Stepping out of the dungeon It revealed the same scene from when I first entered, only with a lot less people.
Taking this opportunity, I found a nice place and decided to rest against a tree as I waited for Lucious to come out.
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Finally finding the exit to the dungeon I left revealing a pretty similar scene to when I first entered. A crowded space full of various people, some trading, some talking, and others going over plans.
I started to look around till I noticed Diablo resting in a tree a couple meters above the ground.
'Hey, I'm out of the dungeon. I'll start to head back, let's meet back at the city'
'Alright, I'll leave a bit after you.'
Hearing his response, I started to travel along the path back to the city.
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Resting on my bed I started to go over my gains from the dungeon. The first thing on my agenda was to review what I've learned and to plan for the future.
Now knowing that I could gain skills from plants I started to take this into account for the future. I started to debate whether to buy rare plants or those with unique properties with one specific flower in mind. The eternal rose.
The eternal rose was an extremely rare flower which was a priority in research for one specific reason. That was its 'eternal' trait making it so it will never wither. This meant that if the secrets of the flower were figured out it was possible to gain immortality or at least increase someone's lifespan which was for vital importance to those who have reached their potential threshold and can no longer advance and increase it.
Additionally, these flowers are extremely rare with only one found every 20 years. This made it a hot commodity with a price that can range anywhere from 500 million to over 10 billion making it impossible to obtain one even with my families backing.
With this being said I all but gave up on obtaining the eternal rose and decided to look at other plants but for the time being I'll just use what I have in my hands.
Thinking this I simply walked up to the rose I had growing outside my window and plucked it.
[You have gained the common skill 'floral fragrance']
With that done I decided to review my status and start to fuse my skills.
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[Name: Lucious Sullivan]
[Race: two-tailed void kitsune]
[Age:16]
[Traits: child of the void, accepted by the world, unique existence, user of void, shapeshifter, playful, cold, beloved by darkness, favored by magic, exponential growth, trickster, cunning, aversion of spirits, super strength, beastly senses, greedy, wild, prideful creator, great libido, innate hunter]
[level: 21/25 (exp: 3,902/6,889) {apprentice}]
[mp: 1,340,000/1,340,000]
[strength: 6,700*2 (physical strength)]
[endurance: 6,700*2 (stamina, and vitality)]
[defense: 6,700*2 (physical defense)]
[agility: 10,650*2 (speed, reflexes, and flexibility)]
[intelligence: 13,400*10 (memory, thinking speed, and mana pool)]
[magic: 13,450*5 (magical damage and casting speed)]
[mind: 6,700 (mental strength, fortitude, and endurance)]
[affinity: void, darkness, fire, water, air, earth, lightning, ice, nature, light, psychic, shadow, nether, metal, poison, acid]
[race skills: fox form, transformation, void step, void traversal, tail clone]
[innate skills: suppression (lv 1)]
[ultimate skills: authority of greed, authority of evolution, authority of creation]
[divine skills: none]
[legendary skills: none]
[epic skills: blood frenzy (lv max), mad dash (lv 1), pain immunity (lv max)]
[rare skills: temperature regulation (lv 1), advanced absolute fighter (lv 10), advanced magic manipulation (lv 9), mental link creation (lv 1), spatial adjustment (lv max), berserk (lv 1), rapid digestion (lv max), 360 vision (lv max), kitsunes greedy determination (lv max), greater general regeneration (lv 2), hobgoblins strength (lv max), wolfs speed (lv max)]
[common skills: novice survivalist (lv 6), lesser heal (lv 1), kitsunes elemental claws (lv 3), kitsunes elemental bite (lv 3), shadow stealth (lv 3), presence concealment (lv 3), wolfs sharp senses (lv 3), hot blooded (lv 1), lesser size manipulation (lv 1), death grip (lv 1), weakening touch (lv 1), crystalline reinforcement (lv 1), ice crystal antlers (lv 1), acid secretion (lv max), steel needle creation and manipulation (lv 2), affinity coating (lv 2), powerful body (lv 6), affinity charge (lv 2), novice supreme commander (lv 3), lesser damage resistance (lv 5), empowering strike (lv 1), empowering slash (lv 1), empowering stab (lv 1), night vision (lv 1), bioluminescence (lv max), spore creation (lv max), floral fragrance (lv max)]
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[You have synthesized 'hobgoblins strength,' 'wolfs speed,' and 'powerful body']
[You have gained the rare skill 'powerful body of strength and speed']
[You have synthesized 'empowering strike,' 'empowering stab,' and 'empowering slash']
[You have gained the common skill 'empowering']
[You have synthesized 'wolfs sharp senses,' and 'night vision']
[You have gained the common skill 'sharp senses and enhanced eyes']
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[Name: blood frenzy]
[Level: max]
[Rank: epic]
[Description: a passive skill that increases your strength upon drawing blood or killing]
[Effect: when you draw significant blood you will gain a temporary boost of 300% to all physical attributes and the buff will increase by 10% for each enemy you kill with a maximum boost of 1000% (warning: if you go 5 minutes without killing 'blood frenzy' will deactivate and you will gain a temporary debuff of -90% for all physical stats along with severe weakness in your body)]
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[Name: mad dash]
[Level: 1]
[Rank: epic]
[Description: a skill that allows you to dash toward and attack your opponent]
[Effect: consume 10% of your stamina to increase speed by 1000% and strength by 250%, and dash towards your enemy (warning: you will have slight weakness in your limbs after deactivation)]
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[Name: pain immunity]
[Level: max]
[Rank: epic]
[Description: a passive skill that allows you to tolerate pain]
[Effect: makes you immune to physical pain and reduces soul pain by 50% (warning: due to your immunity to pain you need to be aware of your own condition)]
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[Name: powerful body of strength and speed]
[Level: 2]
[Rank: rare]
[Description: a passive skill which increases the power of your body]
[Effect: increases strength and agility by 22%, endurance by 16.5%, and defense by 11%. Your body is also innately flexible allowing for movements beyond average capabilities]
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[Name: empowering]
[Level: 2]
[Rank: common]
[Description: a skill that allows you to empower all physical attacks]
[Effect: you can empower your physical attacks with mana to increase damage by 11% in exchange for 50 mp]
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[Name: sharp senses and enhanced eyes]
[Level: 4]
[Rank: common]
[Description: a passive skill that enhances all senses especially your eyes]
[Effect: your five senses are 20% stronger, your sixth sense is 10% stronger, and dark environments will appear 40 times brighter]
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[Name: bioluminescence]
[Level: max]
[Rank: common]
[Description: a skill that allows your physical body to emit light]
[Effect: in exchange for stamina, you can make your body glow with the intensity being proportionate to the energy used]
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[Name: spore creation]
[Level: max]
[Rank: common]
[Description: a skill that allows you to create spores from your body]
[Effect: in exchange for stamina, you can emit spores of any fungus which you have come into contact with]
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[Name: floral fragrance]
[Level: max]
[Rank: common]
[Description: a passive skill that makes you emit a smell similar to that of a flower]
[Effect: you not only passively emit a smell similar to that of a flower but even your sweat has gained a pleasant fragrance]
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[Traits:
{great libido: A trait given to those who have great stamina in the act of intercourse or when fulfilling lustful desires}
{innate hunter: A trait given to those who have a natural talent in hunting, tracking, and butchering}]
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After looking over my new status, I grew happy at some of my new skills but at other parts I had some mixed feelings.
When it came to the skills from the frenzied bear all of them were powerful, as expected from equivalent skills of epic race skills. The only thing to be unhappy with was the backlash from the skills.
There was also 'powerful body of strength and speed' and 'sharp senses and enhanced eyes' which I found incredibly useful. Even if they didn't enhance my strongest point of magic, they still enhanced my power significantly.
On the other hand, I have some iffy feeling on a few other parts of my status.
The first one is the 'great libido' trait I gained after Diablo saved Lilia. It may be helpful in the future but at this current moment in time I disliked the fact that it graced the image of my status panel.
The other one I had mixed feelings on was 'floral fragrance'. This wasn't due to anything about being ashamed, it just reminded me of a protagonist in a yaoi novel which made me feel awkward.
Except for those I found the other skills I possessed mediocre. They were good but they weren't anything that was particularly useful. The only thing that was of note was 'spore creation' since I could in theory spread a parasitic fungus, it just wasn't useful for dealing with those above the advanced rank.
Anyhow, I still have just a bit over a week until the exam, so I still have time to level up to level 25 and complete another dungeon. It was just a matter of a bit more time.
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