Assimilate All Talents

Chapter 91: [Perfect Balance]

The duo blasted through the dungeon and made a lot of progress in just three days.

Sol decided to pick up the pace more because of the food that had been disappearing much faster than he thought. This wasn’t because they were eating a lot or they were underprepared, but because a certain assassin kept waking up in the middle of the night to attempt to learn how to cook.

Amber wasn’t used to failure, as she always completed whatever tasks she was assigned to do. It wasn’t until she tried cooking that she faced defeat in the appearance of a burnt fish. All her attempts the past three nights had ended with failure, and while most would ask for help to be taught, she decided to learn on her own.

They were able to zoom through the 5th and 6th floor in one day and the 7th and 8th floor in a day each. They would have gone faster, but there was a new level of difficulty added in these later floors.

The groups of undead would contain ten enemies, and their skills were much higher than earlier floors. If it was just that, then they could still easily defeat them, but with bigger groups, their fights took longer, and the noises they made attracted other undead groups.

This was the true difficulty of the 7th to 9th floor, or at least it should’ve been.

Sol’s sword slammed downwards as he used [Fell Cleave] to split a Skeleton Mage in half. The sheer force easily destroyed the entire skeleton with no chance of recovery. The odd part was the sounds of bones being crushed and the sword hitting the floor were gone. This was because Sol used [Muffled Movements] to silence all the noises from the battle.

With no noise being made to attract other undead, the two were able to fight without any issues. The only downside was Sol having to refrain from using spells like [Explosion], as the louder the sound, the more mana was required to silence it.

You have slain a Lv 69 Skeleton Mage! Gained 124,000 Exp (140%)

[Intelligence Up] leveled up! (9 -> MAX)

[Intelligence Up] reached max level, evolve skill?

’Finally, it took a while.’

Skeleton Mages were the rarest of the four undead one could find in these floors. Even in these deeper floors, the groups would usually only have one or two Skeleton Mages; very rarely would it be three.

Of the five attribute-enhancing skills, only [Intelligence Up] hadn’t evolved yet. Without any hesitation, Sol hit yes and awaited the results.

[Intelligence Up] evolved into [Augmented Intelligence]!

Sol didn’t bother to check its new description, as he could already guess from the other attribute skills that it would have the same effect.

’Now I can finally combine them!’

Sol had held back on using [Aggregate] on the five skills to not drag down [Gargantuan Strength] and [Endless Vitality]. Although they are still one level higher than the rest, the decrease will be less drastic than before.

Race: Human

Talents: [Siphoner], [Transformer]

Level: 67

Exp: 7,378,740/17,100,000

HP: 1300

MP: 1250

Str: 65 (+60)

Vit: 70 (+60)

Agi: 65 (+60)

Int: 70 (+60)

Wis: 65 (+60)

Talent Skills:

[Siphon] Lv 4, [Analysis] Lv 5, [Aggregate] Lv EX, [Reinterpret] Lv EX

Passive Skills:

[Muffled Movements] Lv EX, [Counter] Lv 1, [Shortened Cast] Lv MAX, [Increased Mana Regeneration] Lv MAX, [Mana Perception] Lv 6, [Increased Health Regeneration] Lv 3, [Mana Efficiency] Lv 5, [Precise Coordination] Lv 6, [Basic Psychic Mastery] Lv 2, [Intermediate Weapon Mastery] Lv 6, [Wild Hunt] Lv 1, [Invincible Body] Lv 6, [Perfect Balance] Lv 1

Active Skills:

[Cross Slash] Lv 3, [Ground Shrink] Lv 1, [Snap Punch] Lv 4, [Blast Arrow] Lv 9, [Concealment] Lv 9, [Death Cyclone] Lv 9, [Earth Hammer] Lv 5, [Rock Throw] Lv 4, [Burrow] Lv MAX, [Fell Cleave] Lv 8, [Crippling Strike] Lv 8, [Destructive Charge] Lv 8, [Telepathy] Lv 1, [Barricade] Lv 8, [Barrage] Lv 9, [Intermediate Elemental Magic] Lv 5, [Overpower] Lv 3

Confident in taking on the boss behind the door, Sol and Amber stood up and made their way to the large door.