novelraw Chapter 107: Second-Rank Lamp Shadow Affinity Profession Card
Chapter 107: Second-Rank Lamp Shadow Affinity Profession Card
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Moonstone City, Navy Office.
In an office filled with sea charts and planning sheets.
Navy Admiral Old White Seagull sat in his chair, lighting a cigarette.
He shook his head in frustration. Recently, most of the Navy’s clashes with pirate groups ended in failure.
They had let the pirates run wild for too long. By the time they were ready to deal with them, those pirates had already evolved from small fry into massive man-eating sharks.
Among the Four Great Emperor Pirate Crews, only the young Ice Demon Pirates were slightly weaker.
Moreover, due to a Navy civil war years ago, the current Navy had been weakened for a long time.
“Nothing but trouble. I should have become a fringe hunter back then, spent two years on the edge, and could have retired by now. Sigh, I should have retired long ago.”Old White Seagull exhaled a puff of smoke.
In his worries, he recalled his wife’s nagging again.
To retrieve their son’s body, his wife demanded he post the commission across the entire Hunter Association, broadcast throughout Moonstone City!
Furthermore, his wife grabbed his collar and told him that the body must be recovered before their son’s death anniversary!
Otherwise, the powerful family behind the Magic Bullet Company, which his wife controlled, would personally issue a massive bounty!
Old White Seagull shook his head and muttered to himself:
“The law cannot be broken. If people found out a Navy admiral used so many resources for a dead person, would that be reasonable…”
The Navy’s reputation was already bad enough. He didn’t want to add fuel to the fire.
A transcendent who could clear the No. 8 Train was not easy to find.
Just then, Old White Seagull suddenly sensed a familiar aura.
The scent of the Lamp affinity, the aroma of cooking.
Could it be?
He stood up, pushed open the door, and with curiosity, headed downstairs.
Sure enough, in the lavish reception area downstairs, he saw a black-haired young boy and a white-haired girl.
He did not recognize the white-haired girl, but judging by her white uniform, she was an outstanding student majoring in magic at Beiguo Royal University.
The black-haired boy was the chef he had commissioned!
That he was here meant he had most likely completed the commission!
Pelu did not lie to him; this person really could do it… A heavy weight fell from Old White Seagull’s heart.
After Chen Qi and An arrived in Moonstone City, they did not hesitate and went straight to the Navy Office where Old White Seagull was.
The receptionist said to Chen Qi and An:
“Please wait a moment. It is currently Mr. White Seagull’s lunch break. I will notify him after an hour.”
Wait for what! Old White Seagull immediately spoke up:
“Young chef, and this young lady, good afternoon.”
Old White Seagull was eager to complete this commission and then give his wife an explanation.
Chen Qi turned his head in surprise; they had just arrived and were already discovered.
An was a bit nervous too; this was her first time meeting a Navy admiral.
Chen Qi winked at Old White Seagull.
It really was completed… Old White Seagull cleared his throat twice: “Please follow me upstairs; we’ll talk upstairs.”
An tilted her head slightly, wondering why she was called. She was just passing by!
Chen Qi and An followed Old White Seagull up the spiral staircase, through the corridor, and arrived at his office.
An office cluttered with scattered documents.
Chen Qi took the Lost in the Rift’s corpse out of his Backpack Card.
A severely damaged, unrecognizable corpse.
Even so, Old White Seagull recognized it at a glance and gently brushed his hand over the cold, rotten face.
He bent down, tidied the corpse’s hair and clothes, picked up a blanket, and covered the body.
“Sigh…”
After a long moment, Old White Seagull lifted his head and calmly said:
“Thank you, chef. I will now pay you the commission reward.”
Old White Seagull went to the safe, took out the key, and searched for the profession card.
Chen Qi rubbed his hands in anticipation.
In the New Day game, unless relying on transcendent organizations, the profession cards obtained are mostly based on luck.
Second-rank profession cards didn’t provide many bonuses, but they were enough to allow someone to build a preliminary combat system.
Hopefully, it’s a combat profession card… Chen Qi hoped.
His first-rank profession was chef, a purely supportive profession card.
For him, the best choice was to get a combat profession card.
Old White Seagull took out a card with intertwined light and darkness affinity from the safe, along with a delicate silver box.
“Thanks again. Although this profession card is slightly different from the orthodox Lamp affinity profession card, I hope it’s still a pretty good one.”
Old White Seagull handed the iron box and the card to Chen Qi.
Chen Qi looked at the card.
The back of the card showed a burning candle. Under the light, the candle cast a deep, shadowy silhouette.
The shadow writhed, as if containing a demon.
It was a rare Lamp Shadow affinity profession card… Chen Qi examined the front of the card.
The front featured a Tarot card style illustration of a black-clothed figure stained with blood, standing over a pile of corpses, gazing at the distant stars.
Truly rare… Chen Qi was secretly shocked. As a strategy content creator, he could not recall this profession card immediately.
A special prompt appeared before Chen Qi’s eyes.
【Shadow Assassin Who Wishes to Travel
Rank: Two
Affinity: Lamp, Shadow
Usage Requirements: Inspiration reaches 30, first-rank profession card fully digested
Passive Skills:
Assassin Talent (Shadow): Enhanced reflexes, slight enhancement of shadow and stealth skills, and a minor increase in comprehension of shadow affinity skills.
Note: I am an assassin without emotions.
Traveling Will (Lamp): You gain slight mental resistance, slight enhancement of lamp and perception skills, and a minor increase in comprehension of lamp affinity skills.
Note: No one can stop me from traveling!
Active Skill:
Dark Concealment: In darkness, you can conceal your voice, appearance, and even the aura of your spiritual energy.
Note: After this job, I will retire and then go see the outside world.】
“Such a long profession card name…”
Chen Qi joked. This profession card should be considered a special variant of the shadow affinity assassin.
He then checked the Shadow Assassin’s skills.
Two passive skills and one active skill.
The most important aspect of second-rank profession cards is their passive skills.
Although the comprehension increase for Lamp and Shadow affinity is small, it is extremely important!
Affinity comprehension can only be obtained through profession cards unless one has legendary transcendent artifacts or opportunities.
Even a small boost is a huge breakthrough!
Many transcendent skills cannot be studied without this slight comprehension.
For example, Shadow affinity’s Dark Stealth and Shadow Power both require this minor comprehension.
This effectively expands two vast skill trees that can be learned.
By focusing on these unobtrusive passive skills, studying skills, and building one’s own combat system, this is what a second-rank transcendent must do.
Whether a reasonable combat system can be built is the key to judging the strength of a second-rank transcendent.
The Black Rabbit he encountered before had hammer affinity comprehension and mechanical affinity, which allowed him to wear custom armor from the workshop.
Chen Qi glanced again.
Besides, there were two other bonuses: mental resistance and reflex enhancement.
“Not bad, not bad.”
Chen Qi smiled inwardly.
It was already quite rare for a second-rank card to provide so many bonuses.
The more common second-rank Lamp affinity profession card, the Traveler, had a running skill called Light Feather Technique, an important support skill Weather Forecast, plus agility and inspiration boosts, and a small Lamp affinity comprehension increase.
From Chen Qi’s perspective, purely from a combat viewpoint, the Shadow Assassin was far stronger than the Traveler.
Just as Old White Seagull said, this was indeed a very rare profession card.
In addition, after digestion, Chen Qi’s Hunter Ember could enhance the passive skills of this profession.
It was quite a solid combat supplement.
Besides the aforementioned bonuses, all second-rank profession cards would also alter the spiritual energy source within the body.
Chen Qi decided to deal with that after returning to the small houseboat…
He accepted the profession card. Digesting a second-rank profession card required a quiet place.