Chapter 33: a03 Version! Skill System!

【a03 Update Announcement: Skill System!

After the unremitting efforts of the "Disaster OL" development team, the skill system is finally implemented! The people of the necropolis can finally use skills!

Players who meet the requirements for learning skills can go to the NPC shop to buy skill books.

Note: Skill books have no physical form, and are automatically used by default after purchase! See the explanatory video for release methods!】

Demon King territory, NPC shop.

Sarah, who was working behind the counter, once again successfully held back the yawn that surged to her mouth, but the water in the corners of her eyes and her drooping beast ears had already betrayed the sleepiness she had accumulated all day.

Although the Demon King told her to act as a salesperson here, her job was actually just standing there.

She couldn't understand what these skeletons were saying at all.

Even at first, she didn't notice that the creaking sound was actually communication.

Besides that, it seemed that their shopping was also intentional payment, not even needing a cashier.

She only needed to take what they needed and hand it to them according to whether the magic crystal on the table was glowing or not.

However, even if this job was boring, it was better than the life of wandering outside.

The only flaw was that the Demon King's servants looked scary, but she actually got used to it after watching for a long time.

In short, to be worthy of the barbecue skewers bestowed by the Demon King, she still took out the energy she should have—

At least.

She couldn't fall asleep during working hours! Just as Sarah was slapping her cheeks with her palms for the third time, the two skeleton soldiers standing in front of the counter, unable to make up their minds, finally seemed to be about to make a decision.

"Have you thought it through? Do you really want to learn this skill?" Hu Wan looked at Ye Zhiqiu, his tone serious.

Although this game didn't explicitly limit the number of skills players could learn, and even learning warrior skills and mage skills at the same time was theoretically feasible, there was a fatal trap here.

That was the attribute point allocation rule! Take a warrior as an example.

According to the introduction on the official forum, most skills based on the "Dragon God Sect" system—that is, traditional warrior skills—would consume a moderate amount of HP in addition to a small amount of MP when released.

In this game, HP represents not just life points, but more closely reflects the comprehensive embodiment of vitality and physical strength.

In other words, it is "Health Points."

Running out of HP won't kill you directly, but it will completely lose your ability to act, that is, fall into a near-death state.

Equivalent to running out of stamina!

Therefore, for a warrior, if you want to strengthen combat endurance, you must prioritize upgrading constitution, and if you want to increase single-target skill damage, you must increase strength! Mages are different; intelligence and spirit are the first priorities, and wasting even one point on strength is a waste.

However, the contradiction lies right here.

By grinding monsters through physical attacks and exercising the body, the attribute points gained from leveling up will definitely be allocated to strength or constitution!

Therefore, when a player chooses warrior skills, they will likely only go further and further on this path.

Unless they don't use that skill at all.

Hu Wan believed that if he could see this, Ye Zhiqiu couldn't possibly not see it.

However, Ye Zhiqiu's answer was flatter than he imagined.

"Hmm, I've already considered it."

As the voice fell, he reached out and selected the payment button in the player interface.

At the same time as the purchase was completed, the skill had been automatically loaded into his skill tree.

【Learned Skill: Slash!】

【Description: A common skill for adventurers! Accumulate all "extraordinary power," in the form of "Qi," gathered on the edge of the sword! After the accumulation is completed, slash forward with force, causing Qi-type physical damage to a range of 1~2 meters in front! Damage value is affected by strength attribute!】

【Minimum release requirement: Black Iron-tier or above】

【Usage method: See video link for details】

This game is unexpectedly realistic.

To release a skill, you not only have to chant the skill name silently, imagine the appearance of the skill, but also follow the video to learn it, and even memorize the "Dragon God Sect" combat technique's mental method.

In short, it's imagining extraordinary power as the form of Qi and injecting it into the weapon.

Why bother? Isn't it good to set it to automation?

However, for a technical player like him, this might not be a bad thing.

If the "pre-swing" and "post-swing" rhythm of the skill can be decided by the player themselves, then players with better awareness and crazier operations will undoubtedly be able to hit a stronger rhythm.

Ye Zhiqiu watched the video in the skill page several times, seriously remembering every detail.

I'll try it in the labyrinth in a while!

Looking at Ye Zhiqiu, who was "silent," Hu Wan suddenly felt a bit uneasy.

"I remember you wanted to be a mage... ah, if it's to bring me, it's unnecessary, anyway I feel that not having skills doesn't have much impact."

Ye Zhiqiu was stunned for a moment, immediately knowing that this brother had misunderstood something, and said with a laugh.

"Not to that extent, it's really not for bringing you or anything, this is entirely a choice I made after weighing the pros and cons."

Hu Wan: "Can I hear the reason?"

Ye Zhiqiu didn't hide it either, smiled and said.

"Think about it from another angle and you'll understand. If you don't learn skills and just grind levels by hard-hitting with basic attacks, the attribute points gained from leveling will definitely be allocated to the three physical attributes, right?"

"That's how it is... wait, will it be different if there are skills?" Hu Wan looked at him in astonishment, suddenly realizing something.

"Spirit!"

The Nether fire swaying in the skull flickered, and Ye Zhiqiu continued.

"Using skills, even physical skills, can also train spirit! The difference is just how much!"

"So that's it... Brother, you're high!"

Looking at the suddenly enlightened Hu Wan, Ye Zhiqiu continued with a smile.

"Compared to allocating all attribute points to strength, it's better to divert a portion to spirit, right?"

Hu Wan: "So that's it... Brother, you're high!"

Ye Zhiqiu: "Not only that, according to the rhythm of our previous monster grinding, cave spiders basically can't touch us, and the attribute points I added from leveling were almost all thrown into strength. Considering that releasing physical skills will actively consume a certain amount of HP, maybe I can divert the attribute points that were originally destined to be allocated to strength to constitution."

"So that's it... Brother, you're high!"

Looking at the suddenly enlightened Hu Wan, Ye Zhiqiu continued with a smile.

"For a mage, constitution attributes are definitely more useful than strength attributes, at worst I can be a magic tank."

"In short, choose the lesser of two evils... I can't just wait for the official to update the mage gameplay."

Judging from the official meaning, it should be possible to reincarnate into other species in the future, but it doesn't seem to support re-spec?

Since that's the case, he has to consider every attribute point carefully.

Even if a part of the attribute points is destined to be wasted, he must try to let them be wasted in places that are slightly useful.

On the other side, with the release of the a03 version, the "Disaster OL" official forum became lively again as expected.

Knowledge Explosion: "Damn! A skill book for 50,000! I just want to know how much a piece of bread is! (Anger)"

Little Late Not Full: "I dug coal for a day and only earned 5,000 underworld coins. QAQ"

Minotaur Warrior: "Damn?! How did you dig 5,000 catties?!"

Pig-headed Knight: "Gold miner players also transferred here?!"

Little Late Not Full: "Don't mention it, fortunately skeletons don't need to eat, otherwise I'm afraid I would have starved to death. T. T"

Hu Wan: "Uh, actually after leveling up a few times, the quest rewards will come up... and don't just dig coal, grind monsters too, I see the place where coal is stored is almost full by you life-profession players. (Embarrassed)"

Little Late Not Full: "But what else can I do besides digging coal. QAQ"

Gou Shi: "Grow mushrooms? (Funny)"

Cover the World Hero: "How about making some tables and chairs? (Funny)"

Red Hat Little Mushroom: "Too difficult, take care of the game experience of life-profession players in the next update. T. T"

Can't Afford to Play: "Don't go off-topic, let's protest the a03 version... Damn! This a03 version is completely updated for one dog thing!"

Pig-headed Knight: "Exactly! LV0 players can't experience it at all! (Crazy)"

Pure Innocent Donkey: "Speaking of which, where is Ye Zhiqiu?"

Roast Lamb Skewers: "This dog coin must have gone to the game to enjoy! No time to pay attention to us!"

Rock Sugar Gourd: "@Ye Zhiqiu come out! Time to write a guide!" "..."

Off-duty time.

An office building in Wanghai City.

A middle-aged man dressed neatly and with a capable temperament was sitting at his desk, looking at the posts on the computer screen while laughing.

"Look at these dog-barking things, this is why I don't like to pay attention to them."

When using other people's guides, they didn't think of any good, and as soon as they were a little unhappy, they started to mouth-stink.

Wait for the day when there are no decent guides, just marketing accounts repeating the same old things, and these dog things will eat shit and not make a sound.

Tsk tsk, it's just like a goblin.

This man who laughed like a villain is none other than the boss of the "Long Xing Tian Xia" guild, Long Xing Wan Li!

Although he hadn't posted a single post on the official forum, he was obviously peeking at the screen.

A woman in a black professional suit stood beside the desk.

A pair of framed glasses was perched on her nose bridge, and there was an inconspicuous tear mole at the corner of her eye. If she let down the hair coiled behind her head and took off those rustic glasses, she would undoubtedly be a beauty.

Judging from her dress and temperament, most people would take her as a secretary-like role at first sight.

However, judging from the atmosphere between the boss and her, it was completely not the case.

After all.

It was always the boss who topped the secretary's mouth, when did the secretary ever top the boss's mouth?

"... But I always feel that they are just playing around, and there is actually no malice. You feel incomprehensible, maybe it's just because your era has passed."

Long Xing Wan Li glanced at her, didn't argue with her, just laughed.

"Is that so? Maybe, it seems I'm old."

The woman nodded seriously.

"You are indeed not young, the old man still hopes you learn from your cousin or cousin to do some proper work, don't play games all day."

Long Xing Wan Li seemed to seriously consider this problem, nodded and said.

"Good idea, then I'll say hello to my uncle's side, pull a few internet giants, and raise funds to start a live streaming platform."

The woman looked at him speechlessly.

"... You'd better continue playing games."

She didn't doubt that this guy could do it, but their family wasn't nouveau riche after all, and they really couldn't afford to lose face.

Of course, she also knew he was joking.

At this time, the office door suddenly opened, and a young man of twenty-five or twenty-six walked in from outside.

Similar in temperament to Wan Li, this guy walked as if he were carrying the wind.

The woman turned her head to look at him and said meticulously.

"Not knocking again, what did I tell you last time?"

"Next time definitely! Hehe, next time definitely!"

Not daring to offend this guy, the young man responded with a cheeky face, then looked at the boss sitting behind the desk and said with a solemn expression.

"Brother, can't find it, that game publisher is too mysterious, the server is like it's placed in another world."

Long Xing Wan Li drank a cup of tea, put down the cup and said.

"Don't tell me you found someone on the internet again, and finally got cheated again."

His brother was good at everything, but his work was too sloppy, often making some astonishing operations.

The young man shook his head like a wave drum and said with certainty.

"Impossible, this time it's really impossible! I found my own people! And, someone else noticed this problem. An unblockable URL... my uncle even suspected there was a mole."

Long Xing Wan Li raised his eyebrows.

"A bit interesting."

In another corner of the same city, a certain ordinary experience brother was also grinding the "Disaster OL" official website.

Unlike the sand sculpture netizens.

He didn't care about what update or not, nor did he care about who killed the server-wide announcement.

There are still 24 hours before he can enter the game! He just wants time to pass faster! And—

He also wants the second-hand glasses he bought with the compensation from the black-hearted merchant to be faster!

On the other side, in the labyrinth below the Demon King territory, the whistling sword energy was like an invisible battle axe, slashing the "chi chi chi" roaring cave spiders into two halves.

Just as the sand sculpture netizens on the forum guessed, at this moment Ye Zhiqiu had no time to update any guide experience, and was busy enjoying himself in the game.

After a period of practice, he had mastered the technique of releasing skills.

"Thirty-first... at this speed, I can bring you to Black Iron tomorrow."

With the help of skills, the efficiency of the two grinding monsters was more than doubled! Previously, they needed to rely on movement to pull monsters, now Hu Wan only needed to use his shield to carry the first attack, and then he would go up for a slash after pre-charging.

Looking at the contribution points that were about to break through four digits, the usually calm Hu Wan couldn't help but get excited.

"Thanks, brother."

Ye Zhiqiu smiled.

"What's there to be polite about, if I really want to thank you, I should thank you for letting me rush to Black Iron first. By the way, the spiders at the entrance of the labyrinth have been cleared, shall we go a bit deeper?"

"Hmm!"

Hu Wan nodded quickly, picked up his shield and sword, and said eagerly.

"That's what I was thinking too!"

There should be other monsters in this labyrinth besides cave spiders!

In the darkness, a black-shelled flower-faced spider was staring at the two skeleton soldiers, its scarlet pupils observing carefully.

"Necromancer's servants... this probably isn't an ordinary adventurer."

Its name was Arachdo, a brave general under Queen Arachnos.

Following behind it, several ferocious-looking "Hunters" were eager to move, with cruel light flashing in their eyes.

"Are these the things?"

"I seem to smell a strange smell... it's a bit... fragrant?"

A burly hunter walked to Arachdo's side, grinning with a "chi chi chi" sound.

"Arachdo lord... just leave this small role to me."

Arachdo pondered for a while, and finally nodded its huge head.

"Be careful, don't be careless."

It's good to test the opponent's strength.

And...

It's just two skeleton soldiers, goods not even as good as ratmen, it shouldn't be a problem.

That hunter couldn't wait anymore, swung its eight legs and crawled forward quickly.