Chapter 81 - The Genes Skill Store (Part 2) (1/2)
Undecided about which skill he should choose, Luke was tempted by two in specific, the price of each of which was only 100 silver coins.
”Will you read this one again, please?” The half-wolf asked Nathalia, handing her the small parchment, which had a purple band locking it and a tag hanging from it.
Written in cursive handwriting was the description of Gene's Skill that occluded within the parchment:
[Skill Name: <Sirkelig>
Level: Uncommon.
Description: A ten-foot circle is created on the ground. This circle provides a 10% boost to the user's critical hits and decreases 50% of all Status of the Supernatural Creature within the circle.
Price: 100 silver coins].
”Hey, old man! Why is this unusual skill so cheap?” Luke inquired to the simple man who served Alexis at the counter.
The man looked in his direction curiously and, like a good merchant, recognized the scroll just by seeing the label and the purple bow on the scroll.
”Ah! The man who sold me this skill was suspicious and sold it for a very low price! Since he didn't give me many details of how he got it, I decided to sell it for the same price I bought it, so I wouldn't get in trouble!”
'So, if he was suspicious, he may well have lied about what the skill does too.' Luke cogitated on the possibility. ”You do refunds!!!?”
”No! It's at your own risk!” Like everything else in the adventurer's course, buying and selling Gene Skills is also a high risk. There are no ways to know what is inside a scroll until you open it, so consumers and sellers need to trust each other.
”Would you like me to reread the other skill?” Nathalia inquired, realizing that the half-wolf was quite engaged. 'He looks so cute when he acts like that...' she said to herself, watching Luke act elated as he analyzed the skills.
”Yes, please.”
[Skill Name: <Connect>
Level: Uncommon.
Description: Provides a significant damage increase for each hit of a combo of up to eight hits.
Price: 100 silver coins].
”That one looks pretty good.” Alexis praised, approaching after finishing transferring the skills.
”You're right, but I don't think that skill suits Luke's fighting style very well.” Nathalia answered her.
”Really? To me, it seems like it matches perfectly.”
”No, no... Luke is a stealth warrior who finishes off most monsters with a single blow, plus he's very good at dodging.”
The Elf's description was going on the opposite side of what the half-dragon witnessed in the two battles alongside Luke. Against the first demon, Luke fought bravely as a decoy, who captured the demon's attention with ease until Alexis was ready for the seal.
In the second battle also occurred in the exact same way at the beginning. Although she did not see how the fight between Luke and the second demon ended, she knew that it was not stealthily because of the several wounds the receptacle had in the region of its abdomen.
”You're right.” The half-wolf said to Nathalia. ”I have always trained to fight stealthily and have great limitations when I have to face an opponent head-on.”
The half-dragon analyzed the flashes of memory she remembered of Luke's battles for a while. ”So, you're a thief, but you basically improvise a warrior class when you have to?” She inquired Luke.
”What's a ladino?” He asked, not understanding what she meant.