who had successfully transferred to a new profession, opened his attributes tab straight away. He could not wait any longer to see what had changed. Sure enough, he saw that the profession [Mercenary], originally displayed in the combat profession section on the tab, had been replaced by [Warrior]. The class level had changed back to one. The only thing that had remained the same was the 30 proficiency points, which were still displayed on the tab. The changes were the same as what had changed in the game.

However, Sean soon noticed something different from the game.

[Warrior (rank-two profession): This is not an admirable or noble profession. Even though you rush forward faster than anyone in every battle, it is considered stupid in the eyes of many people, not brave. Of course, you have to believe that there are still many people in the world who will appreciate your courage. For example, the big guys who gather at the House of Brothers. Maybe when you decide not to be a warrior anymore, you can still become a bodybuilder with the muscles on your body. Of course, that is if you still have places on your body that are unharmed.]

[New profession reward——Combat Endurance: Your bravery makes you rush towards the forefront of every battle. However, that doesn't mean all enemies can be taken down on the spot. Sometimes, you even have to constantly repeat the process of investigating and pestering. After repeating this process many times, you will know how to retain your strength to cope with more of these battles (the speed of your physical decline during combat is reduced by 30%). Combat experience: Every time after the battle ends, you will reflect on the mistakes of your last battle. Because of this serious attitude, where you constantly study hard and learn, your combat awareness will become sharper and sharper (strength +4, strength limit +5, endurance +3, endurance limit +5, agility +2, agility limit +4, wisdom limit +2, will +1, will limit +4)].

[New profession side-effect——Magic Disruption: You only focus on the training and development of your strength. You believe that men should use their fists to speak. However, in reality the damage that can be done from a spellcaster is a lot greater than you had originally thought (magic damage increased)].

Sean still remembered that in the game "Miracle," the professional side-effect for a warrior was supposed to be a 20 points reduction in defense magic but now, it had become a magic damage increase. However, after thinking about it carefully, Sean understood in the end that he was in the real world after all. In this world, there was no systematic calculation formula. Therefore, the data that required a formula to calculate was gone.

However, Sean was not interested in testing it out. He did not want to see the extent of damage that this rise in the so-called magic damage could cause.

Instead, he turned his eyes towards the column with his personal attributes displayed on the panel.

Strength: 12+3 (14); Endurance: 12+1 (15); Agility: 11 (14); Wisdom: 10 (13); Will: 10 (14)

Sean gently breathed out. The conditions displayed there were not too different from the statistics that were in the original game.

Although the 'combat experience' in the new profession reward had another attribute added onto it, in reality, this attribute value was the total amount of attribute points added on, after the highest possible level of this attribute had been reached. In the game, the highest possible level that a player could reach for each profession was 10. Therefore, the attribute value of 'strength limit +5' would only be added after the [Warrior] profession had reached level 10. For example, like now, when the profession was only at level one, the attribute would be increased by 0.5 only. However, because the value after the decimal point was never displayed in the game, therefore what was shown on the attributes was "14" instead of "14.5." However, that had not changed the amount of strength that should be added.

Sean relaxed his hands, which had been clenched very tightly. Sean had now become a little bit more hopeful about this trip. What he needed to do next was to use his skills carefully and wisely. Because of his new skills, passing straight through the Land of Black Earth would no longer be much of a problem for them.

But when Sean opened the skills tab, so that he could allocate his proficiency points to the new skills to learn them, his entire body suddenly froze.

Nearly 10 more skills with light gray colored bars had appeared on Sean's skills panel, which had been close to being empty earlier. That meant that these skills could be activated as soon as proficiency points were assigned to them. But Sean's gaze didn't go towards these skills and instead, he was staring intently at the very last skill on the panel. The expression on his face was a mix of disbelief and excitement.

It was a passive skill.

[Mysterious sword skill: Strength +2 and agility + 2 when using any sword weapons. Sword skills/special/sword, level 1/10, proficiency 0/3.]

There were many different passive skills in the game "Miracle." They could be obtained either through professional rewards or through other different methods. The most popular passive skills were undoubtedly the weapon's passive skills. Like the sword skills, the attributes of those types of passive skills could be raised after any sword type weapons were equipped. Ordinary sword skills would have relatively strict conditions for the type of sword weapons required. They could include needing to have thin swords, heavy swords, and long swords.

Of course, there were exceptions to everything.

The Mysterious Sword Skill was a passive skill that was suitable for any type of sword. Back when he was still inside the game, Sean had worked extremely hard to get it. He had even wasted half a year to complete a series of extremely tedious tasks just to obtain the skill. This was not just because that passive skill had a very powerful effect. The most important thing was that the skill was a requirement that Sean needed to reach for him to be able to learn a few very powerful sword skills. It was even related to a special advanced profession.

The thing that confused Sean was that he had remembered that the skill could only be learned and mastered at rank four. So why was he able to activate it now?

But the idea only flashed in Sean's mind for a moment. After a second to think, he completely ignored it and chose to directly activate the skill.

[Activating this skill requires the consumption of 10 proficiency points. Are you sure you would like to activate it?]

Sean was stunned for a moment.

10 proficiency points?

What was going on here?

Activating a rank-one special skill only required two proficiency points while activating a rank-four special skill required only five proficiency points. However, this skill needed to consume 10 proficiency points. This amount was equivalent to the amount required to activate a rank-nine special skill!

However, Sean was only in a daze for a moment. That was what was meant by the saying "to achieve a certain purpose, a certain price must be paid." If he considered things from a player's point of view, the more proficiency points a skill needed to consume, the stronger the skill would be. Therefore, Sean chose yes without any hesitation or confusion. Afterward, he felt as if some memory of his had just awakened in his mind. A strange energy suddenly flowed to both his arms and legs.

By just holding the sword, Sean could already feel that there seemed to be a strange connection that had been formed between him and this sword in his hand. The aura around his body had completely changed.

The guard who was just talking to Sean looked at Sean with his eyes and mouth wide open. The expression on his face suddenly changed from amazement to surprise as he said in a trembling voice, "This aura…You…You, you actually changed your profession? How is this possible?!"

Sean smiled shyly. "I am not sure myself. It was just that after hearing the stories about the past from you, I was yearning for it. Then I suddenly noticed that I was a soldier."

All the class changes in a profession had a standard degree of judgment. Pretty much everyone on the Miracle Continent could only be considered successful in changing their professions after being judged by various guilds and advisors. Only players, not NPCs, were able to receive the relevant requirements for starting a new profession from others. Once a new higher leveled profession has been successfully learned, then the aura emitted from the body would also change as a result. That was why the guard in front of Sean was able to notice that Sean had successfully changed his profession.

It was just that the guard could not understand at all why Sean was able to change his profession so easily. Was it really because he was a so-called genius?

Sean naturally would not explain this point to the guard. After all, it would be no use even if he were to explain it. The guard was in shock and awe, so he did not continue to talk to Sean. Sean was happy that there was some quiet. It was hard to find a quiet time when traveling with others and constantly fighting to stay alive. When it came to rotation time, Old Pete and the others were naturally equally surprised at Sean's change of profession. However, they did not ask too many questions. Sean had now become stronger, which would be very beneficial to the team.

The night was very quiet.

When everyone got up the next day, they were stunned by Sean's transfer in profession. However, they were all very happy. This was because it meant that the team now had an even better chance of successfully crossing through the Land of Black Earth. After eating a simple meal that included meat, everyone in the team set out on their journey once again. It was impossible to tell the time within the Starfall Forest, so no one could tell the difference between day and night. In the beginning, people were still able to calculate the time. However, after getting attacked by the pack of wolves, they were no longer able to do that.

The only thing that could be used to determine the current situation was the bright moon that hung in the night sky.

Watching the moon getting rounder and rounder and even redder around its edges, Sean knew that the Magic Tide was about to arrive very soon. He did not dare to delay any longer, so he pushed them to start going all out on their journey. Therefore, before they knew it, the speed the team traveled at had increased again. This time, however, they did not encounter any skeletons along the way. It surprised everyone a bit, but it also made them feel a little more relaxed. After all, it would not be easy to deal with being surrounded by so many skeletons.

The team did not know that Sean already knew exactly how to avoid the skeletons inside the Land of Black Earth. It was as if the land was the garden in his own backyard. He chose not to avoid them earlier purely because he wanted to gain experience points. However, now that attacking the rank-one skeletons could no longer help him gain many experience points, Sean did not want to waste any more time with them.

The team took several more breaks along the way. According to their calculations, around two days had passed.

The team finally arrived at a place that seemed to be a campsite.

The campsite was magnificent. here were two stone towers around five meters tall standing at the entrance of the camp. Engraved on the stone towers were complicated textures. Judging from the styles of the textures, the team was able to conclude that they were magic towers. The thing that surrounded the two magic towers were not simple facilities like wooden fences. Rather, it was a thick stone wall. From the smoothness that was reflected from the stone wall, it was obvious that it had been built with magical powers.

Inside the campsite, all the buildings were also made of stone. It was not as simple as just a camp with tents. It also had other very visible traces of mining such as wells and drains. It was more accurate to call the encampment a small town. At the very least, that was what it looked like. Only Sean knew that this place which looked like a small town was the final destination of their journey.

"The Portoroa outpost!" Drouin looked at the small town in front of him with a look of surprise on his face. "I can't believe it has been preserved so well!"

Sean pouted with disdain. The corpses inside the outpost had been kept even more intact.