After absorbing all the Attribute Crystal, Elias looked through the items that made out more than 50 percent of the chest' content. Books.
"Sword Manual III, IV and V! Basic Guide to Magic and Advanced Guide to Magic! And advanced version for Energy Slash, Energy Thrust, Sword Block and Heavy Slash! And more Weapon and Magic Skill!" And that did not count other books!
The Sword Manual alone would be more than sufficient enough to propel his Sword Mastery to the triple digits. He could not say for certain how much but he predicted around 300 to 1 000 though the latter was highly unlikely.
The Basic and Advanced Guide to Magic would contain information about Magic he didn't know of. It also likely contains information on how to recover Energy from outside and methods to gather outside Energy. And many other things he did not know of.
Weapon Skills and Magic Skills need no explanation. The more he learned, the greater his Sword Mastery would be. Consequently, it's likely there are different Mastery for different Magic Affinity, it just he couldn't access it just by practicing Magic Skill.
As for the few different books, Elias separated them by their values, with the less valuables being the first he examined. After all, why the rarities are low, it's only in comparison to the other books he received.
[Mining Manual I
Grade: Common
How to use: Reading
Description: A basic manual for mining, method to harvest and identify common ores and stones.]
[Gathering Manual I
Grade: Common
How to use: Reading
Description: A basic manual for gathering, and methods to harvest and identify common plants and animals in wilderness.]
[Fishing Manual I
Grade: Common
How to use: Reading
Description: A basic manual for fishing, different methods of fishing and identifying different types of fishes and their ideal spots.]
[Logging Manual I
Grade: Common
How to use: Reading
Description: A basic manual for identifying and harvesting woods.]
[Butchering Manual I
Grade: Common
How to use: Reading
Description: A basic manual for butchering and skinning, identifying common animals, and method to collect materials from common animals.]
The five books were collectively referred to as Basic Gathering Manuals. It contained basic information on how to collect different materials. If Elias had to guess, by reading the manuals, the harvest he can obtain from different gathering practices would yield greater rewards compared to if he did not do so.
Plus, he did not just have the basic version. He also has Volume II to V, which is about the same as the number of volumes for the Sword Manual.
Aside from Gathering Manuals, he also received 8 Production Manuals.
[Forging Manual I
Grade: Uncommon
How to use: Reading
Description: A basic manual for smelting common ores and forging common weapon and armor.]
[Alchemy Manual I
Grade: Uncommon
How to use: Reading
Description: A basic manual for creating pills and potions, through transmutation and fusing different materials.]
[Artisan Manual I
Grade: Uncommon
How to use: Reading
Description: A basic manual for creating different types of common items.]
[Painting Manual I
Grade: Uncommon
How to use: Reading
Description: A basic manual for painting and calligraphy.]
[Building Manual I
Grade: Uncommon
How to use: Reading
Description: A basic manual for building basic facilities and construction.]
[Cooking Manual I
Grade: Uncommon
How to use: Reading
Description: A basic manual for cooking different types of basic dishes.]
[Farming Manual I
Grade: Uncommon
How to use: Reading
Description: A basic manual for growing different types of basic crops.]
[Taming Manual I
Grade: Uncommon
How to use: Reading
Description: A basic manual for handling different types of common animals.]
However, compared to the Gathering Manuals, Elias only got until Volume III. Slightly disappointing but completely understandable.
"It looks like I can produce end-game level stuff on my own. That is if I focus on the different Production Proficiency." Elias muttered to himself.
Then again, he was just in the tutorial. He didn't even know what type of player he wanted to be. Elias planned on looking around first before deciding his course of action, though he might go with the warrior route with the amount of Combat Skills he already obtained.
It didn't help that the last three books he obtained introduced something new. Techniques.
[ Technique Book: Swift Strike Blade
Grade: Rare
How to use: Reading
Description: A manual for basic Sword Technique: Swift Strike Blade. Contain methods on how to practice Swift Strike Blade Swordsmanship and different forms and Skills related to it.]
[ Technique Book: Boulder Splitting Sword
Grade: Rare
How to use: Reading
Description: A manual for basic Sword Technique: Boulder Splitting Sword. Contain methods on how to practice Boulder Splitting Sword Swordsmanship and different forms and Skills related to it. ]
[ Technique Book: Aqua Abyssal Formation (Incomplete - Volume I)
Grade: Rare
How to use: Reading
Description: A manual for basic Water Magic Technique: Aqua Abyssal Formation. Contain methods on how to practice Aqua Abyssal Formation and different forms and Skills related to it.]
[ Technique Book: Earth Titan Body (Incomplete - Volume I)
Grade: Rare
How to use: Reading
Description: A manual for basic Earth Magic Technique: Earth Titan Body. Contain methods on how to practice Earth Titan Body and different forms and Skills related to it.]
The 4 Technique Books were Rare items, which made them valuable enough on their own. However, the Magic Technique was stated to be incomplete, and yet still considered to be Rare items. If he got the complete version, Elias wondered what Grade it would be.
He looked around, before slowly coming to the conclusion, "Techniques probably explained in the Advanced Guide to Magic and maybe the advanced Sword Manual." if the information of Technique is not readily available by reading the different Manuals, there would be a screen giving him the important details of Technique.
'The same is likely true for the Production and Harvesting Proficiency.' He guessed. He looked at the time to see he still have around 2 minutes left before he would be forcefully ejected out of the Combat Tutorial Space. He was about to get out when he decided to take one more look into the chest.
He was glad to do so as he almost missed one thing, the object being the same color and pattern as the chest it was inside.
He picked it up and used Observation, only for his eyes to widen to comedic proportion. How could he not when the things, which look like a simple piece of paper, emit a red glow.