novelraw Chapter 341: A Skill Approaching Legendary Rank; Arrival at the Royal Capital
Chapter 341: A Skill Approaching Legendary Rank; Arrival at the Royal Capital
【Void-Shaking Fist】Proficiency +330 (+660)
【Blazing Sky Fire Spear】Proficiency +330 (+660)
【Gale Domain】Proficiency +330 (+660)
【Flash】Proficiency +330 (+660)
"Hiss—!"
Just the increase in proficiency alone made Lin Mo gasp sharply.
A level 25 monster inherently provided a very high amount of proficiency, reaching 330 points!
On top of that, Lin Mo was level 20 and had killed a level 25 monster, surpassing it by 5 levels. This allowed him to gain an additional 200% proficiency bonus. So in one go, each of these three skills directly gained 990 proficiency points!
"Skill 【Void-Shaking Fist】Lv7 (1000/1000) has leveled up!"
"Current Skill 【Void-Shaking Fist】Lv8 (20/2000)"Level 8!
One must know, this was an Epic Level skill! According to Lin Mo's speculation, the maximum level for an Epic Level skill was most likely level 9. That is to say, with only one final level remaining, this skill could be maxed out and evolve into a Legendary Level skill!
Epic Level skills were already incredibly powerful. Some Transcendent Level experts on the continent didn't even have Epic Level skills to rely on. Even for Heroic Realm experts, unless they were someone with special status and position like Aaron, they generally only had a few Epic Level skills at most.
And Legendary Level skills were existences on a completely different level from Epic Level skills.
Those who could master Legendary Level skills were truly as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns on this continent.
Firstly, obtaining a skill of this grade was already extremely difficult. Apart from the imperial royal family and top-tier Royal Duke Families like the Oxivis Family, whose treasuries might contain some, only top-tier organizations like the Adventurers' Association and the Church of Light possessed treasures of this level.
Moreover, even if one could obtain a Legendary Level skill scroll, it didn't mean they could learn it.
The difficulty of learning a Legendary Level skill was at least ten times higher than that of an Epic Level skill!
Even a figure like Mentor Aaron found it a headache.
Because of his immense contributions to the empire, many years ago, Aaron had received special permission from the Violet Empire's royal family to have the opportunity to observe Legendary Level skill scrolls in the imperial treasury.
However, after years of dedicated study, he had only learned half of it so far and had not been able to fully demonstrate the power of a Legendary Level skill.
It could be said that among the humans on this continent, the number of people who could currently fully master a Legendary Level skill would not exceed twenty.
And now, Lin Mo was only one step away from learning a Legendary Level skill!
Although this step required 2000 skill proficiency points, given Lin Mo's current speed of increasing skill proficiency, it wasn't considered too difficult.
Next were the other skills. Having gained 990 proficiency points in one go, their levels also increased.
Among them, 【Blazing Sky Fire Spear】 and 【Gale Domain】 both reached level 6, granting basic attribute points once again, and also providing the opportunity to choose a skill enhancement path.
For the enhancement path of 【Blazing Sky Fire Spear】, Lin Mo chose "Eternal Flame," which made the Burn effect attached by this skill immune to purification. For 【Gale Domain】's enhancement path, there was no hesitation at all; he still chose Enhancement Path 2, continuing to strengthen this skill's damage amplification effect.
Finally, the 【Flash】 skill directly reached level 7.
In the previous two route selections, he had chosen the enhancements for increasing distance and reducing cooldown once each. This time, Lin Mo chose again to increase the range of 【Flash】. Now, his Flash skill could reach a place up to 600 meters away!
The consecutive level-ups of the three skills provided him with another 15 points of basic Mana attribute. Now, his basic Mana attribute had reached 322 points.
At the same time, his Strength attribute was only 289.
A bit of a headache...
Actually, if he wanted to catch up with the progress of the Warrior profession, practicing those high-level skills was the most suitable and fastest method.
But right now, with 【Void-Shaking Fist】 on the verge of completing its evolution, Lin Mo really wanted to grind this skill directly to max, raise it to Legendary Level, and see just how powerful a Legendary Level skill truly was.
Forget it, he'd wait until they reached the snowy mountain area and decide based on the specific situation.
As for the desert at hand... that level 25 Thunder Lizard from earlier was probably also scared away by the terrifying gale from before, leaving the core area of the desert, which was why it appeared in the more peripheral zone. And since it appeared there, the other monsters in the vicinity should have long been frightened away by it. So for the rest of the journey, they most likely wouldn't encounter any monsters blocking their path.
He stored the entire Thunder Lizard into the warehouse of his Portable Space. A monster of this level wasn't just valuable for its materials; its meat was also quite valuable. Not a single bit could be wasted.
Just as Lin Mo had guessed, the journey that followed was smooth sailing with no obstacles. However, they had been delayed for too long during the day, so they still traveled a bit more through the night. By the time they reached the border town of the Lonia Kingdom, it was already 2 AM.
At this hour, the city gates were naturally long closed. But now, with the Portable Space, this wasn't much of a trouble. They stopped at a place somewhat far from the city walls. Lin Mo put the carriage back into the space and then followed inside to rest, planning to enter the city early the next morning.
During dinner, the atmosphere at home felt somewhat delicate.
After all, in the afternoon, Lin Mo had engaged in a fierce battle with that level 25 monster outside without notifying them.
Even though they clearly knew that even if they went out, they couldn't help, this feeling still made everyone somewhat uncomfortable.
They couldn't help but wonder: if they encountered a relatively powerful enemy again in the future, would it also be like this, with only Lin Mo going to fight him alone while they hid inside the space, unaware of the situation outside or whether Lin Mo would get injured...
This made them feel like incompetent wives. So when it came to the usual time for improving their strength, today's shift, Sherfilia, and even Finnie, were exceptionally diligent, lasting much longer than usual.
The next day, they slept straight until past 10 AM.
After leisurely getting up and washing up, Lin Mo summoned the carriage again and slowly entered the city.
The border control of the Lonia Kingdom wasn't very strict and didn't reject foreign merchants or tourists.
After all, as a large kingdom, in a vast area nearby, the Lonia Kingdom was the most prosperous kingdom and wasn't worried about anyone causing trouble.
Of course, a basic entry fee still had to be collected.
The somewhat awkward part was that Lin Mo didn't have any Silver Coins or copper coins on hand. He could only straightforwardly toss a Gold Coin over, too lazy to wait for change. With a wave of his hand, he directly entered the city, leaving the guards at the gate dumbfounded.
The customs and culture of the Lonia Kingdom differed slightly from those of the Doria Kingdom. However, since they were relatively close kingdoms, they were still largely similar.
After strolling around the city briefly for a while and buying some snacks, Lin Mo didn't waste any more time. He directly left through another city gate and followed the Lonia Kingdom's Official Road towards the direction of the Royal Capital.
The snowy mountains were to the north of the Royal Capital, so they would pass right through it. They could go to the Adventurers' Association. The materials obtained earlier in the desert might allow them to directly submit some tasks, and they could also pick up some tasks related to the snowy mountains.
Their adventurer rank should be raised if possible, and there were also rewards to be claimed.
Furthermore, with a large amount of funds on hand, they could also purchase some things in the Royal Capital of the Lonia Kingdom.
Unlike a small kingdom like the Doria Kingdom, the Lonia Kingdom had branches of the Oxivis Trading Company. The quality of goods there was another step above that of the Noren Trading Company.
Of course, the prices were also a bit more expensive.
On the road to the Royal Capital, there was no need to be as vigilant as when passing through the Tamirat Desert.
This was, after all, within the territory of the Lonia Kingdom. Even in the wild, the probability of encountering high-level monsters was quite low. Moreover, they were traveling on the Lonia Kingdom's Official Road. If they could encounter many monsters on this road, then the Lonia Kingdom would become a laughingstock.
As for some low-level monsters, even if encountered, they wouldn't dare approach their carriage. Lin Mo couldn't be bothered to specifically hunt them either; the **reward** was too low.
It was better to meditate and rest inside the Portable Space.
After meditating for the usual period of time, Lin Mo continued to expand his Portable Space.
Now this skill had also reached level 6. Lin Mo's basic Mana attribute increased once again, but he couldn't really bring himself to smile.
After all, the higher the Mana attribute, the more restricted he would feel when using magic later due to the need to manage his Mana pool.
But looking at it from another angle, since this skill had already reached level 6, he wouldn't have to worry about this skill increasing his basic Mana attribute again in the short term. He could boldly proceed with the expansion.
The upper limit of the space created by the **Spatial Creation** skill was related to two things: the skill's own level and Lin Mo's Mana attribute. Since neither of these had reached their **limit** yet, there was still plenty of room for development in this space.
For the next day or so, Lin Mo was basically doing this.
After more than a day of effort, the size of the Portable Space had now expanded to 25×100×100. For the newly added area, Lin Mo allocated some more space to Lena, expanding her experimental field area. Now, the earliest batch of experimental fields had been planted by Lena with various special crops. Some that matured relatively quickly would be ready for harvest in a little while.
Lena's current Planter level was already quite good. Although setting up this planting area consumed many precious soils and special crop seeds, after these crops matured, selling the finished products would definitely earn more than double the profit.
In other words, Lena had now become another source of income for their adventuring team, apart from taking on missions and adventuring.
Based on the current situation, if they continued to expand the planting field area, in about a month's time, Lena could provide the team with profits exceeding 100,000 Gold Coins!
This was obviously quite exaggerated. The vast majority of Planters couldn't achieve such high **returns**. So Lena indeed had great talent in the Planter field. Of course, part of the reason was also Lin Mo's efforts, which allowed her Mana attribute to increase rapidly.
On the sofa, Lin Mo opened his eyes and found everyone doing their own things.
Sherfilia noticed him first and walked over with light steps, awaiting his instructions.
Lin Mo pinched the little maid's cheeks. Sherfilia didn't resist, but she clearly looked unhappy.
Considering herself a mature woman, Sherfilia didn't like him treating her like a child in this way.
Compared to herself, Young Mistress Finnie was clearly a more suitable target.
But this mischievous Master **just** liked to tease her in this way...
What could Sherfilia do? She was just a little maid. She could only helplessly endure the indignation and let him bully her.
"We're almost at the Royal Capital. Go notify everyone."
Ellie and Eve, along with Flora, were currently practicing outside the house in the courtyard.
Because Lin Mo had specifically separated the space of the courtyard from the villa area, as long as the attacks over there couldn't break through the spatial barrier Lin Mo set up, they couldn't damage the house. This allowed them to practice and fight without any **reservations**.
Soon, everyone gathered in the living room. Lin Mo used Cleansing Flow to clean the bodies of the several people who were drenched in sweat.
At the same time, the carriage was only a few kilometers away from the Royal Capital of the Lonia Kingdom.
A moment later, everyone appeared inside the carriage. They lifted the curtain and looked at the Royal Capital ahead.
As a large kingdom, the scale of the Lonia Kingdom's Royal Capital was naturally much larger than that of the Doria Kingdom's Royal Capital. But not long ago, they had just witnessed the Imperial Capital of the Violet Empire. Compared to that, the Royal Capital before them seemed much **less impressive**.
The supervision at the Royal Capital wasn't very strict either, but it was still more formal than at the border, requiring some procedures.
Fortunately, they all had adventurer identities, so they passed through easily without any trouble.
After entering the city, Lin Mo immediately took everyone towards the Adventurers' Association in the Royal Capital.
Now they no longer needed to find an inn to rent; they could simply stay temporarily in the lounge at the Adventurers' Association.
Although the standard for using the lounge at the Adventurers' Association in the Royal Capital of the Lonia Kingdom was surely relatively high, Flora in their team was a Silver Level adventurer, which **just** met the requirement.
Anyway, the lounge was just a **pretext**; they actually lived in Lin Mo's Portable Space.
There were many people in the Royal Capital, and it wasn't very convenient to hurry through such a crowded place. So they **simply** didn't rush, **taking the opportunity** to stroll around this bustling Royal Capital along the way.
Whenever they encountered some interesting snacks along the way or saw clothes they liked, they **took the opportunity** to buy them.
After wandering around like this for over an hour, they finally reached one of the Adventurers' Association branch offices in the Royal Capital.
This branch was also the largest among the three Adventurers' Association branches in the Royal Capital.
Even though it was theoretically the least crowded time in the afternoon, when they walked into the association, there were still very many people inside.
Fortunately, the association was large enough, so it didn't feel **crowded**.
Lin Mo **walked straight** towards the association's mission board...