The Great Thief - Chapter 1308

Chapter 1308: 1308

No Berserk?

While everyone else was rejoicing over the Boss not entering Berserk mode, Wandering could only watch as the The Beast fell to the ground .

What made him even more depressed was that Azure Sea Breeze had also gained a skill point .

Was karma even real?

“Quick, loot the equipment . The Boss was cleared on the first try, so stop wasting time . None of you need to rest,” Lu Li nagged .

“Lu pain in the butt…”

“What’d you say?”

Lu Li had heard similar mutters come from them, but he couldn’t figure out what they were saying . These guys were daring enough to come up with crude nicknames for him .

“Nothing, there’s nothing wrong . Remnant Dream, go and loot and equipment,” Hachi Chan said as she nudged Remnant Dream .

“Stones, Skill Book, Materials, Gold equipment, Dark Gold equipment and one Legendary item . This Boss was stingier than the other one,” Remnant Dream announced after she quickly looted all the items .

“Be satisfied . Besides the liking that The Beast took to the Main Tank, it wasn’t that difficult . To have a Legendary item to drop is already pretty good . It’s a DPS item for Paladins, so its unsuitable for Mu Qiu . If this was given to Wandering, it would be a waste . I’ll chuck it in the guild’s storage,” Lu Li decided as he distributed the rest of the stones .

Legendary items would of course be placed inside the guild’s storage .

If a player had enough guild points, then he or she could choose to exchange the points for the Legendary item . A majority of the players would never have enough guild points to exchange for Legendary equipment, but this was a fair system regardless .

The last item was a more peculiar one .

Finkle’s Skinner!

In everyone’s eyes, this was probably a worthless dagger .

However, Lu Li knew its true value . The Legendary item from before was less valuable than this dagger .

Finkle’s Skinner (Gold): Damage 32-48 . Agility +25, Strength +12, Critical Chance +15% . Socket: 1 . Special Effect 1: Attack Speed +10% . Special Effect 2: Blink Strike, Instant Cast . After using the skill, the user blinks to the target . First strike is guaranteed critical . Level requirement: 55 . Durability 130/130 .

If this was a level 30 item, the effects would be quite valuable .

Unfortunately, this was a level 55 item . Even the lowest-tier items had higher damage than this weapon . Lu Li’s Felstriker was enhanced and had a damage range of 96-135 . Even the minimum damage from Felstriker was double the maximum damage from Finkle’s Skinner .

If this was thrown into the guild’s storage, no one would give it a second look .

This was a common item in the early stages of the game in Lu Li’s previous life, but it was usually used as enchanting material .

One day, a player grew curious as to why it was called Finkle’s Skinner . There was a description of the item, hidden in fine print which read, “The Great Traveller Finkle Einhorn’s treasure . ”

In Dawn, only a few items had a description like this . If an item was truly exquisite, then it would have a backstory .

What was a Great Traveller? What was Finkle Einhorn like? Why was his treasure a plain, small knife? Why did this knife drop from The Beast?

All in all, the curious player was stumped .

He brought this dagger with him and asked many people about it . Unfortunately, no one could give him an answer . One day, he unintentionally used it on a wild Boss’ corpse and produced the Skinning effect .

This was a knife with the Skinning effect; a normal weapon would not be able to do this . After skinning the Boss, the player then realised that the meaning behind the name, Finkle’s Skinner .

It was a skinning knife!

This realisation resulted in disappointment, but he was not willing to accept this, so he continued investigating .

Finally, he found the true value of this knife .

The knife had a hidden third special effect . Special Effect 3: Skinning skill points +20 . If the target is a Boss, success rate +50% .

Adding 20 skill points was understandable . If a level 55 monster needed 240 skinning points, but the player only had 220, the player would not be able to skin it, no matter how lucky they were . However, if they had Finkle’s Skinner, then they would be able to .

Although this effect alone was already extremely valuable, it was not what elevated this item into Legendary status .

The main selling point was the +50% success rate .

Every monster could only be skinned once . If the first attempt was successful, then the quality of the skin would be the best . Just like in reality, the quality would reduce with successive attempts .

Normal monsters had high success rates .

Most importantly, the +50% success rate was for Bosses . According to the data, the success rate if the player’s skill points exceeded the requirement by 10 was a mere 10% . If the player did not exceed the requirement by 10, the rate would only be around 1% .

Therefore, the most expensive skins were not from normal monsters, but the Bosses’ .

This small knife completely revolutionised the laws of skinning .

Imagine having a mind-blowing 60% success rate of completing a perfect skin of a high-quality material when the other players struggled with 10% .

This player did not say anything to anyone . He paid to enter the Instance dungeon teams and skinned the Bosses’ skins for money .

To avoid attention, he avoided staying in one location for too long . He would often leave the party after entering the Instance Dungeon once . This gave the others the impression that he was a skinning enthusiast, but also the impression that he was quite strange .

The sudden emergence of many high-quality skins on the market led to some suspicions by a cunning businessman .

This lucky player then met a gentle and intelligent girl . He chose to invest in love with his status and money, and at the time, it seemed like everything was going right .

However, it was difficult to keep a secret, especially from his significant other . Finally, he told the truth on the day of his proposal to the girl .

After this, his life turned into a soap drama .

It was all a web of lies . After the businessman found the secret, the gentle and intelligent girl that he swore to care for forever instantly disappeared from his life . Then, another person suddenly became capable of selling high-quality skins on the market . This seller was much more able to utilise Finkle’s Skinner to obtain even more money .

The player realised that he had been tricked . In his rage, he decided to do something radical .

He revealed all of his secrets – where to get Finkle’s Skinner, the effects, and even all the locations of Bosses that would fetch a good price for the skins . This information was then compiled and named the Book of Skinning by other players .

Lu Li, in his previous life, had learnt the art of skinning, which meant that he had read and flipped the pages of this book countless times .

Unfortunately, he never obtained Finkle’s Skinner . The knife was a rare sight on the market too . Even it did appear, it would immediately sell at a ridiculously high price .

This knife only dropped from The Beast on Nightmare difficulty . Guild parties would fight it and give the drop to their Skinners . Some other groups were also able to defeat The Beast, but Lu Li was not strong enough to join these parties . Even if he did, and a Finkle’s Skinner dropped, the chances that he would receive it were low .

“I’ve heard of this knife . It…” Lu Li paused for a bit, then used an obscure game book as an excuse and continued to explain the secrets behind this knife .

Everyone present was smart enough to understand Lu Li’s meaning . Therefore, after listening to him, everyone understood the significance of this knife .

“How about giving it to Memories? She’s always grinding, so she would use the knife the most . ” After a short discussion, everyone was on board with giving the knife to Sakura Memories .

Remnant Dream was another person who had learnt the skill of Skinning . Actually, the best class to learn Skinning was Hunters . Remnant Dream understood this and learnt it . However, she didn’t grind monsters too often, since she spent the majority of her time nurturing her pets . Furthermore, she was reluctant to skin the more innocent-looking monsters, which was why her Skinning skill was not at a higher level .

After receiving the knife, Sakura Memories immediately went to skin The Beast .

No matter if it was a Lava Hound or a Husky, it was still a dog, which meant that it could be skinned . There was no better time to use the knife that had dropped to skin it .

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