Chapter 753 Four Pillars: Passing the Torch

Chapter 753 Four Pillars: Passing the Torch

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[(+10) Supreme True Arquebus] (Level 55)

Rarity: Epic

Foundation Tier: 1st Tier

Attack: 14,022 - 23,370

Cooldown: 10 seconds (6.72 seconds)

Forge Quality: Exceptional

Additional Attributes:

> STR + 49

> DEX + 94

> PER + 39

What was once to be the next step on the path of ranged weapons, this weapon has been remodeled and reworked by the blacksmith that brought it to life in the first place. Now, it has been reborn into a form that's greater and more in-line with the blacksmith's original motives.

Forged by a truly prodigious blacksmith, this weapon has taken inspiration from a similar weapon of a bygone era, only for the blacksmith to add a few more modifications to it.

In its current state, it still resembles the weapon of old. Nevertheless, it has adopted a few of the conveniences that weapons far deeper on the path would have.

Perhaps, in due time, the blacksmith would be able to reforge it once more, bringing it closer to what they truly seek to obtain.

<Innate Skill 1: Grand Burst - Allows the user to infuse mana into the weapon, combining with the gunpowder loaded within the weapon to deal a devastating amount of damage. Deals 250% of the user's Attack stat as damage. Cooldown: 2 minutes. Cost: 3,000 MP.>

<Innate Skill 2: Mana Overdrive - Allows the user to infuse mana into the entire weapon, empowering all of the shots fired with the weapon within a certain duration. Increases the damage dealt by the weapon by 10% for 2 minutes. Cooldown: 10 minutes. Cost: 8,000 MP.>

<Innate Skill 3: Extended Charge - Allows the user to ignite the gunpowder within the barrel beforehand, accumulating the firepower within the ignition through the use of mana. The longer the user stores the firepower within the barrel, the greater the effects are.

Allows the user to extend the charge of the attack by 15% to 450% of the weapon's base cooldown time. Depending on the duration, the attack coefficient of the weapon increases by 5% to 150%. Cooldown: None. Cost: 1,000 - 15,000 MP.>

Remarks: Recreated from the ground up, it has now taken a step closer in embodying the greater future.

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Reading through the description of the newly improved arquebus, Valyr briefly whistled in admiration as almost every part of it had undergone quite the substantial upgrade.

For one, the Attack stat the arquebus now gave him was about twice as much the firepower it had before, giving him the ability to land more devastating attacks if need be.

Aside from that, the time it would take for him to load the weapon had been reduced by five entire seconds, increasing his damage output with the weapon even further.

"You compliment me too much," replied Valyr in response, chuckling not long after.

Noticing that the man was sneaking glances at the arquebus he had just upgraded, a thought soon surfaced within the young man's mind, prompting him to suggest something to the man.

"Say... do you want to try using the arquebus?"

As if the inner child within the man had been unearthed, Arcaelus looked back at Valyr with slight amazement as he asked, "Really?"

Understanding that the question itself was already an answer, Valyr let out a bit of laughter as he taught Arcaelus how to operate the arquebus.

Naturally, having taught another memory image to operate a firearm reminded the young man of how he taught Sven how to operate the matchlock pistol he forged during the first fight.

Nevertheless, he quite enjoyed teaching Arcaelus how to use it, especially after seeing a few aspects of the man that he had not seen during the past five days.

Such as the immense sense of the childlike wonder the man had actually kept hidden throughout their fight.

Aside from that, the man had also imparted him a few adjustments he could make to the arquebus if he ever planned on upgrading it again, offering him another perspective to how he should approach the forging of firearms in the future.

Sadly, just like many of the opponents that came before him, Arcaelus eventually started to become more and more transparent in front of Valyr's very eyes.

However, that did not mean that he would stop talking to the young man before he truly left.

"Keep all of the items I've forged," said Arcaelus, causing Valyr to look back at him with a hint of surprise.

Just as he was about to ask why the man had made such a decision, the man kept talking.

"You know very well at this point that the Gates of Awakening would keep everything after a battle is over as long as it is owned by the Gates of Awakening."

Arcaelus wryly smiled. "As I'm only a memory image, I'm also a part of the Gates of Awakening in a sense."

"The same could be applied to all of the items I've forged so far. After all, all of those things were only made possible by the Gates of Awakening."

"However, there is a way for you to keep all of the stuff I've forged," said Arcaelus, prompting Valyr to lend both of his ears.

"Infuse all of the items I've made with your energy before they're reclaimed by the Gates of Awakening and it'll all be yours."

"And I guess... that'll be it for now."

"I wonder if my real counterpart would recognize these items I've made?"

"I hope... you make that happen."

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And with that, the sixth fight was officially over.