Assimilate All Talents

Chapter 124: [Polychromatism]

Sol awoke to the loud sounds of cheering outside. When he peeked outside the window, he saw two rowdy adventurers competing to see who was stronger. They were both carrying multiple kegs full of beer. Sol didn’t know how the competition between the two began, but it drew a large crowd of people cheering with each new keg added onto the stack. It was no longer just a contest of strength but also of balance in maintaining the tall tower of kegs still and steady.

’Heh, let me cheat a little.’

Sol peeked into their statuses and saw that one was 10 levels higher with all around higher physical stats. Already knowing who would win between the two, Sol sat in his bed and looked at his status page.

Name: Sol

Race: Human

Talents: [Siphoner], [Transformer]

Level: 81

Exp: 2,612,100/89,470,000

HP: 1450

MP: 1650

Str: 80 (+70)

Vit: 80 (+70)

Agi: 80 (+70)

Int: 85 (+70)

Wis: 80 (+90)

Talent Skills:

[Siphon] Lv 5, [Analysis] Lv 7, [Aggregate] Lv EX, [Reinterpret] Lv EX

Siphoned Talents:

[Create Magic Hands] Lv 9

Passive Skills:

[Muffled Movements] Lv EX, [Counter] Lv 6, [Precise Coordination] Lv 6, [Basic Psychic Mastery] Lv 3, [Intermediate Weapon Mastery] Lv 7, [Wild Hunt] Lv 2, [Invincible Body] Lv 8, [Perfect Balance] Lv 2, [Death Absorption] Lv 6, [True Sight] Lv 6, [Superior Mana Control] Lv 1, [Fortified Soul] Lv 2, [Relay Magic] Lv 8

Active Skills:

[Cross Slash] Lv 3, [Ground Shrink] Lv 3, [Snap Punch] Lv 8, [Invisibility] Lv 7, [Terra Spikes] Lv 6, [Rock Throw] Lv 4, [Burrow] Lv MAX, [Fell Cleave] Lv 8, [Debilitating Strike] Lv 1, [Telepathy] Lv 1, [Unpassable Bulwark] Lv 1, [Intermediate Elemental Magic] Lv 5, [Overpower] Lv 4, [Create Undead] Lv 6, [Weapon Enhancement (Variant)] Lv 8, [Disarm] Lv 9, [Backstab] Lv 6, [Bombardment] Lv 1, [Storm Blitz] Lv 8, [Piercing Lunge] Lv 5, [Seeking Shot] Lv 6, [Mana Slash] Lv 2, [Intermediate Light Magic] Lv 7, [Shadow Hands] Lv 7, [Shadow Form] Lv 5, [Empowered Strike] Lv 4, [Chromatic Red] Lv 7, [Chromatic Green] Lv 7, [Chromatic Purple] Lv 7, [Chromatic Blue] Lv 7, [Chromatic Yellow] Lv 7, [Chromatic Orange] Lv 7, [Chromatic Indigo] Lv 7

The only downside of casting skills through the hands was the mana cost being higher, but a new skill helped in that department as well.

[[Relay Magic] Lv 8: Creates a better connection between the user and their constructs, mitigating mana loss and assisting in mana transfers.]

This connection didn’t just work one way, where Sol only gave mana to supply the hands with skills. The hands could gather ambient mana and also send it his way, increasing his mana regeneration rate. This would help Sol with his mana management, but now that his magic hands would also be using mana, he would probably be spending it much faster than before.

"Ugh, my head is starting to hurt..."

Sol’s head began to hurt, managing so many hands at once. They all felt like a part of his body, and even the sensation when they touched the weapons was felt by Sol. Although Sol had skills that helped in enduring the pain and controlling the hands like [Invincible Body] and [Precise Coordination], having maintained so many hands active for over half an hour of testing was starting to take a toll on his mind.

All the hands disappeared at once, and Sol stood up from his bed.

’It’s time to go meet up with Amber anyway. I’ll have to continue testing later.’

"One more! One more!"

The sounds of cheering could still be heard outside.

’They’re still going at it?’

Peeking over once more, the crowd was even bigger, and it wasn’t just two adventurers balancing kegs but 6 of them. The original two adventurers were shaking unsteadily as the 8 kegs of beer began to wobble. Suddenly, one of the adventurers lost their balance as a strong gust of wind hit their tower.

"Noooo!"

The kegs began to fall, but they were all caught by other nearby adventurers. They would never allow good beer to go to waste.

"HAHAHA! Now you have to drink a whole keg!"

The one who won between the original two was surprisingly the adventurer who was 10 levels below the other one.

"Drink!"

"Drink!"

"Drink!"

The audience began to chant as the loser grabbed one of the kegs and tried to drink it all in one go. Without spilling a single drop, he actually managed to drink the entire keg down and slammed it onto the ground.

"WOAAAAH!"

The entire crowd went wild. But the adventurer wasn’t done yet. He grabbed another keg and yelled.

"This isn’t even my full power! Witness me!"

The keg lifting competition quickly devolved into a keg drinking competition.