Destiny Online: Halo Paladin - Chapter 29

Chapter 29: Meditation Halo

[Skill Book: Meditation Halo (Paladin)]

[Meditation Halo]

[Instant Cast]

[You and your allies will receive Maximum Mana increase (10 x Skill level + Spirit x 0.5) x (1 + Skill level x 0.1)]

[You and your allies will receive Mana Regeneration (1 x Skill evel + Spirit x 0.05) x (1 + Skill level x 0.01)]

[Requirement: Level 5]

…

All three of his halo skills boosted his Defense, HP, and Mana regeneration.

Nocturne only had one thought in his mind, ‘As expected of a Paladin, a natural support!’

He opened up his character statistics and checked on his talent level.

[Halo Master Level 2 (20 /600): Able to activate (1 + Talent level) halo.]

He was able to learn a total of three halo skills with his level and, after learning the skill, he got an extra halo beneath his feed. He was one step closer to his ideal character, a merciless buff machine of the party.

After having a taste of profit, the two of them went mad in running the dungeon to farm raw ingredients. They reduced their sleeping and meal time to the minimum to be more effective, Nocturne even started to order takeaway to save time.

On the third night of their endless farming, the first clear of sudden death Underground finally appeared.

[Congratulations to party Night Dynasty, under the leadership of EmperorNight for being the first party to clear the Level 10 dungeon, Underground, in sudden death mode.]

[Player EmperorNight, EndlessNIght, StarrySky, NoPantea, NoBruh acquire the system reward of 8,000 EXP, 8 Gold, and 800 reputation with all Castellans.]

On the second day after the first clear of Underground, Nocturne and Fu Wei went to the auction to clear out the extra miscellaneous items and bought some teleportation scrolls crafted by Rune masters.

They realized there were already some ingredients used to craft Frost Protection Potion appearing in the sold list but not Fire Protection Potion.

As for why Frost Protection Potion’s ingredients came into the market much faster than Fire Protection Potion, it was maybe because Fire Protection Potion’s ingredients required a fish rather than herbs.

In Destiny Online, even fishing was programmed with hyperrealism in mind, therefore there were only so many players who decided to pick up fishing, most of them were old men in real life; 99% of them were men.

The most popular lifestyle skills would certainly be Mining, Harvesting and Skinning. On top of that, even combat players would learn one of the three lifestyle skills because they would run into randomly spawned mining and harvesting spots when they clear dungeons.

Killing monsters would also allow them to skin the monster on the spot, therefore many combat players learned those skills to aid themselves financially.

“Sigh. Ingredients for Frost Protection Potion are already in the market. According to how the devs work, I think we have at most two more days and the market will see the first ingredients for Fire Protection Potion,” Nocturne said with a sigh.

“Phew. I guess our earning spree will end in a few more days. I’d like to take a good rest then, I’m really tired from the endless farming in the past few days. I’ve never felt so tired, even when I was rushing design sketches back then.” Fu Wei looked like his soul had been sucked out.

“It’s tiring but it’s worth it. Like you said before, if you are not motivated in earning money, what else can motivate you, or something like that.”

“Fine, let’s go. Let’s continue our farming.”

The duo then continued farming endlessly.

A few days later, as the ingredients flooded the market, the price Beitang Meng offered started to lower and the two of them decided to take a rest since the market was starting to get saturated. They were on the brink of dying of exhaustion after all.

After farming day and night for almost a week, the two of them found a lake with a view and set up tables and chairs for a picnic. They enjoyed the scenery while eating the food Nocturne prepared.

“This is how you should enjoy life in game! It feels so good!” Fu Wei was eating while scrolling the internet, he was enjoying himself after some hard work.

“You will only feel comfortable when you earn money. If you didn’t earn any money, you might still be working overtime, drawing sketches and stuff, what can you enjoy then?” Nocturne ridiculed his friend while reeling in the fish that took the bait.

“You are right. Earn while playing, it’s probably the best kind of life! I’ve decided to quit my job and become a professional player!”

“Are you serious?”

“Yeah, I’ve earned more than I’ve earned for a year in the past few days. I’ll become an Alchemy master and follow you around!”

“You must be out of your mind. Following me won’t make you rich. Finding a strong guild and getting paid while playing is the way to go. After all, we were just lucky this time, we might run out of luck in the future.”

“Hahaha, loser, have some ambition!”

…

While the two of them were chatting, Nocturne received a message. He opened it and saw Beitang Meng’s name.

“I have a question. How high is your Fishing mastery?”

“A little over 200 if I have my gear on.”

“I see. I got an interesting dungeon scroll, it’s about fishing and I want to ask you for a favor.”

Beitang Meng then sent him the information about the scroll.

[Angler’s Paradise (Hard)]

[Five-man dungeon]

[Use this scroll to enter Angler’s Paradise (Hard)]

[Level 15]

[Note: As its name suggested, this is the angler’s paradise, you better bring a fishing expert along.]

Nocturne rubbed his chin as he pondered about the scroll. “A scroll for a special dungeon?”

He read about it on the internet before. This kind of special dungeon required a special kind of lifestyle class to clear, it was one of the methods that the devs took to raise the importance of lifestyle skills.

“How about it? Though I have no idea what the dungeon looks like, based on the data we gathered from other existing dungeons, I’m sure you will be able to get a ton of Fishing mastery and some special fishing gear.”

“Sure. When do we start?”

“Tomorrow morning at 7.30 a.m. Night Town’s Night Rose Tavern, I’ll see you there.”

“Noted.”

Right after he ended the conversation with Beitang Meng, Nocturne talked to Fu Wei.

“Beitang Meng got me a fishing exclusive dungeon scroll, she invited me because my Fishing mastery is high, so you will have to go solo tomorrow.”

“WTF? Hoes over bros? You bastard! Ditching your brother over some girls?!”

“Of course I am. Why would I spend my time with you instead of being with a girl? I’m not gay.”

“I have no words.”

“Whatever. Go to sleep.”

“It’s still early.” Fu Wei looked at the time and it was just a little over 9:00 p.m.

“I have to wake up early tomorrow and I’m exhausted from all the farming, so I’ll be hitting bed early today. I have to make up for the sleep I lost in the past few days.”

“You are right, I think I’ll go to bed early today as well.”

After coming back to real life, Nocturne took a bath and got a shave, shaving off the beard and moustache that he had kept for a few days.

He then prepared to go to bed but he saw Chubby Blue come to him with a cat stick. It put the stick down in front of Nocturne and started at it with its googly eyes.

It was like it was trying to say, “Hey slave, you know what to do.”

“What the heck?”

Nocturne did not know whether to cry or laugh at his cat when he realized what the cat stick meant. He picked up Chubby Blue and rubbed its head strongly, “Why are you so cute?!”

Speaking of Chubby Blue, Nocturne had been busy playing games recently and neglected his cat. Chubby Blue must be feeling lonely due to the negligence.

“Fine.” Nocturne took the cat stick and started to tease Chubby Blue.

The cat jumped back and forward, enjoying its play time happily.

Nocturne also felt relaxed.

A while later, when Chubby Blue started to pant, Nocturne stopped and carried his cat to bed.

He rubbed his cat’s belly while listening to the cat’s snoring. He had a feeling that his cat might still be angry with him.

“You must be feeling lonely recently, am I right, Chubby Blue?”