Chapter 283: Final Preparations

Derek finally found himself alone, in a secluded place in a forested area. He cleared a spot underneath him and sat before going through his status.

Status

Personal Information

Name:

Age:

Level:

Experience:

Class:

Race:

Derek Hunt

30

200 (Upgrade Class)

455,360,884,250/???

Legend of the Void (Legendary)

Human (Modified)

Health:

Mana:

Stamina:

37500

15045

37500

Stats

Strength

Dexterity

Endurance

Vitality

Intelligence

Wisdom

Stat Points Remaining

1000

1000

1500 (???)

1500 (???)

1325

1003

133

Contracts

Alanah Swan (Crown Restaurant)

Silvi (Bonded Beast)

Stella Brighton (Crown Restaurant)

Francesco Jaccobs (Torith Adventurer’s Guild)

Rudolph Mckinney

Natalie Savannah via Malorie Stewart

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Contract Unavailable

Skills

Absolute Nullify Lv. 12, Basic Repair Lv. 1, Chain Lightning Lv. 13, Channel Void Lv. 18, Cleaning Lv. 9, Cure Toxin Lv. 4, Dismantle Lv. 12, Enhanced Movement Speed Lv. 2, Greater Meditation Lv. 10, Heavy Weapons Mastery Lv. 20(Choose Specialty Path), Identify Lv. 17, Magic Resistance Lv. 20, Multi-Strike Lv. 14, Physical Resistance Lv. 20, Rejuvenation Lv. 14, Sweeping Slash Lv. 20, Telepathy Lv. 5, Time Prison Lv. 10, Unarmed Combat Mastery Lv. 20(Choose Specialty Path), Void Call Lv. 4, Void Sense Lv. 16, Void Shift Lv. 9, Void Steps Lv. 13, Void Storage Lv. N/A

Skill Points Remaining: 17

Skill Upgrade Points Remaining: 7

Achievements

Greater Giant Slayer, Jack of All, Lesser Dungeon Explorer, Lesser Dungeon Traveler, Lesser Enigma, Lesser Enforcer of Oaths, Repetitive Dungeoneer, Minor Slayer of the Unknown, Solo Diver, Magical Glass Cannon, Meat Shield, Lesser Explorer, Offensive Powerhouse

Derek nodded at his status. It was looking good, at least to him, especially with 1,000 stat points in every stat available, and two at 1,500. There was also no telling how many more levels he would end up with once he upgraded his class. But what he was focused on right now was that upgrade, and he wanted to do everything he could to get the best possible class out of it.

He had saved all of his Skill Upgrade Points, preferring to level the skills up himself and only use them when he really needed to. Now, he had decided that it was time, and he had seven of them available. Obviously, the first thing he did was spend two points on his Channel Void skill.

Channel Void was the most crucial skill he had, and it was also his most used. Since he only needed two points to get it to twenty, it was a no-brainer to pick.

Congratulations

Channel Void skill has reached level 20

After waiting a moment and making sure no prompt to upgrade the skill came after leveling it, he dismissed the notification. He also tried to put another Skill Upgrade Point into the skill, just in case, but it wouldn’t allow him to do so.

Viewing his status sheet again, he had a decision to make. From his own conjecture and experimentation, he knew that the quality and type of class and upgrade he would receive was based on something like his affinity for an element, or how he used it. Maybe even his will. Then again, the system could just consider life classes, crafting classes, and elementless classes as their own type of element or affinity.

This let him come to a conclusion that it was best to advance those types of skills. So, Void Sense was next on his priority list. Void Shift may have been his go to battle ability, but Void Sense was used in almost everything he did, just like Channel Void, though it was passive in the background.

The higher the level his Void Sense was, the easier it was to slip into the void with Void Shift or find a foothold when using Void Steps. So, for those reasons, and the fact that he could get it to level twenty, he upgraded Void Sense.

Congratulations

Void Sense skill has reached level 20

Again, he waited just in case, then dismissed the window.

He still had one more Skill Upgrade Point available and a couple of things he could use it on. Mainly Multi-Strike, Void Call, and Void Shift. Multi-Strike most likely wouldn’t do anything for him in terms of class upgrade selection, but every level in the skill was more major damage he could output. But, he decided against it because he wanted to make sure everything he did went toward helping him with his upgrade.

He could get Void Call to level five. It was definitely the hardest skill he had to level. But he couldn’t see going from level four to level five making a big difference. Which left him with leveling Void Shift from level nine to level ten. For some reason, he just felt like it was the thing to do. So, that’s what he did.

Congratulations

Void Shift skill has reached level 10

After dismissing that window, he had two more decisions to make. He needed to see what it meant by choosing a specialty path for Heavy Weapons Mastery and Unarmed Combat Mastery. There was no sense in going into a class upgrade with skill evolutions available. So, he chose Heavy Weapons Mastery.

Heavy Weapons Mastery ready for specialization

Spend 1 Skill Point for Specialization?

It was almost the same as when he upgraded Meditation, except for being a specialization instead of an upgrade. Anxious to see what exactly that meant, he mentally agreed to the specialization.

Heavy Weapons Mastery Specialized

Choose Specialization

Next, he focused on the specializations.

Weapon Specialization

Axe, Club, Hammer, Pick, Polearm, Projectile, Shield, Sword

Huh… that seems easy enough, Derek thought, as he didn’t even need to consider the options. He immediately chose ‘Polearm.’

Congratulations

You have successfully chosen to specialize in Polearms.

Heavy Weapons Mastery upgraded to Polearm Specialty

Weapon Bond Available

When Derek saw that he could bond with a weapon, he immediately thought about what Tyron had said about his hammer. It was his bonded weapon. Does that mean he maxed out a combat mastery skill? It has to, right? That was the only thing Derek could think of… well… that or it being a special skill that came with his crafting class.

He wished he could initiate a bond with a weapon now, but he didn’t have any that suited him, and he wasn’t sure if he would be able to undo the bond if he chose poorly. He would have to wait until Tyron finished with his new glaive.

But he still had Unarmed Combat Mastery though. And he really didn’t care if he overly messed up that skill. Even though he’d spent the majority of the time he’d been on this world fighting with his fists, he still much preferred using weapons. So, with that in mind, he selected the skill, and it all appeared the same as it did when he selected Heavy Weapons Mastery. Though, the specialization choices were different.

Weapon Specialization

Bare Fists, Claws, Gauntlets, Knuckles

Obviously, Derek immediately chose the Bare Fists option.

Congratulations

You have successfully chosen to specialize in Bare Fists.

Unarmed Weapons Mastery upgraded to Bare Fist Specialty.

Bare Fist Upgrade Available

Derek chuckled. I guess I can’t bond with my bare fists. Since he didn’t have to worry about that, he chose to look into the upgrade.

Choose Upgrade

Power, Swiftness, or Toughness

That’s straightforward enough. Speed, durability, or strength… I guess. I don’t really see myself using my fists all that much once Tyron finishes with my glaive, so I guess toughness would be the best. If it works like I think it does, it should be like having extra endurance in my hands, allowing me to add to my defense even more. Swiftness would be nice, too. I wonder if the upgrades are active even if I’m holding a weapon. I bet they aren’t.

Derek spent some time thinking about the options, but in the end, chose toughness. Once he made his decision, a metallic sheen fell over his hands before disappearing into them. It cause his hands to itch something fiercely for around thirty seconds, but eventually ceased. Derek pounded his fists together a couple of times and it seemed like he could feel the increased hardness that came with the upgrade. Though that could have just been his imagination.

He viewed the notification he received.

Toughness Selected

Durability of your bare fists has increased by five percent. Continue to level the skill to select more upgrades.

Alright! Something to look forward to. If that was how it was going to work with his bare fists, then it should work similar with his glaive. If he could upgrade the durability of his glaive, then that would be for the best. His number one priority would be keeping it from breaking on him when channeling the void through it.

After finishing those upgrades, Derek tried to go into his General Skills and relearn Heavy Weapons Mastery and Unarmed Combat Mastery, but he was unsuccessful. It would have been too good to be true to be able to upgrade those skills again. Of course, the system had patched that exploit out early on, or never included it to begin with.

Finally finished, he looked over his status sheet one last time before upgrading.

Status

Personal Information

Name:

Age:

Level:

Experience:

Class:

Race:

Derek Hunt

30

200 (Upgrade Class)

455,360,884,250/???

Legend of the Void (Legendary)

Human (Modified)

Health:

Mana:

Stamina:

37500

15045

37500

Stats

Strength

Dexterity

Endurance

Vitality

Intelligence

Wisdom

Stat Points Remaining

1000

1000

1500 (???)

1500 (???)

1325

1003

133

Contracts

Alanah Swan (Crown Restaurant)

Silvi (Bonded Beast)

Stella Brighton (Crown Restaurant)

Francesco Jaccobs (Torith Adventurer’s Guild)

Rudolph Mckinney

Natalie Savannah via Malorie Stewart

View Contract

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Contract Unavailable

Skills

Absolute Nullify Lv. 12, Bare Fist Specialty Lv. 1 (View Upgrades), Basic Repair Lv. 1, Chain Lightning Lv. 13, Channel Void Lv. 20, Cleaning Lv. 9, Cure Toxin Lv. 4, Dismantle Lv. 12, Enhanced Movement Speed Lv. 2, Greater Meditation Lv. 10, Identify Lv. 17, Magic Resistance Lv. 20, Multi-Strike Lv. 14, Physical Resistance Lv. 20, Polearm Specialty (Choose Bond), Rejuvenation Lv. 14, Sweeping Slash Lv. 20, Telepathy Lv. 5, Time Prison Lv. 10, Void Call Lv. 4, Void Creation Lv. N/A, Void Sense Lv. 20, Void Shift Lv. 10, Void Steps Lv. 13, Void Storage Lv. N/A, Void Travel Lv. N/A

Skill Points Remaining: 15

Skill Upgrade Points Remaining: 0

Achievements

Greater Giant Slayer, Jack of All, Lesser Dungeon Explorer, Lesser Dungeon Traveler, Lesser Enigma, Lesser Enforcer of Oaths, Repetitive Dungeoneer, Minor Slayer of the Unknown, Solo Diver, Magical Glass Cannon, Meat Shield, Lesser Explorer, Offensive Powerhouse

I doubt I’m going to be able to make it any better than this. I don’t even think the system would allow me to go inside one of the trials with a class upgrade ready. I’d bet that the same rules apply to that as they do with regular dungeons. They won’t let you inside with an upgrade available because it would allow you to continue running a low level dungeon over and over.

Derek sighed and prepared himself. It was time for his final class upgrade, and he hoped it would be something great.