I Ascend to the Divine Throne through Arcane Means

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[Shadow Origin Power detected!]

[Activating hidden judgment! Assassin profession specialty [Shadow Crown]!]

[Judgment (1/3): Basic assassin profession... Judgment failed, main profession is Arcanist]

[Your Talent [All-Purpose] is triggered, judgment (1/3) passed]

[Judgment (2/3): Shadow Plane Origin Power... Judgment passed]

[Judgment (3/3): Agility attribute equal to or greater than 20 points, judgment passed]

[All judgments passed, you have acquired the assassin profession specialty [Shadow Crown]]

[[Shadow Crown] — Your agility attribute gains a twofold value modification, massively increased affinity with the Shadow Plane, all skill levels related to the Shadow Plane are increased by +3 (this effect can break through the level cap)]

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Joyce sensed that Lis had completely absorbed his drop of Origin Power, lowered his hand, and began to doubt his own perception.

Could it be that Little Lis is also highly gifted as an assassin?

He has absorbed it all already, it feels even faster than Ashley?

At that moment, Lis wasn't in a rush to open his eyes, feeling the significant increase in his agility attribute and the changes it brought to his body, while pondering the system prompts.

He hadn't expected to gain his assassin profession specialty like this, and it was a far more potent specialty than the one he had planned to acquire previously.

Probably, Ashley had also gained the [Shadow Crown] profession specialty!

The first effect of the [Shadow Crown] specialty is increased affinity with the Shadow Plane; needless to mention, it is a huge boost to all assassin skills and classical magical abilities related to the Shadow Plane.

Lis estimated that his original affinity with the Shadow Plane was just average, far inferior to Ashley's, which substantially patched up Lis's inadequacy in this aspect.

The second effect is a +3 increase in all skill levels related to the Shadow Plane.

Of course, if one merely looks at this effect, it might seem ordinary, but the important part is what comes next in the prompt, this effect can break through the level cap.

Normally, players can raise a skill's level to the cap of ten by investing Experience.

But skill levels beyond that can't be increased simply through practice and investing Experience Points, and the higher the skill's level, the more damage it deals and the better the skill effects.

Most importantly, the higher the skill level, the higher the corresponding judgment level, which is quite crucial in high-level combat.

For instance, it can exempt you from the negative effects of the opponent's skills.

Or it can breach the damage capacity of the opponent's Shield.

So, the ability to break through the skill's level cap is precious and rare, even in the late game stages.

That's really great, thanks to the big boss Uncle Joyce!

Feeling that the changes in his body had ended, Lis checked his attribute panel.

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Name: Lis Kain

Race: Human

Level: 50

Life Value: 10225/10225

Mana Value: 37974/37974

Status: Normal

Experience: 0/100W (Unallocated Experience Points[261560])

Main Profession: Arcanist (Intermediate)

Secondary Profession: None

Talent: All-Purpose (Legendary)

Attributes:

Strength 357 (Attribute Modification)

Agility 359 (Attribute Modification)

Intelligence 749 (Attribute Modification)

Charm 205

Mysterious 176

Endurance 179

Luck 4 (+3)

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Free Attribute Points: 0

Specialties: [Arcane Thought], [All Martial Arts Mastery], [Shadow Crown]...

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(I'll include the detailed effects and descriptions in the free chapter later on)

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After gaining the assassin profession specialty [Shadow Crown], Lis's agility attribute also caught up.

Lis opened his eyes and moved his body on the spot, feeling much lighter and more agile.

This was the effect of the increased agility attribute. Although it couldn't add to the life value and mana value like intelligence and strength did, its importance was self-evident.

Joyce watched Lis and could already feel the unique fluctuations of the Shadow Plane emanating from him.

That meant Lis really had mastered it, which was also the ability Joyce wanted Ashley to master.

Although Joyce did not have a panel, he was aware of the [Shadow Crown] ability.

But wasn't this ability supposed to be exclusive to the assassin profession?

Joyce was curious about how Lis had broken through this limitation.

After moving his body, Lis saw the inquisitive look Joyce was giving him and knew that this expert had noticed something special about him.

However, this was within Lis's expectations; he had anticipated this reaction.

Lis said to Joyce:

"Uncle Joyce, I didn't tell you before, but this is my talent."

"I don't know why, but I seem to be able to learn the skills of other professions."

"Do you remember when I learned combat skills and weapons with Welf? That's when I discovered it."

As he said this, Lis took out a longsword from his storage ring and used the warrior battle skill [Furious Slash] into the air.

The glow of martial arts on the longsword confirmed Lis's words as true.

Joyce's eyes sparkled, and he spoke earnestly:

"So, you can learn the professional skills of an assassin too?"

"I should be able to, although I haven't formally learned any yet."

Whew~

Joyce took a deep breath, somewhat astonished by Lis's talent.

If what Lis said was true, and he could learn the skills of other professions, his talent was somewhat terrifying.

As far as Joyce was aware, such a talent had never been heard of before.

Nevertheless, it was definitely a Legendary Talent and also one of the most powerful even among those of Legendary status.

While a Legendary Talent didn't guarantee one would become a strong individual—Joyce himself didn't have a Legendary Talent, but still stood at the peak of this continent through his effort—it did mean a remarkably high starting point for Lis.

Joyce looked at Lis, his eyes filled with approval.

That kid Lis always managed to surprise him.

But now that there was such a talent, it should certainly not go to waste!

"Well done!"

"I won't ask you about the rest; as long as you know them yourself, that's enough."

"You haven't systematically learned assassin skills yet, have you?"

"If so, from today on, every day take some time to learn with Ashley, under my guidance."

Joyce spoke to Lis seriously, his words full of approval but also a hint of regret.

If only he had discovered little Lis's talent earlier, it wouldn't have been wasted for so long.

The opportunity to learn from a Legendary Shadow Dancer was not something Lis would ever refuse, and he quickly nodded in agreement.

He trusted Joyce with all his heart, after all, Joyce was akin to a second father to him.

That was also why Lis was willing to reveal his talent in front of Joyce.

While waiting for Ashley to come around, Joyce carefully checked her body.

After confirming that Ashley had mastered the [Shadow Crown] specialty, he began their training in the assassin profession, along with Lis.

The Sacrificial Festival was not far off!

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