Assimilate All Talents

Chapter 131: Freedom

The evening light enveloped the city as two figures emerged from the Necropolis dungeon. It was Sol and Amber, returning after a long day of training.

"Freedom!"

The two guards glanced at the duo and, upon recognizing them, offered a cordial nod before returning to their duties. For the past three days, every time the two exited the dungeon, the young man among them always uttered something along those lines, and the guards had grown accustomed to it by now.

"No, no, no. This time, it’s for real. I’m not going anywhere near this dungeon for at least a month!"

"Sure, see ya tomorrow."

"No, I mean it!"

The guards chuckled. After hearing similar declarations for the past three days followed by their return the next morning, they couldn’t interpret it any other way.

"I’m participating in the knight selection, so I actually won’t be here."

Upon hearing about the knight selection, the guards took him seriously.

"Well, damn, boy. I wish you luck tomorrow. I’ve heard rumors that it would be more difficult than past selections."

"Really? How so?"

The guard shook his head. "One of my knight buddies said there were too many applicants this year, so they had to raise the bar higher. That’s about all I know, though."

Sol nodded but wasn’t too worried.

"I should be fine. I didn’t spend almost an entire month down here for nothing."

The guard laughed. "Well then, guess we’ll be seeing you around more, or maybe even have the pleasure of working under you, Sir Knight."

The guard emphasized the last part in a joking manner.

"Haha, I’ll be sure to treat you well under my command. See ya around."

Bidding farewell to the guards, Sol and Amber headed back to their inn. Compared to how the city was three days ago, it seemed the festivities had calmed down to some extent. It was as if the population was taking this moment to rest before the true festivities of tomorrow. Most who came to compete also abstained from the celebrations to avoid waking up with a hangover on the day of the test. However, there were still those who decided to party regardless of the possible consequences and even went out of their way to buy expensive detoxification potions. While these potions would help alleviate most symptoms of a hangover, there would still be a slight groggy feeling.

Arriving at the inn, Sol bade Amber goodnight before heading to his own room. He sat down on the bed and opened his status page.

Name: Sol

Race: Human

Talents: [Siphoner], [Transformer]

Sol opened a new status page, but it appeared very different from the original one. It was the status page created by Deceiver’s Earrings.

Name: Sol

Race: Human

Talents: [Sword], [Water Affinity], [Terraformer]

Level: 82

Exp: 13,218,000/98,417,000

HP: 800

MP: 950

Str: 110 (+60)

Vit: 80

Agi: 100 (+30)

Int: 50

Wis: 70 (+25)

Talent Skills:

[Water Strike] Lv 7, [Solid Steel] Lv 5

Passive Skills:

[Intermediate Swordsmanship] Lv 7, [Counter] Lv 8, [Gargantuan Strength] Lv 1, [Agility Up] Lv 6, [Wisdom Up] Lv 5, [Mana Efficiency] Lv 5, [Shortened Cast] Lv MAX, [Increased Mana Regeneration] Lv 5, [Physical Resistance] Lv 2, [Natural Armor] Lv 1

Active Skills:

[Cross Slash] Lv 7, [Ground Shrink] Lv 5, [Primal Rend] Lv 1, [Debilitating Strike] Lv 1, [Intermediate Water Magic] Lv 7, [Blurring Speed] Lv 5, [Disable] Lv 1, [Mana Slash] Lv 5, [Piercing Lunge] Lv 8, [Terra Spikes] Lv 9, [Burrow] Lv 6

’Sadly, I wasn’t able to level up [Terra Spikes] one more time. There was some kind of bottleneck, but it should be fine as is.’

The final talent in Sol’s lineup was [Terraformer]. On one of the trips back from the dungeon, Sol took an hour to rummage through the Adventurers Guild library for possible talents that he could impersonate. It was there that he found the unique talent [Terraformer], though he felt the name was familiar he just couldn’t quite remember where he had seen it before. Regardless, he chose that talent because it not only excelled in reinforcing the body but also in the manipulation of the earth, allowing Sol to use [Terra Spikes] and [Burrow], which were both incredibly useful skills.

He also tweaked a few skill levels, raising those that should be higher, and manipulating his attributes to match up with his skills. For talent skills, Sol had to get creative to somehow make believable talent skills. For [Water Strike], Sol would combine the spell [Water Blade] with [Empowered Strike], making it appear much stronger than the normal spell. With [Solid Steel], Sol would just treat it as the reason his body was so strong from [Invincible Body].

With this setup, Sol believed he could perform extremely well in the knight selection, regardless of whatever test they threw his way. Closing both status pages, Sol rolled into bed to get a good night’s sleep. He could practice further with [Reinterpret], but he wanted his mind fully rested for tomorrow.