Reborn with Infinite System Points, I Can Directly Change Item's Value-Chapter 40 --SSS-Rank Class Advancement Quest

The class mentors in Eaglecrest City were clearly on a completely different level from those in Novice Village.

Even the association building they worked in was grand beyond compare.

The moment he stepped inside, he saw five enormous statues standing tall.

Five different-colored paths stretched out before him, each leading to one of the statues.

John walked straight toward the assassin statue—the one with a hood and a dagger held horizontally across its chest.

The instant he stepped onto that black path, the scene before his eyes changed abruptly.

[You have entered the Hall of Assassins.]

A dim and shadowy hall appeared before him.

Curtains the color of blood hung down from the ceiling.

The temperature seemed to drop by more than ten degrees in an instant.

There was only one source of light in the entire hall, shining down upon the throne high above.

A figure dressed in dark assassin’s garb and wearing a mask sat upon it.

Only after seeing John enter did the figure slowly rise.

This Assassin Class Mentor was a woman.

Her tight-fitting nightwear outlined a breathtaking figure.

The eyes beneath her mask were as black as ink, carrying a suffocating sense of pressure.

[Philia Lv.99] (Assassin Mentor)

...

"Adventurer, welcome to the Hall of Assassins."

Philia’s figure flashed, and her voice suddenly sounded from behind John.

John felt a chill brush against his cheek.

Her dagger was hovering there, almost lazily pressed against his face.

"What is it you need from me?"

If it had been a player entering this place for the first time, they probably would have been frightened half to death by this scene.

But John’s expression did not change in the slightest.

"I need the Assassin Class Advancement Quest."

Philia withdrew her dagger and smiled.

"Very well. I have three quests here. The difficulty differs slightly from one to another.

Choose for yourself."

Buzz!

Three different quest panels suddenly appeared.

John’s gaze fell upon them.

...

[Quest One]: The Thief

[Difficulty]: A-rank

[Requirement]: Steal a treasure guarded by a platinum-grade Boss, escape unscathed, and deliver it to the Assassin Mentor.

...

[Quest Two]: A Stab from Behind

[Difficulty]: S-rank

[Requirement]: Kill a platinum-grade Boss using only backstab techniques.

...

[Quest Three]: Collect Resistances

[Difficulty]: SSS-rank

[Requirement]: Collect four types of resistance—Poison, Curse, Drowning, and Falling—and raise each resistance to 50%.

(Each type of resistance can be obtained from a gold-grade Boss or above.)**

...

After reading through them, John’s gaze settled on the SSS-rank quest.

These four resistances just so happened to be exactly the ones he currently lacked.

As an assassin, if he wanted to carry out assassinations in extreme environments, he had to be able to withstand the vast majority of damage types.

At the moment, John already had immunity to magic resistance, while in terms of physical defense, his equipment was so strong that he could practically ignore it.

But Poison, Curse, Drowning, and Falling damage did not fall under either magic resistance or physical defense.

They were exceptionally rare and extremely difficult to obtain.

Normally speaking, among one hundred gold-grade Bosses, only one might possibly drop 1% resistance.

Even platinum-grade Bosses only dropped 5% resistance at most.

In his previous life, there had been an assassin player who thought highly of himself and took this quest.

But because the drop rate was so absurdly low, he ended up grinding gold-grade Bosses around Eaglecrest City for years on end.

By the time everyone else had already reached the hundreds in level, that assassin player was still stuck at Level 50.

Because of this, the SSS-rank quest had come to be known as the forbidden quest of the Assassin class.

Unless a guild was specifically helping with the grind, no assassin would ever dare accept it.

But for John, who possessed Universal Synthesis and the modification system, this quest was not difficult at all.

With his current stats, even a platinum-grade Boss was no different from an ordinary monster.

As long as he faced one, he was confident he could kill it instantly!

At that moment, Philia’s hoarse voice rang out.

"Well? Have you decided which quest to choose yet?

I would advise you to take the A-rank one. I’ve seen far too many newcomers like you.

They all arrogantly chose the S-rank, and every single one of them ended the same way... in failure!"

John knew perfectly well that she was trying to provoke him.

Compared to the other class mentors, the Assassin Mentor was clearly far darker in temperament.

John smiled faintly, and under Philia’s stunned gaze, he chose the SSS-rank Collect Resistances quest.

[You are selecting an SSS-rank Class Advancement Quest!]

[Warning: This is an extremely high-difficulty quest. Once accepted, it cannot be abandoned!]

When she saw that John had actually chosen the highest-difficulty Class Advancement Quest, Philia was so shocked her jaw nearly dropped.

"Adventurer, are you insane?

This quest is not something so easily completed.

Are you certain you want to accept it?"

Because the SSS-rank quest was so outrageously difficult, even Philia, with her rather twisted disposition, could not help but ask.

John nodded calmly.

"I’m sure."

Philia’s eyes widened.

"But... this is truly very difficult.

If you take it, there’s a good chance you’ll be stuck on this quest for the rest of your life.

Do you understand what you’re doing?"

John answered just as firmly.

"I know exactly what I’m doing. There’s no need to keep talking. Assign me this quest."

Philia stared at him for a long moment, her eyes full of disbelief.

She had never seen a player this bold before.

At last, she let out a long sigh.

"I hope you really can complete it. This is not a good quest."

As her words fell, the quest panel turned into a stream of light and flew into John’s body.

[You have accepted an SSS-rank Class Advancement Quest!]

[Current Quest Progress]: 0/4, 0% / 50%

...

After accepting the quest, a Class Advancement Quest progress bar appeared beside his level.

Unless he completed the progress requirements, his level would remain permanently locked at 50.

But John had absolute confidence in himself.

Wasn’t it just four resistances?

Kill a few more Bosses, synthesize them until each one reached 1%,

then use the system to modify them up to 50%.

To John, this quest was not difficult at all.

...

After taking the quest, John left the Hall of Assassins.

As he walked through the streets, he began thinking.

"If I remember correctly, the only Bosses around Eaglecrest City that can provide high resistances are those few strongest ones.

They’re still hidden deep in the area and haven’t been discovered by players yet.

If I want to finish this quest quickly, then the most convenient way is obviously to take their first kills first!"

Lost in thought, John unconsciously found himself arriving at the gates of Arcane Academy.

The moment he saw the place, the image of that Zone 4 player suddenly surfaced in his mind.

The other party’s SSS-rank Repelling Halo seemed to belong to the magic type as well, didn’t it?

"I almost forgot about that. I should have succeeded in the assassination back then, but I was thrown back by that guy’s Repelling Halo.

There’s bound to be another fight between us sooner or later.

Before that happens, I need to find a way to deal with that Repelling Halo."

If he wanted to ignore the other party’s Repelling Halo, then he had to master a magic-type skill capable of nullifying it.

And when it came to that sort of thing, the person who understood it best was undoubtedly the headmaster of Arcane Academy.

After hesitating for a moment, John still walked toward the academy.

"I should go in and ask. Maybe that headmaster really does have a solution."