Goblin Dependency

Seventeen days ago, during the battle at Wildberry Cliff where he killed "Carrion Vulture" Gerry and the Fishman Priest, Xia Nan gained a bit of Skill Level through his practical application of Battle Skills, raising the upgrade progress of [Heavy Tide] to (32/100).

But now, on the attribute panel, this number, which was still quite distant from leveling up, has undergone a change that can be described as astonishing.

——[Heavy Tide]Level 2: (72/100)!

That’s a whole 40 points of Skill Level increase!

No one in this world understands the value of this number better than Xia Nan.

The Golden Finger of the attribute panel allows him to observe the progress of each Battle Skill in a quantified form.

He can clearly see how much he has improved and how far he is from leveling up his Battle Skills.

But for other adventurers in this world, their experience is akin to endless, progressless, painful training day after day.

Perhaps in terms of actual Skill Level, they do make improvements through training, but during the journey from "0" to "99" on the progress bar, they almost have no Perception of it.

This extends to a fear experienced by every adventurer in this world.

In situations where a Battle Skill is not the kind of product you can buy in bulk for a few copper coins at the grocery store, how does one confirm their training progress, determine if the skill suits them, and make decisions amid sunk costs?

Take the [Gravity Control] skill Xia Nan currently possesses, for example.

He has had this Battle Skill for quite a long time now.

Hundreds of days and nights of hard training, yet the Skill Level is still just Level 1.

But Xia Nan has never relaxed, always maintaining daily training.

Why?

On one hand, because of the potential of the Battle Skill [Gravity Control] itself; on the other hand, because he can see on the attribute panel that this Battle Skill is indeed improving, the progress bar today has exceeded half, rather than remaining stagnant.

If this same situation is placed on adventurers without the Golden Finger of an attribute panel, it becomes very terrifying.

A Battle Skill, practiced for over a year, and not seeing any change.

What should one do?

Just give up?

But what if it’s about to level up right now? Wouldn’t just giving up waste all the effort put in until the very brink of success?

Then... continue to persevere?

But if the Battle Skill isn’t suitable, and no Skill Level has grown even after such a long time, isn’t continuing just wasting time and energy?

Sunk costs and an unclear future lead countless not-decisive and lacking in firm determination low-level adventurers into downfall.

Examples of almost leveling up only to suddenly stop, or pouring precious time and energy into a Battle Skill not suitable for them, are all too common on the Aifala Continent.

Many don’t even know if their "effort" is effective.

To some extent, Xia Nan in the Otherworld has been so diligent in Battle Skill training not only because of his character but also due to the real-time progress display on the attribute panel.

Similarly, over these seventeen days, Xia Nan clearly felt the changes brought by [Proof of Diligence] via his attribute panel.

Taking the point of obtaining [Proof of Diligence] from the collector Aurie as the dividing line, he can divide this time period into two parts.

In the first seven days, during the journey from Wildberry Cliff back to Suo Yu Bay, he increased about 10 points of Skill Level on the Battle Skill [Heavy Tide].

On average, gaining 1.4 points a day, belonging to normal progress.

In the following ten days, after obtaining [Proof of Diligence], his Training Efficiency skyrocketed, with an exaggerated pace of increasing approximately 3 points of Skill Level a day, directly pulling the progress bar to the current "72/100".

Very fortunately, [Heavy Tide] belongs to the type of "Skillful Skill" needed to activate [Shadow Dust], giving it an immediate 50% Skill Level gain increase.

Adding the "+33% Training Efficiency" Equipment effect of [Proof of Diligence] itself.

1*1.5*1.3=1.95.

Allowing Xia Nan’s Skill Level progress speed to directly reach twice the original rate!

The feeling of satisfaction is hard to express.

He wishes to invest every single moment entirely into the training of this Battle Skill.

And in fact, that’s precisely what he has been doing.

The only pity is that both [Gravity Control] and [Embers Resonance] do not belong to the "Skillful Skill" type required by [Shadow Dust], only receiving the bracelet’s 33% boost.

This 33% also has a "Training lasting more than 180 minutes" time limit.

Plus, Xia Nan’s special adjustment to the training plan during this period, causing the skill progression efficiency of these two Battle Skills to not be as good as [Heavy Tide].

But even so, the improvement speed is still much faster than before.

Xia Nan could not be more satisfied with this.

Similarly, this prompted him to add another goal in his future adventurer career planning:

——Searching for accessories for [Proof of Diligence].

The bracelet has a total of nine slots, but eight of them are vacant right now.

If he can find more accessories like [Shadow Dust], covering the 50% speed boost to all Battle Skill types, his career development in the future will soar to unimaginable heights.