--- Secret Realm and My 'Nerfed' Luck?

[You entered Dark Sorcerer's Den(Special Realm). Monsters: Apprentice(E+), Journeyman(D+)]

Upon entering the portal, Chris was now standing inside a huge hallway. There was a huge pillar in the middle for structural support.

Not far in front of him, a crowd of about 100 people garbed in green cloak showing thier backs to him. And in front of them, 3 people garbed in blue cloak. Behind them was the huge pillar. And those 3 noticed him immediately.

[Realm Quest: Clear the area within 30 Minutes. Reward: Realm Shop Ticket(D). Failure: All loots that obtained within the realm will vanish from inventory, -3 levels.]

'Hoh? In 30 minutes and -3 levels for failure!? That's pretty harsh! Despite the fact that the level of the monsters in the secret realm will equal to that of the player who entered, the monsters will always be above common type. No wonder there's very few who actually managed to clear this place. Furthermore, all of them will attack you the moment you entered...'

"INTRUDER!!! KILL!!!" [Fireball]! [Lightning Bolt]! [Ice Bolt]! *bwooosh* *bzzzzt* *shiiiink* *bang!* *bang!*

"...just like this!"

Dozens of coloful spells instantly surrounded him.

'Here we go!'

Without hesitation, he ran forward in a zigzag pattern, dodging those spells with his superior speed.

Even if the opponents are weaker, and he has a death immune skill, c/o his talent, receiving those attacks will definitely be painful thanks to his pain setting set to 100%.

[Apprentice(E+) Lvl.1

HP: 750 MP: 1750 MAtk: 112 MS:55

Skill: Firebolt(E), Lightning Bolt(E), Ice Bolt(E), Blink(E)

Drops: 1-50 Platinum Coins(50%)]

[Journeyman(D+) Lvl.1

HP: 3750 MP:5750 MAtk: 337 MS:65

Skill: Fireball(D), Chain Lightning(D), Ice Lance(D), Magic Missile(D), Blink(D)

Drops: 1-100 Platinum Coins(50%), Skillbook(1% ea.)]

'P-platinum coins! They actually drop platinum coins! This was never listed on the guide. Although rare and hard to find, there should still be a number of players stumbling upon it, and more details should still be leaked right?'

[It's probably because of the sheer number of the monsters inside that the players panicked first before doing any action. As for those who cleared, they probably kept it to themselves.]

'Alice? I guess you have a point...'

Platinum Coins can only be obtained through high level quests, special monsters through drops, treasure/dungeon chests of legendary rank and above and dungeon/field bosses of legendary rank and above.

NPCs buy it for 1,000 Gold Coins but they sell it for 2 to 10 times the price they buy it for. Using it as a purchasing currency will give you priority, especially when NPCs do auction events. Furthermore, it's the only way to buy Spirit Coins.

Arriving in front of the apprentice, he slashed with his glaive diagonally.

*shiiing!* [Blink]! -miss

"What!? This..."

[Blink(E)^: Instantly teleports the caster on a designated place. Range: Up to 10 Meters. Cooldown: 10 sec. Manacost: 500 (Each rank upgrade increases range, decreases cooldown and increases manacost.)] (Hidden: Blink(A) + Blink(A) + 500 Empty Books + 500 Spirit Stones = Teleportation(S).)

'Such an awesome ability for escaping! It's even better than mad rush! Good thing there's 3 mobs that drop it. I want that chain lightning and magic missile too, it's name sounds pretty cool!'

[...]

[Fate Change!] -4 , 0/10

Locking on his target loots as if he were on a shopping trip, he ran through the middle of the crowd and decided to finish it with a spell. But before that...

*boom!* *brrrt!* *chiiink!* -1 -1 -1... "Agagagagagaga!!!"

'Ugh! So this is what it felt like to be burned, electrecuted, and being freezed alive at the same time huh? This...actually felt weird...?'

[...]

This was probably the day Alice getting speechless the most.

"You guys can die now!" [Groundstomp]!

*BOOM!*

"Ahg!" "Ahh!" "Ugh!" -2970 -2970 -2970 *bam!* *bam!* *stun* *stun* *stun*

After the spell was cast, all apprentices dropped on the ground, turning into motes of light. Only 3 remains in a dazed state.

[You killed Apprentice(E+) Lvl.1 x100]

[Obtained: 1153 Platinum Coins]

"Nice! Now time to get my spellbooks from you guys..."

Chris walks to the three remaining enemies leisurely with a smile on his face. But suddenly, he remembered something he always wanted to ask Alice, slowing down his steps a bit.

"Humhumhum! Oh! By the way Alice, i've been meaning to ask you this from a very long time now. I have so much luck, but why does the drop chances doesn't seem to be increasing?"

[Due to master's second talent, the increased drop chance of master's luck attribute was replaced by Crt.Dmg.]

"Huh? My second talent? You mean Fate Changer?"

[Yes, Master.]

He stopped his steps trying to process what he just heard from his system.

"Wait, wait, wait!!! Wait just a moment! How is this possible? I don't even see it on the effects! Is it only unique to me?"

[That's right master. And it was a hidden effect that master can't see for a moment due to system's low level.]

"Haaaah...what the heck! I know that in the long run, Crit.Dmg. might be better, but just imagine the losses i made these past days of grinding until now. And i'll definitely lose more loots in the future! *sigh...*"

[Master can just upgrade the talent. And besides, with master's insale luck, master has very chances of meeting disastrous events and high chances of the opposites, so master ain't taking that much lose...]

"Ooof! Can't refute on that..."

"And for upgrading the talent? That's an SS rank! An upgrade from A to S requires a billion so if following that pattern, it should be 100B points to upgrade! 100 friggin' billion! It will take too long! Not to mention, it's grayed out..."

[That's right master! And level 7 system to unlock the upgrading of talent.]

"Ugh! Another 250B? Nah! Nevermind!"

[...]

'Haaaah...time to wrap this up. No need to worry about those future things. Let the future me worry about it.'

*shiing* *shiing* *shiing* -14,700 -44,100 -44,100 *thud* *thud* *thud*

[You killed Journeyman(D+) Lvl.1 x3]

[Quest Completed!]

[Obtained 124 Platinum Coins, SB-Chain Lightning(D), SB-Magic Missile(D), SB-Blink(D) x2, Realm Shop Ticket(D).]

"Hmm... seems that those 2 offensive spells can only reach up to epic. And one have a combination spell to fuse with. Alice, max all the spells please!"

[Understood, Master]

-160,000,000 Exp, 1,386,771,971/1,000

[Chain Lightning(B)Max: Fires a strong electricity to the target. The electricity jumps from the nearby enemy up to 50 targets. Deals 500% of MAtk. Every 10th jump weakens the damage by 20%. Manacost:1,600 CD:30 sec.] (Hidden: ChainLightning(B) + ThunderDown(B) + 50 Empty Books + 50 Spirit Stones + Thunderstorm(A).)

[Magic Missile(B)Max: Fires 25 magical energy missiles. Each missile deals 50% of MAtk. Chases the target for up to 1 kilometer. Manacost: 3,200 CD: 1 min.]

[Blink(A)Max: Instantly teleports the caster on a designated place. Range: Up to 160 Meters. Cooldown: 2 sec. Manacost: 8,000 (Each rank upgrade increases range, decreases cooldown and increases manacost.)] (Hidden: Blink(A) + Blink(A) + 500 Empty Books + 500 Spirit Stones = Teleportation(S).)

"I completely forgot that the lightning element ignores the 30% of MDef., and that's useless to me as i completely ignore any defence or reductions thanks to my EX talent. I should have chosen the fire or ice element instead...*sigh*"

[It's fine master, the spell itself is much more flexible in terms of use.]

"F-fair enough. As for the Magic Missile, it's good for 1 on 1 so i'll keep it even if it's only epic."

"The insane one is this blink! 2 seconds cooldown! It's too overpowered despite the steep manacost and small range!"

Learning the spells, he started to explore the place before leaving.

"Huh? I can use the map here? I thought you can't use it on special places..."

[Yes master, it is the system's map afterall.]

"Oh! By the way, i can see a treasure chest with a yellow blip on the map but there's nothing where it should be. No way it's buried under this solid floor right?"

[No master, it's actually engraved with invisible rune.]

"Oh, so it's like that! Too bad i don't have a detection skill yet. Well, i guess it's time to leave then. Exit realm!"

Upon exiting the secret realm, he was actually dropped in the middle of the village.

'Hmm.. that's convenient. I forgot to check the realm quest reward.'

[Realm Shop Ticket(D)^: Opens the realm shop that sells equipments and consumables rank C and below. Realm shop restocks everyday. Can be used 15 times.]

'No combination but it can be upgraded up to S rank. Hmmm...i'll think about that later as 1B+ Exp is a very steep price! Besides, the actual price of the items in shop will definitely be astronomical too...'

After checking the ticket, he decided to pass all the completed quest before logging out.