Chapter 53 - 50 Transforming Innate Talents
Chapter 53: Chapter 50: Transforming Innate Talents Chapter 53: Chapter 50: Transforming Innate Talents Editor: Atlas Studios “After analyzing Catherine’s innate talents, we move on to her professional specialty, Master of Treasure Identification. She holds the key to unraveling Renior’s Skill Book, the Divine Skill that changed my fate. She loves tinkering with telescopes; the subtle maneuvers with the Skill Book are surely a habit influenced by this specialty.
A normal pirate’s professional specialty is actually ‘Treasure Intuition.’ (Pirate class has five sub-skills, meaning five professional specialties: Ship Sailing Specialization, Sea Battle Specialization, Pirate Training, Ship Tracking, and Treasure Intuition.)
Her Master of Treasure Identification, which surpasses basic specialties, is also known as professional specialty specialization. For instance, the Hell Gate Master Hero from the Japanese region, valued at $6 million in the current market, has Hell Gate as a normal demon hero’s professional specialty; Hell Gate Master is a more specialized and superior form. The result of specialization is a vast difference in market value.
Heroes with professional specialty specialization are assuredly good heroes.
Although Hell Gate Master is a professional specialty specialization, it’s categorized under innate talents; in other words, such a talent is available from the player’s initial creation, lottery draws, and before any job changes. Similarly, the ‘Knight Model’ hero, valued at $3 million, also has an advanced form of the common Knight Priest professional specialty ‘Blessing Ceremony,’ another professional specialty specialization, again classified under innate talents.
This setup implies that a hero is destined for their role from birth.
What does this imply? Normally, Catherine’s Master of Treasure Identification should be under innate talents as well. But now, this talent is in her professional specialties.
Isn’t this exactly the effect of my Navigator God-level Scroll? Transforming an innate talent into a professional specialty, then creating a new spot for an innate talent; this signifies that Catherine is actually a dual-specialty hero!
Realizing this, Da Fei became even more excited! His eyes were even more feverish when looking at Catherine! Labeling a dual-specialty hero as epic is indeed a bit of an understatement, but she’s still young, hahaha!
But speaking of her treasure-identifying specialty, Da Fei suddenly noticed the telescope in her bag was called a ‘Precision Craftsman’s Telescope’?
Da Fei checked the equipment and was instantly astonished.
—Precision Craftsman’s Telescope: Increases Hero’s vision by +50%. A masterpiece by a famous craftsman, selling this treasure enhances the price by 300%.
Damn, this is definitely the gift I gave her, right? It’s expected for a Master of Treasure Identification to find hidden treasures, but she even appraised variations of the same treasure!
Da Fei couldn’t help but ask in surprise, “Honey, why is your telescope different?”
Catherine replied in surprise, “Of course it’s different; aren’t there never two identical leaves in the world?”
I see! To an ordinary player, leaves seem the same, but the world in the eyes of a Master of Treasure Identification is indeed different, with real depth.
Catherine laughed, “Captain, think about it, so many valuable famous paintings and sculptures have countless replicas and forgeries; isn’t it easy to be deceived if you can’t tell the real from the fake? That’s using the fake to confuse the real. Another instance is genuine masquerade: some genuine artefacts are disguised to look extremely ordinary to prevent theft. Merchants often do this. These are the most challenging to identify.”
Da Fei raised an eyebrow, “Genuine masquerade? Disguised as ordinary objects? How ordinary?”
Catherine giggled, “It’s quite bizarre; some treasures, it’s said, can be disguised without any attributes, indistinguishable from regular daily items. Alchemists in the Silver Federation are experts in this. That’s why Uncle Barak simply took away all the knick-knacks from the ship, making his store seem like a general store, very amusing, and it was my favorite place to play as a kid.” (Note: Silver Federation is a neutral force, otherwise known as Mage Academy City, unavailable for direct player selection.)
Da Fei nodded repeatedly; it seems the treasure business in this game is intricately complex, and being a pirate is quite an artistic endeavor.
Thinking about items disguised without any attributes, Da Fei suddenly remembered the artistic, ancient flute found in the Sailing Captain’s legacy bag. Could it have hidden depth?
Da Fei hurriedly pulled out the flute from his bag, “Honey, take a look; this is someone’s legacy. Does it have any special attributes?”
“Oh?” Catherine took the flute, her eyes lighting up again!
There was hope!
As expected, Catherine began expertly fiddling with the flute, her expression excited yet tense.
Haha! Definitely some hidden depth here! Good! A great hero! My precious heart, hahaha!
Now, my character is not only a navigator and a grandmaster, but also a dual-identity treasure-identifying vice hero; it’s practically a cash machine! If the in-game prices fluctuate as much as speculated, making millions within a year or two shouldn’t be a problem. At the very least, a few million should still be achievable in less favorable conditions.
Decision made, I’ll never mention selling this account again! Who cares about being wanted across the server? Does that brat truly believe having wealth means being the boss of the server? That’s delusional arrogance! Needs a cure! Don’t let me catch you; otherwise, my grandmaster will beat you into begging on the streets.
Finally, Catherine released a long breath, “Captain, this must be a treasure; it should be a device for summoning a hunter’s falcon, likely produced in the Elf Kingdom, but I can’t determine anything beyond that.”
Da Fei was overjoyed, “No problem, no problem! All I needed to know was if it’s a treasure, thank you, darling!” A treasure even the Master of Treasure Identification couldn’t fully assess must at least be A-rank or above, right? There are plenty of appraisers among NPCs; I’ll just pay them to solve it later.
Catherine giggled, “Captain, where are we going now?”
Da Fei was taken aback, “Where are we now?”
Catherine laughed, “Emerald Sea, not far from the Elf Kingdom, Farolan.”
Da Fei laughed heartily, “Good! Then let’s head to the Elf Kingdom and find someone there to appraise this treasure!”
Catherine laughed, “I’ve heard transporting goods from the Elf Kingdom to the Human Kingdom can earn a lot of money.”
Da Fei quickly nodded, “Yes, right, our first shipment will start from the Elf Kingdom, hahaha!”
Catherine giggled, “As expected of the Captain. I’ll go steer the ship then, and leave the sails to you, Captain?”
Da Fei chuckled, “No problem, absolutely. Handling the sails is a rough task meant for men.” But I say, darling, shouldn’t you take off these wet clothes? After getting drenched all night, you ought to sunbathe first, right?
The Flying started sailing towards the destination with the wind.
Once free, Da Fei took out that hard-earned golden paper and, with great emotion, took a deep breath as if inhaling the scent of his darling’s sweat between her breasts, ah~~.
—System Prompt: Your innate talent ‘Storm Navigation’ is a rare navigation specialty suitable for the use of the Navigator Wisdom Scroll; do you want to transform your innate talent into a Navigator professional specialty?
—Confirm!
The golden paper flashed into gold dust and vanished.
—System Prompt: Congratulations! You have used 1 Skill Point to acquire the Navigator professional specialty ‘Storm Navigation.’
—Storm Navigation: Increases the safety of hero’s fleet while navigating in severe storms, effectiveness improves with the Navigator Skill Level. (Note: Prerequisite requires the hero to possess a large Galleon with good wave resistance or better models. A large Galleon requires the hero to have certain prestige to be eligible for purchase at a shipyard.)
Finally, it was no longer just a wild talent; compared to before, it now included an effect that improved with the profession level! Finding the organization indeed feels vastly different, haha! Hahaha!
—System Prompt: You have converted your innate talent to a professional specialty, now you have the opportunity to choose a new innate talent; you can select a skill from those you have mastered to become your new talent.
As expected! I have dual specialties now! Hahaha!
But which skill should I choose as a talent? My most advanced skill currently is ‘Intelligence Analysis,’ should I go with it? No, no, why rush? I’m already a Grandmaster; is God-level far off? I’ll wait until I master a God-level Skill; I’m a God-level Hero, a God-level Divine Master, hahaha!
(Seeking all kinds of votes)”