Channeled Incantation

Lucas and Bella arrived at the outskirts of Maple Glade.

The area was already teeming with players.

Many of the players in the third server weren't new. They already knew how to level up most efficiently in the early stages.

"Star Gate Guild is recruiting! B-rank talents and above are prioritized, and players with accounts in older servers are preferred! A-rank talents receive a contract with a monthly salary of 100,000!"

This was why A-rank talent activation codes could sell for 20 million on the market.

A-rank talents were highly sought after by all major guilds.

With a monthly salary of 100,000, keep in mind that many people earned only 50,000 to 60,000 per year, with monthly incomes less than 5,000.

"Come on, come all! New guild recruiting! Floral Burst Brigade is recruiting new players!"

"Fireball Sect is recruiting! Only Mages! Only Fire Mages! Ice Mages will be kicked out immediately!"

"Leisurely Tea Party is recruiting new members! Those who enjoy casual gameplay are welcome to join our guild!"

Recruiting guilds were everywhere.

It was 00:04 on Saturday, and thanks to the well-implemented weekend system, people didn't have to work on Saturdays and Sundays.

With Epochal World's launch, players planned to grind all night.

"Brother, you're probably from Hidden Origin Guild, right?"

"Don't you need to go find them?"

Hearing the guilds' shouts, Bella remembered her brother's job and asked curiously.

"Not anymore."

"Bella, I created a guild. Join it later."

Bella looked visibly surprised.

"Brother, you created a guild yourself? Can you even create a guild on your own? Wouldn't that violate your contract?"

Lucas simply smiled, not telling his sister that he had already breached the contract.

In any case, he could earn back the 500 million penalty soon.

Hidden Origin probably didn't have the time to sue him at the moment.

"It's fine."

Bella nodded, seeming to understand. "Oh..."

"Then I'll join."

Since her brother said it was okay, it must be fine. Her brother had always been reliable and never broke his promises.

Bella opened Lucas's information panel.

She was about to apply to join Lucas's guild but found that Lucas didn't have a guild.

"Wait... Brother, where's your guild?"

"Oh, it hasn't been established yet. I'm short 90 copper coins."

Bella looked incredulous at the answer.

"Huh?"

Didn't people usually pool money from several accounts to establish a guild?

How could a professional player from Hidden Origin Guild be short on coins? No, copper coins?

Brother, when did you become so destitute?

But these thoughts swirled in Bella's mind. She didn't voice them. You had to be polite when receiving gifts, even between siblings.

Having just received an S-rank talent from her brother, Bella didn't dare to talk back.

While the siblings were talking, they unknowingly arrived at the outskirts of the farmland.

Lucas opened the initial weapon pack and chose a dagger as his starting weapon.

This was a special perk for commoners. They could receive an initial weapon pack and choose any weapon they wanted.

[North City Farmland]

The farmland was surrounded by a large number of wild boars.

Many players had already come here to level up. It was the best leveling spot in the early stages, with plenty of space and enough monsters to kill.

The vast outskirts of the city were large enough to accommodate millions of players.

Of course, there were definitely more than a million players entering Epochal World today, but for the first few minutes after the server opened, this place was sufficient.

Lucas opened the task list.

[Task: Kill 20 Wild Boars. Task Reward: 100 copper coins, Experience: 500]

After confirming that the quest was correct, Lucas closed the task list.

This was a habit he had developed from his past life. In his previous life, there were cases of accepting quests without carefully reading the task description, leading to disastrous consequences.

Since then, Lucas had developed the habit of carefully reading the task requirements, no matter how simple the quest was.

At the same time, Lucas also noticed a player wearing red clothes nearby.

But soon, Lucas shifted his attention back and said to his sister, "Bella, I'll gather them up. You learned Fireball, right? Keep charging it. When I say release, find a suitable angle and release it."

"Rely on your own instincts."

Bella quickly waved her hand. "Do it myself? No, no, I'll mess it up!"

Lucas smiled and patted Bella's head.

"No, Bella, trust your potential."

Seeing her brother's trusting eyes, Bella nodded weakly.

"Okay."

Seeing his sister agree, Lucas, dagger in hand, quickly charged toward the nearest wild boar.

"Start charging."

At the same time, Lucas activated control through his thoughts.

[Learned Skill: Arcane Flash]

[Assassin Skill: Arcane Flash – Perform a curved dash at high speed, dealing normal attack damage to enemies along the path. Maximum dash distance: 5 meters. Cooldown: 3 seconds. No cost.]

Whoosh!

Lucas flashed through an arc, instantly slicing through a wild boar and drawing the attention of five surrounding wild boars.

Ordinary Arcane Flash was like a rigid steel ruler. It could bend, but not much.

The Arcane Flash Lucas used was so large that it almost drew a circle.

Although the skill's effectiveness depended on the actual situation, Lucas's maneuver was terrifying. Even players who didn't play Assassins could tell how amazing it was.

This Arcane Flash completely exceeded players' understanding of the skill.

And Bella's eyes lit up when she saw this.

Is this what professional players can do? Even basic skills can be so cool!

The five wild boars were pulled in by Arcane Flash.

The attacked wild boars instantly became enraged and charged toward Lucas.

But Lucas was in no hurry. He jumped back, slicing behind him with the dagger, hitting the two wild boars behind him. Then, Lucas rolled forward, going directly under the wild boars.

In that short second, he had pulled seven monsters!

Lucas got up as quickly as possible after rolling, not even feeling the roll slow him down. The whole process was seamless.

After pulling the monsters, Lucas turned around and ran.

Epochal World's monsters were notoriously tough. Lucas was only level 1, with an initial physique of only 8 points and 120 health.

But a boar's charge dealt over 30 damage.

He would die after being hit four times.

Of course, as a reincarnated person, Lucas could avoid being touched by these level 1 monsters if he wanted to.

"Bella, wait until I say release before you release it," Lucas communicated with Bella through the team voice.

While running, he continued to pull more monsters.

Another Arcane Flash was used, this time drawing an S-shaped path.

Lucas's maneuver completely attracted the attention of the surrounding players.

"What was that flash just now? Arcane Flash?"

"An S-shaped Arcane Flash? Who's so awesome? I don't remember even the first Assassin of the first server using that technique, right?"

But only a few players saw the Arcane Flash. More players' attention was drawn to the wild boars. In just four seconds, Lucas was followed by a horde of red-eyed wild boars.

There were a full 15 of them.

"What the hell? Is this guy crazy?"

"Is that Azure guy out of his mind? Pulling so many wild boars is suicidal!"

"Even professional players don't pull that many wild boars!"

Epochal World's monsters were known for being strong.

Even experienced players could easily fail if they weren't careful.

Ordinary veteran players would pull at most two or three at the same time, but Lucas had pulled 15 at once.

Lucas glanced behind him.

"That's enough."

"Release Fireball."

[Talent – Channeled Incantation (S): Can cast all spells with channeled incantation, the longer the chant time, the greater the skill range and power, the maximum chant time is initially 10 times (if the chant time is less than 1 second, it defaults to 1 second), the power increases up to 30 times, the range increases up to 30 times]

Bella waved her staff, and a fiery red magic circle lit up. A huge fireball instantly exploded!

Shooting towards Lucas!

Boom!

A spherical explosion spread out with Lucas as the center! Burning flames erupted!

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Boom!