CHAPTER D003 – PRELUDE TO BATTLE

Nameless Ruins of Arcadia Empire.

Hecate frequented this place to grind and even made the place her secret hideout. It was a historical relic and only recently did she learn the name of Arcadia Empire, which it belongs to.

During her stay in the library of the Solstreus Magic Academy, this empire was often referenced in books about Runes as its originator, which additionally, included the former name of the ruins.

"Ruins of Archades Imperial Palace..."

Hecate murmured the name that appeared on her minimap.

It was unknown why such a prosperous civilization was destroyed and reduced to ruins as now since none of the books she read mentioned it in detail. But it was none of her concern.

The last time she left this place, all the doors leading outside of the room had been filled with a dangerous red mist, but now there was none of it can be seen. Everything was silent and spooky, back to before.

"Has the boss finally calmed down?"

Since the red warning mist had absent, it meant that there would be no danger even if she opened all the doors.

As expected, when she opened one of the doors, nothing strange happened.

The walls had been covered with the mysterious flesh again, with maggots scribbling on it from time to time, while in the distance, several spiders could be seen harvesting the maggots.

"In that case, there is no need to rush... I'll take my time slowly."

Hecate closed the door and walked over to the Save Crystal.

At the time when she appeared on this ruins, she suddenly realized something important.

This place, which were located deep within the Forbidden Forest was not considered Rosenheim Kingdom territory. This means that the regional channel in this place are treated separately from the one at the kingdom.

Wasn't this place the perfect place for her to upgrade Black Phantom's equipment in secret?

Not only that, she could also upgrade her equipment here, so there was absolutely no need to reveal her name on the regional channel.

"What a mistake... Why I didn't think of this more thoroughly?"

Anyway, the milk had already been spilled, so there was no need to brood over it.

She could just make up excuses as to why she could produce so many +10 pieces of equipment in such a short amount of time. For example, one of the rewards from her unique mission that she just completed was a temporary upgrade rate increase.

But that was for another matter.

"Right now, I need to focus on this."

Hecate opened her storage and took out a Mini Furnace, some necessary materials... and a Crime Scroll.

  You have used a Crime Scroll.

For the next 10 minutes, your name won't be shown to anyone.

She used the Crime Scroll as a precaution against the possibility that someone might be perverted enough to be grinding around the Forbidden Forest area, which was essentially connected to the same regional channel as her.

And so...

* * +10 Superior Eldritch Bone Wand

* +10 Superior Mask of Serenity

* +10 Superior Cloak of the Fallen

* +10 Superior Elevator Boots

As expected, the regional channel was empty, except the series of congratulatory messages to ???, which was of course, doesn't seem to be seen and commented by anyone.

And then, the result of the upgrades...

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img /attachments/equipment-jpg.8166/?hash=397d51ca049e899ea49f92919d28875d" alt="" width="174" height="34" /       bigHead/big Upper: small+/small10 Superior Ornamental Hairpinsup data-mfn="1"Item Name: small+10/small Superior Ornamental Hairpin small(8)/small

Requirement: All Classes, Lv40

Durability: 750/750

Description: A hairpin from an ancient dynasty.

There is a mysterious power inside that has been partially unlocked by Hecate.

Upgraded to Superior level by Hecate.

Effect: All Stats small+/small4, Max HP small+/small15%, Max MP small+/small10%

Upgrade Bonus 1: All Stats small+/small1, Max HP & MP small+/small5%

Upgrade Bonus 2: DEF +100, MDEF +100

[] Soul Essence: Wraith Dead

    Insta-Death resistance small+/small30%

    Insta-Death resistance small+/small(2smallUpgLv/small)%

Mid- Face: small+/small10 Superior Mask of Serenitysup data-mfn="2"Item Name: small+10/small Superior Mask of Serenity small(10)/small

Requirement: All Classes, Lv1

Durability: 500/200

Description: The newest fashion in Netherworld.

Its horrendous design, is supposedly cute by their standard.

Obtainable from limited cash shop items.

Effect 1: STR small+/small10, AGI small+/small5, DEX small+/small15

Effect 2: Distort the user's voice into unrecognizable pitch.

Upgrade bonus 1: STR, AGI, DEX small+/small5

Upgrade bonus 2: DEF small+/small100

Mid- Ears: small+/small10 Superior Earring of Wisdomsup data-mfn="3"Item Name: small+10/small Superior Earring of Wisdom small(8)/small

Requirement: Mage, Cleric

Durability: 760/760

Description: Earring that was made by the Great Mage, Lyndell Souren.

It is said this earring could make its wearer reach greater power.

Upgraded to Superior level by Hecate.

Effect 1: INT small+/small8, DEX small+/small14, LUK small+/small5, MAX MP small+/small1600

Effect 2: Increase spell power by 20%.

Effect 3: MP consumption small+/small50%.

Upgrade Bonus 1: INT, DEX, LUK small+/small5,

Upgrade Bonus 2: DEF small+/small100, MDEF small+/small100

Lower: small+/small10 Superior Saintess Necklacesup data-mfn="4"Item Name: small+10/small Superior Saintess Necklace small(10)/small

Requirement: Mage, Cleric

Durability: 800/800

Description: Necklace that was once bestowed to a Saintess.

Having the protection of Ashera, prevents your soul from being defiled.

Upgraded to Superior level and greatly enchanted by Hecate, increasing the item's overall performance.

Effect 1: Soulbounded to Hecate

Effect 2: Immune to Silence, Charm, Confuse

Effect 3: STR small+/small15, AGI small+/small10, VIT small+/small10

Effect 4: Stamina Consumption -75%

Effect 5: Grants the full function of the enchanted Soul Essences.

Upgrade Bonus 1: STR, AGI, VIT small+/small5

Upgrade Bonus 2: DEF small+/small100, MDEF small+/small100

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      bigWeapon/big Left: small+/small10 Superior Lunar Wandsup data-mfn="5"Item Name: small+10/small Superior Lunar Wand small(8/smallsmall/smallsmall10)/small

Requirement: Wizard/Witch, INT 30

Durability: 1205/1205

Effect: A wand blessed by the power of the Moon.

This wand was created with a special wood from a tree that was bathed by the moonlight for more than 30 years.

Upgraded to Superior level by Hecate.

Effect: INT small+/small70, DEX small+/small10, MATK small+/small300

Upgrade Bonus 1: MATKsmall+/small100

Upgrade Bonus 2: MATKsmall+/small100

Stellar Sticker+: Rarity +2

[] Soul Essence: Death Mage

       Grants the use of the following spells:

       Firebolt (smallLv10/small), (10smallUpgLv/small) per day small(100/100)/small

       Fire Ball (smallLv5/small), (5smallUpgLv/small) per day small(50/50)/small

       Fire Lance (smallLv5/small), (5smallUpgLv/small) per day small(50/50)/small

       Flame Arrow (smallLv5/small), (5smallUpgLv/small) per day small(50/50)/small

        Flare Arrow (smallLv3/small), (3smallUpgLv/small) per day small(30/30)/small

        Napalm Bolt (smallLv3/small), (3smallUpgLv/small) per day small(30/30)/small

Right: None       bigArmor/big Body: small+/small10 Superior Ceremonial Blouse of Aquasup data-mfn="6"Item Name: small+10/small Superior Ceremonial Blouse of Aqua small(6)/small

Requirement: Female, All Classes, Lv10, INT 5

Durability: 680/680

Crafter: Hecate, Unknown

Description: A ceremonial blouse of Cantaria Tribe, used for performing rituals.

This blouse has been blessed by Aqua, the Spirit of Water.

Grants the wearer the protection of Water.

Upgraded to Superior level by Hecate.

Effect: VIT small+/small4, Max HP small+/small500

Upgrade Bonus 1: VIT small+/small5

Upgrade Bonus 2: DEF small+/small100, MDEF small+/small100

Extra Effect 1: Water DMG Resistance small+/small25%

Extra Effect 2: Earth DMG taken small+/small50%

Extra Effect 3: Grants the use of the following spells:

Waterbolt (smallLv5)/small, (small10UpgLv/small) per day small(100/100)/small

Water Vapor (smallLv3),/small (small5UpgLv/small) per day small(50/50)/small

Tidal Wave (smallLv1)/small, (small3UpgLv/small) per day small(30/30)/small

Lower: small+/small10 Superior Ceremonial Skirt of Aquasup data-mfn="7"Item Name: small+10/small Superior Ceremonial Skirt of Aqua small(6)/small

Requirement: Female, All Classes, Lv10, INT 5

Durability: 650/650

Crafter: Hecate, Unknown

Description: A ceremonial skirt of Cantaria Tribe, used for performing rituals.

This skirt has been blessed by Aqua, the Spirit of Water.

Grants the wearer the protection of Water.

Upgraded to Superior level by Hecate.

Effect: INT small+/small4, Max MP small+/small200

Upgrade Bonus 1: INT small+/small5, Max MP small+/small800

Upgrade Bonus 2: DEF small+/small100, MDEF small+/small100

Extra Effect 1: Water DMG Resistance small+/small25%

Extra Effect 2: Earth DMG taken small+/small50%

Extra Effect 3: Grants the use of the following spells:

Waterbolt (smallLv5)/small, (small10UpgLv/small) per day small(100/100)/small

Water Vapor (smallLv3),/small (small5UpgLv/small) per day small(50/50)/small

Tidal Wave (smallLv1)/small, (small3UpgLv/small) per day small(30/30)/small

Garment: small+/small10 Superior Cloak of the Fallensup data-mfn="8"Item Name: small+10/small Superior Cloak of the Fallen small(12)/small

Requirement: 3rd Jobclass

Durability: 1900/1900

Description: Cloak that was made from a skin of Chaos Wyrm.

It represent both immortality and immorality.

Upgraded to Superior level by Hecate.

Effect 1: STR small+/small35, AGI small+/small30, Max HP small+/small15%, Max MP small+/small10%

Effect 2: Hides your entire figure.

Effect 3: Very light-weight.

Upgrade bonus 1: STR, AGI small+/small15

Upgrade bonus 2: DEF small+/small100

Extra Effect 1: MP Regeneration small+/small25%

Extra Effect 2: HP Regeneration Disabled

Extra Effect 3: EXP Penalty small+/small50%

Extra Effect 4: Grants the use of the following skill:

Indomitable, (small1UpgLv/small) per day (10/10)

Extra Effect 5: Automatically inflict Stone Curse debuff to the attacker when attacked by close melee attack.

[] Soul Essence: Platinum Golem

        Prevents knockback, Indestructible Armor.

        DEF -100

L. Arm: small+/small10 Superior Moon Glacier Armguardsup data-mfn="9"Item Name: small+10/small Superior Moon Glacier Armguard small(10)/small

Requirement: All Classes - Lv70, INT 40

Durability: 720/720

Description: A relic from the Ruins of Ice Palace, enchanted by a spell diagram by the Great Mage, Lyndell Souren.

Upgraded to Superior level by Hecate.

Effect 1: INT +15, DEX +4

Effect 2: Grants the use of the following spells:

Ice Barrage (smallLv5)/small, (small2UpgLv/small) per day small(20/20)/small

Upgrade Bonus 1: INT +5, DEX +1small/small

Upgrade Bonus 2: DEF +100, MDEF +100

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R. Arm: small+/small10 Superior Grappling Hooksup data-mfn="10"Item Name: small+10/small Superior Grappling Hook small(8/smallsmall/smallsmall10)/small

Requirement: Assassin, Lv35, STR 5, DEX 15

Durability: 610/610

Crafter: Hecate

Description: A special tool crafted by Hecate, resembling a dragon claw.

It uses motorized pulley device powered by user's MP.

Upgraded to Superior level by Hecate.

Effect 1: AGI +15, DEX +15

Effect 2: Can shoot the hook with a press of a button (Distance: 3.5 m).

Effect 3: Automatically pulls the user to the spot where the hook was grappled.

Effect 4: Increase movement speed when the user is pulled.

Lightweight.

Upgrade Bonus 1: AGI, DEX +5

Upgrade Bonus 2: DEF +100, MDEF +100

Crafter Privilege:

       - You can wear this item (penalty applied).

       - Penalty: Effects of this equipment is halved.

Stellar Sticker+: Rarity +2

[] Soul Essence: Shadow Goblet

        Negate the equipment penalty of the item.

        All Stats -5

Shoes: small+/small10 Superior Shadow Walkersup data-mfn="11"Item Name:small+/small10 Superior Shadow Walker small(13)/small

Requirement: Assassin or Hunter class, Lv120

Durability: 600/600

Description: Shoes made from the skin of a Shadow Demon.

It grants the wearer a part of its speed.

Upgraded to Superior level by Hecate.

Effect 1: Increase Movement Speed by (smallUpgLv/small)%

Effect 2: If the user learns Flexible Body:

       - Ignore the class restriction of this item.

       - Movement Speed increases by 10%

       - Reduce Cooldown skills by (smallUpgLv/small)%

Effect 3: If the user's class is an Assassin:

       - [Stealth] does not consume MP

Effect 4: If the user's class is a Hunter:

       - [Camouflage] does not consume MP

Effect 5: If (smallUpgLv/small) equals +9 or more

       - Movement Speed increases by 20%

Upgrade Bonus: DEF +100, MDEF +100

[] Soul Essence: Larva Spider

       Movement Speed +2%

       Allows the user to stand on wall (smallsmallGravity applied/small/small)

       If (smallUpgLv/small) equals +9 or more

            Movement Speed +(smallUpgLv/small)% 

      bigUnderwear/big Upper: None Lower: White Silk Pantiessup data-mfn="12"Item Name: White Silk Panties (1)

Requirement: All Classes, Female

Durability: 20/20

Description: A panties made of silk and very comfortable to wear.

[] Soul Essence: Orc Pirate General

       Max HP +100%, DEF -50%, MDEF -50%

bigAccessories/big

  Diamond Badgesup data-mfn="13"Item Name: Solstreus Magic Academy Diamond Badge small(8)/small

Requirement: Mage, Lv80, INT 60

Durability: 500/500

Description: A personal badge issued by Solstreus Magic Academy.

Serves as a sign of identity of the Diamond Ranker, Hecate.

This badge has been strengthened so that it can better handle engraved spells.

There are several overwrite protections in this badge, the function of this badge cannot be overwritten by normal means.

Effect 1: Soulbounded to Hecate.

Effect 2: Unchangeable Effect.

Effect 3: All Stats +10, HP & MP Regen +50%

Effect 4: Max HP & MP +30000

Effect 5: Grants the use of the following spells with a shared cooldown:

Fixed Warp Portal (smallsmallAcademy Stationery Hall/small/small) (smallsmallCD 1h/small/small)

Fixed Warp Corridor (smallsmallAcademy Stationery Hall/small/small) (smallsmallCD 4h/small/small)

During the cooldown, the above spells cannot be used.

  Ring of Aquasup data-mfn="14"Item Name: Ring of Aquasmall (6)/small

Requirement: All Classes, Lv70

Durability: 200/200

Crafter: Hecate

Description: Ring blessed by Aqua, the Spirit of Water.

Grants its user the power of the water.

Extra Effect 1: Water DMG Boosts +40%

Extra Effect 2: Water DMG Resistance +20%

Extra Effect 3: Fire, Earth, Wind DMG taken +80%

Extra Effect 4: Grants the use of the following spells:

Waterbolt (smallLv5)/small, small10/small times per day small(10/10)/small

Water Vapor (smallLv3),/smallsmall5/small times per day small(5/5)/small

Tidal Wave (smallLv1)/small, small3/small times per day small(3/3)/small

  Ring of Aqua   Ring of Aqua   Ring of Aqua   Ring of Aqua   Ring of Aqua   Ring of Aqua   Ring of Aqua   Ring of Aqua   Ring of Aqua       bigSet Equip/big   Rare Mastery

Condition: Equips 3 pieces of equipment with rarity small10/small or higher.

  All Stats +1 for each (small10/small) piece of equipment. (Current: 7)       Superior Mastery

Condition: Equips 3 pieces of equipment with smallUpgLv +10/small or higher.

  Max HP & MP +1% per sum of smallUpgLv/small of the said equipment. (Current: 110)       Ceremonial Set

Condition: Ceremonial Blouse, Ceremonial Skirt

  INT +3, VIT +5, Cast Time -5%       Water Spirit's Blessings

Condition: Equips 3 kinds of Water-elemental Equipment

  Decrease the required MP of Water-type spell by 30%   Decrease the casting time of Water-type spell by 10%      

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It seems that after learning the Rune enchantment and Glyph engraving, the information window has become more refined. Now the information content has become even more pleasant to look at.

With this, Hecate had an easier time understanding how much her equipment had changed by her hands.

First, all equipment that has been upgraded to Superior grade has an increase in rarity score by 3. This caused some equipment with a rarity of 7 to reach 10, triggered an undiscovered equipment set, namely Rare Mastery.

Rare Mastery increases All stats by 1 for each piece of equipment that she equipped with a rarity of 10 or more.

The more of such piece of equipment she equipped, the more stats she got. But of course, there are some equipment whose rarity is still under 10, of which two of them have a rarity of 8, still 2 less before reaching 10.

Thus, she spent a total of img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.0/png/unicode/64/1f48e.png" alt="" width="18" height="18" /150 to purchase two Stellar Sticker+ from the cash shop.

Item Name: Stellar Sticker+ Type: Misc Rarity: Durability: 15 Effect: Increase an item's rarity grade by 2 (Unstackable) Description: The enhanced version of the regular Stellar Sticker.

Apply this sticker to an item to increase its rarity by 2

Note that this sticker has no effect on the item's performance.

Hecate used to think that it was just a cosmetic item that could only change the number of the stars displayed in the item information window, without affecting anything. But now she had to change her opinion.

And now, there are 7 pieces of equipment with a rarity of 10, which gives her a total of +7 all stats.

It was a shame that not all equipment can be attached with stickers, such as hairclips, earrings, and many other things, because they are too small. And since the effect was unstackable, using it on her blouses and skirts was pointless.

Second, all Superior equipment she wore also triggers another undiscovered equipment set, namely Superior Mastery.

Superior Mastery increases her Max HP and Max MP by 1% times the sum of the Upgrade levels of all the Superior equipment she wears. There were eleven pieces of +10 equipment, if all of their upgrade levels were added up, the number came to 110.

Which also means, +110% Max HP and Max MP!

Third, the equipment choice, and some adjustment she made.

Naturally, since no one other than Hecate was here, she could freely use Black Phantom's equipment as she pleased. For example, the cloak that can withstand several mortal blows, and the mask that can distort her voice.

The cloak was needless to say, having 10 times the protection from mortal blows was far better than carrying lots of Life Insurance Scrolls.

As for the mask, during the process of upgrading Black Phantom's mask, Hecate had a sudden inspiration. The mask has a peculiar effect that distorting the wearer's voice into an inhuman voice.

What if she combined the skill Hero's Roar with the creepy and distorted Black Phantom's voice?

"This must be tested during the battle later."

And then, Hecate equipped again Earring of Wisdom, now with a new name, Superior Earring of Wisdom.

As before, the earrings had the effect of strengthening her firepower at the cost of increasing MP consumption, but now they had been upgraded, with the effect doubled and the cost halved, making them worth wearing.

Grappling Hook, now Superior Grappling Hook, originally had a penalty that halved all of its effects.

She enchanted the Grappling Hook with something she found at the Nerkia City Auction Hall, a Soul Essence that negates the penalty of armor compounded with it at the small cost of lowering All stats by 5, a cost she finds affordable.

This makes the hook much easier to use, as the pull was smoother and faster than before.

Those pieces of equipment were made possible due to Hecate's heavy investment.

For just this week alone, she has spent nearly img /img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDQev-PBiOZDQ0RTHWY9nBfIz74bepUowMaovHqGZy1JoRmFV2ZrwWi-ydA-id9r99eEeB_8oRdNMmM8hYACgm8jzbWrc6zfs8NABN7qM_5aee4w9D5gi4Wfeus59iBOE3IkfYy4FTGsDYwMOiBlaaRU-YGdFeMFn26qdkywKGhfZwRVEPDY8j9e7L/s120/coin_1fa99.png" alt="" width="16" height="16" /100,000,000, not including the cash item props. With an average RMT conversion ratio of 1 : img /img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDQev-PBiOZDQ0RTHWY9nBfIz74bepUowMaovHqGZy1JoRmFV2ZrwWi-ydA-id9r99eEeB_8oRdNMmM8hYACgm8jzbWrc6zfs8NABN7qM_5aee4w9D5gi4Wfeus59iBOE3IkfYy4FTGsDYwMOiBlaaRU-YGdFeMFn26qdkywKGhfZwRVEPDY8j9e7L/s120/coin_1fa99.png" alt="" width="16" height="16" /2, she spends almost 50 million in total.

Enough amount to buy a luxury house in Tokyo!

And so, after Hecate wore all of them, the bonus stats she obtained was...

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        Name: Hecate EXP: 184,530 / 35,730,000 Race: Human / Gold: img /img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDQev-PBiOZDQ0RTHWY9nBfIz74bepUowMaovHqGZy1JoRmFV2ZrwWi-ydA-id9r99eEeB_8oRdNMmM8hYACgm8jzbWrc6zfs8NABN7qM_5aee4w9D5gi4Wfeus59iBOE3IkfYy4FTGsDYwMOiBlaaRU-YGdFeMFn26qdkywKGhfZwRVEPDY8j9e7L/s120/coin_1fa99.png" alt="" width="16" height="16" / 1,722,000 Class: Archwitch - Lv132     Sub: Acrobatics Guild: Genesis   Collector       Blacksmith             HP: 46,545 / 124,150 STR: 1 + 124 MP: 99,870 / 314,676 AGI: 1 + 129 STA: 100% VIT: 1 + 89     INT: 221 + 186 Karma 1,179 DEX: 1 + 113 Stat Pt: 19 LUK: 1 + 49         img /img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC3WOQczFY5OgPoaUTddAnAa6_tvv6DlhhzRE7XGQPigct6MRIvaInxvmfUqXS7y7EEg0e_EUon1IrAh4liVIporo0HkdBowtzJFilENQquq7r33B90KE1MuKsuuL7C3bCaDavwI73GluOfuolg62ikX8LEwZWSVx1ZKEJX_dxY5v0YequoLEutZwW/s1600/charthecate7.png" alt="" width="480" height="180" /         Status: HP Regeneration Disabled       EXP Penalty small+/small50%            

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Hecate couldn't help but let out an evil grin after looking at her current stats.

Finally, her MP hit the 300k mark, three times larger than her wished target, which was extremely huge even by Archwitch standards. Not only that, her HP also hit the 120k mark, maybe even on par with Paladin standards. And Hecate's own stats, 4 out of 6 stats were over 100, with INT already over 400.

Her (1+124) STR and (1+89) VIT already surpassed most of Warrior classes, while her (1+129) AGI already surpassed most of Thief classes. Even her movement speed increase has reached +52% with her Superior Shadow Walker.

Currently on her stats alone, Hecate was stronger than a Lord Knight, tougher than a Paladin, and faster than a Shadow Assassin...

...while still being an Archwitch loli!

Although, this made Hecate lose her warning vision, as before all kinds of attacks from monsters were mostly lethal to bear with her fragile HP, now that the lethal attacks were less lethal, the skill Fortune Instinct most likely will be rarely activated.

But, it was not a big deal.

"With this kind of stats, there's no need for me to kite monsters anymore, right?"

Because she doesn't need it anymore.

With insanely strong stats, Hecate can basically bulldoze anything in her path. She didn't have to worry about her HP anymore because it was huge. Besides, there was a cloak that could block lethal blows 10 times.

"That's enough for the equipment. Next is..."

There was one more thing Hecate hadn't checked after logged in, which was of course, the Mana Clone.

Before teleporting to Nerkia City, her Mana Clone had leveled up to Lv2, but she hadn't had a chance to check it yet. Now at least before the battle, she wanted to see the improvement after the skill was leveled up.

Mana Clone!

She took off her mask and silently activated the skill.

At that instant, a figure identical to Hecate appeared in front of her. This time the appearance was clearer and does not resemble fog anymore. A cute girl with an expressionless face, wearing the same Black Phantom cloak.

img /img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGD5-CzwvM0-wYHnyvDtdtKE9h4JiJIxutnimSavo1fFsm8YAYbw7wt0yTuJJXkNv5_0YCCdp6fTwQxm3rkWPeeKdpHYCYe30SBIQPv4j1NwEfUiOr8NsBudECwRo16TJskvWwhNfL5kIgyarNRUSkX6oP8g29QthfEulwLmeaayjBxIfJC20G_jJR/s768/102650.png" alt="" width="253" height="380" /

Hecate approached the clone and observed closely.

"So that's how I look? No wonder Rena likes to hug me..."

But of course, the clone's appearance was still that of a ghost. The expression on its face was dead expressionless. And like a grayscale 3D model, it doesn't have the colors that normal humans have.

That was understandable, as the skill was only Lv2 now.

But, if one were to ignore the pale color of the clone, it was undoubtedly a beautiful girl.

Hecate hugged and kissed the clone on the lips, but it felt like hugging and kissing a lump of cotton. The clone did nothing and still as expressionless as ever.

She tried moving the clone with her mind, and found that while it was still somewhat awkward, the clone's movements were smoother than before.

"Hmm, I guess this is acceptable... Maybe I can try out the new battle tactic I just thought of."

With that said, Hecate put on her mask and recast the clone.

It's the time for the real live combat test.

Max HP %: +15 +5 +15 +100 +110 = (+245%)

Max MP %: +10 +5 +10 +110 = (+135%)

Max HP: +30000 = (+30000)

Max MP: +1600 +30000 = (+31600)

All Stats: +4 +1 -5 +10 +7 = (+17)

STR: +10 +5 +42 +35 +15 = (+107){+17} = [+124]

AGI: +5 +5 +37 +30 +15 +15 +5 = (+112){+17} = [+129]

VIT: +63 +4 +5 = (+72){+17} = [+89]

INT: +8 +5 +57 +70 +4 +5 +15 +5 = (+169){+17} = [+186]

DEX: +15 +5 +14 +5 +22 +10 +4 +1 +15 +5 = (+96){+17} = [+113]

LUK: +5 +5 +22 = (+32){+17} = [+49]

Movement Speed: +52%

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Total Max HP: 27,290 +(27,290 * 245% = 66,860) +30,000 = 124,150

Total Max MP: 120,458 +(120,458 * 135% = 162,618) +31,600 = 314,676

27k HP is the result of 90 VIT

120k MP is the result of 407 INT

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