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Chapter 568 - Skill Guide: Haru

— ◇Status◇
Title: Acrobat
Name: Haru
Lv: 100
STR: 100
AGI: 200
DEX: 0
VIT: 0 (+150)
MID: 550 (+400)
LUC: 300

◇Skill◇
- Naraka Gandharva
- [Mistlurade]
- [Lumina Raygust]
- [Elfast Ruger]
- [Exchange Implode]
- [Greed's Precept]

- Water Magic Aptitude
- [Aqua]
- [Flood]
- [Current Haken]
- [Water Enchant]

- Active
- [Reflect Explode]
- [Flash Traveler]
- [Shadow Leaf]
- [Eyes Oculus]

- Passive
- [Rega-Lielta]
- [White Dragon's Blessing]
- [Attentive Limit]
- [Gigant Figure]
- [Goma Soten]
- [Talaria Record]
- [Floating Star]
- [Trickster of Zenith]
- [Dangerous Light, Fast Recovery]
- [Cutting Body, Unyielding Advance]
- [Luna Nobody]
- [Master of Magic]

- [Reject Sentence]
- [Shadow-Crossing Blow]
- [Four-Sided Blessing]

◇Arts◇
[Kesshiki Ittoryu]
- [Flying Water]
- [Striking Iron]
- [Heavenly Snow]
- [Withered Flame]
- [Seven Stars]
- [Blade Thunder]
- Secret Technique: [Yuikaze]
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This one won't be as long this time. No need to brace yourselves.

◇ [Naraka Gandharva] — Fourth Stage evolution of [Multiple Weapon Aptitude].

The final stage of the weapon aptitude skill bearing the name of ' '. In addition to improved correction values over its predecessor, [Gandharva], it has completely absorbed the authority of the integrated [Construction] skill, fixing it to the avatar as an 'Ability'.

- 'Recall' — An inherent ability engraved onto the protagonist's avatar not as a 'Miracle (Skill)' but as an 'Anomalous Power'. Like previous quick-change systems, it allows for the free switching of equipment, but having been released from the shackles of a skill, it has lost its cooldown time. It is also immune to 'Skill Seal' type debuffs, such as the penalty from [Lightning Gale].

You'll probably find out what an Ability is eventually, I'm sure.

◇ [Mistlurade] — Fourth Stage evolution of [Weapon Darts].

An auto-throwing skill that has evolved from a one-handed machine gun to a dual-wielded one. The throwing effects are a straightforward evolution, processed similarly to [Flip Stroke], but it has received a massive upgrade in that the cooldown time has been eliminated, allowing for free switching.

However, compared to its predecessor which could fire an unlimited number of shots, a limit of 'One Hundred Shots' has been imposed. Exceeding this will prevent the effect from being output even if the skill is active. The shot count recovers gradually over time and can also be instantly reloaded by the same number if a thrown object hits a target. In other words, just hit your shots.

◇ [Lumina Raygust] — Third Stage evolution of [Gusty Limbs].

Grants the player the enhancement effect 'Destruct' which covers their entire body. Defense, elemental resistance, and other stats are greatly improved from its predecessor, [Wearer Wind], and it's possible to enhance 'Release' by converting 'Distance Moved' and 'Speed' accumulated while active into 'Wind Power'. Furthermore, the skill's performance in both offense and defense improves according to the amount accumulated, but maintaining a fully charged state for a certain period will cause it to explode and kill you.

- 'Destruct' — A special assault skill that 'Release' transforms into when charged to its limit. It can be used as a wide-range annihilation tool with enough power to blow away a forest, and can also be repurposed for immense propulsion if used mid-air.

◇ [Exchange Implode] — Second Stage evolution of [Pre-Voltate].

Its nature has changed significantly from its predecessor, becoming a purely active buff skill that grants the enhancement effect 'Catastrophe' to a chosen weapon by fulfilling a 'Covenant' set upon activation. The cooldown is exactly thirty minutes.

- 'Covenant' — An activation condition the user sets for themselves to trigger the buff, with the magnitude of the enhancement determined by the difficulty. In the case of this skill, the condition is 'Equip and generate an attack hitbox with all usable armaments in possession' and 'Within how many seconds can this be achieved?' The protagonist saying "within five seconds" was him setting the covenant. Note that in the main story, [An=Ru Galta (Hypothesis: The Wedge-Armor that Sings of the Royal Road)] and [Atiomart -Sakura=Memento-] were not used during the covenant's fulfillment. The former was unusable due to the recoil from 'Manifestation Release,' and the latter is unusable when not transformed, thus excluding them from the covenant.

- 'Catastrophe' — Grants an extremely high attack power multiplier to the chosen weapon, along with a massive forced knockback effect. The effect's magnitude and duration are proportional to the covenant's difficulty.

◇ [Starlight Magic Aptitude] — One of the special attributes in the magic aptitude tree.

An extremely rare attribute that few have acquired, possessing several exceptionally unique characteristics, making it a special attribute among special attributes in the eyes of many players. It comes with restrictions such as 'only one spell can be learned per person' and 'the incantation difficulty is extremely high (immobile & generally super long and cannot be spoken quickly)'. It is also a double-edged sword of an attribute, as every spell fundamentally comes with a significant 'price'.

◇ [Lightning Gale] — A unique spell of Starlight Magic Aptitude.

A true one-off spell awakened by the protagonist. Within the categories of star magic, it's a popular 'Compound Attribute Magic,' and it is the only grand magic belonging to the 'Body Enhancement' category, for which no mid-tier or higher spells currently exist in Arcadia. While active, the player's avatar becomes a 'Magic Body,' nullifying physical attacks. Maximum duration is thirty seconds.

- 'Azure Thunder's Blessing' — Imbues the avatar with the property of 'Thunder.' The final speed of any and all bodily movements is doubled. Furthermore, by manipulating thought, the user can drop their lightning-transformed body onto a set coordinate, effectively granting them complete aerial mobility.

It also imbues the body and all equipped armaments with lightning. Upon contact, an extremely high-power magic attack with resistance penetration is automatically generated. Since it activates on anything it touches without exception, physical contact with allies is an absolute no-go.

- 'Verdant Wind's Blessing' — Imbues the avatar with the property of 'Wind.' It nullifies any and all negative statuses and comes with an automatic defense function that brushes off any chip damage that is less than 1/10th of the total HP. It also grants the ability to float, though not indefinitely, allowing for a certain period of aerial maneuverability.

It also imbues the body and all equipped armaments with wind attacks. Upon contact, an extremely high-power area-of-effect magic attack is automatically generated. This wasn't depicted in the main story and video-watchers didn't notice, but it was actually wreaking absolute havoc. That storm of cherry blossoms and whatnot was all because of this.

- 'Heavenly Storm Eternity' — A forced-release final form that activates by consuming all remaining duration of [Lightning Gale]. It enhances the power of both the azure and verdant aspects according to the seconds consumed and grants the avatar the effect of 'doubling the speed of the final step.' After activation, [Lightning Gale] is dispelled.

Upon effect termination, the 'Soul Enfeeblement' status is acquired. Skill usage is sealed for a duration of 'activated seconds' x 1 day.

◇ [Shadow Leaf] — Second Stage evolution of [Floating Leaf].

It didn't really get a chance to shine… did it…………

◇ [Eyes Oculus] — Second Stage evolution of [Fatal Leak].

In addition to the enemy attack prediction visualization of its predecessor, it has gained a thought acceleration ability with adjustable multipliers. The range is from 1.1x to 10x, with the sustained MP consumption increasing proportionally to the multiplier. At around 2x, it can be maintained for nearly a minute with the displayed stats, but at the maximum multiplier, five seconds is the limit. Using the 'right eye's thought acceleration' and 'left eye's attack prediction' simultaneously doubles the already poor fuel efficiency.

- 'Golden Eye' — The right eye of thought acceleration.

- 'Silver Oculus' — The left eye of attack prediction.

While it is a truly broken skill, it is fundamentally different from commonly known thought acceleration skills. Normal thought acceleration doesn't guzzle MP like this, so its terrible efficiency would likely make it useless for any conventional player.

Furthermore, even with a tenfold increase in thought speed, one's body absolutely cannot keep up, making it a wasted treasure—huh? [Phantasmagoria]? He's a rank-holder; you can't expect Maru-kun to be normal.

◇ [White Dragon's Blessing] — Second Stage evolution of [Embodied Protection].

I'm watching over you.

◇ [Goma Soten] — Fourth Stage evolution of Acrobatics.

A DEX-correction skill, born from an acrobatics skill that fell to the ways of muscle and then further to the ways of magic. It automatically activates when body movement speed exceeds a certain threshold, adding STR to the DEX value that assists AGI. Additionally, it constantly adds 1/5th of the MID stat to DEX.

A god-tier skill. Normally, light warriors who would benefit from this type of skill rarely have such ridiculously high MID, so the MID stat addition is usually just a minor bonus.

◇ [Reject Sentence]

An lawless skill that can freely rewrite the 'rules' established by the system, such as the details of armaments and skills… is what you'd think, but no.

Slicing a giant tree with a fist from [An=Ru Galta (Hypothesis: The Wedge-Armor that Sings of the Royal Road)].

Excluding oneself or allies (like Sapphire) from the attack hitbox of [Ruby Rabbit Bullet].

Its capabilities are limited to minor 'mischief' like this. The reason the protagonist isn't gleefully abusing this incredibly convenient skill is, well, for a reason.

The price for using this skill is the protagonist's