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「Unnamed – Shortsword
Rank: Epic
Durability: 500,000/500,000
Passive 1 – Shadow Kill: Every strike towards a weak point is an automatic critical hit . The execution chance is increased by 20% .
Active 1 – Void Blade: Send out a condensed wave of void energy in the form of a slice which deals 100% void damage . Cooldown: 1 minute . 」
Draco almost fainted when he saw the results . The method of crafting Epic items, and probably those above it, had already been laid bare . The most important bit was that the base weapon had to start out as an Epic, the resulting passive and active skill depending on the enchantment .
Draco's first half of the double enchantment had been Sword, Darkness, Strike Deep . He expected a passive that would deal around 30% darkness damage with each strike, but instead, he got this absolute MONSTER of a passive that made this Epic sword suddenly feel Legendary .
As long as one found the weak points of a monster, every strike would crit, which meant 300% damage . Putting aside the strength of the wielder, a crit with an Epic item was a really terrifying concept .
Then there was an increased chance for the execution . Assuming the wielder of the item only had the default 0% chance, every 1 in 5 hits could now instantly kill any enemy once they fell below 30% HP, as long as the wielder hit a weak point .
However, while that sounded great, how many players, or even NPCs, could do so? How were you supposed to find a weak point in the first place? Boundless was not the type of game where your enemies would walk around with shiny red parts of themselves exposed which screamed 'weak point: please hit me here' .
Places like the eyes or head did not qualify as weak points in Boundless . Every race had a weak point somewhere . Some individuals within a race even had ways to nullify these weak points or shift them around .
However, the reason Draco was excited was because he had enchanted these items with a specific someone in mind…
Of course, it was Eva!
Why would he put a void and darkness enchantment on a weapon, or even make it a shortsword, if it wasn't for his soulmate? He knew her preferences, and wanted to craft something for her that he knew she would love, which was an Epic item to boot .
However, the sad part was that player made Items could not evolve like the ones found in drops or Treasure Chests since they did not have any lore behind them .
For example, Mjolnir, Pair Dadeni and the rest that could be upgraded with experience points all had rich histories behind them, whether in the real world or in Boundless' fictional history .
This Epic shortsword had just been born, so it could not be upgraded until it left a story of its own and passed through many hands .
However, Draco had never heard of a new Epic item creating such phenomena like what he had experienced, nor about its design changing after enchantment .
It was painfully clear that whether it concerned the strengthened active and passive skill (for its tier) or the unique design and phenomena change/attraction, it all had to do with how he enchanted the weapon .
Draco gazed at the Aether Crystals in his inventory . He couldn't help but smile, but at the same time lament . There were plenty of Aether Crystals in the mine below the settlement, but he needed them to provide some benefits for the budding empire .
So apart from what he took earlier, he had no plans to take out anymore . If anything, he wanted to place even more of them in there to strengthen it . If he did so, the benefits it might provide in the future would be endless .
He could only lament further when he saw his crystal creation rate . Even if he continuously made top-grade crystals only, his rate of one per hour was not enough .
It took more than a few to fill up an enchantment for an Epic item, so how much would he need for Legendary? Or dare he dream, Divine?
If he waited for a day, he would get 24 crystals of varying qualities .
Despite being in the super mini small world room which had ample Worldly Energy even purer than outside, he could only make medium grade crystals . If he were outside, he'd probably get low-grade crystals only .
Right now, he needed to tabulate places with extremely pure Worldly Energy so that he could linger there . After all, artificially made super mini small worlds had no growth potential .
Draco briefly considered using the Etz Chaim seedling, but decided to wait . He had a crazier and more beneficial plan for it based on his memories of the previous timeline, so he was willing to let it wait some more in his inventory .
Draco decided to name the weapon 'Void Blade' .
「Void Blade – Shortsword
Rank: Epic
Durability: 500,000/500,000
Passive 1 – Shadow Kill: Every strike towards a weak point is an automatic critical hit . The execution chance is increased by 20% .
Active 1 – Void Blade: Send out a condensed wave of void energy in the form of a slice which deals 100% void damage . Cooldown: 1 minute . 」
Naturally, the follow-up announcements came .
「Sturgehaven Kingdom Regional Announcement
Player Draco has created the unique shortsword forging design, 'Void Blade' . Players can now purchase the design from player Draco and achieve a 10% extra success rate when forging the equipment . 」
「Cario Continent International Announcement
Player Draco has created the unique shortsword forging design, 'Void Blade' . Players can now purchase the design from player Draco and achieve a 10% extra success rate when forging the equipment . 」
「Boundless System-wide Announcement
Player Draco has created the unique shortsword forging design, 'Void Blade' . Players can now purchase the design from player Draco and achieve a 10% extra success rate when forging the equipment . 」
Draco nodded his head and put away the Void Blade . He then opened his character sheet to see the changes so far .
「 Name: Draco
Class: Avenger (Optimal)
Race: Hybrid (Human/Ultima Sunt)
Rank: Adventurer (1)
Level: 45
Exp: 66%
Str: 18
Dex: 20
End: 10
Int: 20
Spr: 15
Cha: 10
Lck: 10
Combat Skills: Absolute Void, Armageddon, Instant Healing, Rain of Arrows, Necrotic Hands, Evil Curse, Life Steal, Divination, Dark Resurrection, Beckon .
Non-Combat Skills: Revenger, Cloud Feet, Soul Bond, Omnipotent Archer, Charm, Insight, Foresight, Flexibility, Illusion, Evolution, Ultimate Stealth, Pinnacle Intelligence, Dragobond, Aether Production .
Tradeskills: Smithing (level 38, 93%), Alchemy (level 45, 89%), Enchanting (level 100, 0%), Cooking (level 3, 15%), Taming (level 1, 0%), Tactics (level 1, 15%)」
Draco had received 1,000% experience for completing the Dragon Slaying event, and so had the remaining 12 or so players . Everyone had jumped 10 straight levels right then and there, but he hadn't bothered to allocate any of his attribute points, so his stats were the same .
Draco had just received another 1,000% experience for doing this genius feat, so that was why he went from level 25 straight up to level 45 . Naturally, now that he looked at it, Draco directly sent the 2 . 000% experience into Mjolnir, bringing it to that exact amount .
His smithing level had been 35, 86% but was now level 38, 93% after just one forging attempt . Truly, doing things above your Rank was the fastest way to level up in any game or field . Too bad it required one to have cheat like items like Draco to be able to abuse this method .
He was supposed to receive 1,000% Tradeskill experience, but he held that off for now .
Enchanting had hit level 100 which was the max of the Grandmaster Rank . Draco wasn't sure if that was how it worked for everybody or those who got in through doing something exemplary .
He didn't know how to go higher than Grandmaster though, so he only recognized the benefits the Grandmaster rank would give him . Whether it was with Soul Stones or with Aether Crystals, whatever he used to fuel enchantments would be at the absolute minimum in terms of requirements .
Draco wasn't sure how low it would become now, so he was eager to try it out .
Just as he was about to start the crafting process again, Draco was stopped by Hikari .
"Draco, if you don't mind, I can make you a better set-up with Worldly Energy that will never dissipate as long as you keep it . " She offered gently .
Draco was startled by her offer as he had never heard of such a thing before, but he stepped aside to let her do her magic .
Immediately, Hikari got to work . She caused a torrent of Worldly Energy to whip about the super mini small world like a storm .
Rila seemed excited by Hikari's work, while Draco stood ramrod still, trying to learn as much as possible from this demonstration .
Hikari was someone who had been born with the privilege of using Worldly Energy however she liked .
Hikari waved her free hand and a new set of blacksmithing equipment spawned right beside Draco's current set, but this one had a more tangible aura and seemed fresher .
Draco walked up to this new set and inspected it carefully .
He took a deep breath when he was done, as his heart shivered . This set was at the Semi-Epic tier for the love of God!
The one he had made himself was only Uncommon, while the ones provided by the Tradeskill association were mostly Common Rank .
The default everyone used was Trash-tier .
Just a little bit more and Hikari would have conjured an Epic set from Worldly Energy…
Draco just looked at her with pride in his eyes, which made Hikari blush happily . Since Rila was on her chest, she thought she was a recipient of Draco's praise, so she also laughed cutely .
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