Awakening：The Infinite Evolution of My Talent as a Low-Level Awakener Chapter 69: Special Skills: Arcane and Mastery

[Hello, brave warrior of the Divine Mountain Empire!]

[Ding! Warrior, you have received a gift. Please check it.]

[You have acquired an Arcane Skill: Star Soul Rotation (Sealed).]

[Ding! You have received a ssage—

To the mighty warrior from another world, on behalf of the Fourth Prince of the Divine Mountain Empire, I extend an invitation to you. Should you choose to join our faction, we will generously provide all the resources you require.

The legendary secret technique we are offering this ti was discovered by the Fourth Prince in an ancient ruin. It is currently unknown to anyone else and will not reveal the connection between us.]

[You have triggered a hidden quest.]

[Ga of Thrones]

[Hint: You achieved exceptional results in the first phase of the Imperial Trial, eting the conditions to unlock the hidden quest.]

[Description: Join/Refuse to join the Fourth Prince's faction of the Divine Mountain Empire.]

[Hint: The arcane skill you received can only be unlocked if you accept this hidden quest and join the Fourth Prince's faction.]

"It's here!" So, this is the hidden quest they ntioned earlier? Sterl smiled, looking quite excited.

Should he accept the quest?

"Accept!" Sterl didn't hesitate for a second.

He could figure out with his butt that joining this faction would likely involve helping the Fourth Prince in so sort of power struggle for the throne, which would be extrely dangerous. A slight mistake could cost him his life.

But for players in [Transcendence], who wouldn't risk their necks to make their way in the world? Having a chance to risk it all was actually a kind of luck.

However, there was one thing that puzzled Sterl—

What's an arcane skill? Being sowhat ignorant, he really had no clue what it was.

Sterl accepted the quest and then ssaged the strongest mber of his newly recruited subordinates, intending to ask for so information.

Of course, as a "cool and mysterious strongman," Sterl wouldn't ask directly. Instead, he sent a private ssage—

[Compile all the information you know about arcane skills and send it to .]

With that sentence, he emanated the aura of a true boss.

After sending the ssage, Sterl noticed a new prompt in his quest log.

[Hidden National-Level Side Quest: Ga of Thrones, has been activated.]

[Objective: Achieve the best possible ranking in the Imperial Trial to earn an additional reward.]

[Warning: The higher your ranking, the more likely you are to face attacks from enemies within the Fourth Prince's faction and hostile NPCs and players.]

"So, the essence of this quest is to fend off enemies to earn rewards?" Sterl quickly understood.

He broke into a smile. Sterl loved these kinds of missions where you just wait for the enemy to co to you! It didn't interfere with anything else at all! Whether leveling up or traveling, he could complete it effortlessly! Rounding it up, it was essentially a free reward!

Sterl's expression was joyful. Thinking back to the huge benefits from the first mission of the Empire's trial, his mood improved even more. He was already beginning to look forward to what kind of enemies would co to attack him...

Then, seeing that his subordinates hadn't responded yet, Sterl decided to check out the contribution exchange store of the Divine Mountain Empire.

He opened it and was imdiately taken aback: "Wow!"

Indeed, it was incredibly wealthy!

Sterl was imdiately dazzled by several pieces of diamond-tier equipnt.

[Chain of Resentnt (Diamond)]

[Category: Weapon]

[Attribute Bonus: All attributes 20, Strength and Agility 20.]

[Skill Bonus: [Bind: Units causing damage to the player will be bound in place for 0.5 seconds. This can only affect each enemy once every 30 seconds.]]

[Level Requirent: Level 30]

"Holy shit! This is top-notch!" Sterl couldn't help but marvel. The attribute bonuses alone were impressive, but the attached skill was even more formidable! Under the effect of [Bind], any enemy attacking would be controlled, and in one-on-one combat, a 0.5-second bind could be a ga-changer.

In group battles, this skill's strategic value would be even greater, offering significant maneuvering space.

In addition, there were items like [Dragonblood Cloak], [Crystal Crown], [Radiant Robe]...

Each piece of diamond-tier equipnt had excellent attribute bonuses and powerful attached skills.

However, despite his excitent, Sterl quickly cald down.

He thought only a fool would exchange for these items. Although they were well-suited to his current level 30, and the attributes and skills were excellent, worthy of diamond-tier status, they would soon be obsolete given his rapid leveling speed.

Diamond-tier equipnt was indeed of high quality, but level 50 or 60 gold and platinum-tier equipnt were also excellent. In the Divine Mountain Empire's contribution shop, they were much cheaper to exchange for.

Sterl realized he was in a sowhat awkward stage, where his strength was increasing too quickly, making his gear transitional.

Sterl pondered, "I should look for skills that can fill the gaps in my current abilities."

"Or perhaps growth equipnt like the one I previously refined through Blood Power, which would be more suitable for ."

He opened the skills exchange page, and the first thing that popped up was [Arcane: Mountain], priced at...

"1,000,000 contribution points??"

Seeing the number, Sterl was stunned. What was this?

He clicked on the details page and discovered—

[Arcane: Mountain]

[Bonus: Adds an earth attribute bonus to the forged legendary path.]

[Effect: After a second awakening talent, the talent has a chance to include earth-related abilities. Uncover physical attributes.]

[Learning Requirents: Two master-level gold earth skills, A-level earth-related talent, player level 141]

[Training Difficulty: High]

[Description: The top-tier arcane skill, foundational to the Divine Mountain Empire, for which several nations have gone to war.]

"Are arcane skills that precious?"

"Even a B-level one can cause several countries to vie for it, and it costs 1,000,000 contribution points to exchange?"

Sterl was stunned for a few seconds.

He was also surprised that the hidden quest [Ga of Thrones] had given him an arcane skill just for accepting it. Was the reward really that generous?

Sterl quickly cald down, realizing that the arcane skill gifted by the Fourth Prince was probably not as high-rated as a B-level one... It was likely a relatively diocre arcane skill, far inferior to the Divine Mountain Empire's [Mountain].

Sterl then looked at the introduction of [Arcane: Mountain], and he beca even more confused.

First, it ntioned the term "Legendary Path," which made Sterl realize that these so-called arcane skills were likely related to realms beyond the third class change.

But what exactly is the "Legendary Path"? And what is "Second Awakening Talent"? Sterl had never been taught these terms in any of his classes!

What did "Training Difficulty" an??

Sterl was montarily stunned. If this was a skill, wouldn't he just learn it instantly? Did the training difficulty refer to the difficulty in increasing proficiency?

Moreover, arcane skills had such stringent learning requirents. They required gold-level skills, the player's own talents, and a very high level...

"If that's the case, what if I can't even learn the arcane skill given by the Fourth Prince?" Sterl suddenly realized sothing. Considering the description of arcane skills, he roughly guessed the truth. In the first round of the hidden quest assessnt, Sterl's combat performance made people mistakenly think he was a third-class player.

For third-class players, the most attractive bargaining chips were resources related to breaking into the legendary realm.

The Fourth Prince was extrely generous, offering an arcane skill to recruit Sterl...

Sterl also checked the other arcane skills in the shop, and sure enough, they all ntioned the three indicators: Legendary Path, Training Difficulty, and Learning Requirents.

After browsing for a bit, he directly filtered out the arcane skills from the shop display.

Sterl had only 3000 contribution points, which wasn't enough to buy any arcane skills. Even if he had enough, he wouldn't buy them!

Sterl already had the arcane skill gifted by the Fourth Prince. Even if the quality was poor, Sterl had the ability to allocate points. The last thing he fears was poor quality.

Initially, Sterl intended to look for so practical skills. But soon he noticed sothing new that he hadn't heard of before, besides the arcane skills—

[Mastery]

This type of skill also had restrictions like Training Difficulty and Learning Requirents, but this ti Sterl didn't need to ask his subordinates.

With [Mastery], Sterl understood imdiately after clicking on one of the introductions—

[Mastery: Divine Mountain Empire Spearmanship]

[Description: Through training with this mastery, you will learn spearmanship primarily in the style of the Divine Mountain Empire.]

[Effect: After training in this mastery, you can accumulate proficiency to acquire the following three skills: Furious Thrust, Fla Spear Sweep, and Heavy Stone Guard.]

[Skill Proficiency Level is the sa as Mastery Proficiency Level.]

[Learning Requirents: Proficient in Basic Spearmanship, Basic Footwork, and Basic Polearms.]

[Training Difficulty: Easy]

In addition to the description, there was a transparent screen demonstrating the Divine Mountain Empire spearmanship and the three skills.

After analyzing it for a bit, Sterl understood and beca highly interested in masteries.

It wasn't just because mastering one of these would allow him to learn multiple skills. What intrigued him was the combat techniques that ca with the mastery itself!