Chapter 1027: Specialization Rank Up
And honestly…
"We don\'t really understand either…" I shrugged.
"It\'s a total mystery, actually." Mark said.
"Huh, oh well, there\'s nothing we can do about it, I suppose." Ambil sighed. "More importantly, we still got a few hundred more equipment we have to deliver to the King."
"I know, I\'ll start working on it right away. We also got to do a lot of things ourselves." I nodded. "{Divine Yggdryad Avatar}"
I activated my Heart of the Forest Ability, summoning three Avatars out of my own body, which looked almost identical to me. The maximum amount of "Avatars" was four, and there were now four, including me.
After all, I also count as an "Avatar", this body I\'m controlling and moving is, after all, an extension of my truest body, which is within the Forest of Beginnings, protecting everything.
That gigantic tree that only continues to grow, yeah, that one. I suppose I can also create a Divine Yggdryad Avatar there for "instant teleportation" if I discard one of these, but I can\'t bring my friends along though.
"Alright, time to work."
I controlled the three other Avatars seamlessly thanks to my [Myriad Minds] Skill, and sent them to the Smithy underground, with Ambil, they quickly began working.
Clank! Clank! Clank!
The sound of hammers hitting heated metal was already echoing through the smithy, my three Avatars were quick and even more efficient than myself, as I gave them basic commands and they followed them like robots.
With that said, with these Avatars, I no longer need to work myself, so I\'ll leave them doing my job for the moment. There are quite a few things we need to take care of before even departing towards the Queen.
One of them is to assess our rewards, we got a bunch of items in the dungeon raid, amongst them there\'s a Specialization Marble I obtained, and many Skill Evolution and Fusion Tickets, and treasure chests.
Also, there\'s the whole side quest about those Spirits I sent to get the Demonic Idols spread across the city, which were catalysts strengthening the foundations of a Demonic Domain the Cultists were creating.
However, what\'s even more important right now is to evolve!
I just received a DM from Rita and Lily, and they were going to log-in in a couple of minutes, so it\'s better to evolve first, as that often tends to influence my new fused or evolved skills, then move on to do the rest.
I discussed this with Mark as we ate some of the food I had just finished cooking, yet another feast for my friends, which were already coming out of the Time Realm. Yes, I also texted Acorn and Nieve, and they were coming out.
And about Brisingra, I preferred to not bother her for now. Because I wanted to earn enough Divine Gourmet Essence to get to the one million, I cooked a lot of food, and I mean a lot!
It was easy to cook with the assistance of over fifty Cooking Spirits I summoned using my Spirit Alchemy Cooking Skill, and of course, by growing over a dozen arms and hands.
I made enough food to feed a whole battalion…
Ding!
[Delicious!
You have combined a variety of high-quality ingredients to create the following Divine Dishes: [Divine Wyvern Meat Bolognese Sauce Pasta (S Grade)] x100 [Divine Roasted Prehistoric Golden Savanna Lion King\'s Steak (S Grade)] x80 [Divine Grilled Prehistoric Dinosaur Burger (S Grade)] x120 [Divine Chocolate Covered Fruit Milk Ice Cream (S Grade)] x200 [Divine Cookies and Cream Cheesecake (S Grade)] x100, […]
[You earned 25.000.000 EXP!]
[You earned +250.000 Divine Gourmet Essence.]
[EXP has been accumulated until you Rank Up.]
[Congratulations! You have reached 1.150.000/1.000.000 Divine Gourmet Essence.]
[You can now Rank Up your specialization, which will raise the effects of all Abilities and grant a new Ability/Spell.]
[Do you wish to Rank Up your [Main Specialization]: {Path of the Divine Gourmet Dragon Queen: Rank 1}?]
[Cost: 1.000.000 Divine Gourmet Essence.]
[Yes] [No]
I pressed "yes" without hesitation, as I felt the reserves of my Divine Gourmet Essence rapidly empty, only being left with 150k!
FLASH!
Within the depths of my soul, I felt my strength rapidly surging, the power of the Specialization felt like a small golden orb, a marble of divine power connected to the very core of my existence.
As it absorbed the Divine Gourmet Essence, it spread out countless root-like divine runes made of golden energy, the Divine Gourmet Essence flowed rapidly, resembling rivers of rich essence.
"It\'s done…"
My Aura surged through my Soul, the power of the Divine Gourmet Essence seemed to spread everywhere, the food gained Auras, strengthening the flavors, appearance, and nutritional value even further.
"Phew…"
[Congratulations! You have Ranked Up your [Main Specialization]: {Path of the Divine Gourmet Dragon Queen: Rank 1} to Rank 2!]
[Your [Main Specialization] has grown stronger! All Effects have been improved!]
[Your [Main Specialization] has gained a new Ability!]
[Your [SOUL] Stat has increased by +2.500!]
[Your Soul has become much stronger, the [Specialization Roots] have begun to grow.]
[Once you reach Rank 3 of your [Main Specialization], you can create a [Sub-Specialization] through its [Specialization Roots] by accomplishing certain conditions and using compatible Materials.]
"How interesting!"
As I looked at the system notifications, I took a look at the Specialization effects themselves.
[Main Specialization]: {Path of the Divine Gourmet Dragon Queen: Rank 2}
A Divine-Grade Specialization Path that has been born from the [Cooking: Lv10] Skill.
Available Divine Gourmet Essence: 150.000
Until Next Rank Up: 0/3.000.000
Passive Effects:
Increases Physical and Magical Defense of your Dragon Scales, the Attack Power and Defense Piercing Effect of your Dragon Scales, Tails, and Fangs, and the Explosiveness and Magic Attack Power of your Dragon Breath by +300% -> +400%.
Enhanced recovery of Health, Mana, Ki, Spiritual Energy, and Divinity from eating Divine Dishes by +100% -> +200%.
Increases Dragon and Cooking-type Skills and Magic Spells Power and Effects by +200% -> +300%.
Draconic Abilities development speed increases by +100% -> +200%.
Increases Physical and Magical Damage Dealt after eating a Divine Dish by +100% -> +200% for the next Hour.
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Increases All Stats after eating a Divine Dish by +50% -> +60% for the Next Hour -> for 1 Hour and 30 Minutes.
The loyalty of your subjects increases by +100%, you can rule over your own territory with much more wisdom and insight. Your subjects also gain the Talent for Cooking Magic. (New!)
There\'s a 60% -> 65% chance to permanently gain any buff and temporarily ability as stats and skills respectively when eating a Divine Dish prepared by you.
Increases the Stats of all Summoned Dragon-type and Cooking-type Familiars, Tamed Monsters, and Spirits by +50% -> +60%, with an additional +100% -> +110% for the next Hour after they eat a Divine Dish.
Whenever you\'re cooking, {Divine Cooking Dragon Spirits Assistants} will be automatically be summoned, which will vary between {Flavor Specializing Cooking Wyvern Spirit}, {Nutrient Boosting Cooking Drake Spirit} and {Appearance Enhancing Cooking Dragon Spirit}, which will assist you into creating Divine Dishes and enhancing their Effects by up to +300% and can also fight and defend you when you cook.
(New!)
Active Effects:
You can prepare Divine Dishes by using Ingredients enchanted with your primary elements and this Skill\'s Powers. Divine Dishes will have a variety of effects depending in their primary ingredients, but will always heal Satiation, Health, Mana, Ki, Spirit Energy, and sometimes Divinity. The more you prepare, the more Divine Gourmet Essence you accumulate.
You can spend Mana and Divine Gourmet Essence to conjure Divine Gourmet Dragon Magic Spells, which can be unlocked and learned as you develop your Specialization Rank.
You can utilize other energies with Divine Gourmet Essence to summon Divine Gourmet Spirits temporarily. These Spirits will vary in appearance, shape, and size, and can be summoned by offering Divine Dishes. Based in the Divine Dishes you offer, the Summons appearances might be affected.
Any Divine Gourmet Spirit you summon will have their Stats boosted by 100% of the buffs the Dishes that made them would usually give, with an additional +50% to all their Stats.
Additionally, you can choose a Divine Gourmet Spirit to stay with you permanently, making them your Soul-Bound Divine Gourmet Spirit, which will gain the ability to grow even stronger, and will boost your gain of Divine Gourmet Essence as well as making your dishes more delicious.
Soul-Bound Divine Gourmet Spirit: 0/1 -> 2
Available Divine Gourmet Dragon Magic Spells:
Rank 1: [Divine Seasoning Enhancement Breath] [Divine Golden Dragon Cooking Pot Summon] [Divine Flavor Enhancement Breath] [Divine Dragon Eyes Of Ingredient Searching] [Divine Dragon Ingredient Blessing] [Divine Gourmet Dragon\'s Cooking Claws]
Rank 2: [Divine Dish Spirit Transformation] [Divine Dish Stat Booster] [Divine Dish Magic Booster] [Divine Dish Happiness Booster] [Divine Dish Fusion] (New!)
Lastly, by harnessing your energies and Divine Gourmet Essence, you can conjure the {Divine Gourmet\'s Domain} around you, which will make the effects of your Divine Dishes +100% more effective, increase all of your Divine Gourmet Spirits Stats by +300% -> +400%, make cooking Divine Dishes almost instantaneous, and help share 50% -> 60% of the effects of any buff you get from the Divine Dishes you eat to your allies within a 100 -> 200 meter radius of you for 30 Minutes -> 1 Hour.
Cooldown: 12 -> 8 Hours.
The buffs were really big this time! And now I can even summon some sort of assistant/guardian when I cook? Interesting! Maybe I can cook even in the middle of a battlefield now.
Above all, new Spells, an additional slot for a soul-bound cooking spirit, and also enhancement to all passive effects!
Really good overall, and my Soul feels so strong!