[CH200+ Continued] Dungeon Diver: Stealing A Monster's Power

Chapter 385

I nod but don't reply for a moment as I think.

My sword took in over half a dozen firestones, upgrading its power to a whole new level.

If the drop rate of these ice stones is close to 1% as it seems, Maria could farm a ton of these gems and make an overpowered set if she knew this was possible.

She turns to me while I ponder.

"Hey Jay, could you hold this for me in your storage system? I don't want it to lose its power...and I don't have a containment case on me."

I nod, opening up a small spatial magic portal and letting her drop it off her sword to fall inside.

After, there's another pause as it's clear I have something to say, but both Abby and Maria are waiting for me to say it.

"You know, I was the one that killed the Sector 2 leader... I absorbed his Craftsmanship skill."

I deactivate the Domain to cancel out their current shared skills and add the craftsmanship skill to their status to show them exactly what I'm talking about.

Abby's eyes go wide as she stares down at her status, and pulls a few dropped items out of her storage.

In a matter of seconds, and a small white flash of light, old useless dropped items in her inventory turn into high-quality black glossy daggers.

Maria looks through it too, pulling out a few items of her own to test out.

While they look down at their status screens in awe, I smile, pulling out the 5 serpent scales I farmed from the mobs in the dungeon earlier, and add them all together on a single craft selection to create a pendant. The option goes grey once I add my 3rd scale. So, it seems I either need to be of a higher level to merge more of these, or this is just the maximum I can craft for this specific item.

Slots to add a blood bond as well as imbuing skills and element stone still glow blue, ready for use, but I don't click any of them.

There's still a lot to learn about this craftsmanship skill.

The 3 scales all merge together in a flash of light and create a tiny white pendant with a silver string around it. After a quick appraisal, I see the vast improvement.

Enchanted Ice Serpent's Pendant [+110% Agility] [+75% Magic Resistance] [+95% Ice Magic Resistance]

I decide to swap out this item I made on a whim for my Serpent King's Scale [+45% Agility] [+45% Magic Resistance] that I received a long time ago, improving the optimization of my item slots. They basically give the same buffs, my new item is just much better.

After swapping pendants, and a few more flashes of light from Abby, Maria looks up at me and raises a question.

"Mythic Grade? This is the skill you got from the Sector 2 Leader...? Is that why he was said to be an irreplaceable genius craftsman? I've never heard of a skill rank like this...."

I nod.

"Yes, it has far more capabilities than any legendary grade skill. Merging items, adding multiple element stones to an already crafted item, and imbuing skills into gear and equipment are a few."

Abby looks up.

"So we wouldn't even need Lith's team of craftsmen then. This is why you're hesitant to take his help, isn't it? Because you could just do it all yourself?"

She lets out a laugh.

"Yes, that's part of it... However, I'm definitely considering his offer. There are just going to be some very drastic changes and counterpoints I need to make."

I pause.

"And- I think this goes without saying, but not a word of this Mythic Grade Skill to anyone."

Two nods and replies of agreement from Maria and Abby followed by the wisps of green magic from my Lie detector skill solidify the point. Then, I bring up why I showed them the skill in the first place.

"If you want to farm Ice Element Stones, I'm sure it could make an incredible sword. Maybe even an Ice Imbued armor set... Or something unique."

I let my blade flicker.

"Mine took in quite a few fire stones to get to this point. Hopefully, I find another dungeon with fire stone drops again soon, the one broke in Sector 4 so I have nowhere to farm them."

She looks around the Dungeon then replies.

"I think that's a good idea. How much time do we have until we need to meet with Monk?"

"Well, he's expecting me at around noon. That gives us just under 6 hours to farm, unless we want to try and get a few hours of sleep in between and pick up this session tomorrow."

I let out a light laugh, realizing we've pulled an all-nighter.

Abby interjects.

"We can always use the Isolation Pods before we leave. All of us have really high mana control bases, so it's not like we need as much sleep as lower level people. An hour or two in the pods should rejuvenate us just fine. My restoration magic can take care of the rest."

Maria agrees.

"True, so we have 4 hours to farm. Maybe at this rate without your dungeon walker skill, I can get 1 or 2 more stones. It's not much if you say each item can hold up to half a dozen. If that's not enough, it's not like this Labyrinth is going anywhere anytime soon, I can keep farming until I get what I need."

I turn to the direction of the Boss room at the back of the dungeon, then look at Abby.

"True. Alright, so in the meantime, we should venture up to the next floor and set a few Dungeon Walker points for ease of access in the future."

I turn to Maria.

"We'll come down to check on the farming every hour or so for updates."

She glows light blue in response.

"Sounds like a plan."

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