Chapter 5: The First Mage Skill
Returning to the bedroom, he took off the bloodstained tattered clothes, washed them briefly, and changed into a loose sportswear.
Glancing at the handsome young man with red lips, white teeth, gentle and elegant demeanor in the mirror, he shook his head helplessly.
Unfortunately, after the mutation, no matter how good-looking you are, you can no longer make a living. In today's world, strength is the most important thing.
He walked to the desk by the window and sat down. He turned on the system and switched to the lottery page. He held his chin and thought to himself:
'Two golden talents were drawn from the white treasure chest, so what level of reward will this green treasure chest contain?
I hope it's not too bad. I don't have high expectations. Just a few more colorful skills will be enough.'
I opened the treasure chest in the system panel with great anticipation, and a emerald green light shone inside:
[Ding, congratulations on winning the green treasure chest lottery:
Golden Magic Skill: Fiery Song! 】
Hearing the system prompt, Lin Luo blinked in confusion.
It's clearly a green treasure chest, why does it only give me a golden skill?
Could it be that my luck has just run out, or that I haven't sacrificed enough time to be single?
When he thought of this possibility, his breath suddenly choked, and he hurriedly comforted himself:
"No, it must be because there were too many draws today. It's normal that I don't have enough luck. Yes, that must be the case!"
Without worrying too much about luck, it's not bad to be able to get a spell skill. In this way, he can finally be called a mage with a legitimate title!
He walked around the room, put various dry food into his backpack, thought for a while, and then threw the mobile phone on the desk into the backpack.
Although after the mutation, people prefer to discuss various experiences and knowledge, trade the skills they need, etc. on the system forum, mobile phones are still useful in the hands of low-level professionals.
The reason for this is that communicating via mobile phone does not cost experience points, while sending messages via the system forum requires at least 5 experience points.
After everything was ready, Lin Luo opened the window and looked downstairs.
Only a few mutated demon rats and demon spiders were wandering around the streets.
The information feedback from the detection technique shows that these strange beasts are at least level 4 creatures, with relatively high strength attributes, agility around 20 points, and an average intelligence of around 6 points.
Lin Luo couldn't help but rub his eyebrows, wondering if he wanted to fight alone.
In one word...difficult!
Just the two-meter-long demon rat with dark gray fur that glowed like cold iron was enough to give people a headache.
He hesitated for a moment and then gritted his teeth.
“Let’s fight!”
He dragged out a bundle of nylon rope from under the bed, tied one end to the bed beam, and moved the bed to the window to ensure that he would not fall to his death accidentally. Finally, he threw the other end of the rope straight down.
The falling of the rope attracted the attention of the strange beasts on the ground. They raised their heads and stared at the window on the sixth floor with burning eyes, expecting the arrival of "food".
Seeing the growing number of strange beasts gathering on the ground, Lin Luo's face turned slightly cold.
"You really think highly of me!" He cursed in a low voice, turned around silently, tied the dagger to his belt, tied the long sword with a rope, and carried it behind his back.
Take a look at the interface:
Level 5
Experience points:
…
He shifted his gaze and searched the system forum for a while, thinking to himself, "It seems my level won't increase for now. The most urgent thing is to strengthen my strength first."
According to the information on the forum, upgrading within the first level is relatively easy, but when it comes to the second level, it often takes thousands of experience points to upgrade.
Moreover, after the rank is raised, the experience points gained from killing low-level beasts will be halved, so it is most cost-effective to max out the experience points within the same rank.
This also led to a group of professionals who were promoted to the second level too early. They complained constantly on a daily basis, and even their words were full of resentment.
In addition, Lin Luo also learned another use of experience points in the forum: skill upgrade.
The thought flickered, and the system prompt sounded:
[Ding, your skill Fiery Song has been upgraded to level 2, and you have 3 experience points remaining.]
The experience points gained from skill upgrades are related to the skill's level, and each upgrade to the next level adds ten times the experience points.
The first level upgrade experience is systematically divided into: white 100 points, green 200 points, blue 400 points, purple 600 points, gold 800 points, and colorful 1000 points.
Since the first upgrade of the golden skill requires 800 experience points, Lin Luo’s skill points were suddenly reduced to very few.
In order to test the effect of the skill, Lin Luo stood by the window, raised his hand to accumulate strength, and after a moment, released the skill at the strange beasts gathered on the street.
The scorching red light condensed from his palm and turned into a pillar of fire, bombarding the group of strange beasts.
"Boom! Bang!!!"
The beam of light hit the body of a demon rat, turning it into ashes on the spot. Immediately afterwards, the beam of fire exploded instantly. The strong shock wave overturned the surrounding strange beasts, and the flames illuminated a red glow!
Dozens of strange beasts suffered heavy losses in an instant, and the low-level magic spiders died directly. The magic rats that survived by chance also caught fire and fled around the streets.
Lin Luo quickly withdrew his arms and leaned against the wall to relieve the feeling of weakness in his body.
He smiled bitterly and said, "I just used a skill once, but it actually consumed 500 of my physical strength! It's really..."
Then, a series of system prompts suddenly rang in his ears:
[Ding, killed the Level 4 Black Water Demon Spider, gained 140 experience points!]
[Ding, killed a level 5 Corruption Demon Spider, gained 185 experience points!]
[Ding, killed the level 4 Iron Rat, gained 157 experience points!]
…
After a while, Lin Luo stared blankly at the 6306 experience points on the panel, took a deep breath, and said seriously, "It's worth it!"
He opened the panel and did some quick operations:
3500 experience points will upgrade yourself to level 10!
1000 experience points will upgrade the healing skill to level 2!
Remaining experience points: 1806
…
Looking at the free attribute column again, there are a full 50 free attributes!
Lin Luo's calm face suddenly showed a hint of a smile, and he thought to himself: "I got 10 attribute points every time I leveled up? Not bad!"
He glanced downstairs and discovered that even the beasts that had not been attacked had already fled far away. He guessed that without the command of the giant wolf, these low-level beasts were like a pile of loose sand, and hurriedly retreated when they sensed death.
Lin Luo seized the opportunity, put on gloves, picked up his backpack, grabbed the nylon rope and slid downstairs flexibly.
Looking at the hellish scene around him, he sniffed the aroma of burnt meat in the air, and his nose twitched slightly.
A bit disgusting...
He quickly left the explosion scene, his mind tense and vigilant, running towards the direction of the explosion.
"It's never safe to stay alone in this city. The Imperial Guard is extremely powerful, like a big thigh to hug!"
With this thought in mind, he couldn't help but speed up a bit.
…
Sixteen kilometers away, inside the temporary front-line combat command center.
A red dot suddenly appeared on the crystal ball in the hand of a guard staff officer and flashed away.
The staff officer turned his head and said sternly, "Commander! A violent explosion suddenly occurred 16 kilometers away in the direction of the western area of Dinghai City. The power of the explosion was close to the peak of the second level!"
"Send out the Ranger drones for reconnaissance and support, and have the nearest troops build defensive positions and prepare for encounters!" The middle-aged man said in a deep voice under the wide military cap.
At this moment, a huge axe with a broken hole was placed next to him.
"yes!"
Looking at the large scarlet city map on the holographic projection, the legion commander closed his eyes and muttered to himself: "This is the thirty-ninth time..."
…
Two kilometers away from Lin Luo's apartment building, a guard captain, armed with a gun and a sword, glanced at the system panel and said loudly, "Newbies, command called and asked us to set up our positions. There may be a... peak-level second-level monster attacking us from the front!"
He took a deep breath, paused, and quickly ordered: "Mages, hurry up and build the earth wall. You still have your own, but there's no need to build the ice wall, it's too cold!
Damn it, you idiot, why are you panicking? I’m not panicking at all!
You forgot to leave a hole in the wall, how can I put my tank gun there? Huh? "
As the company commander spoke, he couldn't help but light a cigarette and kicked the pale-faced recruits.
He looked at the street corner in the distance, and the fingers holding the cigarette trembled unnaturally.
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