Currently, Da Fei was flipping through the notebook which was filled with all kinds of navigation maps and notes, yawning as he did so. Only when there were words would he stop to read it properly, but the words were basically about the climate and geographic locations. As for the location of Mithril Island, even if the map was placed in front of him, he wouldn't be able to understand it.
Speaking of which, in the eyes of the mages, Mithril should be a resource that was more valuable than Gold, right? How should he handle this map? Give it to someone? Sell it? Exploit it himself?
Giving it away or selling it was both too short sighted. If he exploited it himself, that would be akin to directly becoming an enemy of Duke Markal, wasn't it? It was said that even to clear a dungeon, it would need the strength of an entire big guild. It wasn't really possible for a normal player like Da Fei to complete an Epic mission himself, right? Then, find someone to cooperate with him? What the heck, same as that Raging Sea of Blood, Da Fei didn't trust the other players too!
Just at this moment, a line of words jumped into his eyes.
—May 12th of Year 155, foggy weather. Today is my dear Serbia's 10th birthday, but I'm not by her side. I have already left home for five years, I wonder if she is used to living at the church yet? I wonder if she will still be waiting for me every morning at the quay of Port St. Paul? I wonder if she can still recognize me? Over these five years, we have experienced all kinds of extreme situations and no longer look the same as before. Now, I can't even recognize myself when I look in the mirror. May God bless my Serbia.
Da Fei's eyebrows jumped. There's some content here? What's this? A hidden mission? This must definitely be the case! I'm a self-taught expert! Port St. Paul, a daughter living in the church, is it? Yup, it seems that all those seafarers in this game without relatives will send their children to live in the church. She was 10 in Year 155, so she's 15 now?
Fifteen! Hehehe! Uncle, don't worry, in order to thank you for leaving me the Reconnaissance Skill, I will definitely take care of her!
Excited, Da Fei continued to flip through the pages.
—September 14th of Year 155, clear weather. The autumn haze which continued for several months is finally over, everyone took out their blankets to bask in the sun. All of us were delighted to find that there were a lot of fleas in the blankets, so we each caught a bottle of them, then mixed with the precious butter and spread them on bread. It was really a happy lunch!
What the heck!
—April 11th of Year 166, clear weather. The sea is calm and the sky is clear. We came to the border of the New Caribbean Sea where pirates are rampant. I took the watch carefully, not daring to slack off for even a single moment. At noon, everyone had started taking their lunch, but I discovered an unnatural ripple in the water in the distance. Is it an illusion? Or is it a fish?
No! It's not! My institution tells me that this must be the legendary Pirate King's unique skill "Stealth Sailing"! A skill that enables the user to create a water screen to create an illusion to cover the ship, enabling the ship to approach its prey unnoticed! I instantly reported this! But it led to mockery and laughter from the other seafarers! I started to regret my rashness and suspicions!
However, Captain Renoir supported me firmly. The ship immediately changed directions and sailed away at full speed. Just at this moment, something shocking happened. In the empty sea, a pitch-black pirate ship suddenly appeared! It was indeed the terror from the legends, the Pirate King, Red Beard! Seeing that we started escaping, he instantly gave up on the concealment and chased after us at full speed!
Just at this moment, a golden light enveloped my body. I finally broke through my limit and reached the Grandmaster level Reconnaissance Skill! I succeeded! Blessing to God! I can finally step into the God-level realm!
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Seeing up to this point, Da Fei was dazed for a while! He could understand that this person's skill leveled up after seeing through the enemies disguise, but what did "finally step into the God-level realm" mean? Did it mean that it would be easier to reach God-level after reaching Grandmaster-level?
Da Fei hurriedly flipped towards the back!
The contents at the back were most about this Juan discussing the theory behind the "Stealth Sailing" skill with his captain and Mage Markal. Their overall conclusion was that this skill wasn't simply a nautical skill, it might have been mixed with some other types of magic, some types of reconnaissance skills, or it may even have to do with the material of the ship itself. Also, this wasn't a skill that looked like it could be completed by a single person, it was probably cast by a team of people, meaning that it was a combination skill.
So it's a combination skill! Then, just as Da Fei continued to flip a page.
—System Message: You learned the work of a senior and gained 2,000 EXP points. Obtained information regarding the skill "Stealth Sailing".
—Beginner Tip: Player obtained information on a skill, triggering the research and development system for this specific skill. The player can research it alone, or the player can also obtain more information on the skill from various NPCs, or can also find a teacher to learn it from.
—System Message: Congratulations, you have reached Level 3! You obtained 1 Strategy Attribute, 1 Skill Point, +2 Health Points, and your Command Value increased by 1.
Information regarding a skill! Da Fei's jaw dropped to the ground!
This Stealth Sailing skill wasn't recorded on the Nautical Skill Book! It was probably a unique skill that belonged to the pirates? A God-level skill? This means that this notebook was an important research treasure too! A crucial item that enabled a person to learn a God-level skill! He couldn't give it to others now!
Da Fei flipped through the book again meticulously. The content at the back was that after much interaction with Markal, Juan discovered that something was amiss with Markal, and so on. There also weren't any more system messages too.
Speaking of which, in order to learn this skill, he would need to build a team with many people. Of course, even if it wasn't because of this skill, human talents were still very much needed. This St. Anthony ship was able to avoid so many dangers previously exactly because of the many talented crew members on-board the ship.
Also, such a thing as creating a team was too far-fetched for a solo-type player like Da Fei. Therefore, Da Fei could only recruit NPC talents. And to recruit NPC talents, and even PKC heroes, the Reputation of a player would be very important. No one would be willing to work for a nobody.
There were many ways to obtain it. For example, doing missions and obtaining military merit. And now, Da Fei had a way of obtaining Reputation too, which was to use the Reconnaissance Skill sub-skill, Intelligence Gathering, to obtain information!
—Intelligence Gathering: Hero will obtain an unknown monster's attributes during battles and create Intelligence Cards. Hero can sell the cards to Scholars or Aristocrats for money, Reputation, and affinity from certain NPCs.
There were all kinds of unknown creatures around this desert island, it was a good chance for him to use this skill! There would be at least one or two pieces of information that would be of use to him. For example, this plant-type sea anemone!
He had one skill point from leveling to Level 3, and no matter was it long-term or short-term looking, he would have to learn the skills either way. Then, Da Fei took out the skill book and decisively learned the skill in it!
—System Message: You used one Skill Point to learn the passive skill, Intelligence Gathering! The longer you come into contact with an unknown object, the more detailed the intelligence collected will be.
Yup, passive is good. I like passive skills the most.
Currently, the sky was turning dark, and the tide was retreating again, exposing a large patch of wetland. Having already prepared for a long time and already being very well rested, Da Fei jumped into the sea and swam towards that puddle with patches of red lights flickering…