ATPnovel Chapter 50: Wang Gou Dan, who has been promoted to Shadow Knight!
Chapter 50: Wang Gou Dan, who has been promoted to Shadow Knight!
[Ding! Player "Rain Girl Has Nothing to Do With" has successfully gained Lady Eliza's approval and obtained the position of lead lawyer in the legal team. She will soon accompany Eliza to persuade Judge Osric, gaining the attention of a certain deity and receiving 6,000 experience points!]
This news gave Bright a much-needed boost as he was dissecting the last few bodies!
Just as I expected!
After receiving information about Judge Osric from the intelligence notes, he did not choose to reveal the information immediately. This was because if a player revealed information and changed the opinions of certain important figures, it would be regarded by some gods as an event that could change the course of history, and they would generously reward him with experience points. This was a unique benefit for players, which he, as an NPC, did not receive!
Originally, I was thinking of having Wang Gou Dan try to announce the news, but I felt that it was not appropriate for Wang Gou Dan to do so. Just when I was hesitating, a player who studied law came to my door. It was like a pillow being delivered when I was sleepy!
By delivering messages and mission information, the other party gains Lady Eliza's favor, while the deliverer receives a large share of the experience points.
Six thousand experience points, with 20% going to me, that's twelve thousand. These experience points are enough to instantly level up any new profession to level ten or higher, and also to upgrade my Fighter, Doctor, Corpse Whisperer, and other professions.
Excited, he immediately opened his intelligence notebook.
As the "Rain Woman Has Nothing to Do With Me" quest progressed, new information was immediately updated.
Intelligence 1: Extraordinary professions require more experience points, more than twice that of ordinary professions. The employer currently has more than 2,000 experience points left, which can advance a level 10 fighter to level 18, but if used on a Corpse Whisperer or a Shadow Healer, it can only advance to level 15.
Intelligence 2: The higher the basic profession is upgraded, the less experience points are gained after empowerment, which is an effective way to save experience points. Noble families will have their outstanding children upgrade their basic professions as much as possible, and then empower them after reaching a certain level, but usually not exceeding level 15, because the higher the basic profession is, the more difficult it is to obtain rich experience. If the timeline is stretched too long, it will delay the best development period of the noble children.
Intelligence 3: Leveling up a Corpse Whisperer enhances their ability to communicate with spirits. A level 15 Corpse Whisperer undergoes a qualitative change, becoming able to incite ordinary spirits to transform into vengeful spirits and become immune to their attacks. They can also cause supernatural battles to erupt in areas teeming with vengeful spirits, giving rise to evil spirits. Furthermore, they can temporarily hypnotize these evil spirits, putting them into a deep sleep, and possess the ability to awaken them. Please note: Awakened evil spirits cannot be hypnotized again for a short period and will enter a berserk state, randomly attacking any living being in the vicinity, including the Corpse Whisperer.
Intelligence 4: When a Spirit Doctor advances to level 15, they can gain the ability to make Spirit Elixirs. They can cut up and process low-level vengeful spirits or even evil spirits to extract elixirs that provide immunity to or directly treat Spirit attacks. They can also surgically transplant or remove certain Shadow abilities.
Intelligence 5: The Shadow Elixir and the Fighter class can advance to the Dark Monk transcendental class. Please note that if you choose to advance to the Dark Monk, you will have three Shadow-type transcendental classes, which will greatly increase the chances of gaining the attention of the Shadow Lord and also make the gods of other factions wary of you!
After reading the intelligence, Bright hesitated for a moment.
He originally intended to use up at least most of his experience points before heading to Milandil, since he didn't know what kind of crisis he would encounter. Making more preparations might allow him to survive in the event of a temporary crisis.
Of his three professions, Corpse Whisperer and Spirit Healer are both support professions, while the most combat-ready is Fighter. Moreover, because some of Lady's memories have been integrated into his body, Bright has greatly improved his fighting skills, and he has the idea of continuing to cultivate this combat profession.
The Fighter class is not well-suited for battlefields, but in complex environments, it is a highly adaptable and direct combat class, just like the Ranger.
The Shadow Potion is now the superb empowerment that I don't have to worry about in quantity. If one bottle isn't enough, I can use a second one. It can almost guarantee that I can become a Dark Monk.
But if he made that choice, as mentioned in Intelligence 5, he would attract the attention of the Lord of Shadows and be ostracized by other gods. This was not what he wanted. Without knowing the full story, he did not want to take sides.
Furthermore, if all three professions are empowered by shadow, it would seem too one-dimensional, and in case of special circumstances, it would be easy to be targeted.
Actually, he preferred to use that holy potion and try to become a Lightbringer Monk.
However, firstly, the success rate cannot be guaranteed, and secondly... he still planned to use this potion to trick more players into working for him. After all, when it comes to quest rewards, tangible things are the easiest for players to believe. If he uses this potion and then fails to advance, he won't be able to redeem the quest rewards later, and his reputation will be ruined, which will greatly affect his future position as an intermediary. He can't do something so foundational.
He also had a bottle of blood potion. Intelligence indicated that using blood empowerment on a fighter could advance them to a Berserker Fighter class. Unlike Blood Knights, who could recover their stamina by absorbing the blood of others, Berserker Fighters were bloodthirsty monsters who would unleash their blood energy to enter a berserk state, gaining a significant boost to their attributes in a short period. However, this put a heavy strain on the heart and required extreme caution when using the ability, otherwise there was a risk of damaging the body's very essence.
It's clearly a workaholic profession, not the type of job Brett likes.
Or should we just use the experience points on the two support classes? More ability is always better.
Before he could finish his hesitation, Gou Dan arrived. Bright glanced at the sky outside. A place like a crematorium wouldn't have such a luxury as a clock. He could only roughly estimate the time by looking at the sky. It seemed like it was still a long time before dawn. What was Gou Dan doing here?
"Mr. Bright, I'm going back tomorrow. I haven't used the Shadow Potion you gave me yet. I'm wondering which profession I should apply for?"
Bright was taken aback. How should I know?
But then I remembered that there was information about Wang Gou Dan's two career advancements in the intelligence.
Dog Egg is currently a dual-class Knight and Assassin. With Shadow Empowerment, Knights can advance to Shadow Knights, and Assassins can advance to Shadow Assassins.
Shadow assassins possess superior stealth abilities, allowing them to ambush and attack from the shadows. This ability is clearly explained in the intelligence reports. For example, if there is a large tree or house in the shadow of a place, a shadow assassin can lie in wait and ambush passersby. However, the drawback is that they cannot move with the shadow, meaning that the best ambush vehicle is a stationary shadow.
Once the Shadow Assassin has caught someone, he can suddenly appear from different angles, appearing and disappearing unpredictably, and delivering a shadow critical strike!
Shadow knights are different. The characteristics of a knight are protection and charging. A knight can anchor himself on a person in advance and then sneak into that person's shadow. In the shadow of a living person, the knight can conserve energy, get the maximum rest, and even recover from injuries in the shadow. Even if a shadow knight loses an arm or a leg, he can recover in the shadow.
When he encounters a situation that requires combat, he can suddenly emerge from the shadow to participate in the battle and receive the blessing of the shadow. The longer he stays in the shadow, the stronger the blessing becomes, and the strength of the blessing gradually weakens as he emerges.
Simply put, the Shadow Assassin is suitable for surprise attacks and ambushes, while the Shadow Knight... is suitable for bodyguards!
Hiding in someone's shadow allows for ample rest, and the moment a shadow knight emerges from the shadow is when they are at their strongest—isn't that the mark of a natural bodyguard? Moreover, being in someone else's shadow provides unexpected and powerful protection.
Thinking of this, Bright said, "It's actually very dangerous for Lady Eliza after she arrives in Milandil. If the north is aggressive, the best way to take over Holy Stone City is not to win the case against Eliza in the courtroom, but to kill her secretly. Once she and her child are dead, Holy Stone City will naturally have to appoint a new city lord, and the initiative will return to the hands of the nobles of Milandil. However, this cannot be done openly; it can only be done through assassination. Lady Dog Egg, you have a great responsibility on this mission."
Dog Egg immediately understood, and gritted his teeth, saying, "Alright, then let's advance to Shadow Knight!"
Although she had been practicing the knight's swordsmanship these past few days and her progress was quite rapid, her proficiency was still far inferior to that of an assassin. However, the assassin profession was not well-suited for being a bodyguard. Eliza could not be harmed, otherwise all her efforts would be in vain. In the end, she could only reluctantly choose to give up the assassin profession that she had been accustomed to for many years.
Seeing that Gou Dan had made the right choice, Bright smiled and said, "Don't worry, there will be plenty of opportunities for assassins in the future. Don't I have a blood potion here?"
Dog Egg's eyes lit up: "You mean?"
"I'm not saying I'm going to give you the Blood Potion, but I'm saying that dual-class is a direction worth considering!" Bright laughed.
Dog Egg scratched his head and hesitated for a moment before saying, "I will consider Mr. Bright's suggestion."
Having two professions sounds impressive, but it requires double the experience points. It's already difficult to improve even with one extraordinary profession, let alone two... it's just too pretentious.