Goblin Dependency

Through the thin shirt, the hard and cold texture of the sword sheath was felt from behind.

Walking alone on the street, Xia Nan's eyes were slightly unfocused, lost in thought.

The trip to the Association Second Floor allowed him to roughly understand how after obtaining a professional level, the relationship between adventurers and the association gradually deepens, clarifying part of its operation.

In summary, it all comes down to one point:

—— Take missions-earn points-exchange for resources-improve strength-take on more rewarding missions...

Simple and efficient, and whether for the association or adventurers, both can gain benefits in this process, creating a win-win situation.

Xia Nan had no negative thoughts or additional opinions about this.

He found it quite good.

With his attribute panel, and a fairly solid foundation, he just needed a relatively clear and stable environment for advancement. Even if it takes a long time, he could steadily climb upwards step by step.

The association's relatively loose management of professionals also quite suited his preference, avoiding some meaningless conflicts.

On the other hand, most critically, through this trip, he finally understood how to improve professional levels and what aspects the so-called "career advancement" involved.

According to the middle-aged adventurer with the spear named "Cash."

To improve one's professional level, one must elevate the skill level of combat skills in that profession category to "Master" level, which is lv5.

As a reference, excluding the [Vortex Slash] which reached full level shortly after his arrival, of Xia Nan's current mastery:

[Teeth Hunting] lv3, [Gravity Control], and [Gravity Etching] are all still lv1.

If he can get these three combat skills to "Master," his professional level will rise to lv4.

Of course, at the moment, this is a rather distant goal.

Among them, the [Gravity Control] skill has an exaggerated potential, making its improvement speed extremely slow.

Until now, its skill level is only (5/100), not even reaching double digits, let alone level upgrades or lv5.

The closest to full level is the second combat skill he acquired, [Teeth Hunting], which comes from the transcendent barbarian "Frogon," and is extremely useful.

Now that he knows the upgrade conditions, this combat skill will become Xia Nan's focus for training in the coming period until he masters it fully.

Then, to progress further, he would have to seek out new combat skills.

Yet…

"Pa."

Sturdy leather boots landed firmly on the ground, the soles rubbing against stone bricks, making a dull sound.

Xia Nan frowned slightly, feeling troubled.

According to Cash, the combat skills needed to improve professional levels must belong to the types under the profession category.

Otherwise, it would only slow down progress, wasting time and effort.

For common foundational professions like a "Ranger" or "Wanderer," this has little impact.

The association's combat skill catalog alone spans hundreds of pages, and one can select a few from there. If nothing is appealing, one can even search other regional association branches.

However, for his current position in "Fallen Blade Hunting"…

Considering the necessary [Gravity Control] skill, Xia Nan suspected there might not be any peers in this world.

And if there truly are no predecessors, where should he find the subsequent combat skills?

Xia Nan couldn't help but feel lost.

Perhaps, after handling matters in the next couple of days, he could visit the association to ask Moli for another look at the "Combat Skill Catalog" to thoroughly check the 'miscellaneous' category.

To see if there are any combat skills involving "gravity" or "gravity" to try his luck.

However, to put it simply, the three combat skills that form "Fallen Blade Hunting," aside from [Gravity Control], are [Teeth Hunting] and [Vortex Slash], which pertain to the "barbarian" and "warrior" professions respectively.

Does this also imply that when selecting combat skills in the future, he can choose from these two professions?

Yet the combat skills he acquired before transcendent will influence his advanced career path during career advancement in the future.

Should he plan ahead?

But without any connections, how can he plan, even when "Fallen Blade Hunting" was pieced together by the system?

Xia Nan can't just leave his entire future to the attribute panel, hoping it would provide feasible career options as it did during his progression.

Currently, what he could do was hone the skills he has on hand, and see if there were avenues for acquiring a good advanced career transition plan.

Even if he encounters a bottleneck in the future, where new combat skills are necessary for advancement.

Considering from lv1 to lv10, there are a total of ten combat skills, each extremely valuable and requiring careful consideration.

To some extent, this also determines the potential future he could reach.

Hence, accumulating as many points as possible, avoiding considering combat skills around 100 points unless they fit exceptionally well.

Settling is absolutely not an option, it's imperative to find high potential compatible types.

He pondered over these matters throughout his journey.

Until Xia Nan reached his destination, he finally came back to his senses.

In front of him was a small storefront decorated simply yet elegantly.

It seemed to have few visitors at this time, looking somewhat desolate.

A wooden sign at the entrance displayed the shop's name:

"Fairy Wind" General Store.

Standing at the doorstep, a trace of hesitation flashed in Xia Nan's eyes, feeling unsure inside.