Chapter 30 Part2 (1/2)
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Although he hadn't killed him intentionally, he still ended up killing him, so he couldn't not pick up the loot. Rem flew quickly, picking up the loot for him.
He had roughly expected this. The undead hero hadn't dropped any artifacts and only left behind a tailbone. Lee s.h.i.+n Woo a.s.sumed the undead hero had received a skill from G.o.d, rather than an artifact.
[Lv6 Selleil Von Basti's tailbone]
”But why is it a tailbone?”
”The body deteriorated, but the tailbone remained intact, so it should give me an ability.”
”So each bone differs based on the part...!”
”Yeah, I was lying.”
”You rascal!”
[Consuming Lv6 Selleil Von Basti's tailbone to execute Bone Reinforcement. Magic has increased by 8. Intermediate Fire has become Lv8 and Magic has increased by 15. Intermediate Fire Resistance has become Lv7 and Magic has increased by 20. You have acquired the special pa.s.sive skill, Mana Acceleration Lv1. Magic has increased by 20.]
[High Speed Casting and Chantless Casting... With these abilities, I may be able to reach the pinnacle of magic! - Selleil Von Basti]
But once he'd actually absorbed the bone, his hypothesis (which he'd said as a joke) had turned out to be correct. Originally, the bone held two abilities: High Speed Casting, which sped up the activation of his spells, and Chantless Casting, which either reduced the incantation or removed it completely!
'And the two abilities fused into Mana Acceleration to suit me.'
Mana Acceleration was a truly simple skill. It allowed the individual to manipulate mana far faster than what was originally possible for them. What happens when mana moves quickly? Everything created with mana accelerates. If the quick and powerful lightning element were to be accelerated by Mana Acceleration, then it would be like giving wings to a tiger.
It was a ridiculous skill that was born from the fusion of the two skills: High Speed Casting and Chantless Casting. It felt like he'd found a treasure in an unexpected place.
'The higher my Mana Bone skill, the faster the mana I control becomes. That's why I thought I should focus on developing my Mana Bone skill, rather than gaining a new skill.'
The fact that Mana Acceleration didn't fuse with Mana Bone and became an innate skill meant that this skill was incredibly powerful. With 1 or 2 level ups, the Mana Bone skill would impart an inexplicably large amount of power.
”s.h.i.+n Woo, it feels like your mana circulation has sped up. It used to feel like you had a gentle breeze around you, but now it feels like that breeze is even faster.”
”Mana Acceleration improves my mana circulation, recovery rate, and activation. With this skill, I may be able to make some progress in combining Lightning Shadow and Lightning Sprint. It'd be easy to fuse the Shadow Horn skill with other skills as well...!”
Lee s.h.i.+n Woo was conflicted. To think he'd gain such a great skill. Wouldn't it better if he just killed any undead hero he came across?
However, he soon smiled bitterly and stopped that train of thought. It wasn't because of s.h.i.+no Rendu's heartfelt thanks. It really wasn't!
”Anyway, I'll hit the next one as weakly as I can, and try to persuade it.”
”As I thought, you killed it by accident.”
Jin was like 'of course that's what happened', sighed, and ran even faster, so that they would avoid Ethan Cruz's party, or get in a random fight, or to just put the nearest undead heroes to rest and give them salvation.
Aside from the eight undead heroes under Ethan Cruz's control, there were five undead heroes left in the level 3 danger zone, and four in the level 4 danger zone. There were a total of nine undead heroes left.
”It'd be great if we could get half of them.”
”That undead magician might've been waiting for you to initiate a conversation.”
”Hey, stop making me feel even guiltier.”
Lee s.h.i.+n Woo paid a silent tribute to the undead magician from atop Jin's back. He hoped that his senior's liberated soul would be happy in his next life!
Of course, persuading an undead hero wouldn't become any easier just because one was determined.
[Kurwaaaaaaah!]
”What kind of human makes that kind of sound...!?”
[Kuhaaaah!]
Lee s.h.i.+n Woo had shown he wasn't hostile from afar, so that he could convince the next undead hero, but once the undead hero noticed them approach, it charged, and Lee s.h.i.+n Woo could tell that it clearly had no intellect left.
”Keut... Listen to me! You're forgetting who you are! You're a hero, aren't you!?”
[Kurwaaaaaa!]
Despite Lee s.h.i.+n Woo ardently shouting at the undead hero as soon as he saw it (with Acting and Instigate activated), it opened its mouth wide open and shot a icy breath at them, expressing its clear refusal. Seeing that, Jin grit his teeth.
”Keuk, he has a skill like mine...”
”Don't get compet.i.tive over useless stuff like this.”
While thinking that Kratia would be ecstatic if she could see this guy shooting cold air, he gripped the Bifurcated Snake Spine in one hand. It not only helped with his magical calculations, but it also possessed the Elemental Reversal ability, which was great for blocking his opponent's elemental attack!
Its information had been continuously updated in the Bone Armory and compared to when it was first absorbed, its attack power was more than 100 points higher, and the Elemental Reversal ability was even stronger as well.
[Kurwaaah!?]
He raised the staff, sucked in the freezing breath, and spewed out fire! The breath that the staff couldn't absorb was negated by the fire, while the fire was reinforced by the staff. The undead hero was swept up by the flames and suffered, but finally revealed its true form!
[Kuhaaaaaaah!]
”H-Huh...?”
It shed the rotten human skin and threw it aside. Out came a rotten lizard's head, covered in pale blue scales, on top of a human body. Of course, it was still undead!
[Kurwaah!]
Once it discarded its skin, it wrapped its fists in cold air, and attacked. Jin dodged its strike, and at that moment it shot out an even more powerful frost breath. Lee s.h.i.+n Woo hurriedly turned his staff, absorbed the cold air, and grumbled as he shot out fire.