Adventure: My Skills Evolve Infinitely

Chapter 188: Chapter 139: 7 New Skills

Lin Mo gave a somewhat reserved smile and uttered a few polite words, but his gaze was already captivated by the Skill Scrolls on the shelves.

Each shelf represented a Profession. The first was for Warriors, the second for Knights, followed by Assassins, Rangers, and on the very top shelf, Mages.

The number of Skill Scrolls on each shelf wasn’t large—it seemed they had only brought out a portion of their collection—but in total, there were still thirty to forty scrolls!

Beixila followed his gaze and chuckled. "Are you interested in choosing a Skill Scroll? Based on your contributions, you can choose to borrow two Excellence Level Skill Scrolls, or you can receive two Excellent Level Skill Scrolls to keep."

He could either receive the relatively less valuable scrolls permanently or borrow the more valuable ones for a limited time. This was a rule that had been made clear earlier, but... Lin Mo had other ideas.

"Lady Ravel."

He looked up at the Lord. "Is it possible for me to choose a shorter borrowing period in exchange for more scrolls?"

"You mean..."

"For example, I could just study them here, without taking them away."

"Oh?"

Beixila raised an eyebrow. She had an inkling of what he was thinking but couldn’t be sure at first.

’He’s not planning to learn them right here on the spot, is he?!’

However, since he had made the suggestion, Beixila had no reason to refuse. If the Skill Scrolls didn’t leave the City Lord’s Mansion, it would be safer and eliminate the risk of them being lost.

So, after a moment of thought, she nodded. "If that’s the case, you can choose all three Ordinary Level Skills, two Excellent Level Skills, and two Excellence Level Skills; or, three Excellence Level Skills, one Excellent Level Skill, and one Ordinary Level Skill."

Lin Mo scratched his head, a simple and honest smile on his face. "Can’t I have them all?"

Beixila couldn’t help but laugh. "Young man, being too greedy is not a good thing."

As she spoke, she shot a subtle glance at Ali, who was standing to the side.

Then she continued to explain, "These scrolls are not all my personal property. Most of them are part of Silver Stream City’s own inventory, belonging to the Kingdom. As the Lord, I can grant you some special considerations within limits, but overall, we must still follow the rules."

"After all, the Spiritual Strength from the creator, which is condensed within the scroll, will also be depleted."

"Every time someone learns a skill from it, a portion of that strength is consumed. After many uses, the scroll’s effectiveness will diminish. If used too many times, it will eventually lose its miraculous ability to help people quickly comprehend a skill."

In other words, it would be useless.

’So that’s how it works?’

Lin Mo was stunned for a moment, recalling Madam Chacher, who had previously lent him a scroll.

’That was more than just generous.’

In reality, however, Chacher had never imagined that someone could learn a skill just by looking at a scroll for a short while.

"I’ll choose the first option."

Lin Mo thought for a moment before giving his answer. For him, since his Skills would evolve automatically after being upgraded, it was naturally more worthwhile to choose a greater number of them.

You can’t bite off more than you can chew. Although he gained Attributes just by learning a Skill, it was impossible to have them all, so there was no point in insisting. Choosing a few suitable Skills would be satisfying enough.

"Well then, go and choose the scrolls you want."

Lin Mo nodded, walked to the shelf, and began to examine the scrolls one by one, starting from the bottom row.

First was the Warrior Profession. Ordinary Level Skills: [Upward Slash], [Heavy Slash], [Jump Slash], [Punching Fist]...

Excellent Level Skills: [Barbaric Charge], [Iron Mountain Lean]...

Excellence Level Skill: [Blood Qi Blade].

Many of these were not Swordsmanship Skills, but Close-Combat Class skills.

Warrior is a general Profession category. Naturally, it doesn’t just include Swordsmen who use swords, but also blade masters who use sabers, Fighters who use Arm Armor or Gloves, and so on...

Since the [Secret Silver Gloves] could also be used as a close-combat weapon, Lin Mo couldn’t rule out skills in this area.

Still, he decided to look at the others first.

Next was the Knight Class.

Ordinary Level: [Shield Strike], [Block]...

Excellent Level: [Rapid Impact Stab], [Heavy Shield Swing]...

Excellence Level Skill: [Strong Shield Spin Slash]

Lin Mo carefully examined each and every Skill.

After that came the Assassin Class, the Ranger Class, and finally, the most important one: the Mage Class.

Naturally, Lin Mo ended up paying the most attention to the Mage Class skills.

Among them, the Ordinary Level Magic included: [Water Bullet Technique], [Wind Blade Skill], [Thunder Bomb Skill], as well as the [Fireball Technique] and [Ice Cone Skill] that Lin Mo already possessed, among others.

Overall, the selection was quite comprehensive.

As for the Excellent Level magic, there were far fewer—only three.

One was an upgraded version of [Ice Cone Skill]—[Large Ice Cone Skill]. For Lin Mo, this one had absolutely no value.

Once he raised his Ice Cone Skill to the Full Level, it would naturally evolve into this skill anyway.

The second Excellent Level magic was [Flaming Arrow]. It was likely also a single-target damage spell. Its power should be greater than his current [Blast Flame Fireball], but its drawback was that it could only hit a single target most of the time. This was unlike [Blast Flame Fireball], which also caused a small area-of-effect explosion upon impact.

All in all, since Lin Mo’s main goal was to raise his Mage Level, this could be considered a candidate for now.

The last Excellent Level magic was the water-type [Clear Stream Technique].

Upon seeing this name, Lin Mo’s eyes instantly lit up.

Compared to offensive magic, he was currently more interested in utility magic.

A description was specially attached next to the scroll. Lin Mo read it and saw that this magic had two effects.

The first effect was to quickly clean oneself, including one’s body, clothes, and equipment. However, it would inevitably leave some water stains that needed to be dried separately.