Chapter 99: Character Reward Card
Translator: imperfectluck Editor: vb24
[Character reward card "Hoshi Amami"—in my eyes, you’re the light itself.]
[This card will have an everlasting passive effect. This card cannot be used or disappear.]
[All basic stats increased by a bonus of 2 points. (Connection rating has surpassed 100; another 1 point bonus awarded to all basic stats.)]
[Encouragent effect improved by 20% for all characters with optimistic or bright personalities. (Extra 10% awarded for connection rating.)]
[Suppression effect improved by 20% against all characters with negative or dark personalities. (Extra 10% awarded for connection rating.)]
[Additional ability 1: Light which dissipates darkness from the brink of despair.]
[After using this ability, energy and ntal spirit will be restored to the maximum value. In the following two minutes (extra 1 minute awarded for connection rating), nothing you do will consu your energy or ntal spirit. Limited to one use per day. "In the deepest depths of despair, one ray of light heralds hope!"]
[Additional ability 2: Lightning Strike (fighting skill activation necessary.)]
[Fighting suppression-type skill: A strike at lightning speed (Consumption of energy and ntal spirit decreased by 35% due to connection rating). Energy and ntal spirit will be consud. "The power of lightning is contained within my fist!"]
[Additional ability 3: Writing with the power of light (writing skill activation necessary.)]
[Writing passive skill: Increases ability to write about optimistic or bright characters by 50%. The written product’s ability to draw in readers will be increased. ntal spirit level will be consud (35% extra writing ability and 10% reduced ntal spirit consumption due to connection rating). "Take a good look; this is light in physical form!"]
[Additional ability 4: ??? (Prerequisite conditions not t. Currently inactive.)]
[Additional ability 5: ??? (Prerequisite conditions not t. Currently inactive.)]
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Seiji’s eyes widened in surprise as he read over the character reward card.
What… where did this piece of godly equipnt co from!?
After he finally regained his senses, this was the first thought that popped into his mind. This reward card was akin to obtaining a ga-powerful piece of equipnt in an MMORPG ga.
This character reward card couldn’t be used or lost… wasn’t that just like an item bound to his account?
And it had so many effects, and all of them seed rather powerful! Judging by the number of effects listed, it totally seed like a piece of orange-grade legendary equipnt!
And the card even contained quotations about the effects. It all seed so pretentious…
Even without the quotations, the card nas and effects already seed like a full onslaught of middle school syndro… no, pretentiousness.
‘Alright, calm down a little.’
Seiji really wanted to make more comnts about the quotations, but he felt helpless about it, so he decided to leave it for the mont.
Taking another look at the effects, 3 to all stats for the first one… According to his system, the 3 was a bonus which didn’t count towards his base stats.
This ant that if his base stats had a maximum cap of 100, and Seiji raised sothing like [academics] or [physical ability] to the cap of 100, this 3 effect would still take place, so he could increase his stats beyond the limit!
Seiji had already discovered that the higher his base stats went, the more difficult it was to raise them.
His [academics] and [physical ability] stats had increased rapidly in the beginning, but it was now incredibly difficult to raise them any higher. It felt like he was approaching a bottleneck.
Seiji was certain that a bottleneck really existed.
After all, this was realistic. The more you increased your stats, the more difficult it would be to further increase them.
Otherwise, if he could continue to raise them limitlessly… [physical ability] alone would turn him into One Punch Man without even needing three years’ ti to train.
That was why the bonus 3 to all stats was so valuable! As Seiji's stats reached closer to his stat cap, the value of this passive ability would increase proportionally.
Next, the two bonus effects which encouraged bright characters and suppressed dark characters.
Seiji’s understanding of this effect was that it would be easier for him to cause fear or worry in people with dark, negative personalities. And, inversely, it would be easier for him to encourage and boost the morale of bright, optimistic personalities.
Although it was difficult to envision the effects, it still sounded useful.
Not only that, there were a total of… 5 added extra abilities!
This was truly a piece of legendary equipnt!
*Cough cough…* He was getting off topic again.
Of the 5 abilities, only 3 were displayed as active.
The other 2 were inactive, and their information window was filled with question marks. The prerequisite he needed to fulfill was probably related to with activating other skill areas.
As for the 3 abilities he already had…
[Light that dissipates despair from the brink] was equal to yet another full recovery plus three minutes of a superhero state… whoops, three minutes of using abilities with no cost!
If he combined this ability together with [Bullet Ti], or the other additional ability, [Lightning Strike], it seed like an excellent combination!
Seiji tried imagining what would happen if he used [Light that dissipates despair from the brink], [Bullet Ti], and [Lightning Strike] in tandem on a really strong opponent… Whoa, it seed like his attack rating would go through the roof! It carried the wonderful feeling of using an ultimate ability!!
Yep, this definitely worked; it definitely seed possible!
Seiji couldn’t restrain himself from breaking into a smile.
Even though he’d only t low-stat opponents… whoops, people weaker than him, he still didn’t forget that this world had a hidden side to it. Spirit-branded Retainers… Yin Yang Masters… and so on.
No matter what, becoming stronger was never a bad thing.
[Light that dissipates despair from the brink] was doubtlessly a godly ability.
As for [Lightning Strike], the other ability, apart from being able to work in tandem with the first ability, it was a suppressive ability, not an ultimate ability. Hitting soone with it wouldn’t kill them… probably.
This ant that he could use it on normal people without worrying about the aftermath too much. The drawback was that while the attack was fast, its power was lacking, and it would take many hits to defeat a truly strong opponent. The strongest advantage of speed lied in aiming at the opponent's weak spots.
Yep, it seed like a normal fighting ability. Of course, when used in combination with [light that dissipates despair from the brink] and [Bullet Ti], it turned godly.
The final ability, [writing with the power of light], was the only one usable in daily life as it was a passive buff to his writing skill.
Seiji decided to test out the buff's strength imdiately.
He grabbed a pen lying nearby and opened his notebook.
Then, he began to imagine.
A girl wearing a holy crown was clothed in white ceremonial clothing. She stood alone, surrounded by pure white flowers, displaying a beautiful, pearl-white smile…
*Swish…* His pen instantly began moving.
While writing, a subtle feeling of heat coursed through Seiji's fingers. He concentrated, allowing the warm feeling to spread throughout his entire hand.
[Writing with the power of light] activated!
After a short pause, words instantly began flowing out from his pen, describing the character and scene that Seiji wanted.
*Swish swish swish…* Finished.
It took only a few minutes to finish writing.
Seiji’s eyes instantly lit up as he read his own writing.
Amazing!
The words on his notebook described a holy girl smiling livelily in a flower garden.
Although the word count wasn’t high, it was easy enough for readers to imagine that beautiful and saintly scene and feel as if this girl was wonderful, pure, and holy.
Seiji read it for quite a while. Then, he tried to write the exact sa scene without making use of his passive ability.
After comparing the two finished products, he noticed a significant difference!
While his writing when he didn't use his newly acquired ability wasn't bad, it still seed lacking in comparison to when he used the ability. It was basically like the difference between a newcor to writing and a veteran author.
Seiji finally had a asure of how useful his ability was.
"It’s quite strong, but not easy to use…" He rubbed his chin in contemplation.
After all, if he wrote a light novel, his ability would make the bright, sunny characters stand out, which caused the other characters to pale in comparison and thus affect the entire story’s balance between its characters.
This limited its usage, which was why he said it wasn’t easy to use.
But the ability was a strong one, and writing a light novel with a bright and sunny main character was sothing he could consider.
Seiji suddenly had another idea: he could simply make all the main characters into the bright and sunny type!
A group of bright and sunny characters… like a group of holy knights?
This seed like a good idea!
Seiji was unable to stop his imagination from running wild.
Holy knights… a school… a youth who aid to beco the strongest knight… the holy girl in the flower garden… classical… cliffhanger… sudden downturn…
‘Even though writing a classical story that the general audience would like is fine, in the end I still want to write sothing relaxed and more interesting to !
‘The female main character is a clumsy and dense girl who wants to beco the strongest knight, and the male main character… let’s make him into a highly skilled otaku who wanted to beco a priest acolyte but accidentally beca a student at the holy knight academy!
‘The story’s temporary working na shall be "There’s Definitely Sothing Wrong with My Holy Knight Career Path!"’
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