Barrett's sumptuous dinner in Herb City consisted of pan-fried lamb chops with lemongrass and ginger sauce, marjoram beef skewers, grilled vegetables with herbs, and pan-fried vanilla prawns.

He loved all the dishes.

Among them, the lamb chops fried with lemongrass and ginger sauce are made of adult goat ribs, and the meat is firmer and more tendony. The restaurateur said that the best time to eat this dish is actually late autumn, because the lemongrass and coriander are the most flavorful in late autumn.

Marjoram beef skewers are a top dish recommended by restaurateurs and are the signature dish of the restaurant, which is called "Tongue Guides You". The beef skewers are made with ground beef, chopped onion, diced pickled cucumber, salt, chopped black pepper, egg mixture, and chopped marjoram, then wrapped in bamboo skewers and slowly fried in butter.

"Once you've eaten the beef skewers in our store, your tongue will always remember the taste. The owner of the restaurant boasted to Barrett at the time, "It tastes better than even a first kiss." No matter where you are, just stick your tongue out of your mouth, release it, let it go for free, and your tongue will lead you here again. When he said this, he couldn't stop sticking out his tongue and raising his eyebrows, looking haughty and disgusting.

Herb-roasted vegetables are filled with fresh shiitake mushrooms, red bell peppers, yellow bell peppers, cherry tomatoes, baby onions, corn, and carrots, and are roasted with olive oil, flakes of sea salt, and sprinkled with rosemary. This dish is not only colorful, but also fresh and greasy, and it goes well with lamb chops.

As for the pan-fried herb prawns, the restaurateur said that the prawns for this dish were brought from the seaside in the southern part of the distant kingdom and could only be eaten in the next few days, but according to Barit, the prawns were actually just river prawns from the nearby river.

In addition to food, the city also has a wide variety of beers, after all, hops (hops) used to brew beer are actually a type of vanilla. Among these beers, especially a white beer made from barley malt, wheat malt, and oats, won Barrett's favor with its refreshing and calm taste, so he bought two large barrels and put them in the spatial ring.

After a full meal, Barrett lies in a room at a hotel called Dreams of Tranquility, ready to begin acquiring his first skills.

Skillfully summoning the [Quest Log], Barrett began to add soul energy to the purple streaks.

The way to add soul energy was something he had studied for a long time before he figured it out. The method is quite similar to that of identifying objects, as long as his eyes are fixed on the purple streak, the soul energy will slowly pour into it, neither fast nor slow.

If one day, I accidentally become blind, will this so-called [mission log] be useless?" Barrett suddenly thought boredly as he added soul energy. Or when I only have one eye, can I still perform these inexplicable operations?

The answer is unknown, and Barrett doesn't want to know.

After he changed the number at the end of the purple stripe to [100/100], a large section of the translucent parchment of the [Mission Log] reappeared.

【Task Log】

[Congratulations, after hard work and excellence, you have finally earned a skill point. 】

He saw a purple circular crystal pattern suddenly appear on the top edge of the obsidian border of the parchment. In Barrett's opinion, this crystal pattern should be a reference to this magical thing called 'skill points'.

[Every time you get skill points, the system will randomly assign three skills for you to choose from.] You can use skill points to get new skills, upgrade existing skills, or save them for the next upgrade. 】

[Note that the skill you choose for the first time will evolve into your only special talent.] Talent upgrades don't require skill points, it automatically levels up each time you get a new one. 】

[The following are the three skills that the system "randomly" assigns to you for the first time, please be sure to choose carefully!]

The word "random" written on this parchment was clearly marked with double quotation marks, which could not help but make Barrett wonder. He didn't understand whether the double quotation marks indicated "emphasis", or was it actually an attempt to express a special kind of "rhetoric"?

If it's a rhetoric, does this thing want to show that the skills that the system assigns to him for the first time are not random? He was a little confused, so he could only continue to look down.

【Skill List】

[1. Demon Blade: This skill is a passive skill. With this skill, your attacks will return the neatly arranged mana and various energies based on mana to its original state of chaos.

Skill Details: Your weapon attacks will directly damage various incorporeal creatures such as ghosts, resentful spirits, night shadows, elemental creatures, etc., and can cause more damage to creatures and magical creations that contain magical power, and can also eliminate various magic effects to a certain extent, and the damage and effect increase with the increase of skill level. 】

[2. Body of Resonance: This skill is a passive skill.] With this skill, your body will be recognized by magic.

Ability Details: Buff magic effects will increase when applied to you, while negative magic effects will decrease when applied to you. Not only that, but this skill will reduce the hostility of all magical creatures and magical creations towards you, and the effect of the skill will increase with the skill level. 】

[3. Betrayer's Eye: This skill is a passive skill.] With this skill, you will perceive the omnipresent magic of the entire multilingual, but you will not be able to use it.

Skill Details: The magic will be invisible in front of you, and it will appear in front of your eyes like flowers, clouds, and the earth. You can intuitively see whether certain places, certain people, certain creatures, and certain items have magical power, as well as various information such as the location, strength, and amount of magical power. The perceived effect is not carried by the eyes, so closing the eyes does not block the effect. However, you can use your mental power to turn the skill on or off autonomously, similar to the Space Ring. The level of perception and distance will increase with the level.

Special note: Because human mages store their mana in their souls, you will be able to perceive the soul essence of each mage. 】

[The above are the three skills assigned to you by the system "randomly", you can move the skill points to the corresponding skill in the way of mental power control, and the skill can be successfully activated.] When one of the skills is activated, the rest will disappear. As for whether it will happen again, it can only depend on the "random" allocation of the system. So, be sure to choose carefully!]

[Note: Which talent should I order?] This is a very frustrating thing, especially if it cannot be 'reset'. 】

This [mission log] says "choose carefully" twice, but what can it be? Barrett didn't care about it at all, because he was already stunned by the three skills in front of him.

All three of these skills are undoubtedly very powerful, and they are not much more powerful than the most powerful magic that Barrett himself knows. But truth be told, these skills aren't strong enough for goblins to challenge dragons, maybe not even pseudo-dragons, but in the right hands, they may have an immeasurable effect.

The mage's magic is varied and varied, and the role it plays is even more strange and all-encompassing, but the three skills in front of him do not have too many tricks, they are all practical, but they are very powerful.

Barrett would love to have all three skills, which is actually an idea that any normal person would have, but he knew it was impossible.

Choose one of the three, [Mission Log] is clear.

Which one should you choose? Barrett hesitated for a long time, then suddenly smiled. He found that, in fact, his choice had already been made.

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