Chapter 56 Improvement

After finishing his dinner, Vincent walked upstairs as he returned to his room.

He just learned something really interesting while listening to the conversation of the few scholars and drunk people downstairs.

Apparently, the mysterious nanotech armors that the Celestial Beings are using are called Celestial Armors. They were described as sentient metals seemingly capable of protecting their master when needed.

As for the Celestial Weapons, they weren't just simply weapons that the Celestial Beings held. Vincent even heard that most of the Celestial Beings of today no longer possess a Celestial Weapon so they have gotten a lot weaker.

At the moment, most of the weapons they have were just made through alchemy or magic craftsman.

Vincent then recalled that Tara indeed does not possess any weapon with her. She only has her armor which was her Sleep Chamber as well.

'Hmm… I wonder what she's looking for.'

He mused. He knows that Tara had just woken up from her slumber and doesn't know many things about the current situation in this world.

However, he noticed that Tara wasn't completely unaware of the things related world or land she was in. It was more like she wanted to know whether it is still the world she knows.

If he would make a guess, Tara has already lived in this land for a while before she decided to put herself into slumber for some unknown reason.

As he was thinking about this, Vincent finally fell asleep and he had even forgotten to try his Ascension Skill.

***

On the next day, Vincent confirmed that Tara hasn't returned yet so he decided to extend the days he will be renting the two rooms.

Now that he has plenty of money thanks to Yvette, it would be better to keep renting here so Tara can return any time she wanted.

Of course, he also decided to try his Ascension Skill today before going to work at the Auction House.

"So it's like this…" Vincent muttered while holding his cane. He couldn't help but smile after reading the new notification showing in front of him

He also realized that he can just easily switch between Enhancement Skill or Ascension Skill and there was no issue or lag at all.

[ No Ascension Crystals found. Do you want to Ascend this item with Mana? ]

'This means that there is an existing item in this world that can also ascend an item, huh…' Vincent thought as made sure to remember the term 'Ascension Crystal'.

If the Beast Cores are considered Enhancement Stones by the system, Vincent couldn't help but wonder what could possibly be the Ascension Crystal of this world.

"Is it the Mana Crystal? No, it's just a crystal formed by mana. There is nothing special about it unlike the Beast Core which also contains that life of the Savage Beast…" Vincent immediately erased that idea as he tried thinking of a possible item.

However, since he was still unaware of many things, he couldn't make a proper guess.

'Forget it… Let's just try this for now…'

Vincent then noted that his current mana is 430 units.

As soon as he triggered the Ascension, he immediately felt the drain in his mana.

Then, the cane was wrapped in blue light before vanishing completely.

Ding!

[ Ascension Failure. ]

"Well, I guess it won't be easy this time, huh." Vincent muttered as he looked at this Mana Capacity.

[ Mana: 130/500 ]

"Ugh… Three hundred units per Ascension? What's even the success rate of this skill?" He grumbled for a bit after realizing how expensive each ascension was.

Not only was it expensive to trigger the skill, but it also wasn't a guaranteed Ascension.

It's difficult for him to naturally recover his mana after all. He's only a Journeyman who can't practice any Tier 2 Mana Arts.

At this rate, he can only Ascend an item once a day.

If he has to use his Beast Cores to replenish his mana, it would be very unproductive considering how difficult they can be acquired and that weak Savage Beasts only provide less than 20 units of mana.

Aside from that, using Mana Recovery Potions every time would be too extravagant.

With that in mind, he'd rather spend his remaining Mana to level up his Enhancement Skill instead of doing a second Ascension.

'Right, I can try one Ascension per day and the rest will be used to Enhance and for my job as an Appraiser.'

Vincent mused as he recalled that they would normally have to appraise five to ten items per day in his current job.

'Ahh… Since I have the Ascension Skill now, it shouldn't be a problem using my Ascension Card.'

He couldn't help but feel elated again after recalling this bit of information.

He then excitedly opened his 5-slot Inventory and pulled out the One-Time Ascension Card.

Ding~

A golden card suddenly appeared in his hands. There was an image of a golden hammer and specks of sparkling blue dust printed on it.

Vincent no longer hesitated as he held both the Soul-Forged Ironbark Cane +9 and the Ascension Card with his hands.

[ One-Time Ascension Card found. Do you want to use the card to Ascend the item? ]

"Yes!"

As soon as Vincent answered, the cane he was holding was covered by blue light similar to what had just happened moments ago.

However, this time, the light didn't vanish after a couple of seconds. It remained right there for more than five seconds before he heard the pleasant ringing sound of a successful ascension!

[ Ascension Successful. ]

[ Soul-Forged Ironbark Cane +9 ]

[ Quality: Unique

Number of Enhancements: 9/10

Durability: 350/350

Crush: +340

Description: An ascended cane that is suited for battle. It is carved from the exclusive Ironbark to form the base of the cane. It is decorated with gilded patterns and only leaves the handle untouched which has been decorated with scale-like stubs.

Remarks: Special Crush Attribute found. Durability and Crush attributes will be upgraded in every enhancement.]

Vincent smiled from ear to ear as soon as he realized that not only had the durability of his cane improved tremendously, but also filled it completely!

He recalled that it has already lost 40% of its durability but it was now fully repaired! Not only that, the Crush Attribute doubled as well!