Chapter 212 - 149: Level 3 Mage, Ice Crystal Fall
The group followed suit, clearing out wave after wave.
Soon, after he killed another Skeleton Monster with his Ice Cone Skill, a series of notifications floated before Lin Mo’s eyes.
[Ice Cone Skill] Skill Level +1
"Skill [Ice Cone Skill] Level 4 (100/100) has leveled up!"
"Current Skill: [Ice Cone Skill] Level 5 (Max)"
"Gained attribute points: Spirit +1, Magic Power +1!"
"Automatically evolved into New Skill—Ice Crystal Fall!"
"Skill Comprehension: [Ice Crystal Fall]! Magic Power +2!"
[Ice Crystal Fall]: Use Magic Power to condense ice crystals, continuously inflicting Ice Element damage on enemies in a designated area!
An AOE skill!
Lin Mo’s eyes lit up. Unlike Blast Flame Fireball, which only had a minor area-of-effect component to its explosion, this was a true AOE skill!
Although it was an Excellent Level skill and probably not as powerful as Landon’s Wind Roll Skill, it was still a proper crowd-control skill. From now on, he wouldn’t have to take out trash mobs one by one.
’A Mage has to have AOE. The best kind is a massive, destructive AOE—one cast and all the small fry turn to ash!’
This was the Mage’s greatest advantage over other Professions like Warriors.
Ice Crystal Fall was a very good start.
With his Ice Cone Skill maxed out and having acquired Ice Crystal Fall, Lin Mo’s Basic Magic Attribute had reached 28 points. He was only two points away from leveling up.
At the same time, his Basic Spiritual Attribute had also reached 10 points, the standard for a Professional.
’Though, Lin Mo had never really paid attention to which Professions corresponded to the Spiritual Attribute.’
’The Priest Profession seemed to be mainly based on Magic Power as well.’
’Among the six major Professions, there didn’t seem to be one that primarily used the Spiritual Attribute.’
’So Spirit-based Professions must be some of the rarer, special types... or perhaps certain life professions?’
’Lin Mo had heard that Alchemists had high Spirit requirements, so that was probably it.’
’Whether it was Alchemists or other hidden, special Professions, Lin Mo didn’t have the energy to delve into them right now. The most important things were to get stronger and make money as quickly as possible.’
"Let’s keep going..."
Lin Mo was still full of drive, and Ali quickly found their next target.
"This way."
The group followed her and found their targets: two Rotten Corpses and five Skeleton Monsters. It was a slightly larger group than the last one.
Without a word, Lin Mo kicked things off with Ice Crystal Fall, eager to test out his new skill.
In an instant, ice crystals condensed from the Ice Element rained down on the heads of the Undead Creatures, lasting for about two seconds.
But in reality, the Demons were all but dead after the first second.
For someone with power approaching that of a Level 3 Mage, dealing with Demons that were Level 2 at most was simply too easy.
[Ice Crystal Fall] Skill Level +5
[Ice Crystal Fall] Skill Level +13
The 18 Skill Level points he gained were more than enough to instantly level up the Level 1 Ice Crystal Fall.
"Skill [Ice Crystal Fall] Level 1 (10/10) has leveled up!"
"Current Skill: [Ice Crystal Fall] Level 2 (8/20)"
’Ice Crystal Fall is an Excellent Level skill. In other words, I just need to get it to Level 3 to get more Magic Power.’
’And it would give exactly two points of Magic Power!’
"It’s not enough... Ali, find the next group of Demons!"
Landon had a vague suspicion.
’Combat itself was a way to improve rapidly. I’ve heard that some geniuses are particularly adept at improving themselves through battle, making twice the progress—or even more—than they would from regular practice.’
’Maybe Lin Mo was one of those people? Is that why he’s so passionate about fighting?’
’But the "combat" those geniuses referred to meant fighting evenly matched opponents, or at least those who weren’t significantly weaker. It was useless to just crush Ordinary Demons.’
’Besides, given the speed of Lin Mo’s progress, forget doubling... it was more absurd than improving tenfold!’
’As expected, I still can’t figure him out...’
Every time he tried to understand the secret to Lin Mo’s power, to find an explanation that made sense to him, he ended up failing miserably.
Shaking his head, Landon gave up trying to figure it out, quickened his pace, and caught up with the group.
Ali searched the area for a moment but seemed to find nothing new.
「It was now three in the afternoon.」
So far, they had only run into small fry; they hadn’t even seen a single creature with a Threat Level higher than 2.
At this rate, they probably wouldn’t finish the mission today.
Just as Landon was thinking this, Ali suddenly frowned, her tail shooting straight up.
"Something’s... approaching..."
She looked ahead, then her gaze darted to the left, then the right.
"This is bad!"
Realizing something, Ali said urgently, "We have to get out of here, or we’ll be surrounded!"
Landon reacted instantly, "Back to that hill! At least we won’t have our backs exposed."
The group retreated quickly, while Lin Mo scanned their surroundings.
Sure enough, the figures of Undead Creatures soon began to appear at the edges of their vision.
"It looks like they’re organized..."
The groups of Undead Creatures they had encountered earlier had also seemed to be on patrol.
It was clear these Undead Creatures were not just a scattered mob but a coordinated unit, controlled by something.
The only question was whether they were being controlled by their mission target, the Threat Level 4 Frosty Corpse, or by an Undead Mage hiding behind the scenes!
If it was the latter, then they were probably in for some trouble...