Chapter 798 The String of Nature
In addition to weapons and armor, Tang Ning also has three magic devices.
One of them is the "Voice Lipstick" she introduced before, and there are two magic bracelets.
The green vines are the "Mutation Bracelet", a "rare" level magic device that can release "Animal Mutation" three times a day.
"Animal Mutation" is a 5th-level natural magic that can temporarily increase the size of several nearby recipients by one level, strength +8, constitution +4, natural armor +4, and gain 10/magic damage reduction armor and magic resistance.
If it ends here, "Animal Mutation" is equivalent to an enhanced + group version of "Righteousness Like Rainbow", and it is definitely not just a 5th-level spell.
In fact, this spell is just as its name suggests, it is only effective for two types of creatures, "animals" and "magical beasts", while "Righteousness Like Rainbow" has no requirements for the race of the recipient, and its scope of application is wider than "Animal Mutation".
Gao Fei was very curious why Tang Ning exchanged her precious special service reward for such a magic device.
After all, her main secondary occupation is neither a druid nor a ranger. She cannot transform into a wild beast or bring an animal companion with her, so it seems that she can’t use “Animal Mutation”.
After listening to Tang Ning’s explanation, he learned that “Animal Mutation” is not only effective for a single animal, but also for a group of similar animals!
When Tang Ning transforms into a flock of birds, the flock is regarded as a whole and can also obtain the benefits provided by “Animal Mutation”.
What’s more clever is that the duration of “Animal Mutation” is 1 minute/casting level. During this period, Tang Ning transforms from a flock of birds back to a human form, and the “Animal Mutation” on her body is still effective.
Tang Ning is obviously a human, but she achieved the purpose of blessing herself with “Animal Mutation” by way of bugs.
This set of tricks made Gao Fei call her an expert!
It seems that Tang Ning is also an experienced old driver in the matter of “freeloading”.
The elder sister of Tiangong Station 6 and the elder brother of Station 7 have profound attainments in this field, and it is necessary to exchange their experiences in depth.
Perhaps this can prove from another aspect that being good at "getting something for free" can make a person stronger.
Tang Ning also has a bracelet with silver bells, which is not a magic device exchanged for special service rewards, but a "contracted instrument" that comes with her exclusive profession "Strings of Nature".
This silver bell bracelet houses a natural spirit similar to a fairy, which can help the poet maintain a performance focus.
All supernatural music of the poet, such as "Ecstasy", requires high concentration when singing.
During the period of maintaining concentration, other abilities that require concentration, such as certain spells, cannot be used.
When Tang Ning wears the silver bell bracelet, she can let the spirit in the bracelet maintain concentration for her, indirectly reaching the state of splitting her attention and performing two kinds of music that require concentration at the same time.
Gao Fei then checked Tang Ning's attributes.
Under normal circumstances, a level 13 special police officer has 6 free attributes, but Tang Ning has 9. It can be seen that she is similar to Gao Fei. She ranked first in the special service list in the disaster relief mission at Kaiyang Station. Afterwards, she received an additional 3 attribute rewards through the prayer ceremony.
Gao Fei also noticed that Tang Ning's human form and flock form correspond to two different attributes.
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Attributes (human form): Strength 13, Agility 16, Constitution 14, Intelligence 16/+1, Perception 16, Charisma 24/+8
Attributes (Flock): Strength 2, Agility 22 (Flock +6), Constitution 20 (Flock +6), Intelligence 22/+1 (Hive Will/Flock +6), Perception 16, Charisma 24/+8
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In the flock form, Tang Ning's strength attribute is equivalent to the strength of ordinary birds, which is normal.
However, her Agility, Constitution and Intelligence attributes each receive a +6 increase, which seems to be a unique benefit of the flock form.
With curiosity, Gao Fei continued to check Tang Ning's flock characteristics.
Like Gu Siyi, Tang Ning also needs to spend experience points to increase her mutant level, and as the level increases, her agility, constitution, intelligence and natural armor in the flock form will be enhanced in stages, or it is more appropriate to call it "evolution".
At Tang Ning's current level, she can become a giant flock of birds, or split into two super-large flocks, four large flocks, eight medium-sized flocks, sixteen small flocks, and thirty-two super-small flocks.
Each time the flock splits, her intelligence attribute will decrease by 4 points. When it finally splits into a super-small group, her intelligence will degenerate to only 2 points, similar to ordinary birds.
This is the limit of the flock splitting.
If it continues to split, the "mother nest will" of the flock - that is, Tang Ning's self-consciousness - will completely collapse, and it will degenerate into a group of ordinary birds and cannot be transformed back into humans.
Finally, Gao Fei took a look at Tang Ning's exclusive profession "Nature's String".
The 9th level "Nature's String" has mastered six supernatural music, among which "Ecstasy", "Bewitching Song" and "Soothing Song" can also be learned by other poet archetypes, while "Taming Song", "Wild Song" and "Green Ivy Song" are unique to "Nature's String".
"Taming Song" can soothe animals and magical beasts within 60 feet around and eliminate their hostility.
"Wild Song" is even more powerful, it can charm animals, magical beasts, and supernatural plants within 60 feet, temporarily transforming them into the poet's allies.
When the poet plays "Ivy Song", animated vines grow all over the 60 feet around him, just like releasing "Entanglement".
The spellcasting ability of "Nature's String" is even better than the performance ability.
Tang Ning can choose to study the arcane arts of the bard, and can also comprehend the natural magic of the druid.
The list of spells she currently masters is as follows:
0-ring "Water Creation" and "Whip of Thorns";
1-ring "Thunder Wave" and "Laughter";
2-ring "Attribute Enhancement" and "Resist Energy Damage";
3-ring "Dispel" and "Call Thunder";
4-ring "Flame Strike".
