My Skill Bar is Full of Monster Skills-Chapter 193 - 144: Are You Serious? (Part 2)

"Unless..."

"Unless what?"

Laisa and Elise said in unison.

"Unless we steal it." Benest smiled wryly, gesturing to everyone not to consider this option.

"Besides, even the nearest Dark Furnace Clan would take twenty-five days round trip, and even if we succeed in obtaining the Forbidden Magic Helmet, there might not be enough time to head to the Valley of Dead Water."

Upon hearing this, Raine realized that Benest must have been pondering this issue on the way back to Mill Town - ’how to increase the success rate.’

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been able to answer Laisa and Elise’s questions almost without hesitation.

But Benest clearly didn’t know about the secret paths existing beneath the Azure Mine, otherwise he wouldn’t have talked about going through the Iron Ring Excavation Site to reach the Underdark.

’Forbidden Magic Helmet’ plus ’High-Level Psychic Resistance’....

’It seems a trip to Dark Furnace City is indeed necessary.’ Raine thought.

But....

He still had a few questions left unresolved, and didn’t want to immediately pull out that hand-drawn map to discuss with everyone.

He only spoke after getting up: "I’ll go to the bathroom first, be right back."

Although everyone was puzzled as to why Raine suddenly mentioned going to the bathroom at such a crucial discussion moment, they didn’t say anything, just assuming Raine wanted to clear his mind.

And as Raine arrived at the second-floor bathroom, he immediately locked the door.

Then, he promptly swapped ’Shapeshifter Bloodline’ for ’Giant Bloodsucking Bat Leader Bloodline,’ placing it in his bloodline slot.

As he recalled the appearance of Gray Dwarf Thorne in his mind.

In the mirror, the familiar human form suddenly started to change, height shrinking, body becoming stocky, arms becoming robust.

And the eyebrows and hair color turned pale, the skin turning a kind of ghastly pallor from long absence of sunlight....

Except for the clothes and weapons on him, everything else hadn’t changed.

The whole person had vividly transformed into Gray Dwarf Commander Thorne.

"What an impressive ability!"

Raine carefully examined ’Thorne’ in the mirror, observing the clear hairs on the opponent, with no detectable flaw.

The transformation of a Shapeshifter was not like the First Level Spell ’Disguise Spell’ transformation, but a transformation where the skin’s texture changed that could be physically touched.

While the First Level Spell ’Disguise Spell’ was essentially an Illusion Technique.

Though it could alter appearance, clothes, and equipment, it had special uses, but essentially, it was an illusion.

A handshake or a hug could easily expose it.

Because the spell essentially adds a phantom to the surface, thus deceiving the senses.

During handshake, the hand would pass through.

And during a hug, it would pass through the phantom, embracing nothing.

At this moment, the delighted Raine seemed to have thought of something.

"Ahem~ ahem~"

He cleared his throat, recalling the tone and voice Thorne used when speaking, and attempted to say a few sentences: 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

"(Dwarven Language) Guards! It’s me, Thorne..."

"(Dwarven Language) Damn it, can’t you recognize me?"

Much like the Dragon Language etched into one’s bloodline, Gray Dwarves were similar; empowered by the High-tier Gray Dwarf Commander Bloodline, Raine could normally communicate using Dwarven Language.

Listening to the standard ’Thorne accent,’ Raine flashed a satisfied smile.

’The observation period wasn’t long enough; long-term infiltration has challenges.’

’But if it’s just a short-term infiltration, surely there shouldn’t be any problem.’

Cautious as always, he couldn’t directly mimic Thorne’s appearance to enter Dark Furnace City.

It’s likely that the Talin Association had already informed the Dark Furnace City higher-ups about Thorne’s death, so if he appeared as Thorne, trouble would ensue.

At that time, he’ll find a chance to transform into a lone Gray Dwarf.

’Great!’

’The general direction is correct.’

’Now it’s time to consider some detail issues.’

At the height of his joy, Raine immediately began reverting the transformation, his body quickly returning to its original form.

Like the first question.

Should he go alone?

Or team up?

Just that afternoon, he’d already reviewed the basic social structure of the Dark Furnace Clan.

The priests held a high social status and often resided in the Inner City, which wasn’t a good sign.

This meant that even if the assassination succeeded, the difficulty of withdrawal increased unless, like this time, he spent over 400 gold to purchase a Fourth Level Spell Scroll ’Any Door.’

However, there was also promising news, apart from the Dark Furnace Clan’s High Priest, other priests weren’t actually Extraordinary Strong Persons.

This meant he just needed to target a Gray Dwarf priest, and upon the priest’s return home, he could assassinate them.

When infiltrating Dark Furnace City, clearly he alone was most fitting.

But the journey to Dark Furnace City wasn’t going to be smooth-sailing.

Raine pulled out the hand-drawn map by Gray Dwarf Commander Thorne from his bosom, and examined it closely.

After a few minutes, Raine gathered his thoughts and took the map before stepping out of the bathroom.

...

Back in the room, Raine found the atmosphere was still as cold and solemn as it was a few minutes prior.

Clearly, during his absence, no one had come up with any particularly good ideas.

"You can all take a look at this map first."

Raine spread out Thorne’s hand-drawn secret map, placing it on the coffee table.

"A map?"

As Laisa showed a puzzled expression, suddenly, Benest exclaimed aloud!

"Dark Furnace Clan!"

The ever-steady Benest showed astonishment, lips slightly parted, eyes wide open, glancing at the map and then at Raine.