“Congratulations to participant Thor for conquering the twenty-second floor with an SSSS rating, granting all humans within the Tower of Truth the buff [Prism of Truth]!”
“Timed buff [Shadow Stealth]: Shadow element skill effects +50%, for 6 hours!”
“Timed buff [Overall Enhancement]: All attributes +20% for humans within the Tower of Truth, for 6 hours.”
“Timed buff [Experience Boost]: Humans within the Tower of Truth gain +20% experience, for 3 hours!”
“[Prism of Truth]: When using reconnaissance skills within the Tower of Truth, effects are increased by 50%, for 6 hours!”
Mike returned to his private space, appearing right next to Master Fool, startling her.
“Did you comprehend another skill?”
Mike scoffed, “Is that so surprising?”
“You should be more restrained.”
Master Fool seemed to imply something deeper.
Mike immediately pressed, “Why do you say that?”
Before Master Fool could refuse, Mike added, “I’ll trade you the details of my newly comprehended skill for your information.”
He emphasized, “A live exchange.”
After all, this new skill wasn’t as game-changing as All Things Grow, so it wasn’t really a trump card.
Telling Master Fool wouldn’t hurt.
Master Fool hesitated for a moment but eventually nodded, agreeing to the trade.
It seemed she wouldn’t be at a loss.
“You first!”
Master Fool had learned her lesson, making Mike go first.
Mike openly displayed the skill description to Master Fool, spreading his hands in a gesture of helplessness, “Can’t there be more trust between humans and demons?”
Master Fool rolled her eyes and began, “Comprehending skills sounds wonderful, and the first skill you comprehend will indeed be powerful. But if used improperly, it won’t benefit you and might even deplete your potential because all creatures’ inspiration is limited.”
Mike nodded slowly.
This was the first time he had heard such a perspective.
“Think of it this way: you’re a painter. You can spend time and effort creating a world-class painting. Or you can draw an egg every day, a thousand times over, and no matter how you draw it, it’s still just an egg.”
Master Fool continued to explain,
“Therefore, when it comes to comprehending skills, quality should be prioritized over quantity. Take your new skill as an example; the best approach is…”
At this point, Master Fool suddenly stopped, smiling without saying more.
Mike was prepared and offered his terms, “You can enter the Frozen Lake, but you can’t take any materials. You can only look, not touch.”
Master Fool nodded, “Deal.”
They reached another agreement.
Master Fool revealed the answer,
“The best approach is to control your desire to comprehend and try to incorporate more elements into your self-created skills. Once you successfully fuse at least three elements, the benefits of your next comprehended skill will be immense!”
Mike nodded, indicating he understood.
This demon race Master Fool knew quite a lot!
Mike hadn’t expected that comprehending skills required restraint.
Shadow Nine hadn’t mentioned this because he never thought Mike could comprehend skills one after another!
In the end, Shadow Nine had underestimated Thor, the potential Supreme Being!
Putting the matter of comprehending skills aside for now, Mike would heed Master Fool’s advice and watch his frequency.
Thinking of this, Mike grew even more impressed with Ares.
His inspiration seemed endless and inexhaustible.
After achieving an SSSS rating on the twenty-first floor, Mike’s personal reward was an SS- grade equipment [Golden Bow].
The personal reward for the twenty-second floor hadn’t arrived yet and might take some time.
Mike glanced at the [Golden Bow], realizing he had no use for it, and tossed it to Master Fool.
“Didn’t you say before that dismantling useless SS-grade equipment would help reforge the Force of Nature?”
“Yes,”
Master Fool nodded, explaining, “The SS-grade equipment rewarded by the Tower of Truth is different from what we forge, or rather… the materials used are more luxurious!
Generally, dismantling an SS-grade equipment from the Tower of Truth can provide enough materials to forge at least three pieces of the same quality!”
In this process, the biggest cost was the master smith, as the number of pieces they could forge in their lifetime was limited. For a human master smith, the fee alone could take away one finished SS-grade equipment.
Mike didn’t have this concern!
Master Fool’s forging talent was evidently extremely powerful, allowing her to forge a vast number of pieces!
Hearing this, Mike took out the previously obtained [Fury of the Frost] and [Behemoth’s Claw].
“Use these two pieces as materials and help integrate them into the Force of Nature.”
Throwing in three SS-grade pieces, along with countless precious materials, Mike was paying
a hefty price to upgrade the Force of Nature to SSS-grade!
If this didn’t work, Mike had no other options.
At this stage, he had done everything he could.
Master Fool accepted the equipment and reported the current progress.
She was very professional about forging.
“Thor’s Sea will finish absorbing in half a day. After that, bring the Force of Nature, and I’ll start reforging. It will take at most one day to complete.”
After reporting the timeline, Master Fool added,
“As per our agreement, if the reforging process fails, I’ll provide the materials to forge a new SSS-grade staff for you. I guarantee that the successfully reforged Force of Nature will be the strongest among SS-grade equipment at the very least.”
“Good.”
Mike nodded, indicating he understood.
This was what professionalism looked like.
For professional matters, Mike usually left them to the professionals.
Next, he returned to Mistveil Castle and found Vladimir in the dungeon.
Mike asked directly, “Have you finished investigating his background?”
Vladimir shook his head, “Not yet.”
“I tried extracting his soul, but his memories are chaotic and mad. Some fragments are particularly vivid but contradict my own memories…
I think my memories might be flawed.
After the blood river was polluted and rioted, I, as a prince level, was also affected.”
Vladimir was very honest.
He was now completely at Thor’s mercy.
Mike glanced at the vampire prince trapped in the coffin, who looked particularly weak due to
continuous bloodletting.
Mike suddenly asked,
“If we stop the bloodletting for 6 hours, what state will he be in? Can the dungeon hold him?”
Vladimir was silent for a moment before answering, “Four-tier prince, it can hold him.”
The dungeon had been reinforced by Master Fool, easily handling a four-tier prince.
Moreover, the previously rewarded River of Blood was temporarily lent to Vladimir. This gave Vladimir a significant advantage in internal vampire battles, a natural upper hand!
“Good, release his restraints. I need him today.”
Mike added, “If he gets killed, he can still be revived, right?”
Vladimir felt a chill run down his spine, unsure how to respond. Listen to yourself, do you even hear what you’re saying?