Assimilate All Talents

Chapter 82: Necropolis

Sol looked at the marble mausoleum in front of him. The marble was a dark and dirty color as if tainted by whatever lay below. It also emanated a depressing atmosphere of death. Sol turned his gaze away from the mausoleum and saw the bustling people and buildings all around located 10 meters away from this building.

The dungeon itself was inside the city, located in the western part but close to the center of the city. Maybe because it was situated in a populated area within the city walls there were guards and even knights stationed at key locations there at all times.

Although the area could be considered extremely safe from the numerous guards and knights, the people appeared to be avoiding the area subconsciously. Whenever normal people passed through the area they went around rather than walked through the open plaza and Sol could understand why. The feeling of death wasn’t just in one’s head, it was very real. The dungeon emanated deathly energies that could cause health issues to those without high enough vitality.

"Necropolis..." Sol turned to Amber. "Are you ready?"

Amber nodded her head as she was always ready.

The two walked to the entrance that was manned by two guards. The one on the right looked at Amber nodding before turning to Sol and nodding as well.

"Aight you’re both good to go?"

"Huh? Really?" Sol thought they would at least check his guild card and was worried they would deny him because they were C-Rank, he still came because he wanted to give it a try.

The guard on the left answered for his friend. "Yeah, he has the [Battle Sense] talent and from it got the talent skill [Battle Assessment]. He can tell how strong you are by a single glance."

"Wait so it’s like [Analysis]?"

The one on the right shook his head, "No, I don’t actually see your status. It’s more like... a feeling I get on how strong you are. It basically tells me the results of what would happen if we fought. For example with you it currently tells me I can’t win against you even if my friend here joins."

Sol was relieved. ’I thought he could see my status for a second there...’

"Is that why you don’t check the cards?"

"Sorta, we don’t only allow adventurers guild members into the dungeon. We allow the churches, guards, knights, soldiers and other guilds in as well. Since there was a lot of inconsistency in the way we verified whether they were strong enough for the dungeon they decided to send people like me here. Some organizations didn’t make it easy for us to verify their information, specifically the church and knights. So I just check with my skill if I can beat you in a fight and if it says no then you’re good to go."

Str: 160 (+20)

Vit: ??? (+50)

Agi: 55

Int: 1

Wis: 5

Talent Skills:

[???] Lv ?, [Grit] Lv 8

Passive Skills:

[Living Corpse] Lv MAX, [Intermediate Axemanship] Lv ?, [Strength Up] Lv 4, [Defiance] Lv 6

Active Skills:

[Destructive Charge] Lv 3, [???] Lv 3, [???] Lv ?, [Death Cyclone] Lv ?, [Rage] Lv ?

’[Analysis] isn’t high enough to see all the details. Thankfully the guide has the status page of every known enemy. Though the level of skills may differ between them.’

Amber unsheathed her daggers ready to take on the large muscle ridden zombie. The gladiator was unaware of the duo’s presence and she would make use of that advantage. Just before she could silently run in and hit it with a flurry of blows before it could know what hit it, Sol grabbed her shoulder.

"Wait a minute. Let me have a go at it first. You can jump in if it looks like I need help."

Sol was eager to know how he fared against the Awakened Gladiator.