[Ironheart Engine]
-For you, who ignited your aspiration of achieving greatness that stemmed from your childhood aspiration blooming from heroic legends passed down through family lore. When you finally embraced these dreams with matching efforts during your training, the Ironheart Engine was forged within you—an imperishable wellspring of resilience and vitality.
-Rank: L
-Ironheart Force: [10,000/10,000]
—> 1000 per hour recovery.
-Effect:
—> Resilient Core: The Ironheart Engine grants extraordinary stamina and fortitude. Physical exertion and mental strain that would break most individuals become manageable. This ensures prolonged combat readiness, the ability to withstand intense training, and resilience against mind-affecting forces. +50% Health, +50 Stamina, +50% Health and Stamina recovery.
—> Adaptive Energy Flow: The engine draws upon the user’s inner resolve, converting emotional strength and determination into a form of spiritual fuel known as Ironheart Force. This force can be harnessed to power certain abilities, augment physical prowess, or even restore vigor after heavy exertions.
—> Overdrive State: When Ironheart Force reaches 0, the user can use the Ironheart Engine to enter an “Overdrive” mode. In this state, the user temporarily gains heightened senses, increased strength, and accelerated healing. The price is a recovery ban of Ironheart Force for 10 hours.
Marcus looked at his awakened talent’s effects, and his excitement reached boundless.
He got up and roared loudly in elation and exhilaration.
‘I can perform way better with this! You all just watch me get the second-best contribution rank in the next raid!’ Marcus grinned widely. ‘Especially with this new skill, I can help everyone!’
[Geoprime General’s Halo]
-Rank: SSS
-Type: Toggle.
-Cost: 1% Mana per second.
-Effect(s):
—> Allies designated within 100 meters of yourself will receive an Imaginary Geoprime Armor that reduces all Physical damage by 20% and Magical damage by 10% before hitting them.
—> Allies who agree to become part of the halo will bind with each other, allowing you to redirect all forms of injuries and damage among each other. The shared injury and damage are automatically reduced by 10% before the transfer occurs.
—> During the activation period of the skill, all the damage reduction that occurred will accumulate in your designated item shield. Its limit is determined by your endurance of mental strain. Once it reaches the limit, you may fire a Geoprime Beam from your shield to deal pure impactful Earth-attrited damage with a powerful push-back effect and easy disintegration of the surrounding environment like rocks, plants, trees, etcetera.
“I’ll become the greatest general and lead the party to victory!” Marcus clenched his fist.
“Congratulations, Marcus. I sense some wonderful power within you,” Sylvia’s mystical humanoid figure appeared ethereally from pure Mana affected by flora attribute, giving it a dreamy green sparkling texture and hues.
She smiled and said, “Keep my master safe, okay?”
“Sure, I will!” Marcus laughed. He looked at Amir and said, “I don’t know when he will wake up, so I’m going ahead.”
Grinning, he added, “I’ll be fine even if I go alone now. Nothing can stop me from reaching the 5th floor’s floor boss area before the deadline. Oh yeah, how long do I have?”
“You have six hours.”
Marcus blinked before he cracked his neck and stretched his legs.
“Alright, I’m going ahead. You come with Amir later.”
“Godspeed,” Sylvia lightly chuckled as Marcus dashed through the portal.
He arrived in the starting area, but Marcus continued in the general direction as he knew where to go after seeing the surroundings briefly.
…
By now, the other super rookies had also arrived–Emma, Jian, Ron, Adrian, Anya, Finn and Mira.
Almond had no qualms about adding them to the party now that there were tons of Epic-rank items and gear sets, especially ones from the 4th floor’s rewards.
It wasn’t long before only two hours were left until the deadline and three hours until the opening of exit portals, indicating the end of the Labyrinth’s first cycle.
The exit portals stayed open for five hours, but the bosses and monsters would reset and grow stronger immediately once the second cycle of the Labyrinth began three hours later.
At the floor boss area, Almond finished resting for some hours and just woke up.
It was time to start crafting his Legendary Gear Set and then get to distributing the items since he was hoarding everyone’s items.
The total number of Legendary items in his storage Ring reached around twenty, a crazy number.
Even frontline adventurers outside didn’t have many Legendary items.
‘Let’s sort this out and begin,’ Almond cracked his knuckles before sitting cross-legged and started opening the legendary item boxes and other legendary stuff.
The rewards’ ranking in those boxes was pre-determined, so there wasn’t any need for roll dicing. The item itself could be different, but it wasn’t as important. Any legendary item would be important and they were going to be sacrificed for spirit items anyway, soon or sooner.
Almond first opened the Legendary Gear Set he got from his MVP chest.
‘Yaksha’s Crimson Rampage Set, huh? Yeah, this is for Lily.’
Almond decided to quickly open everything and make a solid list before deciding which to sacrifice and which ones to distribute. He was aware of everyone’s strengths and skills by now, and it would be better if he did this alone to save time and synergize the distribution better since the team revolved around his playstyle and strategy.
From MVP Reward Chest:
—> Yaksha’s Crimson Rampage Set (Legendary Gear Set, Low-tier)
Rank 2 Lily’s 2 Legendary Item Boxes, 1 Legendary Weapon Selection Box, 1 Legendary Armor Selection Box:
—> Shadowsong Amulet (From Item Box)
—> Phoenixflame Gauntlet (From Item Box)
—> Nightfall Edge (From Weapon Selection Box)
—> Seraphic Aegis Plate (From Armor Selection Box)
[Rank 3 Natalia & Maya’s Legendary Items (6 total: 3 each)]
Natalia’s Items:
—> Thunderleaf Cloak (From Item Box)
—> Runeforge Quill (From Item Box)
—> Abyssal Whisper Wand (From Weapon Selection Box)
Maya’s Items:
—> Solarflare Orb (From Item Box)
—> Jadeheart Talisman- one-time use (From Item Box)
—> Starseer Staff (From Weapon Selection Box)
[Kira, Noah, and Eliara’s Legendary Items (3 total: 1 each)]
Kira’s Item:
—> Frostbite Fang Hairpin (From Item Box)
Noah’s Item:
—> Ironroot Helmet (From Item Box)
Eliara’s Item:
—> Galechime Bells (From Item Box)
[From the Heroic Floor Boss Slaying Chest (2 total)]
—> Lunar Hunt Set (Legendary Gear Set, Low-tier)
—> Aurora Dragonfire Flask (Legendary One-Time Use Item, Low-tier)
As he read all the items’ descriptions, he knew which five to sacrifice to unlock his Legendary Forge option.
