"Why did I awaken as an Undead Mage..."
By the edge of the playground.
Lu Ran sat despondently on the steps, turning his head to look at the students eagerly lining up to awaken, sighing deeply.
Actually, being an Undead Mage isn't bad; it's considered a standard magic series profession.
But it seems unreasonable on Lu Ran.
In three years at the academy, Lu Ran had already reached a terrifying 130 points in Spiritual Power!
Spiritual Power is the only measurable potential value visible before professionals awaken their professions.
Ordinarily.
Spiritual Power between 10-80 can lead to awakening standard professions.
Spiritual Power between 80-100 offers a chance to awaken rare professions.
Spiritual Power above 100 offers a chance to awaken SSS-level hidden professions!
And Lu Ran's Spiritual Power reached as high as 130 points!
Bear in mind, among this year's graduates, only two people exceeded 100 points in Spiritual Power!
Besides Lu Ran, there's also Qin Wuyao, celebrated as a prodigy!
But even so, Qin Wuyao's Spiritual Power is only 104 points, absolutely crushed by Lu Ran!
He was in the spotlight, with everyone anticipating what hidden profession Lu Ran would awaken to at the graduation ceremony.
But the result...
Undead Mage!
At this moment, from the crowd, a mentor's excited shout suddenly came: "Class Five's Qin Wuyao has successfully awakened the SSS hidden profession: Space Walker!"
Instantly, the entire audience erupted in cheers!
Lu Ran's heart tightened, and he looked up to see Qin Wuyao on the stage, petite and wearing a red short skirt and black camisole, long hair gracefully flowing, drawing everyone's gaze!
Lu Ran's heart felt even more bitter.
Both being geniuses with over 100 Spiritual Power, Qin Wuyao became an SSS-level Space Walker, while Lu Ran became an ordinary Undead Mage.
Although both are Mages, the difference in strength is worlds apart, making it somewhat dramatic.
"In a month, the Celestial Path Alliance will recruit, and I fear I won't have a single chance." Lu Ran sighed.
The Celestial Path Alliance, being Huaxia's First Guild and also the only one affiliated with the nation, joining means immense welfare benefits and being personally trained by the country, a breeze all the way!
It is the dream guild of countless professionals!
As per tradition, starting from the day of awakening, a month later, the Celestial Path Alliance will recruit from various academies.
Though they claim to evaluate each professional's overall performance over the month, everyone knows the Celestial Path Alliance mainly targets rare and hidden professions.
Standard professions have no chance of joining!
However, Qin Wuyao will receive an invite to the Celestial Path Alliance without any obstacles, even if she sleeps for a month without leveling up!
The inherent strength of a profession isn't something effort alone can alter.
"Forget it; a standard profession is just a standard profession, at least it's not a useless one." Lu Ran could only comfort himself this way.
Actually, the status of an Undead Mage isn't bad, but the gap with Lu Ran's expectations was too significant.
As for becoming a member of the Celestial Path Alliance, Lu Ran had already given up on it.
As a High Combat Undead Mage, with higher levels and better gear, there's still a chance to enter the Celestial Path Alliance, as it's not exclusively composed of rare and hidden professions.
But a beginner Undead Mage definitely has no chance.
With this in mind.
Lu Ran steadied himself and opened his attribute panel for viewing.
This is the attribute panel that can be opened after awakening a profession in the global data system. It was Lu Ran's first time opening it.
[Name: Lu Ran]
[Profession: Undead Mage]
[Level: 0]
[Life: 100]
[Mana: 100]
[Strength: 10]
[Intelligence: 10]
[Agility: 10]
[Constitution: 10]
Plain and ordinary!
The most basic of initial attribute panels!
The initial attribute bonuses from high Spiritual Power are non-existent!
Lu Ran strongly suspected his 130 Spiritual Power was fake.
Then came the skills.
Having just awakened, there was only one initial skill, also the signature skill of an Undead Mage: [Summon Undead]
[Skill: Summon Undead]
[Cooldown: 10 minutes]
[Cost: 10 Mana]
[Effect: Summons two skeletons to assist in battle, with skeleton attributes at 50% of the player's current attributes!]
Still plain and ordinary.
Lu Ran sighed and was about to close the panel.
But suddenly noticed a small panel below the skill panel.
[Current Golden Entry: Celestial Master's Borrowing Skill (Unlocks one golden entry every 5 levels as the player grows)]
Huh?
Lu Ran was stunned. What does this mean, what is a Golden Entry?
In three years of theoretical classes at the academy, he had never heard of it!
Meanwhile, there was indeed one Golden Entry listed in the panel.
[Entry: Celestial Master's Borrowing Skill]
[Effect: No cooldown on all skills]
Seeing this, Lu Ran's head buzzed and exploded.
No cooldown on all skills!
What does this mean? For a magic series profession, skill cooldowns are especially crucial, and equipment that reduces skill cooldowns often comes at exorbitant prices!
Yet, the reduction is quite limited in extent.
But now, Lu Ran's initial entry means no cooldown on all skills!
No matter if it's a minor skill, major skill, or awakening skill, there's no cooldown at all!
Currently, Lu Ran's Summon Undead can only summon two undead, with a cooldown of ten minutes.
Though it seems replenishable every ten minutes, the skeleton attributes are low, and if they die, you have to wait for the cooldown.
This is why low-level Undead Mages aren't favored.
After all, when teaming up with a low-level Undead Mage, all they can offer are two skeletons. If the skeletons die, within the ten-minute cooldown, it's like having one less teammate!
While other professions can continuously provide output or assistance!
But now, Lu Ran's skills have no cooldown!
This means Lu Ran's 100 Mana points can summon ten times in one breath, summoning twenty skeletons!
With the natural recovery of Mana, constant replenishment ensures a truly endless supply!
If the Mana Value is high enough, he could even infinitely summon an army of skeletons!
And what if Lu Ran levels up?
He can summon Evil Spirit Knights, Skeleton Tyrants, and even... Abyss Bone Dragons!
With the enhancement of no skill cooldowns, Lu Ran simply can't imagine what that scene would be like: one person against thousands of troops!
"Damn, isn't this taking off?" Lu Ran's forehead instantly filled with blood, and he jumped up.
Forgetting about other golden entries to be unlocked later, even this current skill with no cooldown is enough for Lu Ran to surpass all SSS hidden professions!
Lu Ran was instantly thrilled.
This way, when the Celestial Path Alliance comes in a month, Lu Ran will crush everyone to gain admission!
Including Qin Wuyao, the Space Walker of a hidden profession!
Thinking of this, Lu Ran could no longer suppress his excited heart.
"Level up, start leveling up immediately!"