After Augustin had been burned to death, the magic within his body once again condensed and turned into two crystals.
It seemed like the pieces of equipment dropped after killing a monster in games, but that was just what it looked like. The reasoning was completely different.
[Skill Crystal: Attribute Borrowing]
[Origin: Abyssal World of The Strain]
[Grade: Silver]
[Magic Attribute: Universal]
[Attribute Borrowing Level 1: Establish a contract with an expert and compare the three major primary attributes of Strength, Agility, and Intelligence. If your attributes are lower, you will receive a 30% increase based on the difference between the attributes.]
[Lasts two minutes. Cooldown of five minutes. Consumes 250 MP.]
[Warning: The target's permission must be obtained. Their Awakened Level must not be lower, and the difference should not exceed ten levels. Otherwise, this skill will be invalid.]
[Note: Borrowed attributes are considered additional increases and do not count as primary attributes. They cannot be used for attribute breakthroughs.]
[Remark: Lend me some attributes, expert!]
This silver-grade Skill Crystal clearly represented the third skill that Augustin had used.
When the Master's shadow had appeared behind him, it had indicated that he had borrowed the attributes from the Master, which had allowed his power to soar.
This skill was very interesting and could actually be very strong when used well.
The key was to find an expert with high primary attributes and establish a contract with them.
For example, if there was an Abyssal Knight whose base Strength, Agility, and Intelligence were all at 100 points and Chen Gou learned this skill, all three of his primary attributes would instantly surge by about 30 points once he used it.
However, the other party's level could not be more than ten levels higher than his own. Because of this restriction, the target could not have attributes of over 100 points.
Nevertheless, this skill still had great potential.
After all, he had heard female knight Ye Qing say that there were some kind of weirdos that were obsessed with raising their attributes among the Abyssal Knight Team.
They treated their skills as secondary and focused on raising their primary attributes.
By doing whatever it took to do this, all of them had terrifyingly-high attributes, and their most common attacks could often be shockingly powerful.
Since they loved attacking with their basic moves and learned mostly passive skills, they had been given a nickname: high DPS melees.
I should be able to sell this for a good price in the Blue Wave World. My Battle Guardian seems to be able to learn…
Chen Gou contemplated this for a moment and then focused on another crystal.
[Magic Origin Crystal: Consumable Origin Artifact]
[Origin: Abyssal World of The Strain]
[Grade: Silver]
[Attributes: Blood, Poison]
[Origin Points: 2,500]
[Description: After a magical creature dies, its origin power condenses again. An Awakener can absorb the Magic Origin contained in it to achieve a rapid increase of the Awakened Level.]
[Reminder: This Origin Crystal has two kinds of magic attributes: Blood and Poison. When Awakeners without these two magic attributes absorb it, part of the origin power will be consumed and they will not be able to absorb it completely.]
[Remark: Don't use it indiscriminately.]
The origin and uses of Magic Origin Crystals were explained clearly in the description.
Origin Points and Awakening Points were similar in a sense.
However, Magic Origin Crystals had attributes that had completely different effects for different Awakeners when they absorbed them.
Chen Gou was currently at the first stage, so he had only awakened the power of magic in his body and had yet to activate the corresponding attributes.
Therefore, he could only absorb Magic Origin without attributes. Using any Magic Origin Crystals would deplete most of it.
I can only get around one-third of the Awakening Points after absorbing it. It's not enough to allow me to level up by one level. It's such a waste.
After some thought, Chen Gou tried to offer it to the system.
Anything with magic, such as Skill Crystals and magical artifacts, could be offered to the system, so the Magic Origin Crystal was no exception.
The response he received was that he could turn it into 2,000 Magic Origin Points.
It was very worth it, as his loss would be only one-fifth.
Chen Gou did not hesitate to offer the Magic Origin Crystal to the system. 2,000 Magic Origin Points were enough for him to draw skills twice.
"What was that just now?" Abraham couldn't help but ask curiously upon seeing the two mysterious crystals disappear from Chen Gou's hands.
"It's nothing, just stones. You know that Strigoi always suck things, especially Augustin, who has a habit of helping women lick their plates. It's not surprising that he left some stones behind after he was burned to ashes," Chen Gou explained seriously.
He naturally wouldn't tell him the truth to avoid unnecessarily causing trouble.
Abraham was completely speechless.
However, he was only concerned about killing the vampires, so he did not ask any more questions.
He had lived until this age and knew that everyone had their own secrets. It would cause mutual damage if he were to get to the bottom of it.
Ultimately, as long as Chen Gou's goal was to deal with the Master, he could accept anything else.
"Demon Hunters, what should we do next? Augustin is dead! The Master will certainly seek revenge!"
Palmer had gotten over the sadness of Coco's death and started worrying about his future.
This time, he was completely breaking off ties with the vampires. There was no turning back.
"Let's go to the chapel. If we are all together, we won't be killed by the Master," Chen Gou suggested.
After all, the chapel was the territory of Jesus. Staying there would put them at ease somewhat, even if the effect was only psychological.
"What about later? The vampires will get stronger and stronger, and New York will fall sooner or later!"
"Then we'll finish him before that happens!"
…
Palmer eventually accepted the suggestion to move to the chapel. In fact, the technological defenses he'd set up at the Stoneheart Mansion were unworthy of being mentioned in front of the vampires, especially when the UV lamps had been exposed.
The Master could even manage to rip out his heart before he could press the switch.
There would always be a flaw in using external help, as only the power that one possessed stopped at nothing.
One had to be so fast that the weak wouldn't even have time to feel fear.
Chen Gou arranged for Palmer to stay in the bedroom next to the study and treated him as a guest.
Someone like him, who wouldn't wake up early if there were no benefits involved, only did that because he believed that he could still exploit this old man…
However, before that happened, he had more important things to do.
"System: The skill draw is open!"
Chen Gou sat in the study alone, sinking his mind into the system.
Reaching Level 5 was only a theoretical strength increase. Only when he learned the skills would he have truly sublimated.
"The skill draw starts!"
The same slot machine screen instantly appeared in Chen Gou's mind.
Three reels spun rapidly, and each skill icon kept changing.
When a certain skill that he liked very much spun past, his heart raced as he hoped for it to stop.
However, it was clearly futile.
A dozen seconds later, the image in the first reel of the screen stopped first.
[Skill: Rocket Grab]
[Origin: League of Legends]
[Grade: Silver]
[Magic Attribute: Universal]
[Rocket Grab Level 1: Shoots out a hand and grabs the first enemy hit by it to the front of the caster. If the enemy can use magic, it will deal 150 points of damage.]
[Cooldown is one minute. Consumes 100 MP]
[Range: 15 meters]
[Note: This skill is forced. Unless the target's Strength is 20 points or more than one-third higher than the caster's, they will definitely be pulled by force.]
[Description: The original owner of this skill was a robot who could fire with its right hand, but it was happy to teach its friends its own skills. It modified the skill appropriately so that even non-robots could use magic to condense a hand in radiant form.]
[Remark: Don't grab anyone anyhow, or it might be suicide!]
This skill belonged to robot Blitzcrank in League of Legends and was considered one of the core skills in the game.
It was very useful on the battlefield and could even change the battle outcome by grabbing enemies to the caster's side and beating them to death in an instant.
However, it also had a serious downside. If one caught a big boss that couldn't be handled, it would be suicide.
Experts could predetermine the path of the attack quickly and be willingly grabbed.
It just hurt to even think about grabbing a meaty person who could fight.
This was only a silver-grade skill.
Then, the second reel stopped and the skill icons matched. This skill was also from League of Legends.
[Skill: Transcendent]
[Origin: League of Legends]
[Grade: Gold]
[Magic Attribute: Dark]
[Transcendent Level 1: Dark Sphere deals 15% more damage to heroes; Force of Will deals 10% additional true damage; Scatter of the Weak's range increases by 25%; Unleashed Power casting distance increases by 75.]
[Description: Syndra, the Dark Sovereign, is a fearsome Ionian mage with incredible power. Transcendent stems from her natural dark bloodline and enhances all her skills.]
[Remark: This skill is particularly for the rich. Poor people should get lost, as one may need to consume millions of Magic Origin Points to be able to draw the other four skills.]
Chen Gou was speechless. Syndra's power stemmed from Transcendent, a passive skill that boosted the power of other skills.
However, he was not Syndra. He did not have the other four skills, including the Dark Sphere. Why did he need Transcendent?
If he had all the other skills, the grade of Transcendent could even be platinum instead of gold.
This alone was even worse than a bronze-grade skill in Chen Gou's opinion…
The first two draws could only be described as disappointing. If Rocket Grab was still passable, Transcendent was as bad as it could be.
Fortunately, he still had one last choice. When the skill icon in the third reel appeared, Chen Gou's eyes suddenly emitted a white-silver light.
Its grade was not silver but platinum!
No wonder this skill is platinum-grade. Heaven's on my side.
Chen Gou laughed loudly, not even caring about his disguise as a holy envoy. One could see how happy he was.
He was not happy because he had drawn a platinum-grade skill. If it was similar to Transcendent, it would be useless even though it was platinum-grade.
The key was that this skill seemed to have been tailor-made for him. It would bring out the best in True Summoning, which could be considered a perfect combination.