New Talent: Thief God
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All S-Class talents are unique and extremely rare. In her previous life, during the second year of the game's invasion, various ranking lists were released. On the Top 100 Combatants list, almost 80% of the players had their information exposed through items or talents, while the remaining 20% managed to hide their details somehow.
Among those nearly 80 people, only two had S-Class talents, both of whom were in the top ten of the list.
And both were connected to the male lead—one was his brother, the other his second wife.
It was as if S-Class divine talents were exclusively reserved for the male lead's team.
Even if she couldn't develop herself for the next year, she had to secure this talent! This talent would allow her to rise rapidly and suppress her enemies. More importantly, she had an extremely bold idea regarding the second skill.
By the time Lara chose the talent and entered the game, it was already 4:00 AM. Ever since she drew the S-Class talent, her heart hadn't stopped racing.
Her character spawned in a bustling yet gloomy city, surrounded by pale-faced Undead, suggesting this was the main city of the Undead race.
**[Character]**: I don't care (Level 0, 0%)
**[Divine Talent]**: Thief God (S-Class)
**[Race]**: Undead (?)
**[Racial Talents]**: Undead Will | Feast
**[Health]**: 100/100
**[Mana]**: 100/100
**[Strength]**: 5
**[Constitution]**: 6
**[Intelligence]**: 10
**[Agility]**: 11
**[Luck]**: 8
**[Charisma]**: 9
In addition to these basic attributes, there were also more detailed stats like critical hit rate, critical damage, hit rate, cooldown reduction, and other advanced attributes.
She was penniless at the moment, so her top priority was to figure out how to make money and learn skills.
Lara entered the alchemy shop and spent 5 gold coins to learn Basic Alchemy. This unlocked eight potions: **[Basic Healing Potion]**, **[Basic Mana Potion]**, **[Water Breathing Potion]**, **[Basic Invisibility Potion]**, **[Basic Strength Potion]**, **[Basic Agility Potion]**, **[Basic Constitution Potion]**, **[Basic Intelligence Potion]**.
In her previous life, a single alchemy recipe could sell for over 500 gold. Among the Top 100 wealthiest players, apart from guild leaders and those who were already wealthy before the game's invasion, the richest individuals had only amassed just over 700 gold coins.
With 13 gold coins left, Lara spent the rest learning every alchemy recipe she could at the basic level.
After learning 37 alchemy recipes, her account balance dropped to 6 gold coins.
She then went to the herbalist shop to buy ingredients for **[Basic Healing Potion]**. In a large city like this, the herbs needed for the most basic potions weren't expensive. A single **[Basic Healing Potion]** sold for 1 silver coin, while the herbs to make it cost 50 copper coins. Lara spent 4 gold coins to buy 400 sets of herbs for Basic Healing Potion and 400 sets for Basic Mana Potion.
With the remaining money, she bought ingredients for three Basic Invisibility Potions.
By then, it was already 5:32 AM.
She was broke again.
With the game shutting down at 9:22 AM, she had less than four hours left.
In her past life, she had learned a recipe for a very niche potion. After learning a recipe in the game, it would be ingrained in the player's mind, as if a master alchemist was playing a video tutorial in their head, guiding them step by step. Players could then follow the instructions just like learning to cook from an online video.
But now that her character was still in the game, Lara just had to click a button to craft the potion. The progress bar moved quickly, and in less than a second, she could make a bottle.
Lara sprinted to a cauldron in the corner of the alchemy shop and began crafting.
6:00 AM.
Lara had already used up all 800 sets of herbs. Initially, due to low proficiency, she occasionally failed to craft the potions, but as she became more skilled, the failures stopped.
Now, she had 397 bottles of **[Basic Healing Potion]**, 392 bottles of **[Basic Mana Potion]**, and 3 bottles of **[Basic Invisibility Potion]** in her bag.
She hadn't stopped for a moment, only pausing briefly when unfamiliar customers entered the shop, at which point she would steal from them.
803 successful crafts had leveled up her alchemy skill to Intermediate. She could now upgrade her alchemy skill and learn new recipes.
But there was a problem—she was broke again and needed to "borrow" some more from the NPCs.
She could sell the 700+ potions to the alchemy shop owner, but while they sold for 1 silver coin each, the buyback price was only 80 copper coins! Even if she sold everything, she'd only get a little over 6 gold coins, while upgrading her alchemy skill to Intermediate cost 100 gold.
A drop in the bucket.
Looks like she had to be a street thief again—or rather, the Thief God.
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