MMORPG: The Elementalist

Acquired the Magmashroom. The fifth part of the quest is over!

The five tasks for the Advancement Quest have been successfully completed!

Congratulations on your level upgrade! Advance to Tier 5!

At the moment when the Magmashroom appeared, a golden glow descended from the sky and fell upon Qin Ruo’s body. Amidst the gentleness, it was imbued with strong power. Thereafter, Qin Ruo heard the system notification continue to ring:

Understanding of Advanced Water Elementalism technique—Air!

Understanding of Advanced Water Elementalism technique—Perception!

Understanding of Advanced Water Elementalism technique—Liquid Form!

Understanding of Tier 5 Water Elementalism—Frost Arrow!

Understanding of Frozen Realm…

…Aqua Whirlpool!

…Chaotic Frostrampart!

…Tier 5 AoE Magic Attack—Frozen Realm!

…Frost!

…Chaotic Water Bomb!

Ten consecutive Tier 5 Spells and Elementalism techniques were constantly being refreshed on the Skill Interface. Qin Ruo continuously checked out the attributes of each skill for Tier 5 Aquamancers from the stream of system notifications…

With the understanding of the Tier 5 skill attributes, Qin Ruo became slightly dispirited.

The Tier 5 Advanced Water Elementalism techniques and reason for perception were initially not revealed… However, when the detailed attributes introduction emerged, everything became clear…

As long as one mastered the Water Elementalism technique of “Air”, the Aquamancer could control, arrange, and change the density of the surrounding Water Elements… Thus, giving rise to the ability “Elemental Perception: Water”, whereby the range was within a radius of fifty meters.

However, this ability of Perception was not available at all times, rather it was dependent upon the manipulation of “Air”. It would constantly consume MP to manipulate the density of the surrounding Water Elements and be able to perceive all changes within its range. This would mean that, as soon as this force was interrupted, the ability of Elemental Perception would be lost immediately.

The Advanced Water Elementalism technique, Liquid Form would allow the processing of more stubborn Water Elements. It also allowed for further arrangement on the sequence of Water Elements, as well as enhancement of the power of Water Elemental Magic Attacks and Defense.

This Air manipulation was unheard of by Qin Ruo, but he had a vague understanding of it through the introduction of attributes. This Water Elementalism technique should be the highest of all the skills and the most difficult to master.

For the time being, Qin Ruo chose to let go of the three types of Water Elementalism techniques as his gaze fell upon a few Tier 5 Water Element Magic Attacks…

Frost Arrow increased base Magic Attack by 40. It also doubled Magic Attack and its chance of inflicting Status Effect: Chilled was higher than Snow Eagle Dive.

Frozen Realm was an AoE Magic Attack which would relatively consume time and MP. Taking advantage of the manipulation of “Air”, it would increase the Water Elements within a radius of thirty meters. After that, the drop in temperature would be controlled, to substantially increase the chance of freezing and thereby reducing the enemy’s mobility. This AoE Magic Attack was similar to the effect of the Twelve Frostramparts Formation, but simpler. The only thing that was disheartening was that its flexibility and attribute effects were not as good as the latter.

Aqua Whirlpool could create a certain visual confusion on the target area and incidentally, it had a passive attack attribute…

Chaotic Frostrampart could create an ice wall by means of elemental arrangement and flexible treatment of the elements at the designated location! It could be used to block attack damage from the opposite side, or to block approaching enemies.

The last noteworthy spell which made Qin Ruo concerned and paid attention to was the Tier 5 AoE Magic Attack…

Frozen Realm!

Channeling would take up to ten seconds… It would blast opponents with a frozen stream within a hundred-meter radius that did no damage but every hostile target within a thirty-meter range would be dealt a base Magic Attack damage of 55. Additionally, their speed would be reduced by 50% from the Chilled debuff which would last for three seconds.

The aggressiveness of its attack would be quite overbearing, but unfortunately it was not suitable to be used for regular combat.

***

Closing the Skill Interface, a familiar face of the Elder then appeared in front of him, giving a look of praise while standing a few meters away.

Only when Qin Ruo glanced over did the Elder gently smile and extend his hand out to him.

A familiar scene.

Qin Ruo looked down at the precious Grade 3 Herb, Magmashroom in his hand. Taking two steps forward, he did not hesitate to hand over the Magmashroom to the Elder.

Turning his wrist over, the Magmashroom disappeared from Elder’s hand.

When he opened his palm again, inside it was a ring flickering with a dark golden glow.

The moment his gaze fell upon the dark gold ring, Qin Ruo’s heart was suddenly hammering against his chest.

The reward for this Quest…

Dark Gold tier ring!

“This is the reward for getting through this Advancement Quest.”

After deeply calming his excitement, Qin Ruo took the ring from the Elder’s hand. His ears were ringing with the Elder’s incessant praises for him. It was an impassive speech, but the general idea was that Qin Ruo now possessed the reputation of being highly capable and could absolutely contribute to the Angel Faction!

Head to the Mythical Battlefield, build immortal achievements, and let the glory of the Angel Faction be scattered across every corner of the Mythical Continent!

***

At this time, Qin Ruo was not in the mood to pay attention to the Elder’s instructions, as his mind was fully concentrated on the reward of the Advancement Quest held in his hand.

Elemental Ring:

Increases Elemental Affinity by 8%

Increases Intelligence by 15

Additional passive skills: Elemental Barrier (Pre-condition for initiating, collapse of Frostbarrier—automatic activation),

Magic Defense Increased 10

Physical Defense Increased 20

Absorbs 10% of Magic Damage

Absorbs 10% of Physical Damage

300 Endurance

(Only one activation per day)

Qin Ruo’s eyes could not hide his delight. Although the attribute of the Elemental Ring was not as bizarre as Black Rock’s Petrification Ring, they were both quite similar and extremely practical type of equipment.

Moreover, with the passive skill Elemental Barrier, even if he were to encounter very critical situations in the future, he could use the automatically activated barrier to surprise the enemy!

It was really quite good!

Qin Ruo was very satisfied with the reward of this Advancement Quest…

It had not been in vain that he almost died from fighting against the vile Volcanic Demon which transformed into the Infernal Dragon once.

At this time, the Elder’s instructions finally ended. The system notification rang again.

Honor granted by the Angel Faction! Obtained 100 Honor Points!

Qin Ruo furrowed his brows.

‘How very generous.’

As soon as he thought that, the system prompt that should have ended continued to ring again.

Due to the extraordinary difficulty of the Advancement Quest, you have obtained an additional Water-type Divinity granted by the Angel Faction…

“…!”

Qin Ruo who had been shocked by the reward of this quest for quite some time and had not recovered yet, then slowly looked up…

As the Elder extended his arm to hand over the item, in his palm lay a still blue rhombus-shaped crystal.

***

These days, due to the six Divinity crystals, hundreds of Legendary equipment, thousands of Dark Gold equipment, and countless Gold and Violet equipment, the reputation of Casanova’s Trading Hall had been successfully integrated into the minds of hundreds of millions of players. Many players had purchased equipment from them. In a moment of desire, they no longer had to visit to the market. There was no need to spend a lot of time and labor to cram with others in the market, checking every booth whether they had stock of the required equipment… Players now had instant access to browse around for the pieces of equipment they required as soon as they enter any branch of Casanova’s Trading Hall in all major and small cities.

Within a short time, the prestige of Casanova’s Trading Hall had been raised to an unprecedented height! The players who entered and exited each branch of the Trading Hall were endless!

However, there were only two VIP lounges.

One was situated in Angel Faction’s Moonrise City, while the other could be found in Demon Faction’s Sin City.

In Moonrise City, at the headquarters of Casanova’s Trading Hall, many players were not attracted by the equipment… Rather, they were attracted by the famous players who had previously come to buy equipment, and the equipment which these players possessed.

Those rarely-seen Field Commanders, Tier 5 Supreme Champions on normal days, had recently patronized Casanova’s Trading Hall frequently, giving rise to an unprecedented grand occasion.

Numerous Champions were competing as they were standing in the lobby of the headquarters of Casanova’s Trading Hall, whether in groups of three or five, or standing alone, all geared up in either Dark Gold equipment or patterned with Chromatic Equipment that drove others mad with envy. It was a spectacular scene in H&G.

In the official website forum, some people even video-recorded the VIP lounge situated in the headquarters of the two Factions and uploaded them, claiming that: anyone who would like to observe a Champion or look for a battle, should go to Casanova’s Trading Hall.

At Casanova’s Trading Hall, there definitely was no lack of either Equipment or Champion!

This also attracted a lot of Champions in search of fame and profit. Whether or not there was anything to do, they were fond of visiting the Trading Hall to get in on the action. While admiring the equipment of other same-level Champions, they could also show off their own latest equipment…

Hollow Cast was more than willing to entertain these well-geared Champions. He was letting them stay in the lounge for a long time, so as to increase the fame of the Trading Hall.

However, when some familiar figures walked from the outside into the lounge of the Trading Hall, Hollow Cast’s expression lit up from underneath his cloak…

Expressing his apologies, he took his leave from a few players who were talking to him and hurried forward.

The enthusiasm shown by the Trading Hall’s second-in-command, caused all the players in the lounge to shift their gaze toward these people at the same time…

The unruly Berserker, fully dressed in bloody Legendary equipment, with windblown dust, stepped into the threshold of the Trading Hall. A pair of sharp eyes quickly swept through the approximately hundred Champions in the lounge; the corner of his mouth faintly expressed his disdain and haughtiness. After determining that there was not anyone in the lounge worthy of his attention, he turned toward the enthusiastic Hollow Cast who came over.

“Divinity, is it ready?”

Without any intonation, this one short sentence burst out of the Berserker’s mouth.

Hollow Cast stared blankly for a brief period, before smiling and nodding. He pointed to a staircase in the corner of the lounge. “Wait a moment, as there are still a few guests coming over.”

While talking, Hollow Cast nodded at a man and a woman, two inconspicuous players who came in from behind the Berserker. They did not have any further communication with Hollow Cast and directly walked past the Berserker toward the staircase at the corner of the lounge, which led to the second floor.

The Berserker, who was in front of Hollow Cast, naturally noticed his unusual behavior. He knitted his brows slightly as he looked at the backs of the two people who had just passed and asked in a low voice, “Who are they?”

Hollow Cast did not answer, directly pointing to the corner of the lounge.

“Please go to the second floor.”

“Yeah, right…”

The Berserker felt extremely dull about Hollow Cast’s cautious approach. With a clang, he flamboyantly lifted a heavy battle blade against his shoulders, strutting right underneath the gaze of many players as he made his way through the crowd in the lounge!

Just as the Berserker was ready to take the flight of stairs, there was an uproar amidst the crowd behind him at the lounge…

“Why is it that he’s also here?!”