Archer's Adventure Manual

After tutoring Lorraine and Finita, Thompson parted ways with them.

Watching Thompson's figure gradually disappear into the sunset, Lorraine felt an indescribable sense of loneliness. Everyone has secrets hidden within.

Some people may appear cheerful, outgoing, and radiant to outsiders, but perhaps they are simply hiding their inner darkness. This doesn't mean they don't have...

"He's a nice uncle!" Finita commented.

Loran nodded slightly, then shook his head slightly. "Hmm... I don't know, maybe!"

Finita smiled slightly and encouraged Loran, "Good luck in the competition! We believe in you!"

"Okay! Don't worry, I'll be prepared and give it my all," Loran said with a smile.

At the end of the day, Loran returned to his small room. After practicing archery for a while, he briefly checked his current skill proficiency.

"Property Panel"

Name: Loran

Race: Terran

Attributes: (Core 3D Data: 82; Combat Power Rating: Low Beginner Level)

Strength: 23 (measures of physical strength, muscle strength, and explosiveness)

Constitution: 24 (a measure of health, endurance, and vitality)

Agility: 22 (measures dexterity, reaction speed, hand-eye coordination, and balance)

Intelligence: 20 (measures memory, logical thinking, learning ability, and knowledge reserves)

Spirit: 35 (Measures spirituality, intuition, insight and perception of the environment)

Charisma: 20 (measures persuasiveness and personal charisma)

技能：精準射击lv.3（18/100）、弱点洞悉lv.2（4/40）、灵视lv.1（8/20）……

天赋：死神之影lv.1（60/100）、力量增幅lv.2（6/40）、魔力初现lv.1（13/20）……

Ability: Basic Herbal Crafting lv.1 (4/20)

Loran hadn't checked his detailed stats in a long time, and this time, upon reviewing them, he noticed significant changes.

Especially in terms of mental strength enhancement, his mental strength, which is attributed to the talent of the Grim Reaper, has jumped from 21 points to 35 points.

Other aspects have also become slightly stronger due to the trials of adventure. Overall, his comprehensive strength is not too strong, but Loran's control over skills is very impressive.

With plenty of adventure points, Loran looked at some skills or talents that could break through level limits and chose to upgrade them all.

For any talent skill that has been mastered beyond halfway, he can choose to use adventure points to speed up its progress and directly level it up.

"Survival Guide: Congratulations! Your talent - Emerging Magic - has been upgraded to level 2!"

Talent - Emerging Magic lv.2 (0/40): Increases your skill in using magical knowledge by 10%.

The benefits of talent are usually small, but if you are strong enough, the small benefits of talent can become very considerable.

Loran believed his magic would improve, and that this talent would allow him to reach his goals more quickly.

In addition, it has another special skill.

"Survival Guide: Your skill - Steel Slash - has been upgraded to level 2!"

Skill - Steel Slash lv.2 (0/40): Activate the iron weapon in your hand to launch a steel-like tough strike. During the strike, the weapon's toughness is greatly increased, and high cutting damage is dealt. If the weapon cannot cut, it will trigger resonance, causing severe blunt injury.

I didn't expect that the skill of learning Noah could be upgraded. Level 2 seems to be not much different from Level 1, but the wording is different.

For example, what was previously a moderate blunt force injury has now become a severe blunt force injury, and the difference in damage between the two is quite significant.

In addition, the skill itself is quite powerful, so Loran is quite satisfied with it. This skill is suitable for surprise attacks.

After all, who would expect a harmless archer to suddenly pull a large iron sword out of his crotch and use that steel slash on you?

"Survival Guide: Your skill - Focused Cooking - has been upgraded to level 2!"

专注香烹lv.2（0/40）：你烹饪出的食物提升20%让人感到美味的味觉；并为食用者提供小幅度的攻击力增幅，持续10分钟。

The cooking skill doesn't offer much of an upgrade, and while it provides a small attack boost, its impact on the overall situation is limited. However, it's still a very good skill for raising the skill ceiling.

In addition, he has practiced the skill of focusing on cooking in his dreams quite a bit, so it shouldn't be too long before he improves his proficiency.

After organizing these scattered talent skills, Loran focused his attention on the very conspicuous talent.

天赋-死神之影lv.1（60/100）：当你杀死或见证一只生物死亡后，你的精神力会得到潜移默化的提升。（我看到了死神的影子...）[可花费100冒险点数加快50%的熟练度进程]

Loran has witnessed the deaths of too many creatures during his adventures these past few days, and the improvement in his mental strength is also obvious.

Even so, the skill proficiency of the Grim Reaper is only 60, but now it can be increased by 50% by spending 100 adventure points.

This means that these 100 adventure points will be very cost-effective.

Without hesitation, Loran chose to upgrade his most useful talent at the moment.

"Survival Guide: Your talent - Shadow of Death has been upgraded to level 2!"

Talent - Shadow of Death lv.2 (0/1000): When you kill or witness the death of a creature, your mental strength will be subtly and significantly enhanced. (For a moment, I seemed to really see a microcosm of Death...)

"Combat Guide: You have automatically learned the skill - Reaper's Scythe."

Skill - Reaper's Scythe lv.1 (0/100): A rudimentary phantom of a Reaper's Scythe condenses in your hand. Any creature that comes into contact with it will suffer a terrifying blow from your mental strength. If your mental strength is far greater than the opponent's, you can directly seize their soul to nourish your spirit; otherwise, your spirit will be damaged.

Loran was slightly dumbfounded after seeing the description of the Reaper's Scythe. He didn't expect that upgrading the Reaper's Shadow would grant him an extra skill!

Reaper's Scythe... It seems to be a rather violent skill. The Shadow of Death itself can enhance his mental strength, and then the offensive power of the Reaper's Scythe can be used to feed back into the skill.

It can be used as a last resort for Loran to launch a surprise attack, but it needs to be used with caution, because if one's spirit is not as strong as the opponent's flower, it will backfire.

After the Shadow of Death is upgraded to level two, the difference from level one is that the speed at which mental power increases will be faster, which is a very powerful effect.

This leads to another concern for Loran: how could a mere talent generate such powerful skills and produce such exaggerated effects?

How terrifying must the person who truly wields this power be?

The image of the headless monster surfaced in Loran's mind; it remained a persistent shadow in her heart.