Fireball Spell (S)
"Hey, why are you shouting nonsense? We can't even leave the newbie village, let alone fly!"
"Yeah, with this crowd, who knows when we'll be able to leave the village!"
"Hey, you guys in front, can you stop pushing? Can't we form a queue? It benefits everyone!"
"Look, someone is trying to climb over the wall!"
Su Mu's loud shout alarmed a few players nearby, but their voices were quickly drowned out by others.
In this bustling newbie village, where everyone was excited, no one paid attention to his outburst.
Su Mu hid his surprise and continued to upgrade his Fireball Mastery without hesitation.
[Fireball Mastery upgraded successfully!]
The skill point count remained the same.
Now, Su Mu didn't hold back and upgraded Fireball Mastery rapidly.
[Fireball Mastery successfully upgraded to Greater Fireball (E-grade)]
"Since I can't leave anyway, let's keep upgrading!"
Glancing at the congested village entrance, which showed no signs of improvement, Su Mu shifted his focus back to his skills.
Fireball Mastery was a beginner skill for the profession, and it had great utility in the early stages. However, most people would stop upgrading it once it reached maximum level.
But Su Mu didn't have that concern.
He decisively continued to upgrade.
[Greater Fireball (E-grade): Deals 130% magic damage to enemies, consumes 20 mana, casting time 2s, no cooldown, range of 20 meters (1/5 level).]
"Not bad!"
Su Mu laughed.
The current item levels in the Divine Path are as follows: None, E, D, C, B, A, S, SS, SSS, and Divine.
"I wonder if I can directly upgrade this skill to the Divine level?"
The Fireball skill can still be upgraded, and Su Mu's mind started to wander.
He pressed the upgrade button behind the Fireball skill.
[Fireball (E): Upgrade successful!]
[Fireball (E): Deals 135% magic damage to enemies, consumes 20 mana points, casting time of 2 seconds, no cooldown, range of 20 meters (2/5 level).]
"Keep going!"
Su Mu's hand speed was fast as he clicked a few more times.
[Fireball (E) reached maximum level. Use 2 skill points to upgrade it to Fireball (D)?]
"Upgrade!"
[Upgrade successful. Consumed 2 skill points!]
[Fireball (D): Deals 150% magic damage to enemies, consumes 20 mana points, casting time of 2 seconds, range of 20 meters (1/5).]
"I'll continue upgrading!"
With unlimited skill points, Su Mu had no intention of stopping.
[Fireball (D) successfully upgraded to Fireball (C)]
[Fireball (C) successfully upgraded to Fireball (B)]...
[Your skill has been upgraded to Fireball Mastery (S). Further improvement is not possible!]
"Can't upgrade anymore?"
After reaching S-level, Su Mu noticed that the upgrade button behind the skill had disappeared.
"Line up properly!"
Just then, a voice filled with authority rang out.
A group of armored soldiers appeared at the entrance of the village, led by their captain who spoke up.
But his voice was completely drowned out by the noisy crowd!
"Hey!" The captain sighed and raised his heavy sword.
"What are you doing?"
"Is the NPC going to kill someone?"
"No way?"
Someone saw his action and immediately shouted.
The next moment, the captain of the guards swung his sword at the wall behind him.
"Boom!"
The wall was split open, leaving everyone in the newbie village wide-eyed.
"Is he really that powerful?"
"If this sword technique could be brought into reality, wouldn't we be able to fly?"
"What I'm more concerned about now is what this NPC wants to do. Could he be after us?"
"Why be afraid? There are so many of us, we can take him down!"
"Brother, you're amazing, you go first!"
Everyone looked at the captain of the guards, their tone uneasy.
"Line up over here, leave the village in an orderly manner!"
The captain of the guards didn't argue with the crowd and shouted loudly.
Upon hearing this, Su Mu quickly ran toward the opening in the wall.
Many others reacted just as swiftly and lined up directly in the front.
"Stay in line! If anyone cuts in, I won't be polite!" The captain of the guards tightly gripped his heavy sword and issued a warning.
Under his formidable deterrence, no one dared to act rashly.
Soon, Su Mu passed through the wall and arrived outside the newbie village.
It was a vast area, with people as far as the eye could see, but not a single monster in sight.
"It's just like those popular online games right after the server opens!" Su Mu looked around and shed a tear of a manly man.
Fireball Mastery (S) is so cool, but there are no monsters to fight!
"There aren't many people in that forest. It should be the area for high-level monsters!"
Su Mu thought about fighting higher-level monsters.
After reaching A-level, the bonuses from each skill upgrade became higher, and the damage bonus from S-level Fireball Mastery was quite substantial.
[Fireball Mastery (S): Deals 400% magic damage to enemies, consumes 20 mana points, casting time of 2 seconds, no cooldown, range of 30 meters.]
With his current 20 points of magic attack, under the bonus of Fireball Mastery, he could deal 80 points of damage.
Considering that level 1 monsters have around 100 hit points, he could take them out in just two hits.
Even level 2 monsters, with the 30-meter range of Fireball Mastery (S), wouldn't they be easily killed?
"I can do it!"
With that in mind, Su Mu walked towards the area with level 2 monsters.
"Hey buddy, don't go there. The level 2 monsters over there have 200 hit points. You won't be able to kill them!"
"Yeah, and those monsters have high attack power and decent defense. You'll just be throwing your life away!"
As soon as Su Mu approached that area, several people shouted.
This isn't just some online game. Everything experienced here is real, and even level 1 monsters are not easy to defeat alone.
Su Mu wanted to go to the high-level monster area, but in their eyes, it was simply suicidal!
"I'll just take a look!" Su Mu casually replied, showing no intention of stopping.
"This guy is truly crazy, wasting a resurrection opportunity for nothing!"
"Some people just can't be reasoned with. They only know fear once they're dead."
"Stop talking, the monsters there have respawned!"
"Let's fight for the monsters!"
With the appearance of a monster, the area instantly descended into chaos.
...
Inside the forest, Su Mu moved slowly.
After all, this was the level 2 monster area, and he couldn't afford to be careless!
Before long, a figure appeared in the distance.
It was a wild boar, continuously rooting near a tree.
Su Mu cautiously approached until the boar entered the range of Fireball Mastery.
"Fireball Mastery!"
After a casting time of two seconds, a large fireball flew toward the wild boar.
"-80!"
A damage number appeared above the boar's head.
At the same time, Su Mu entered a battle state and saw the boar's attributes.
[Wild Boar]
Level: 2
Hit Points: 120/200
Attack: 40
Physical Defense: 10
Magic Defense: 0
Skills: None
Description: This is a wild boar enjoying lazy times in the forest, but your arrival seems to have disturbed its peaceful life. It is now extremely angry, and you are nothing more than a piece of cabbage in its eyes.