Mage Manual-Chapter 203 - 178: Useless Ash
Chapter 203 -178: Useless Ash
“Black and White Witch”
“Human Race·Female·19 Years Old”
“Bonds Level: 0 (30% Experience Shared)”
“Profession: Daughter of the Tower”
“Professional Characteristics: In the Tower, learning efficiency +15%”
“Innate Talent·Witch (Mid Level): Gain an additional 150% Time Experience, low chance to gain 10,000% Time Experience, and it’s easier to gain favor from the Bronze Dragon (Unlock higher Talent levels after power enhancement).”
“Personal Skill: Personality Split: The Black and White Witch can actively adjust her personality to adapt to different environments and even switch to specific combat personalities when facing different enemies. Insight +10, vital point determination +10, Critical Rate increases as the combat duration lengthens.”
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“Silver Blessing: Witch’s Taboo: Secrecy grants you power, concealment is your weapon. The fewer people in reality who know your true inner self, the stronger you become in the Void Realm. Currently, the Black and White Witch’s concealment level is at 93% (unknown to all), gaining a 93% bonus to Magic Power recovery rate. (The Observer’s observation is not included.)”
“Held Items: None”
“Controlled Spirit: Mask, Water Therapy, Claws…”
“Spirit Faction: Silver Level”
“Fist Claw Faction: Gold Level”
“Time Faction: Silver Level”
“Water Technique Faction: Silver Level”
“Training Strategy: Not Set”
Faction Realm of Gold Level, and with a Silver Blessing, she’s a Two-winged Operative!
Ash fell into deep thought: Was it because he himself was a Two-winged Operative that the new operator he drew was also Two-winged? Or was the card draw random, and with good luck even a Four-winged Operative might emerge?
The Black and White Witch possesses Water Therapy Technique Spirit and Silver Level Water Technique Faction, so she could serve as a half-healer. However, it’s surprising that she mainly practices the Fist Claw Faction and also cultivates the Time Faction. Although it sounds impressive, Ash can’t determine her exact role; it would be best to assign tactical positions after teaming up in the Void Realm.
Of course, if the Black and White Witch could stop time, then Ash’s tactical position would be as an attachment to her mighty thigh.
Speaking of thighs, Ash glanced at the Black and White Witch’s standing portrait; her attire featured a chessboard pattern skirt in black and white, one leg covered with a white stocking, the other with a black one… Hiss…
“Suggest Sword Maiden learn from this.jpg”
Although he disliked it, Ash still looked at the newly acquired wardrobe, and to his surprise, there was an unexpected delight:
“Swimsuit·Observer: Receive a +10% boost from Water Technique Faction effects (Limited to Void Realm, but wearing the same clothes in reality can also grant this boost).”
“Post-apocalyptic Afternoon·Observer: When uninjured, Attack Power +3%.”
Wardrobe can actually add attributes!
Though the increases were small, it was still better than nothing. If possible, Ash wished he could give the swimsuit to the Sword Maiden, but it couldn’t be exchanged.
Even though the swimsuit provided a greater boost and the new operative also had a Water Technique Faction, Ash still equipped “Post-apocalyptic Afternoon” for himself. The swimsuit was simply too embarrassing, and after years of his dignity being sustainably drained by the company, he retained just a sliver that he could not afford to waste on something like that.
Besides, simply replicating the same clothing in reality could trigger the boost; no matter how you looked at it, the swimsuit couldn’t be daily wear. Ash didn’t want to bear the negative buff of “a very high chance others think you’re a pervert” just for a slight advantage.
Compared to the swimsuit, “Post-apocalyptic Afternoon” was much more normal, appearing to be a dark red gradient trench coat, which should be easy to acquire.
Treating himself and the Sword Maiden to a bottle of Pure Spirit Light Special Drink, Ash saw the Observer’s portrait immediately drink it, whereas the portrait of the Death Mad Sword Maiden bubbled up with a “zzz” sleep icon, indicating that the action of drinking the potion would need to be postponed for five hours later.
Finally, it was a special golden glowing item he had never seen before.
“Pleasure Prince’s D20: A dice for leisure, hand-carved by the Pleasure Prince himself, using this dice for entertainment can garner a gift from the Pleasure Prince.
In the training strategy schedule ‘Entertainment,’ at the end of each entertainment session, roll the D20. Depending on different factors like the entertainment item chosen, the number on the die, and the operative’s mood, operatives can gain between 0% and 200% Magic Joy Experience (100% experience equals one professional training session).”
“Magic Joy Experience is not subject to any deduction, only receiving additional bonuses.”
Ash understood at a glance—this item made the ‘entertainment’ option, which he would never choose in his training strategy, more practical. Previously, entertainment could only increase the meaningless value of operator mood, but now engaging in entertainment has a chance to earn a high amount of Magic Experience. Playing games could also make one stronger, reducing experience loss caused by operators indulging in fun.
In simple terms, it was a useless item.
After all, Ash would never arrange entertainment for the operators, even with this item.
A careful calculation would show that entertainment costs 2 action points and could earn a maximum of 200% experience; however, training costs 1 action point and is guaranteed to provide 100% experience. Mathematically, it was evident that the return from 2 training sessions far outweighed 1 session of entertainment!
As for the part where entertainment could improve an operator’s mood… Even though the Sword Maiden often had complaints, under the influence of Ash’s era-leading pep talks and support, she had gradually adapted to the intense training. This showed the strength of human adaptability, and that there was still space to explore her proactivity.
Ash measured others by his own standard. When he started his job straight after graduation, he was working 997 to the max; slacking off was his only rest, but he still toughed it out, even beating others to promotions and pay rises, proving that entertainment was unnecessary.
The tougher the experience, the more Ash thrived!
The harder the operators worked, the faster the player’s Ferrari!
The more bricks one carries, the more the Observer swoons!
Sword Maiden and Witch, keep it up!
But the item’s name actually included the Pleasure Prince, and if Ash wasn’t mistaken, isn’t the Pleasure Prince one of the avatars of The Gods of Four Pillars?
This thought swirled in his head, then vanished like smoke—whether you are the king of heaven or the Pleasure Prince, once you’re in my hands, you’re mine, and once eaten, it’s all nourishment!
And then the Black and White Witch’s training strategy… Ash paused here, remembering that the Sword Maiden’s weekly training would end tomorrow.
He thought it over and decided to set the Black and White Witch’s training strategy tomorrow, combining the training cycles of the two operators, so that the weekly reports could be delivered at the same time.
It wasn’t exactly OCD, but aligning the training cycles for all operators felt much more comfortable—okay, it was a slight OCD.
There was also the “Intermediate Trial Card”…
In fact, the moderate amount of experience offered by the Trial Card was almost negligible for both of the Two-winged Operatives, but Ash valued the ‘slight increase in Bond Level’ aspect more.
The Sword Maiden already had a Bonds Level of 3 with him, while the Black and White Witch was at 0.
For the Sword Maiden, the Bond from the Trial Card was the equivalent of Ash taking her out for a meal and a stroll, at most maintaining the current relationship, far from enough to increase the Bond Level; but for the Black and White Witch, the Trial Card was like Ash introducing himself to her, breaking the ice, sharing a bit about their family backgrounds. It might not upgrade their Bond Level yet, but getting familiar with a few more encounters would be highly cost-effective.
So, Ash chose to use the “Intermediate Trial Card” on the Black and White Witch.
Just as he closed the game interface, Ash felt as if a membrane in his mind had broken, and the drowsiness that had been teasing him without attacking suddenly overpowered him, and he quickly collapsed into a heap of exhaustion, falling asleep.
After thirty seconds or so, the carriage door opened on the side.
A young boy in deep blue housekeeper attire entered the carriage, his light blue hair and a gradation blue cloak flowing down his back, with bright eyes, white teeth, and a fair baby face suggesting he was no more than thirteen or fourteen years old.
He turned the sleeping Igula over, touched Igula’s forehead with his left hand, and with his right hand, a book appeared and he flipped it open, saying, “Ranked second on the ‘Azuma Spirit Faction List’ and fifth on the ‘Azuma Beauty List,’ name is Igula Bokin.”
“Ah~ Does that mean that social butterfly Mildred got squeezed out of the Beauty List?” Someone laughed from outside, “That’s great, one less person to drag down my taste. Since it’s high on both minor lists… Let’s tentatively give her a 3-star character.”
The boy nodded, went over to Harvey, touched his forehead, and said, “Ranked first on the ‘Azuma Necromancy List,’ name is Archibald Harvey.”
“Necromancy, top of a minor list? Well, it’s still first… also tentatively a 3-star.”
The boy then rummaged through Ash, touching his forehead for quite a while.
Someone from outside asked in wonder, “What’s the matter?”
“He seems to… not be on any list.”
“Not on any list? Isn’t he a Two-winged Mage? No presence on the comprehensive Mage List, the Killing List, the Creator’s List, the Magic Faction List, none of the minor lists?”
“None.”
“Hmm… then let’s make him a 0-star waste.”
