My Skill Bar is Full of Monster Skills-Chapter 64: Phantom Shooter

"Young man, your spiritual power is quite good, but it’s a pity you started formal Mage studies too late. If you start learning now, it might take a year or two before you have the opportunity to master a Zero Level Spell," Master Benjamin said with a hint of regret.

"However, don’t be discouraged. I can see that you’ve worked hard on the Warrior path; an equally brilliant future awaits you," Master Benjamin glanced at Raine’s robust physique, offering comfort.

"Thank you, Master Benjamin." Raine smiled.

Just now, before he officially entered the room to begin the test, Raine had already moved all the bloodlines except for the Wild Boar Warrior Bloodline from the four bloodline slots into the sixteen-slot bag.

Because Raine was still unsure whether the bloodline enhancement he possessed would be detected by the detection array in front of him.

Leaving only the Wild Boar Warrior Bloodline was necessary because removing it would immediately change his build, which would surely attract Master Benjamin’s attention.

As for why even the Mutated Goblin Bloodline was temporarily removed, Raine considered that in case it was detected, a singular Wild Boar Warrior Bloodline would be much easier to explain than a mixture of Wild Boar Warrior and Mutated Goblin bloodlines.

Of course, now it seems this worry was unnecessary.

The detection array did not identify the Wild Boar Warrior Bloodline on him.

This deepened Raine’s understanding of his "Golden Finger"—’it’s not a substantive enhancement of a monster bloodline, but an enhancement of the talents and spell-like abilities represented by the monster bloodline.’

At this moment, Raine suddenly thought of something. He raised his hand, but the next moment, he lowered it again.

Raine had originally wanted to take out the semicircular metal pendant hanging around his neck and ask Master Benjamin if it could provide any clues.

But after hesitating for a while, he decided to temporarily give it up.

Raine still had some reservations.

He wasn’t sure if there were factions or conflicts among the Casters, similar to those between Gray Dwarves and Ordinary Dwarves. If the semicircular metal pendant represented something, and the present Master Benjamin...

After considering, Raine decided to put this matter aside for now.

It’s been so many years, there’s no rush at the moment.

"Young man, any more questions?"

"Not for now."

"Thank you, Master Benjamin." Raine bowed slightly.

...

After leaving Master Benjamin’s room, Raine’s brow relaxed.

Although it was costly, compared to dispelling most of the confusion regarding Classes advancement from his mind, in Raine’s view, it was evidently extremely worthwhile.

The path ahead is actually pretty clear now.

If he’s not averse to the three elements of Warhammer, Shield, and Frost Spell.

Then under the situation where he’s already practiced the Hammer Combat Skill ’Armor-Piercing Strike’ to the guidance stage, he should quickly elevate the Combat Skill ’Shield Bash’ and the Spell ’Freezing Ray’ to the guidance stage to enter the Classes path as quickly as possible.

In fact, Raine not only isn’t averse to the above three, but because of the positive feedback brought by the rapid progress of the Warhammer, he is quite fond of it.

Moreover, the recent Caster talent test also showed that his only specialty is relatively high Intelligence.

"Therefore, to quickly grasp the Freezing Ray..."

Raine couldn’t help but set his eyes on ’Frost Affinity Lv1’.

"A higher level of Frost Affinity certainly can help me quickly master the spell..."

"Go to the Snowfield to kill a Winter Wolf?"

If he has Frost Affinity Level 2, Raine is confident of mastering the Freezing Ray within one or two months, thereby stepping into formal Classes.

"However... regarding Lankote Snowfield, my understanding is still too limited."

"If there were related monster illustrations..."

"Right, there should be related monster illustrations for Lankote Snowfield in Dorne City."

Raine’s eyes lit up, and he immediately headed towards the inquiry desk in the association hall.

...

The next morning.

At the previously agreed time, Raine arrived on time at the Dorne City Adventurer’s Association hall.

However, after waiting five minutes without seeing Reya’s figure, Raine decided to inquire about the situation over at the Ranger Classes mentor.

"Raine!" At this moment, a twin-tailed girl, wearing a yellow priest robe mixed with gold, carrying a small backpack, and holding a scepter waved enthusiastically at him with her other hand.

"Eh, Miss Elise, why are you here too?" Raine looked surprised, but recalling Reya’s words from yesterday, he vaguely guessed something.

After all, although she mentioned meeting today, Miss Priestess’ appearance seemed not merely for a meeting but rather as if she intended to set off together.

"To train with you all!"

"Yesterday, I managed to persuade Elder Sharly for half the day, and finally, the Divine Hall reluctantly agreed to let me go for training, though I need to report back to the Divine Hall once a month."

Miss Elise’s youthful face showed some pride and playfulness as she spoke with a hint of seeking praise.

"Eh? Where’s Reya? She hasn’t arrived yet?" At this moment, Miss Elise looked around with her beautiful eyes, suddenly realizing her friend wasn’t there.

Upon hearing Miss Elise’s words, Raine basically understood.

"Not sure, maybe learning new Combat Skills? I’ll go ask in the Ranger District?"

"Alright, let’s go together. I haven’t visited Mentor Gina in Reya’s Ranger mentor district for a while either."

At this moment, a female receptionist wearing the standard adventurer’s association uniform approached. After glancing at Raine’s horned helmet, she hesitantly said:

"Hello, are you Mr. Raine, the deputy leader of the Howling Hunter Squad?"

"Uh, that’s me, and who might you be?"

"Mr. Raine, hello, I am entrusted to hand you a letter."

"A letter?" Raine was slightly stunned, exchanging a glance with Miss Elise.

As soon as Raine opened the letter handed over by the female receptionist, he recognized Reya’s handwriting at first glance:

"Raine: I’ve decided to follow Mentor Gina to Moonshadow Woodland to attempt advancing as a Phantom Shooter, which is expected to take one to two months."

"I know you’re likely on the brink of Classes advancement too, but unfortunately, I won’t be able to adventure with you during this time. However, you’ll have a new companion."

"You can present my handwritten letter to Elise. With your skills, I believe if you have the assistance of an Official Priest, you can easily complete many missions..."

Just as expected.

Raine sighed inwardly.

Reya choosing this perilous advancement path, maybe due to the stimulus from that encounter with the Gray Dwarves?

After all, she always felt she was the captain, yet failed to handle the situation properly, almost leading the entire squad to perish in the abandoned mine.

"Mr. Raine, is that Reya’s letter?"

"Yes, Miss Elise." With that, Raine handed the letter to Miss Priestess.

Just a few seconds later, Miss Elise gasped with her mouth covered, exclaiming:

"Mother Earth Goddess above! What a resilient woman! She actually decided to attempt becoming a Phantom Shooter."

"Is it very challenging?" Raine raised his eyebrows.

"It is, the odds of success for the special Classes are less than ten percent, yet she still insists, I’m truly impressed!" Miss Elise lightly rubbed her forehead, expressing helplessness.

Reya’s absence left the atmosphere a bit silent.

Indeed, not only was Reya familiar with Raine, but she was also Elise’s friend and longtime teammate. Without this ’bridge’ teammate, the two suddenly felt unsure of what to say.

After hesitating for a moment, Raine first said:

"Miss Elise, I plan to return to Mill Town today. What’s your opinion?"