Ethan glanced at the remaining duration of the Temporary Agility Boost Scroll. There were about 10 minutes left.
Since he decided to use the All Attribute Double Coupon, he had to calculate everything carefully.
Ethan took another sip of the tree spirit fruit wine.
Too bad there was no extra boost this time. It seemed the strength boost could only be added once.
He opened his attribute panel.
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[ID: 888 (Lord of Zone 7)]
[Strength: 27/10 (Courage effect strength +2, temporary +6)]
[Agility: 34/10 (Gale Shoes +7, Courage effect agility +2, temporary effect +17)]
[Defense: 8 (Armor adds defense. Once you remove your equipment, your defense is the same as an ordinary person.)]
[Spell Sense: 3 (Weak sensing ability. To cast spells, you need at least level 10 elemental affinity to successfully gather a spell!)]
[Magic Resistance: 2 (Dragon Slayer Medal +2)]
[Poison Resistance: 2/10 (Light smog poison won't kill you, but keep working on it!)]
[Shady Merchant Attribute: 10/10 (Awakened passive skill "Con You Until You Limp")]
[Special Effect: Fear effect of evil dragons toward dragon slayers +10]
[Status Evaluation: An assassin who dreams of becoming a mage.]
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He could ignore the other boosts.
But this agility boost, directly adding 17 points, was impossible to ignore.
If he could make this agility boost permanent, just thinking about it made Ethan feel amazing.
And also, the Double Coupon could double it again.
Wouldn't that make it 34*2=68.
The maximum agility of an ordinary person was 10. Ethan was almost 7 times that.
A cat's reaction speed was 2 to 4 times a human's. Daji's reaction speed was about twice Ethan's. Which meant right now his agility was just slightly above Daji's.
But if he used the All Attribute Double Coupon and doubled it again, Ethan's speed would be above Daji's.
Thinking of this, Ethan decided he had to try no matter what.
But before he tried, he opened his intermediate backpack to see if there was anything else that could increase attributes, even temporary boosts.
If the All Attribute Double Coupon didn't count temporary boosts, he wouldn't lose anything.
But if it did—
（$▽$）
There was only one word: joy.
And he'd say it only once.
"Flip! Flip! Flip~"
Very soon, Ethan found another good thing.
[Life Spring Crystal: The essence left behind after the Life Spring water dries up. Its effect is even better than drinking the Life Spring water directly. Special effect: increases lifespan, increases elemental affinity.]
"Yoshi!"
He almost forgot about this thing.
Ethan took out one Life Spring Crystal from his backpack.
How to describe it?
The name Life Spring Crystal sounded fancy, like some high-class treasure.
Ethan's first thought was a diamond or some shiny gem.
But when it was actually in his hand, he stared at it with disgust. It looked like some kidney-stone-like lump.
Gray and dull, not a trace of shine.
If someone threw this on the street, a sanitation worker would probably sweep it away as a pebble.
'Is this thing really edible?'
(;￢д￢)
Ethan frowned.
Every mage has the heart of an assassin.
Every mage has a dream of melee combat.
And with his current attributes, if he could become a mage, then whether he wanted to be a melee mage or an assassin mage, both would be possible dreams.
"For the glory of mages! I endure!"
Ethan tossed the stone-like thing into his mouth.
Crunch!
Crack!
'The stone, surprisingly…'
'Tasted good!'
Ethan was stunned.
This stone actually tasted like a mint candy.
Sweet!
Cool!
And pretty delicious.
[Spell Sense +1%]
"Uh…"
Ethan froze when he saw the increase.
"Only 1 percent?"
"Temporary attribute boosts added at least 10 percent. Is this 1 percent supposed to be a joke?"
Though it was only 1 percent per piece, who cared when he had so many.
He had 666 pieces.
"Hahaha!"
Ethan, in order to become a great mage, went all out.
He grabbed a handful of stones… no, Life Spring Crystals, and poured them into his mouth like beans.
Crunch!
Crack!
Crack! Crack! Crack!
[Spell Sense +1%]
[Spell Sense +2%]
[Spell Sense +1%]
[Spell Sense…]
Too many mint candies at once made Ethan feel so cold he almost cried.
Since he ate too many at once, even swallowing made him feel an icy liquid rushing down his throat.
That spicy cool feeling, made tears flow from his eyes in pain.
(ಥ_ಥ)
"What's wrong with the lord?"
"The lord looks like he's eating dirt? Could it be he sacrificed his own food for us and is now eating dirt?"
"No way, the lord sacrificed this much for us?"
"Should we gather our food and give the lord a portion? Otherwise our lord is too pitiful!"
"No, no! The lord didn't say anything because he doesn't want us to know."
"If we act rashly, we'll hurt the lord's pride!"
"Wuwuwu! Having such a lord is too touching!"
"I must mine well to repay the lord!"
"Me too!"
"Me too!"
"..."
[Resident No. 006: Loyalty +10]
[Resident No. 031: Loyalty +8]
[Resident…]
Countless loyalty increase messages popped up, making Ethan pause in confusion.
'What is happening?'
'Is the fruit wine that good, so they are moved to tears?'
Ethan, who was currently suffering from the sudden surge of spell sense… was completely confused.
"Ha! Finally reached 4 points!"
Ethan cheered.
All that stone eating wasn't wasted.
He almost froze himself into a different shape.
"If I eat 10 more, I should reach 5 points."
"Then use the Temporary Agility Boost Scroll, double everything, and wouldn't that let me officially become a mage?"
＼( ^▽^ )／
Ethan saw that the scroll's remaining time was almost gone.
He didn't dare delay anymore. He quickly grabbed another handful of stones and was about to shove them into his mouth.
"Lord!"
At this moment.
Stone Six couldn't hold back anymore. He dropped to one knee before Ethan, crying loudly, "I know the lord is suffering all this for our sake!"
"But we really don't want the lord to endure this kind of pain. Please take back half of our dry rations!"
"That way, my lord… you won't have to eat dirt anymore!"
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