GREED: ALL FOR WHAT?

Chapter 1873: Skill Usage And Power Formula.



Taylor touched his chest. He can still feel the core and the skills he learned. They are like balls that he swallowed and got stuck in his throat. It is not uncomfortable, but the feeling is not natural.

It is a strange feeling, one that he has never experienced in other virtual reality games. If he didn't know that he was in a game, he would think he had gained a new organ.

He just shook his head in wonder after thinking about it. Then he switched the topic of the conversation.

He asked, "So how does using skills work? Do I just think about activating it like my stat screen?"

Ragna nodded. "Yes, but there is more. You need to visualize your core engine. Focus on it first, select the skill you want to activate, and then think about activating it."

Taylor visualized what the spirit said and decided to try Dash. He focused on his chest. It was not simply a mental procedure. He could actually see the white core and the three small mirage balls within it. He wasn't just imagining it.

The sight made his head woozy for a while. He stumbled and struggled to stand.

"Wow. That was something."

Ragna advised, "It is a new sensation, so you should take things slowly."

He shook to dispel the grogginess from his mind. Then he tried again.

He took Ragna's advice and took things slowly. He focused on the tiny ball of light in his chest and slowly enlarged it. The ball became bigger as if it were being inflated. There was some pressure as it got bigger in his mind, but it wasn't as bad as his previous attempt.

The ball didn't explode in his mind and stun him like before. It was just too bright for his mind to look at for long.

He endured this brightness and focused on the mirage ball, with the man moving a large distance with a single step. Then he activated it.

But nothing happened. He looked up at Ragna and said, "Nothing happened."

Ragna sighed and asked, "Which skill do you want to activate?"

"Dash."

"Then take a step. The images you saw were not just to inform you of what the skills can do. They are also instructions for the physical effects to take place. You need both focus and physical actions to activate the skills."

Taylor nodded and repeated the process again. It took fifty seconds for him to complete the process of focusing on the white core, identifying the skill he wanted, and then activating it. Then he took a step forward.

It worked this time around. Taylor felt it through his whole body. His core burned brightly. It pulsed and thrumed like his heart.

Then it pushed some form of force into the tiny threads in his body. This caused the force to spread throughout his body. Then he was suddenly 2 meters away from where he started.

The euphoria of success ended, and next came tiredness. He had depleted his stamina sharply and focused three times to make that move, so his head began to swoon and his body felt strained.

The fact that he was not ready for the sudden change of position made him stumble. He couldn't brace himself, so the force of his dash caused him to fall forward. He might have been able to stop himself if he had stamina. But he was too tired, so he truly fell face first onto the ground.

He was panting for air as he got up. "That was exciting. It felt so natural. It felt like I actually did it, not the game mechanics."

Ragna said, "I'm glad you are happy. But you have a lot of work to do. That was painful to look at. You were slow and inefficient with the activation. Then you stumbled after activating it. It is clear that you have to become familiar with it."

He said confidently, "I'm sure I can manage that."n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

"You have to. These are just the basic skills. If you can't master them, then you will be in a lot of trouble."

"I suggest you return to your weapon training and use your skills together with wielding your weapon. That will at least prevent you from impaling yourself after Dashing. But there is more to power than that."

Taylor asked earnestly, "Tell me."

"The Power you can exhibit is equal to the attribute of your existence used for the skill multiplied by the boost from mana multiplied by the rank of the skill multiplied by your proficiency with the skill. If Power = X, Attribute = A, Mana Boost = M, Skill Rank = S, and Proficiency P, then X = AxMXSXP."

"In your situation, the attribute you used earlier was Speed. Mana Boost was 1%, or 1.01. Skill rank was common, which is just one step above nothing, so 2. Proficiency was 1%, or 1.01. Therefore, your power (X) was 4 x 1.01 X 2 x 1.01, which makes 8.16."

"If you look closely, you will realize that your power output is twice your normal speed. That is just the minimum effect of what getting a skill can achieve. It is already a significant difference, but you can do better."

Taylor's eyes were wide when he heard this analysis. He said, "A difference of 100% is not just significant; it is impressive."

Ragna shrugged and said, "That is the difference between those who have a class and their core engine to use skills and those who don't. They become twice as powerful immediately. But like I was saying, the advantage can be widened even further."

"To do that, you need to raise Mana Boost and your proficiency of the Dash skill. If you can raise your proficiency to 100%, your proficiency in that formula will become 2 and you will become twice as fast as you are right now. You will also have fulfilled the main requirements to become Tier 1 entity."