A Level 50 Awakening Skill obviously couldn't appear on a Level 31 character. However, the glow around Soft Mist, as well as her sudden increase in attack speed and strength, was without a doubt from Battle Spirit.
Battle Spirit continuously buffed the Battle Mage as they fought. The buff applied was based on the number of consecutive combos done by the Battle Mage.
At a 10-hit Combo, the attack speed would increase by 0.5, the movement speed by 2%, and the Strength stat by 30.
At a 20-hit Combo, the attack speed would increase by 1.0, the movement speed by 4%, and the Strength stat by 50.
At a 30-hit Combo, the attack speed would increase by 1.5, the movement speed by 6%, and the Strength stat by 70.
And like this, there were a total of seven stages. On the seventh stage, the buff would be even greater than the previous jumps.
The seventh stage required the Battle Mage to Combo 120 hits, but the attack speed would increase by 6, the movement speed by 24%, and the Strength stat by 260. Compared to the sixth stage, it required twice as many combos, but also doubled the buff.
How strong were these buffs?
An attack speed of 6 was similar to the difference between the slowest Greatsword and the Tachi.
A movement speed increase of 24% was 4% more than the buff from a max-level Neutral Chaser.
As for a Strength stat increase of 260, that was even more terrifying. The Ghostblade's Sword Boundary would only increase the Strength stat by 150 at max level.
A Battle Mage at the seventh stage of Battle Spirit was extremely terrifying.
Wind Following Sword was an experienced player. Soft Mist was moving faster, attacking faster, and also hitting harder! He was well aware that she was at the seventh stage of Battle Spirit. That golden glow around her was quite distinct.
The seventh stage was indeed extremely strong, but in reality, it was practically impossible to achieve. If she had comboed Wind Following Sword 120 times, then he would have died long before that. If that happened, she wouldn't even have the opportunity of getting to the seventh stage.
The seventh stage could, in reality, only be achieved in a chaotic battle where there were many targets, allowing the Battle Mage to quickly rack up a high combo. Soft Mist had used these surrounding monsters to accumulate a 120-hit combo. After reaching the seventh stage, she turned to Wind Following Sword to attack him.
As for where the Battle Spirit came from, Wind Following Sword knew the answer.
Event. It was due to the Christmas event.
The items from Christmas thieves could be used. After using the item, the item couldn't be used to exchange for gifts with Santa. These items couldn't be traded and weren't worth any money. They would also expire after the event had ended.
Smart players weren't likely to use these items, but Soft Mist had been forced to use one of the items that she had received from a Christmas thief.
Skill Scroll!
Skill Scrolls allowed a skill to be added onto an equipment. The Skill Scroll would then add one level to the skill. The level of the skill could even go over the max-level. In other words, if a skill was at max level 10, then after using a Skill Scroll, it added a level to that skill, making the skill go to level 11. However, there was a limit to the amount of times a skill scroll could be used, so it wasn't possible to level up endlessly through this method.
In order to level a skill, the character first had to have learned it already. If the character hadn't learned it yet, the Skill Scroll would only be used on the weapon, which would allow the skill to be used at a skill level of 1.
