Shelter, inside the Treasure Room.

Lin Yi held the egg.

"What am I supposed to do with this thing, make a damn omelet? I don't think I could even finish an egg this big."

He inspected the egg from every angle.

But then, the egg suddenly cracked.

At first, it was a tiny crack, but then it grew larger and larger, and within seconds, two horns poked out from the shell.

"Is this some kind of powerful creature? A dragon egg or something? Whoever's listening, heaven, shelter, I beg you to let it be a dragon!"

Lin Yi prayed.

Then a hoof reached out from the egg.

"Wait... a hoof? If it's an angry bull, that wouldn't be so bad, I guess..."

After an agonizing minute.

The shell finally shattered, and a creature emerged.

It... well, it had curving sharp horns, big, adorable eyes, a slightly elongated snout, four hooves, a ridiculously long tail, and a coat of fur—

A coat of long white fur!

How should I put it?

White Qilin!?

This creature adorably yawned, opened its eyes, and glanced around.

When it saw Lin Yi, it leaped up, happily nuzzling Lin Yi's leg, making a sound somewhat like a purr.

"Are you some kind of mystical creature? What use do you have, huh?"

Lin Yi asked, looking at the cute white creature.

Of course, he knew that appearances could be deceiving; after all, the creature could eventually turn out to be a dragon or some other formidable being...

[Alert!]

[You have summoned Attendant Number 12!]

The attendant causes your Magic Attribute to increase by 100%, Magic Power by 200%, and Magic Power recovery rate by 300%.

"Damn... you must be kidding me! Do I look like a mage to you?!"

Lin Yi roared.

The creature gasped in horror, backing away. Its childlike voice echoed in Lin Yi's mind.

"You... aren't a mage, master?"

"Of course, I'm not. So, what's your use to me, huh? Maybe I should turn you into sausage and then try summoning a different attendant..."

"No! Please don't do that, master! I swear I'll be useful to you!"

The White Qilin attendant replied frantically, trying its best to appear as cute as possible.

Lin Yi looked at An coldly.

"Alright... what can you do?"

"Well... I can cast magic! But... uh, I use the master's element, and you don't have any element right now..."

"So, if I learned Fire Magic, could you create a Fire Wall?"

"I, uh... could, if you reach Skill Level 2..."

"Why did I end up with something like you, huh? I'm not going to waste Skill Points on magic. Do you want to be made into sausage links or patties?"

"No! Please don't! I'm begging you, master! I... I... I can make ammunition!"

The creature shouted, then jumped over to the wall and tapped on a Level 3 bow with its head.

In no time, a heap of arrows appeared.

"Hmm? That's not bad... what else can you do?"

"I... I can give you all my Magic Power!"

"That doesn't seem very useful to me—you know, I have Energy Cores."

Lin Yi said, then teleported a huge pile of Energy Cores into the room.

When the creature saw the Energy Cores, it gulped and began to drool.

But as it realized its short-tempered new owner was glaring at it, it quickly regained composure.

"I... I can temporarily grow larger, and... you can even ride me!"

The White Qilin cried out, thinking being ridden was undignified, but that was better than being made into sausage...

"I already have a dagger motorcycle. Why would I ride your skinny body? I bet you can't run at 200 kilometers per hour either, huh?"

"Uh, no... but I'm sure I can be useful! Please give me a chance! I, uh... I promise I'll be more useful when I grow up!"

"How do you grow up?"

"I... I... well, I need to eat Energy Cores to grow."

The creature said, sneaking a glance at the Energy Cores.

Lin Yi's voice became even colder.

"Dream on! Energy Cores don't grow on trees. And I guess you don't just need one or two, right? What's the matter, cat got your tongue? Answer me! That's an order!"

"I... I... I need 3000 Level 3 Energy Cores and 500 Level 4 Energy Cores... then I'll evolve..."

"If you can kill a mutant yourself, I'll let you have its Energy Core."

"But... but I can't cast spells yet..."

"Neither can I, but I still took down lots of mutants!" Lin Yi said with a wicked grin, "So, what else can you do?"

"I... I can sense powerful magic sources... but here... there's such a powerful magic source... where is this place, master?"

"What a useless creature you are... alright, I won't turn you into sausage for now. Maybe later... but for now, I'm going to send you to the workshop to help a red-haired woman, mainly making ammunition, got it?"

"Y-yes, master..."

"Call me boss."

"Y-yes boss..."

"Now get to work."

Lin Yi impatiently waved his hand, and the fluffy white mystical beast was transported to the workshop.

"Sigh... should I eventually learn magic after all... what's my Magic Attribute anyway?"

After equipping Level 4 equipment and for good measure donning a Mage Pendant, he checked his character's attribute sheet.

Name: Lin Yi

Level: 11

Experience Points: 4312/5120 (84%)

Attribute Points: 4

Skill Points: 1

Endurance: 30/30

Magic Power: 198/198

Attributes:

Power: 23 (41)

Agility: 25 (43)

Endurance: 18 (30)

Vitality: 19 (37)

Magic: 10 (66)

Skills:

Shelter

Combat Reflex, Level 2

Extra Life, Level 1

Precise Shooting, Level 1 [View Details]

Regeneration, Level 3

[Attendant No.12]

"198 Magic Power? Damn! And with quadruple the magic recovery speed, I'd be a fool not to become a Mage.

But I already have six skills... hopefully, the system doesn't limit the number of skills, or I'll be in trouble."

Lin Yi muttered to himself, then took off his armor and went back to check the skill books.

Only one left!

"'Child of the Sun' lets you survive on sunlight and be nourished by it... what a joke..."

Lin Yi complained, and sent the useless skill book to the warehouse.

"...Who should I assign these skills to? Uh, better let them choose for themselves... Melanie, have Solomon, Xiaochuan, and Da Chuan finish their tasks quickly."

"Alright, boss."

Three minutes later.

Solomon arrived first.

He was initially puzzled, but once he realized where he was, he became excited.

"Choose for yourself then."

Lin Yi said, pointing at a table piled with unique skill books.

After carefully reading the descriptions of each skill, Solomon chose "King of Volorots."

"I thought you'd pick 'Dragon.'

"I was tempted, but Battlefield Giant is more useful, and if I turned into a dragon, I wouldn't be able to use radios or any other devices."

"Makes sense. Alright, let's see if we can use the 'Stone Skin' skill along with the transformation."

Lin Yi said, teleporting him to an open field.

When Solomon activated the Giant Transformation skill, he grew over 4 meters tall, his body becoming larger and stronger, and his face changed with sharp teeth.

Overall, a muscular figure, but skills generally need to be level 2 before you start to see the real effects.

After completing the Giant Transformation, Solomon activated the "Stone Skin" skill and became even bigger and higher!

Like a stone mountain!

"You're looking pretty cool!"

Lin Yi frankly said and then took out his phone to take some photos of his deputy.

Solomon reverted from Stone Giant to an ordinary person and smiled broadly at his photos.

Like all transformation skills, this one brought an attribute boost.

At level 1, the effect was moderate: Power increased by 20%, Endurance by 35%, and Vitality by 80%.

In comparison, the "Grizzly" skill at level 1 provides only a 20% Power increase and a 30% Endurance enhancement.

The enhancements of "King of Volorots" are, of course, better because it is a unique skill, while "Grizzly" is just a regular skill.

Lin Yi genuinely felt this improvement wasn't enough.

But he recalled something important.

Attributes are relative!

Take a Beastman and an Elf as examples; an Elf with a Power of 50 could never defeat a Beastman with a Power of 10... might not even beat a Beastman boy.

10 Power is just the average for their race, the same goes for Magic Power and Endurance.

An Elf running five to six kilometers would exhaust all their endurance, but a Beastman would only use a couple of points, while a human would consume four to five points.

After sending Solomon back, the boss summoned Xiaochuan, who already seemed anxious from waiting.

"Alright! I'm going to give you a unique skill, but if someday I feel you're unworthy of it, I'll take it back, got it?"

Lin Yi sternly threatened, although he had no idea how to reclaim the skill.

But Xiaochuan believed him and nodded pitifully.

A book appeared in Lin Yi's hand, and he handed it to the nervous youth.

"Master of Archery! That unique skill!"

Xiaochuan was so happy he almost cried, he carefully read the skill description and learned it immediately.

"Now we just have to wait for that Stat Reset Potion, and you'll become a level 3 Master of Archery, haha."

"Boss... the skill notes say the 'Master of Archery' skill absorbs the 'Archer' skill, so it's already level 3!"

"Oh? What attribute boosts did you get?"

"Hold on, Boss! Oh... it doubled my Agility, increased Endurance and Power by 50%, and lets me use more advanced Magic Arrows while consuming less Magic Power!"

This skill is too powerful!

He even wanted those attribute boosts for himself...

"Never mind... go play, and get that smug smile out of my sight!"

Next up is Da Chuan.

Lin Yi already knew what skill to give him...

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