NOVGO.NET Chapter 403: First Evolution ( Final )
Chapter 403: First Evolution ( Final )
Lian remained completely silent, he did not have access to the Innate Traits and could not even see their descriptions.
However, he could see the cost required to unlock them, although he could only see the cost of the first one and needed to unlock them step by step to see the next ones.
And the first Innate Trait cost 4,500 Fragments!
This was insanely expensive, what the hell was the first Innate Trait to have such a ridiculously high price?
And if this was only the first one, how many Fragments would he need to unlock the rest?
Would he ever be able to collect enough Fragments to unlock all eight of his Innate Traits?
Even he had doubts about it.
This did not mean that Innate Traits were expensive for every Awakened, these Traits were related to each person’s class and because of that, they had different costs depending on their class.
So, an ordinary Awakened might only need to pay around one hundred Fragments for their first Innate Trait.
"Don’t you think they’re a little too cheap?" Lian said to the system with dry sarcasm.
Naturally, there was no answer.
But this tree made one thing completely clear, from this point on, Fragments were almost as important as levels and stats.
Maybe even more.
"I’ve checked everything, it’s as good as I expected." He then took another general look at the panel.
He had checked all the newly added sections and all the changes, and had become completely familiar with his First Evolution.
Some things were within his expectations and some were even beyond them.
The thing that satisfied him the most was the Ruined Heart and the fact that he could now borrow the power of Black Silence.
And the thing that confused him was that his class was still called Monster, his class had not evolved at all and his instincts told him that there was a major reason behind it.
But he did not know exactly why.
Finally, he closed the panel and opened the rewards section.
[Main Quest Rewards delivered.]
[100 Fragments.]
[250 Free Stat Points.]
[Treasure Chest ×1.]
[Highest Contribution Reward.]
[Golden Treasure Chest ×1.]
Lian’s eyes lit up slightly.
A Golden Chest.
Considering what he had done to get it, he expected it to contain something valuable.
Treasure Chests were chests that the system sometimes gave for very special Quests and they could contain almost anything, Artifacts, Skill Books, treasures, weapons, and all kinds of special resources and...
They were divided into four ranks, Normal Treasure Chest, Special Treasure Chest, Purple Treasure Chest, and finally Golden Treasure Chest.
The higher the rank of the Treasure Chest, the more valuable the thing inside would naturally be, but Golden Treasure Chests were extremely rare and were only given as rewards under special conditions.
He put the normal chest aside first and then selected the Golden Chest.
[Open Golden Treasure Chest?]
[Yes / No.]
"Yes." He said without hesitation.
A golden chest appeared in front of him, floating in the air, and then its lock opened by itself.
Golden light came out so strongly that the entire room was completely lit up for a moment.
Lian instinctively narrowed his eyes slightly, the light slowly faded and something appeared in the palm of his hand.
A small fruit, almost the size of a walnut, with a white skin and very thin golden lines moving across its surface.
And Lian only looked at it for a few seconds.
A panel appeared.
[Return Fruit — Mythical]
[Type: Consumable.]
[Upon consumption, the holder gains one Stored Life.]
[Upon death, if the holder’s soul has not been completely destroyed, automatic reconstruction of body and soul will begin.]
[Maximum Stored Lives: 1.]
[The effect becomes permanently bound to the holder after consumption.]
Lian looked at the fruit, this was the same thing he had just consumed or at least something with an almost similar effect but a different structure.
An Extra Life.
The reason he was sitting in this room right now, if he had not had that life, Seris would have pierced his heart and everything would have ended right there.
He was truly surprised, he did not expect to obtain another Extra Life so soon and besides, he could either consume it himself or give it to anyone he wanted.
The corner of his lips slowly rose.
"Well...this one is actually a reward." It was a Mythical-rank Artifact.
The highest rank that existed among Artifacts and treasures, it was so valuable that by selling it he could earn tens of billions of dollars.
But since there was no reason to keep it, he ate it, it did not have any special taste and a moment later, a warm wave passed through the center of his chest.
[Spirit Return Fruit consumed.]
[Extra Life: 1.]
He looked at the message for a few seconds.
Another life, having it felt strange but he could not become careless, death was still painful and if his soul was completely destroyed, even this would not save him.
But having a second chance was not something he could take lightly.
Then another notification appeared.
[Title acquired.]
[Calamity Survivor.]
He opened the information.
[Increases resistance by 50% against overwhelming spiritual pressure generated by vastly superior entities.]
The effect was good, but it was not so strange that Lian stayed on it for more than a few seconds.
This was a Title given to all the Awakened who survived the Special Area and with its help they could resist spiritual attacks to a large degree.
But it did not create complete immunity and only increased spiritual and mental defense by 50%.
Then another panel appeared and this one had a purple and black border.
[You personally devoured a Calamity entity.]
[Unique Title acquired.]
[Calamity Devourer.]
[Calamity Devourer.]
[Unique Growth Title.]
[Innate racial fear and suppression generated by Calamity-class entities will not affect the holder.]
[Resistance to Calamity corruption, possession, spiritual erosion, and identity erasure: +25%.]
[Damage against Calamities, Anchors, Vessels, and direct Calamity-born entities: +10%.]
[The holder can perceive exposed Calamity presences and active vessels and anchors from greatly increased distances.]
[This Title can evolve.]
[Calamities Devoured: 1/5.]
[Each additional Calamity devoured will strengthen this Title.]
Lian remained completely silent for a few seconds.
One out of five, again five, the Ruined Heart had five seats, the Evolution Quest had talked about five Calamities and now even the new Title was following the same number.
This could no longer be a coincidence, the system or the Ruined Heart or both of them expected him to find and devour the rest of them as well.
For a moment, Lian remembered the image of the "Father" from Black Silence’s memories.
Five Calamities that were the children of that Father...would he eventually be forced to face that existence as well?
His expression became slightly more serious.
At least he was not going to look for it now, one of them had almost destroyed an entire world and had killed him once as well.
He still had a lot of work to do but now he knew what would be waiting for him in the future.
"In any case, this Title will make my job easier, I can find the Vessels and Anchors this way." He thought for a moment.
He knew that there was a very high chance that what had happened to their world was also related to one of the five Calamities and if that was true, then there should be both a Vessel and an Anchor in their world as well.
He planned to find both of them but he had no idea how, but now with the help of this Title he could find them.
In the end, he closed the system completely and put it aside and looked around.
Some time had passed since the Evolution ended, but the ice was still covering the floor of the room.
With a short thought, the ice collapsed, turned into very small particles and then slowly disappeared.
His control was much more natural than before even without any special training.
His mind returned to his giant ant, One was still in another world and he had to try to find a way to summon him as soon as possible.
He did not know One’s exact condition and only knew that he was still alive, but that did not make him feel relieved at all.
The situation in that graveyard was so chaotic that something could happen to his ant at any moment.
And the time for his summon was now...