Level Up Inquisitor [EN]: Chapter 47

47. With Silence (3)

“Uwaaaaa!”

Aeil suddenly screamed into the air.

If anyone had been around, they probably would have thought he was crazy.

But any player who understood the situation couldn’t blame him.

The lowest-grade skill from the long-awaited Skill Book.

It still occupied a skill slot, but the defense it raised was only 14, and it wasn’t even a ‘fixed value’ that increased with level.

A completely trash skill, a total failure in terms of performance.

To think the lowest-grade skill would appear from a purple Skill Book; his luck couldn’t be worse.

[‘Luminary Judge, Lu’ is desperately holding back laughter, her lips twitching.]

[She leaves you, who is in despair, a small consolation prize.]

[Light Church Contribution +33]

‘It’s not like she’s trying to mock me…’

Aeil couldn’t bring himself to say it aloud and just looked distressed.

Someone was on the verge of tears inside, but the goddess seemed carefree, perhaps because she now had more leeway in securing Influence than before.

“It’s… it’s okay. There’s still one left. Let’s just say that one was a sacrifice.”

Aeil muttered, barely managing to pull himself together.

He now looked down at the one remaining purple Skill Book.

According to the long-standing tradition of gamers, offering a sacrifice before important enhancements or draws increases the probability of a good result.

Of course, it was just foolish superstition, but right now, he was desperate to cling to anything.

Aeil prayed earnestly once more and placed his hand on the Skill Book.

If this attempt also failed miserably, the plan he had set up would be greatly disrupted.

He had been planning to immediately acquire a higher-level skill at level 20 using the high-grade Skill Books he already possessed, and then focus on rapid leveling. But if he failed to obtain a useful skill, acquiring Skill Books would become his top priority in order to fill the skill slot that would become vacant.

If that happened, it meant he would have to repeatedly farm bosses with high Skill Book drop rates. Due to the Warlord’s system, the experience reward would decrease by a certain amount if he repeatedly caught the same boss, which meant he would have to accept inefficiency.

Of course, the drop wasn’t a very large number, so most users tended to repeat the strategy of familiar bosses multiple times, but for Aeil, who was trying to catch up to the lead as quickly as possible, it was unacceptable.

‘Please!’

Faaaat!

[Flash Cut (Heroic)]

– Inquisitor Exclusive Skill

– Among those who serve the Lord of Light, only a talented few Inquisitors learn how to wield the light. The powerful flash emanating from their swords will be another weapon to cut through all evil.

– Unleashes a powerful attack on the front by swinging the sword at a very high speed.

“I… I got it.”

Aeil said in a dazed voice.

A Heroic-grade skill with its name shining in yellow light.

It was one level above the Rare grade, which was said to be so difficult to obtain.

[‘Luminary Judge, Lu’ is sparkling her eyes as if she is interested.]

The goddess also reacted to the appearance of an unexpected Heroic-grade skill.

‘To think that a job-exclusive skill would appear here…’

Warlord’s Skill Book system was thoroughly random, but basically, there was compensation according to the player’s job and the weapon they used, so a warrior wouldn’t be given a wizard skill or anything like that.

However, among them, there were ‘common skills’ that other jobs could also use and ‘exclusive skills’ that only the corresponding job could use. Since an exclusive skill happened to appear, he couldn’t help but be twice as happy.

Thanks to the fifth stat that compensated for job-exclusive skills, in Aeil’s case, the ‘Faith’ stat, exclusive skills were generally treated better.

Moreover, unless it was a utility skill like Aeil’s Phase Step or a support skill, the performance difference between exclusive and non-exclusive skills was significant when it came to direct damage-dealing attack skills.

‘Jackpot… At this rate, it’s definitely possible.’

Aeil took out the Feather of Flight, a quest item, from his inventory.

After investigating while moving to the city, he found out that this feather was one of the representative gifts that elves gave to trustworthy friends.

Thanks to the unique energy felt from this feather, he could avoid being attacked by Warlord’s elves, who were famous for being exclusive, as long as he possessed it.

To be precise, it was better to think of it as having a chance to have a conversation before an arrow was stuck in his head.

The elves’ forces existed in various places, and whether or not they could freely enter their territory was another matter.

However, the fact that the Feather of Flight, which should have been classified as a normal item, was being treated as a quest item meant that there was a quest associated with it.

Moreover, the feather item had a specific recommended level of 25 and a phrase stating that the quest location was the White Forest.

‘White Forest, huh…’

Aeil took out a map from his inventory and unfolded it.

Then, he scanned the map with his finger and looked for the name of the area that the quest item was pointing to.

He had only taken it out to estimate a more accurate distance, but he already knew the approximate location, so he was able to find it right away without getting lost.

The White Forest was located between the Esmair region, where Aeil was currently located, and the Solstice region, which he had to go south to.

It wasn’t a distance that he could move without any burden, but it wasn’t a distance that could be said to be far in Warlord.

‘Warlord is really wide. I can feel it even more now that I’m playing it directly.’

The radius in which Aeil had been busily moving around so far was no more than a speck on Warlord’s entire map.

Of course, the radius in which players could generally move without difficulty was only the central region of the continent, and the remaining regions were often excluded altogether.

The moment you left the central region, you would encounter harsh environments and monsters such as the Northern Snow Mountains, the Western Desert, the Eastern Swamps, and the Southern Wastelands, so it was natural that there were few users who went outside.

However, the continent within Warlord was very large, even if only the central region was considered.

Aeil could still only travel to a very small part of the Esmair region, and there were 14 more regions of equal size.

A total of 15 huge central regions.

It was a natural story in a way, since a huge number of users from all over the world were being accommodated on just one server.

‘If I want, I can stop by the White Forest and cross the region, but… there’s nothing special going on, and there’s no need to cross over at this point.’

The ‘White Forest’, which was located right between the two regions, was a great passage to both sides if only it could be entered, but the problem was that it was impossible to enter due to the elves.

However, among the various elven territories in Warlord, the White Forest was particularly famous for being closed off.

Even if you accidentally got lost, once you set foot inside, you were as good as dead.

But Aeil stroked the Feather of Flight in his arms and entered deeper into the forest without hesitation.

* * *

Name: Aeil

Title: Divine Punisher

Faction: Church of Light

Level: 20

Job: Inquisitor

Main Stats

Strength: 57(+25) Agility: 47(+11) Stamina: 51(+12) Magic Power: 20(+10) Faith: 30.4(+10) Madness: 26.4(+10)

Passives

[Fanatical Martyr (Basic)], [Blade of Hatred (Basic)]

Actives

[Consecration (Basic)], [Sentence of Punishment (Apostle)], [Designate Heretic (Apostle)], [Phase Step (Rare)], [Flash Cut (Heroic)]

‘Divine Punisher’ Title Effect – All stats +10, Damage against heretics +3%

Light Armor Set Effect – Agility +3%, Defense +10%

Faith: Goddess of Justice and Light, Madness

Position: Apostle of Lu

Goddess’s Favor: 54.07%

Contribution: 458 (Cumulative 1,058)

‘Keu…….’

Aeil’s lips twitched slightly as he rested his chin and looked at his information window.

Not to mention the skill list that shone with the addition of this Heroic grade, his outstanding Faith and Madness stats, as well as his Contribution and Favor stats, showed that he had been steadily building up his stats.

Unlike the difficult reality in many ways, the fact that the things he had worked hard to build up and the positive changes were immediately visible was one of the charms of the game, and for Aeil, there was no sight as wonderful as this.

Squeak!

The carriage, which had arrived at its destination, stopped in the dense forest, and Aeil paid the fare and got off.

‘At this rate, it’ll be quick.’

Aeil, who had unfolded the map, zoomed in on the screen and estimated the remaining distance.

The place where he got off was in the forest, but it was by no means a place that could be called the White Forest, as you can see from the blue trees.

That’s because no matter how brave the coachman was, he wouldn’t go into the elven territory to throw away his life.

Furthermore, among the various elven territories in Warlord, the White Forest was particularly famous for being closed off.

Even if you accidentally got lost, once you set foot inside, you were as good as dead.

But Aeil stroked the Feather of Flight in his arms and entered deeper into the forest without hesitation.