I have an Apocalypse City - Chapter 299
Chapter 299: Chapter 299 Sacred Parry
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The bookshelf had been knocked over, leaning against the library wall and covered in dust.
Beneath the thick layer of dust, a book was faintly emitting a white light. If Song Jian hadn’t observed carefully, it would have been easy to overlook this book and proceed directly to the second floor.
In the game, items worth searching for had their own white light, even those with miscellaneous attributes. If there was no visible glow, it indicated that the item had no value, and players didn’t need to waste time and energy checking each one.
For instance, there were hundreds or even thousands of books in this library. If each one were to be searched individually, it would waste too much time and energy. Therefore, most of the books without glow were worthless. Even if they were picked up and skimmed, the words on them were blurry and offered no benefit to the players.
Song Jian stepped forward, dusted off the thick layer of dust, and picked up this book.
“Is this a diary? Havier must be the owner of this diary…” Song Jian casually flipped through it to find out that it was a diary of a low-level Priest named Havier, which recorded sporadic trivial things.
“May 18, the whole temple seems to be in a state of restlessness today, even the Red Cloak Priest doesn’t have a smile on his face. I feel as if something big is going to happen…”
“May 21, today Vilanelle taught us the Sacred Prayer Skill. Vilanelle taught very well and had great patience. I spent more than an hour to grasp it. I’m really stupid. The Sacred Prayer Skill is a necessary skill for the Dawn Priest. Perhaps in the future, I can also become a Dawn Priest. To prevent forgetting, I’d better record the prayer while I remember it…”
“June 2, man-eating monsters have appeared in the city, the bishop told us that this is a devil invasion of the human world. It is the test of God, if we fail, the doomsday will come, everyone is terrified…”
“June 9, today Sofia Holy Knight gathered us and told us that it is becoming more and more dangerous outside. Maybe one day we will also take up arms and fight with those monsters. Sofia Holy Knight taught us a life-saving skill, Sacred Parry. This skill can allow us to escape from the threat of death once, I must record it in detail and strive to master it soon…”
“July 19, More and more people are starting to leave the city. Fewer and fewer believers come to the temple to pray. This morning, Karl told me that he heard strange voices talking to him in the library, he is scared…”
“July 29, The roaring sounds of the monsters outside are too loud, I can’t sleep at all. I can only get up and pray to the deities to save us. The companions around me are starting to become more and more strange. They seem like strangers now…In the middle of the night, there is a voice whispering by my ear, I can’t hear it clearly, but it makes me feel comfortable, so comfortable…”
“September 3, Today Karl asked me to accompany him to the library. He said he had something to tell me. I wonder what he needed to tell me in the library. Karl is becoming stranger and stranger…”
The diary ended here. This man named Havier must have encountered danger in the library, perhaps killed by a demon.
Closing the diary, Song Jian sighed. From this diary, Song Jian gleaned a lot of information about the situation before the doomsday catastrophe.
However, he did not find the temple mentioned in Havier’s diary here. All he found was a library that had been abandoned for who knew how many years.
This library could possibly be the one described in Havier’s diary, but according to Havier’s description, this library should be part of a temple. It was curious how it ended up in the Shadow District.
Just then, the diary, which had been emitting white light, began to slowly break down into tiny sparkling white dots and float into the air after Song Jian read it.
In just a short while, the diary vanished completely, as if it had never existed. Song Jian also received two prompts.
System: You have read “Havier’s Diary”, it gave you the method to practice the Sacred Prayer Skill. The system detected that you are not a long-range magic class, this method of practice has been removed;
System: You have read “Havier’s Diary”, it gave you the method to practice the Sacred Parry. The system detected you as a melee class Sword Controller, meet the conditions to practice this skill. You started to comprehend the method to practice “Sacred Parry”.
Soon, a progress bar appeared in front of Song Jian’s eyes, slowly moving forward. In this state, Song Jian didn’t dare to move. The text of “Sacred Parry” appeared in his mind.
Five minutes passed, the progress bar finally reached the end. The system prompted Song Jian that he had mastered the skill “Sacred Parry”.
Looking at the first system prompt, Song Jian felt a bit disappointed. If only he had come across this diary before accepting his occupation. He would have been able to learn the “Sacred Prayer Skill”, and might have encountered the occupation of a Dawn Priest, but now he had accepted the role of the Sword Controller, a melee class, he naturally couldn’t learn this method of the Priest class skill.
However, Song Jian wouldn’t have been able to reach the Shadow District, this library, or this diary, had he not accepted his occupation.
As a matter of fact, Havier’s diary records quite a few skills of the Dawn Priest and the Dawn Paladin, but other skills did not describe clearly, clearly showing that Havier hadn’t come across any profound skills, merely learning these skills through observing and chatting with others. Naturally, it wouldn’t enable one to comprehend.
Only the “Sacred Prayer Skill” and the “Sacred Parry” are the skills he himself mastered, therefore they are recorded with detailed practice methods.
Though there are tens of thousands of player occupations, they can be roughly divided into ranged and melee; physical and magic. Hence, irrespective of the player’s occupation, as long as they find “Havier’s Diary”, they can learn a skill from it.
Although there was some regret, Song Jian’s attention was quickly caught by the “Sacred Parry” skill.
“Sacred Parry (Active), Level 1, Skill Effect: After release, it can block the next damage to oneself within the next three seconds, and simultaneously reflects 110% of the damage received into holy damage and attack the opponent; Cooldown Time: 3 minutes; Skill Consumption: 10 Spirit Points, successful parry returns consumption; Equipment Requirements: Melee Weapons.”
After reading the introduction to Sacred Parry, Song Jian couldn’t help but reveal a joyous expression. As expected of a lifesaving divine skill, it could completely dodge the next damage he would receive. It was akin to the legendary divine skill “Absolute Defense”, if used properly, it could save his life once.
“What a pity that this skill isn’t sword technique, or else I would have completed my main task.” Though Song Jian voiced his regret, his expression showed no signs of being disappointed. After carefully searching again, he decided to head to the second floor.