I Never Run Out of Mana

The first skill’s name, Blessing of Strength, wasn’t to my liking.

Just from hearing the name of the skill, I could guess what the effect was.

To be fair, anyone else could as well.

If the skill ‘Blessing of Courage’ from the healer class buffs up one’s attack power, this was probably a skill that increased strength stat.

Jong Ho and Ho Jin were thinking the same thing as well.

“I think it’ll be best to skip this one?”

“Blessing….. It looks like a buff skill?”

“I already have 30k points in my strength stat, so I don’t think I’ll need any more…..”

“Yes. Regrettably, we should pass this one up.”

My base stats were already over 30k, so I really didn’t need any increases in my strength stat.

Since there were four more skills beyond ranking I could learn, I did have the luxury of passing up one or two out of the 6 that were brought.

For any other Awakened, they would have been grateful to even have one.

After all, these skill books could only been obtained by defeating a hidden boss or a mimic.

There were many who’ve probably never seen one in their lifetime.

Pushing aside the skill book, I looked over at the rest of them.

[Level Requirement 400]

[Stamina Requirement 1,000]

“Looks like this one is a tank skill. It requires 1,000 stamina stats.”

“….. Would Mr. Min-Cheol need this?”

“Well…….. My stamina stat is nearing 60k……”

“Min-Cheol. Isn’t your expectations too high? Two of them were already misses.”

“Seems so……. For now, I should put this one aside as well. Defensive skills are a must though, so I’ll keep this in the backburner.”

“Yes, we’ll do that for now.”

Out of the 6 skill books, already two were rejected.

4 skill books were left.

I really needed the other skill books left to be good ones.

However….

“This one is also a pass.”

“Ah…….”

“This one too.”

“Hm….”

“This one is a recovery skill, but I can already recover a fair amount with my ring.”

“Yes….. This one too……”

“Yes. Just like the tank skill, I’ll put this one on the backburner.”

After rejecting them one by one, there was only one skill book left.

If this skill book is useless to me as well, that mean that the association’s assistance that Ho Jin mustered up to bring all these skills beyond ranking would end in a fruitless endeavor.

I felt sorry for Ho Jin’s look of disappointment, but what could I do?

Right now, I had to obtain the most cheat like skills possible.

It might have been a different story if the amount of skills I could obtain wasn’t limited.

However, the current situation didn’t allow me to keep my manners.

“Sorry. Even though you went through all that effort to get these…..”

“Hohoho. No worries! It’s to be expected. Right now, you must obtain the most powerful skills. Do not hesitate. I’m just glad that you can separate the bad ones out using your Eye of Insight.”

“Yes……”

“Let’s not keep the last skill book waiting.”

“Yes!”

My excitement and expectations I had at the start was long gone.

Since all the information about the skills weren’t revealed to me, there still was a bit of suspense, similar to checking the lottery.

However, the current situation was that five of the skill books were revealed as useless to me.

I looked at the book that was under the rest in silence.

[No Level Requirement]

[Required Mana 2,500]

[Required Magic Power 20%]

“Hm?”

“Why? Is this also bad?”

“No…. The mana stat needed is 2,500.”

“Oh! Doesn’t that mean this is a decent attack skill? But 2,500? That means that you’ll need to only invest in mana stats for 500 levels to learn this skill. Yikes.”

“That’s true but…..”

“What’s the matter? Is there an issue?”

“No. That’s not the case, but there is something odd about it.”

“What is? Hurry up and tell us!”

“Magic power.”

“Magic power?”

“Yes. It says that 20% magic power is required.”

“Magic power, you say?”

“Doesn’t the Drain Monarch ring has the 20% magic power stat attached to it?”

“That’s true, but…. the magic power stat isn’t a common stat bonus. It can’t be obtained unless one goes through the unknown dungeon.”

“Of course. The first time I heard of such a stat bonus was from you, Mr. Min-Cheol.”

“Well, it means you can learn it right now though, right? Hurry and look at the skill name at least!”

“Ok.”

I immediately put the skill book to my chest.

The skill book gave off a bright light.

Afterwards, I heard the announcer voice.

[Requirements are met.]

[Will you obtain Archangel’s Fall?]

“Archangel’s Fall?”

“That’s the name?”

“Yes.”

“…..”

“The name and stat requirements seems to indicate that this is a pretty decent skill at the least. What will you do?”

“The mana requirement and the name of the skill isn’t of importance to me. What I’m really interested in is the magic power requirement.”

“……”

“You should learn this skill. This doesn’t seem to be you average run of the mill skill book.”

“Finally, you got one that’s good. Hurry up and learn it.”

The skill book glowed brightly once more.

Almost as if it never existed in the first place, it sunk into my body.

The sensation was odd to say the least.

Obtaining the average skill didn’t cause any sensations in me.

The skill would be obtained and listed under the skill list.

Maybe it was like Dual Casting, a passive skill that fundamentally changed my casting method.

However, I felt as though this skill was causing a change in my body.

“Is it an attack skill?”

“…..”

“Is it a buff?”

“………”

“Mr. Min-Cheol?”

“At least this one went well.”

“Huh? What skill is it?”

“What is it?”

I repeatedly exactly what the skill description said.

[Archangel’s Fall]

Class: ?

Rank: ?

*Obtains the blessings of an archangel who traded with the demonic races to obtain greater power.

*Causes greater damage to the demonic races (monsters). (Additional damage does not apply to those that were created by the heavens.)

*As a passive skill, this applies to all attacks.

“It’s not a skill that I can cast.”

“A passive that does additional damage against monsters?”

“It seems that we can’t tell how much that bonus damage is just from looking at the description.”

“Yes…. Jong Ho hyung-nim.”

“Hm?”

“Are there still lots of Meteors left in Balrock’s ring, right?”

“Of course. It’s overflowing with Meteors.”

“Let’s go to the dungeon. I’ll need to confirm this firsthand.”

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The three of them rode in Jong Ho’s car to head for the level 34 dungeon in Current schedule: Once a week.

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