Two items gleamed with a dark gold luster: one was a book, and the other was a crystal the size of an index finger.
[Name: Essentials of the Primordial Snake Secret Arts] [Type: Book] [Quality: I] [Attack: None] [Defense: None] [Attributes: After reading, may increase the level of one or more Snake School and Dragon School skills (the extent of the increase requires a check of skill level, quality, and quantity)] [Special effects: None] [Can be taken out of this dungeon: Yes] [Requirements: Mysterious Knowledge (Snake School: Master)] [Notes: Soyedek was a traditional member of the Snake School. After painstakingly obtaining some of the Dragon School's secret principles, he recorded them according to Snake School tradition, along with his own techniques.]
[Name: Shadow Crystal I] [Type: Miscellaneous] [Quality: I] [Attack: None] [Defense: None] [Attributes: Improves the abilities and quality of negative energy (shadow) items] [Special effects: None] [Can be taken out of this dungeon: Yes] [Requirements: Mysterious Knowledge (Expert)] [Notes: How he obtained this crystal was Soyedek's greatest secret. No one knew before. Afterward? No one would ever know, either.]
When Qin Ran saw the book's appearance, he had already guessed what the [Essentials of the Primordial Snake Secret Arts] might be, and it was indeed just as he had expected.
Everyone had their own habits.
For instance, when members of the Snake School obtained secrets they wanted to pass down without letting outsiders discover them, recording those secrets using the Mysterious Knowledge circulated within their school was only natural.
The appearance of [Shadow Crystal I], however, had been somewhat unexpected.
Not because of the shadows themselves, of course.
When Soyedek used shadows, Qin Ran had already been quite prepared to acquire a shadow-related piece of equipment or skill.
But the appearance of the