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Healer Book 4 -- Chapter 37
🕑 Added 2024-11-08 23:25:35 +0000 UTCChapter 37
After scrolling through the literal thousands of “monster slain” messages, which included all of the Skeletal Fighters, Skeletal Archers, and Skeletal Breakers that had melted in front of his and Sadia’s advance through the horde, he noticed that he had, indeed, received PICK from them – and it was more than expected, especially for them being the “cannon fodder”, as the squirrel had referred to them as.
You have slain a Skeletal Fighter – Intermediate Minimal – Level 180 (Perceived Level 234)!
You have received 10 PICK!
Omenic Drifter Class trait activated!
You have received 15 PICK!
Unkillable I Achievement activated!
You have received 30 PICK!
Unkillable II Achievement activated!
You have received 90 PICK!
Army Of One I Achievement activated!
You have received: 270 PICK!
It wasn’t a lot of PICK for each one, but when 10 PICK or so was run through ringer of his bonuses, 270 PICK was a lot for such a simple monster. And “simple monster” was correct, as he could tell that it was weak even for an original Level 180 undead, so getting 10 PICK was actually generous.
The thing was, as they tore through the horde, nearly 10,000 of these simple monsters were killed in their objective of hunting down and killing the Horde Leaders and the Horde Chief, giving him somewhere around 2.7 million PICK. The horde’s leadership added another chunk of PICK to him, a little bit more than the weaker monsters, if only because of their quality in comparison. It made him excited to go back in the future and solo it again, thinking of sitting in the middle of the horde to farm them for a few hours, collecting tens of millions of PICK in the process.
That was, of course, if he could even hold that much in reserve; even now, he was feeling a slight bit of strain from the PICK already in his body, and he didn’t want to run into the same situation as before when he basically hit his limit and overflowed, pushing him all the way to Level 189.
Moving on to the rest of the notifications, he looked through them as he continued to fly back to the city.
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You have slain a Dark Death Knight – Horde Chief – Intermediate Minimal – Level 270 (Perceived Level 351)!
You have received 100,000 PICK!
Omenic Drifter Class trait activated!
You have received 150,000 PICK!
Unkillable I Achievement activated!
You have received 300,000 PICK!
Unkillable II Achievement activated!
You have received 900,000 PICK!
Army Of One I Achievement activated!
You have received: 2,700,000 PICK!
Defensive Spellcasting Competency has increased to Level 4,582!
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Defensive Spellcasting Competency has increased to Level 5,147!
Support Spellcasting Competency has increased to Level 4,497!
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Support Spellcasting Competency has increased to Level 4,966!
Spiritual Spellcasting Competency has increased to Level 138!
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Spiritual Spellcasting Competency has increased to Level 212!
Psychic Resiliency Competency has increased to Level 659!
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Psychic Resiliency Competency has increased to Level 729!
You may now select an Advancement for your Psychic Resiliency Competency!
Psychic Resiliency Competency has increased to Level 730!
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Psychic Resiliency Competency has increased to Level 786!
Congratulations for completing The Ghost Town Intermediate Dungeon on Minimal difficulty!
Achievement received: The Dead Sea
Bonus reward: 25,000 PICK
Omenic Drifter Class trait activated!
Bonus reward: 37,500 PICK
Unkillable I Achievement activated!
Bonus reward: 75,000 PICK
Army Of One I Achievement activated!
Bonus reward: 225,000 PICK
Contender World First Achievement: +10% Physical and Magical Resistance, Free Stat Points (50), (2) Spell selection choices
Omenic Drifter Class trait activated!
Bonus reward: +15% Physical and Magical Resistance, Free Stat Points (75), (3) Spell selection choices
Army Of One I Achievement activated!
Bonus reward: +45% Physical and Magical Resistance, Free Stat Points (225), (9) Spell selection choices
Congratulations for completing a Horde Siege Challenge on Minimal difficulty with an F Rating or higher!
Achievement received: Siege Tactics I
Bonus reward: 200 PICK
Omenic Drifter Class trait activated!
Bonus reward: 300 PICK
Unkillable I Achievement activated!
Bonus reward: 600 PICK
Army Of One I Achievement activated!
Bonus reward: 1,800 PICK
Contender World First Achievement: Free Stat Points (4)
Omenic Drifter Class trait activated!
Bonus reward: Free Stat Points (6)
Army Of One I Achievement activated!
Bonus reward: Free Stat Points (18)
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Congratulations for completing a Horde Siege Challenge on Minimal difficulty with a SSS Rating!
Achievement received: Siege Tactics IX
Bonus reward: 250,000 PICK, +40 to all stats
Omenic Drifter Class trait activated!
Bonus reward: 375,000 PICK, +60 to all stats
Unkillable I Achievement activated!
Bonus reward: 750,000 PICK, +60 to all stats
Army Of One I Achievement activated!
Bonus reward: 2,250,000 PICK, +180 to all stats
Contender World First Achievement: Free Stat Points (200), Access Slots (2)
Omenic Drifter Class trait activated!
Bonus reward: Free Stat Points (300), Access Slots (3)
Army Of One I Achievement activated!
Bonus reward: Free Stat Points (900), Access Slots (9)
Congratulations for completing a Horde Siege Challenge on Minimal difficulty starting with 75% or fewer of the maximum Raid Party members allowed!
Achievement received: Short-Staffed I
Bonus reward: 10,000 PICK, 10,000 gold
Omenic Drifter Class trait activated!
Bonus reward: 15,000 PICK, 15,000 gold
Unkillable I Achievement activated!
Bonus reward: 30,000 PICK, 15,000 gold
Army Of One I Achievement activated!
Bonus reward: 90,000 PICK, 45,000 gold
Contender World First Achievement: Whenever your Raid Party has fewer members than the maximum allowed in an Intermediate dungeon, each member of your Raid Party temporarily increases their highest stat while inside the dungeon by 3%
Omenic Drifter Class trait activated!
Bonus reward: Whenever your Raid Party has fewer members than the maximum allowed in an Intermediate dungeon, each member of your Raid Party temporarily increases their highest stat while inside the dungeon by 5%
Army Of One I Achievement activated!
Bonus reward: Whenever your Raid Party has fewer members than the maximum allowed in an Intermediate dungeon, each member of your Raid Party temporarily increases their highest stat while inside the dungeon by 15%
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Congratulations for completing a Horde Siege Challenge on Minimal difficulty starting with 25% or fewer of the maximum Raid Party members allowed!
Achievement received: Short-Staffed III
Bonus reward: 100,000 PICK, 100,000 gold, Free Stat Points (30)
Omenic Drifter Class trait activated!
Bonus reward: 150,000 PICK, 150,000 gold, Free Stat Points (45)
Unkillable I Achievement activated!
Bonus reward: 300,000 PICK, 150,000 gold, Free Stat Points (45)
Army Of One I Achievement activated!
Bonus reward: 900,000 PICK, 450,000 gold, Free Stat Points (135)
Contender World First Achievement: Whenever your Raid Party has fewer members than the maximum allowed in an Intermediate dungeon, each member of your Raid Party temporarily increases their highest stat while inside the dungeon by 18%
Omenic Drifter Class trait activated!
Bonus reward: Whenever your Raid Party has fewer members than the maximum allowed in an Intermediate dungeon, each member of your Raid Party temporarily increases their highest stat while inside the dungeon by 27%
Army Of One I Achievement activated!
Bonus reward: Whenever your Raid Party has fewer members than the maximum allowed in an Intermediate dungeon, each member of your Raid Party temporarily increases their highest stat while inside the dungeon by 81%
Congratulations for completing a bonus event during a Horde Siege Challenge on Minimal difficulty by eliminating the Horde Chief before it reaches your defensive position!
Achievement received: What Siege?
Bonus reward: +10% increase in damage dealt to all targets
Omenic Drifter Class trait activated!
Bonus reward: +15% increase in damage dealt to all targets
Army Of One I Achievement activated!
Bonus reward: +45% increase in damage dealt to all targets
Contender World First Achievement: When your party is outnumbered by hostile targets, all spell and ability effectiveness for each member of the party is increased by 30%, and each member of the party takes 20% less incoming damage
Omenic Drifter Class trait activated!
Bonus reward: When your party is outnumbered by hostile targets, all spell and ability effectiveness for each member of the party is increased by 45%, and each member of the party takes 30% less incoming damage
Army Of One I Achievement activated!
Bonus reward: When your party is outnumbered by hostile targets, all spell and ability effectiveness for each member of the party is increased by 135%, and each member of the party takes 90% less incoming damage
It was a lot to unpack. The long and the short of it all was that he obtained a total of 9.2 million PICK from the monsters he slew and the Achievement rewards, bringing him to nearly 14 million in reserve – which was probably why he was feeling a bit of the strain of holding so much inside and not using it. It wasn’t as bad as he remembered it could get, but he figured he probably had until he reached 20 million PICK or so before he had to worry.
As for gold, he obtained a total of 3 million gold for the entire run and Achievements. He also obtained 9 spell selections (for a total of 31 in reserve), a +45% increase to his existing Physical and Magical Resistance from his equipment, 12 Access Slots (for a total of 62), had a new Psychic Resiliency Advancement to choose from, +250 to all of his stats, and he now had 2,125 free stat points to distribute wherever he wanted. If that wasn’t enough, there were situational bonuses to his Raid Party when in a dungeon with fewer members than the maximum allowed, and if his Party was outnumbered.
All-in-all, it was an incredible amount of rewards from the dungeon – and he couldn’t wait to do it again. Now, as he neared Darkwood Vale, the 6-hour timeline until the Raid Party was ready to go now seemed like entirely too much time.
When he finally set down outside of the city in the designated Guilded Glory meeting spot, he took out his chair and sat down, before opening his selections for his new Psychic Resiliency Competency Advancement. While he hadn’t necessarily liked that it came from an experience where he had been paralyzed by the scream of a Banshee, he was pleased that at least he got another Advancement out of it.
Please select (1) Advancement for your Psychic Resiliency Competency:
Tethered Tease – All psychic abilities and effects attempting to influence you are reflected toward the psychic user at 50% strength
Polyamory – All psychic abilities and effects attempting to influence you are also shared with all targets within 30 feet of your location
Forced Abstinence – All psychic abilities and effects upon you are completely nullified, including those that originate from you
Size Matters – Psychic abilities and effects attempting to influence you from sources 50 Levels or above your own are completely nullified; psychic abilities and effects attempting to influence you from sources 50 Levels or below your own are tripled in effectiveness
Euphoric Auras – All auras you activate have an additional component of euphoric bliss, blunting the effectiveness of psychic abilities and effects attempting to influence every target within that aura’s range, immediately reducing the impact of psychic abilities and effects by 30%, while also gradually reducing its severity by 69%
While the new Euphoric Aura Advancement added to the list was interesting, he didn’t believe he used Auras enough to make it worthwhile. Looking at the older selections, he disregarded Forced Abstinence, as he didn’t want any psychic abilities he currently used or might use in the future to be completely nullified, and Polyamory was too dangerous if he was in a party, so he eliminated that as well. It was then down to Tethered Tease and Size Matters; the latter was tempting because it would make anything 50 Levels or above him unable to psychically influence him, which would’ve made it so that the Screaming Banshee’s scream would’ve been completely ineffective against him. The downside was the potential that a lower-Level source would be able to hit him with triple the effectiveness of their psychic ability, which could be dangerous; just thinking about someone like Muriel, and how much damage she could do if she was 50 Levels under him, made it a risky Advancement.
But Tethered Tease was something that would only reflect psychic attacks with 50% of its strength; while that might be beneficial in some instances, there was also a possibility that it would do nothing, because it was entirely possible that those who used such attacks were highly resistant to the same type of attack, if not immune.
“It’s not likely that you’re going to run into many individuals or monsters that are 50 Levels below you nowadays that are intent on hurting you, especially as your Visible Charisma will boost their Perceived Level, which would affect this requirement. Size Matters, Thaden; Size Matters.”
Chuckling, he thought about her suggestion for a few seconds before selecting it, knowing that she was likely correct. Besides, he had other defenses against psychic attacks already, so he wasn’t too worried.
With nothing else to do but wait at this point, he spent the next few hours deliberating where he wanted to place his free stat points….
