Looking at these talents, Dunn sank into thought. Although they offered no more specific descriptions of the detailed abilities granted by each personal feat.
Having watched One Piece, however, Dunn could still infer their general abilities from their names.
Feats were equivalent to passive skills that could greatly enhance a particular aspect of a class holder's abilities. Feats were divided into personal feats, class feats, racial feats, Transcendent Feats, and legendary feats.
Personal feats were feats unique to an individual, formed based on their talents, traits, and so on.
Class feats were feats formed based on one's class.
A Transcendent Feat was obtained when an attribute reached 20 points, at which point it was called a Transcendent Attribute, granting a feat corresponding to that attribute. Beyond 20 points, every additional 5 or 10 points granted another Transcendent Feat.
Humans had no racial feats.
Legendary feats were feats obtained after advancing to legendary rank.
The feats accompanying these talents were personal feats, essentially unique to the individual.
Reading through the talents one by one, Dunn felt as though he was developing decision paralysis. He wanted every single one. If he gathered all these talents onto himself, he might just ascend on the spot.
After agonizing for a long time, Dunn finally made his choice carefully.
[You have selected the talent "Aberrant."] [Based on your talent, you have gained the personal feat "Aberrant."] [Your stamina has increased to 20. Based on your stamina, your strength has increased by 2.] [Based on your stamina, you have gained the Transcendent Feat "Supernatural Toughness."] [Based on your stamina, you have gained the Transcendent Feat "Supernatural Recovery."] [Based on your stamina and talent, you have gained the personal feat "Reduced Pain Sensitivity."] [Based on your stamina and talent, you have gained the personal feat "Sleepless."]
Every one of these talents could give Dunn a bright future in this world.
However, thinking of the Devil Fruit he had just drawn in the lottery, Dunn was definitely going to eat it now that he had this cheat.
By comparison, then, Aberrant, a talent that allowed him to eat multiple Devil Fruits, would undoubtedly broaden Dunn's prospects even further.
"Strength +2? A bonus like that, too? That makes sense. Reality isn't pure numbers, after all. A massive increase in stamina would undoubtedly bring an increase in strength, and when I train my strength later, I might even go through a period of rapid improvement..."
Just as these thoughts flashed through his mind, Dunn suddenly felt something change in his body.
His muscles became firmer.
He also felt noticeably stronger.
Even the cuts he had suffered earlier when caught in the [Oathkeeper]'s attack were healing at a rate visible to the naked eye. They would probably recover completely in just a few minutes.
At the same time, the Career Card in his hand refreshed with his new personal data.
Name: Dunn Campbell Age: 20 Level: 5 Rank: First rank Class: Sailor Talents: Aberrant, Heaven's Favored Strength: 13 Agility: 10 Stamina: 20 Charisma: 11 Intelligence: 9 Perception: 11 Willpower: 9 Personal feat: Aberrant [Your extraordinarily gifted body allows you to break the curse that limits each person to eating only one Devil Fruit. You can now eat three Devil Fruits.] Personal feat: Reduced Pain Sensitivity [You feel only half as much pain as a normal person.] Personal feat: Sleepless [Your extraordinarily gifted body grants you limitless energy. You no longer need to sleep.] Transcendent Feat: Supernatural Toughness [Your body's defense is greatly increased.] Transcendent Feat: Supernatural Recovery [Your recovery ability is greatly increased.]
Judging purely by his current panel stats, he could already compare to some weaker Third-Tier Professionals. After all, not all Third-Tier Professionals possessed Transcendent Attributes.
Without Career Abilities, however, raw attributes alone would make him nothing more than a durable punching bag even to a powerful Second-Tier Professional.
As for that extra point of willpower, it was probably because this body had changed owners. Its original owner had possessed 8 points of willpower, while the current Dunn had 9.
There was also a piece of information at the end of the attribute data that instantly made Dunn's eyes light up.
[Based on your personal traits, you have obtained the advancement conditions for the second-rank class Pirate Captain and its lesser second-rank class, Pirate.] [Pirate Captain: Prerequisite: A first-rank class related to the sea. Advancement requirements: Biological Level 5, strength 12, stamina 15. Advancement conditions: 1. Complete a raid at sea. 2. Own a pirate ship.] [Pirate: Prerequisite: A first-rank class related to the sea. Advancement requirements: Biological Level 5, strength 11, stamina 12. Advancement conditions: 1. Complete a raid at sea.]
This notification brought the class advancement information Donne needed most right now.
There were two types of supernatural classes in this world. One consisted of ancient class holders who improved themselves through arduous training before Career Cards came into existence.
Even after Career Cards appeared, bringing classes that were easier to acquire, these traditional classes had continued to be passed down to the present day, such as wizards, warriors, knights, rogues, and so on.
The other consisted of new classes created after the advent of Career Cards, with the World Origin using the cards as a foundation and combining them with some form of mysticism.
Advancement in these classes depended entirely on Career Cards and was easier than advancing in a Traditional Profession.
Whenever the World Origin created a new class, it would choose someone to receive its legacy. Such people were generally called Heaven's Favored.
The current situation was undoubtedly that a new class created by the World Origin had chosen Dunn. This resolved one of the things that had worried him most since transmigrating.
The complete class legacy of the Campbell Family was agility-oriented, and Dunn's attributes made it impossible for him to take that class.
As for the other Career Paths the family had collected, not a single one led all the way to legendary rank.
Both the former Dunn and the current Dunn, a transmigrator, had high aspirations—or rather, the ambition to strive for legendary rank.
After all, thousands upon thousands of classes had evolved in this world since the appearance of Career Cards. If a Career Path was missing a single link, even a legendary figure might spend their entire life unable to complete it.
For Heaven's Favored, however, after each advancement, the class path for the next rank would evolve on their card based on their current circumstances.
In other words, not only did Heaven's Favored have a path leading directly to legendary rank, but the advancement conditions were also tailored to them. There was no possibility of the requirements being too high to meet.
Looking at the [Pirate Captain] class information displayed on his Career Card, Dunn frowned slightly. The attribute requirements were no problem at all, but the two advancement conditions were rather too demanding for him.
Raiding was neither particularly difficult nor exactly easy. Since the dawn of the Age of Exploration, pirates had been countless. He only needed to find a pirate crew to join and participate in any raid.
But if he was unlucky and ran into a tough opponent, he would probably be done for on the spot.
Still, that was merely a matter of luck.
The truly demanding part was the second condition: owning a pirate ship.
Even the most basic properly built ship capable of long ocean voyages cost dozens of gold coins.
In this world, a loaf of black bread cost only 1 copper coin, a refined-iron saber cost 5 silver coins, and Dunn's monthly salary as a sailor was only 16 silver coins. (1 gold = 100 silver = 10,000 copper)
Sailing in this era was an extremely dangerous occupation. Those 16 silver coins were well and truly money earned by risking his life.
Ordinary people earned only two or three silver coins a month.
As for the family inheritance, if he had had even a single gold coin to his name, the original owner, a young nobleman, would never have gone out to work as a sailor.
That was why Dunn found this condition so troublesome. As for choosing to change his class to [Pirate]?
Absolutely not. If there was a better option, of course he would choose it. As a transmigrator, he had to have at least that much pride.
"Theoretically, the class advancement requirements for Heaven's Favored are largely based on their existing circumstances." Dunn surveyed his surroundings with a slightly unfocused gaze.
"Existing circumstances... Wait. Almost all the class holders aboard the [Giant Tooth] are dead, and I'm aboard the ship. The cannons, currently the greatest threat, are completely harmless to me."
"In other words..."
"As far as I'm concerned..."
"This is when the [Giant Tooth] is at its most weakly defended!"
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