Assimilate All Talents

Chapter 135: Top to Bottom

As the voice disappeared, everyone heard the sound of trumpets signaling the start of the test. Sol could see people on other towers running towards the stairs in an attempt to save as much time as possible.

’Five hours for 50 floors means we only have six minutes per floor. No time to waste then.’

With the time limit in mind and knowing it was best to defeat the easier enemies quickly, Sol ran to the stairs and jumped down them. At the bottom of the stairs, he could immediately see his foe.

Name: John Doe

Race: Human

Talents: [Slashing], [Tree Feller], [Strong]

Level: 82

HP: 800

MP: 400

Str: 140 (+20)

Vit: 80

Agi: 110

Int: 40

Wis: 40

Talent Skills:

[Wood Breaker] Lv 4

Passive Skills:

[Intermediate Axemanship] Lv 2, [Strength Up] Lv 4, [Parry] Lv 5

Active Skills:

[Fell Cleave] Lv 5, [Cross Slash] Lv 3, [Sprint] Lv 3, [Charge] Lv 5, [Leap] Lv 6

Not even a second later after confirming the strength of the enemy, a fist collided against its face, turning it into dust.

"Can barely be considered a B-Ranker."

Arriving at the 25th floor, Sol encountered a large behemoth with the head of a human, the body of a lion, and the tail of a scorpion. He immediately recognized the type of monster he was fighting, which was something he had heard about in stories.

"A manticore, just like the ones from those stories..."

They were sometimes the final enemy in fairy tales where the hero rescued a princess. Dragons were also commonly used in these types of stories, but most considered it to be too unrealistic even for fairy tale standards. After all, everyone knew dragons didn’t exist; dragons were just exaggerated versions of drakes. As to why Sol read fairy tales with plots revolving around a hero saving a princess, he could only blame Annabel for that.

Name: John Manticore Doe

Race: Manticore

Talents: [Predator], [Untamed Power], [Venomous]

Level: 88

HP: 1500

MP: 550

Str: 160 (+40)

Vit: 110 (+40)

Agi: 100

Int: 25

Wis: 55

Talent Skills:

[On The Hunt] Lv 8, [Mad Dash] Lv 8

Passive Skills:

[Increased Health Regeneration] Lv 7, [Strength Up] 8, [Vitality Up] Lv 8, [Poison Resistance] Lv 8, [Hunter Vision] Lv 4, [Tracking] Lv 8, [Intermediate Unarmed Mastery] Lv 8

Active Skills:

[Iron Claws] Lv 7, [Tail Slam] Lv 8, [Tail Spike] Lv 8, [Venom Injection] Lv 8, [Crushing Maw] Lv 6, [Ground Shrink] Lv 5, [Rage] Lv 9

’Oh? It’s stronger than me in one attribute.’

Until now, no enemy could rival Sol in any given attribute, even with the fact that he had his attributes spread out evenly. Though the Manticore surpassed Sol in strength, he didn’t worry. At most, it could rival an Animated Armor from Necropolis.

"Let’s see if you can handle more than one attack. [Harpoon]!"