Chapter 34: Lord protector of the forest
That night, Jack had a good sleep, finally getting a chance to rest up. The last time he slept was inside the dungeon when he passed out, which had been a few days ago, but now that the whole tutorial was over, he had enough time to rest. Meanwhile, he slept. The giants were preparing for a festival in their town commemorating not only the new chief but the new ruler as well. After around 18 hours, Jack had finally woken up from his sweet sleep. This was the first time he truly felt relaxed after the tutorial had started, and right now he was more fresh than ever.
After getting up, a female giant assistant that was assigned to him came to greet him as he sighed. "Did Carus learn nothing?" he said, pinching his temples. He told her to go send Carus here. Meanwhile, he washed his face and freshened up before putting on his armor.
Of course he did not sleep with the armor on; it was an intermediate-grade weapon, and he had no way of getting it ruined by any means. Ah, speaking of rank, he also thought he should check something.
[Skill tree: Jack Hoff
Rank: inferior III
Class: Blacksmith
Inventory: Aquamarine fangs, Obsidian Flaming Armor, Rhuthras Hammer
GENE SKILL:
Devil's deck (inferior): the user is able to shuffle a deck of cards, excluding the king, queen, and jack for now. Whatever card the user lands on will grant him a certain effect.
The heart heals any injury or status condition the user may have received.
Diamond creates a protective barrier around the user.
Club provides users with a physical boost in all their physical capabilities.
Spade: anything the user has killed can be summoned to aid them in battle.
The number on the card drawn determines the strength of the ability or its effectiveness. The spade summons will be automatically assigned a number based on their rank between 1 and 10. New summons can be exchanged with old ones, but the numbers will always be decided via strength.
There is a cooldown between drawing cards, and when the next card is drawn, the effects of the old card are replaced.
Class Skills:
Identification: this ability allows the user to identify the nature of any material and its natural compatibility, its rank, its average price, etc. This ability can be used on other creatures to see their skill page if they have any, and if they don't, it can be used to see their rank and skills if they have any.
Extra skill:
Gigantification: the skill can be activated to turn the user into a giant, their size growing by several times. However, the duration of use is only 5 minutes, and the cooldown is longer. Any magic the user uses as a giant will be more destructive, but it will also consume more mana. The user's items will also increase in size upon activating the skill and decrease when it ends.
GENE TRAIT
Devil's Hand: The user has increased luck while gambling, but their luck is reduced while doing anything else. The user can also use this skill for longer by just increasing the size of one part of the body instead of the whole body.
Merits: 19,860]
The new skill is rather useful for direct confrontation. Jack only imagined what a 10 of clubs in giant form would hit, like, yeah, nevermind, that would probably kill whoever he used it on. He only hoped he would never have to use it, but the other thing his eyes checked was the merits. That's a lot of money to spend, he thought. He wanted to get some materials to create equipment for himself before the test match would start. "Ah, the test match, I almost forgot."
He said this as he checked the time. There were a good 24 hours left, so he had time. He wasn't that worried, but he would still like to prepare. Just as he was thinking all that, Carus entered the cabin wearing similar clothes to the chief. Honestly, Jack was a bit surprised at first, confusing him for the chief; they really do look alike, he sighed.
"The chief of giants Greets the Lord, protector of the forest." Carus said, bowing his head slightly, which made Jack's face cringe back in reaction. What the hell was that title? Who even came up with that level of bullshit? "Please stop before I die of cringe."
Carus instantly stopped, as he asked. "What happened to your health? Is it a curse?" For a giant, the word cringe made no sense, and seeing how negative of a reaction Jack gave and how long he slept, Carus had fair worries.
"Forget about it. I have something important to say." Carus was all ears as Jack grabbed his stuff and jumped onto Carus shoulder. "Let the party begin!!!"
Weekly Power Status
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