Starting with the awakened Poison God: I choose the Master Thief.

"How did you know?"

Chu Ci looked at Bors with some confusion.

"Hehe, I guessed."

...It's amazing how naturally you can act cool.

"Don't just stand there. Come in and say what you have to say, and remember to close the door."

"oh."

The two sat facing each other at a worn-out long table.

"Breakthrough mission, huh? Turns out you just wanted to slack off here," Bors said with a laugh.

Chu Ci scratched his head awkwardly, which was an admission.

After all, if breakthrough tasks were to be randomly selected, and a particularly complex one were drawn, it might take several days to complete. It would be much simpler to have the mentor assign them.

"Of course I can help you. The world's will has granted me this authority, which allows me to modify it to make it less complicated. However, the difficulty will definitely not change; that's the bottom line. Also, I can only help you up to the third tier at most. After that, you'll need to draw breakthrough missions yourself."

[Ding! You have received a second-tier breakthrough quest from Mentor Bors: Hatch a dragon egg. Do you wish to accept?]

So fast? That's incredibly efficient.

Receive.

[Ding, you have accepted the second-tier breakthrough quest.]

"Anyway, you're going to hatch dragon eggs anyway, so this is enough for your second-tier breakthrough mission. Alright, if there's nothing else, you can prepare to go to the Holy See. Don't bother me before you reach the third tier." Bors waved his hand, indicating that he was seeing the guest out.

"Ah, why go to the Vatican? Can't we incubate it here?"

Bang! "Ah!"

Before Chu Ci could react, Bors slapped him hard on the head, and saw the other man looking at him with a look of utter disappointment.

"You little brat, do you really think I'm a god? That I can hide anything for you? Hatching the dragon egg is a big deal. If it's discovered, not only you will be under a lot of pressure, but the Thieves' Guild will also be in considerable trouble."

"The only suitable place for incubation in the entire Dawn City is probably the forbidden area of ​​the Holy See. Speaking of which, you're quite something, kid. You can even restrain such a dangerous thing. That old guy Krend has been praising you a lot lately. I feel like he would agree without hesitation if you asked him to be his grandson-in-law."

"I can't help but laugh just thinking about the look on his face when my apprentice becomes his granddaughter's husband, hahaha!"

Uh... this old man is being indecent again.

However, what the other party said does make sense. There are too many unknowns about hatching dragon eggs, and it would be troublesome if it attracted attention. It's better to avoid trouble. In any case, it's just borrowing the forbidden area. I think that bishop should not refuse.

Just as Chu Ci was about to say goodbye and leave, Bors suddenly called him back.

"By the way, there seem to be some good items in the guild's exchange area right now. I think they'd be perfect for you. You might want to take a look."

Good stuff? Exchange area?

Come to think of it, the last time I used this feature was to upgrade my skills, and I haven't used it for a long time.

Now that we have money, it seems we can definitely enrich our skills. Ideally, we should find a ranged attack that forces damage to a certain area, otherwise relying solely on the "Helpless" skill feels like a waste of time.

He opened the guild exchange area, and soon a dazzling array of good items appeared before his eyes.

Because of the membership of the second-tier guild, some items even have discounts. Of course, this part is borne by the guild itself and not by the seller, otherwise it would be too disgusting.

"Good stuff, good stuff... let me see."

There was a lot of material, and it would take time to peruse the Chu Ci. He had already learned about most of it during his student days, so he mostly just glanced at it and moved on.

"Huh? What's this?"

He saw something interesting.

[Skill Fusion Scroll]

Effect Overview: This skill merges two skills, with a 50% chance of success and a 50% chance of failure. If the fusion fails, the skill is automatically destroyed. The degree of fusion varies depending on the success rate, and the actual result shall prevail.

???

Wait, why does this thing look so familiar? Isn't this that thing from Earth called "Everything is subject to the actual product"?

This is a complete scam!

I finally understand the Chu Ci.

The fact that this thing has a 50% chance of failure in fusion is enough to deter most people. Even if it succeeds, there is a chance that it will ruin two originally useful skills. In other words, this is simply a gambler's tool!

The worst part is that this thing is ridiculously expensive, costing a thousand gold coins!

What? You're saying Chu Ci has a thousand Main Continent coins on him, and he can just take out one to buy this thing?

Please, don't treat money like it's nothing. Having money doesn't mean you have to be a fool. Spending more money to buy useful things is an investment, but buying useless things is a pure waste.

"But this thing does seem to suit me quite well. 50% probability? Heh, don't you know that even with a 1% probability, I can trigger it easily?"

"Wait? There seems to be a seller's name written on it... Bo...ers? Hmm?"

Chu Ci suddenly looked up at his mentor opposite him. The mentor seemed to have sensed his gaze as well, but kept his head down and sipped his tea.

"Um, dear Master~"

"Get lost! Now you know to call me master? Don't even think about it, kid. I'm telling you, not a single penny will be spared."

Damn it, that old bastard! He actually guessed what I was going to say.

"Tch! Stingy."

After making a comment, Chu Ci looked at the system interface.

Little did they know that the water glass in Bolles's hand had developed fine cracks at some point.

"A thousand gold coins! Oh well, I'll have to spend them sooner or later."

"However, I only have less than six hundred gold coins on me, so I can only pay with the Mainland currency."

Click to redeem.

[Ding, exchange successful. Mainland currency has been automatically converted into 1 gold coins. Current remaining gold coins: 9600.]

The Skill Fusion Scroll has been added to my inventory.

Why bother with income? Just use it!

He had already figured out what skills he would combine.

Of course, it's the skills of invisibility and disappearance.

First of all, stealth is the most common low-level class skill for thieves and assassins, so it can be found everywhere. Even if it is merged into a useless skill, it can be replenished. At worst, you can just find a secret realm to refresh the skill level.

As for disappearing, well...

This encounter in the Hidden Dragon Secret Realm made Chu Ci truly realize that when the opponent's strength far exceeds yours, you won't even have time to use your skills before you're instantly killed. In comparison, the Abyss Hunter Remodeling skill is very cost-effective, as you can use it to kill monsters.

So even if the disappearance skill is gone, it won't have much of an impact on him.

[Ding, do you wish to merge disappearance and invisibility?]

"Integration".

[Fusion progress 30%...50%...100%, Congratulations, fusion successful, you have gained a new skill - Illusory Shadow (lv.1)]

【Illusory Shadow (lv.1)】: Stealth level +2, invincible for 1 seconds when entering stealth state, removes all control effects on self, and can be restored during skill use cooldown, cooldown time: 10 minute.