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"Finally, the Hero's Codex has been completely integrated. It wasn't easy."

The instant the fusion with the secret code reached 100%, a message naturally appeared in Louis's mind.

The information contained exactly what Louis needed right now: a method for transforming an ordinary person into an extraordinary professional.

"First, you need to conserve your energy and get yourself into peak condition in all aspects."

Louis reflected on himself and felt refreshed. Fighting the bull all day had given every muscle in his body a full workout, and his magical reserves were at their limit.

"Then, channel your magic power into the class-specific grimoire, and fully activate it."

Following the instructions, Louis calmed himself and activated his own magic.

Although he didn't know any incantations like meditation, he could already skillfully manipulate magic during his daily training, so this step wasn't too difficult.

The magical power that flowed through Louis's meridians slowly entered his heart.

Once the 10 points of magic power were fully integrated into his heart, a heartbeat like a drumbeat resounded.

Immediately, Louis felt one mysterious meridian after another extending from his heart and probing into all parts of his body.

These connections exist between the real and the abstract, and can connect with abstract concepts.

Strength, endurance, vitality, intelligence... all eight basic attributes possessed by humans are firmly connected to the class-specific secret manual.

Magic flowed from his heart again, washing over Louis's body, and an indescribable transformation took place within him.

It's as if the seven attributes, excluding faith, are gradually becoming more refined. Their individual values ​​may not change, but they are transforming from a pile of loose sand into a solid rock.

"Even with the same 10 attribute points, is there any difference between a professional and a semi-professional player using them?"

Louis thought to himself.

He speculated that for ordinary warrior classes, the ability values ​​that undergo transformation might only have two main attributes, while the other secondary attributes would remain unchanged.

However, the Hero class is different; all of its attributes are primary attributes, so it is strengthened in all aspects.

Not only his physical body panel, but his magic power was also rapidly solidifying. His body was like a greedy child, spontaneously absorbing the surrounding free magic power.

[Evolvable skill detected. Evolve?]

At that moment, a cheat notification sound suddenly rang in Louis's mind.

An evolvable skill? Could it be that "high-speed thinking"?

I thought there were some extra requirements for this skill to evolve, but it turns out that the skill proficiency must reach perfection (100/100) before it can evolve directly after job change.

It's quite simple.

Louis chose evolution without hesitation.

The next second, a flood of knowledge rushed into his mind, allowing him to quickly understand this mage-type skill.

【超速思维（1级）（入门：1/10）（可进化）：消耗3点魔力，思维速度提升2倍，咒语咏唱速度提升2倍，持续5分钟——下一阶段：极速思维（2级）】

[Note 1: The original level 0 skill "High-Speed ​​Thinking" has been merged with the level 1 skill "Supersonic Thinking," but it can still be used normally.]

[Note 2: After job advancement, the mana consumption of all level 0 active and passive skills that require mana is greatly reduced, with a maximum mana consumption of no more than 1 point. The power of all level 0 skills is increased.]

Double the thought speed and increased spell casting speed—this skill's strength is simple and pure.

Louis was very pleased with the first level 1 skill he had acquired.

At the same time, he was also surprised by the mana cost of a level 1 professional using a level 0 skill.

Skills like High Speed ​​Mind and Aura Concealment, which normally cost 3 mana, can now be used with only 1 mana, and are even more effective than before.

Just considering this point alone, a level 1 professional can easily defeat all quasi-professionals.

So, have I completed my job change yet?

Louis thought to himself.

Just then, two more messages emerged from the Hero's Codex.

The first piece of information is related to the class-specific talents of awakened heroes.

Hundreds of hero class talents swirled in Louis's mind, but he could only randomly acquire two of them as his own talents.

Each of these two talents has a broad range of choices: one is only an individual talent, and the other is only a team talent.

This is also a unique benefit of the Hero class.

He had learned from Dana and Nora that ordinary aspiring professionals could awaken corresponding talents based on the different class-specific secret codes they activated when changing jobs.

Some of these randomly awakened class talents are incredibly powerful, while others are practically useless and depend entirely on luck.

Unlike the Hero class, which not only has a pool of talented individuals with no bad talents, but can also awaken two at once.

The vast talent pool began to operate on its own, and talents like stars swirled in Louis's mind. Before long, a golden star fell into Louis's talent pool and merged with his body.

A flood of information entered Louis's mind, granting him a seemingly innate talent.

A description of his talent then appeared before Louis's eyes.

[Skill Fusion: Retrieve all skills you possess, fuse skills with different effects, using one as the primary skill and the others as secondary skills, extracting the essence and discarding the dross to create a stronger skill, while inheriting a certain amount of the original skill's proficiency.]

Once the number of fusions in a fusion skill reaches a certain limit, the skill level can be increased.

Upgrade Requirements: [Upgrading a level 0 skill to a level 1 skill requires fusing 5 level 0 skills.]

Upgrading a level 1 skill to a level 2 skill requires fusing 5 level 1 skills.

【…】

After reading the description of his personal talent, Louis was already excited just thinking about the application scenarios of that talent.

It seems that the Hero Talent also depends on the host's affinity when drawing cards.

He had previously worried about what to do with the low-level skills he obtained from looting corpses once he reached a higher level.

With 'skill fusion', isn't this like a pillow arriving when you're sleepy?

If done properly, you can not only avoid wasting money buying skill books from various professional associations, but also synthesize top-tier skills with excessive power.

Before he could finish celebrating, a golden star fell from the team's talent pool and merged into Louis's body.

According to the description in the Hero's Codex, this so-called team talent can buff the entire team.

However, to enjoy the team talent, one must join a team personally formed by the hero, and the talent can only be shared with 10 people, including oneself.

This is why every adventurer embarks on their journey in a small team, and the team members never exceed double digits.

[Cultivation Acceleration: Greatly improves the efficiency of team members in cultivation, meditation, and training. The increase is related to the corresponding attribute of the hero.]

[Taking the Strength attribute as an example, its value is the same as that of a Hero, but the training effect is twice that of normal.]

[If your strength is 1 points lower than a hero's, the training effect will be 3 times that of normal.]

[If your strength is 2 points lower than a hero's, the training effect will be 4 times that of normal.]

[...and so on]

[Note: The hero's own training effect is always doubled.]

The team's talent effect is simply a complete cheat.

With this cheat, you'll never have to worry about your teammates falling behind in progress again.

Louis understood deeply just how valuable a hero is, one that is rare to find in an era.

After the two talents awakened in succession, Louis also saw the second message that the secret book had released to him.

"The whereabouts of the next rank's secret manual?"