I Have a Sailing Game-Chapter 68: Rogel the Mage

[After reading the skills related information, you gained a bit of learning progress.]

[Skeleton Curse learning progress is full!]

[Bone Feeding Book learning progress is full!]

[You comprehended Special Skills: Skeleton Stripping, Bone Control Skill.]

[You comprehended Skills: Bone Spirit Feeding, Skeleton Manipulation.]

During this time, Rogel didn’t set aside the study of the two skillbooks.

Today, he finally finished chewing through the two skillbooks, learning four skills.

"Luckily, I have a save-load function."

Rogel exhaled a breath.

Both Skeleton Curse and Bone Feeding Book have a "probability" of comprehending skills upon completion, not a certainty.

Which means that if Rogel couldn’t save-load, he might only get two skills, possibly three, or maybe none at all.

Then he would have to learn all over again.

But relearning would mean lesser progress.

But this has nothing to do with Rogel.

As long as it’s a probability issue, it doesn’t matter; the save-load function will handle it.

[Skeleton Stripping Lv1: Chant a spell to communicate with the target’s body bone and forcibly strip it. (Chant time varies depending on target and consumes Spiritual Value)]

[Bone Control Skill Lv1: After stripping the target body bone, control it to fight for you. (Continuously consumes Spiritual Value)]

[Bone Spirit Feeding Lv1: In a newly dead body, plant a subordinate Bone Spirit through a special means; it can possess or summon skeletons to fight for you.]

[Skeleton Manipulation Lv1: You have a certain degree of control over all surrounding bones.]

Among the four Special Skills, besides Skeleton Stripping, a direct attack skill, Skeleton Manipulation is a passive skill, the other two can’t be considered direct attack skills.

However, even so, he has finally stepped into the threshold of a Mage!

From now on, please call me Mage Rogel!

Looking at his basket full of special skills, Rogel grinned.

Rogel suddenly felt his hands itching.

Having acquired so many skills, he had to find a place to test their power!

Rogel thought for a moment, then chuckled sinisterly.

He thought of an old acquaintance, then took out the Key...

...

Harmony Cave, first layer.

After arriving at the familiar Bone Village, Rogel placed the Armor-Piercing Spear into the Item Inventory and took out the Skeleton Spirit Staff.

The grip of the Skeleton Spirit Staff is smooth white jade, with a black skull with sharp horns at the top.

This was equipment dropped by the Skeleton Secret Witch.

In fact, Rogel could also use the relevant skills without a Magic Staff.

But both the chant time and skill power would be greatly reduced.

So it still needs a staff as a medium.

However, this thing has a Negative Effect, using it will cause erosion by the Skeleton Secret Technique.

Rogel is not sure of the specific effect.

So he needs to experiment.

After searching around the first layer outskirts for a while, Rogel found that familiar figure again.

[Hiss!]

The Skeleton Centipede obviously also remembers Rogel.

Its front body stood upright, emitting a dangerous cry, then started gathering the surrounding bones to congeal a Bone Armor for itself.

Rogel was in no hurry, beginning to chant spells to activate his skills.

[You are casting Skill — Skeleton Stripping.]

About five to six seconds later.

Accompanied by Rogel’s chanting, purple energy currents began to gather on the Skeleton Spirit Staff.

The Skeleton Centipede’s Broken Bone Cloak had already congealed, turning into a giant monster of shattered bones.

It shrieked, rushing toward Rogel.

However, a stream of purple energy swiftly hit its body.

In an instant, time seemed to freeze.

The Skeleton Centipede hung in the air motionless.

The fragments of its bones were stripped away, like peeling an eggshell.

Moreover, more horrifying was that the Shell of Skeleton Centipede’s actual body was also torn and stripped by a bizarre force.

Bang!

A pile of broken bones fell, and the soft interior flesh and internal organs of the Skeleton Centipede, lacking shell support, spilled onto the floor.

[You killed the Skeleton Centipede and gained Combat Experience.]

Simple! Brutal! Powerful!

Though it consumes a lot of Spiritual Value, its power is undeniable.

However, because the chant time is a bit long, it’s best to look for the right moment to cast it.

Otherwise, it would be like the Skeleton Secret Witch, getting killed by Rogel while casting the spell.

After checking the drops from the Skeleton Centipede, Rogel’s face fell.

The drops were too trashy.

It seems that it’s because this Skeleton Centipede hadn’t entered the second stage.

Thinking of this, Rogel paused the game and chose to reload.

This time Rogel didn’t choose to directly use Skeleton Stripping to kill it but fought it for a while using the Armor-Piercing Spear.

After making a major breach in its Broken Bone Cloak, the Skeleton Centipede finally emitted a shriek, beginning to undergo a new transformation.

Grayish liquid started flowing from the gaps between the broken bones, enveloping the Broken Bone Cloak.

Then, the body of the Skeleton Centipede began to grow.

Before long, a tall and thin Bone Insect Warrior, with multiple limbs on its back covered in dark gray hard Bone Armor, appeared before Rogel.

Skeleton Centipede Eight-legged Warrior!

In this form, the Skeleton Centipede’s quality reached Boss level, with greatly enhanced speed and attack power.

Before, Rogel wouldn’t have been its match and could only avoid it.

But now, the situation has reversed.

As the Skeleton Centipede was transforming, Rogel had already begun casting.

With a wave of the Skeleton Spirit Staff, a purple energy stream hit the Eight-legged Warrior’s body.

Rogel seized control over all its skeleton.

Instantly, the Eight-legged Warrior could clearly perceive it lost control over its own body.

Its body was mostly made up of bones.

Thus, under the control of Skeleton Stripping, it could only emit an unwilling shriek.

Rogel didn’t choose to kill it.

This Skeleton Centipede was quite good to use as a meat shield, and he just happened to have an empty Shell slot.

Thus, under the continued control of Skeleton Stripping, Rogel approached it, slowly infusing purple soul energy into Skeleton Centipede’s body.

The Eight-legged Warrior watched Rogel’s actions, emitting a desperate shriek.

The Spiritual Value of Skeleton Centipede certainly wouldn’t be too high, or else it wouldn’t be powerless against the magic like Skeleton Stripping.

When the Spiritual Value exceeds the target creature and controls it, Rogel could turn it into his own Clone Shell.

[You used the Talent of Hei’s Soul to take control of the Shell of Skeleton Centipede·Eight-legged Warrior.]

[You gained a new Shell.]

[Skeleton Centipede·Eight-legged Warrior]

[Type: Monster]

[Quality: Boss]

[Level: 5]

[Tier: Extraordinary]

[Explanation: A Skeleton Centipede in the Eight-legged Warrior form, extremely powerful.]

[Skills: Broken Bone Cloak.]

[Talent: Eight-legged Warrior (Consumes a large amount of Physical Value to transform into Eight-legged Warrior form, greatly enhancing power).]