"What is this... No, I know what this is but..."
Yurei, for some reason, already knew about these weird messages. It was almost as if he had these for his entire life.
"Status Open."
As soon as he said that, a flood of information rushed inside his mind.
[
Name: Yurei
Class: Vengeful Spirit
Body type: Spirit
Rank: E
Level: 45 (55.76%)
HP: 50
MP: 5000
ATK: 0 / STA: infinite / DEF: 0 (magical), infinite (physical) / DEX: 500 / STR: 0
Unique Skills: 4
Acquired Skills: 3
Rank skills: 0
Ultimate Skills: 0
Understanding Of Body: 20%
]
"Unique Skills."
[
{ Possession }:
Cooldown: None.
Temporarily take over the target's body. Once possessed, you can use the target's skill and abilities for an appropriate amount of MP. Continuously drains MP when you possess a body.
Chances of succeeding in the possession depend on the target's mental state as well as their Hunter rank.
*All cooldown times for the abilities apply when using the target's skills
*You are not capable of possessing a target above A-rank. Trying to do so and failing will have dire consequences
*The target can continue to resist you while you control their body
*You can not use your default skills when in control of the target's body
*When you take over a body, the target's HP & stats become your own. MP is not affected
*When in enraged state, you can increase the target's stats by a single rank. In normal state, the chances of doing so are halved. Does not work on monsters
*This skill consumes no MP
{ Pass-Through }:
Cooldown: None.
Pass through any objects that do not have a magic barrier. You can also become invisible at will and no living being without any specialized skill or high level of concentration will be able to see you.
*This skill consumes no MP
*Passing through a holy barrier will result in suppressed abilities and continuous draining of health
*When invisible, you have a 50% chance of being instantly killed when hit by a spell
{ Physical Attack Invincibility }:
Cooldown: None.
As a spectre, your body can not be harmed by a physical attack. However, you are extremely vulnerable to magical attacks.
*This skill consumes no MP
{ Predation }:
Cooldown: None.
Absorb the soul of a target by draining its mana core. There is a low chance of inheriting a skill.
The drained soul will increase your MP and restore the damage to your spectral body. You will gain XP and the understanding rate of your body may or may not increase.
*This skill consumes no MP
*The target will die or be fatally injured if you drain their mana core
]
"O-oh... These sound good. What about acquired skills?"
With that, another batch of information appeared inside his mind.
[
{ Heal }:
Rank: D
Cooldown: 30 seconds.
Heal a portion of your HP using the mana surrounding your body. You can also heal the possessed body and your allies.
*Consumes 500 MP
*Heals 30% of your HP & the target's HP
{ Sword Dash }:
Rank: C
Cooldown: 5 minutes
Duration: 5 seconds
Temporarily increases your speed by 500% and increases your damage by 200%.
*Consumes 1000 MP
*Damage effect will not be applied if a sword-type weapon hasn't been equipped
*Cannot be used in spectre mode
{ Precision Strike }:
Rank: A
Cooldown: 10 minutes
Duration: Single Attack
Increases damage by 50% and chances of instantly killing the target by 3% for one attack. When a bow-type weapon is equipped, previous bonuses are replaced with one guaranteed hit and increases the damage by 200%.
*Consumes 2000 MP
*Cannot be used in spectre mode
]
"These... Are powerful skills. Though, the cooldowns seem to have increased a lot... And they now cost Mana Points?"
The spirit sighed.
As far as he remembered, rank-based skills only had a cool-down time and could be used as long as the body could handle the strength.
And magic skills, as well as holy skills, could be used as long as the user had a stable mind.
"Then again, I gained the best skills possible from those three... I thought I would receive a D or an E-rank spell from Bayek and Anne... But..."
Each rank had a few skills of the same rank and a few more skills of a rank or two below that. Setting aside E-rankers, the number of unique skills and default skills available from D-rank and above increased tremendously.
The chances of getting the same-ranked skill as the target was low... Yet here Yurei was, getting three of them.
"Or... Does it only apply to revenge targets? That's also possible... I'll have to check it soon."
Yurei muttered as he closed the information flood. With one command, the information inside his mind disappeared and his "head" felt light.
"I remember something about items... Ah, Open Inventory."
[
Available items (3/40):
1. { Priestess's Robes (Rare) }:
Durability: 40/100
Increases magic defence by 500 & holy magic damage by 20%.
A robe worn by once loved Hunter, Anne. Her calm and gentle demeanour shows through the holy robe.
*Can not be worn by males
*Can not be worn by undead creatures
2. { Cursed Sword Of Spite (Rare) }:
Durability: 10/100
ATK: 300 / DEF: 50 (physical)
There is a low chance of applying a bleeding effect on the target and an even lower chance of infecting the wound.
A rusted sword used by once-famous Hunter Bayek. It is full of grudges left behind by him.
3. { Elven Bow Of A Lovely Maiden (Rare) }:
Durability: 50/100
ATK: 150 / DEF: 50 (physical), 100 (magical)
Creates a shield around the user when attacked. The shield can absorb up to 100 magical damage.
A bow once used by the idol of Quin, Lily. Her elven blood has covered the bow.
]
"Hm... The bow and the robes would be great for me but... I can't wear the robe. What about the bow?"
He thought about the item and tried to command it to be equipped. But...
[This weapon can not be used in spectre mode]
A cold voice denied his command. Grumbling, he commanded the item to appear before him mentally.
Then, with a bright white flash, the bow appeared in front of him and kept hovering above the ground. However...
"It's transparent... And I can't touch it. As expected, I can't bypass the command."
Yurei had no other choice than to put the bow away. Unless he gained a body, all of the items would be useless. And except [Heal], most of the skills were unavailable too.
But still, he didn't give up. After all, his new life had just started.
"Alright... Let me try out my skills. I can check the rest later."
-------------------------------
"Finally..."
Taking a deep breath(?), Yurei sat down beside his corpse.
"So... I can pass through dungeon walls without issues but I can't pass through the floors. As a spectre, I can't attack anyone and I can control monsters. There aren't any monsters with magic on this floor... So I can't check my magic defence. Monsters can see me even when I'm invisible... And the increase of my understanding rate is low... I guess I'll need to hunt more boss monsters..."
Even after hunting for hours, the bar of the stat had only increased by 0.5%.
This wasn't an acceptable increase.
"Even setting those aside, I can't compare my stats to anything... I'll have to examine more when I get out of this dungeon. Speaking of the dungeon... How do I get out of here? Wait... Weren't there three quests... ?"
Yurei belatedly remembered that message and hurriedly opened the quest log.
"Quest Log."
A steady stream of data slowly entered his mind.
[
1. { Revenge Of The Fallen I (Class Quest/Mandatory) }:
Difficulty: S
Time limit: None.
The world has always been unfair to you. You have always suffered at others' hands. You had no control over your fate.
However, things have changed. You can now take back what you owe and destroy those fools who looked down on you one by one. Carve a path of blood and become the true ruler of death.
Clear Conditions: Kill or destroy the spirits of all primary revenge targets (1/?)
Clear Rewards: Rank + 1; Gain the secondary class {Necromancer}
Failure Conditions: Dying / The targets escaping to the Theocracy
Failure Penalty: Level - 20
2. { Become The Monarch (Class Quest/Mandatory) }:
Difficulty: SSS
Time limit: None.
You have taken the first step towards becoming the ruler of death. However, you have yet to become a true candidate for becoming the lord of the dead. For that, you'll need to get the Cursed Book Of Zafar which is rumoured to hold the secrets of death.
Clear Conditions: Acquire the {Cursed Book Of Zafar}
Clear Rewards: Get the legendary class {Lord Of Death}, rank + 5, level + 100 (in a specific class of your choosing)
Failure Conditions: Dying / Destruction of the {Cursed Book Of Zafar}
Failure Penalty: Lose all classes, levels and skills
3. { Evolution I (Class Quest/Mandatory) }:
Difficulty: D
Time Limit: 2 days 10 hours 25 minutes remaining
While your will is strong, your body is weak. Without a proper body, you can't pursue your goal of revenge. As such, you need to understand your spiritual body better and evolve into a more powerful being.
Hunt down the monsters on the lower floors of the Death Flower dungeon.
Clear Conditions: Kill Goblin Warriors (0/1000); Goblin Archers (0/500), Goblin Shamans (0/20) and the Goblin Lord (0/1) on Floor Four.
Clear Rewards: Understanding Rate + 20%; Level + 10
Failure Conditions: Dying / Time running out
Failure Penalty: Instant Death
*Warning, during the quest, the dungeon's difficulty from Floor Four and below will be increased by tenfold
]
"W-wait... Instant death?!"
Yurei screamed at the top of his non-existent lungs, but no one was there to listen to his scream.