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+[Name]: Asher Darwin
+[Age]: 17
+[Race]: Human
+[Level]: 60 {Rank 2}
+[Bloodline]
{Primal Darkness} (Ungradable)
+[Disciples]
*Lau (Death Spirit) *Kira (King of the Mist)
+[Stats]
Strength: 50; Agility: 40; Stamina: 88; Mana: 130; Dark Energy: 200
+[Unique Skills]:
{Soul Devourer} {Eyes of the Abyss}
+[Affinity]
{Darkness} {Purple Flame}
+[Skills]
{Spear Art} (Rank 2) *Evolvable
{Illusion Steps} (Rank 2)
{King Aura} (Rank 3) *Evolvable
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'I've really changed...' Asher thought as he looked at his new stats. He was currently returning to the city with Rose and the three academy students walking in front of him.
Since Rose was injured and unable to use her mana, their walking pace had slowed, meaning it might take them more than a day to reach the city.
Seeing that he wouldn't be back anytime soon, Asher decided to take a look at the changes that had occurred to him.
After fully merging with his bloodline, he had grown more aware of his strength, especially his affinity for darkness. He also understood how to use his skills and dark energy, which were similar to mana but more powerful.
'Still, I need to see the details to understand things more...' He thought, using his mind to select the column he wanted the details for.
+{Primal Darkness}
[????]
'Looks like this won't be easy...' He had already expected not to learn much about his mysterious bloodline, but he hadn't expected to learn anything at all.
'Let's move on...' He thought, staring at the next column.
+[Disciples]
[People who have dedicated their lives to serving the Primal Dark Lord. Anyone bound to the Dark Lord through the Primal Dark Rune would never betray him no matter what.]
'This is something I already knew after merging with the bloodline...' Asher had expected more information, especially information about the Primal Dark Rune.
+[Dark Energy]
[An energy specific to bearers of Primal Darkness, similar to mana but stronger and acquired by devouring souls.]
'This is nonsense...' All the information so far was something Asher knew after merging with his bloodline. However, when he discovered the system's feature that allowed him to see the details of each slot, he thought he would learn more, but it seems he was wrong. {Soul Devouring}
[A special ability that allows you to devour any object, regardless of its type. The souls you devour allow you to gain dark energy and new stats. You can acquire skills upon reaching a higher rank.]
[Consumes 20 points of dark energy with each use.]
'This is something new I didn't know...' After much effort, he finally found additional information that was important to him.
'I think it evolved after merging with my bloodline...' His unique ability didn't have the ability to devour souls; it only consumed inanimate objects, such as weapons or the Slave Mark placed on them by the Void Lord.
He now felt it was more useful, especially since it would be able to solve the problem of supplying him with dark energy, which he hadn't known how to acquire before seeing this.
{Eyes of the Abyss}
[A powerful 8-star bloodline transformed into a special skill with unique abilities, allowing you to see through anything and anyone except those with strong bloodline protection.]
[Any contact with anyone allows you to see their delicate and deadly weaknesses.]
[You can look through the eyes of people bound to you by a contract or something.]
[You can see the conditions for developing skills that have the potential to evolve.]
'...' Archer was truly surprised this time. He didn't expect all of these characteristics to be included in the unique skill he had inherited from this new body.
'Perhaps because it was a bloodline before, and it also evolved after I merged with my bloodline and reached the second rank...' Asher thought before deciding to scroll to the next column. {Darkness}
[The ability to manipulate darkness and use it in your skills]
[It has the ability to nullify mana-powered magic if you use dark energy while using it]
[Consumes 30 mana or 100 dark energy]
'It has a really powerful ability, but its dark energy requirements are very high, and I need a defensive skill if I want to benefit from it...' Asher considered one of the priorities he should accomplish upon his return.
{Purple Flame}
[Pure destructive ability that consumes 50 mana when used]
'What's with these affinities? They consume so much mana and umbral energy...' Asher thought indignantly upon seeing his mana and umbral energy reserves and his affinity requirements for each. At this rate, he wouldn't last three or four attacks before he grew tired.
After a short period of regret, he decided to quickly move on to his skills. {Spear Art}
[An ancient art inherited from the Darwin family, consisting of three basic moves, each with pure destructive power.]
[Due to the passage of time, two of its moves have been lost, making it weak in a single move.]
[Requires strong stamina to successfully perform the basic move.]
'Let's see the conditions for development...' Asher used the Eyes of the Abyss ability to see what was needed to develop this skill.
[Killed 50 Rank 2 (Elite) monsters using a 0/50 spear.]
[Crafted a spear composed of 80% Tanzanite and 20% Bainite.]
[100 liters of Rank 3 (Common) Demonic Beast Blood.]
'...' Asher didn't say a word and calmly moved on to the next skill.
{Illusion Steps}
[Using pure mana, you can move through your enemies like a ghost without being caught.]
[Consumes 5 mana.]
'Finally, something that seems reasonable and useful, too...' He thought before moving on to the final skill.
{King's Aura}
[Creates a purple aura that allows you to manipulate objects from afar at will. The range is 200 meters.]
[You can spread your aura within a 100-meter radius to paralyze your enemies for 5 seconds.]
[Consumes 20 mana.]
He used Eyes of the Abyss again after seeing that this skill could evolve.
[5 Void Stones 0/5]
[100 Paralysis Potion & 30 Mana Potion 0/100 & 0/30]
[100 liters of Blood of a General Beast with Psychic Ability 0/100]
'Damn all this...' He felt that all of this for just one promotion was too much, and he also had to kill common monsters while still at Rank 2, which was almost impossible even for him.
"Asher, we'll stay here tonight, and tomorrow we'll continue moving towards the city."
As Asher cursed and thought about his new skills and how he had to prepare all those things for development, a tired female voice brought him out of his thoughts.
He found Rose standing in front of him, looking very tired.
"Okay, as you wish," Asher agreed and took a look around.
They were now in a very strategic location. They were on a large slope, meaning they would be attacked from behind, while all their enemies would be from the front, preventing any element of surprise.
"These guys must be experienced to think of such strategies..." Asher thought as he stared at the three students who were preparing their camping gear.
"Hey? Camping gear?..."