Lis sighed in relief when he saw Dison no longer resisted and chose to concede. The truth was, his Mana Value had dwindled to almost nothing, and he too was on the verge of collapse.
Glancing at the azure fireball in his hand, he opted for efficiency and smashed it onto an open space far away from the crowd.
Boom!
The deafening roar of an explosion filled the air, and the compacted ground was as fragile as tofu under the direct hit of the Blue Ball Skill, leaving a crater several times larger than the previous one created by the Fireball Technique.
"Young Master Lis... that's terrifying!" Dison was still prostrate on the ground, staring blankly at the deep pit still sizzling with blue flames not far away, feeling the heat despite the distance.
"If that hit had landed on me, there probably wouldn't have been anything left of me, not even the dregs."
"Is he really just a Junior Mage?"
Welf, who had been observing the entire battle, was keenly aware of the power of that spell, and the feeling of horror made him realize that even he could be threatened by that magic.
Who was he?
A Golden Warrior! Even in the most populous Warrior profession, Advanced Warriors were considered top-tier combatants in the entire Kingdom, rarely seen, perhaps one in ten thousand Warriors.
By all rights, a basic spell should not be able to break through his Combat Energy defense, but it was clear that the strange blue fireball in Lis's hand could penetrate his defenses and harm him, which was utterly incomprehensible.
If before the duel it was out of respect for Lord Joyce, the butler, that Welf was so respectful to Lis, now Welf truly admired and even feared his Lord Viscount from the bottom of his heart.
As for Bill, standing beside Welf, he was already pale and weak-kneed, nearly collapsing on the spot.
Lis, however, paid no mind to the expressions of the guards beside him. He took deep breaths to calm his wildly beating heart from the battle and started to check the system prompts that had just appeared in front of him.
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[You overcame the odds and defeated Dison, completing the limited challenge task]
[Assessment: Cross-level Challenge... Assessment passed, reward increased]
[Assessment: Full Effort in Combat... Assessment failed (Dison did not exert 100% strength), reward decreased]
[Assessment (Hidden): Flawless Victory... Assessment passed, reward increased]
[Task completion 110%, distributing rewards...]
[You gained 330,000 Experience Points]
[You gained the specializations "Fearless Challenger" and "Low-level Resilient Body"]
[You gained the skill "Martial Arts: Furious Slash"]
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Lis hadn't expected to trigger a limited challenge task, one of the rather attractive game content in "Divine Revelation".
When players challenged NPCs, wilderness monsters, or bosses, there was a chance to trigger these limited challenge tasks, which offered generous rewards, including a chance to acquire the challenge subject's skills and specializations, as well as a hefty sum of Experience Points and Gold Coins.
However, the richness of the rewards meant that such tasks were very rare and highly challenging!
Firstly, these tasks could only be triggered in solo challenges.
Secondly, the task would only be triggered if the system assessed the enemy's Level as close to or stronger than your own.
In the game "Divine Revelation", due to equipment, talents, and many other factors, NPCs at the same level were significantly more formidable than ordinary players, not to mention key characters in the main storyline. These were foes not even professional gamers could withstand.
Often, a storyline boss required masses of players to sacrifice their lives to push forward, enduring brutal beatdowns.
Thus, in his previous life, not many could complete such tasks and claim the rewards, but numerous players persevered undeterred, to the extent that NPCs who could easily trigger these tasks would end up avoiding players.
Just walk normally, and all of a sudden, some weirdly dressed person pops out shouting "You scoundrel!" and challenges you to a duel.
Morons like this, you run into a few hundred of them a day, nobody can stand it.
After some thought, Lis decided to abandon the idea of finding someone else to farm limited challenge quests, firstly because his own strength was still insufficient, and beating Dison was a stroke of luck, so he needed to work harder.
He could have Welf and the others cooperate with him, but firstly, these kinds of quests have a low trigger rate, and secondly, if the quest was made too easy, the rewards would decrease significantly.
If it wasn't for the hidden criteria he had met this time, the rewards wouldn't have been so generous.
Lis shook his head, dismissing these thoughts, and began to happily tally up his substantial quest rewards.
"300K Experience Points, delightful, it could make me go up by about two levels."
"100 Gold Coins, eh? If it was just after the server started, it would indeed be a lot, but now I'm a Lord Viscount... It's still a lot actually!"
Now for the main event, Lis rubbed his hands together and opened the detailed information on the specialties and skills he had acquired.
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[Fearless Challenger] — Reduces the damage from Rank Suppression by 30%, with a chance to exempt from negative statuses such as Fear, Shock, Silence, Chaos, and Charm.
[Low-Level Resilient Body] — Increases Life Points by 10%, speeds up recovery from minor injuries, and slightly boosts one's Resilience and elemental resistance.
[Martial Arts: Furious Slash] — An Intermediate Warrior Skill, inflicts damage equal to (30% of the user's lost Life Points + 200% * Strength Attribute) on the enemy, with a chance to add a Shock effect, cooldown time: 10 minutes.
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[Martial Arts: Furious Slash] can be ignored for now since he didn't have extra Experience Points to upgrade the skill, and the chance to trigger the Shock effect was too low at a low level.
[Fearless Challenger] is a very useful Passive Specialization; every player gets it the first time they challenge an enemy of a higher Level, and the effect of potentially exempting from negative statuses might play a crucial role in battle.
[Low-Level Resilient Body] is a Passive Specialization that directly strengthens one's tankiness. Warriors become the top-tier tanks that can't be smashed or cracked only after acquiring many similar passives, so the more of these, the better — refuse none.
[Low-Level Resilient Body] and [Martial Arts: Furious Slash] must have been snatched from Dison. Thinking of this made Lis look towards Welf with eager eyes.
If the goodies plucked from a Silver Warrior were so good, what treasures might one be able to snatch from the Golden Warrior Welf?
Lis nodded and discreetly added challenging Welf to his mental to-do list.
Welf, who was helping Dison to his feet, felt a shiver down his spine. He looked around suspiciously, feeling like he was being watched by something filthy.
Watching Dison struggle to clean the black oily liquid from his body, Lis suddenly felt that the Oily Technique might have more potential for development. It was so useful for disgusting people; he should definitely explore it further when he had time.
Seeing that Dison might not be able to clean up in a short time, and Bill seemed not yet recovered from the shock, Welf had no choice but to pick up his sword and stand in front of Lis, preparing to complete the training task afterwards.
He dared not slack off in the slightest now, even if Lis seemed a bit tired, he wouldn't dare mention ending it early unless Lis said so.
All thanks to this guy!
Welf disdainfully glanced at Bill, who was cowering to one side.
Indeed, he should train this guy more; he had been too lenient before. How could he be a good guard for young master Lis if this continued?
Welf genuinely thought to himself.
However, Lis had no plans to continue training either. After calling out to Welf, they prepared to go back and rest.
Tomorrow he would have to visit the Royal Magic Academy in the Kingdom of Feis again, so there was no need to exhaust himself today.