<"Congratulations, you lucky reincarnated human! You've officially obtained your new class! But wait, there's more! You get one chance to spin the roulette of skills! Are you ready? Here we go...tatatatatata... and... drumroll... you've won the grand prize of... more drumroll... the unique skill of Appraisal! Rejoice, my friend, for the Reincarnation Blessing (Level 1) has stopped spinning and has granted you this wonderful gift! Hooray!"> The robotic voice chimed in Kyoma's head, as he couldn't help but roll his eyes at the ridiculousness of it all.
"Appraisal? Really? Out of all the skills I could have gotten, I get appraisal? I mean, it's not like I can slay a dragon with the power of appraisal," Kyoma muttered to himself, feeling a bit disappointed. He couldn't help but think of all the overpowered skills he could have gotten instead.
As he thought more about it, he remembered the countless reincarnation novels he had read where the protagonist had the skill of appraisal, and how it helped them gain a better understanding of the world around them. With appraisal, they could evaluate items, humans, and monsters, and understand their strengths and weaknesses. Maybe it wasn't such a bad skill after all. Kyoma smiled to himself, feeling a bit better about his luck.
Kyoma tested his newfound "Appraise" skill by looking at the crystal ball in front of him. "Nothing happened," he muttered to himself. Puzzled, he decided to touch the crystal ball and chant "appraise" once again. Suddenly, a load of information rushed into his brain.
Item: Class Proficiency Crystal
Durability: 39/1000
Unique Passive:
1. Class Affinity: Grants humans the ability to test their affinity for different classes, limited to regular and rare classes.
2. Class Selection: Using a soulstone as a catalyst, enables humans to obtain a class specific to their affinity.
Description: The Class Proficiency Crystal is a powerful tool crafted by an alchemist using four elemental stones, namely water, fire, earth, and wind, with a soul stone as the centrepiece. It has the unique property of testing an individual's affinity for a particular class and catalysing class advancements. After repeated usage, the crystal's current durability is at 39 out of 1000.
Kyoma was eager to put his new Appraisal skill to the test, so he began by appraising the furniture in the class advancement room. He touched the wooden table and muttered "appraise," and a flood of information filled his mind.
Item: Wooden Table
Durability: 12/12
Description: This sturdy wooden table was crafted by a skilled carpenter using low-quality oakwood as the primary material.
He then turned his attention to the wooden chair and repeated the process.
Item: Wooden Chair
Durability: 15/15
Description: This wooden chair was crafted with care and precision by a skilled carpenter using low-quality oakwood as the primary material.
Kyoma attempted to use his Appraisal skill without touching the objects in hopes that he could appraise them from afar, but he quickly realised that he could only appraise objects by physically touching them.
The same rules applied for humans as Kyoma's cheek stung as he left the adventurer guild, courtesy of the red-faced receptionist Miya. He had learned the hard way that appraising humans required physical contact. As he shook his head to ease the pain, he couldn't help but wonder about the flood of information that had entered his brain. He looked at the stats of the receptionist Miya who had just smacked him.
Name: Miya
Level: 9
Race: Human
Class: Receptionist (F rank)
HP: 80/80
MP: 10/10
Strength: 2
Agility: 2
Intelligence: 18
Passive Skill: Information Gathering (Level 1), Endurance (Level 1), Customer Service Mastery (Level 1), Multilingual (Level 1)
Title: Guild's Receptionist
"Receptionist? F rank?" Kyoma snickered. "I guess smacking adventurers is part of the job description."
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Kyoma, armed with an iron dagger he bought on credit, for 50 bronze coins, from the guild and a bag of rabbit bait, was spotted crouching at the edge of the grassland where the monstrous rabbits roamed. He had returned with a burning desire for revenge against those pesky bunnies, and, of course, to complete the newly picked guild quest of slaying five of them.
He planted the carrot bait at the grassland's edge and waited behind a tree for his prey. A few moments later, a rabbit fell for the trap and began to nibble on the carrot. In a swift move, Kyoma dashed forward and stabbed the rabbit. In a surprising turn of events, the field rabbit proved to be quite the fighter and didn't go down easily after Kyoma's initial stab. It thrashed and scratched at Kyoma as he held on tight, determined to finally get his revenge. Undeterred, Kyoma proceeded to stab the rabbit a few more times until it was well and truly defeated. It seems even a tiny field rabbit can put up quite the fight!
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Why would a necromancer use a dagger to hunt rabbits, you may ask? Well, despite wracking his brain for ideas, Kyoma couldn't figure out how to summon an undead creature without a corpse to possess!
Kyoma took the field rabbit corpse and decided to use it as a sacrifice to summon an undead field rabbit, because why not? He touched the dead rabbit, chanted "summon undead", and boom, a magical soul was infused into the lifeless body, turning it into an undead rabbit under Kyoma's control. It's not every day you see a fluffy, undead creature hopping around, but hey, to each their own.
Name: Undead Lesser Field Rabbit
Race: Monster
Level: 1
HP: 60/60
MP: 0/0
Strength: 2
Agility: 3
Intelligence: 2
Passive Skill: Lesser Agility Up (Level 1), Undead Resilience (Level 1)
Description: This is a field rabbit that has been brought back to life by Kyoma's necromancy magic. Enchanted by the dark arts, it now possesses stats proportionate to its master, and has 10 additional HP. It is fiercely loyal to Kyoma and will serve him until its second death. However, it still retains its love for carrots, which makes it a bit of an oddity in the world of undead monsters.
The undead field rabbit was far from its usual cute and fluffy appearance. Instead of the black beady eyes and pristine white fur that a normal field rabbit would have, this creature had a ghastly appearance with bloodstains and multiple stab wounds. Its once-white fur was now tinged with grey and its eyes glowed like fiery embers, a menacing red that seemed to pierce through the darkness.
With a mischievous grin, Kyoma decided to utilise his newly acquired undead field rabbit to his advantage once again. He planted a tempting carrot, just like before, and waited for his unsuspecting prey. This time, as soon as a field rabbit took the bait, Kyoma and his undead minion sprang into action. The field rabbit tried to put up a fight, but Kyoma's two-pronged attack was too much to handle. The undead rabbit relentlessly bit and clawed while Kyoma took turns stabbing and slashing.
This field rabbit seemed to have a bit more fight in it than the previous one. It scratched and bit Kyoma more than a few times, leaving him with some nasty scars. The battle went on for several minutes, with neither side backing down. Finally, the field rabbit, exhausted and covered in blood, fell to the ground, defeated by Kyoma's relentless attacks.
Kyoma had now expanded his army of undead rabbits to three. He had repeated his successful method of luring and ambushing lone field rabbits, and this time the third rabbit was caught off guard with a fatal weakness on its belly. Kyoma used the appraisal skill to uncover the rabbit's weakness and strategically plunged his dagger deep into its exposed belly when the rabbit lunged for an attack. With a single strike, the third rabbit joined the ranks of Kyoma's growing undead army, bringing the total to three.
Kyoma's army of undead rabbits continued to grow, giving him a newfound confidence. He decided to take his army of three into the open field to engage the field rabbits in a head-on battle without the element of surprise. Though he attempted to ambush a fourth rabbit, he was unable to cast "summon undead" due to having reached the maximum number of undead creatures he could control. Since he reached his limit in Summon Undead, he wanted to test the limits of his army of three rabbits and one human in an open battle against the field rabbits.
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Kyoma and his army of undead rabbits were on a rampage, ruthlessly slaying any field rabbit foolish enough to engage them in battle. Whenever one of Kyoma's undead rabbits fell in battle, he would quickly use a fresh corpse to recast the summon undead spell and replenish his army. The battle continued with Kyoma strategically targeting the vulnerable bellies of attacking rabbits and those that were pinned down by his undead minions. Gradually, Kyoma became more adept at hunting rabbits and on his twentieth kill, an announcement rang out in his mind:
This title granted Kyoma increased agility and a 10% boost in damage against Lesser Field Rabbits.
End of chapter stats:
Name: Kyoma
Level: 1
Experience point: 100/100
Race: Human
Class: Necromancer
HP: 50/50
MP: 20/20
Strength: 3
Agility: 5 (+1 from Killer of Lesser Field Rabbit title)
Intelligence: 10
Passive skills: Reincarnation's Blessing (Level 1), Necromancy Mastery (Level 1)
Active skills: Summon Undead 3/3 (Level 1), Appraisal (Level 1)
Titles: Necromancer, Killer of Lesser Field Rabbit (+10% damage to Lesser Field Rabbit, +1 Agility)