Novel Boss
Chapter 16: Winterseed -XVI-
After everyone left for their various homes, Rowan escorted Riela to her quarters, which were just beside his own hut. Even with the memory of this world's Rowan, he hadn't realized that they lived so close to each other.
This was mainly because neither of them had much free time and were rarely home, except at night. And even at night, Rowan was always busy.
After ensuring Riela was safely indoors, Rowan returned to his room, eager to see what the mystery cards held for him.
Once inside his hut, he locked the door and strolled happily to his bed.
"Open inventory."
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[ INVENTORY - Available spots 8/10 ]
Crude Iron x900
Basic-grade Mystery card x100
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'I can't believe I have this much crude iron from just one small battle. It would have taken ages to obtain this much on Earth. Unfortunately, I have no blueprint available yet; otherwise, these would have been extremely useful,' Rowan let out a short sigh.
He had no crafting knowledge, and his territory lacked professionals in the crafting aspect. If he did, with this much raw material, he would have been able to create bulk quantities of useful equipment.
'I hope I get some blueprints from these mystery cards,' he thought. Without hesitating, he went with what was important at this moment.
"Open mystery cards."
DING!
[ You have a large number of mystery cards. You can open MAX: 20 at a time... Continue; YES/NO ]
Rowan would have loved to open the mystery cards one at a time, but it requires patience and time—two resources he simply didn't have right now. Thus, without a single hesitation, he agreed.
A window appeared before his eyes, featuring 20 shiny bronze rectangular cards. The 20 cards flipped, and their contents were revealed in a separate window, making it easier and more efficient.
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[ Opening x20 mystery cards ]
Revealing content...
➟x11 Basic-grade swords
➟x3 Basic-grade spears
➟x1 Skill book
➟30,000 evolution points have been added to your status
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The rewards displayed before Rowan.
The weapons and the skill book floated midair with a dim glow wrapped around them, making them look like something out of a virtual reality game.
Seeing the contents, Rowan wasn't that ecstatic. Except for the skill book and the evolution points, the other rewards weren't that impressive, but it was still better than the content he would have gotten if he did not possess [100x Rewards].
Firstly, he observed the stats of the weapons with [Eye of Revelation], and they weren't that bad, but they weren't that good either—just normal weapons with a minor 10% boost in attack powers. It wasn't that impressive; using such weapons would only be advantageous against same-level opponents when the wielder possessed superior technique or greater powers.
Rowan simply stored the weapons in his inventory.
As for the skill book, Rowan tried to view its stat, but it was impossible. For unknown reasons, [Eyes of Revelation] refused to activate on it.
'Perhaps the content remains a mystery until I open it.'
With no other option, he grabbed the skill book from midair, and the glow surrounding it immediately vanished. The book was slim and had a shiny back. Rowan couldn't help but wonder how skill books functioned in reality, since in the game they only needed a simple key click to reveal their book's content.
[ SKILL BOOK: Grants a random skill. Once learned, the book becomes blank and useless. | NOTE: If the skill is unlearned, the book can be transferred to a follower for manual learning. ]
'This is new; in the game, it was impossible to share a skill book with followers. But system, would I automatically learn the skill after opening the book like in the game? Because I don't want to risk learning it and having to teach them myself,' Rowan asked.
He waited, but there was no response from the system, so he decided to just open the book and see what would happen. If he auto-learned the skill, he could easily transfer it to his followers, but it would take time.
As Rowan opened the skill book, a bright light flashed, making him squint. The light was so intense that he had to shield his eyes. The air around him buzzed with energy, and it felt like something Rowan had never felt before—it was exhilarating.
After a few seconds, the blinding light vanished, and glowing texts appeared on the only page of the book.
[ THREADMASTER APPRENTICE TRAINING: Increases the efficiency and effectiveness of training new tailors by 300% | This skill is unranked and can't be upgraded (Learn skill? YES/NO) ]
'A skill for tailors—not bad. I already have someone in mind to give this to,' Rowan thought.
In this village, there are fewer than ten people who are experts when it comes to sewing, and Riela is one of them. In fact, she possesses the best sewing skills.
With a skill like this, Riela would be able to raise new tailors from the interested villagers, and when the village gets a proper supply of clothing materials, those tailors would play a good role in making more clothes in a shorter time.
As clothing is one of the main issues of the village, Rowan could not help but be happy with the new skill. Thankfully, he did not automatically learn the skill as he suspected. He just has to store the book for now and pass it to Riela the next time he sees her.
After the first set of mystery cards, Rowan became even more impatient to reveal the content of the other mystery cards.
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[ Opening x20 mystery cards ]
Revealing content...
➟x18 Basic-grade swords
➟x1 Beast Egg
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"A beast egg!!" Rowan jumped up with excitement in his eyes, finally, something that interests him has appeared!
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AUTHOR NOTE: Hey everyone, sorry for the late update. I've been busy preparing a stockpile for this book while also working on two new projects. I'll let you know when they're ready.
Thanks for reading!!
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