Dylan couldn't help but smile. Gods? What a fart! Orochi needed 5 years to reach level 30, while he only needed 2 years! Of course, Dylan had to admit that he was just a regular goon. He couldn't be compared to outstanding talents at all. He knew it was all thanks to his Overpowered Split Soul skill.
As scenes in the past two years played in his head, Dylan couldn't help but feel sentimental. It's been two years since he woke up in this world. There are still eight years before the players arrive. Currently, due to him being level 30, he could now split his soul four times. Two are currently on the Savage Deer and Hobgoblin's body. While the other two were still unused. He's waiting for an opportunity to seize the body of a super genius or at least a strong creature, or even something like Bee Queen or Ant Queen, to directly have control over their hives. Just like how he could command the goblin horde through Hobgoblin.
Dylan stood up abruptly and glanced at his room. Silver bed with pillows and sheets made of high-quality beast fur. Famous paintings with good artistic value. Glass items such as a glass table with a red star-like flower planted in a vase on top gave the entire room a picturesque feeling.
There is a cabinet etched on a wall that has a distance of five inches above the ground. The room uses a variety of electric appliances. This world's architecture might be a bit backward, but their technology level was only a little behind Earth. For instance, they had ovens, air-conditioners, computers, and electric carriages, but they didn't have cars or mobile phones. It was strange but that was how the company of the game designed it.
Dylan didn't think too much. He walked in front of a mirror. He looked at himself for a moment. The body he was in wasn't actually that bad in terms of appearance.
Dylan has brown hunter eyes that give an illusion of being a bit reddish. He had a sharp, small nose and a little tanned skin, but not tanned enough to make him look brown. His skin was on a lighter tan. He has impressive full lips. Lastly, an angular face, defined jaw-line, long ramus, and his features were in harmony with each other.
However, Dylan didn't care much about his appearance and instead focused on the equipment on his body with joy. His seemingly black T-shirt was bronze-quality equipment that gave him some stats. Similarly, his pants and even underwear give stats. Although they don't have special effects like the Raging Spear. At least, it was better than when he was a pauper with no equipment on his body.
Plus his accessories, a pair of bracelets that give him a bonus concealment effect at night and piercings that give 5 points of INT and a bonus on the speed of his mana regeneration. They're really quite handy!
'Status!'
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Name: Dylan
Level 30
HP: 3200/3200
Mana: 870/870
Specie: Human
Profession: N/A
Attributes:
STR: 145+2+10+6
VIT: 145+12+3
AGI: 145+5+6+8
INT: 82+5
WIS: 40
CHA: 45
Free attributes: 100
-Skills-
Origin Skills:
Soul Split, Shared Senses.
Essence Skills:
Lvl2 Bloodsucking. Lvl3 Firebody.
Super skills:
Advance Skills:
Lvl3 Fly.
Intermediate Skills:
Lvl3 Buster Tongue.
Ordinary Skills:
Selves:
Evaluation: Finally a little bit strong. Can usually defeat opponents three levels higher.
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Thanks to various bonuses of equipment his Strength attribute reaches a total of 163. On the other hand, VIT and AGI have 160 and 164 respectively. The effects and bonuses from equipment couldn't be underestimated at all.
They could make or break one's stats. That's why a fully geared character with high-quality equipment is equivalent to obtaining free levels. The amount of attribute bonuses alone was significant enough to decide the winner of battles.
That's why level isn't everything in battle. One has to take into account abilities and skills. For example, Orochi and Dylan both had almost cheat-like abilities. Excellent equipment with special effects and provides superior attributes. A wizard equipped with gold or even platinum quality equipment from head to toe versus a similar wizard with similar level and skills, but only equipped silver equipment would be utterly defeated. It's actually a no-brainer.
There are also variables like tactics, strategies, and experience. So, the winner of a battle couldn't be decided by level alone. Yes, the level difference is a significant deciding factor, but it's not absolute.
With that, Dylan looked at his stats with a satisfied expression. Unfortunately, he doesn't have a profession. After all, what he wanted was the special profession in the Midnight Shadow Mountain that he had yet to attempt.
Now, he was ready to invite Orochi's group to take on the Midnight Shadow Mountain! With him being level 30, fully geared with decent equipment, and three level 3 skills, he's more confident than ever. It's not wrong to feel confident as long as he doesn't become complacent. Arrogance and confidence aren't the same.
Dylan clicked his skills one by one starting from Bloodsucking.
[Lvl 2. Bloodsucking (Essence Skill)- The ability to suck blood to gain 150 hp per second. It essentially steals the health of the target. No cooldown. Doesn't require mana or stamina. (Due to a different body, the user needs to touch the target for the skill to take effect.)]
Now, this skill can help him recover his hp. If he doesn't have HP potions, it can act as a substitute and it doesn't have a cooldownz doesn't need mana or stamina to activate. As long as touches the target. It would work.
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[Lvl 3. Fly (Advance Skill)- The ability to fly. Makes the body 10,000% lighter. Consumes stamina. (Due to incompatibility with the human body, unable to fly. Increase the effect as compensation.)]
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[Lvl 3 Firebody. Active Skill. Emit high-temperature concentrated flame around the body. A continuous damage directly proportioned to the INT attribute. Causes -250hp per second + -15hp extra damage per INT and -5hp per WIS. Consume 10 mana per second.
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[Lvl 3 Buster Tongue. Active Skill. Elongate the tongue and bless it with flame attribute aura. Deals total of -500p + -15hp per INT + -6hp per WIS. Consume 30 mana.]
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The three-level 3 skills also became even more lethal, increasing his chances of survival. The mana consumption of the three had decreased while increasing their effect.
The Firebody isn't steam anymore, but literal high concentration flame.
Even though he doesn't know what high concentration flame means. It must be strong, right?
On the other hand, the fly's skill was even more exaggerated. Makes the body 100x lighter! What kind of concept is that!?