I never run out of mana Pt. 2

chapter 107

"All of the skill books beyond ranking the association owns, we must give to him."

"Huh? Skills beyond ranking?"

At the commander's words, Ho Jin was shocked.

He had been working for over 20 years in the association.

However, during all that time, this was the first time he heard that the association possessed skill books beyond ranking.

Leaning in towards the commander, he asked.

"Do you mean that the association owns skill books beyond ranking? I have never heard of such a thing till now, commander."

"Maybe it's because you've been working in the special unit for taking care of the Awakened."

"....."

"That and the usage of skills beyond ranking has never been authorized before."

"What do you mean......"

"As you know, skill books beyond ranking cannot be identified without using it first. If you're lucky, you could gain a very powerful passive or attack skill, but you could also be unlucky and obtain a skill that does not have synergy with one's class."

"Well, the only downside of the bad outcomes would be a loss of a skill book and a useless skill for the user. Of course, the loss of that skill book would be equivalent to a loss of a very valuable item."

"That's true, but there's actually a set limit of skills beyond ranking that an Awakened can obtain."

"......"

"Five. Any attempts after that would result in no skills being obtained and the destruction of that skill book. Even if you learn the same skill twice, it applies to the total count. Same for if you get a skill that doesn't have synergy with your class."

"Is that so. I guess you can only leave it up to luck."

"That's right. There's also a chance that even if a good skill drops, it wouldn't be an attack skill."

"But what does this have to do with the association having ownership of unranked skill books?"

"Do you know why the Awakened rankers joined the association, giving up the benefits they would have had if they didn't join for a period of time?"

"That's....."

"It's because of the skill books beyond ranking."

"........"

"It's a trade they make with the association. They get a skill book in return for serving a certain amount of time. This is because no matter how much money you make as an Awakened, you cannot purchase unranked skill books."

"That makes sense. From what I learned, Mr. Min-Cheol already has one skill beyond ranking."

"Is that so. Hm.... Then he can obtain four more. Since the leaders of that association and the government must agree before the skill books can be given, it'll take a long time. We should hurry."

"Yes, understood."

"I'll take care of the unranked skill books, so please get me the list of S to S+ ranking skill book list you mentioned before."

"Yes, I shall take care of it at once."

"Yes, please do."

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[Skill level has increased.]

"KUWECK!"

"Is it finally level 40? Looks like the cooldown and cast time has decreased by a bit."