Death Mage with an SS-Rank Talent
Chapter 259

Chapter 259: Chapter 259

Aaron is now at the Fort Last Bastion.

It means access to dungeons is nil. If one wants to hunt and level up, they have to go outside to do so. It was not like this before. There were a few high-level dungeons present here for the soldiers to improve themselves.

When the monster horde attacked, those dungeons were lost.

The monsters destroyed the access to those dungeons, while they destroyed the fort.

Normally, the dungeons are protected from sabotage, but when the fort fell, those protective formations went down, and so did the dungeons.

For now, no new dungeons have been placed here. It means everyone has to go out to level up. Levelling was not a problem, but for the Rank Quest, Aaron needed a dungeon, and there were none at the fort.

It was a problem that he couldn’t tackle for now, and could only do so later on, either by delving deep into the wild to search for dungeons or returning to the academy to use one of the dungeons.

"I doubt that I can choose the first option. If there were dungeons in this area, all these months, I should have found one. For some reason, I can’t find any", Aaron lamented about the fact that he couldn’t find any dungeons.

"If I choose the second option, what reason can I give that necessitates my return to the academy? A rank-up mission, they would just send me to the nearest city with dungeons to complete, unless I reveal the truth about my true rank, which might raise even more questions and problems. So, that was a no-go either, at least for now".

With no other choice for now, Aaron decided to think about that for later.

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Though the Rank-up Quest gave some sad news, everything else was going great, at least most of everything else.

With a 150-level increase, he got a lot of SPs and FSPs.

Once he gained those SPs, he immediately raised the level of Summon Lich Mage, which was at Gold Rank 9, to Platinum Rank 1.

Once his skill reached the Platinum Realm, new notifications appeared.

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[You have reached Epic Grade by completing the first condition of reaching a skill to the Platinum Realm.]

[You have gained +30% attributes and a bonus of +30% Mana Regeneration and +20% Health Regeneration.]

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This was not the only set of notifications that appeared.

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[You are the first to reach Epic Grade on the planet.]

[For such an achievement, a reward was being issued.]

[Error...Detected that the Professional has not even reached Rank-5.]

[Reward placed on standby. Reach Rank-5 to get the reward.]

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Similar to the notifications that he got when he reached Rare Grade, this time too, he got a new reward for being the first to reach Epic Grade.

This only bolstered the thought that there were rewards for the previous grades and someone else has already claimed them, most likely one of the five Human Gods who occupy the top positions in the human hierarchy.

"So, now reaching Rank-5 is even more important than just being an Elite within the alliance", Aaron couldn’t help but lament seeing that his rewards were being withheld as before.

Aaron shook his head and went on to check the details regarding his next grade.

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You have reached Epic Grade.

By reaching this grade, you have obtained a boost of +30% in all Physical and Mental Attributes, and as someone who reached this grade by improving a skill to Silver Realm, you got the bonus of +30% Mana Regeneration and +20% to Health Regeneration.

To reach the next grade, which is Legend Grade, one has to upgrade a single skill to Diamond Realm or a total of five skills to Platinum Realm.

Reach Legend Grade to know the benefits and how to reach the next grade.

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"Hmm, Legend Grade seems to be the next grade and to reach it, I need a skill at Diamond Realm. I wonder how many SPs would be needed to achieve that", Aaron thought for a second, but pushed that thought aside.

In addition to the Summon Lich Mage, Aaron upgraded three skills, all resistances from Rank 9 to Bronze Rank 9. Also, he learned three new resistances of Fire, Lightning and Dark, which he brought from Jay, and he directly increased them to Bronze Rank 9.

The reason was simple. Either these elements are too dangerous, cause his Class skills to be weak or are most used for lethal attacks.

Light is his class weakness. Even Fire and Lightning do the same, but very low. The main reason for these two was that many use these two elements as attack elements, as they are the most destructive.

Poison, Death and Dark elements are subtle but very lethal.

So, having high resistance against these elements is very good and helpful for his long-term survival.

Aaron not only got a lot of SPs but a lot of FSPs too.

Whenever the number crossed 50,000 FSPs, he started to dump them into luck.

Seven times like that, he reached 100 points in luck, which seemed to be the maximum one could have. It can be seen on the status beside the number.

"As I thought, 100 seemed the maximum amount of points one can have in Luck", Aaron thought to himself and smiled.

This was just a theorised assumption till now, but now, he proved it.

Though he can’t show this to anyone for now, one day he can show the world the highest value of luck and also what traits one gets by increasing luck.

He got a trait at 10 points, which changed at 50, which changed into a new one at 100 points of luck.

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Kissed by Luck: Everything happens in your favour, almost all of the time.

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Though the description changed a bit, he understood that this one line changed his entire future. Whether it came to finding treasures or the outcome of any event, it would always be in his favour, at least most of the time.

Aaron understood that there is absolute in the universe. There is always something that balances another.

When he first got that improved trait, he could stop himself from laughing. Luckily, he was alone at that time, or else everyone might have branded him as a nuthouse.

Once the luck improvement stopped, Aaron thought to restart dumping the remaining FSPs into his other attributes, but he got a brilliant idea and scrapped that for now. They would remain there for the time being, unless his plan fails.

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While Aaron was enjoying his freedom to hunt and increase his level, the teams that were sent to the Wasteland were not having a good time at all.