Skill Extraction: Exploring Dungeons

Chapter 992 - 862: Distribution of the Spoils

He picked up the mask on the table.

This mask was the loot obtained after the enemy on Kreya’s side was killed.

The mask was only half of a face, and it was the right half.

Judging from the structure, it wasn’t broken; it had been forged like this on purpose.

The whole mask was silvery white, edged in gold, with undefined lines of Jade tracing it out.

A bright red, teardrop-shaped Ruby was set just below the eye, like a falling tear.

Kane felt it looked more like a clown’s makeup.

But anyway, this definitely counted as a piece of special Equipment.

As long as it’s special Equipment, its value naturally goes up a bit.

That made Kane start looking forward to this piece of gear.

[Entertainment Half-Face]

[Mask]

[Color: gold]

[Attributes:]

[Escape into the Shadow] (Slip into the Shadow and move along it; the Shadow will hide your form, aura, and fluctuations.)

[Star of Mischief] (Enemies who see this mask will have their emotions affected, frequently feeling happy in battle, until that gradually accumulates into madness.)

[dark magic] (Negative and dark-sided magic will be strengthened and become easier to control.)

[Skill: Clown Face] (After activating the Skill, the mask will cover the user’s entire body; the user’s physical qualities, attack technique, and attack power will all be enhanced.

But their emotions will fall into a kind of frenzy, and they will adopt a trade-blow-for-blow style of combat; the more it’s used, the deeper they’ll fall into clown-like madness.)

[Introduction: Forged from an extremely deranged Soul together with various materials related to Soul, emotion, and darkness.

From the very moment of its birth, it existed for madness.]

What rotten luck.

That was the first sentence that popped into Kane’s mind after seeing the Attributes he’d appraised.

These Attributes were simply incomprehensible.

Although it was a piece of special Equipment, the side effects were just unreasonable.

And judging from the introduction, those side effects obviously couldn’t be easily removed.

After all, even the forging materials felt like they existed for the sake of these side effects.

Still, it was fine; as long as you didn’t use the Skill, there wouldn’t be too much of a problem.

But you couldn’t even say the three affixes on the mask were unrelated; they were utterly all over the place.

Escape into the Shadow was clearly prepared for an Assassin, hiding in the shadows; judging from the description, the stealth effect shouldn’t be low.

But the second one affects the enemy’s emotions and even needs a certain amount of time to accumulate, so that’s clearly prepared for someone who engages the enemy head-on for long periods.

If you can’t fight the enemy head-on for a long time, a simple emotional influence, without buildup, is basically meaningless.

The third is even more absurd, and is obviously an affix for a Mage.

Negative-type and dark-type magic—many who use that kind of magic do indeed carry some Assassin-like traits.

So you could barely say there was a faint connection.

Kane had reason to believe this mask was definitely custom-made for a particular Evil God.

And that Evil God’s combat style was to open with a Raid, then engage in prolonged melee with the enemy, plus having some decent negative magic.

It was even possible that the "side effects" of this mask weren’t side effects at all for that Evil God.

These "side effects" might even further strengthen them, who knows.

Kane looked at the mask and sighed regretfully.

For a normal person, using this Equipment would obviously be meaningless.

This was his first time seeing mask-type Equipment; he actually liked it quite a bit, but these affixes and Skills were just way too useless.

Not very meaningful for others, and even less so for them.

Even if you split the three affixes up, they still didn’t have much to do with any of them.

Maybe only the second, the emotion-affecting one, was something they could make use of.

Kane told everyone the mask’s Attributes.

"That’s some crazy Equipment. Good thing we finished him off right away." Kreya couldn’t help saying.

So this mask was the loot left by that enemy she’d taken out with a single slash.

What a pity they hadn’t seen what it looked like when the enemy used the Skill.

Just how deranged had he looked?

Now Kane was actually a bit curious instead.

Seeing that none of them wanted it, Kane sealed the Equipment directly, using a transparent material like a display case, then tossed it into his Space Equipment.

After all, the Attributes of this gear weren’t great, but the appearance was very interesting, and it was a special, mask-type Equipment to boot.

He picked up the other pair of Wrist Guards.

These Wrist Guards were very simple and honest-looking, just round, gray-black iron pieces.

They were so plain there wasn’t even a single pattern, not even any visible Forging marks, as if they’d been formed in a single piece.

Utterly plain and unadorned; just from the appearance you’d think they were some ordinary iron rings.

He appraised them directly.

[Iron Wrist]

[Wrist Guards]

[Color: tricolor]

[Hard as Iron] (Physical Defense increased.)

[Magic Power Isolation] (The Equipment is unaffected by any Magic attacks or effects.)

[Iron Fists Power] (The power of the arms will be increased based on the total strength of the body; the force generated by the wrists and hands will then be further amplified on that basis.)

[Iron Fist Punishment] (Attacks made with bare hands or hand-held weapons will inflict a heavy-blow effect on the enemy.)

[Skill: Suppression] (Consume Magic Power to make the next attack apply triple-Attribute Iron Fist Punishment effect.)

[Introduction: Iron Wrist means hard-line toughness! The same goes in battle—make your enemies submit with brute force.

Violence explains everything!]

This Equipment, while not absolutely perfect, totally deserved to be called a top-tier piece of tricolor gear.

Beneath the plain exterior lay such powerful Attributes, combined so perfectly.

With this Attribute combination, as long as you fight in close combat and your attacks come from your hands,

no Explorer who fits that style would dislike this Equipment.

Just like its name, Iron Wrist.

A simple name, but with extraordinary power.

Looking at the overall Attributes, this Equipment was definitely suited for Longbei.

If you had to say who among them had the greatest strength, that was definitely Longbei, and when it came to arm and wrist power, even more so.

After all, Longbei used to be the one holding a Shield or a hammer.

This piece of Equipment should go to Longbei so he can swing down that gigantic Thunder Hammer.

The mental image is way too beautiful to even dare imagine.

Letting Longbei’s attack power climb another level while also boosting his Defense Power—why the hell not.

The smile on Kane’s face told everyone that the Attributes of the Equipment he was appraising were really damn good.

Seeing everyone’s expectant gazes, Kane told them the Attributes.

There was no need to argue about distribution; everyone unanimously gave this piece of Equipment to the Longbei from that mental picture.

Looking at Longbei’s grinning face.

"Once we’re done dividing the loot, I’ll have Meizike bring it over to you."

"Haha, okay, okay."

Kane shook his head with a smile and looked at the last two accessories.

He picked up that Necklace first.

Just looking at the Necklace’s appearance made Kane frown uncontrollably.

With something like this, it’d be really hard not to pull that kind of face.

The Necklace had three severed fingers tied to it. Since they weren’t human fingers, Kane couldn’t even tell exactly which fingers they were.

What if this Race has six fingers?

But the torn flesh and exposed bone at the cut surfaces were clearly visible, just looking at it made you feel sick.

There were also three Bone Fragments tied between the fingers.

They were strung together with something that looked like a blood vessel.

This really was, inside and out, a perfect embodiment of evil and cruelty.

It was hard for Kane to believe this Equipment didn’t have any side effects.

You didn’t even need to think about it to know this thing definitely belonged to some Evil God.

To be honest, when it comes to Evil Gods, not a single piece of loot taken off them has ever been normal.

Disgusting looks aside, Kane still appraised it carefully.

What if the appraisal revealed some ridiculously useful Attributes.

[Three Fingers]

[Necklace]

[Sheen: Tri-colored]

[Bloody First Finger] (Your whole body emits a bloody fluctuation, making all life around you feel the Rule Attribute of bloodshed, become infected by bloodshed, and worship bloodshed.)

[Evil Second Finger] (Your whole body emits an evil fluctuation, making all life around you instinctively feel repulsed and disgusted, and granting full amplification to all negative forces.)

[Cruel Third Finger] (Your whole body emits a cruel fluctuation, forcing all surrounding life to make a check every 5 seconds; those whose will is insufficient will have their hearts violated by cruelty, and as the cruelty gnaws at the mind, it will eventually collapse.)

[Skill: Three Fingers as One] (Spend Magic Power to stack the Attributes of the three fingers together, turning them into a finger-shaped attack.

The three negative Rule Attributes will act from the physical to Magic and all the way up to the Spirit level, dealing damage to and affecting the enemy.)

[Description: With the most evil sacrifice, the bloodiest ritual, and the cruelest methods. Voluntarily offered up by a believer, refined through three kinds of Rules.

Wear it, and even among Evil Gods you’ll qualify as an Evil God.]

Seal it! This thing absolutely has to be ruthlessly sealed!

So damn disgusting.

From its appearance, to its description, to the Forging process.

Even the entries themselves radiated a kind of feedback that made any normal person physically uncomfortable.

What normal person would wear this Equipment? You’d have to have something wrong in your head.

When Kane picked up the Necklace, Kreya and the others didn’t even bother asking about its Attributes; they just kept waving their hands frantically.

Forget anything else, they couldn’t even accept the way it looked.

They’d rather go without this little bit of Attribute bonus.

They’d sooner work hard to improve their own strength to make up for the gap of not having this Equipment than hang this thing around their necks.

This was completely at odds with their three views and their aesthetic sense.

It was like asking a normal person to wear a lump of shit around their neck.

Seeing that, Kane still read the Attributes out, then watched everyone’s expressions slowly twist into revulsion.

Seeing their reactions, Kane couldn’t help but laugh.

That’s more like it.

As teammates, you share blessings and hardships alike.

How could I be the only one getting grossed out.

Satisfied, Kane sealed the Necklace and tossed it into his Space Equipment.

He threw it in with the trash.

Then he picked up the final piece of Equipment.

A Ring.

The Ring’s look was very much in line with everyone’s tastes.

Set on a band as brilliant as Crystal were four Gemstones of different colors.

Ruby, Sapphire, emerald, amber.

Each Gemstone was different from the others, and the Forging method didn’t follow any symmetry at all.

Kane began appraising it.

[Four-Color Flower]

[Ring]

[Sheen: Tri-colored]

[Attributes:]

[Red Power] (The red Gemstone will bring a peculiar Magic bonus.)

[Blue Power] (The blue Gemstone will bring a different Magic bonus.)

[Green Power] (The green Gemstone will bring a peculiar...)

[Yellow Power] (The yellow Gemstone will...)

[Skill: Four Colors] (When the four Gemstones combine, your Magic will be comprehensively elevated by one tier.)

[Description: The four Gemstones come from four different Elemental Interfaces. Based on the Gemstone’s color, you can determine what kind of additional Attribute will be attached to a magic.

After becoming proficient, you can precisely apply a specific Attribute to the magic you want.]

Looking at the Ring’s description and entries, Kane nodded in satisfaction.

The so-called power of colors should correspond to some deeper level of Elemental Magic.

Then this Equipment wasn’t really suitable for him.

Kane’s Magic knowledge and research leaned more toward Arrays and Runes.

This kind of elemental Magic was definitely something Lilu-lu was very good at.

It’s just that her fairytale elements would simply alter Elemental Magic a bit.